Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category

All About DirectX

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Gaming and multimedia applications are some of the most satisfying programs you can get for your PC, but getting them to run properly isn’t always as easy as it could be. First, the PC architecture was never designed as a gaming platform. Second, the wide-ranging nature of the PC means ...

Remote Desktop Through Company Firewall

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Dont wanna take any credit for this as i got this from another forum thought of it as quite informative so pastin it here Note this tutorial is collection of tips I gathered from searching the internet and some credit is due to the original authors. None of which I know. A ...

PC Performance Checklist - Checklist to make your PC go faster

Monday, January 26th, 2009

1. First, run a scandisk or checkdisk. Let Windows fix any errors. 2. Run a disk cleanup utility...this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files, etc. 3. Delete any garbage files or data...if possible, run a Duplicate File Finder program. 4. Run Defrag on all partitions (NOTE: run this ...

Speed Up Your Internet on Windows

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Windows Xp: Speed Up Your, Speed Up Your Network and Internet Access I have a dial up connection and it improve my speeds about 25% in surfing the internet. give it a try. Im IT , only do it if you feel comfortable with changing registry. Increasing network browsing speed Does your computer ...

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind will make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. I use the following keyboard shortcuts every day: Windows key + R = Run menu This is usually followed by: cmd = Command Prompt iexplore + "web address" ...

.BIN and .CUE Files Explained

Monday, January 26th, 2009

BIN & .CUE simple tutorial. There always seems to be the question "what do I do with a .bin and .cue file" in these forums so I figured I would write a quick and simple tutorial. Please feel free to add more. So you have downloaded two files, one with a .bin ...

Bittorrent Tutorial

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Bit Torrent Tutorials The first things you need to know about using Bit Torrent: -- Bit Torrent is aimed at broadband users (or any connection better than dialup). -- Sharing is highly appreciated, and sharing is what keeps bit torrent alive. -- A bit torrent file (*.torrent) contains information about the piece structure of ...

Analyze your Computer’s Ports - How to Tell if a Virus has effected your Computer

Monday, January 26th, 2009

If you feel your computer is acting strangly or you connection is slow just go to Start>Run>Type cmd>then type netstat -an and if you see a dangerous Ip according to the guide below then you computer is infected or being hacked. Guide: port 0 REx port 1 (UDP) - Sockets des Troie port 2 ...

Tips and Tricks for Windows XP

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Some Tips And Tricks For Your Windows XP STOP NOISE IN COPYING AUDIO CD When using 3rd party burning software (eg, Nero Burning Rom) to copy audio CD,some noise may be heard at the end of each track. To prevent this,try the following method: 1. Enter System Properties\device manager 2. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers 3. ...

Information on Spyware

Monday, January 26th, 2009

There are a lot of PC users that know little about "Spyware", "Mal-ware", "hijackers", "Dialers" & many more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and all those baddies. What is spy-ware? Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors to make money from ...