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Archive for October, 2008
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Change the Vista Taskbar to Any Color(s) You Want
On October - 16 - 200810 COMMENTS
Performance Boost: Move Page File to Another Physical Drive
On October - 15 - 200869 COMMENTS
If you have more than one physical drive in your computer, this guide is for you. The page file can take a considerable toll on your system drive; by moving the page file to a separate drive, you can increase overall performance. Learn how to move the Windows Vista page file to another drive in this guide.
Search Windows Guides from Vista’s Start Menu
On October - 14 - 20084 COMMENTS
Want to search Windows Guides from your Windows Vista Start search bar? Download this registry entry (2kb) and do the following:
- Extract the archive
- Double click on start-menu-windows-guides-search.reg
- When prompted, select yes
- Press the Start button, type a search term and select Windows Tools, Help & Guides
You may need to restart your computer if you do not see Windows Tools, Help and Guides in the start menu yet.
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Search Windows Guides from Your IE Search Box
On October - 14 - 20081 COMMENT
Want to search Windows Guides from your IE search toolbar? Download this registry entry (2kb) and do the following:
- Extract the archive
- Double click on search-windows-guides.reg
- When prompted, select yes
- Restart IE and search away!
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Search Windows Guides from Your Firefox Search Box
On October - 13 - 20084 COMMENTS
Want to search Windows Guides from your Firefox toolbar? Download this extension (2kb) and do the following:
- Extract the archive to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
- Restart Firefox
- Select Windows Guides from the search box
- Search away!
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Senf Finds Potentially Sensitive Numbers on Your Hard Drive
On October - 10 - 200818 COMMENTS
Senf is a fast, portable tool (written in Java, runnable just about everywhere) for finding sensitive numbers. Use this tool to identify files on your system that may have Social Security Numbers (SSNs) or Credit Card Numbers (CCNs).
You do not need to install Senf — just download it, run it, and use it to protect yourself.