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Computer geek from the age of 7, which amounts to 30 years of computer experience. From the early days (when every computer company had their own OS) of DOS, Windows 1.0 through Seven...

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Hide secret information inside Notepad [Quick Tip]

Posted by Thomas On October - 15 - 20108 COMMENTS

You must have figured it out by now, I love these little Quick-Tips. I also love to find new uses for “old” things. I recently re-discovered the LOG feature in Notepad, and this inspired me to dig out some more hidden features of this seemingly insignificant program that has been installed with every single Windows Version I can remember.

This time I’ll show you how to Hide important information inside a Notepad document.

It has been reported that this doesn’t work on FAT partitions, only NTFS. But if it does – let me know.

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[Expired] Get PDFtiger for Free

Posted by Thomas On October - 14 - 20102 COMMENTS

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Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with	System
4 out of 5

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Use Notepad as Your Work Log [Quick Tip]

Posted by Thomas On October - 14 - 20108 COMMENTS

I’ve been around computers my entire life (well almost). As far back as the early days of mini-machines (which is before the computer became Personal). And sometimes I re-discover “old ways” of doing things, which often to my surprise are still working. To stroll down memory-lane (just a tad) I started off a new sub-topic yesterday, called: “OldSchool-Quick-Tip”. But let’s get down to business…

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Hide Files Inside an Image [Quick Tip]

Posted by Thomas On October - 13 - 20109 COMMENTS

There are many ways to hide your secrets, using encryption, hidden folders, hidden partitions etc. Sometimes the best place to hide something is in plain sight. Here’s an old forgotten trick that might prove to be the best hiding place ever…

Inside your images

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Sandboxie Protects Your Computer from Everyone

Posted by Thomas On October - 12 - 20104 COMMENTS

Tired of dealing with rogue software, spyware and malware?

Spent too many hours removing unsolicited software?

Worried about clicking unfamiliar Web links?

My kids have the strictest rules when it comes to using my computer (what they do on their own, is another case). It seems every time they use it I have to clean out the computer, removing search bars, add-ons, and other annoying ‘ware’.

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with	System
4 out of 5

I do wish I had Sandboxie a long time ago…

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Reveal asterisk passwords using javascript [Quick Tip]

Posted by Thomas On October - 11 - 20106 COMMENTS

Do you use the “Remember Me” Option when you log in to your favourite websites ? I Know I do. Problem is when I want to log into a site, on a different computer. Trying to remember those pesky passwords can be quite the challenge. Especially if the site insists on providing one for you. I usually click on “Remember Me” on the first login and rarely remember to change the password into something simpler.

So what do you do, when you want to log into another computer ? Reading those asterisks won’t do you any good. The only solution left would be to click on “Forgot My Password”. Or is it ?

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