Monday, August 17, 2009

Use site advisor for better protection

With Mcafee site advisor installed pc you are well protected from internet browsing. With SiteAdvisor software installed, your browser will look a little different than before. It add small site rating icons to your search results as well as a browser button and optional search box. Together, these alert you to potentially risky sites and help you find safer alternatives.

These site ratings are based on tests conducted by McAfee, The result is a guide to Web safety. The SiteAdvisor technology is free, easy to install and even easier to use. And it doesn't collect any personally identifiable information.

Ratings description
  • Green - SAFE: Very low or no risk issues
  • Yellow - CAUTION: Minor risk issues
  • Red - WARNING: Serious risk issues
  • Grey - UNKNOWN: Not yet rated. Use caution
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Use FoxFilter block inappropriate content

Are you using Mozilla Firefox as your default web browser? there is good news for you, with foxfilter plugin you can quickly and easily block content for an entire site (e.g. Playboy) or enter custom keyword filters (e.g. videos, movies, images, pornography, nudity, gambling, explosives, etc.) that will be used to help block content for any site that contains these keywords.

FoxFilter comes with pre-defined filtering rules, but you can also add custom settings to block additional content as needed.FoxFilter also includes password-protected settings and security features to help prevent it from being bypassed, uninstalled or disabled. A password recovery feature is also available.

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

check disabled registry in group policy editor

Have your registry disabled, there are many methods to open disabled registry, but this time we talk about group policy editor, the procedure as follows.
  • Click start and run
  • Type gpedit.msc and press enter
  • Go to the each of following location
User Configuration
Administrative Templates
System
  • In the Settings Window, find the option for "Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools" and double-click on it to change
  • Select Disabled or Not Configured and choose OK
  • Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer
  • Now try opening registry editor again
if still cant open registry read this

how to turn off & remove the thumbs.db files

This describes how to turn off & remove the thumbs.db files, the procedure as follows.
  • Open folder options ( click start and run, type "control.exe folders" press enter)
  • Click on the View Tab
  • Place a check in the option "Do not cache thumbnails"
  • Click Ok
  • that's it you turn off the thumbs.db features
Now lets see how to remove thumbs.db files from hard disk
  • Open search window
  • Click on All Files and Folders
  • Now search for a thumbs.db files (make sure all hard disks selected)
  • Click Search
  • In the long list of thumbs.db files, select all files and delete the files.

Remove Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer

The following details described how to remove content advisor password in internet explorer using simple edit of registry, this process will reset the program to its original state. please follow these steps.
  • First go to the registry editor (Click on Start and Run, type regedit and click ok)
  • Now under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE go through the Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies
  • Now click on the Ratings
  • In the right pane of the registry editor, select icon called Key and delete it
  • Now restart the computer and run Internet Explorer again
  • Click on Tools, Internet Options
  • Click on the Content tab and click on Disable. When asked for a password, don't type anything, just click on OK
  • This will disable Content Advisor because there's no longer a password

delete OUTCMD.DAT file to open outlook

If you cant open Microsoft outlook there is one more thing you need to check, you can try deleting the file "OUTCMD.DAT" and reopen outlook. follow these steps.
  • First open the search window
  • Then search for the file of OUTCMD.DAT
  • Now delete OUTCMD.DAT and close the Search box (Generally this file is located at Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook folder)
  • Now reopen Microsoft outlook and your problem should be fixed
If your problem still not solved read this post

how to configure login automatically to a user account

Please follow the instruction
  • Go to run window (click start and run)
  • Type the command of "control userpasswords2" and click ok
  • Now highlight the user you want to log into automatically, and uncheck the box for "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer"
  • Click on Apply and you'll need to verify the username and password to log in automatically
  • Click OK and the next time you restart your computer, you'll automatically be logged in without having the classic prompt or Welcome Screen

how to disable welcome screen in xp

The procedure as follows
  • First go to the control panel
  • Double-click on User Accounts
  • Click on "Change the way users log on or off"
  • Now uncheck "Use the Welcome Screen" (note: this will also disable "Fast User Switching")
  • Click on Apply Options
  • Close the User Accounts window and the Control Panel
  • From the next reboot you should see the classic login prompt

cleanup temporary files when exiting internet explorer

With a simple edit of registry you can delete all of the temporary Internet files stored during using of internet explorer.after you exit internet explorer the temporary files were automatically deleted.the procedure described as follows.
  • First go to registry editor
  • Go to key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\
  • Now right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "Persistent" in "Cache" key
  • Next, right-click on "Persistent" and click on 'Modify'
  • Enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'
You must change another value In order to make changes to all users accounts.
  • In the registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\
  • Right-click on "Persistent" and click on 'Modify'
  • Finally, enter the value "01 00 00 00" in the text box and click on 'OK'

Friday, August 14, 2009

remove addins from outlook 2003

this describes how to remove add-ins that installed outlook 2003
  • Open outlook
  • On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Other tab
  • Click Advanced Options, and then click COM Add-Ins
now you can disable or remove the add-ins
  • To disable an add-in, clear the check box next to the add-in
  • To remove an add-in, clear the check box next to the add-in you want to remove, and then click Remove