My plan is to build a new computer system after Windows 7 is released to install the new operating system on it and retire my old Windows XP system. I have done little research until now and decided to tap into the best possible resource of computer knowledge there is: the Ghacks readers. I do [...]
Analyze Computer Systems With Kaspersky’s GSI Parser
GSI Parser is a service offered by Kaspersky that is made up of a client for the Windows operating system and an online module. The client is being used to collect information about the computer systems it is run on. This includes suspicious files, outdated system drivers, unknown files and infections. Running the tool takes [...]
What You Should Do After Buying A New Computer System
Dante send me a link to another “malware found on purchased laptop” story. The new M&A Companion Touch netbook contained three pieces of malware: An USB worm, a rootkit and a World of Warcraft password stealer.
These things seem to happen regularly and it is not only laptops that are affected by this. We have seen [...]
Sleep Talking Mode To Save Energy
Sleep Mode – which goes under the name standby, sleep or suspend depending on the operating system in use – has been created to save energy in situations where a computer system does not perform any active calculations. The operating system will power down most of the connected hardware devices except for the computer memory [...]
Shutdown, Restart Or Logoff PCs With Twitter
Twitter is hype. While the service certainly has its good uses, for example to get direct realtime information on events happening anywhere in the world, it is mostly an impracticable service for the individual. Well, it does work if the follower and followed count does not go beyond a few dozens but anything beyond that [...]
PC Audit
PC Audit is a free and portable software application for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be run from any location on the computer. The software developer did not list the compatible operating systems on the homepage but tests showed that it runs fine on Windows XP and Windows Vista and that the chance of [...]
