SmartScreen Filter is a security module of Internet Explorer and other Microsoft applications that protects users from opening malicious websites or downloading malicious files. A recent screenshot of the folder options of a Windows 8 development build demonstrates Microsoft’s intention to include the filtering in their upcoming operating system. This appears to be a sound [...]

Categories: Windows

Windows Explorer in Vista and Windows 7 makes use of different folder templates to present the files to the user. A folder with mostly images for instance is displayed using the image template, one with videos the video template, and folders where a dominant type cannot be determined use the general view template. Folder views [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The Windows 7 operating system, like its predecessors Windows Vista and Windows XP, hides certain files by default. This is largely done to protect system and application files from users who may attempt to delete or modify them. There are four different hide options in Window 7: protected operating system files, files and folders with [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

If you work with Windows Explorer you notice that it uses a layout with two columns by default. The left column contains links to favorites, the computer’s drive letters, special folders like the desktop, libraries and network folders. Selecting a folder on the left does not change the folder structure on the right which is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows