When I’m helping friends and family members who are not that tech savvy with their computers I always notice that they do not use keyboard shortcuts. Instead of doing the plain old CTRL C, CTRL V to copy and paste selected text they use the mouse to do that. Thinking about this for a while [...]
Ten Windows Keyboard Shortcuts I cannot live without
Posted by Martin in Knowledge, Windows TAGS in Knowledge, Windows25
May
Defrag the Registry with Regdefrag
Posted by Martin in Operating Systems, Windows, software TAGS in Operating Systems, Windows, software13
May
The Windows Registry is not defragmented if you defragment your hard drive. This can be quite a problem for users who regularly install and uninstall applications on their system because uninstallers tend to “forget” to remove entries in the Registry during the uninstallation process. It’s astonishing that even the Registry of my brand new system [...]
10
May
You all know that I build a new computer and have installed most of the software that I have been using on my old computer on the new one as well. A quick Task Manager check revealed the file mDNSResponder.exe that was running on my computer which puzzled me at first because I could not [...]
F8 does not load safe mode solution
Posted by Martin in Operating Systems, Windows TAGS in Operating Systems, Windows4
May
I ran into an unexpected problem today and would like to share the description and solution for it. Pressing F8 between system boot and Windows start loads a menu that offers several choices like booting Windows in Safe Mode or Restoring the last known good configuration. My problem was that I could not get into [...]
Enable or disable the Windows Firewall in Vista in one click
Posted by Martin in Operating Systems, Windows TAGS in Operating Systems, Windows2
May
The Windows Firewall in Windows Vista cannot be quickly disabled or enabled. A user who wants to enable or disable it would have to open the Control Panel and load the Windows Firewall in the Security tab. The option to Turn the Windows Firewall on or off would appear in the menu. That’s not a [...]
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