Restart Windows Explorer explorer.exe with a shortcut
Windows sometimes displays a restart prompt when you install new software or update existing programs and applications on the system.
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Highlight the mouse cursor to locate it on the screen
If you have a large computer monitor, or maybe even multiple monitors, it sometimes may take a second or two to locate the mouse cursor on the screen.
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Sleepwalker: Windows shutdown just became more comfortable
Do you like to watch a movie or listen to music before you fall asleep at night? If you do, you have probably noticed that the PC is still on the next […
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No straight to the desktop booting in Windows 8?
News made the round yesterday that Microsoft seems to have shut down some methods that Windows 8 Beta users have used to bypass the startpage of the operating s
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Microsoft Net Framework Verification Tool update brings 4.5 support
When you are experiencing issues with applications that depend on Microsoft's Net Framework, you have a few options at hand to troubleshoot those issues.
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Buy Windows 8 Pro: digital download for €59.99?
We already know that Microsoft will make available Windows 8 upgrades for $39.
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Add run as different user to the Windows 8 startpage
If you want to run a program as a different user in Windows 7, all you have to do is hold down the shift-key on the computer keyboard before you right-click the
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Add Search the Internet to the Windows Start Menu
One of the things that I like about the search in Windows 8 is the option to load websites automatically from the interface.
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Download TED videos with TED Downloader 3.0
We have covered the TED Downloader back in 2011 for the first time that you could use to download all videos from TED talks.
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Shapeshifter is a versatile clipboard manager for Windows
We all know that the Windows Clipboard can only save one item at a time.
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Metro is dead, but not gone
The term Metro is a controversial one in the Windows world.
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PNG Gauntlet: compress png images without quality reduction
When you make available images on the Internet, be it embedded on a website, in documents, or by sending images as email attachments, you and the target audienc
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Fix old Net Framework programs not installing or running under Windows 8
Both client and server Windows 8 operating systems ship with the brand new Microsoft .
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Windows 8 ready: MSDN and TechNet downloads on August 15th
Microsoft has kept their promise and build the Windows 8 RTM release which will be the version of the operating system that Windows users later on can buy as a
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Microsoft Surface RT tablets available on Windows 8 launch
If I had to pick one thing that I'm fully excited about in regards to Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8, it is the prospect of trying out and buyi
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Create desktop shortcuts for Windows Metro apps
One of the things that you can't do in the Windows 8 Release Preview is create desktop shortcuts for Metro apps.
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Immersive Explorer, Metro-style app for the desktop
The Metro user interface that Windows 8 ships with is certainly controversial with the majority of users either hating or loving it.
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Transform Windows 8 into Mac OS X
Don't like the way how Windows 8 is shaping out to look like when it is released? Prefer the look and feel of Apple's Mac OS X operating system? Then you may [&
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eBay launches Windows 8 Store app
News just got in that the Windows 8 store hit 400 apps in the Release Preview of the operating system.
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Microsoft EMET update with new exploit mitigation technology
I have reviewed Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit a few days ago here on Ghacks and have found it to be an excellent security program.
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Hideman is a free VPN service with mutliple server locations
A virtual private network (vpn) can be helpful in a number of ways.
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Webroot System Analyzer: Analyze your PC in less than 2 minutes
I like to run PC auditing tools every now and then as they can provide me with insight that I may have missed or noticed to late otherwise.
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How to bypass the file delete confirmation dialog in Windows
One of the first things that I do after I log in to a Windows account for the first time is to change the way files are deleted in the operating system.
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Monitor your Internet Bandwidth with Cucusoft Net Guard
Monitoring the bandwidth usage of a computer system can be beneficial in several ways.
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Speed up Google Chrome, Chromium or SRWare Iron with IronCleaner
There is not a lot that you can do when Google Chrome starts to slow down after you have used the web browser for a certain period of time.
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Use Msconfig to log which drivers get loaded during system boot
Nothing really beats the excellent Autoruns when it comes to analyzing the files that get loaded during a system's boot process.
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Clean-up Windows Explorer menu items with CCleaner
The more applications you install, the more likely the chance that your Windows Explorer menu fills up with context menu items.
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Stayfocused: Create Pomodoro-based Work Tasks
Focusing on a work task can be quite difficulty on a computer system, with notifications and the joys of the Internet just a step away.
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Windows Store: Paid Apps start at $1.49
With the Metro interface in Windows 8 comes Windows Store, a marketplace for free and commercial apps that users can download and install on their systems.
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Stardock Multiplicity, control two computers with one mouse and keyboard
Up until now I have been using Microsoft's Mouse without Borders application to control my two desktop PCs with a single mouse and keyboard.
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How to add installed unpinned apps to Metro's startpage again
Apps that you install through Windows 8's Metro store are automatically added to the start page of the Metro interface.
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Limit the Windows 8 Metro Live Tile data usage
Some Metro apps of the Windows 8 operating system can display dynamic contents right on the start page that are updated regularly.
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Avira Protection Cloud: Cloud-based Antivirus Software
Avira, the company best known for its Free Antivirus program, has just made available a technical preview of Avira Protection Cloud, a new cloud-based antivirus
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EMET, Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
A few days ago I took a look at SEHOP (Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection), a Windows security feature that is disabled by default in Windows Vis
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Download the Office 15 Consumer Preview now
Microsoft is currently holding a press conference where the next version of Office, Office 365 is presented for the first time.
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Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 released
Panda Software has just released version 2.
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MycView is a tiny fast Image Viewer for Windows
When it comes to image viewers, sometimes speed is more important than functionality.
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Fixing Mouse without Borders annoyances
I have been working with the - for the most part - excellent Mouse without Borders application for the past months to control two PCs with a single mouse and ke
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Advanced Windows Security: Activating SEHOP
When you browse the Internet for security tips and suggestions, you will notice that they sound alike on the majority of sites.
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Volume 2 is a convenient Windows Volume Changer
When it comes to changing the volume of sound in Windows, users are left with three main options.
