Category Archives: Windows

AVG Anti-Virus Pro free for a year

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 27, 2007
Computer Active is giving away AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional for a year. The reason AVG is letting them do that is probably to get more people to try the Pro version and hope they will pay at the end of a year. Here is a link to the download which is valid till Jan 17th [...]
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Internet connection problems?

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 18, 2007
You can release the DNS and renew to solve most issues. An easy way to do it is to create a batch file. Open Notepad and type the following:
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Vista Service Pack 1

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 9, 2007
If you are using Windows Vista, then watch out for the Service Pack 1 release this week. Don’t forget to upgrade….
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Spyware and Malware problems?

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 5, 2007
Here are some useful tools to use if you are having spyware or malware problems. ‘How do I know if I have something on my computer’? Well, there is no real sure shot way of knowing that but your computer normally shows some kind of symptoms when it is infected. Your computer might slow down, [...]
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IT Security

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 30, 2007
Most new age businesses depend a lot on technology for the efficient running of their operations. Security has found a new meaning for these traditional businesses. With increasing risks to networks from external threats like hackers, spyware, malware as well internal ones like their own employees, it is imperative that businesses assess such risks and [...]
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X-RayPC

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 29, 2007
X-RayPC is a nifty little tool that merges the functionality of HijackThis! and the advantage of a regularly updated online database. The program requires no installation and the download is a tiny 331 kb zip file. After a scan, the results are automatically matched with the database and an icon next to each entry tells [...]
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Presentations: An addition to Google Docs

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 18, 2007
In addition to documents and spreadsheets, Google will add presentations as well. This is surely going to be watched keenly by Microsoft whose market for the Office package will surely take a hit with users lapping up the easy and convenient option. It’s surely the age of remote hosted applications where the consumer doesn’t have [...]
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Transaction Guard

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 5, 2007
In the age of spyware, malware and other such nasty stuff, it is pretty difficult to protect your digital identity. Users need to think twice before logging in to a bank or financial services website on a public computer, or for that matter, even on a personal computer. Using the On-Screen Keyboard in Windows has [...]
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HijackThis

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 5, 2007
The revolutionary tool, HijackThis is now a part of the Trend Micro family and is christened, Trend Micro Hijack This. HijackThis continues to be freeware and Trend Micro does not offer any support for the product. This is mainly due to the fact that it’s free to download. Another reason is that the product generates [...]
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Use Windows Vista legally without Activation for a year

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: March 24, 2007
Brian Livingston, a Windows expert has revealed to users of windows that it is possible to use Windows Vista legally without Activation for a year. Though, Microsoft has labeled this a ‘hack’ to signify that it is illegal, it stated just a month ago that this process would not be a violation of the End [...]
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