How to Change Some Files in your Hosting Account from Read and Write to Read Only so Your Files are Hack Proof

There are a million and one ways in which you can get hacked and even if you apply every single defense you can think about, there is no guarantee that your hosting account and the sites you host are safe. However, this doesn’t mean that there are no little steps you can (and should) take [...]

How To Crack a Password in Windows with Ophcrack Live CD

Its not that hard to forget a Windows admin password. It can happen to anyone especially those who constantly change passwords or haven’t used their computer for a long time. Although there is one useful way to recover your password by creating a Windows password reset disk. However, if you don’t prefer that method, there [...]

How To Disable ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Popup Notification in Windows

Apart from disabling User Account Control feature (UAC) which is basically a security mechanism that pops up each time you click on the .exe file, one of the most annoying features in Windows Vista and Windows XP is that each time you remove a USB Flash drive or any other removable media by right clicking [...]

How To Make Hidden And Unsearchable Folders in Windows XP and Vista

In one of our previous posts we showed you how to create an ultra hidden folder in Windows within a couple of minutes, using the ALT+0160 technique. However, there were generally two downsides to this trick. First was that you can only hide the folder on the desktop, the reason behind it was that users [...]

How to Disable Windows Defender in Windows Vista

Mircosoft’s Windows Defender, is a software that prevents, removes and quarantines spyware in Windows. It is included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 by default. However, if you have your own Anti-virus or Anti-spyware software such as KasperSky or AVG you probably won’t need Windows Defender help to protect your system.
Unfortunately, Windows hasn’t provided any [...]

How To Disable Security Center Alerts in Windows XP and Vista

One of the most annoying things that I find in Windows XP and Windows Vista is that when ever you disable an important security setting, a Windows Security Center Alert icon will pop up at the taskbar. If you are looking it from a security perspective its a good way to notify a novice user [...]

Prank: How To Create a Fake Computer Virus in Windows

Sometimes you are in a mood to fool your friends but are unable to think of any prank. What could be more fun to create a fake computer virus that once executed displays a ‘shutdown system‘ message and eventually shuts the system down after the specified time has elapsed. Harmless but fun!
Any one can create [...]

How To Add Inline Images in Email Using Gmail

No doubt Gmail is one of the most popular email clients available. In the recent past Gmail has added several new and exciting features some of which include; Smileys, ability to send text messages right from Gmail, voice and video chat feature and among the most recent one being Undo sent message feature. Despite all [...]

How to Create an Ultra Hidden Folder on Windows

Hiding files and folders in Windows is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Although its a very good option to protect your privacy by hiding files and folders, however the down side is that most of the users know this trick and can easily expose any ones privacy by enabling ‘Show hidden files [...]

How To Take iPod Touch or iPhone Screenshots Using Built-in Screen Capture

Have you ever wondered how people take screen shots of their iPhones or iPods while writing a post on their blogs? Taking screen shot of non-jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touch is very simple and above all it helps you in writing tutorials about Apple devices and other applications installed on it.
There are two ways to [...]

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