10 Most Downloaded Free Security AND PC Care Programs

. When the command prompt opens type "CD C:Test" (replace "Test" with the name of the folder you want to hide.)

2. Now type "attrib file +s +h" and replace "file" with the name of the actual file name you would like to h


7. Now, all you need to do is double-click on the loc.bat file and the folder should have an icon that looks like the control panel. If you click on the folder it should redirect you to the Control Panel and thus you have locked the fol


The WIN key is actually very versatile and goes to the heart of being able to whizz around your desktop without the mouse. For example, if you do WIN + R, you can get the Run box (try it). WIN + E opens Explorer (your hard drive), WIN + D minimises all your windows and takes you to the desktop, WIN+L locks your screen and WIN + TAB moves you from one open application to anot


When I start working on the computer, I mostly tend to head straight to the start menu so let's go there. To bring up the start menu using the keyboard, just press the START key (also called the WIN key) which is normally at the bottom left of the keyboard close to the spacebar. It will have a small Microsoft symbol on it. It varies slightly in design according to what keyboard you're using but it looks something like th


These are the shortcuts I use every day and these are the ones you should be learning first. If you ask Microsoft for a list of essential shortcuts, they'll be handing you a list as long as your arm. Instead, do your sanity a favour and learn the ones I've given you first - then combine them with the Firefox shortcuts , then the ones for Gmail , then Google Reader , then Google Calendar . Once you've mastered that lot, you can pat yourself on the back and crown yourself Keyboard Maes


3. Now, go back to C:Test and look for your file or folder, it's not there! You cannot find it through simply browsing around, through the command prompt, or even if you click "Show Hidden Files and Folde


It's up to you how you want Search to work, but I suggest you optimise it to suit just the files you will always be wanting to call up quickly. If you do need to search for other rarely needed files or system folders the Search will still find them, just a little slo


Yeah, I know"¦ wow, exciting stuff. It's not something I used to care about either. I remember whenever I heard Microsoft banging on about the gee-whiz search capabilities of Vista I really didn't care as I was stuck in Win32/XP style navigation; of menus and forms and tabs. Why would I be interested in changing what was already working for


(3) Spybot - Search & Destroy [Broken URL Removed] - Yet another spy/ad/craplet removal tool. Also lets you clean-up program and web-usage tracks, and even fix spyware-caused Registry inconsistencies. I have been using it for more then a year now and love it. (Nr. of downloads last week: 184,


(2) Ad-Aware 2007 - Free utility to remove Spyware, Adware and whatever Crapware you may have. Scans your RAM, Windows Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components. One of my personal favorites. Note: After installation, it will ask you for a registration code. Just hit Cancel and you're good to go. (Nr. of downloads last week: 864,

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article in which I described some of the features I particularly liked about Vista. However in the comments Justin and anob pointed out that a couple of the features I had mentioned were not actually Vista speci


Now you want to open a file. Just do CTRL + O to open the file box. Use the TAB key and arrow keys to navigate to the correct folder then start typing the name of the folder in the file name text box. When the file name appears, choose it, hit enter and the file will o


Countless books have been written on how to shortcut your way around Windows to your advantage. But in the last part of my shortcuts series, I am going to do you a big favour and only tell you a few shortcuts that I use on a daily basis to speed up my travelling around Windows XP (most should work on Vista as we


The majority of the time you end up relying on on another product to get the annoyingware off of your machine. So now you've got a $60 bloated product eating up resources on your machine and doing absolutely nothing to protect


Here is the place where you can change exactly what Search indexes and when it indexes. You can also rebuild it from scratch, something I would recommend every 2 - 3 months. Without this, old files that no longer exist will hang around in the index messing up your searches and slowing it down. You'll find Windows Gaming Setup|Https://Windowsmastery.Com/ Search 4.0 will rebuild your index much more rapidly then previous versi