How to Enable the Guest User Account in Windows XP

Posted on Sep 03 2009 by Jeedo
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Categories : How To, Security, Tips
Need to share your computer? Make sure you only have access to your own account. For everyone else, let them use the Guest user account. What's a guest account if you may ask. Its an existing (dormant) account on Windows ...Read More...

How to Change the Mouse Pointer Speed

Posted on Sep 02 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : How To, Tips
This is a guide to show how you can change your Mouse Pointer Speed in Windows XP. Some people want their mouse pointer fast (specially gamers) others like it slow (most of the oldies).To adjust your mouse pointer speed, ...Read More...

Monitor Laptop Temperature with CPUID Hardware Monitor

Posted on Sep 01 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : Blog, Tips
Here's a recommended hardware monitor for your laptop or desktop. CPUID Hardware Monitor. I use this when I need to monitor my laptop's temperature when I'm playing games or just look it up when I'm running CPU intensive applications.This software ...Read More...

How to Enable or Disable Your Windows XP Firewall

Posted on Aug 31 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : How To, Security
Here's a guide to show how you can enable or disable the Windows XP firewall. This will come in handy if you need to troubleshoot your network or if there are applications that needs to have the firewall disabled. To access ...Read More...

How to Disable Hidden File Extensions on Windows XP

Posted on Aug 28 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : How To, Security
I've shown you earlier the potential danger of hidden file extensions in Windows XP. This time I'll show you how to disable this behavior to make your system a tad secure.1. Open Windows Explorer and click on the Tools menu.2. ...Read More...

Potential Danger of Having File Extensions Hidden

Posted on Aug 27 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : Security, Tips
Question. Why is it potentially dangerous to have your file extensions hidden? For the sake of answering this question, I'll provide an example. For this demonstration, I've purposely enabled hiding of file extensions on Windows Explorer, which is the default ...Read More...

Need a Password Management Program Try SurfSecret KeyPad

Posted on Aug 26 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : Blog, Security
This is a password management software review for SurfSecret Keypad. Often times we have a lot of login credentials for the different web services that we subscribe to. Believe it or not, its not easy to remember all your passwords ...Read More...

Automatic Hibernation When Your Laptop Battery Runs Out

Posted on Aug 25 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : For Dummies, How To
I had this happen to me a few times before, losing something I'm working at when my battery suddenly runs out of power. Thank goodness for MS Word's autosave I recovered my work, but after I plug in the power ...Read More...

How to Uninstall a Program in Windows XP

Posted on Aug 24 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : For Dummies, How To, Windows XP
This is a guide to show you how to uninstall a program in Windows XP. To most of you who thinks this is a no-brainer, you can skip this post, but for those who are about to make their first ...Read More...

How to Enable SMS Reminders on Google Calendar

Posted on Aug 21 2009 by Jeedo
Categories : How To
Here's how to enable receiving SMS reminders on Google calendar. Before you can enable SMS reminder on your google calendar you need to set it up with your mobile phone. Once you've verified your mobile phone with Google calendar the ...Read More...