It was only a matter of time. As security filters improve, spam has to find new ways of slipping through email filters. While image spam and PDF file formats are common, audio spam is the latest twist in spam mail. Spammers are now using MP3 file attachments to bypass increasingly sophisticated filters.
Internet surfing with Internet Explorer allows you to remember your user name and password in the user name box or password box if you agree to do so when you first visit a particular web page. It is quite a useful feature called AutoComplete which gives you convenience as you don’t need to retype your name and password every time you want to access the […]
Gefen is keeping up to speed in providing advance peripherals and devices for consumer market. Previously we talked about USB Extender that can extend USB connectivity up to few hundred meters. And now there is another device which is available for commercial market that worth to be mentioned. Known as Wireless HDMI Extender released by Gefen, the device is capable of streaming HD (High Definition) […]
Windows Vista assigns a lot of system files ownership to TrustedInstaller and grants even administrators limited rights and permissions on important files and folders. Taking ownership of files and/or folders in Vista is cumbersome process. There is take ownership and grant access command line script to speed up the process, however, users still need to open elevated command prompt and manually type in the command […]
After installation of Windows Vista SP1 beta (download SP1 beta via Windows Update), there will be a tiny desktop imprint watermark on the bottom right corner of Vista desktop with message saying Evaluation copy, Build 6001. The watermark appears even if Vista already activated and is simply annoying and irritating especially when you need to use your notebook computer for presentation. Here’s the way to […]
Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) beta v.275 with build version 6001.16659.070916-1443 to selected beta testers since late September. If you eager to try and want to have a taste of running Vista system after installing SP1, here’s trick of a legal way to download the service pack directly from official Microsoft Windows Update site, posted by zzdiesel at the forum.
Do you face the difficulties to remember your various complex alphanumeric passwords and PINs? Here’s a good news for you if your answer is yes. The team of researchers at Newcastle University had concerned about this common needs and came up with innovative Graphical Passwords system, an innovative software which allows the users to access a handheld device by simply draw a picture/graphic on your […]
PPStream version 2.1.12.4223 has been released for free download. If you have installed previous or older version of PPStream, the P2P TV program will prompt you to upgrade whenever you start the online streaming video and TV viewer based . The updater supposedly upgrade PPStream program, viewer and engine to latest version. However, sometimes the automatic update may fail, but you can also download the […]
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an internet protocol used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices such as computers, servers, routers, switches, gateways, wireless access points, VoIP phones, and etc. for conditions that warrant administrative attention. SNMP provides management data in the form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration parameter or current status value. These variables can then […]
Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) is large and huge, and the free hard disk space requirement to install SP1 in Vista system is high. The additional space required not only by updated system files in SP1 package, but also used by the unpacked and expanded installation setup files of Vista SP1. Vista SP1 installer package extracts and uncompress the files used for installation in […]
When want to enable Hybrid Sleep feature in Windows Vista, you may not found the “Allow hybrid sleep” option that is necessary to turn on Hybrid Sleep function. The “Allow hybrid sleep” option is simply missing from the Advanced settings tab of the Power Options dialog box in Windows Vista. Beside, when running “powercfg.exe -a” command in command prompt to list the power states that […]
Windows Vista Hybrid Sleep feature allows users to quickly put computer system into Sleep or Standby mode to save power electricity, yet able to come back to work at last active state right before computer sleeps without losing existing opened programs or data and having to start afresh again. If your PC seems like losing memory state after power outage while in Sleep state, forcing […]
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