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Ultimate Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Remover

March 28th, 2012

Here is the ultimate Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) remover for those who are getting annoyed by the Windows Genuine Advantage popping up every few second.

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How to uninstall or remove Windows Defender in Vista

May 7th, 2009

Windows Defender is an anti-spyware product from Microsoft which prevents and removes spyware in Microsoft Windows. It was originally known as Microsoft Anti Spyware. It is available for free download for Windows XP which it is enabled by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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Display “My Computer” icon on the desktop

April 10th, 2009

By Windows default My Computer icon is not displaying on the desktop. We will present you quick and easy methods to make it appear.
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Fix missing tabs and menu options in Windows Task Manager

April 2nd, 2009

There would have surely been instances when while opening or running Task manager you’d notice that the task manager top-level menu bar and tabs would not be visible i.e. they would be missing. To fix this issue follow the instructions below.
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Fix show hidden files and folders problem

March 19th, 2009

The most exasperating experience we can ever go through is when our computer crashes or causes trouble due to virus. These trojans can actually hide themselves into the system and cause trouble enough to disable our windows task manager, registry editor, folder options and the show hidden files and folders option.
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ReadyBoost for improved performance in Windows vista

March 17th, 2009

You might have heard about the concept of adding extra and additional RAM to improve the performance of computers. A relatively new introduction to this concept is the idea of Windows ReadyBoost. This is meant for Windows Vista and has been launched by Microsoft.

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How to handle hitches while downgrading from Vista to XP

March 15th, 2009

Most new laptops or desktops sold these days come with preinstalled Windows Vista. Vista is not one of the most user friendly operating systems but if we’re looking at downgrading from Vista to Windows XP that’s not as easy as it should be either.

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Can’t Delete Exe Files from Desktop

March 11th, 2009

While you are trying to delete .exe files from the desktop you get a message saying: Cannot delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk (Windows XP) or  File in use: The action can’t be completed because the file is open in another program (Windows Vista).

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Fix Task Manager disabled by Administrator

March 1st, 2009

You get a message saying Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator, which means your PC got infected with a virus, and you can no longer access to your task manager.

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Where did my memory (RAM) go?

February 23rd, 2009

Have you installed 4GB amount of memory (RAM), but Windows is reporting only 3.3GB or some random number which is not correct? Problem is if you have 32 bit processor and 32 bit OS, it can address 2^32 addresses which is no more than 4GB of RAM.

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