Microsoft Windows Archives

It is common fact that when you are connected to the internet, there’s possibility of harming your PC. That is the reason why anti-virus software and anti-spyware products are created. Now, getting viruses into your PC is not a matter of choice therefore you should take precaution whenever you are online surfing for that information you want.

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Basics of Windows File System

Many of us are not new to MS Windows. In fact most of us are probably reading this article on a MS Windows platform. I’m writing this article on one now. It isn’t difficult to know what operating systems we use, the CPU speed, the RAM size or the size of the hard drive (if you’re having trouble with them, drop us an email and we’ll see if we can help you.). These information are the homework that needs to be done before making a laptop or desktop purchase.

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Organizing and Cleaning Your Computer

As much as possible, I keep my home neat and tidy. Living in an unkempt environment can be rather detrimental to one’s mental state (it does for mine). It’s the same for my computers (I have a few at home). I like my files neatly organized and categorizing to their right placements. An example – Adobe Reader setup folder sits in another folder called Software. There are many reasons that can cripple a computer, slowing it down and getting it inefficient. One of the main reasons is disorganization.

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WindowBlinds Changing Windows XP Skin

You use the computer and see the same old Windows XP screen everyday. Apart from toggling its theme between Windows XP Classic style and Windows XP style, sizing up / down desktop icons and menu and customizing the wallpaper you probably can’t do much with the interface.

Pretty boring isn’t it? Few years back, Winamp (Windows Media Player equivalent) skins were already very popular. I believe the same could be done to the operating system. With deliberate searching, I came across WindowBlinds – a simple to use software that allows us to customize almost every single component on the Windows XP display.

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How To Move My Documents Folder

Previously we mentioned about Microsoft Windows My Documents folder, its characteristics and how some of us would have scrutinized it – dumping en masse pictures, music files and videos into it.

One disk, one drive

I have to mention that a typical Microsoft Windows operating systems (OS) installation creates only one drive (you guessed it – the C: drive). Which probably means this drive contains the entire physical hard drive space its worth (we’ll touch on this aspect next time).

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