Formerly known as Microsoft Antispyware, the software giant released Windows Defender in 2006 to protect its number one operating system at the time, Windows XP, from spyware. Simple to use and supported in Windows Vista and 7, Windows Defender is well-known for its reliability and stability.

Unfortunately, Windows Defender does occasionally become corrupted and must be removed and reinstalled to work properly. The Windows Error Code 0×800106ba is usually accompanied with one of the following generic error messages: …click here to read more

Although they’ve been out for a while now, Intel’s Core lineup, Core i7, Core i5, and Core i3 processors, are still considered relatively young (for processor line marketing). Here, we will review the three processors, explaining the technologies behind them, Intel’s philosophy, and help you decide which one you should buy.

Rather than taking the traditional processor comparison route by showing you a bunch of benchmarks, game performance specs, etc, this review will focus on explaining the “core” of Intel’s core lineup.

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Windows 7 and Windows Vista have a nice feature that allows you to access some extra options on the context menu for any folder. Press Shift while right-clicking on a folder in Windows Explorer.

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We have previously published a post about a couple of tools for emulating the XP Start menu in Windows 7: Restore the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7. We have found another free tool called Classic Shell that provides the classic XP Start menu and XP’s Windows Explorer.

Download Classic Shell from http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/. …click here to read more

Linux provides a method of automating a task or a set of tasks using the crontab utility. The tasks run automatically in the background on a schedule you specify. You can use crontab to automatically create backups, synchronize files, schedule updates, and more.

The backup shell script discussed in Back Up a Directory in Linux using a Shell Script can be automatically run on a schedule using crontab. …click here to read more

Do you use the File Browser in Ubuntu more often than the Terminal window for working with files? If so, these tips will be useful for you.

Viewing Hidden Files and Folders

The File Browser does not display hidden files and folders by default. You can see hidden files and folders in the Terminal window by typing the following at the prompt: …click here to read more