April 5th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
Looking for a Windows process blocker? Want to make sure your kids never run that silly game that they keep downloading over and over again? Or don’t want someone to be able to run a sensitive application installed on your PC? One way to fix these problems is to simply block the process. Well, you’ve [...]
March 31st, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
Welcome to the second part of this two-part article about using SafeHouse Explorer to securely store and transport your important, private files. The first part of this article covered installing and running SafeHouse Explorer and creating your first SafeHouse volume. In this part, we discuss creating a portable version of SafeHouse Explorer you can carry [...]
March 30th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
We have previously written about creating and using a portable version of the free, open source encryption tool, TrueCrypt. This allows you to create encrypted file stores so you can securely carry around your data on USB flash drives. However, to use the portable version of TrueCrypt, you must have administrator privileges on the computer [...]
November 19th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Looking for some cool online tools? As an IT Pro, tools are what makes us tick. You really can’t do anything without a “tool” of some sort. Whether it’s a disk utility, a network scanner, or a website monitor, tools are essential to getting things done quicker. Today I found a cool site called iTools.com, [...]
October 17th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Windows 7 has a lot of great built-in tools, but they are not always very easy to use. For example, you can optimize system for better security and faster performance via the registry, but who is going to ever do that manually? That’s where nice liked tweaker/optimizer programs come in handy. They give you easy [...]
October 14th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Looking to sell an old computer and want to wipe the hard drive clean before you sell it? Whatever your reason may be, there are lots of programs out there that can help you to not only erase the data on a hard drive, but erase it in such a way that it can never [...]
October 12th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Everyone is always looking for a good anti-virus program these days with all the malicious software floating around in our email, websites, etc. You’ve probably read hundreds of “Best Anti-Virus” posts in your life, but in this post I’ll try to give you a little more meat to why you should pick one anti-virus program [...]
September 28th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Is your computer becoming cluttered with various software programs so you can view different types of files, such as videos, PDF files, Office files, etc. We found a tool that can simplify your life and allow you to get rid of some of the extraneous software on your machine. Free Opener is a free tool [...]
April 9th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
You have found a site containing a free download you want but you don’t want to enter your main email address to get the link for fear of getting a lot of spam from the site. A good option is to use a temporary email address. 10 Minute Mail can help you there. When you [...]
April 8th, 2011 by Aseem Kishore
Multiple desktops are extremely beneficial for the PC user who does a vast amount of multi tasking, and often uses several programs at once. Although Windows 7 has Aero Flip to allow you to easily find a Window you are looking for, many people still prefer multiple virtual desktops. Linux Ubuntu users who have tried [...]