Shut down / Restart your Computer, the geek way!

Here are a few old ways to shut down/restart your computer, the geek way! Windows XP: Press windows key and then press "U" twice to shutdown Press Windows key then U and R to restart Press Windows key and L twice to logoff Windows Vista/Windows 7 Press Windows key and then press "Right arrow" thrice and U to shut down Press Windows key and then press right arrow thrice and R to restart Press Windows key then press right arrow thrice and...

Microsoft has warned its users of a fake antivirus software called Security Essentials 2010. As the original blog post by Microsoft's David Wood goes, Well, it had to happen eventually. One of the oldest tricks used by rogue antivirus products is to use a similar name as, or have a similar look and feel to, legitimate security software. It’s been commonplace for them to mimic the Windows Security Center. So it was inevitable that the day would ...

Even after the release of windows 7 there might be a few that still use vista. This is for them 1) Turn off unwanted animations. To do this click start menu. In the search box type “sysdm.cpl”( without quotes) and click continue when prompted by UAC. Click the advanced tab and under performance click settings. In the visual effects tab uncheck the options that are unnecessary. (more...)...