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How to Change the Default Directory for “Music” in Windows 7

Posted by Nikolai On February - 28 - 2010

Windows 7 has a built in directory for all your music files called “Music“. Ideally this is the folder where you organize all your music so that all your music player softwares can automatically find your music files for you. This is a good thing, however the default location of the “Music” folder is actually located in the same drive/partition as your system files, which in that case imposes a high risk of data loss whenever you encounter system crashes, which is very Read More

How to Remove the “hi. this is your photo?” Virus?

Posted by Nikolai On February - 23 - 2010

A couple of days ago, a new threat has emerged  to a lot of MSN users, the “hi. this is your photo?” Virus. Like other virus it enters your system like a trojan horse. It gains your trust and then tricking you to install something in your computer without your knowledge. Before you knew it, your credit card and all other personal information has been stolen! What does this “hi. this is your photo?” Virus do? Well, honestly I don’t know. What I do know is it runs the Read More

Today, computers are being sold with Genuine Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems and supposedly included with it is a 90-day trial version of  Microsoft Office 2007 which you will activate online at first use. This was an easy task but apparently the trial versions of Office 2007 could no longer be activated instead users are being directed to download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta. Personally, I like Office 2010. You should try it for yourself. I have also provided some articles that Read More

Windows Photo Gallery for XP by Windows Live

Posted by Nikolai On October - 20 - 2009

Windows Photo Gallery is now available for XP.  You can download it for free using windows live which also offers the following softwares for download: Messenger Mail Writer Photo Gallery Movie Maker Family Safety Toolbar Photo Gallery allows you to easily to transfer your photos and videos from your camera to your PC. You can also share your favorite photos and videos with friends and family. System Requirements: Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Read More

HP Smart Web Printing

Posted by Nikolai On October - 19 - 2009

HP Smart Web Printing makes websites printer friendly. As most of us have experienced most websites are cluttered when you print it. This is due to the fact that most websites are actually not designed for printing. You don’t actually get what you see when you print webpages. The HP Smart Web printing application easily and quickly does the job for you, and it is free for you to  download here. Instructions on how to use the software is also available in the official download page. Read More

Do you have private Photos and Videos in your Phone or Computer which you don’t wish to share to others? or Have you taken a private video/photo and deleted it, thinking it will be safe from leakage? Well, deleting a file using your device’s normal deletion process will not delete it forever. Yes, that is right, traces of that file will still remain in your memory device and it can be used to restore/recover the original file. A lot of people had suffered from this security leak, Read More

Office has encountered a problem and needs to close.

Posted by Nikolai On June - 26 - 2009

Issue: You receive an error message saying something like, “application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”" and then the program closes when you run any program by Office 2003. Affected products: Microsoft Office 2003 Application Error Report Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Solution: 1. Click Start, and Read More