Category Archives: Windows Tips

You need a Windows 7 system repair disc

Why do you need a Widows 7 system repair disc? You need one because if something happens and your Windows 7 computer won’t boot,  you have access to system recovery tools and options, that can help you repair serious Windows problems and get you back up and running again. Here’s how to create a Windows 7  system repair… Read More »

Three specialty search engines you never knew existed

There are a lot of search engines out there besides Google, Bing and Yahoo. The ones we are featuring today are niche search engines – they have limited usability – but they’re a lot a fun. And they’re useful too if their specialty is what you’re looking for. #1. Dead Cell Zones (USA and UK) Dead Cell Zones… Read More »

Passwords again

With all the talk of “the cloud” and of privacy violations and “hackers”, we often put the burden and the blame on Web sites when something goes wrong – like when Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or Gmail accounts get “hacked”. We hate words that are so ambiguous. You may as well substitute “gremlin” or boogeyman for “hacker” – they… Read More »

Cookie facts

Few things stir up heated and spirited debates more than Web cookies. Anti-spyware sites like to hammer cookies because, well because, it gives them something to hammer on. But, are cookies really in the same league with spyware, adware, malware and hijackers? Hardly. They don’t contain any mechanism to download software on your computer, they don’t contain hidden… Read More »