Encrypting files and folders in Windows

{ Written by: admin on February 3rd, 2008 }
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If you are the type of computer user who is paranoid about security, and your PC is installed with Windows 2000 or higher, encrypting your files and/or folders is easy using Windows’ Encrypting File System (EFS) feature. However, EFS will only work on an uncompressed NTFS partition. If the partition is FAT-32, EFS will […]

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Installing XP on a Windows Vista PC

{ Written by: admin on February 2nd, 2008 }
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If you purchased a PC now, and you prefer Windows over Linux, the Mac, and other operating systems, it will surely come with Windows Vista. If you encounter problems running your favorite applications and peripherals due to incompatibility problems with Vista, you might find yourself wishing to uninstall Vista, and reinstalling XP in its place. […]

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Transferring files and settings from an old PC to a new PC

{ Written by: admin on January 29th, 2008 }
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If you just bought a new PC to replace your old one, you would normally want to copy your files from the old PC to the new one, unless you don’t have anything you consider important on the old PC. If you’ll be using Windows XP (and you should be, considering that all the pre-Windows […]

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Creating a system restore point in Windows XP

{ Written by: admin on January 26th, 2008 }
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Before installing another program, replacing a piece of hardware on your Windows PCs, or tweaking your registry, it is recommended that you always create a system restore point that you can use for restoring your system settings to its previous state, if something goes wrong with your installation of the new program or hardware, or […]

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