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Posts tagged ‘XP’

9
Apr
This looks scary official right?

What do you do now?! -The Fake Anti-Virus Edition

I have seen a rash of fake Anti-Virus attacks over the past several months. They take the form of an official looking virus scanner window and security center alert. The main point is for them to “scan” your computer and “find” viruses. When you try to removed the found viruses they present you with a window to purchase the fake product. You should never give billing information to anyone, any application, any website, or any email you don’t know or trust. Read more »

27
Sep

Monday Tips – Off Screen Windows in XP

  This is a problem some people experience. You lose a window off screen and you have now way to get it back. The window could be off screen for any number of reasons. The following trick only works in Windows XP.

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But you can get the window back with a little magic. You want to head down to the task bar and right click on the item you lost. When the context menu comes up select the option "Move."

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This will place your cursor in the window bar at the top of the missing program. Now you can just drag your mouse back on the screen and the window is back.

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If you just get a cursor back that means the window is below the taskbar. You will need to use the arrow keys to get the window back. Just hold the Up arrow key and the window will move up. You can use the other arrows to move the window in the corresponding direction.

13
Sep

Monday Tips – Removing the Delete Confirmation box

On every fresh install of Windows I have done one of the first things I do is disable the Delete confirmation box every time I delete a file. I find the confirmation box a bit annoying, plus it makes deleting files a bit quicker.

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Yes I know I’m deleting a file and I don’t need to be asked if I am sure I want to delete it.

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