We all know that the longer you use your computer, the slower it will become. There are plenty of times when we experienced this slow PC syndrome and we have totally no idea which application is taking up all the resources. What if there is a way to track and monitor your applications and check which one is causing problem in your system?
We have previously covered how to use the Resource Monitor to track your application. In this article, we are going to show you a more powerful tool – Process Monitor, to get the job done.
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If you are not making effort to improve your Windows 7 security Running a program always carries risks. For example, a program executed by a normal user can easily change the registry so it will start every time you turn on your computer. Other times, a utility, designed to improve your operating system, can change the registry using methods that works in Windows XP but not in Windows 7. Viruses and other kind of malware can also change your system files and make your computer acts erratically. So what can we do to protect ourselves?
Do you ever have a confidential document that you don’t want others to see? How do you protect it from creeping eyes? While there are many tools in the market, both free and paid, that allow you to encrypt your files and folders, we are not going to discuss about them today. Instead, we will talk about the built-in encryption function in Windows (available since Windows 2000). The tool that we are referring to is EFS (Encrypting File System).
There are times when you need to restrict an application access to the Internet. it could be that you you suspect the application is a malware, or that you don’t want your kids to be able to surf the web on your working PC. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how you can block a program access to the Internet, right from the context menu.
While Applocker is a useful feature that allows you to 
Sometimes you just forgot your Windows 7 user login password and find that is impossible to start the system. Abishek has covered the way to 
Sometimes you are working on your computer and a file is deleted by accident, or maybe you need to recover your lost photos from a memory card. Piriform, the creator of 
Hard disk failure happens for several reasons – a power failure, virus infection, a bad installation, and many other things that can lead to strange behaviours.
While there are plenty of anti-virus suite around, Microsoft Security Essential (MSE) is fast becoming one of the most popular security suite for end-users. The main reasons for its success is because it is free, lightweight and it just works. Being developed, endorsed and maintained by Microsoft also help.
Most of us tend to overlook this, but it is very important to control the resource usage of your applications. When an application misbehaved, it can cause other programs to work erratically. If your system runs out of CPU or memory, the programs has to stop until those resources become available.