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You can use theĀ Clear Type Tuner to adjust how Windows displays text for the best look on your LCD monitor or laptop screen.

Run ā€œĖœcttune.exeā€˜ from the Start Menu search box, or go to the Control Panel Display applet, and select Adjust ClearType Text from the left.

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You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. What you may not realise is that you can also rearrange system tray icons in the same way. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. It’s an easy way to control what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you want notifications.

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I came across another fake Windows diagnostic software on a laptop today that looks real enough that it’s worth sharing here.

The software calls itself Windows Diagnostic and is a fake computer analysis and optimization program that displays fake information in order to scare you into believing that there is an issue with your computer. The catch is that it won’t actually fix any problems or restore access to your files until you click a button and pay them some money.

Windows Diagnostic is installed via Trojans that display false error messages and security warnings on the infected computer. These messages will state that there is something wrong with your computer’s hard drive and then suggests that you download and install a program that can fix the problem. When you click on of these alerts, Windows Diagnostic will automatically be downloaded and installed onto your computer.

Continue reading “Windows Diagnostic malware“

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This tip has appeared in a number of places including here and here. The basic idea being that this gives you access to many (but not all) of Windows 7 tools, utilities, etc in one ā€˜globalā€™ control panel.

Simply create a new folder anywhere you want, then rename that folder to:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}


As soon as you do that you will see the folder icon disappear to be replaced with the following icon:

And thatā€™s it ā€¦ browse the contents to your hearts desire.

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I got a phone call this afternoon from a lady on the indian subcontinent that told me to quickly turn on my computer as it has a virus.

Uh oh! I’m so glad they called as my anti-virus hadn’t picked up anything!

She told me to quickly turn on my computer and open the administration tools. Urgently! Fortunately, she guided me through opening this up and and getting to the Windows Event Viewer which was great as I was quite scared and nervous that my PC would crash and I would lose everything.

And she was right… there were ERRORS in my logs! Crap!

<—- End Sarcasm —->

Ok, Ok, I wasn’t really worried and I knew this was a scam from the beginning but wanted to see where they were going and which scam they were trying to pull.

They basically want to sell you an “Extended Warranty” for your PC which includes an anti-virus subscription. This scam is several years old and gets recycled every few years. It is run by a site called “teche4pc dot com” run by some, probably dodgy, company call “Met Technologies”.

The first thing they try and get you to do is turn on your PC and guide you through opening Event Viewer (they always assume you are running Windows).

Event Viewer maintains logs about program, security and system events on Windows and, according to Microsoft, can be used to view and manage the event logs, gather information about hardware and software problems, and monitor Windows security events.

Event Viewer system logs display prominent ‘Error’ icons, which often relate to trivial matters like the failure of a process to start, but could be used by a scammer to convince someone their computer needs ‘fixing’ by running a script or, in this case, by purchasing an “Extended Support Warranty”.

However, you can bet that the support you receive would cause more problems than you started with and end up in an endless stream of invoices and credit card charges.

Be careful out there! Also, if they have blocked their Caller ID andĀ  you canā€™t call back on a recognised number donā€™t divulge any personal information.

If you do actually need anti-virus stick to one of the known brands: AVG, Avira, Kaspersky, Symantec, McAfee, etc. Any of them are better than these questionable companies. Or, if you want a simple free solution, give Microsoft’s Security Essentials a go.

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Post FormatsĀ were introducedĀ withĀ Version 3.1. A Post Format is a piece of meta information that can be used by a theme to customize its presentation of a post. Post Format ā€œVideoā€ is designed to simpy embed interesting or funny video content by simply adding the video url…