Vista by Vher528

Windows Vista Visual Style for Windows XP. (Update to previous Windows Vista Visual Styles)

Changes:

• Improved Window Borders and Titlebars
• Start Orb moved a little to the left
• Caption Buttons Bug fixed (changing fonts)
• Aero and Basic Substyles
• Many more…

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SevenVG Black Mod 1

Original theme by SevenVG Black Theme for Win XP by Vishal-Gupta.

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Choosing the Right Hard Drive

One thing is for sure, the hard drive is something that no computer can be without. In fact, when you are looking to upgrade your computer or buy a new one you should use the hard drive as one of the most important considerations to follow. There are all types of affordable hard drives to choose from though. These will help to not only give your computer a place for its data to be stored but they will be useful in that you will not have to spend more money than you need to.

The first thing to consider when finding affordable hard drives is the capacity of the hard drive. While larger hard drives have become the way to go for some computers these days the more affordable hard drives are going to be the ones that have lower levels of data capacity. A hard drive that fits 250GB of data will certainly cost less than that of an 800GB hard drive.

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Google Searching Tips: Find Email Addresses

Google searching tips: find email addresses.

Type the following line in your google search box.

filetype:reg reg +intext:”internet account manager”

intitle:index.of inbox dbx
MS Outlook Express file

e-mail address filetype:csv csv
CSV files that could contain e-mail addresses

filetype:pst pst -from -to -date
Finds Outlook PST files, which can contain e-mails, calendaring, and address information

intitle:index.of inbox
inbox email

filetype:xls inurl:”email.xls”
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that could e-mail addresses

inurl:email filetype:mdb
Microsoft Access databases that could contain e-mail information

filetype:xls username password email
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that could contain username, password and email

filetype:wab wab
Outlook Mail address books that could contain e-mail information

filetype:pst inurl:”outlook.pst”
Outlook PST files can contain e-mails, calendaring, and address information

filetype:mbx mbx intext:Subject
Outlook versions 1-4 or Eudora mailbox files contain e-mail information

Portable Media Inputs For Computers

Portable media is one of the most popular things that can be used. Whether it is for an MP3 player, a digital camera or something that is just used to transport files around, portable media can be used to easily transfer information from one computer to another. There are numerous portable media inputs to look into. The most popular of the portable media inputs for computers is the USB input. The Universal Serial Bus input is used to improve plug and play compatibility so that devices can be easily connected to a computer without having to restart the computer or install additional software. Flash drives are especially popular among USB inputs, but various other programs and hardware will use this. This includes MP3 players that use USB connections to connect the player to the computer or portable video players that work in the same way. Hardware for the computers have been using USB inputs too, including computer speakers, monitors and printers.

An SD card is another of the portable media inputs for computers. Short for Secure Digital, this is a popular method of data storage for all different types of digital media. This includes digital cameras, GPS devices and PDA computers. Many of the top cards can hold multiple gigabytes of information. SD cards are becoming popular in these devices and more computers have built in SD card readers. SDHC cards, which are Secure Digital High Capacity cards, are also popular and can be read on these computers. These cards are known for using the FAT32 file system and can handle more than ten gigabytes of data.

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Virus Hoaxes

“Warning!,” the email screams.  “There’s a new virus going around, and Microsoft says it’s the worst one yet!”  After this amazing bit of hype, the email continues with “Once this virus infects your system, it will delete all the files on your hard drive, reset your computer clock, and make your screen only show green and black!”

Anyone who has made it this far is then asked to “forward this virus warning to everyone you know!” and “Delete any emails you get with the title “Have a nice day!’ This email has all the signs of a virus hoax.

First, viruses are not magical or all-powerful.  Yes, they can damage your data.  Viruses have been known to erase hard drives, delete documents, even forward classified documents to random email addresses.  But, to date, only one virus (CIH, or Chernobyl) has actually been able to damage hardware.  CIH found a way to overwrite the BIOS, or read-only memory.

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Windows 7 The Next Microsoft OS

Windows 7 is the codename of the next operating system that is currently developed by Microsoft and scheduled to be released in two or three years. The first question that I had to answer when speaking about Windows 7 for the first time was why it was named that way. Why was it named Windows 7 ? You should first realize that this is only a codename and not the final name, a temporary name that is being used to address the new operating system.

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Access Your PC From Anywhere

There are several services available now that allow you to remotely access your computer from any other machine in the world, as long as it is connected to the internet. The good news is that Windows XP Professional has this functionality built into the operating system. In this article, I am going to show you how to configure your Windows XP Professional computer to support remote access using the Remote Desktop feature.

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Change the MS DOS Prompt Color

Microsoft Windows have COLOR command to cChanges the MS DOS Prompt window foreground and background colors for the current session. Used without parameters, color restores the default MS DOS Prompt window foreground and background colors.

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Ten Features From Windows Xp not Appearing in Vista

This is not about to turn out as an article on Ten Things I Hate About Vista. There is already a great number of technically enlightening pieces that will do that for anyone. This article will instead focus on what basic common user observations point out as unfortunate Vista innovations from old XP features. Some of the items are humorously simple and superficial. They should not be ignored though because a great majority of people around the world are not technology experts and can only make basic observations. Sometimes though, basic observations are what can make or break a product simply because there are more average people than computer geniuses.

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