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Eraser – Securely Delete Files from Your Computer

For me, privacy is very important especially when disclosing some personal information on the web. However, it is not only restricted to the net as computer users normally store private information on their PC. No matter how you secure your computer system and even your personal information, hackers always had its way of breaking into your personal account.

Eraser - Securely Delete Files

But when you decide to remove these information from your system, what you think is gone forever is just lurking around the corner of your hard disk. This is what I found out when I run a secure deletion program like Eraser, into my PC system. I was totally impressed with how the program completely eliminates sensitive files stored in my system. I’ve noted and compiled some facts and features of the program that appeals to me. Read on.

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PowerShell – New Command Prompt from Microsoft

Command prompt which is provided by Microsoft windows is always a popular tool among the advanced Windows user and administrators. It can increase your efficiency and speed of using the windows command. Like to open Windows word, you probably have to click on Start menu > Go To Programs > Go To MS Office > select Microsoft word shortcut. Alternatively If you have Command prompt already open you can simply type “Winword” Or press Windows +R and then type “Winword” in Run type box. I am sure once you try this method you will stop using the Start menu as it is much faster way of opening MS Word.

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So how it happens, basically “winword.exe” is the core application file which is launched when you click o MS Word shortcut in your start menu. Same thing you can launch by typing the executable filename on command prompt. Run prompt does the same thing when we type an executable filename, it invokes command prompt and then execute the command and closes the Command prompt as well.

Now you know how and why Command prompt is faster than anything else in windows and that is why advanced users heavily use it. But if you are a Linux user, I am sure you never liked the command prompt of Windows compared to Linux Shell. Reason ? Linux shell is much more powerful then Windows Shell. It has so many command available and it can do so many task, that MS Windows shell seems like a child in front of it with its limited availability of functions.
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How to Delete Files Permanently in Windows

Did you know that files are not actually removed from your hard drive when you delete them in Windows (I don’t know about other operating systems, but I think they’re the same), even if you empty the Recycle Bin?

The files and folders you “delete” are actually still on the drive, except they’re hidden. This was implemented into the file system to allow for a much faster deletion speed (it takes quite a while to completely delete a file, about 5 minutes per GB on newer hard drives) and to give the user a possibility to get his data back in case of an accidental deletion or quick formatting (full formatting removes all data, but can take up to a few hours to complete).
So, if you have any sensitive data and think that you can delete it anytime if the circumstances require it, you are in for a big surprise. Using a data restoration utility like Norton Save & Restore or R-Studio, anyone can undelete your files and open them, exposing all your secrets.

Let’s say you really don’t want that to happen. How should you proceed?

One way to do it would be writing unimportant data like music and movies over the deleted, now hidden files. This would physically remove them to make space for the new ones. But you wouldn’t know where exactly were they written on the surface of the disk (they could be at the beginning, middle, end, or scattered all around if your drive was heavily fragmented), so you’ll have to fill all of the free space with unimportant files to be sure they’re really gone.

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How to Install Fonts in Windows XP

Adding more font types for your Office

Once you acquired more experience using Windows applications, you may soon crave for more variety of font types. Find out how to install more font types in DIY way.

We normally use Windows applications to finish our work. These might be some word processing applications, spreadsheet, text editor, design, publishing or web development applications to name a few. Even if you use different applications for different purposes, they usually involve text output or printouts in one way or another. These applications usually come with some pre-installed fonts, but after some time, you might find them quite boring and need some new typeset to work on with. Installing new typeset may be easy for those who have the computer background, but others may not have any idea on how to go about it. This article will show you how to install fonts in Windows XP easily.

The first step is to get the fonts that you want. You can find this from the Internet. Try to search on something like ‘fonts for Windows XP’ and you will see a whole lot of the search result. Choose the one that you like from the list. You need to download appropriate files that contain the fonts into the folder of your choice. If it is an archive (for example .zip or .rar), you need to extract it before it can be installed.

The second step is to go to Control Panel. Click Start menu -> Control Panel. Then in the Control Panel, click the Fonts icon menu. This will eventually display a window with the fonts that have been installed on your computer. To add a new font, go to ‘File’ menu -> then select ‘Install New Font’.

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