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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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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To run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (ie charmap).
WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS:
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- Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
- Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
- Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
- DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
- Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
- Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
- IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)
- Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).
» Continue reading 25 Windows XP Hidden Applications
Enabling DMA mode on IDE channels will consume less processor cycles almost reduce consumption of processor cycles from 50% to 5%. Windows 2K/2000 and Windows XP fail to enable DMA on IDE devices automatically. Though enabling DMA will not boost writing speed on to the disk, it will consume less processor cycles which can be used for another purpose.
By default PIO (Programmed Input-Output) transfer mode is set on IDE drivers in windows XP and 2000. PIO transfer mode consume more processor cycles because the central processor transfers data word by word or byte by byte.
When DMA transfer mode is enabled, small processor called DMA controller takes the burden of transferring data between IDE devices. Once the central processor starts the data transfer and transfers the control to DMA controller, the DMA controller looks after the data transfer and after completing the total transfer the control is transferred from DMA controller to central processor thus the central processor gets less involved in the transfer and so CPU cycles are saved which can be used by another programme.
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We all know that Registry is heart and soul of Windows installation. Any Corrupted entry can result in crash or a huge registry file degrade the performance of Windows. Also Editing registry files manually can be dangerous, one small mistake and you will loose everything… That’s Why Programmer have created several tools for maintaining and cleaning registry files. Most of them are paid but there are few free ones also. One such Open Source and free tool is Little Registry Cleaner.
Little Registry Cleaner (LRC) is among one of the best registry cleaner and It’s Open Source as well, LRC is now also available as portable application. You can fix or clean your registry by 2-3 simple clicks if you using this simple and easy tool. Some of the task Registry cleaner can do are –
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