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[the How-To Geek]Disable User Account Control (Vista)
Disable User Account Control (UAC) the Easy Way on Windows Vista
Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system, so be warned.
Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box.
You’ll see the link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”. Click it.
Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. You should be done with obnoxious prompts!
Hide and Secure a Folder (For Real) in Windows-lifehacker.com
Featured Windows Download
Windows only:
My Lockbox isn’t a full-featured encryption solution like TrueCrypt, but it is an easy and free way to hide a folder from all but the most technically savvy (and extremely prying) eyes. Install the program, choose a folder you want to hide (or let it create a “My Lockbox” in your My Documents folder) and then run the program to unlock and add files to it. Shutting down the program or even booting into safe mode won’t reveal your folder, unlike many other “hiding” utilities, and even looking at folder sizes won’t reveal your data. Somebody with a recovery disk and knowledge that you’re hiding something might breach your data, but for most people’s needs, My Lockbox gets the (secret) job done. My Lockbox is a free download for Windows 2000 and later.
My Lockbox [via Freeware Genius]
Today’s Download: PixelCryptor (4 All)
Windows only:PixelCryptor Encrypts Files with an Image
File encryption utility PixelCryptor doesn’t use a textual password to encrypt your files, it uses a digital image. Lock up your PixelCryptor file package like a drum and set an image as the key. The more complex the image, the more secure your encrypted folder. Then, on another PC with PixelCryptor installed (or available on a thumb drive), unlock the folder contents only with the image you used to encrypt it. PixelCryptor isn’t open source (so perhaps not as well-developed or supported), but it looks like a viable alternative to our beloved TrueCrypt. PixelCryptor is freeware for Windows only.
PixelCryptor [Code Gazer via Tech[dot]Blog]
How do I restrict a User’s Logon hours on my Windows XP machine?
Local and domain users can be restricted from logging on to the computer (or to the network) at specific hours or days. You can only restrict when a user can log on to the system. On a stand alone computer (one that is not a part of a domain) you cannot force a user to log off when their hours expire.
Although domain administrators have an option in the Active Directory Users & Computers GUI to limit the user’s logon hours, local administrators do not have that option in the Local Users and Groups console.
In order to do that you’ll need to use the NET USER command.
Some examples would be:
net user danielp /time:S-F,08:00-18:00
net user danielp /time:S-F,8am-6pm
net user danielp /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00
net user danielp /time:all
Open a Command Prompt window.
Enter the appropriate “net user” command for the user(s) you wish to restrict access for.
Note: This command also works in Windows NT 4.0 and W2K.
Today’s Tip: How To resize desktop icons in "Vista"
You can use the scroll wheel on your mouse to resize desktop icons.
On the desktop, press and hold CTRL while you scroll the wheel to make icons larger or smaller.
Free: VLC media player (4 All)
VLC – the cross-platform media player and streaming server
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs
FREE Must have utilities:
Juice: (PodCast Downloader)
So what is it?
Want to listen to internet audio programs but can’t when they are scheduled? This program lets you create your own custom online audio anytime, anywhere. Really.
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ISO Recorder:
ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.
Get it Here:
Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista
FREE:Zipper/Unzipper software from "izarc.org"
IZArc is the ultimate freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support.
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Excel:Calendar Templates
This free Excel calendar template allows you to quickly and easily create and print a monthly calendar by simply choosing a year and month. You can also choose a color scheme for your calendar using simple form controls. Use the ready-made 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 calendar workbooks for adding events and holidays, planning, printing, and scheduling.
Get it: Here
Screensaver:Cities of Earth 3D
Cities of Earth is a free beautiful 3D screensaver which shows biggest cities of our planet. Features: Aflame Sun, stars, 3D Earth model with highlighted cities. Many of cities with information about its population and country names. So it’s a good educational content. The positions of all cities corresponds to its real world coordinates.Day gives place to a night and vice versa.Low CPU usage. Zoom in/zoom out: Use mouse wheel to move camera closer/farther. Camera Control: Use “up” and “down” arrow keys to control the vertical camera position (to look at Antarctica). Use “left” and “right” arrow keys to slow down or to speed up the camera rotation speed.
Get it: Here
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