SImple Method to Protect Yourself Against Viruses

Follow these simple steps to keep yourself and your computer virus free.

Purchase and/or Download an Anti-Virus program to spot virusesAnti-virus software is a must for any computer connected to the Internet or otherwise. Viruses travel by many means and the first thing you should do is install software to catch the viruses.
or download free antivirus program
Update your current Anti-Virus softwareProtection against viruses is only as good as your last update.

Scan for Viruses regularlyIts a good idea to scan your system on a regular basis to avoid infection. Most anti-virus software scans files as you open them, but its a good idea to run a full scan of your system on a weekly basis.

If you do not have an antivirus software product installed on your computer, try using one of the various online virus scanners to scan your system and remove any problems.
Watch out for Email AttachmentsViruses attached to email are currently the most common and widespread computer viruses. Although some viruses can attack just by opening email, most won't activate until you open the attachment.

Disable System Restore features in Windows ME or Windows XP, so that the viruses can be removed properly in.

Use a Firewall to Protect Your Computer from Intruders
The best defense against someone invading your computer is a personal firewall.

How to login as Administrator in Windows XP?

How many of us ever realized that the Administrator account is one of the best way to get back your computer in shape.This built-in Administrator account is hidden from Welcome Screen when a user account with Administrator privileges exists and enabled.
This Administrator account is mainly for the purpose to have a look on what is inside the computer. Normally, in a troubleshoting process it is very useful, for example in a case where you can't launch any kind of application if you are login with your account.

In Windows XP Home Edition, you can login as built-in Administrator in Safe Mode only. For XP Professional, press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice at the Welcome Screen and input your Administrator password in the classic logon window that appears.

Secret Recipe you can use to recover from Spyware ATTACK!!! - PartONE - Browser Hijack

At this moment I would like to highlight on topic of spyware, since the damaged that has been created by this kind of evil things has become more serious among us. Listed below are some of the devices that I've found it succesfully working proven;-

These are:
1. Trend Micro CWShredder ;- this tool is most likely focus on removing the CoolWebSearch symptom, or we called it as CWS. CWS will normally attack your browser and can causing you to redirect to any other malicious website. The many variants of "CoolWebSearch installs dozens of bookmarks mostly to porn Web sites on your desktop, changes your home page without asking, and continually changes it back if you attempt to correct it. Furthermore, it significantly slows down the performance of your PC, and introduces modifications which cause Microsoft Windows to freeze, crash or randomly reboot". They also normally escape most Anti-Spyware products. However, most known variants of CoolWebsearch can be detected and cleaned by CWShredder.

2. HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you to inspect, and optionally remove selected items. The program can create a backup of your original settings and also ignore selected items. Additional features include a simple list of all startup items, default start page, online updates and more. This prpogram however Intended for advanced users.

3. Spybot Search and Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spybot search and destroy can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on. And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. This wonderful program has many features, and is great at keeping spyware out of the systems.

4. Ad-Aware SE is a multi-trackware detection and removal utility that will comprehensively scan your system's memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known Malware. The most important, no matter what version of Windows you are using, it still can works!

Nice Tips for Microsoft Word 2003 Office - Part 2

Working with text and paragraphs cont.

Ctrl+Equal Sign Subscript the selected text
Ctrl+Shift+Plus Sign Superscript the selected text
Ctrl+Shift+Q Apply Symbol font to the selected text
Ctrl+Shift+F Change the selected text's font
Ctrl+Shift+P Change the selected text's font size
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase the selected text's font size by one point
Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease the selected text's font size by one point
Ctrl+] Increase the selected text's font size by one point
Ctrl+[ Decrease the selected text's font size by one point
Shift+Enter Insert a line break
Ctrl+Enter Insert a page break
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Insert a section break
Alt+Ctrl+Minus Sign Insert an em dash
Ctrl+Minus Sign Insert an en dash
Ctrl+Hyphen Insert an optional hyphen
Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen Insert a nonbreaking hyphen
Ctrl+Shift+spacebar Insert a nonbreaking space
Alt+Ctrl+C Insert the copyright symbol
Alt+Ctrl+R Insert the registered trademark symbol
Alt+Ctrl+Period Insert and ellipsis

What have to do if WinXP won’t boot?

When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition, here are few things you can do when Windows XP won't boot.

1. Bypassing Windows with the Recovery Console
When a Windows XP boot problem is severe, you'll need to use a more drastic approach. The Windows XP CD is bootable and will provide you with access to a tool called Recovery Console.
Solving Startup Problems with the Recovery Console

- Use a recovery console
- fix a corrupt boot.ini
- fix a corrupt master boot record
- disable auto restart
- restore from a backup

NOTE The Recovery Console can be a powerful tool for finding and fixing certain types of startup problems, but if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing, it can also allow you to create new problems that will complicate the ones that are already on your computer or even completely trash Windows’ ability to start. Therefore, it’s best to use the Recovery Console only when you have detailed instructions for performing a specific task from a reliable source such as the Microsoft Knowledge. The best way to load and use the Recovery Console is to run it directly from the Windows XP CD. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Place the Windows XP CD into the drive.
2. Restart the computer from the CD.
3. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press the R key. The Recovery Console starts and shows a list of Windows installations on your computer. In most cases, there will be just one item in the list.
4. Enter the number of the version you want to use, and press the ENTER key. The Recovery Console will ask for the administrator password.
5. Type the same password you would normally use to log into Windows as an administrator, and press ENTER. If there is no administrator password, just press the ENTER key. When the Recovery Console accepts the password, it will display a C:\WINDOWS> prompt. To close the Recovery Console, type Exit at the C:\ prompt.

2. Perform in Place Upgrade
If you can't repair a Windows XP system that won't boot and you don't have a recent backup, you can perform an in-place upgrade. Doing so reinstalls the operating system into the same folder, just as if you were upgrading from one version of Windows to another. An in-place upgrade will usually solve most, if not all, Windows boot problems.

Windows Registry Editor: REGEDIT

The registry contains many many Windows settings (and changes continuously), which can be viewed with the Registry Editor. Because many pages on this site (and other websites) contain registry tweaks, you need the Registry Editor to apply those registry tweaks. The Registry Editor is started with the command REGEDIT (Start, Run..., create a shortcut if you use Registry Editor frequently). Welcome in the world of the registry entries!
Most important to remember using the Registry Editor: there is NO WAY back. If you change something, it is permanent unless you have made a (partly) registry backup (File, Export). Worst case scenario: your Windows doesn't boot anymore! However, this is not a reason to leave the Registry Editor for what it is, frightened to do something wrong. If you carefully follow the instructions and ensure yourself you are making the right changes, nothing will go wrong. Before you make permanent major changes, it's wise first to make a system backup, to repair any damage.

Making changes to the registry
As shown below, the registry (Start, Run, REGEDIT) contains 5 basic keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. Most suggested registry tweaks will be suggested for the HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys. The first key contains settings for the current user account while the second key contains settings for the Windows system.

Tweaks for the HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys can be safely tested by creating an extra user account (Control Panel, User accounts). Within the new test user account you can test those tweaks and remove the user account afterwards. Before you make essential changes to the registry, you can export the keys first to a *.REG file by File, Export within the Registry Editor. Later you can import those registry files by File, Import or by double clicking on them in the Windows Explorer. This way it's easy to export registry settings from one computer to the other.