Method 1: Input Director

Input Director is a windows-exclusive program that allows you to control more than one computer without using more than one keyboard and mouse. With input director, you simply control both computers with the keyboard and mouse, and press a certain hotkey to change which computer you would like to control.

You can either use the hotkey method, or just move the cursor off the screen, and it will appear on the other computer, allowing you to use the keyboard for that one instead.

My favorite feature about input director, is the ‘clipboard’ feature. This feature allows you to copy something from one computer, and paste it on another computer. It’s very handy. Also, please note that the only systems that currently support Input Director are Windows 2000 (SP4), Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista. And may I please remind you that, the computers you wish to control simultaneously must be networked.

To download Input Director, go here http://www.inputdirector.com/downloads.html.

Method 2: Synergy

Synergy is very similar to Input Director, but is just as good. A nice little feature about Synergy is that it can

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There’s a simple registry hack you can do that will enable “Open Command Window Here” item without holding down the shift key:

You can either manually edit the registry, or use the downloadable registry hack files to do it.

Manual Registry Hack

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key to add the right-click menu to drive icons:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd

Rename the “Extended” key on the right to something else, like “Extended-Orig”. (Note that you could simply delete the value, but renaming it ensures that you can quickly rename it back to reverse the change)

To add the item to the folder context menu, browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd

And rename the same “Extended” key here. The changes should be immediate.

Downloadable Registry Hack

Simply download, extract, and double-click on the EnableCommandPromptHereAlways.reg file to enter the information into the registry. There’s also an included file to reverse the change.

Download EnableCommandPromptHereAlways Registry Hack

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If you are a long-time Windows XP user, you have to wonder when the sales for this Microsoft operating software will cease to be sold. The last we heard was that Windows XP will stop selling by June but apparently thanks to the Netbook, there seems to be an extension of sorts. This desktop PC from Microsoft is set to come out this August and if that should happen, how can Microsoft stop production if they are offering a desktop PC that runs only with Windows XP?

Everything is geared towards pushing all Microsoft users to shift to their new OS, the Microsoft Vista. If you look at it, this new installment is applicable only to new computers with higher specs. For old PC users, you will notice that the preference is still the Windows XP series since other than using up lesser resources, they cannot afford to upgrade to the new PCs in the market today and just because Microsoft say so, it does not follow that they should buy new hardware as well.

Add to the fact that people will make do with what they have. They still have their original CDs (assuming they are licensed) and with that,

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Changes to policies can take some time for modifications to propagate across domain controllers within a domain and finally to the objects for which they're destined. Policies are refreshed on a client when the computer is turned on, a user logs on, an application requests a policy refresh, a user requests a policy refresh, or the interval between refreshes has elapsed. The latter part of that sentence is key: there's a GPO you can enable that will allow you to customize the interval at which computer and domain controller policies refresh. It's best to make this change at either a domain or OU level for consistency.

To enable the policy refresh interval, follow these steps (I'll assume you're changing this on a domain-wide basis):

1. Within the Group Policy Management Console, find the Default Domain Policy in the left pane.

2. Right-click on Default Domain Policy, and choose Edit.

3. The Group Policy Object Editor window appears. In

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Windows Server 2008 incorporates a feature called Group Policy Preferences, which is essentially the old products PolicyMaker Standard Edition and Policy Share Manager in new form, directly into the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). In a nutshell, preferences allow you to "suggest" an initial configuration to your users while still giving them the ability to change them. Let's delve a little deeper into this.

Group Policy itself was designed so that an administrator determines and sets up his mandatory environment, configures it appropriately for the organization's needs, and then leaves it up to Windows to strictly enforce those settings. GP generally overrides any user-provided settings in the event of a conflict, and it typically disables any user interface functions that could be used to change those settings. And while one can limit or otherwise affect the scope of a GPO, it essentially can touch every machine that is a member of any given Windows domain. Machines and settings controlled by Group Policy are termed "managed" machines and settings.

Group Policy preferences take a lighter approach. While GP preferences still are set up by an administrator

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Well kavo.exe is a worm very similar to amvo.exe but very cumbersome to remove. Well here I will explain how to remove it manually & completely.

If your drves on double click are opening in new folder & you are not bing able to view your hidden folders & files (even after selecting show hidden flies from tools->folder options...), then you may be infected with this virus.

Well to be sure that you are infected with this virus do the following steps
1. click on start menu 2. click on RUN 3. type in there 'msconfig' without commas 4. go to the last tab named 'startup' 5. under the 'startup item' check if there is any item named 'KAVA'. Well if its there you got this virus.

The virus usually spreads through external drives like flash drives, pen drives etc.
It copies itself to all the drives on being run thus ensuring that the virus is activated as every time any drive is opened.

First of all as the virus hides the hidden files you need a software RRT to unhide them. To download the software click here.
Follow these easy steps to remove the...