In Windows 7 it’s set to run at 1am every Wednesday as a low priority background task. There are a couple of ways to access Disk Defragmenter in XP. In the Local Disk Properties screen poke the Tools tab, then Defragment Now. One of the cool things available in XP Defrag when analyzing your disk is the GUI. Open Control Panel in Classic View and open Scheduled Tasks. Now enter the following into the File name field and click Open....

Or what if you’re using drive encryption that would wipe out your files if you changed the password? It’s time to crack the password instead. There are two options to download, XP or Vista, so verify you grab the right one. Once the .iso file is downloaded, burn it to a CD using the guide below. Now extract the tables to \tables\vista_free on the USB drive and they will be used automatically by Ophcrack....

Looking for a quick way to transform your photos into handsome, convincing vintage art? Heres how to do it. I came across this pic of the King of Bhutan and thought it had some nice possibilities. You will, of course, be using whatever photo you want. I recommend one with high resolution, and good contrast between lights and darks. Press to do a quick desaturate and turn the image to grayscale....

Quick Links Would you like to run programs on your PC without installing them? Lets see how this works. First, youll need to roll out the Spoon online window plugin. Youll see an indicator as Spoon is setup on your setup. Seconds later, youll be informed that the Spoon Plugin is installed on your machine. Now, visit the Spoon app library (link below) in your favorite internet tool. Spoon works in recent versions of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari for Windows....

Here’s how you could customize or remove the Popular Sites page from IE 9. The new tab is an easy way to access and interact with your favorite sites. Simply click one of the links to open that site. Now you’ll see blank squares instead of your most popular sites whenever you open a new tab. nudge the controls button under the Tabs section of the front tab on the Options dialog....

Doing it safely can be tricky – fortunately Ubuntu Tweak can do this for us. Remove Unwanted Packages There are a few issues involved in removing a PPA. The simplest is to remove any packages that were provided solely by that PPA. The exact command will depend on the packages you’re gonna wanna remove. The first step is to install Ubuntu Tweak if you don’t already have it installed. Open Ubuntu Tweak, and select Package Cleaner in the list on the left....

We were then able to add playlists to CopyTrans Manager and sync them with the iPod. you could add and delete music, videos, podcasts, and more. It’s lightweight and works nice for managing your music collection without iTunes. The two components you need are theiPod Managerand NeroAAC Codec. For a full step-by-step…check out our article onhow to use your iPod with Foobar2000. For more, check out our article on usingMedia Monkey as an iTunes alternative for managing your iPod....

In Linux one of the easiest ways to do automated backups is with Simple Backup (SBackup). Install Simple Backup To install SBackup open your menu and press the software center. Search for SBackup and implement the software from the search results. Configure SBackup SBackup’s recommended configs assumes you have /var/backup pointing to a separate hard drive. Next punch the include tab and add any files or directories you would like backup up....

Remember before making any changes to the Registrycreate a Restore Pointand / orback it up. Under Internet Explorer create another new Key and name it Main. When you’re done the path will look like this. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main Highlight Main and create a new DWORD Value. Then you might want to lock the toolbars as well. Now anytime when you open IE 9 the bars you selected will show up. This should work with IE 9 Beta 32 or 64-bit versions....

Nothing would be worse than having to fill out the same boring paperwork twice! If you accidentally close Adobe Reader, then youll have to punch in in all that information again! Fill out the form. select File > Save, or just press Ctrl+S. If you open it again, you will see that your changes are still intact! Thats all you better do! Download the free version of PDF-XChange Viewer

Heres how to quickly change your screensaver tweaks to keep your box secure when youre away. To get started, right-punch your desktop, and click Personalize to pop fire up personalization parameters dialog. Click Screen Saver under the themes to change your screensaver configs. This will bring up the Screen Saver parameters dialog. Now, after the length of time you selected, youll see your screensaver as normal. drop your password and login as normal to access your machine....

Today we take a look at how to do it using Field Codes in Word 2010. To enter a Word count, verify you have the cursor where you want the count to appear. Then smack the Insert tab on the Ribbon. Then in the Text group select Quick Parts then Field. There are quite a few including Table of Contents, Bibliography, Time & Date…etc. Here we added a couple more paragraphs and it updates accordingly....

Here we look at how to uninstall IE 9 and get IE 8 back. Alternately you might fire up the Start Menu \ Control Panel \ Programs and Features. Now in Programs and Features click View installed updates located on the left pane. Then find Windows Internet Explorer 9, right-click, and uninstall. Yes we’re sure… Then a restart is require to complete the uninstall process. For more on Internet Explorer 9check out our screenshot tour....