[스크랩] Keep Your Windows Computer Secure on Public Wireless Hotspots - How-To Geek

If you have a Netbook or Laptop that you would like to use on a Public Wi-Fi hotspot, there are security precautions you need to take. Here we look at keeping your computer secure at public Wi-Fi hotspots.

Public Wi-Fi hotspots seem to be available in more locations than ever before. If you move between them a lot or are just getting started, following these security precautions can help keep your machine safe and secure. For this article we look at security steps in Windows 7, but most of these tips and suggestions will work in XP, Vista, and even other operating systems as well

Keep Your Windows Computer Secure on Public Wireless Hotspots

4 Ways to disable Laptop TouchPad

Below are 4 ways to disable Laptop TouchPad when using an external Mouse instead of a built-in Touchpad.

1. Disable Touchpad via Control Panel

Your system must have the Touchpad driver installed. Lets take the most common brand Synaptics as an example. You can open the “Mouse Properties” in Control Panel, and then switch to “Device Settings” tab with the Synaptics logo.

Now you will see the devices list, choose your Synaptics Touchpad, then click on “Disable” to stop it from working.

2. Disable Touchpad via Laptop Keyboard

Most laptops in the market have a built-in function key (Fn), just like the WiFi switcher, to quickly turn the Touchpad on or off.

This key may or may not be there in your laptop. It depends on what brand of laptop you are using.

3. Use TouchFreeze to disable Touchpad

While the two methods mentioned above can only disable the Touchpad permanently, TouchFreeze is a brilliant little application that disables the Touchpad temporarily when you start typing. Hence you don’t need to control the Touchpad switcher manually. Just leave it running background, and do your work confidently.

However, the above tool didn’t seem to work on my Windows 7 system correctly. May be it’s only for XP users.

4. Use Touchpad Pal to disable Touchpad

Similar to TouchFreeze, Touchpad Pal can also automatically disable Touchpad when you are typing text.

 

Compared to the tools introduced above, Touchpad pal has some advantages. Like it is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7, and displays the “Clicks blocked” frequency in the main interface.

15 cool Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

This article talks about 15 really cool keyboards shortcuts that are specific to Windows 7.

 

1. Ctrl+Shift+N to Create a New Folder

Until now, there was no default shortcut key available for this task. But Windows 7 is the first.

2. Ctrl+Shift+Left Click to Open a Program As Administrator

There are many instances when you need to right click on it and click on “Run as Administrator”. In Windows 7, this can be done with a keyboard shortcut. You just need to point your mouse cursor on that program and then click on it while pressing Ctrl+Shift keys.

 

3. Shift+Right-Click for Enhanced “Send to” menu

The above screenshot shows the default send to menu.

Now, after pressing the Shift key, and if right click on the icon, you can get an enhanced send to menu. See the screenshot below to check how it looks.

Also check 2 Useful Tools To Add Items & Customize the Windows Right Click Menu.

 

4. Shift+Right-Click on a Folder to Open Command Prompt

If you do Shift+right-click on a folder, you’ll find an option that says “Open command windows here.”

 

5. Win+Space for quickly show of Desktop

Pressing the Win key and the space bar simultaneously shows you the desktop immediately.

 

6. Win+Up/Down/Left/Right for moving the active window

If you intend to quickly move the active window to make space for other apps, you could do that by using the Win key and one of the arrow keys. Each arrow key would move the window in the direction it is meant to.

 

7. For Dual Monitors: Win+Shift+Left Arrow Key to Move Active Window to Left Monitor

If you are on a dual monitor setup using Windows 7 then you could press the Win+Shift+Left arrow key combination to move the active application window to the left monitor.

 

8. For Dual Monitors: Win+Shift+Right Arrow Key to Move Active Window to Right Monitor

Similarly, if you need to move the current window to the right monitor screen, just press Win+Shift+right arrow key.

 

9. Win+T to Get to each Taskbar icon

You could use the key combination Win+T to toggle through the applications pinned on the taskbar in Windows 7.

 

10. Shift+Click on a Taskbar App to Open a New Instance of the App

Let’s say you’ve got a bunch of Chrome windows open. And you need to quickly open a new blank window of the browser. Here’s the way – point your cursor to the chrome icon on the taskbar, hit Shift and click on it. There you go!

 

11. Win+B to Move Focus among the System Tray

That would move the focus on the system tray, and then you could use the arrow keys to cycle through the items, including the Windows clock.

 

12. Win+P for Quickly Connecting Your Laptop to a Projector

Windows 7 has a nifty projection menu feature which enables you to quickly connect your laptop to a projector or an extended monitor. Win+P is the keyboard shortcut for that purpose.

 

13. Win+1, Win+2..so on for Opening Taskbar Programs

Want to quickly open a program that’s pinned to your Windows 7 taskbar? You can press the Win key and the number corresponding to the location of the app on the taskbar.

 

14. Win+Pause helps you check System Properties

Need to take a quick look at what’s the processor model you are using, or may be check the device manager, or advanced system settings? You could use Win+pause key combination to open the system properties window.

 

15. Ctrl+Shift+Esc launches ‘Windows Task Manager’

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How to uninstall programs in Windows Safe Mode

Sometimes programs may not uninstall in the regular mode correctly, and you may at times have to boot in safe mode to uninstall software.

However, Windows Installer will not work under Safe Mode, this means that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled in safe mode without giving a specific command using msiexec in command prompt.

To make Windows Installer to work under Safe Mode you need to create registry entries. To know how to do it manually, click : How to make Windows Installer work in Safe Mode.

Alternatively, you can also download and use this freeware utility which automates the entire process and makes thing easier for you.

Simply download SafeMSI, boot in safe mode and then run this utility.

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• Programs won’t install – Another installation is already in progress
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Add a "Up to parent folder" button in explorer for Windows 7

Windows 7 explorer no longer supports a “folder up” button that can take you back up to the parent folder. Instead, Windows 7 and Vista only has a back button. Below is to add a simple “up” button to Windows explorer in Windows 7 or Vista using a free program called “ClassicShell”. As its name suggests, this software adds a number of functions inspired by the classic Windows XP shell, including a classic “start” menu.

Step 1: download the latest version of ClassicShell (works on 32bit and 64 bit OS’s). The version I used at the time of this writing is 1.9.8

Step 2: run the executable to begin the installation. Make sure to uncheck “Classic Start Menu” (unless you in fact want it) but keep “classic explorer” checked.

Step 3: Open any folder then press ALT+T on your keyboard to access “folder options” in Windows 7.

Step 4: Click on the “view” tab and then check “always show menus”. And click “OK”.

Step 5: Right click in a blank area on the newly visible file menu then check “Classic Explorer Bar”.

Step 6: Click on the now-visible “ClassicShell” icon to access the program settings.

Step 7: In the Classic Explorer settings, do the following

• Check “Show Up button in the title bar”
• Uncheck “Show caption in the title bar” and “Show icon in the title bar” — unless you want these.
• Uncheck “Enable classic copy UI” and “Show free space and file size in status bar” — unless you want these.
• Click “OK”

Step 8: Once you exit out of the settings, go back and uncheck “Classic Explorer Bar” — unless you actually like and want it. (Remember that the object of this post is to only add an “UP folder” button to Windows explorer).

Step 9: Go back to the folder options (ALT+T as in steps 3 and 4 above) and uncheck “always show menus” then click OK.

• Original Post: How to add a "go up to parent folder" button in explorer for Windows 7 and Vista
  

Delete multi-media file that is open in another program

 

Trying to delete a multi-media file, if it is blocked because that file is open in another program, this problem may be related to thumbnail preview. In that case, follow below steps. 

1. Open ‘Command Prompt’ window and change directory to the location where a multi-media file resides.

 

2. Execute the following commands to delete ‘Thumbs.db’ file.

  attrib -r -s -h +a Thumbs.db

delete Thumbs.db

 

3. Then try to delete that file again using the following command. (Let the filename aaa.mp4.)

  del aaa.mp4

 

Due to a kind of corruption in ‘Thumbs.db’ file, thumbnail-preview process keeps holding that file. Thus ‘Thumbs.db’ file should be refreshed and regenerated. After deleting ‘Thumbs.db’, the target file can be deleted. Afterwards, a fresh ‘Thumbs.db’ file will be generated without the deleted file.

During above steps, don’t open ‘Windows Explorer’ at the location of the target file. Before you delete the target file, thumbnail-preview process may be activated and may block deleting.