Encrypting File System (EFS) was first implemented in Windows 2000 and has existed throughout all the later operating systems. Although it’s a free built-in feature, many have abounded it to adopt third-party alternatives like All File Locker or Boxcryptor for

Aside from the obvious blow of a system failure, Windows seemingly wants to make it more difficult to see any related error messages by promptly restarting the system. Similar to the option to stop Windows from restarting after updates, we can prevent Windows from restarting after failures like blue screens. There are sometimes two ways to make system changes in Windows. Using the registry is one I’m quite ...

Everything Windows refers to when it comes to software installation directories, system variables, network mappings, and even basic system properties are found in the registry. When these values are present, changing them aren’t difficult at all. The owner of a computer is the name used when the operating system was first installed. The string value used for this name is called RegisteredOwner and can be easily ...

Do the balloon tips that keep popping up in Windows annoy you? Applications display notifications via a balloon in the notification center. I’ve found this to be annoying especially when the tips aren’t useful but are rather telling me things I already know. Especially if you have multiple programs running down there on the taskbar, disabling every one is nothing short of a tedious task. Fortunately, we can share with you a registry hack that can ...

Mounting image files as virtual drives has got to be considered one of those revolutionary ideas. No longer are discs needed to burn and then place in a disc drive to run. Not only is that wasting money for discs but also time and speed as running images from within Windows on a hard drive is much faster. Aside of this, discs don’t provide enough physical space for extremely large image files. Take ...

We all seem to need reminders for daily tasks. Whether it’s walking our dog, taking out the trash or going to lunch, they always seem to pass by us and only return when it’s too late. Windows’ Task Scheduler is very handy for scheduling tasks so why not use it to schedule reminders? Enter in your custom reminder via a new task and you’ll find yourself never late for another appointment. Create a new reminder task

I’ve certainly had issues in the past where resizing an application window becomes a whole separate, and unnecessary, process. You have to make sure your mouse pointer is exactly on the corner of the window and then click and drag to resize. Win-X Move makes resizing and moving windows extremely quick. Hold down the Alt key and simply drag around the screen to resize or move. It’s bundled has a portable application making ...

Keyboard shortcuts are essential to any Windows power user. Keyboard shortcuts may seem very simple and quite often it can take longer to remember the keyboard shortcut than it would to just perform that action the normal way with the mouse. However once you’ve practiced those shortcuts a few times it will eventually become second nature and you wont even realise that you’re using them. Windows 8 has plenty of new keyboard shortcuts as well as all the ...