computer support, pc tricks and tips

Using a sweet android app called “Chrome to Phone” (works on Firefox too)
Once installed you can send the following things to your mobile

Send links to browser
Google Maps links launch the Google Maps app.
YouTube links launch the YouTube app.
Selecting phone numbers in Web pages, launches the dialer with the number pre-populated.
Selected text populates the Android clipboard (long-press on text boxes to get paste option).
Right click on links and selections.

To get it running..

First install “Chrome to Phone” on your mobile (requires Android 2.2 or higher)
You can get from the Android Market (Its free)

If your using Firefox then install “Fox to phone” addon
If your using Chrome install the “Chrome to Phone” extension

After performing those tasks, you should be to good to go.

Highlight some text on a web page right click.
And select the “send this text to Android” option.
I use the Firefox version, this also installs a handy button on your tool bar.
That opens your current tab on your phones browser.
Also If you highlight a phone number on a web page.
And send it to your phone and will open it in dialer.

Quite frankly I think Windows Defender is pointless.

In the 5 years I have been using Windows Vista and 7.
Never has Windows Defender found any malware (viruses) of any kind.
Even though other anti-malware software installed at the same time has.
Windows Defender, uses real time protection, so in other words.
Scans any file that’s been downloaded or executed at all times.
This is a system overhead that’s simply not required.

Another irritating thing about Windows Defender is, now and then it requires updates.
And you can not allow Windows Defender to automatically update.
Without allowing ALL Windows updates to automatically install as well.
Which I refuse to do.

So here is how to remove it

Open Windows Defender by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Defender.

Click Tools, and then click Options.

Under Administrator options, select or clear the Use Windows Defender check box, and then click Save. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Please install some kind of anti-malware software because you almost certainly will get effected if you don’t.

Source

Spacemonger is a great program that maps out your hard drive graphically.

I first tried out, Spacemonger purely because it sounded fun (yeah I know I should get out more )

However now drives are so huge, this software has become very useful, the amount of times I have run this program and seen huge amounts of space being wasted by something unexpected, I cant count.

The current version is commercial but the older version is free.

Get it here

Run Command Prompt as Admin
Type
Powercfg –h –size percentsize

Size can’t be less than 40 percent.

Total size is dependent on how much memory you have installed.

My Account>History…

Show: change to “subscriptions”.

Within: change to “past year”

Search

Place this file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

Use this file to prevent your computer from connecting to selected
internet hosts. This is an easy and effective way to protect you from
many types of spyware, reduces bandwidth use, blocks certain pop-up
traps, prevents user tracking by way of “web bugs” embedded in spam,
provides partial protection to IE from certain web-based exploits and
blocks most advertising you would otherwise be subjected to on the
internet.

Heres a site, to download test files to measure your internet connection speed.

Press Windows key R
then type any of the following….

Accessibility Options – access.cpl
Add or remove programs – appwiz.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard – hdwwiz.cpl
Date and time properties – timedate.cpl
Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
Display Properties – desk.cpl
Mouse Settings – main.cpl
Keyboard Settings – main.cpl keyboard
Sound Properties – mmsys.cpl
Open Fonts Panel – fonts
Change User Settings – nusrmgr.cpl
Firewall Settings – firewall.cpl
Open Internet Properties – inetcpl.cpl
Regional and Language Settings – intl.cpl
View Network Connections – ncpa.cpl
Network Setup wizard – netsetup.cpl
Power Management Options – powercfg.cpl
System Properties – sysdm.cpl
Phone and Modem Options – telephon.cpl
Joystick Properties – joy.cpl