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How to remove the Windows 10 Upgrade Notification If your PC runs Windows 7, Microsoft may send you notifications to upgrade to Windows 10. In case you do not want to upgrade and want to get rid of the notifications,

Windows Housekeeping The foundation to make the housekeeping process easy and efficient is the partioning of my hard disk(s). While the primary partition holds the operating system and programme files, the secondary is dedicated to the data files. This way, the

Here is a list of items that I apply to optimize a Windows 7 system. Safety first! Before you apply any of these changes it is recommended to make a windows restore point. 1) Review the System Properties – Adjust

setup a VPN to your home network with Windows 7 and a Belgacom b-box2 Here is a way to setup a VPN access from a Windows 7 PC to your home network with a Windows 7 PC as host PC:

Firefox (25.x) Firefox running on Windows 7 may have issues with Flash plug-in installers or updates. In those cases you can download and install the Flash Player installation packages available on the Adobe Flash Player Distribution site.  

VISTA and Chrome with McAfee Bitdefender Chrome traffic may be blocked by Bitdefender. Check the McAfee Firewall settings in that case and reset the firewall rules. To reset the firewall rules open BitDefender, switch it to Expert View from the

Windows 7 – Change Default Location Changing the default location of your personal files is handled very differently in Windows XP and Windows 7. While in XP this is done through a built-in option, it requires manually actions to perform

WindowsRecovery Rogue To remove the ‘WindowsRecovery’ Trojan Horse virus, follow the instructions published ccm.

How to fix the Windows Vista and Windows 7 error: “The User Profile Service service failed to login. User Profile cannot be loaded” This is the only way I was able to fix this error. These steps were found on

Reclaim Disk Space after an XP Hotfix Installation To reclaim diskspace from Hotfix installations, you can use a freeware: XP_Remove_Hotfix_Backup.exe this utility removes Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry entries. Reclaim Disk Space after Vista Service Pack Installation For Vista

XP Housekeeping The foundation to make the housekeeping process easy and efficient is the partioning of my hard disk(s). While the primary partition holds the operating system and programme files, the secondary is dedicated to the data files. This way, the

Optimize Firefox (3.0.x) Firefox can be manually tweaked by typing ‘ about:config’ in the address bar and then modifying the values of the respective fields of the Firefox control panel (i.e. the page that is displayed). However, the easier way

Tuning the Windows environment – Windows XP speed optimization Here is a list of items that I apply to optimize a Windows XP system. 1)      Review the System PropertiesAdjust the Performance Options in the Advanced Tab: 2)      Disable indexing servicesIn

Name and Company Information (after installation of Windows XP) can be changed in the Registry. Follow the Microsoft instructions: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

FileZilla Server for windows removable drive support To support several drives, including removable drives, you need to create an alias for every resource other than your homedirectory. Here is how you can add directory aliases to Filezilla server: 1) Start