The HOSTS file is where your computer goes first to translate a domain (404TechSupport.com) to an IP address (96.30.24.98). It's mostly been replaced by the use of DNS because it would be impossible to keep up with all the new websites created or server changes that occur daily. Despite that, it still has its uses for correcting something locally or filtering sites. Malware … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Preview Extends To Hardware Partners
Just yesterday Microsoft made the Windows 8 preview official and shared details of the new Windows 8 Touch Interface. Soon after, they previewed Windows 8 to their hardware partners at 2011 Computex in Taiwan. Touch-centric hardware like tablets was demonstrated to show the flexibility and power of code-named Windows 8. … [Read more...]
Microsoft Officially Previews The Windows 8 Interface
Following Windows 7, the next versions of Microsoft Windows are supposed to start coming faster and more frequent. To get that started, Microsoft officially previewed code-named Windows 8 at the D9 Conference today. For those of us not at the conference, Julie Larson-Green kindly summarized the presentation in this announcement. You can read the full details in the … [Read more...]
Help! My Task Manager Has No Border. How do I close it?
Windows Task Manager, useful for viewing a computer's performance or ending stubborn processes, has a default setting 'Always on Top' and a strange view that will remove the border. This still allows you to move the window around but removes your ability to close the window (unless you were to kill the taskmgr.exe process). This 'strange view' has existed since at least Windows … [Read more...]
Installing Group Policy Management Console and Active Directory Users and Computers On Windows 7
To access the Active Directory Users and Computers or Group Policy Management Console snap-ins with Windows XP or Server 2003, you had to install the adminpak.msi. With Windows 7, the approach is a little different. To install these components on your Windows 7 SP1 computer, you'll need to download and install the 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) version of the Remote Server … [Read more...]