Search Securely On Google Without Anyone Seeing What You’re Searching For

One of the biggest problem these days, when it comes to internet is, there are a lot of sniffers sitting around trying to capture every single word you type in on your compute

Just imagine that you are trying to search for something on Google, something really personal, and what if this search of yours is being intercepted and is being read by a third party ?

You are in your office, trying to find some information about a new job you are interested in applying. You run a search query on your system and this information goes straight to your bosses inbox!!

Would you want to compromise your security to technology ? The answer is definitely a NO.

Now Google offers search over SSL (those of you who have no idea what SSL is, follow this link), which ensures that your search is private and secure from any external interference.

Google surely understands the need of the day, but then again, Google themselves keep track of what you are searching, so it like Google plans to become a monopoly in knowing what customers / users want ??

Google SSL: https://www.google.com/

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Beep Codes That Tell You If Your Graphic Card Is Faulty

As with the motherboard, there are several beep codes relating to faults with graphics cards. What complicates the situations is the fact that some of these codes can also imply problems with the systems memory. So it’s quite tricky and not as simple as it seems to be. For example, assuming you have an AWARD BIOS and are getting one long beep and two short beeps, this would indicate a probable problem with the graphics card with less likely possibility of a fault in the memory.

All you can really do is check out the possibilities in the order of likelihood. Unfortunately, for the average PC user suspecting a fault specific to a board, the options are limited. Unless you have specialized test equipment and the knowledge to use it, you are basically restricted to the following:

* Check the connection- Do this by replugging the card into its socket.

* Replacement – if you are fortunate enough to have a functional graphics card handy, perhaps from an earlier upgrade, try installing this. If you don’t have another card, consider going out and buying the cheapest one you can find, as substitution is the only way to be really sure.

* Resource conflict – You could have a situation where by your graphics card is OK but is being prevented from working by another hardware device which is claiming the same system resources. The usual method of sorting out this type of problem is by using the Device Manager in the Control Panel. This however, requires access to Windows, which in this situation you obviously haven’t got. What you’ve got to do therefore, is one by one, physically remove every device in the system, restarting each time and seeing if the PC now boots. If and when it does, then the last device removed will be culprit. Once back in windows go into the Device Manager to resolve the issue.

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Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use

Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they're not in use. A "Fence", a term coined by this program, is an icon group on your desktop. Fences is an add-on to your desktop, not a replacement.

Rope off your desktop

Fences allows you to create shaded areas on your desktop that you can place icons in. You can label them however you wish, and move/resize them anywhere on the desktop. Pre-included layouts help speed the process for new users.

See your wallpaper again! Quickly hide & show all your icons with an easy double-click

Double click blank space on your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they’ll return. We think this feature is so useful and unique, that we’ve applied for a patent on it. And with the upcoming Fences FeaturePack / included in the community preview, you can even pick icons and individual Fences to exclude.

Check out the review video from CNET below.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/fences-1-0-windows/9742-1_53-50077864.html

Fences runs on all of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. On Vista and Win7, both 32bit and 64bit versions are supported.

Since Fences uses nearly no system resources, having the operating system is its only requirement. Installation is through Impulse (IE7 required).

It's FREE for personal use, so try it out today, and change how you use your desktop forever! Download Now (8.64MB) Tested spyware free!!

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Windows 7 Basics

How to create a Windows 7 system repair disk.

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