Check If Your Wireless Network Safe With AirSnare

In the days when I used to use Microsoft Outlook for my emails, I also liked that AVG integrates itself with Outlook and immediately scans each email coming in. Suddenly I was getting no more "exe" files of Heidi Klum on the be

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None of them involve going anywhere near the registry or indeed altering your Windows settings in any way. What I am about to talk about is just plain old keyboard shortcuts to make menus jump up and down, windows change or make you bounce your way around the desktop - without touching that mouse o

Now you want to open a file. Just do CTRL + O to open the file box. Use the TAB key and arrow keys to navigate to the correct folder then start typing the name of the folder in the file name text box. When the file name appears, choose it, hit enter and the file will o

The WIN key is actually very versatile and goes to the heart of being able to whizz around your desktop without the mouse. For example, if you do WIN + R, you can get the Run box (try it). WIN + E opens Explorer (your hard drive), WIN + D minimises all your windows and takes you to the desktop, WIN+L locks your screen and WIN + TAB moves you from one open application to anot

4. To find the folder and it's contents again simply go back to the command prompt, type "CD C:Test" (of course, again replacing "Test" with the name of the folder,) and then type "attrib filename -s -h". You should now be able to find your file ag

What remains to be done is monitor your wireless network for suspicious activity. If you don't find your router's built in MAC address login and protocols convenient to use, here's an alternative. AirSnare [Broken URL Removed] is a thorough network monitor for both wired and wireless networks from Windows 98 up to Windows XP. It will detect all active MAC addresses and monitor their activity. Warnings will be issued if unknown / unfriendly MAC addresses are detec

By now wireless networks are virtually everywhere, easily accessible and often freely available. Most of us have it in our home, surfing the web anywhere inside and outside the house, reading mails in bed first thing in the morning, or listening to streaming music in the kitchen while doing the dis

When I start working on the computer, I mostly tend to head straight to the start menu so let's go there. To bring up the start menu using the keyboard, just press the START key (also called the WIN key) which is normally at the bottom left of the keyboard close to the spacebar. It will have a small Microsoft symbol on it. It varies slightly in design according to what keyboard you're using but it looks something like th

Ad-Aware 2007 - I have been a huge fan of Ad-Aware for years but I am not so impressed with the new 2007 version which recently came out. Whereas the older version was very stable and very fast, the 2007 version is rather slow and the connection to the Lavasoft servers seems to disconnect rather easily. I am hoping though that these are minor teething problems that will soon be resolved because I am still in shock by the Spybot Search & Destroy program which really did search and destroy my system. In fact, Spybot nuked the Windows OS by removing the wrong registry files!

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. When the command prompt opens type "CD C:Test" (replace "Test" with the name of the folder you want to hide.)

2. Now type "attrib file +s +h" and replace "file" with the name of the actual file name you would like to h

AirSnare optionally scans for MAC, TCP and UPD traffic, and you can track connections via the AirSnare or Ethereal protocols. DHCP requests can be shown in a separate window. Per default there is an audio alarm when potential unauthorized actions, routers, ARP Poisons, MAC Spoofs or Gateway connections are found. The audio alarm can be turned off via >Options menu >General tab >Alert section >remove checkmark infront of Play WAV Alert So

These are the shortcuts I use every day and these are the ones you should be learning first. If you ask Microsoft for a list of essential shortcuts, they'll be handing you a list as long as your arm. Instead, do your sanity a favour and learn the ones I've given you first - then combine them with the Firefox shortcuts , then the ones for Gmail , then Google Reader , then Google Calendar . Once you've mastered that lot, you can pat yourself on the back and windows graphics settings|https://windowsmastery.com/ crown yourself Keyboard Maes

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