Saturday, 20 November 2010

How to modify or remove shortcut arrow?

Go through the steps given below.
1.Open your registry by typing command regedit in Run window
2.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile ,remove the IsShortcut string entry because this entry is used to control if show arrows on shortcuts of common Apps and Data files
3.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile,also remove the IsShortcut entry because this entry is used to control if show arrows on shortcuts of MS-DOS programs
4.Log off and login ,you will find the arrow is removed
(Please backup your registry before you change any entries in your registry editor)
Or you can easily do it by using the FxVistor.
FxVistor or vista shortcut overlay manager let us to remove or modify the arrows from shortcut icons easily.It works in vista as well as in windows7.

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Multiple security from Avert

Computer security is always a headache.There is always a chance of a malware attack.A single antivirus engine is not a perfect solution,because we cant assure that it will detect all the malwares in the system.So users may want multiple security protection softwares on the PC ,but  this is not recommended because of two major reasons. The first reason is that most anti-virus software are not compatible with other antivirus programs ,and the second one is that multiple anitvirus engines will lower down the speed of the PC and affect the performance.
Avert may be considered as a solution for this issue.Simply ,it is a fee software that makes scans with multiple antivirus engines possible.It can have up to 8 antivirus engines scan the computer for virus.An important thing is that it will not slow down the computer.Avert is very small in size(3.4 MB).It allows users to choose between different modes of scanning ,and apart from scanning ,it can also use a CCleaner to clean different temp files,helping to save disk space.
List of supported Antivirus engines:
1.Asquared
2.Trend Micro
3.Sophos
4.Avira
5.ClamWin
6.VIPRE
7.Panda
8.Vba32
it cab be downloaded from http://www.avertsoftware.com/