Tag Archives: Admin

Host Files – local DNS lookup

By Ajith | Published: February 17, 2008

This is a basic introduction to the host file, how they work, how to block web sites or computers on LAN using a host file etc.. Host file is a text file that the operating system uses to store the IP address of computers having a physical name (or site address). It is located at [...]

Posted in Network, Windows | Also tagged Customize, Hacks, Tricks | Leave a comment

Globally control and change all users passwords in Windows

By Ajith | Published: February 7, 2008

The advanced user password control center in Windows is a hidden feature. It allows Administrative users to reset or remove passwords of every user account. It also allows to add or remove a user from the computer. You can access the User Accounts manager by typing control userpasswords2 in the run dialog (WIN+R – find [...]

Posted in Windows | Also tagged Hacks, Tips, Tricks, User | 1 Comment

An introduction to Viruses

By Ajith | Published: January 26, 2008

Viruses are a constant threat to any computer system. It is more to the Windows based PC don’t mean that viruses doesn’t exist for other operating systems. If something is coded by a human then a virus can be created for it by another one. It is a universal truth. I remember an an article [...]

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Built in parental control in Windows XP – control user login times

By Ajith | Published: December 17, 2007
1 of 2 in series Parental Control

Setting up a parental control for Windows XP would require using multiple tools and commands. This is because no parental control is built into XP as in he case with Vista. But still we can do this with he help of some commands and some free tools.

Posted in Windows | Also tagged Command Prompt/Shell, User | 39 Comments

Why did my computer become sluggish all of a sudden

By Ajith | Published: July 26, 2007

Most of us have at least once faced the problem of a PC getting sluggish all in a moment. And we may conclude that it is due to a low memory or a demanding program. The above conclusion is not correct always as I found out the hard way a few days ago. I have [...]

Posted in Hardware | Also tagged Error, Tips | 1 Comment