Free Download Norton 360 v5 with 90 Days Trial Subscription

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Symantec has released version 5.0 of its Norton 360 suite. Symantec calls Norton 360 v5, “the industry’s fastest, most effective all-in-one security suite.” Norton 360 includes backup and tune-up features along with security, which makes it a complete-suite.

The user interface of Norton 360 is different from that of Norton Internet Security 2011 but it offers all the same protective technologies offered in NIS 2011. Norton 360 version 5 features: Insight, which uses anonymous software adoption patterns of Symantec users to automatically identify and block new malicious software; SONAR 3, which monitors running applications for suspicious behavior to identify new attacks, crimeware and other threats designed to evade traditional detection; and Norton Power Eraser and Norton Bootable Recovery Tool, which offer detection and repair technology that enables consumers to clean up previously infected computers. [Read more...]

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How To Flush DNS Cache in Windows/Mac OS

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DNS request are usually cached by our operating system. It’s a good way to speed up the DNS lookups, but sometimes we may want to clear the cache or “flush DNS cache” so that it doesn’t hold the old values that are no longer valid.

Follow our guide below to “flush,” i.e., clear the DNS cache in Mac OS and Windows operating system. [Read more...]

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Ultimate shell: Commands List to Access Special Folders in Windows 7, Vista, XP

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In Windows, you can use the shell: command to quickly open any special folder directly from the Start Menu, Search menu or the Run dialog box.

Suppose, if you want to launch the Documents folder of your user profile, you’ve to type shell:Personal. In Windows 7, if you want to get access to Libraries, you’ve to type shell:Libraries.

There are many shell: commands available in Windows. These shell: commands are very useful if you want to quickly access or open special folders in Windows. If you want to have all the shell: commands list, for quick reference, we have compiled the list of ultimate complete shell: commands available for Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP.

You may be also interested in Beyond Windows 7 “GodMode” — 94 More Secret Windows Shortcuts Unveiled and 140+ Useful Windows Keyboard Shortcuts. [Read more...]

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Repair MBR To Restore Windows 7 To Your Multiboot Options [How To]

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My friend called me yesterday to help him in getting back Windows 7 in the boot menu. What he did was, repair his Windows XP installation and now after repair he cannot find Windows 7 in the boot menu. Now, he was having a dual-boot configuration with Windows XP and Windows 7. The problem that he was facing is very common and every user who is having a similar dual-boot configuration also faces this problem when they try to repair or reinstall an older Windows version.

If you install Windows 7 or Windows Vista as a second operating system on a computer system where Windows XP is already installed, the Windows boot menu incorporates the options from the older boot menu. But, let us suppose, if you install a fresh copy of Windows XP or on a system that is already running Windows 7, Windows will overwrite the MBR with the old one that doesn’t recognize the Windows 7 boot loader. Each time you install any version of Windows, it rewrites the MBR to call its own boot loader. [Read more...]

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How To Check Windows Activation Status

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What is Windows Product Activation or Windows Activation?

Microsoft to curb piracy introduced Windows product activation system since Windows XP. Activation is an anti-piracy technology designed to verify that Microsoft software products are genuine. Most of the Windows users are aware of Windows Product Activation as it is so common now. Users are now required to activate their copy of Windows with Microsoft either online or over the phone within the grace period or trial period to continue using the Windows operating system.

In this article you will find some simple commands or ways by which users can check Windows Activation status easily.

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How To Change Registered Owner /Organisation Information In Windows

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You have recently brought a new computer (or laptop or netbook) and have noticed that in About Windows, it displays Windows registered to the company from whom you have brought it or some other random name. Now, if you’ve ever wondered how to change the owner name that Windows says it’s registered to, then this handy quick tip is only for you. Using this tip you can easily change the registered name and registered organization name to your own name.

Even though this tip may not come handy for everyone but will surely come handy for those users who wants to personalize their computer more, and showing that Windows registered to them is very much important for them! [Read more...]

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140+ Useful Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when pressed, can be used to do a task that would typically require a mouse or other pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with your computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and other programs.

Getting familiar with keyboard shortcuts not only helps you get work done faster, but also makes you more efficient and productive. If your daily job rely heavily on using Windows, here are some 140+ Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts (most of these shortcuts will also work in Windows XP and Vista too,) you might want to check out. If we missed any nifty shortcuts, we will appreciate a heads up about them in the comments below. [Read more...]

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Wondershare Time Shuttle: Innovative Windows System Recovery Software

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Wondershare Time Shuttle is a very powerful and convenient, all-round system restore, drive data recovery and file recovery software. When you compare Time Shuttle with other backup and restore software, you will find that Wondershare Time Shuttle executes backup and restore faster. It is a multi-snapshot backup software and even allows you to repudiate what you have restored and go back. Wondershare Time Shuttle is also able to do individual file recovery without restoring the computer system data like other software does.

Time Shuttle also uses a different concept for system backup. Instead of copying data, it takes snapshots of the current hard disk partition and map’s indexing system. In simple layman term, a snapshot is a “picture” of the PC and is not conventional backup files and doesn’t contain hard disk data itself. Since, these snapshots don’t take up any space in the hard disk, you can create and restore from 1,000 different snapshots, enabling users to jump between the snapshots according to their needs. [Read more...]

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