By Terence Cheong on Friday, April 17, 2009
The %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder (i.e. C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download for most people) is where all those files downloaded via Windows Updates are stored. These files can be deleted after those particular Windows Updates are completed. |
By Terence Cheong on Monday, April 06, 2009
This tip shows you how to disable auto-update in Adobe Reader (older versions i.e. 6.x, 5.x). About this series: Most programs have auto-updates enabled by default these days. The idea is well intended; however, those background updates could slow down your system. This series will show you how to turn them off. Note: Linux and Mac OS X programs have auto-updates as well. We will address that in the future. |
By Terence Cheong on Saturday, April 04, 2009
This tip shows you how to disable auto-update in Adobe Reader (newer versions i.e. 9.x, 8.x, 7.x). About this series: Most programs have auto-updates enabled by default these days. The idea is well intended; however, those background updates could slow down your system. This series will show you how to turn them off. Note: Linux and Mac OS X programs have auto-updates as well. We will address that in the future. |
By Terence Cheong on Thursday, April 02, 2009
This tip shows you how to disable Java auto-update. About this series: Most programs have auto-updates enabled by default these days. The idea is well intended; however, those background updates could slow down your system. This series will show you how to turn them off. Note: Linux and Mac OS X programs have auto-updates as well. We will address that in the future. |
By Terence Cheong on Monday, March 02, 2009
TCP Auto-Tuning is one of Mircosoft Windows Vista's many new features. It is supposed to speed up the network performance. However, it doesn't work for many users. Here is a quick fix. |
By Terence Cheong on Sunday, March 01, 2009
This is the first tip of the "Speed Up Windwos Vista" series. I will continue to bring to tips & tricks on fine-tuning Windows Vista in order to make it run faster. More tips and training videos are coming. Later, I will post a summary of all the tips in this series. |
By Terence Cheong on Monday, July 07, 2008
Here are the intructions to display the IP address of your computer in Windows. |
By Terence Cheong on Sunday, July 06, 2008
A Registry setting to display the Windows version on your Desktop. |
By Terence Cheong on Saturday, July 05, 2008
Two simple ways to find out the version of Microsoft Windows on your computer. |