hide

Mon
29
May
Dennis Faas's picture

How to Fix: Hide User Accounts on Windows 7, 8, 10 Login Screen

Infopackets Reader Sam R. writes: " Dear Dennis, I am running Windows 10 and I have installed RDP Wrapper (per your previous article). This allows more than one person to use the same Windows computer via remote desktop - this is very convenient if ... you have a 'server' computer and want to use it for multiple purposes. I have a question: I would like to be able to hide the remote desktop user accounts I want to use on the server from being displayed on the Windows 10 login screen. Do you know how I can do this? " My response: It is possible to hide user accounts from the Windows 7, 8 and 10 ... (view more)

Wed
27
Nov
Dennis Faas's picture

'Free Hide IP 3.9.3.2', and 'Rufus 1.3.4.270'

Free Hide IP 3.9.3.2 Protect your system from attack with Free Hide IP (Internet Protocol). This program lets you keep your IP address hidden from others at all times. That makes it harder for hackers and identity thieves to find your system and ... attack it. UPDATE: we have received reports that this program is being flagged by some antivirus programs. We apologize for this and have removed the link. Please also review the Major Geeks software policy if you have any further questions (that link is further down the page). http://www.free-hideip.com Rufus 1.3.4.270 This handy tool allows you to ... (view more)

Fri
26
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

Facebook Wants to Know Why You Hide Posts

Facebook has revealed plans to give its members the option of explaining why they remove content from their 'News Feeds'. Officially the plan is designed to help the average Facebook member, but it may also benefit advertisers. The move is somewhat ... surprising for Facebook. So far the firm has mainly concentrated on finding out what people do like (hence the iconic 'Like' button) and creating advertising based on those preferences. However, while users can click to remove (or rather, 'hide') content from their News Feed, there's no way for the user to explain why they dislike something. ... (view more)

Wed
13
Jan
Dennis Faas's picture

'TweakPrefetch', and 'Hide Desktop'

TweakPrefetch TweakPrefetch is a utility coded in VB.net capable of managing fetching in Windows XP, Vista and 7. It allows the user to set separate parameters for the native Windows Prefetch and Superfetch functions. Scroll down for English version ... of text. http://exilesofsoftware.blogspot.com Hide Desktop Hide the desktop icons when the mouse is elsewhere. http://www.donationcoder.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City, in partnership with Infopackets.com. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the ... (view more)

Fri
16
Oct
Dennis Faas's picture

'Hide App', and 'Backup Mill'

Hide App Hide specified applications even as they run using Hide App. Note: the full English description is located down the page using the link below. http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com Backup Mill Backup Mill is a basic file backup program. You ... can back up your data files on to disk, diskette, CD or DVD using Backup Mill. You can restore any file to any previous version without having to know on which media it is stored on, or in which backup set it is located. You can create unlimited incremental backups. This saves time, backups and restores are very fast. http://www.backupmill.com ... (view more)

Wed
27
May
Dennis Faas's picture

Rootkit

A rootkit is a set of software tools frequently used by a third party (usually an intruder) after gaining access to a computer system. The tools are are intended to conceal running processes, files or system data, which allows the intruder maintain ... access to a system without the user's knowledge. Rootkits are known to exist for a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Solaris and versions of Microsoft Windows. A computer with a rootkit on it is called a rooted computer. Functions of a Rootkit A rootkit typically hides logins, processes, files, and logs and may include software to ... (view more)

Wed
04
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

Justifying Mass Surveillance: A Fallacious Myth

Is it a 'good' thing that Britain, the United States, and several other countries are developing more sophisticated surveillance technology ? The premise that individuals have nothing to hide and nothing to fear in a 'big brother' society is nothing ... more than a myth riddled with false assumptions. A multitude of problems can arise from continuously gathering too much data. Trusting the government and private companies -- entities full of people, some of which will inevitably have an immoral few -- make it easier for data to be misused and error prone. That said, people who have nothing to ... (view more)

Mon
24
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

'Desklock', and 'Hide Desktop'

Desklock Desklock does just as it sounds: it's a program designed to stop the moving around of desktop icons. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/ Hide Desktop This one is also pretty self-explanatory. Hide Desktop masks all of your ... various desktop items with the mouse pointer is headed elsewhere. Both programs are certainly simple, but definitely cool, and can be had by visiting donationcoder.com. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/ (view more)

Mon
24
Dec
Dennis Faas's picture

'Google Microsoft Search', and 'Hide Folder'

Google Microsoft Search Search just Microsoft-related sites using Google's famous engine. http://www.google.com/microsoft.html Hide Folder The free Hide Folder is computer security software meant to help hide your private files. Others will not know ... where your personal files exist and they will not be able to accidentally view them. You can hide folders simply with a few mouse clicks. Hide Folder is protected by a password that you can change or remove at any time. http://www.cleanersoft.com/hidefolder/free_hide_folder.htm (view more)

Thu
04
Oct
Dennis Faas's picture

'Hide Folder Hibit', and 'Page Nest'

Hide Folder Hibit Protect any folder or file by hiding, locking, encrypting or otherwise. The protected folders or files are still protected even in other computers, and you can lock files on one computer and unlock them on another. ... http://falcon-soft.com/hibit/ Page Nest Copy your favorite webpages to hard disk with PageNest. Give PageNest the address of a website and it will copy either the page, or the entire site (whichever you prefer) to your hard disk. It will create an exact copy of what you see on the internet including html, images and css. PageNest can be used to create a 'cache' of ... (view more)

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - hide