If you want to check if your computer is online from the web, this is a safe way to do it, instead of disabling the firewall. Although opening ports can't be safe for your computer, the ping port (ICMP ECHO REQUEST) is not dangerous for your system.

Tutorial tags: ping, firewall, allow

Usually an attack is made by trying to guess the users password. It can be a dictionary attack, when the hacker tries to guess the password from a list of common words, or a brute force attack, when random letters are send until the passwords match. Either way, this is how you can lock the account after a specified number of unsuccessful logon attempts, so that the attacker can't force his way into your computer.

Tutorial tags: protect, hacker, security

A recent study showed that over 60% of virus or worm infections are caused by the users negligence when opening files received as attachment to an email, by some instant messaging client or a download software. It's a very old method that still works! A virus renames itself as "picture.jpg.exe", use a picture icon and some unsuspected user is fooled!

Tutorial tags: show, extension, file type

If you need to run a program under Administrator account, such as Command Prompt, Registry Editor or any program that access system files or settings, this is how you do it.

Tutorial tags: run program, administrator, account

If you share your computer with someone else and you don't want your Internet Explorer homepage to be changed - by someone or maybe other software - this is how you can do it.

If you don't have the Run command in your Vista Start Menu you can add it by following this tutorial. Meanwhile you can press the "Win key + R" combination and the Run command will pop! :)

Type in "gpedit.msc", then navigate to "User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer".

Tutorial tags: vista, internet explorer, custom homepage

If you don't want people to know what websites you visit, such as a nosy parent, - hehe - this is how you can avoid these problems.

You can also set the history to auto-delete every time you close the browser.

Tutorial tags: browsing, history, internet explorer

In this video you will learn to use Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (a default feature of all Vista editions). Windows Vista offers many major security improvements, one of them is how the firewall is integrated into the system. It is not available in Windows XP or any other version of Windows until Windows 7 comes out.
For this tutorial we'll use uTorrent, one of the most popular bittorrent clients available. See how you can block the application or just some custom IPs (seeders, leechers).

Tutorial tags: vista, traffic, firewall

This video shows you how to change the administrator password on windows. You can change it without knowing the original password. Enjoy!

Tutorial tags: vista, administrator, password

How to reset Windows Vista (or 2000/XP) password with a special Linux distro when you are locked out your own system; this video describes how to do it on a Mac but it will work on any pc.

Tutorial tags: vista, password, reset