Users like to partition or create separate divisions of their hard disk drive for better administration, space management and access control. By dividing a disk into several partitions, users can allocate a separate purpose for each division, e.g. one partition for the operating system and others for storing frequently used programs and personal data. The process actually helps in terms of security control and resource management. Having said that, many users who partition their hard disk drive always face a common problem whereby the size of the partition is either too huge or not sufficient.

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After applying to patent the term InPrivate with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office end of last month, one of the long speculated privacy tools, In Private, was finally affirmed by Microsoft and shown in its official blog (another tool is Cleartracks). As highlighted in the application form, InPrivate refers to “computer programs for disabling the history of file caching features of a Web browser, and computer software for notifying a user of a Web browser when others are tracking Web use and for controlling the information others can access about such use.” This new feature to be added to the upcoming Internet Explorer 8 is one of Microsoft’s key selling points for its new IE browser.

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You might have stumbled onto some adult websites either by accident or intentionally. Don’t be naïve and think that by clearing the history or emptying your cache file, you can prevent your boss, your colleague, your parent, from knowing your secret. Your computer is smart enough to track all your “dirty” actions and store these evidences into your hard drive. Some smart alecks can easily detect where have you been or what you have seen on internet. They can trace your cookies, cache & history, location bar history, autocomplete memory, index.dat, temp files, etc. To get these traces removed can be a hassle. If you are using Firefox browser, there is a good helper you can use to remove traces from the websites you have visited. Get this add-on, Close and Forget, to be installed to your Firefox.

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Instant messenger enthusiasts should be quite keen and eager to discover this secret and explore the new upcoming Windows Live Messenger 2009, which is planned to be released soon. If you can’t wait for the official release from the world’s largest instant messaging network, then you can have a taste of it via the latest build of Windows Live Messenger 2009 which was leaked out lately in repors by JCXP.

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Sometimes when you want to delete a file or folder from your desktop, you will get frustrated when the Windows prompt you a message: “Cannot delete Folder: It is being used by another person. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again”. Of course other flavors you might frequently see include: “Cannot delete file: Access is denied”; “There has been a sharing violation”; “The source or destination file may be in use”; “The file is in use by another program or user” and “Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use”.

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Need a quick check on how many images have been downloaded or how fast is the downloading speed? Firefox users can download and enjoy a new plugin, Extended Statusbar 1.2.8 that is able to provide the useful information. Extended Statusbar 1.2.8 will display and indicate to users the number of loaded images, the size of the file downloaded, the average downloading speed, the load time and the percentage that has been downloaded.

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User-mode and kernel-mode drivers and kernel-mode system code can be written to be either pageable or non-pageable. Pageable means that the Windows operating system can page or flush the driver or system code to disk when not in use in order to free up the memory for other processes.

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Virtual Desktops’ features have been Linux’s greatest selling points. This useful tool allows Linuxers to work with multiple applications at once. The Linux Virtual Desktops offer multiple desktop areas whereby users can enjoy working with multiple environments. Users can set up a virtual desktop for office suits and another for a graphic program, etc. Users do not need to close, minimize or maximize the running applications but just move from one virtual desktop to another. With similar features to Linux’s Virtual Desktop, Windows users can now enjoy Windows OS via a newly released freeware from Microsoft Sysinternals, Windows Sysinternals Desktops v1.0.

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