When connecting to a remote computer or virtual machine that is running Windows XP through a Terminal Services session to try to open a redirected drive in Windows Explorer, the operating in very slow. User may notice that the operation to access or open remote drive takes about 15 to 20 seconds to complete, and Windows Explorer may ‘fade’ or ‘gray out’ with title bar showing Not Responding until the operating is complete when user try to perform other operations, such as clicking Search, View, or Back.

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You probably don’t want your kids to be exposed too much to pornography websites but how can you prevent them from accessing to these websites, at least for those famous one that you are already aware of? If you have installed Spy Screen or Silent Screen which can monitor what pornography websites they have visited before and also have identified what are those websites that you want to block due to its sensitive contents, now you can do so at your fingertips without the need to install any additional utilities.

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Skype has implemented own uPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol since version 3.8 which is no longer dependent on Microsoft uPnP framework. PnP is an computer protocol designed for automatic device configuration, and Skype has made used of it to provide seamless experience when computer is connected to existing or new device on network, mainly to open firewall port (pinhole) and port forwarding or mapping (PMP) for NAT (Network Address Translation) routers.

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Windows Vista and Windows 7 has built-in a disk caching technology feature named ReadyBoost, which allows a system to boost its performance by adding additional cache memory in the form of Flash memory. When user inserts and plugs in a USB flash drive (or USB key, thumb drive, pendrive, memory key and etc.), user has the option whether to set up and use the USB flash drive as ReadyBoost medium, via AutoPlay dialog box or drive properties.

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The File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) is a free command-prompt utility from Microsoft that computes and verifies cryptographic hash values of files with support for MD5 or SHA-1 cryptographic hash values. The MD5 and SHA-1 checksum values generated by FCIV can be displayed on the screen to compare against known good value or saved in an XML file database for later use and verification.

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Sun xVM VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for home and enterprise use which supports a large number of guest operating systems such as Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD. VirtualBox also has Shared Folders feature, which is common among virtualization solutions to provide easy data exchange between hosts and gusts.

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Windows Live Hotmail (MSN Hotmail) has implemented an ever-growing storage space scheme that provides and increases the space available for user’s e-mail as need arises. The ever-growing storage feature will provide Hotmail account with as much storage space as it needs by increasing inbox capacity when limit is hit or more space is required, provided that normal amount of email messages are sent and received.

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Firefox 3.5 provides you an additional way to open new tab. As similar with Internet Explorer 7/8, you can open new tab by clicking on the “+” sign as located at the end of tab bar. You probably don’t like this feature since you are already comfortable with the existing way of adding new tab, such as CTRL + T, double click on the empty tab bar area or right click on the tab bar and select New Tab. If you feel this feature doesn’t benefit much to you and you would like to remove the “+” sign button, you can do it by using simple trick.

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