Are you really irritated by the AutoRun dialog each time you plug in a USB flash drive or insert a CD or DVD into your Computer? Apart from annoyance, this feature may be abused by some trojans and malware to infect your system. You can turn off both AutoRun and AutoPlay in Windows. We have already written a brief tutorial on how to disable AutoRun & AutoPlay in both Windows XP and Windows 7/Vista. (more…)

Windows XP users who switched to Windows 7 will start missing the ‘File Types’ tab in the Folder Options dialog. The ‘File Types’ is replaced by Default Programs, which can be accessed either from the Start Menu or from Control Panel –> Programs –> Default Programs. Here is a small guide on how to change the default program of a file extension. (more…)