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When a Windows based system queries a DNS server, the response is either positive (a match was found) or negative (no match was found). The Operating System stores these results in a local DNS cache so that local clients don’t repeatedly query the DNS server for the same address. These DNS cache entries are known

Adobe auto update was bothering me whenever I connected to the internet. There was a small icon in the taskbar which displayed the percentage of download completed. This was very annoying when I was using EDGE to connect to internet. Finally I disabled the auto update of Adobe. Launch the Adobe software (e.g. Adobe Reader)

You can easily increase virtual memory by following the steps below. Your virtual memory is important but before you alter your settings it’s best to find out more about virtual memory. What is Virtual Memory? Virtual memory is simulated RAM. When you have used up all your RAM, your computer will shift data to an

You might be interested in determining the amount of uptime that has accumulated since the last reboot of your pc. Track uptime in GUI: Open up ‘Task Manager’ by right clicking the ‘Taskbar’ and selecting ‘Task Manager’ Click on Performance tab and you will see the amount of uptime listed under the System section. Duration

I’m sure you are familiar with the traditional way to kill or end a process in Windowsusing Task Manager. This method is effective but not nearly as fun as killing a process in Command Prompt. Additionally, killing processes in Command Prompt provides much more control and the ability to end multiple processes at once. All

ReadyBoost helps your computer by giving it more high-speed memory. If your computer is running low on RAM then it has to kick a lot of applications out of high-speed physical memory to the paging file on your hard drive. This usually results in a big hit in performance and increased activity on your hard

There’s a quick way by which you can enable or disable ‘User Account Access’ window from the command line: Make sure you are running in administrator mode. Type ‘cmd’ in the start menu search box. Press ‘Ctrl+Shift+Enter’. Windows Vista will prompt for your permission. Disable UAC C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD