How Enable Missing System restore in Windows XP

Some time due to modification in registry value system restore point is not able to display on system restore window.If similar is the case with you then here are few tricks to solve the problem. 

Solution 1:

The problem of missing System Restore is due to the corrupted or missing System Volume Information folders in each drive.

1. Go to each drive and look for these folders (these are system hidden and you will need to show hidden as well as system files to see these folders).

2. Rename the folder to something else like System Volume Info and restart the computer.

3. Delete these folders and restart the system again.

4. The new folders would have created by default and the System Restore would get restored.

Solution 2:

1. Type regedit in the Run box to open the registry editor.

2. Navigate to this key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore

3. If a “DisableSR” value doesn’t exist, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value, and create the value. Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore.

4. Restart the system.

Now you Enabled system Restore point.

Most wanted Graphic Cards

Graphics card is a delight for some of the computer users and especially gamers who like to play heavy 3D games on the computer thereby utilizing lot of computer video memory.

The video graphics cards surely improve the computer display and video performance of the computer. So here is the list of best graphics cards as of today which will guide you which one to go for but that is dependent upon your CPU, motherboard and system RAM.

Top Graphics Cards (in order):

1. Asus ENGTX280

Specs: 1GB DDR3 memory, 3-Way Scalable Link Interface (SLI) support, two DVI ports, component-video/S-Video connector
Advantage: Excellent graphics card for running games at the highest resolutions
Price: $499

2. Sapphire Radeon HD 4870

Specs: 512MB DDR5 memory, ATI CrossFireX support, two DVI ports, component-video/S-Video connector
Advantage: It’s an amazing value for serious gamers with larger monitors.
Price: $299

3. EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX

Specs: 512 MB DDR3 memory, 3-Way SLI support, two DVI ports, component-video/S-Video connector.
Advantage: Delivers some of the best performance among single-GPU cards out there.
Price: $349

4. EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS

Specs: 512 MB DDR3 memory, dual-card SLI support, two DVI ports, component-video/S-Video connector.
Advantage: Excellent choice for a quiet and fast card.
Price: $200

5. Asus EN9800GX2

Specs: 1GB DDR3, quad-SLI support, two DVI ports, HDMI port
Advantage: Best card for highest performance on a single-monitor system.
Price: $599

How to Encrypt or Password Protect Pendrive

USB Drives are the easiest way to carry data from one location to another but their security is something that concerns most users today. Though few variants come with the default feature of password security but for others there are many tools available.

I did write about TrueCrypt but it is somewhat difficult to use for the users who do not have much knowledge of computers, so for them here is another simple tool called USB Flash Security.

Using USB Flash Security is very easy as we just need to install it and enter our favorite password to encrypt our drive. This tool is so much powerful that after encrypting the drive you will see only 2 files in it “Autorun.inf” and “UsbEnter.exe”. To gain access to the drive for storing data, double click UsbEnter.exe, enter password and click OK.

Note: The encrypted drive displays the free space of drive in KBs which is not the fact in reality.

Download USB Flash Security