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GENERALPC

Create customhotkeys
Following on from thelast tip Isent you
aboutLeoMoon SessionGuardsoftware
(Issue 490, bit.ly /webuser490), I’ dliketo
draw attentio ntoanotherpiece of
softwar efromthe sameplace–the
excellent HotKeyzprogram (bit.ly/
hotkey491 ), which lets me create myown
Windows shortcuts.Personally,Ifind
hotkeyssavemealot of time,soh aving
the flexibilityto set them up however I
want has beeninvaluable.It’sall totally
free ,too,soy ou can create as many

shortcuts asyouneedwithout needing

to paytounlock extrafeatures.

RogerMitchell, viaemail

GENERALPC

Bringback Windows Photo

Viewer

My favourit eprogramforviewingall

types of photosand imagefiles on my

computer isWindows PhotoViewer.

Youjustdouble-clickafile,ito pens in

theviewerand youcan zoom or shrink

photos, viewthem full-screen, goto the

next or previous image,and view

slideshows.Brilliant!

To associateWindows PhotoViewer

with an image type,such as ‘.jpg’, right-

click an image, select ‘Open with’ and

then ‘Choose another app’. Select

Windows PhotoViewerand tick the box

‘Always use this appto open.jpg files’.

This works fine ifyouupgraded your

computer fromWindows 7or8,but it

won’t work if youhaveaclean install of

Windows 10 oranew Windows 10 PC

becauseWindows PhotoViewerisn’t

availableinWindows 10.Instead, you’re

forced to use the MicrosoftPhotos app,

whichIdon’t like.

Theexception is ‘.tif’files,which still

open in the oldWindows PhotoViewer

when double-clicked, butyoucan’t

associateany other image type.So, if

youhaveafolder offile syou want to

browse with Windows PhotoViewerin

Windows 10,renameone fileto ‘.tif’, then

double-click it. Itopens in Windows

PhotoViewerand youcan then use the

Forwar dand Back buttonsto browse all

the otherimage file sint he folder.

WillDoyle, viaemail

SECURITY

Blockremoteaccess

If youwork foralarge company, youmay

have access to an IT de partment that

fixes problemswithyour computer–and,

with modernversions ofWindows,they

can perform thismain tenanc eremotely,

withoutyouhavingtophysically bring

your PCto them.At home,however,

you’remorelikely to fix an yPCproblems

yourself,sot here’s no needfor your

computerto be setup forremoteaccess.

I’m not sureifr emoteaccess puts your

PC at risk from malwareorhackers, but

Ithink it’s probablyagood ideato

disable it when it’s not needed.

In theControl Panel, openSystem and

then click the ‘Remotesettings’ link. Click

the Remotetab in the next windowand

clear thebox, ‘Allow RemoteAssistance

connectionsto this computer’.

RobertGordon,via email

TOPTIP

Today, Ireceived

asecurity alerton

awebsiteIbuiltthat

has avalid SSL

Certificate.Numerous

websitecheckers alluded

to secur ityissueswith

imag es on my website,

but withoutbeing

precise.Ithen

discoveredWhy

No Padloc k(www

.whynopadlock.com),

whichtold meexactly

which lines inmy website’s

code were vulnerable.Asaresult,

Imade somesimple changesand

got aclean bill of health.Istrongly

Uncoverhiddenwebsite security issues

WEBBUILDING

recommend this free onlinetool to

anyone withSSL‘padlock issues’.

ChrisSilverthorne,viaemail

It’s neverbeen e asier to crea te custom

hotkeysonyourcomputer

Aclean in stallofWindows 10 only offers

limitedaccess to Wind owsPhoto Viewer

Find ou texactly where your websiteisvulnera ble

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