Windows only: Freeware utility DropMyRights allows users with administrator privileges to run applications with reduced (“normal user”) credentials. The major problem with the existing security scheme in Windows XP is that most users run with administrator privileges all the time. This is comparable to running as the blasphemous “root” in *nix and Mac distros. Running as an administrator allows spyware and viruses to install with little (if any) interaction from the user. DropMyRights can create non-administrator shortcuts to your most commonly used applications.

Windows XP users: “My Recent Documents,” the portion of your Start menu that probably goes completely unused and exposes your porn collection recent documents to anyone with access to your computer, can easily be removed. Tech site Ask Leo! takes you through the process of keeping this folder empty and completely hiding it. Does anyone out there actually use the “My Recent Documents” portion of the Start menu? Share in the comments.

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Macworld serves up 10 Quicken tips, including this gem:

While you’re in any field that you can enter an amount in, press an arithmetic-operator key (+, -, *, /, or =) to open the QuickMath paper tape. Enter the numbers you want to calculate, pressing an operator key between each number. When you’ve entered all your numbers, click on the Total button at the bottom of the paper tape (or press enter). Quicken does the calculation and places the result into the field.

Other tips include using the Quicken entry Dashboard widget and customizing your transaction categories.