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28 Oct ' 17:51
It should be a surprise to nobody that whenever you visit a page on the web, information is gathered from you for the purposes of statistics and advertising. If you are conscious of this and want to keep an eye on, and possibly block, some of the companies capturing your data then the Firefox add-on Ghostery is for you. Ghostery sees the invisible web –...
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28 Oct ' 10:56
Why change your browser’s cache folder? Because the best way to put your web browser in the fast lane is to have the cache directory use a RAMdisk. This is an ancient "trick" that was best used by AmigaOS and why it was able to figuratively run circles around other comparable OSes of the time. Most people can afford to "lose" 100MB of...
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27 Oct ' 16:36
If you like to constantly be changing the look and feel of your Windows 7 installation either by changing themes or modifying background animations then you will probably be interested in this Windows Club post titled the "Ultimate list of tools, links and guide to customizing Windows 7". The tools this article links to include:Windows 7 Start Button...
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26 Oct ' 23:41
One of my oh-so favorite "PowerToys" that goes back all the way to Windows 95 is Command Prompt Here. This was later changed to Command Window Here for XP’s PowerToys, but did the same thing. Command Window Here is a very simple right-click context menu option. You right-click a folder, select Command Window Here and a Command Prompt launches...
If you or someone you know has a Mac and has forgotten the password, fear not as you can easily reset it following one of the methods discussed this appropriately named article "How to Reset Your Forgotten Mac OS X Password". There are two options discussed, one using the system recovery disc and the other involves a few command line calls to trick the...
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25 Oct ' 05:20
The jump list was a UI feature introduced in Windows 7 that many people use daily. These lists extend the functionality of the taskbar by allowing much quicker access to specific files and folders on a per-program basis. The Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer) jump list does allow for “pinning” specific folders directly to...
Facebook’s idea of privacy is so laughable at this point that it’s almost a running joke, and a really bad one at that because the joke’s on us. Even so, people still use the site in droves because, um.. well.. we don’t know exactly why, but they do. It was only a matter of time before someone whipped up an anti-Facebook add-on for a...
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24 Oct ' 19:34
If you do any amount of work or are interested in learning about the multitude of tools available from the Windows command line, a great resource to get is this downloadable command reference file. This download describes the use of the command-line tools used to perform various tasks related to Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,...
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23 Oct ' 16:51
Many of you probably have one or many older USB drives which are tiny in size (less than 256 MB) which makes them almost unusable. So a good use for one of them might be to make a Windows 7 password reset disk. If you forget your computer password, you can use a password reset disk to create a new one. We recommend that you create a password reset disk when you...
CPU temperature is a big deal because if you run too hot, your computer shuts down. Instantly. Click! Off. It’s a good thing when this happens because it saves the PC from literally burning up. A CPU can overheat for any number of reasons, but it usually occurs when a fan stops working. Other times it may occur from being a bit overzealous with...
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22 Oct ' 02:27
Today is day 1 of my using Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. It’s my first volley into the world of 64-bit desktop computing. The last time I tried 64-bit Windows was with XP x64, and it was absolutely awful. The choice of native 64-bit Windows programs available was basically next to nothing and many peripherals wouldn’t work in that OS at all because...
There are tons of Windows shell extensions, applications and tricks out there which do everything from copying the current folder location to the clipboard to file splicing and merging. If you have lots of these types of tools that you make use of, you may want to give the free utility, FilerFrog, a look. FilerFrog is a swiss-army knife for Windows Explorer...
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20 Oct ' 07:26
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19 Oct ' 03:38
With Windows, the maximum virtual memory in 32-bit is capped at 4GB and the page file size at 16TB. In 64-bit Windows, virtual memory can be 16TB in size with a maximum page file size on 256TB. Does this mean you need to stock up on gobs and gobs of HDD space for maximum performance? No, because RAM is faster than a hard drive is. It is far more desirable to...
In the context of this article, the hiding of files covers in-plain-sight and not-in-plain-sight. You’ll understand what I mean by that as you read through this. People have their reasons for wanting to hide certain files. Maybe you’re updating your résumé at work and want to keep it away from prying eyes. Maybe you have some super-secret plans for...
If you are into digital photography and are looking to create some professional looking panoramic photos, then check out the open source application: Hugin. Panorama stitching and more. A powerful software package for creation and processing of panoramic images. Reading about this a bit, some users complain the interface is a bit difficult/convoluted to work...
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