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Run Blocked Startup Programs In Vista
Windows Vista is good for security, but sometimes it can go too far making it hard to run programs that you know are safe and not giving a way to run them in the future. The way it treats some startup programs is a classic example, frequently displaying an annoying ‘Windows has blocked some startup [...]
15Jul2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Update Your PC Drivers Automatically With RadarSync
Updating the drivers on your PC can lead to better performance and improved stability. However, keeping drivers up to date isn’t the easiest thing to do. The first problem tends to be that you don’t know where to get drivers, or you’re not prepared to spend the time hunting them down. And then to cap [...]
28May2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
Speedup Access To Files With Ultimate Defrag
Back in the day at university I used to run a copy of Norton Systemworks on my PC. One of my favourite features was a defrag tool that moved regularly accessed files to the front of my hard drive. The theory here was that these files could be accessed faster because the disc heads didn’t [...]
27May2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Remove Your Laptop Battery To Make It Last Longer
One of my colleagues gave me a great tip last week for extending the life of a laptop battery - don’t use it! No seriously, what he meant was if your laptop is connected to the mains, then you should remove the battery to extend its life.
Why? Well when you battery is inserted [...]
Great HD Wallpapers
I’ve just taken ownership of a super sexy 50″ Plasma that didn’t break the bank that I’ve connected to my PC to watch HD movies.
I’ve been searching for some great HD wallpapers to display on my display, and the best site I’ve uncovered so far is myHD Wallpaper.com. This website not only provides normal resolution [...]
Best DVD Ripping Tools
If you are looking for a great DVD ripper then in my view you can’t go wrong with DVD Fab, and the latest version DVDFab HD Decrypter even lets you rip HD-DVDs (soon to be collectors items!) and Blu-Ray discs.
If you’re looking for alternatives, then the Lifehacker site did a poll to find out what [...]
Speedup Windows Settings By Increasing The Double-click Speed
I have a great Windows optimization tip that all levels of users can follow!
I’ve always ‘felt’ that my PC runs faster when I’ve speedup my mouse double-click speed and Microsoft developer Raymond Chen has just confirmed that it does indeed speedup your PC. Raymond explains in his post that many other Windows settings use the [...]
LogMeIn Pro: Free Remote PC Access
There are many Remote Access applications that allow you to remotely connect to your PC from any other computer with an internet connection, but there aren’t many good free ones. The free edition of LogMeIn is one of the few decent free RAS services out there, that lets you connect remotely to your PC [...]
14May2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Backup Platinum: Insurance For Your PC
I don’t have a backup routine for my PC, which is bad, really bad. Even though it’s very unlikely that my apartment will burn down, there are no guarantees that my hard drive won’t fail or that I won’t do something silly like spilling a cup of coffee down my machine or deleting [...]
5May2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Last.fm Vista Media Center Plugin
Vista Media Center just gets better and better and in my view a media center PC is the best thing you can connect to your TV. The latest addition to the growing list of useful VMC plugins, is MceFM which allows you to listen to songs streamed from Last.fm.
With MceFM once you’ve typed in [...]
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