All Posts Tagged With: "PC"
14 Best Ways To Use Your Computer’s Spare Time
Did you know that most modern computers have more processing power than the PCs that put a man on the moon? When you look at it that way, it makes you realise how much processing power is available on your PC that is ‘wasted’ on playing games, looking at photos etc.
One way to put this [...]
Download Command & Conquer Gold For Free
Can you believe it’s been 12 years since Command & Conquer Gold was released? This was one of my favorite games of all-time.
To celebrate the landmark, Electronics Arts are making a Windows XP version of C&C available for download for free. I’m a bit nervous about downloading the game as I have so [...]
Monitor Your PC With WinPatrol
I’ve been using Vista since it came out, and I’ve been relying mainly on the inbuilt security to keep me safe. After reading about WinPatrol on the new gHacks site, I decided to install it straight away to give my machine an extra layer of protection.
WinPatrol increases the changes of catching malware [...]
Share iTunes Library With SimplifyMedia
SimplifyMedia is a new iTunes plugin that lets you share your music library over the internet. This free plugin allows you to play and browse your friend’s libraries - all within the iTunes interface.
The SimplifyMedia plugin works with both PC and Macs. Don’t worry if you use Winamp or Windows Media Player to [...]
Speedup Your Windows PC
Making a few simple changes can make an amazing difference to the performance of your PC. Tweaking a few settings can give your PC a whole new lease of life, and also make using the internet even better.
Amit has pulled together some simple changes that most Windows users will benefit from applying to their [...]
Don’t Pay RRP For Ink Cartridges
One of the biggest rip-offs which unfortunately is legal is the price of ink cartridges. Printer ink is one of the most expensive liquids on the planet, costing more than exotic items like caviar.
If you don’t want your hard earned cash to line the pockets of companies like HP and Canon, then one why [...]
How To Auto-Logon To A User Account At Startup With Vista
One of the annoying features of Vista is that because you have to create an account and a password for every other PC or device that you want to share files with. Because of this, everytime Vista all of these accounts are displayed, even if you don’t actually use them on the PC, and you [...]
27May2007 | Tony Williams | 9 comments | Continued20 No-Cost PC Upgrade Tips
Techlogg.com is my site discovery of the week. One of the reasons I love blogs is that they allow normal people to share their knowledge and expertise with a large audience. One great post on Techlogg.com gives 20 no-cost PC upgrade tips.
Techlogg is correct in their assertion that many PCs are not running [...]
Why You Should Buy a DirectX10 Graphics Card
If you’re a big PC gamer then you really should consider upgrading to a DirectX10 Graphics Card. Rather than baffling you with performance figures, I’m just going to post these pictures that highlight the vast difference between DirectX9 and and DirectX10.
29Apr2007 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | ContinuedHow To Fix Problems Copying and Moving Large Files In Windows Vista
Although Windows Vista is a major improvement over Windows XP, there is one particular bug that has really upset me which is how slowly it moves or deletes files. In Windows XP there were no problems moving big files. However, with Windows Vista if you move big files even on the same drive [...]
23Apr2007 | Tony Williams | 8 comments | Continued

