All Posts Tagged With: "utilities"
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
Startup Delayer: Speedup Windows BootTimes
Do you have applications that startup when you boot windows? You probably have some that do various things in the background without you realising. The time taken for every one of these applications to start and do their thing adds vital seconds to your PC boot times, which can make it unresponsive while your PC [...]
16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
TweakNow: Tweak Your XP Or Vista Machine Safely
Many PC tweaking utilities can be risky to use as they present you with dozens of options at a time, and when you change a dozen things at once something is bound to go wrong. The problem in this situation normally is, how do you roll back so many changes?
16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Use The CharMap To Add Special Characters To Documents
A colleague of mine asked me today how to add special characters like ticks to her presentation. It made me realise that telling readers about CharMap would make a great tip.
The Character Map, or CharMap, is a often forgotten part of Windows that allows you to add symbols and characters that aren’t on your [...]
Load Firefox Faster With A Preloader
Firefox is the king of browsers, allowing almost unlimited customisation through the numerous addons. But, Firefox can take an eternity to start.
One good way to speedup Firefox launch times is to install Firefox Preloader. Once installed, this program will run as soon as your PC is turned on and it will make sure that Firefox [...]
Remove Duplicate Files With DoubleKiller
One of the problems of downloading lots of music or poor file management, is that you can end up with lots of duplicate files. Not only does this waste space on your hard drive, it can also make your iTunes library look messy, and even slow your machine down.
Removing duplicates manually can be a pain, [...]
Freeup Memory In One Click With Instant Memory Cleaner
Managing PC memory isn’t as big an issue as it used to be, but freeing up memory can still provide benefits. Rather than spending a lot of time closing old processes, installing Instant Memory Cleaner is a quick solution.
Once installed, this tiny app (and it really is tiny at 1.8MB) sits in your system tray [...]
BootSkin: Customize Your Windows Boot Screen
If you want to give your Windows boot screen (XP and 2000 only) that personal touch, then you can customize it with BootSkin. This free app allows you to replace your boring Windows Splash screen with another image of your choice. A good source for other Windows splash screens is WinCustomize.
More: [...]
Use ClickZap To Double Right-Click
I’ve just stumbled across an amazing new application that adds a very simple function to a mouse, that is extremely useful. ClickZap allows you to assign certain functions to a double right click on a mouse, in the same way as a double left click.
It may not sound very exciting, but just imagine assigning a [...]
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