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Get New Windows Wallpapers

The Internet is full of websites where users can download wallpapers for their computer. The wallpapers are usually provided in several monitor resolutions and can be downloaded without registration or paying a fee. Several wallpaper websites have begun to create software programs to make it comfortable for users to grab wallpapers from their websites. Dream [...]

Author: , Saturday August 30, 2008
Categories: Software, Windows

Use Multiple Internet Explorer Versions Simultaneously

Webmasters never know what they are up to when testing websites in various versions of Internet Explorer. It might look fine in Internet Explorer 6 but Internet Explorer 8 might break it. It is therefor of uttermost importance to test a website in different versions of Internet Explorer before releasing it to the public. The [...]

Author: , Saturday August 30, 2008
Categories: Browsing, ie

Intelligent Music Scheduler

If you are looking for a music tool to create the perfect playlist then you might have found it in the application Intelligent Music Scheduler. The playlists generator works best with a properly tagged music collection because it takes the majority of information from those tags. It does however have a few aces up its [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Music and Video, Software, Windows

System Administrators need Black Coffee

Black Coffee is probably the number one drink of system administrators throughout the world except maybe in the UK where they drink tea and in France where they drink wine (just joking guys). Black Coffee is a lightweight tool for system administrators to tweak settings in Windows. It was specifically designed to aid system administrators [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Software, Windows

How Much Bandwidth Do You Need?

Precious bandwidth. Many providers try everything in their power to make their customers who are on an unlimited plan or flatrate to reduce their monthly bandwidth usage which is quite the irony. The webhosting world is marching to the same tune for a very long time. One company seems to be at the center of [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: The Web

Uninstall Internet Explorer 8

Some users reported errors after installing the second beta of Internet Explorer 8. Steven Hodson over at Winextra was one of the first to point out display problems with elements not being in their right place on websites and a huge serious problem with the Share This plugin on websites which locks Internet Explorer 8 [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Browsing, ie

Learning English With Yappr

Yappr is an online community that brings users from all over the world together to improve their English language skills. It’s a community driven website with a strong focus on community and social aspects. The user begins by selecting his native language from 14 available ones including English itself which is probably there for native [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Online Services

svchost Viewer

The software program of choice to analyze processes is usually Process Explorer from Sysinternals. Yes, there are other applications that do the same but Process Explorer is probably the standard application. The Open Source program svchost viewer concentrates on the scvhost service only which somewhat limits its usability. It does not seem to provide any [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Software, Windows

Restore Files With Shadow Explorer

Windows Vista uses a service called Volume Shadow Copy Service which is turned on by default on all versions of Windows Vista. With the service turned on the Volume Shadow Copy Service creates so called shadow copies of files in Windows Vista from time to time which are ideal if you have to restore files [...]

Author: , Friday August 29, 2008
Categories: Software, Windows

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