Dreamscene is a technology introduced by Microsoft in Windows Vista Ultimate that made it possible to display videos and other animations as the desktop background of the operating system. Other Windows Vista editions and previous Microsoft operating systems are not supported by Windows Dreamscene officially. A third party alternative for Windows XP to Windows Dreamscene [...]
Split CSV Files
CSV (Comma Separated Values) files are used to store tabular data with each line of a csv file corresponding to one row of the table. The columns of each row are separated by commas which makes it an easy process to create a table out of csv files. The most common use of csv files [...]
Speed Up iTunes Downloads With Autobahn
Autobahn – a German word for motorway – is a software application for Windows and Mac OSX that can speed up downloads and streams of several popular services including Apple’s iTunes service, the video portal Veoh and MySpace TV. The developers are not revealing lots of information about how the application is speeding up the [...]
Network Traffic Balancer
Maximizing the download rate of an Internet connection might be a good way to download a file the fastest way but it can put a strain on all other network and Internet activities in that time. A user wanting to play an online game while downloading with full speed will notice high ping rates which [...]
Ghacks Christmas Giveaway Starts Tomorrow
The Ghacks Christmas Giveaway is starting tomorrow with a bang. I though that it would be nice to keep you in the dark about the software packages that will be reviewed and offered on each day but I make an exception this time so that you know what you can expect in the coming weeks. [...]
Completely Uninstall Microsoft Messenger Variants
Microsoft Messenger variants, such as MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger or Windows Messenger, sometimes cause difficulties during uninstallation throwing error messages such as “Another version of the product is already installed”, “Your computer has a newer version of MSN Messenger than the one you are trying to install”, ““Your computer has a newer version of [...]
Change The Default Web Browser In The System Tray
Windows does seem to have the habit of changing the default browser back to Internet Explorer from time to time. Many web browsers do also ask the user during installation if he wants to change the default browser. The difference between the default web browser and an installed browser is that the default browser is [...]
Microsoft Outlook SMS Add-in
The Microsoft Outlook SMS Add-in adds SMS sending functionality to Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Outlook 2007. Before you begin to rejoice thinking of all the money that you can save you should notice that the add-in only works with a cell phone connected to the computer system. That is a bit of a turn [...]
Sort Downloads In Firefox
Sorting downloads can be a very good way to control where files will be stored on a computer system. The default option in Firefox is to save them in the standard folder which will contain all downloads no matter the size or file extension. The Save As right-click option provides an option to save the [...]