There have not been many complaints yet from users who have installed the service pack update on their Windows PCs. Still, there are always some cases where users want to uninstall the update again, likely because it is causing instabilities or other problems on the system that were not experienced before. Those users need to [...]
Task List Guru, Free Windows To-Do List Manager
Task List Guru is a free to-do list manager for the Windows operating system. It supports organizing tasks, task lists, notes and reminders in an intuitive interface. Tasks are sorted into To-Do Lists that are displayed in the left sidebar. To-Do Lists use a folder like structure which means that it is possible to create [...]
Remove Windows 7 SP1 Backups To Free Up Disk Space
The first service pack for the Windows 7 operating system has been released yesterday (see Windows 7 Service Pack Update Downloads Live) and it seems as if most Windows 7 users did not have troubles installing the update. Service packs are installed with an option to uninstall them again, which is helpful if incompatibilities or [...]
Solid State Drives And Encryption, A No-Go?
Modern Solid State Drives are faster than their platter-driven brethren. They do have additional advantages like being completely silent when operating and better shock proof. The disadvantages are the high price per Gigabyte of storage space and unreliability when it comes to erasing or deleting data from the storage media. Especially the latter point can [...]
SVDownloader, Search, Play And Download Videos
I personally like desktop applications that combine video searching, playing and downloading. Why? Because these programs tend to have advantages over browser based solutions. Among the important ones are the ability to search multiple video portals directly, better download management and a download history. SVDownloader has been developed by the same company that brought your [...]
Windows 7 Service Pack Update Downloads Live
Microsoft has just released the first service pack for the Windows 7 operating system. The update, which has been made available earlier this month to OEM partners and MSDN and Technet subscribers is now available for all Windows 7 users. Users have the option to download the Windows 7 Service Pack from Microsoft’s Download Center [...]
Record Webcams, Desktop With SMRecorder
Sometimes you may want to record a video of your desktop, a webcam, another window or specific region of the workplace. This can be handy for presentations, computer training, marketing purposes or entertainment. SMRecorder is a free video recording software for the Windows operating system that offers enough features to make that task as simple [...]
Google Chrome Spellbook, Better Bookmarklet Management
Bookmarklets are little scripts that are stored as bookmarks in the web browser. The term combines the two words bookmarks and applets. A bookmarklet is usually a JavaScript program that provides access to a specific function, for instance search or web page modifications. Most users who make use of bookmarklets regularly place them in a [...]
Enable Google 2-Step Verification Right Now, Even If It Is Not Available
You may have heard about Google’s latest effort to improve the account security for Google account users: 2-Step verification. Google basically adds a second authentication layer to the standard username and password log in process. The second step utilizes a smartphone with options to receive a one-time code per SMS or to install an app [...]