Website monitoring is an important aspects of a webmaster’s routine, especially if the site is commercial in nature. Why? Because every minute of down time can have an impact on the website’s revenue, third party impression of the services offered and a website’s search engine rankings. But it is not only webmasters who have an [...]
How to Create an Integrated x86/x64 Windows 7 Install DVD
One of the biggest problems with Windows, every version in fact is that there is a different installation DVD for each version. Whether that’s Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate that’s nine different discs you need as each of these comes with a separate disc for the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of [...]
How To Edit, Reset The Windows Hosts File
The question came just up again and I realized that I have never posted a tutorial about editing and reseting the Windows Hosts file. I’d like to take a look at the Host file’s functionality first. The Windows Hosts file can be used to block or redirect hostnames. A hostname is the core part of [...]
Ghacks February 2011 Best Of
What happened in February 2011 on Ghacks? The month started with Google accusing Bing of stealing, or copying, their search result rankings which many saw as an below the belt shot. A patent application by Microsoft a few days later revealed the Direct Experience Mode which is rumored to be added to Windows 8, Microsoft’s [...]
Taking the Pain Out of Reinstalling Windows
Sometimes there’s nothing you can do when your copy of Windows is malfunctioning other than a complete format and reinstall. This is always a pain, but how can you take the pain out of the process? Here’s my own guide to taking the pain out of reinstalling Windows from scratch. Part 1 – Preparation The [...]
MultiScan, Scan Local Files With Multiple Antivirus Programs
The idea to scan files with multiple antivirus engines is not new, online portals such as Virustotal offer that feature for quite some time. If you look at desktop applications you notice that there are not many that offer a similar functionality. Programs that fall into the category are the previously reviewed Antivirus Multi and [...]
Full Tilt Poker, There Is A New Version To Install
If you like to play poker online you may be a member of the popular online poker room Full Tilt Poker. Users download a software and register an account to play online for cash or play money. The Full Tilt Poker application receives regular updates that increase the application’s functionality and stability. I have recently [...]
Fix Context Menu Items Missing In Windows Explorer
Microsoft has decided to remove several context menu entries from Windows 7′s Windows Explorer context menu if more than 15 items are selected at once. The open, print and edit links are specifically removed whenever more than 15 files or folders are selected. This limit may affect context menu entries of other programs as well. [...]
Giganews Introduces Two VyprVPN Security Options
You know that I’m a pretty happy Giganews customer, never had problems with their Usenet service and everything has been top notch ever since I signed up for my first account back in 2005. That’s 17 Terabytes of data ago. Giganews has improved and expanded their Usenet service ever since, better retention, faster servers, the [...]