Email signatures are automatically added to emails. They often contain additional contact information, for instance the senders phone number, messenger chat name or address, and sometimes disclaimers and other legal notifications. Creating a basic signature is actually pretty easy even though the process has changed with every new version of Outlook. You can create a [...]
Microsoft Windows Operating System
Move Files Automatically Into A New Folder
Sorting files into folders manually is not the most comfortable option available, especially if you need to create multiple folders to move different files into them. I have reviewed a few programs in the past that automate that process, from I like To Move It which allows you to move files and folders based on [...]
Anuran, An Automated Personal Text Log For Windows
I know quite a few computer users who are regularly writing down what they have achieved or are currently doing. Some use applications like Notepad for this, or full blown applications designed for that purpose, while others use the good old pen and paper method to keep track of things. You usually have to open [...]
Keyndicate Tells You When Key States Change
Before Ghacks I was working in the support department of one of Germany’s largest financial companies. I regularly received support requests from customers and employees, and many of the most common requests were login related. Users and employees trying to access a service could not do so because their login credentials were not accepted. Two [...]
New Scribus Version Released After Almost Four Years
The open source desktop publishing software Scribus has just received its first big update after nearly four years of development. Scribus 1.4 brings along more than 2000 bug fixes and feature requests that the developers managed to squeeze into the new version. One of the biggest improvements over previous versions of the application is that [...]
Display Your Internet Connection Speed In Your Taskbar
Sometimes you may want to display information about your Internet connection right on the desktop, for instance to test the speed of a new dedicated server that you just bought, or to make sure that you are uploading or downloading at full speed. Having direct access to realtime stats can also be helpful if you [...]
Microsoft Releases First 2012 Security Update
Microsoft today has released seven security related bulletins that fix issues in the Windows operating system and in Microsoft’s Developer Tools. One bulletin has received the maximum severity rating of critical, the highest available rating, while the remaining six bulletins have all received a rating of important, the third highest rating. It is interesting to [...]
A Lightweight Transparent Calendar For Your Windows Desktop
When you want to look at a calendar in a default Windows installation the only option you have is to click on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen. And while that’s an option, it is not a very comfortable one if you need to look at the calendar regularly. The calendar [...]
Remove Old Chrome Versions To Save Disk Space
Back in the beginning of last year I ran a piece on how to free up disk space by removing older versions of the Chrome web browser. I started to investigate the issue after installing a Solid State Drive on my computer and noticing that it filled up rather quickly with auto-generated data. Turned out [...]
How To Verify If An E-mail Address Exists
Sometimes you may want to make sure that an e-mail address exists before you start sending out messages to that address. While you could simply send a test message to the address and see if it bounces off the mail server, you’d may want to try a sneakier solution so that the recipient does not [...]
How To Run The Advanced Disk Cleanup Version In Windows
The Disk Cleanup tool offers a great way to quickly free up some disk space by deleting temporary files that are no longer needed. It is in no way as complete or thorough as third party tools like CCleaner, but it gets the job done and does not require you to install another software on [...]
Run A Local WordPress Blog With One-Click
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms currently available on the Internet. Popular sites like Techcrunch, Gizmodo or yours truly are all powered by WordPress. Users who are just getting started have a few options at their disposal. They can start with a blog over at WordPress.com, get their own website and self-host [...]
Remember To Call Notifies You Of Important Phone Calls
If you ever forgot to make an important phone call or be at home or office to receive one, you may appreciate the small portable program Remember To Call. The program acts as a basic reminder on your system that notifies you when it is time to make that one call that you have to [...]
Track Folder Changes Monitors Directories On Your Computer
Sometimes you may want to make sure that a particular folder, and more precisely files stored in that folder, is not tampered with by any means. This includes the assurance that files have not been edited, moved, deleted or manipulated in any other way. And while you could use a program like Checksum Control, SFV [...]
Frostwire, Bittorrent Client With Built-In Search
One of the reasons for the success of the file sharing application Limewire was that it offered everything that one needed to get started. The program came with built-in options to search for and download files. All you had to do was to key in names that you were interested in, wait for the search [...]
Movie Explorer Puts Order Into Your Movie Collection
With hard drives and storage devices growing bigger by the year, it is only natural that computer users start to put more data on their computer systems. The shift from highly compressed movie formats to high definition formats takes its toll as well, as movies may now need Gigabytes of storage space instead of Megabytes. [...]
Test Your PC’s Stability
Testing a PCs stability makes sense in a number of situations. Maybe you have made the decision to overclock your PC and want to make sure that everything runs well and stable, or you are thinking of giving away your old PC to a friend or family member who is not the most knowledgeable person [...]
Musings on the Windows 8 Developer Preview
As a Microsoft Windows MVP and a Windows author I’ve got a busy year ahead of me. I’ve got several Windows 8 books to write for starters, all to be out during 2012 so I really do need to know Windows 8 backwards. The Building Windows 8 blog has been extremely useful in this respect [...]
How To Copy Wlan Profiles
When you are moving from one PC to the other, or are making use of multiple devices running Windows, you probably want to have data available on all the PCs. This can be personal files like documents or music, but also configuration settings for the Windows Firewall. If you are connecting to the Internet via [...]
Photo Blemish Remover, Easy Basic Image Manipulation
Image and photo manipulation has become an art form of its own ever since computers were able to display images in decent resolutions on the screen. Professionals use tools like Adobe Photoshop to manipulate images, while you and I would probably prefer a simpler more straightforward solution. While it is possible to use a program [...]