Windows users have many programs at their disposal that display hardware related information. Heck, even the Windows Control Panel offers applets that display some information about the built-in hardware. Knowing your computer’s hardware can come in handy in a multitude of situations. This includes situations where you need to know if your computer supports a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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DNS Benchmark, Speed Test DNS Servers
One of the areas that a lot of computer users do not bother to optimize is the domain name server (DNS) of their Internet connection. A mediocre DNS not only slows down the connection speed on websites and Internet servers in general, but can also be the cause for connection issues and even censorship. Selecting [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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MailStore Home 5 Released, Email Backup Software
I have been using MailStore Home for some time to backup and archive my Thunderbird email databases (see Use MailStore To Backup Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Emails and How To Speed Up Thunderbird By Archiving Emails). The developers of this excellent free email backup software have just released version 5 which is more of a bug [...]
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WebCamImageSave, Capture Periodic Webcam Images
Webcams can be used for a variety of purposes. From video conferencing over monitoring a room for security purposes to connecting them to the Internet to make it available publicly. WebCamImageSave is a new application by Nirsoft for the Windows operating system that can capture periodic webcam images. This can be handy for documentation purposes, [...]
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Detect Alleged German State-Sponsored Trojan On Your PC
I have monitored news about the alleged German state-sponsored trojan closely ever since the German Chaos Computer Club posted information about it online. While there is not a definitive proof that it is indeed malware designed and operated by German police forces, it is definitely something that computer users need to be aware of. I [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Font Load Unload, Load Fonts Without Installing Them
The more fonts you have installed on your system the longer it will take the system to start up. That’s one of the reasons why some PC users like to keep the installed font count at the bare minimum on their system. That’s easier said than done considering that you may need to use some [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Aero Adjuster, Automatically Change Aero Color Based On Wallpaper
The Windows 7 operating system shipped with a built-in automatic wallpaper changer that allowed users to pick multiple desktop backgrounds that the operating system would rotate automatically. Previously users had to use third party software like Wallperizer or John’s Background Switcher for that functionality. Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8 will improve that by offering [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Free USB Guard, Never Forget Your USB Flash Drive Again
It is pretty easy to forget to remove an USB Flash drive or stick from a computer system on shutdown. Some devices are that small that it is easy to overlook them when shutting down a computer. While that’s not a big issue at home, it can very well be one if you happen to [...]
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Windows Bootable Image Creator
In How To Install Windows 8 From USB Key I looked at two different options to create a bootable Usb copy of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system to install it from Usb devices. The easier of the two options was to use Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to create a bootable Usb installation disk. Windows [...]