The National Software Reference Library has been initially be designed to aid computer forensics experts in the investigation of crimes that involve computers. It basically consists of a list of nearly 40 million files and hashes that are used to alleviate the process of determining evidence by excluding files from the investigation that are found [...]

Categories: Security

Have you ever wondered how and why your computer operates as it does? Why does it turn on and load the operating system? It is working because of the computer software that is programmed and installed in it. The program was designed to run your computer and any other program that is on it. How [...]

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Alternative To is an interesting web service that suggests software alternatives for the Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating system plus online services. It works by selecting one of the applications that are already listed on the website or by using the search form on the top of the page. The website will then [...]

Categories: Online Services

If you are one of those guys who love to use their PC or laptop to listen to music or watching a movie before they fall asleep in their bed you might appreciate a software that is smart enough to find out that the user is asleep and that performs an automatic shutdown afterwards. Smart [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Control Running Programs is a new application by the developer of fsLock that serves two purposes: The first purpose is to prevent that more than the defined instances of a program are executed on a system while the second starts an application whenever it is closed on a system. I think that both functions need [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Windows

It sometimes is a good idea to close most processes and programs at once. Could be helpful if you want to run a very resource intensive program or an application asks you to close all programs open before continuing. This happens when you install some programs or run utilities like scandisk or defrag.

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Windows

I really had troubles finding an appropriate title for this article. Windows XP displays a list of the most recent programs that you have accessed by default in the start menu. Did you know that those information are continuously updated even though the option to show them has been disabled ? A check on my personal account revealed that Windows stored information from 2005 until today.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Tools, Windows