Windows Live Mesh (WLM) is an internet-based remote application developed by Microsoft for internet-based file synchronization. This is essentially the basic method to synchronize files between two or more computers on a network, useful for some home setups, but essential for business networks. This article refers specifically to Windows 7 operating systems. The synchronization can [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Back in February I reviewed the Computer Customizer software which could be used to add custom folders to the My Computer display of the Windows 7 operating system. The very same developer has now released a similar but broader tool. System Folders Customizer integrates all the abilities of Computer Customizer and adds options to add [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I’m pretty excited about Windows 8, Microsoft’s next operating system. That does not mean that I’m perfectly happy with Windows 7, the company’s current operating system. Windows 7 is a great operating system that could be as successful as Windows XP, if it had the same amount of time at hand and a successor that [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

You might remember last month I reviewed the very sexy little Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable, their “Macbook Air killer” and absolutely loved it.  The latest box to arrive at my door from the company contained something very far removed from the Series 9.  This time they’d sent their top of the line RF711 gaming laptop. [...]

Categories: Hardware

I have configured the Windows 7 Control Panel to display small icons instead of the unpractical categories that hide most of the tools and items. The main reason is that it provides a better overview of the available options and that it saves me some clicks every day. But changing the display to icons is [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The change in theme handling under Windows 7 has made it a lot easier to install themes for the operating system. All that is needed now is to double-click on a themes file to install and activate it. While that’s only changing the basic color scheme, backgrounds and sounds, it is easier and faster than [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Here at gHacks we pride ourselves on giving you the very best help and advice, and it seems that we’re not the only ones who think so.  After an approach by the company, Microsoft have now confirmed that they will be putting my tutorial videos for Windows 7 on the official Microsoft support website at [...]

Categories: ghacks

Operating systems and applications often save loads and loads of information, often without the user knowing about it. This can have privacy implications, considering that it may be possible to recover files, bookmarks or visited web pages easily. We have covered the topic before, see Used Hard Drives Still Haven For Identify Theft for instance. [...]

Categories: Advice

Apple this week announced their new iCloud service, bringing together MobileMe and iTunes in the cloud. With it though they also announced they were dropping support for Windows XP from the new product. Indeed they were only supporting their own desktop operating system, OS X, going back four years to 10.5 ‘Leopard’ too. This raises [...]

Categories: Apple, Microsoft