Currports, See Which Apps Connect To The Internet
One of the very first posts here at Ghacks was a basic review of Currports.
Windows - Latest Posts
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Operating System Market Share, Windows 7 Climb Continues
Windows 7, for the first time, has surpassed Windows Vista in operating system market share according to three popular companies that track OS market share over
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Building Font Cache, VLC And MPlayer Troubleshooting
Nothing is more frustrating than having to wait until a media player has finished building the font cache, before a video can be played on the local computer sy
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Remove TV Commercials With Life Extender
Recorded TV shows usually contain one or multiple commercial breaks, which most users would probably like to remove to save storage space, and watch recorded tv
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Fix Windows 7 Mobile Connectivity Issues
Windows 7 and Windows Vista based mobile PCs may have connectivity issues when connecting to Wi-Fi hotspots.
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Remove Skype From The Windows 7 Taskbar
Skype users who have switched from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7 recently may have noticed that the Skype icon remains in the Windows 7 taskbar even
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Using Two Skype Accounts At The Same Time
There are usually two environments where users may want to run another instance of Skype to use multiple Skype accounts at the same time.
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PC Usage Viewer, Displays PC Activity
Have you ever asked yourself how much time you spend on average in front of your computer? Sure, you can probably estimate the time, but that would not probably
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Align Windows On The Desktop Easily With Gridy
Microsoft has started to include windows desktop aligning capabilities in Windows 7, albeit basic in nature.
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Manga Crawler, Download Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, And More
Mangas are basically Japanese comic books that have made their way into Western society as well.
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Hamster Free Video Converter
The increase in devices that play videos has increased over the last decade.
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Start My Day, Like Morning Coffee For The Desktop
Many computer users have a routine that kicks in after the operating system has loaded.
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R-Updater, Scans Installed Software For Updates
A feature that advanced users miss dearly in the Windows operating system is a centralized update repository, that informs the computer user of software updates.
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Winsxs Folder Explained
The WinSxS (Windows Side-by-Side) folder, located in C:\Windows\WinSxS, is a critical system folder that stores multiple versions of component files, enabling s
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UltraSearch, Fast Windows File Finder
UltraSearch is a fast file finder for devices running Microsoft Windows that uses the Master File Table to return results lightning fast.
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UAC Trust Shortcut, Launch Programs Without UAC Prompts
Microsoft introduced the User Account Control (UAC) feature in Windows Vista.
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Sort Pictures With Dimensions 2 Folders
It makes sometimes sense to sort pictures by image resolution, for instance to create a set of desktop backgrounds that fit the monitor resolution exactly.
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System Restore Manager
System Restore Manager is a Windows 7 only application to configure and manage the System Restore feature in the operating system.
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Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Downloads
Microsoft today announced the availability of the new Microsoft Security Essentials 2.
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How To Add Folders To Windows Explorer Favorites In Windows 7
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 contains a left sidebar that displays links to favorites, drives and libraries.
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Display All Special Folders In Windows With Special Folders View
Special folders in the Windows operating system are presented to the user abstractly, they are not represented by their folder path but solely by their function.
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Restart On Crash Automatically Restarts Crashed Or Frozen Applications
It is a given that applications crash or hang from time to time leaving the user with no other choice but to restart them to continue working.
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WinGuard Pro Free, Access Control And Encryption Software
WinGuard Pro is a security software with features such as program access control and data encryption.
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Beware Of User Reviews On Software Sites
User reviews can be a fine thing, they add value to program descriptions and new perspectives to reviews.
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How To Open A New Windows Explorer Window, In Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer can basically be set to either open each new folder in a new window or all folders in the same.
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DVDsig Generates, Verifies MD5 Signatures
The portable 10K tool DVDsig has been created to quickly generate and verify the MD5 signatures of a base folder and all files it contains.
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Size Matters Monitors A List Of Files
Size matters, sometimes.
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Disable Windows Aero In Windows 7
Windows Aero is the graphical user interface of Windows 7.
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Microsoft Security Updates July 2010
Microsoft has just released four security bulletins on this months' Patch Tuesday fixing vulnerabilities in Microsoft software products.
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Computer Virus Repair Software Re-Enable
Some computer viruses disable system specific features to make it harder for the computer user to detect and remove them.
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Create Screenshots In Windows With MS Paint
Most Windows users think of Microsoft Paint as a basic image editor that comes with the operating system.
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How To Configure Windows Live Sync
People with multiple computer systems sometimes need to exchange data between the computers, and sometimes they need to make sure that the same data set is avai
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Windows 7 Backward Compatibility Update
Microsoft has released an update to the backward compatibility feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that promises to increase the backwards compatibi
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Get Rid Of UAC Prompts With Microsoft's Application Compatibility Toolkit
The number of UAC prompts in Windows 7 has been reduced significantly by Microsoft compared to Windows Vista.
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Configuring Default File Types In Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft has added support for ODF 1.
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Increase The FileSystem Memory Cache Size In Windows 7
File operations on Windows NT based systems make use of a limited pool of kernel buffers.
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BlackBox Security Monitor, Monitor Computer Systems In A Network
Monitoring other computer systems in a local area network is always a delicate matter.
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How To Change The Icon Size In Windows Effectively
The Windows operating system can display files as icons in Windows Explorer and on the computer desktop.
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How To Place Drives on the Windows Taskbar
Only specific programs can be pinned to the Windows Taskbar by default; there is no option to pin files, folders or drives to it.
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Unlocker Gets 64-bit Support, Adds Sucky Installation
Windows users sometimes encounter files or folders that cannot be deleted right away.
