Everyone has appointments or obligations from time to time, be it school, doctor's appointments, meetings or language courses in the afternoon. Some people manage to keep all their appointments in their head […]
There is no easy way to rename multiple files in Windows, at least not when you want to rename each selected file with individual names. The only possibility in Windows is be […]
PC Audit is a free and portable software application for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be run from any location on the computer. The software developer did not list the compatible […]
Windows does not have a shortage of file recovery tools. Some of the ones mentioned previously are Recuva, Undelete My Files and Smart Data Recovery Enterprise. The newest contender in the ring […]
Copy Paste is probably one of those operations that almost every user does on a daily basis. The possibilities are almost endless, copying urls to paste them in emails, copying text to […]
Vista Start Menu is a software program for all Windows NT systems including Windows XP and Windows Vista that can replace the current start menu with a modified version. The software application […]
The Windows Vista Sidebar can display a number of so called gadgets that display all kind of information such as pictures, news or other information like eBay auctions. Some users really like […]
Many users shy away from installing multiple operating systems on their computer because of problems that can arise in the boot sector. Some operating systems like to replace the existing boot information […]
Microsoft is still using the Windows 7 codename for their upcoming operating system. The company recently released the M3 build of Windows 7 to selected partners and first screenshots of changes in […]
Microsoft Network Monitor is a network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic, displays it in it's program interface and provides access to functions that allow to analyze the traffic. The application provides […]
"Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late". That quote is attributed to William Shakespeare who lived in an age without computers. Today time is essential for many programs and […]
Remote Batch Copy is a software tool to copy files to multiple remote network locations. Source files that get added to the application are copied to the selected destination folders on the […]
As you know by now, I’d be the first to defend Vista. I personally feel it is the best OS available at this point in time and I’ve spent the last 9 […]
Blank dialog boxes when opening Help and Support, User Accounts or System Restore are usually caused by Registry settings that are not set correctly anymore or by missing or corrupted dll files. […]
The Windows XP Startmenu is divided into a left and right part. The left part can display personal folders and files while the right part system folders like My Documents, My Music […]
Some software programs demand sensitive mouse movements under certain circumstances. A graphic designer who is working on an image needs to make pixel-based changes to images that he is working with and […]
Most games do not have an option to minimize them which is rather unfortunate if you just have to minimize a game to perform another task but want to continue playing it […]
Would you trust a company that has published software programs in the past that were listed in adware and spyware databases like Site Advisor, Host Files, Emsisoft, Symantec or Malwarebytes? Would you […]
Windows Server 2008 is the latest product of Microsoft's Server series which provides new features compared to previous Windows Server versions like Hyper-V, a hypervisor-based virtualization system, self-healing NTFS or Server Core. […]
Switching themes in Windows can have a few side effects that only become apparent after working with the system for some time. Yesterday's switch to the Royale theme for Windows XP had […]
Microsoft has released four Microsoft Security Bulletins for September 2008. All updates are rated critical and it is recommended to update the computer system running Windows operating systems or Microsoft software as […]
Joshua's post about Windows Live Wave 3 sparked an interesting discussion in the comments about a portable version of Live Writer. The consensus was that a portable version of Windows Live Writer […]
Users who want to change the Windows XP theme are left with two choices. They can go the official way and use the few official Windows XP themes that have been released […]
Windows hotfixes usually solve errors and problems after they have been installed on a computer system. It happened in the past however that they did produce additional errors that could bring a […]
It might sometimes be essential to make sure that a software program is running all the time. This can be another monitoring software, communication software, hardware or anything else that is important […]
Microsoft Online Crash Analysis is a website put up by Microsoft to aid users in investigating crashes, bluescreens and stop errors. Part of the service is the Windows Memory Diagnostic software which […]
The Notepad replacement Notepad++ is storing sessions by default. This means that a user opening a supported document in Notepad++ is also seeing the documents of the last sessions in the tabs […]
Personal Backup is definitely not the most comfortable Windows backup software but it does have a few aces up its sleeve that might make it interesting enough for users who are looking […]
It is interesting to observe how computer users are working with the keyboard. Computer geeks rarely use less than eight fingers to hack into their keyboard while the average user is probably […]
Users who regularly have to write characters of different languages, be it in emails, spreadsheets or presentations, have usually a hard time adding those characters to their documents. This is definitely a […]
USB Drive Letter Manager is a software that can manage removable devices such as USB hard drives, flash drives or card readers that are connected to a computer. The software runs on […]
NVIDIA video card owners should definitely take a look at the NVIDIA System Tools suite which can be downloaded from NVIDIA. It is a set of system tools that have to be […]
Pictomio is a beautiful picture and video organizer that comes with a wide variety of features and an impressive looking interface. The photo software uses a library like system to catalog images […]
To be honest I never quite understood why someone would want to change the order of the items that are displayed in the Windows Taskbar but I guess demand is there for […]
Windows Vista made things really complicated for users who are using several different audio outputs, for example headphones and speakers on the system. The problem is that Windows Vista can only support […]
A somewhat rarer format for music is providing an album as one mp3 file that is accompanied by a cue. The cue file contains the information about the track list, song names […]
The Windows clipboard is one of the functions of the Windows operating system that Microsoft has to modernize. By default the clipboard can store one phrase that a user copies into it. […]
If you were in any way interested in Windows Longhorn then WinFS will not be an unfamiliar word to you. This technology was to be part of the revolutionary next OS and […]
If you perform a search for index.dat files on a computer that is running Windows you will most likely end up with dozens of files with that name. The index.dat file is […]
Tophaz is a software program for Windows that adds two sets of Windows effects to the computer, namely Windows Transparency and so called Jelly Effects. Each set contains three options that can […]
