Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista
Windows Vista ships and installs with a lot of programs and features that I do not need.
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WPF Performance Fix for Windows Vista and XP
Microsoft released a hotfix a few days ago that is fixing a problem that affected some Windows Vista and Windows XP systems.
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Save Ink (and a tree) with Greenprint
Ink is expensive, I think we can all agree on this fact, yet programs with ink saving technologies are not available widely.
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Project Dakota Full Windows XP Update CD
Just a few days ago I posted an article about How to update Windows with Offline Updates which downloaded selected updates for various Windows operating systems
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First Legit Windows 7 Screenshots?
We all read the news that Windows 7 is expected in late 2009 and that first milestone releases are send out to partners for testing purposes.
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NTFS Alternate Data Streams
This article is going to explain NTFS Alternate Data Streams: what they are, where they are, how you can detect them, create them and how they are used by hacke
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Free Copies of Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio 2008
Heroes Happen {Here} is what Microsoft calls the promotional tour for three of its 2008 products which will come to many cities in the United States this year.
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Popular Windows XP TV Themes
My article yesterday explained how to patch the file uxtheme.
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Windows Vista Recovery Disc
I bought a Toshiba notebook back last year that had Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium installed.
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Update Windows with Offline Update
Autopatcher was the perfect solution to update your Windows operating system while it lasted.
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uxtheme.dll Patcher for Windows XP and Vista
The file uxtheme.
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The Ultimate Windows Shutdown Application
I have never seen that many shutdown options in my life.
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Vista SATA RAID Installation Problems
Dante send in this interesting story and I thought I share it the way he send it to me and ask everyone if they know of a way to install Windows Vista on a SATA
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Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset can be downloaded from Microsoft as a 30 day evaluation version which is more than sufficient for our cause.
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Backup and Sync Folders with Toucan
Easy to use backup and sync utilities are in high demand and I would like to introduce one that's definitely easy to use.
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Verify that Drivers are working correctly
I have explained in the first part of this article how a Windows user could create a list of all unsigned drivers of the system, the second part takes a look at
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Trend Micro RUBotted
Trend Micro RUBotted is a BETA program that scans your system for bot related activity protecting it effectively from being hijacked and misused for criminal ac
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List all unsigned drivers in Windows XP
There are two types of drivers in Windows XP, signed and unsigned ones.
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Windows Tip: Don't replace any files while copying
If you ever copied hundreds or even thousands of files from one folder to the other with both folders containing files of the same name you might have realized
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Remove Stored .Net User Names and Passwords
Windows XP and Windows Vista save username and password information for network resources and services like Windows Live on the hard drive of the operating syst
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Autoplay Cleanup and Removal
When you right-click a CD, DVD or removable drive and select Properties from the menu you find a Autoplay tab there that displays applications for certain media
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Imagine a fast image viewer
Just when I thought I tried them all I find another promising image viewer called Imagine deeply hidden on the Internet.
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EnablePrefetcher in PrefetchParameters
I remember that several tweaking programs that emerged after the release of Windows XP changed the EnablePrefetcher in the Registry which supposedly should spee
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Not enough server storage is available to process this command
Not enough server storage is available to process this command is a message that you can receive when you try to access a shared resource on a network.
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Test Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium for 6 months
Giveaways, more giveaways and even more giveaways.
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Knot Desktop Notes
I'm looking for a software that offers an easy way to write down notes on my desktop.
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What is connecting to the Internet
If you want to find out which programs have established an Internet connection on your system you can use the software Procx for that.
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What sam.bak can tell you about Users of a system
SAM ? What's that again ? SAM is the Security Account Manager and part of the Windows Registry.
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Fix Your Task Manager if it is Disabled
If you are running Windows as an administrator, it is possible to disable the task manager.
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Revo Uninstaller Program Uninstaller
A new version of Revo Uninstaller was released this week and I decided to install it again to check on the progress of the application.
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Microsoft releases two security patches for Windows
Microsoft is releasing collected security patches each month for their Windows operating systems.
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Akelpad a lightweight Notepad alternative
Notepad is fast and that is probably the only good thing that I can say about the software that ships with Windows.
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Vista: Disable UAC for select applications
Microsoft has released a Knowledgebase article that explains how users can disable UAC, that is the User Account Control, for selected applications in Windows V
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Browse the Web in areas with no Internet browser
Schools, libraries and even colleges like to restrict access to their public computers and some do not even have a link to an Internet browser although they mig
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Remove Windows Components in Vista
Microsoft seems to be under the impression that change is good and will not confuse users of a previous versions of their Windows operating system.
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Reduce Windows XP's Shutdown Time
A friend of mine called me just recently and told me that Windows XP would take a long time before shutting the computer down.
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Annoying PC Programs
Interesting article over there at the Download Squad where they list the 5 most annoying programs.
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Increase Windows Stability
Xtra Windows Stability is an interesting piece of software that was mentioned in Shellcity's top 25 software of the year series.
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Five Quick Windows Tips III
This is already the third article in the Five Quick Windows Tips series of articles which concentrate on quick and easy to adapt tips that take only a few secon
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Create Hardware Profiles
When I was only using my desktop computer I was a little bit puzzled why I would need Hardware Profiles at all.
