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  • Alt Tab Replacement for Windows XP

    Advanced users usually switch between open windows using the keyboard shortcut ALT + TAB which is fast but has the disadvantage that only an icon is displayed w

  • Save Money when you buy Windows Vista

    Microsoft decided to publish several versions of Windows Vista who all differ from one another when you compare the functionality of the operating systems.

  • Zip Encrypt Ftp Backups

    Didier Stevens did it again with a pretty useful tool that could be used for backups that should be placed on another server on the internet.

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    Harden XP by disabling services

    I never thought that a lot of users would still run Windows XP with the default service configuration but reality proofed me wrong once again.

  • Vista to automatically revoke activation?

    I came upon a very interesting post on the vista knowledgebase blog where the author was describing a very unusual behavior that he experienced with Windows Vis

  • Update Windows without Microsoft

    I recently received an email from one of my readers who asked if there would be a secure way to update a Windows XP installation that already had service pack 2

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    Unknown Device Identifier

    Did you ever try to identify devices in your device manager that have a yellow icon ? Devices with yellow icons are unknown devices that give you almost zero in

  • Taskable RSS Feeds for your System Tray

    Taskable is a great alternative for online or offline feedreaders, it is a RSS browser that places an icon in the windows system tray making it a very effective

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    Record Sounds from any source

    While Audacity is a great audio editing utility with the ability to record sounds and edit them afterwards it still felt a little bit overweight for the mere ta

  • Windows Vista Services Explained

    Do you remember Blackvipers services recommendations for Windows XP ? The site helped me a lot when I started using Windows XP by explaining the services that w

  • pocket divx encoder

    Encode divx movies for certain devices

    If you are looking for an easy way to convert divx movies for special devices such as mobile players, pdas or mobiles you should take a look at the excellent fr

  • Lock Folders in Windows

    Windows has no obvious method to lock folders, even administrators have no obvious way of locking folders.

  • Link your Images to Google Earth

    Taking pictures while you are on holiday is one thing, linking those pictures to Google Earth using the geolocation feature is the next level.

  • Extend the Vista activation period

    Did you know that it is possible to extend the 30 day evaluation period of Windows Vista to a maximum of 120 days with a single command from the command line ?

  • sysinternals suite

    Sysinternals Suite

    If you ever wanted to download all the troubleshooting applications from sysinternals at once you can do so by downloading the Sysinternals suite right from Mic

  • duplicate images

    Find and remove duplicate images

    Have you ever tried to manually check a image collection for duplicates ? It would take ages to find the duplicates in my image collection and I was looking for

  • doublekiller duplicates

    Remove duplicate files with Doublekiller

    Doublekiller scans the selected folders and hardrives for duplicate files that are detected by comparing at least one of the following filters: identical names,

  • idiary

    Keep a Daily Diary

    It was only a matter of time until someone create a software that would function as a virtual diary.

  • Add Transparency to your windows

    Glass 2k is a little freeware application for Windows 2000 and Xp which makes it easy to add a transparency effect to any window on your system.

  • windows explorer context menu

    Add Context Tools to Windows XP

    Windows XP and previous versions such as Windows ME or Windows 98 lack some important context menu entries that make it easier to work with the operating system.

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    Backup your DVD's

    Why would someone want to backup his DVD`s ? The Movie Industry apparently thinks that no one should be able to backup his own, bought, DVD movies because of th

  • How to clone your hard drives

    A recent forum post from ffolke at the ghacks forum asked about a free method to clone a hard drive to another one.

  • Secure Windows XP

    There are many articles floating around on the internet covering this subject and I would like to stay at the basics this time.

  • divx repair

    Fix your Divx Movies

    I guess one of the following situations has happened to everyone who is viewing Divx movies on his computer.