Disk Falcon is a nice looking disk analysis app for Windows 8
There are probably a dozen or so free disk analysis tools available for the Windows operating system.
Windows - Latest Posts
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How to turn off Windows 8 app notifications
Maybe it is just me, but the majority of notifications that apps displays on Windows 8's new and shiny startpage are rather irritating and repetitive.
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Visual BCD Editor: edit Windows boot manager items
Visual BCD Editor is a free program for Vista and newer versions of the Windows operating system that is enabling you to edit the boot menu of the system.
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Windows 8: Google Chrome app advancing
Before I start looking at recent advances that Google implemented into the Windows 8 version of its Chrome web browser, I'd like to take a moment to point out t
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Change how often File History saves copies of files in Windows 8
File History is one of those new features in Windows 8 that I'm excited about.
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Software Catalogs appear in Windows Store
Up until now Windows Store offered a straightforward experience.
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Can't decide what to watch? Try Pick Me for Windows
So you have got a hard drive full of movies, videos, music and all that good stuff and can't really decided what you want to watch or listen to because there is
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VSCD Free Video Converter review
Programs like VLC Media Player or SMPlayer play nearly all media formats that you throw at them and that is a good thing.
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Windows 8 Tablet pricing becomes clearer
I find it interesting that news about mobile devices running Windows 8 seem to concentrate almost exclusively on tablet PCs.
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Windows 8 Group Policy Reference
The Group Policy is only included in Windows 8 Professional and not Windows 8 RT or Windows 8 (yes, that is the name of the basic version of the operating syste
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Windows Store has its issues
I have been playing around with the RTM release of Windows 8 for some time now and have spend some of that time browsing Windows Store.
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Windows 8: display resource use of apps
Apps that you run and install on the Windows 8 operating system use system resources just like any other program that is running on it.
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Time to malware-scan new PCs before first use
You have probably heard about PCs being infected in China with malware in factories as part of the manufacturing process.
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Windows 8 Store Tops 1,500 Apps
When Microsoft rolled out the Windows Store with the release of the Consumer Preview version of the operating system there were only a few apps available, and m
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How to restore individual files from System Restore points
Today I noticed that all of the files that I had saved on the desktop in Windows 7 were gone.
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How to create Windows System Restore points at startup
The system restore feature of the Windows operating system offers an option to revert the system back to a previous point in time.
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Skype Beta: now with Facebook Login and Microsoft Account access
Skype made available a new beta version of the communication software for the Windows operating system today which introduces several new features in the Window
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Windows 8 Built-in File Backup
There is perhaps no more important thing for users to do than backup their files.
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Windows 8: Metro apps are now called Windows Store apps
Back in August it became known that Microsoft decided to replace the term Metro which up to that point had been used by the company to describe the new user int
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Babylon Toolbar backup option appears broken
Every other free software program seems to include a third party toolbar offer in its installer nowadays.
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Change App Notifications in Windows 8
With Windows 8, Microsoft has almost completely changed the face of their flagship product, doing away with the Start button that has been so integral since the
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Microsoft Security Bulletins For September 2012 Released
Yes it is that day of the month again.
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Microsoft's minimum certificate key length update may cause technical issues
Microsoft will release an automatic update for Windows on October 9, 2012 that is making a minimum certificate key length of 1024 bits mandatory for digital cer
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SlimCleaner 4 with software update checking
SlimCleaner is a popular PC maintenance and optimization software for Windows that can best be compared to programs such as Advanced System Care or Comodo Syste
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Reduce Gaming Latency (Ping) in Windows
When I connect to game servers I usually do not have a bad ping provided that automatic match making does not connect me to a server in Australia, Japan or the
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Share the Windows 8 startpage with the classic desktop
The two interfaces that Microsoft has implemented into Windows 8 are a major change from previous versions of the operating system.
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List Windows 8 apps installed on all of your PCs
With cloud synchronization built right into the operating system one would think that Microsoft would have added an easy option to automatically synchronize ins
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Windows 8: The return of the browser choice screen
I had hopes that the EU would not force Microsoft to integrate the browser choice screen, or browser ballot as it was called, in its newest Windows 8 operating
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ViStart updated: Windows 7 like start menu for Windows 8
My favorite program to bring back the start menu to the Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system is Start8 by Stardock as it not only gives me the option to add a
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Opera Software preparing Opera for Windows 8
Third party software developers who want their programs to function properly under Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8 need to focus their attention
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Monitor all Windows Explorer file activites
We here at Ghacks Technology News have reviewed several applications in the past that allow you to monitor specific areas of the operating system.
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Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 3.0 released
Opinions are mixed when it comes to Registry cleaners.
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10 programs that make Windows 8 better
So you have made the jump and installed Windows 8 on a computer, or, you are planning to buy a tablet, laptop or desktop PC running Microsoft's latest operating
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3 Windows 8 devices that I'm looking forward to
The last few days have been packed with press conferences and announcements of new devices for Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8.
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First wave of Xbox games for Windows 8 announced
The thing that I'm most interested in when it comes to the Windows Store in Windows 8 are games.
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Should you get a Windows RT or Windows 8 computer?
When Windows 7 came along, PC users had to pick one of the available editions that Microsoft made available to the public.
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Start8 updated: now with improved Windows 8 Start Menu
Stardock's Start8 was one of the first programs to bring back a start menu to the Windows 8 operating system.
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PasteAsFile: Save Windows Clipboard entries to files in Windows Explorer
I have been working on Enterprise systems in the past were users were not permitted to install or run third party software on.
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Taskbar Pinner: pin anything to the Windows Taskbar
Microsoft introduced an update to the taskbar of the Windows operating system in Windows 7.
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IP Address Lookup: How to Look Up Any IP Address Online and Offline
An IP address lookup tells you who an IP address is registered to and roughly where it is used: the network owner, the regional internet registry, the country,
