Microsoft Patch Day November 2011 Overview
Today Microsoft has released security updates exclusively for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Windows - Latest Posts
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Notepad++ Not Starting Up? Try Disabling Plugins
I just wanted to test the Light Explorer plugin for the notepad replacement Notepad++ on Windows.
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Hide, Delete or Customize Libraries in Windows 7
The Libraries feature in Windows 7 provides an easy interface to manage multiple file locations from a single location.
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SSDLife Free, Show Life Expectancy Of Solid State Drives
Solid State Drives are slowly becoming the new mainstream storage devices.
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NetSurveyor, Network Discovery Software
One of the things that you may want to consider when setting up a wireless network connection or troubleshooting an existing one is the vicinity of other wirele
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Microsoft Releases Critical Windows Security Update
Back in October a rootkit was discovered that exploits a critical security vulnerability in the Windows operating system.
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Unable to Terminate Process, Windows Task Manager Alternatives
Today I tried to install the Adobe Flash Plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Free Quizzes With Mega Quiz Software For Windows
Quizzes can be a great way of testing your knowledge or a fun way to compete with others.
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Control Applications and End Processes with Daphne
Windows Task Manager allows us to monitor processes, services, and running applications and also provides control over these so they can be voluntarily ended if
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Leaked Microsoft Roadmap Reveals Windows 8, Windows 9 Release Dates
All experts are fairly certain that Microsoft will release the Windows 8 operating system in 2012, as it was confirmed by Steve Ballmer back at the Microsoft De
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Free Fake Antivirus Removal Software Updated
Fake antivirus software has been on the rise in the past years.
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CoView, Digital Comic Viewer For Windows
If you are a comic fan you have probably downloaded a fair share of digital comics to your computer.
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Intel SSD Toolbox 3 Released
With the rise of Solid State Drives came software from hardware manufacturers to manage and control those drives in a computing environment.
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Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard, Learn How To Type For Free
Most Ghacks readers are tech savvy users who know how to type efficiently.
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Microsoft Readies Task Manager For Large Scale Computer Systems
When you look at the performance view of Windows Task Manager on your desktop PC you probably see between two or eight logical processors listed in the interfac
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Why Are There Two Explorer.exe Processes Running?
I check the running processes on my Windows system regularly to find potentially malicious or unnecessary processes.
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Creating Access to Virtual Box from the Windows 7 Start Menu
VBoxLaunch is a program that assists in managing access to VirtualBox.
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Remove Applications from the Context Menu in Windows Manually
Windows may accumulate new context menu items any time you install programs on the system.
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Haloween Skin Pack Readies Windows 7 For Halloween
Halloween, the night before All Hallows Days, is only a few days away.
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DNS Jumper Updated, Switch Domain Name Servers Effortlessly
Back in 2009 I reviewed one of the first public versions of DNS Jumper, a portable program for Windows that allowed you to change the system's DNS with the clic
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Mp3 Quiz, Turn Mp3 Collections Into Music Quizzes
If you like quizzes in general and have a medium to large sized music collection at your disposal, you might fancy running the mp3 quiz software to combine both
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Web Page Thumbnails, Create Website Screenshots
Sometimes you may feel the need to create a screenshot or multiple screenshots of a website.
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Using LiLi to create a Bootable, Portable and Virtualized USB Drive
LinuxLive USB Creator, or “LiLiâ€, is a quick way to create Live Linux USB drives that are persistent virtualized drives.
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Windows 8 Service Configurations
With every new Microsoft operating system, regardless of it being a client or server OS, come new and modified services.
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Batch Renamer And Mover Bram
Renaming files can sometimes be a necessity and other times something that improves the readability on a computer system.
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ReStartMe, Restart Processes Automatically On Exit
Some processes are more important than others.
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Copy CMD Output Directly To The Clipboard
The Windows command line prompt can be handy at times, and sometimes even the only option to execute a specific command on the operating system.
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FSF Criticizes Microsoft For Secure Boot Feature
Hardware manufacturers that want to ship Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system with manufactured PCs need to implement the Secure Boot feature that is
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InfoTool, One Page Full Of Computer Hardware Information
Windows users have many programs at their disposal that display hardware related information.
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Wipe 2011, Privacy And Tracking Focused CCleaner Alternative
If you ask Windows users which temporary file cleaning program they use then the chance is high that you get CCleaner as the answer.
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Volume Concierge, Automatically Change The Windows System Volume
I behave with respect when I'm in a room with other people, in a train or on the street.
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MailStore Home 5 Released, Email Backup Software
I have been using MailStore Home for some time to backup and archive my Thunderbird email databases (see Use MailStore To Backup Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Emails an
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Backup Folder Sync, Mirror Your Data Backups
Depending on your backup strategy, you may mirror your data backups for additional protection.
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Download, Verify And Use Proxy Servers With ST-ProxySwitcher
If you work a lot with proxy servers you have probably noticed that they are not the most reliable usually.
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Windows 8 BluePoison: Enable Disabled Features
Microsoft released the Windows 8 developer preview exactly a month ago during the Build developer conference.
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Virtual WiFi Router For Windows
Say you have a desktop PC with a wired connection to the Internet.
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The State of Windows 7 Two Years After Release
Back in October 2009 Microsoft released the long awaited and highly acclaimed Windows 7 operating system.
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Using GFI Backup Free Edition to Backup Files to an External Drive
Backing up data on your computer is important and most users know this.
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Microsoft Patch Day October 2011 Overview
Microsoft releases Windows updates on the second Tuesday of the month.
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LojiklSweep, Free Backup Software With Online Backup Services Support
When you look at backup services and options for the Windows operating system you find that there are plenty local and online applications and services that you
