I recently helped a friend set up his PC to automatically login when it gets rebooted and found it to be useful enough to pass along. I found a way to set up an XP or Vista system to automatically login while still using an ID and Password – as opposed to setting a blank password and deleting all … [Read more...]
REVIEW: WinDirStat 1.1.2.80
Do you know what this is? I finally installed and tested WinDirStat. I’ve been hearing a lot about it and quite frankly, was really curious about the pictures I kept seeing. The graphic displayed at the top of this post is the heart of WinDirStat – it is a graphical representation of the data … [Read more...]
New release of Glary Utilities – 2.13.0.686
My favorite all-in-one utility has been given a facelift! Glary Utilities, the multi-functional tool that everyone should be using has been updated with a more modern look. For better or worse (I’m not really sure yet), it does not appear that any functionality has been changed. All of the tools … [Read more...]
High Disk Activity When Listening to Music
Ever since I built my new primary Vista desktop I have wondered why the hard drive light seems to dance along with the music as I listen to iTunes. Not giving it much thought, I just assumed that the SATA disk (first one of those for me) either read differently or maybe the disk activity LED on this … [Read more...]
Review: AnchorFree Hotspot Shield 1.14
Free wireless access points (WAPs) are a very welcome convenience for our mobile lives. Whether at the airport, hotel, library, coffee shop, or even finding a neighbor that has not secured his home wireless network, you do not have to travel very far to quickly hop on to the information … [Read more...]
Personal Productivity – Start Pages with My Yahoo
If you are like me, staying organized is a cyclical thing. I enjoy doing it but it is such an encompassing task that it sometimes gets put off for too long. Lately I have found myself having too many browsers with too many tabs open at the same time and I've had enough. I'm not exactly sure why it … [Read more...]
Free Apps You Want!
Building a new PC? Taking time to backup and reinstall a clean OS on your old PC? Just need a change? Over the years, I have found that having a set of standardized applications 1) makes a system build go much faster, and 2) saves time later hunting down something when you need it, like say, a PDF … [Read more...]
April Fools Day Preparation – You MUST Act Today!
UPDATE - This website offers a test of your system to verify whether or not you are susceptible to Conficker. It's simple - if you see all six pictures, you are golden. If not, well, you may have some cleanup to do. Alas, tomorrow is the big joke day. It is also a big day of concern for IT folks … [Read more...]
Getting started with Audacity Sound Software
Audacity Quick Start Guide Audacity is an excellent sound recording and editing application. Even as a free product, it rivals many of the paid products that my band has tried over the years. Audacity's price tag, ease of use, and powerful capabilities make it our app of choice for working on songs … [Read more...]
REVIEW: Microsoft Live Mesh
- Start Using Mesh Now - Microsoft Live Mesh is a fantastic tool for sharing data and connecting to remote computers with an Internet connection being the only requirement. Mesh will allow you to easily manage and share up to 5gb of data as well as providing reliable remote desktop connection to … [Read more...]