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October 2008

Live Boot Operating System CDs

by Dave on October 24, 2008

It might or might no be necessary to have a Linux Live Boot CD in with your diagnostic tools, but if you repair computers for a living, you really should have a way to boot into an OS if the hard drive has failed or if you want to troubleshoot a computer with the hard [...]

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Free Screen Capture Software

by Dave on October 21, 2008

Gadwin PrintScreen 
We finally found an XP equivalent to the Snip Tool in Vista. Gadwin Printscreen is easy to install and offers some setup preferences that can help you quickly take screenshots of websites, photos and even your desktop. You no longer have to take the entire screen. In Gadwin Printscreen, you have the ability to [...]

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Norton Taking “User” Out of UAC

by Dave on October 13, 2008

Norton UAC Tool
Norton has taken the “User” out of User Account Control by offering their own handy dandy UAC Tool that promises to make the world a better place by helping users cope with all of the extra mouse clicks involved in the Vista User Account Control security feature. Is it necessary? Maybe not. Will it [...]

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Add Power Programs to Your Windows Start Menu

by Dave on October 9, 2008

Give your Start menu the power it deserves.
The average user may not have any reason to access Disk Management or the Device Manager on a consistent basis. But for the people that like to tinker, adding power shortcuts to the Start Menu makes geeking-out much faster. The shortcuts we’ll be adding today are for Disk Management, [...]

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Easily View Your System Information

by Dave on October 7, 2008

For those of you who do not fear the black, murky depths of the command line, here’s a very useful tip for viewing your system information all in one convenient location. Just click Start, then Run and type cmd and hit OK. This will bring you to the command prompt. Next, type systeminfo.exe and hit enter.
This [...]

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Free History Erase Program

by Dave on October 6, 2008

For those concerned about privacy, Free History Eraser by Smart Soft is a quick little program that can delete history files each time you close your browser Window. This free application works great and not only removes your History, it clears the typed URLs and Auto Complete data, as well.
Download Free History Eraser here.

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