RegToy is a free program for tweaking settings in Windows. It will pretty much let you change any setting there is to change. It works very well and the install is very straight forward and simple. I've only tested it on Windows XP, but it should also work with Vista and Windows Server 2003. It [...]
3D Desktop Manager For Windows
October 2, 2008
If you have seriously played with Ubuntu lately, you might have seen the real fancy 3D desktop effect you can do. Here is a piece of software that does the same thing on Windows: DeskSpace And here is a free alternative:YODM.
(0) Extended Your Desktop Onto Another Computer
At my office I have three monitors on my desk. Two are for my pc and one is for my backup server. I was thinking about how convenient it would be to simply move the mouse over to the backup server like an extended desktop. I started searching around and found Maxivista.com. One can always [...]
Remove Experts-Exchange From Search Results
When I search the internet I very often get results from the popular site www.experts-exchange.com. This is a forum type site where you have to be a paying member to participate. While there is nothing wrong with this, the site is setup to allow anyone to read member questions, so that their site comes up [...]
Great Free Tool for Disk Cloneing and Backup
DriveImage XML is a freeware program that can take your “C:\” drive on your Windows pc and make an exact clone of it.
This is great if you want to replace your old hard drive with a newer, higher capacity disk, or if you simply want a quick and easy way to backup your entire system.
For [...]
Favorite New Zip/Rar Tool
I was looking for a tool that can zip/unzip files from the command line and I came across 7-zip. Not only can you use it from the command line, but it has a great graphical user interface. Best of all, it’s free!
Goodbye WinRAR!!
http://www.7-zip.org/
Defragmenting the Hard Drive
Defragmenting the hard drive is very important in order to maintain good overall system performance in a Windows environment. Here is a tool that works very well and it’s not very expensive. It has several different modes of defragmentation and a very easy way to schedule jobs as well. It is a must-have utility for [...]