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Get Rid of AVG’s ‘No Virus Found’ Email Footers
I highly recommend Grisoft’s AVG’s Free antivirus software (v. 8.x available here) and the free Windows Defender (spyware protection) to my friends and family as cornerstone software in the ongoing...
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Force Vista to Remember Open Window Size, State and Location with Alt + X Button
From the first day I started using Vista (Vista 64 in my case), I have been frustrated that when I close a properly positioned and sized window (such as a Windows Explorer window) Windows Vista did...
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Make ‘Folders View’ the Windows Explorer Default in Windows XP
(click images for larger views) From the launch of Windows XP in October of 2001 until two days ago I have been frustrated by the fact that, unlike every version of Windows, Windows Explorer could...
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Simple, Free Group File Renaming with Ant Renamer
This tip comes from Paul Thurrott on the Windows Weekly 76 podcast (available here). How I long for the old days of DOS commands. It was so easy in those days to rename groups of files. X-Tree was...
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Give your PC a Check-up with Microsoft’s PC Advisor
Here’s another Paul Thurrott tip from the Windows Weekly 81 podcast (also discussed on his blog here). Microsoft’s free PC Advisor (download here) falls into the ‘does no harm and just might help’...
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How to Upgrade to Apache 2.2.10 with Windows XP
For weeks now I have had a persistent problem with my wishhh.com service. It was taking an inordinate amount of time to connect to the service (sometimes as much as 2 minutes or more). After ruling...
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The Twitter Apps, Tools and Widgets I Use
The Twitter apps, tools and widgets I use are constantly changing. Below are the tools I currently use (click on the images for larger views): Desktop Client – Twhirl I use Twhirl as my desktop...
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How to Import Firefox Bookmarks into Safari 4 Beta in Windows
While Firefox is my mainstay browser, I pretty much use all current browsers from time to time both to test my various websites for compatibility and to keep current with what’s new in the browser...
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How to Use Windows 7’s System Image Backup Feature
In mid February 2009, shortly after installing Windows 7 Beta on my primary PC, I made the huge mistake of running an automated ‘Registry Cleaner’ program. Suffice it to say, it destroyed my system....
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The Windows Apps I Use and How I Configure Them
The Daleisphere Command Center In mid-February 2009, I made the unfortunate mistake or using a registry cleaner in hopes of tweaking even more performance out of my Windows 7 Beta (“Win7B”) setup. The...
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I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac
I have recently been experimenting with various cloud-based services. Among the best are EverNote, Google Apps Gmail with iMap, xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) and, now, Dropbox. As described in more...
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Evernote Review – It Has Become an Integral Part of my Life
When I first purchased my Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, several years ago, I dabbled with an earlier stand-alone version of Evernote. It presented a never-ending scratch-pad of sorts that I could write on...
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Bell’s Internet Usage Meter is Off by Up-to 60 Hours
Last March, I switched ISPs from Rogers to Bell’s fiber-to-the-building Internet Max 16 service. I made the switch at the same time I ‘cut the chord’ – dumping Rogers cable in favor of HD,...
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Easily Rotate Locked iPhone 4 and 4S Photos in Windows 7 with the Free JPEG...
There is a known Windows 7 rotation issue with portrait photos taken with the iPhone 4 and 4S. Unlike with the 3G or 3GS, photos taken in portrait mode on the iPhone 4 and 4S do not auto-rotate when...
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Easily Rotate iPhone 4S Videos with Freemake Video Converter
There is a known video rotation issue when importing videos into Windows 7 that were taken in landscape mode with the iPhone 4 and 4S . In Windows, iPhone videos will be upside down if, when you took...
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