Archive for May 2009
New Ideas and Inventions – A Blog
Interesting site I found shows some new ideas, iventions and things that are just cool. Link
Paragon Total Defrag 2009 Special Edition – Free
Paragon Software Group is giving away their Total Defrag 2009 Special Edition for home users.
How to download and use this software.
Register Here
Read Your Email and login with the username and password assigned. Go to My Product Downloads. Use the information given in your email to register the program. The file download is a little over 17 mb in size.
The new ground zero in Internet warfare
The new ground zero in Internet warfare
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Conficker still infecting 50,000 PCs per day
Conficker still infecting 50,000 PCs per day
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Cloud Security: Danger (and Opportunity) Ahead
Cloud Security: Danger (and Opportunity) Ahead
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Information Systems Audit: The Basics
Information Systems Audit: The Basics
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Security Researchers Hijack Cybercrime Network – Science News | Science
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Panda Tools to Remove Viruses and Malware – Free
Panda recently released freeware antivirus for home users that worked through a virtual cloud platform. (Reviewed Here)
Now Panda has NanoScan that installs an ActiveX add-on that scans your computer on the internet. This second layer of added protection helps keep you safe. NanoScan
Panda has also released a flashdrive / thumbdrive utility that turns off the autorun feature and helps protect these devices when plugged in. Panda USB Vaccine is an excellent tool to use on your computer. (This basically protects your computer from scanning through the contents of a drive – thus preventing an infected file on the USB from being activated.)
Breathing Earth
Hard Disk Space – What’s using it?
Here’s one of the most detailed freeware scanning program that scans and analyizes your hard drive. This software is very visual and very detailed. The software navigates very similar to a web browser. As you click on each folder, it takes you deeper in the hard drive until you are at file level. Excellent program. Humans are visual creatures and this program gives you an idea of what is taking all of the space. Link
Ginipic – Search the Internet for Pictures
Ginipic searches the internet for pictures. You can search for anything you like. Ginipic requires .NET 3.5 (It downloads automatically if you don’t have it). This 3.4 meg download installs easily and without error. You can choose to let the interface float or dock. Once docked, you can search all private and public sources for the pic you want. Once highlighted, you can click on the pic and the picture information along with the url is listed.
UPDATE: After I posted this, I noticed that Rick over at WhatOnMyPC had this also. Kudos for mentioning the school! Thank You.
Windows 7 Internet Problem?
I share the internet thru my wife’s computer. I run through a proxy server in order to get to the web. With IP addresses, Windows 7 says I don’t have internet…….but I do….hmmmmm
My Computer Opening Slowly
If you work with mapped drives, sometimes My Computer opens slowly (Windows XP). To speed this process up, follow these steps:
My Computer –> Tools –> Folder Options –> View –> Uncheck “Automatically search for network files and folders”
Clear Windows Memory
If your computer has been on for a while and you notice it getting sluggish, you can clear the memory without a reboot.
How to Create a shortcut to clear memory-
Right click on the desktop.
Select create a new shortcut.
Enter the following for the location (this is a small script to process this task):
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
Enter a name for your shortcut and click finish.
Personlize Windows 7
Microsoft is adding personalized themes and downloads for Windows 7. Link
Add Spell Check to Internet Explorer
I know I write fast and should perform a spellcheck more often both on this blog and with other postings on the web. You can add spellcheck to IE here.
Microsoft Error Codes
Finally Microsoft has made a error code search page. Link
This website assist in finding error messages.
Find Similar Images on the Web
Ever have a picture and want to find similar pictures on the web? TinEye offers a reverse image lookup that goes across the web and finds pictures similar to the one you upload.
DIY Videos
Here’s a list of Video Tutorial Websites. If you know of anymore, feel free to comment and we’ll add them.
5min -
Household Hacker -
Helpfulvideo-
Instructables -
Koonji-
Sclipo -
SuTree -
TeacherTube-
VideoJug-
ViewDo
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