Archive for January 10th, 2010
Put a small Snippet of a Website or Blog on Your Desktop
If you want to keep up with a blog or website, you can use this application to monitor the website or blog.
This does require Adobe Air in order to function.
Dawn Babian, GSAE
Make a Shortcut on the Send To Menu
See Copy As Path in Windows 7
Mickey and Randy give this tip-
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can get a Copy As Path option if you hold down the shift key. This will copy the entire path of a file or folder so you can use this later in documents or while programming.
Color Calibration with Windows 7
Forwarded from Randy and Mickey-
Are you a graphic artist or do you work with print media or another color-sensitive documents? You want to make sure you have the exact color you need on the screen, and since every monitor is a little different it’s always a good idea to calibrate!
Do this:
Click Start and in the search box, type “dccw.exe” without quotes. This will bring up the Color Calibration wizard. You’ll need to be prepared to use the buttons on your monitor to properly adjust stuff like brightness and contrast, but the end result in consistency in colors and shade which will benefit anyone who works with photos or other graphics.
ESET Malware Removal Tool
ESET is an excellent antivirus and has excellent removal tools. When using these tools, you should boot into Safe Mode by turning on your computer and hitting F8 and selecting Safe Mode.
This tool combined with ComboFix can remove your malware. A personal preference of mine is to download ComboFix and to rename the tool before copying to the infected computer’s desktop.
See What Changes on Your Hard Drive
If you want to see what changes on your hard drive, DiskPulse is a great little program to do just that.
Tweak Windows 7
Windows 7 although tweaked by Microsoft can be further tweaked to perform even better.
7Tweak is the only tuning software for Windows 7 with the right suite of tools:
- Intelligent Disk Cleaner and Safe Defragmentation tool.
- Smart hard hrives monitoring capability.
- Regitry Backup/Restore, Intelligent RegCleaner and Registry Safe Defragmenter.
- Security Tweaks: Firewall, IE, Windows Update and many other.
- Optimization tools: Autorun Manager, StartUp Manager, Cache and Visual Effects tweaks
- Outlook Mail Tweaks
- Start Menu Tweaks
- Media Player Tweaks
- Control Panel Tweaks
- Internet Explorer
and many other tweaks
Dawn Babian, GSAE
IE8 Not Displaying Some Websites
Can’t get a website to load that has Javascript or other code? Open IE, Tools, Internet Options – Security Tab, uncheck Enable Protected Mode and then Reset to defaults.
Windows Services Dependency Viewer
Ever wonder about that process that is running (service). This simple program allows you to see this information.
Network Management Software
Here’s a search for Network management software that allows you to sort and find the information you are looking for.
Dawn Babian, GSAE
Check for Broken Links on Your Website
Here’s an online link validator – Link
