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Black Screen (of Death) solution for Windows (XP, Vista, 7, NT, 2K, 2K3, 2K8)
It looks like in trying to make the OS more secure, the latest MS updates (KB915597 and KB976098) “could” actually break the windows login process. From what I understand the access permissions on the winlogon shell entry for explorer.exe are invalidated after this update and hence the OS will not load explorer.exe (and you end…
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Copy Cat will copy your files off unreadable media…..
Yep, neat little free utility I came across today. Copy Cat 2.0 actually skip the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation. Copy Cat can be helpful at times when you want to copy a CD…
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Synergy+ lets you share a mouse and keyboard between several computers.
I’ve been using Synergy for about 3 years now and never really thought about writing about it. Tonight I came across Synergy+ which is a maintenance fork of the original Synergy. So I thought about writing a small note about it since it’s now maintained again. Synergy+ (synergy-plus) lets you easily share a single mouse…
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EasyVPN Rocks…..
It’s probably not right to compare the Comodo EasyVPN with it’s cousin LogMeIn’s Hamachi2. Both products are free and allow you to setup groups of privately connected computers and access them from within that private network. Both are available for Windows only (although there are command line versions of hamachi for Mac and Linux). The…
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…and one final Windows 7 Launch Party Video…….
MMmmmmm…..Windows 7 Space Cake…….MMmmmmmm :-) Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party – watch more funny videos
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Ninite: Number 1 application you need in Windows…..
There are a lot of fantastic free software packages out there for the PC if you’re running windows. VLC, Firefox come to mind. The problem is that it takes a long time to install all of them on your PC. You know the routine, click, wait for download, double click, next, next, next, etc……Well, why?…
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Windows Launch Party….maybe it wasn’t such a good idea…..
Here is a video for all the people who attended — or god forbid hosted — a windows 7 launch party yesterday. This will give you a rough idea of what people will think of your party video in about 17 years……hehehehe :-)
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Microsoft Photocopies Apple Store…..Literally.
Holy crap…..MS has literally photocopied the Apple Store, replaced the Genius Bar with “Answer Bar” and the Genius’ with Guru’s……Does Microsoft ever come up with something original? :-) Here comes “Attack of the Clones”…..hehehehe
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FastPictureViewer RAW Codec Pack….FREE
If you’re using any one of Windows XP, Vista or 7 Platforms in 32 or 64 bit mode, you might be interested in the FastPictureViewer RAW picture codec pack from Axel Rietschin Software Developments. They are FREE for personal and educations use and give you fast access to preview RAW images taken by just about…
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Windows 7….Bad for your Health
….Atleast if you’re in Japan. Take a look at this monster…seven freaking patties stacked up in between two buns…..in time to celebrate Windows 7 launch. You’ll pay (roughly) $17.10 for the pleasure of clogging your arteries with this 5.1 inch tall monster. Once you’re done — if you’re still alive — you’ll finally understand how…