In an earlier post, I explained how you can use Windows Msconfig to manage your startup programs. Although I find Msconfig to be a good solution to managing startup programs, there are some limitations to it. For example, Msconfig does not tell you what a specific program does, or if it’s safe to use. [...]

If you’ve purchased a personal computer within the last few years, chances are that the PC manufacture packaged in a system recovery disk. System recovery disks are useful if you need to format the hard drives and reinstall your operating system. Before you attempt a format of your hard drives, you should make sure that [...]

I’m always looking for free software that will make my daily toil easier to bare. I had found myself needing to create quick screen shots of windows applications, and quickly realized that the ‘PrintScreen’ tool that is shipped with Windows, just didn’t do it for me. There is nothing more tedious than being limited to [...]

If you have ever had your Windows taskbar disappear completely, or perhaps greyed out, then you may be familiar with the word ‘frustration’. Viruses and Spyware, which are in my opinion one and the same, can often be the culprits of taskbar badness.
There are ways to manually rehabilitate your taskbar, but this usually requires [...]

So you’ve decided to finally take a trip to some far off place and wanted to bring some of your favourite applications along for the ride. The problem is, you don’t want to be lugging your laptop around, or perhaps you’re afraid that it will get stolen. Before you stress out and start [...]