I consistently get asked what programs I use or recommend. So, Here is what I’ve got installed (in Windows XP / Vista). The programs in BOLD are highly recommended (as in what I consider to be system essential)…
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The Great Defrag Shootout
Dear Tweakhound
I am the author of “The Great Defrag Shootout” and I’d be interested in your comments on my benchmarking procedures and reviews of the various defrag products.
Thanks in advance
Donn
ATI Catalyst 7.11's Are Out
For XP, Vista , and Linux.
Download & Info
SIW 1.72 is available
SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner…What’s new:
* Added “Browser Helper Objects” module.
* Added “Shell Extensions” module.
* Updates for Window NT.
* Bugfixes.
Sysinternals Suite
The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files.
Some good stuff and Cool Tools in there. Highly recommended.
Download & Info
Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.4 for Windows
The Safari 3 Beta for Windows version 3.0.4 Update is recommended for all users running Safari 3 Beta for Windows. It includes new features as well as improvements to stability, compatibility, performance, and security…
Cool Tool Of The Week – PC Decrapifier
Some advice to a reader made me think of this again…
The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances found on many of the PCs from big name OEMs.
This is a great tool, especially if you get a new PC and don’t want to reformat.
What it Removes
Download and more info.
Latest update for openSUSE breaks package manager
You may have seen this: http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=42066&hl=libzypp.so
Many people have had YaST and the package manager broken after installing a dodgy update. The offending update has since been removed from the update repos. There is a fix in the link above.
What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away
In practical terms, it means that performance advancements on the hardware side are quickly consumed by the ever-increasing complexity of the Windows/Office code base. Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which, when deployed on Windows Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly 3x as much processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short years ago (Office 2000)…
ATi Radeon HD 3800 Series Review Round-Up
For you folks into ATI Video Cards, [H]ardOCP has a review and links to all the other reviews of ATI’s newest release.