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Windows Vista

Cool Tool Of The Week: SyncToy

October 10, 2007, 18:17(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

SyncToy 1.4 for Windows Vista is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers.

This is a FREE program from Microsoft. I use this program religiously and highly recommend it.
Works on XP & Vista.
Download & Info
See also: Synchronizing Images and Files in Windows XP Using Microsoft SyncToy

Tagged With: Computer News, Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Tweaking Windows Vista – A guide to Tweak & Optimize Vista

October 10, 2007, 16:51(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I’ve just finished Version 1.5 of Tweaking Windows Vista – A guide to Tweak & Optimize Vista.
Hope ya like it!
Please use this page for comments and feedback:
Tweaking Windows Vista
Please help me by passing the news along to your friends, family, and favorite web sites.
Thanks,
Eric

Tagged With: Computer News, This Site, Windows Vista

Tweaking Windows Vista

October 10, 2007, 14:07(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

This page is for comments and feedback for the article Tweaking Windows Vista – A guide to Tweak & Optimize Vista.



Please, lets keep this both civil and pertinent to the article. To further that aim I’ll save some of you the time:
#1 Vista Tweak – “format c:”, “install / reinstall / upgrade to Windows XP”, “use Linux”, “use a Mac”.
Ok, there, now that we’ve got that out of the way…
😉


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Tagged With: Windows Vista

Time To Run Windows Update

October 9, 2007, 13:35(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Updates available for 2K, XP, 2K3, Vista, IE 6, IE 7, Outlook, Outlook Express, etc…

Tagged With: Computer News, Security, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps

October 7, 2007, 10:11(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

No doubt you’ve got a home wireless network or you’ve connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect, or obscure your signal, today we’ve got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user.

More at Lifehacker

Tagged With: Computer News, Security, Windows Vista, Windows XP

IE7Pro

October 6, 2007, 13:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Nice add-on for IE7 users with added script blocker cookies and temp files cleaned automatically.
Please check it out.
http://www.ie7pro.com/

Tagged With: Computer News, Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Update and Blog on ProcessMonitor v1.25

October 3, 2007, 17:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

ProcessMonitor v1.25: Minor bug fixes.
ProcessMonitor Blog on “The Case of the Failed File Copy”: Check out Mark’s new blog where he uses Process Monitor to uncover the root cause for a file copy error. Process Monitor is uniquely useful for exposing file, registry, and process activity within Windows.

More at the Sysinternals Blog

Tagged With: Computer News, Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows Vista, Windows XP

New Vista Hotfixes

October 2, 2007, 15:37(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

An update is available that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista – This one looks interesting…
October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista
Cumulative update rollup for USB core components in Windows Vista

Tagged With: Computer News, Windows Vista

Chris Pirillo's Vista Rant

October 1, 2007, 16:11(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I was gonna try and describe it, but, you just gotta read it! You go Chris!
😆

Tagged With: Computer News, Windows Vista

ProcessMonitor v1.24, BgInfo v4.11 Released

September 28, 2007, 18:04(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Process Monitor “is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.”
Version 1.24 “Fixes a bug in the new Registry hooking feature.”
BgInfo “automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop’s background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more.”
Version 4.11 “comes with a couple bug fixes and now supports images that span multiple monitors! In addition there are bug fixes for both large wallpaper centering and correctly identifying “Windows XP x64” installations.”
Download & Info

Tagged With: Computer News, Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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