What? WindowsUpdate doesn’t work with a non-activated Windows XP?
DaleAnd I only just realised it now. * Now I’m not going to complain about Microsoft. If you have a valid license key, you should activate it. But I don’t…
3 un-delete programs I’d actually use.
Not that I’d actually WANT to, but if I had to, it’ll be one of these four three. And truth is, I would probably use several of these programs if…
The “I’ve just deleted some photos ‘Oh Crap!'” moment
So, I deleted 19 photos off my USB stick that I shouldn’t have, it was one of those “oh crap!!!” moments. As soon as I deleted the files, waahhhhhhhhhhhh. Seemed…
Windows System State Analyzer – Windows 7
People familiar with Wise Package Studio “Setup Capture” can leave now. Everyone else read on!. Windows System State Analyser analyser allows you to take a “before” and “after” snapshot of…
24 Screen Capture Utilities
Since my last update in June, I find myself using the Microsoft Snipping Tool more often for those quick screen capture jobs. But I am still using Printkey 2000 and…
11 programs to defragment your hard disk.
Back in February 2008, I wrote about what disk fragmenting was. A reader then followed up with “Well, what are my choices for a Windows disk defragmenter?” Here is a…
“Is there any way to schedule a task based on a system event?”
… such as an event written to the System Log, or a laptop losing mains power? Windows Vista, or later? Yes, indeedy. Task Scheduler has this functionally built right in.…
Game booster – improving Windows performance for gaming.
I’m not a ““Gamer””, but I think this would be a really useful little program for when you want to extract more “grunt” from your Windows PC. For gaming, or…
Patching off-network PCs with AutoPatcher
One of the cleverest guys I’ve ever worked with, came up with a idea to provide patch updates on compact disc. It allowed our home office users to pickup a…
Counting lines of VB6 code.
Was asked to analyse a library of Visual Basic 6 to determine the effort required to migrate it Visual Basic 2005/2008. The good news was that most of the VB6…