Category «Computer Tips»

Sunbelt Software CounterSpy Spyware Destroyer

From an email from Sunbelt Software: People are talking about CounterSpy Spyware Destroyer. “I ran the latest Adaware, Spybot Search and Destroy, NAV 2005, deleted all cookies, temp files and temp Internet files BEFORE I installed CounterSpy. So how in the heck did CounterSpy find 19 pieces of Spyware, 113 bad cookies and 120 infected …

CrystalGraphics PowerPlugs

I have never tried any of these, but CrystalGraphics has a number of what they call PowerPlugs. These are plug-ins to various Office products. There are PowerPlugs for PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook, and Excel. The PowerPlugs can either be purchased as a suite, or individually. I’ll probably ask to review the PowerPlugs for Outlook at some …

Audio and Video Codecs

http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php Definitions of raw and compressed pixel formats used in Windows video programming. If you’ve ever downloaded a video, you probably come across ones that you cannot play because your system needs a decoder. Windows Media Player will play AVIs, MPGs, and many other standard formats, but not every one. Check out the above site …