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Within the last week, Microsoft started offering their Virtual Server 2005 R2 software for free. This allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time on one computer using virtualization. This is the same sort of technology that VMware uses. You can “Download or Order Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition for Free” …
I received this press release the other day: CyberMatrix Corporation has released version 2.00 of VirusCop. VirusCop is a freeware Windows program for reporting e-mail virus spam, Usenet spam, erroneous e-mail bounces and other spam. This latest release contains several important new features. There is now an automatic bulk reporting feature. This feature allows you …
I received this press release recently: We are glad to announce the release of our new product: Ads Filter – the powerful content/banner filter designed for MS Internet Explorer. It allows user to block unwanted adverts and other annoying content while browsing with IE. The Ads Filter prevents downloading tons of ads, saves your internet …
The latest issue of Michael Robertson’s Michael’s Minute announces the release of a new web-based word processor called ajaxWrite: ajaxWrite is a powerful word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word formatted documents. Anytime you need a word processor, need to open a .doc file or edit a .doc file, simply point your Firefox …
The Canadian IT Pro blog recently posted a PDF file with a lot of handy keyboard shortcuts. It is a 5-page document that lists shortcuts for Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Google, Adobe Reader, and a few specific advanced shortcuts. It’s quite good. You can download the PDF from their site.
The March 2006 issue of Windows IT Pro magazine has a tip from Mark Minasi about some utilities that Microsoft includes in their Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit: The two resource kit tools—CDBurn and DVDBurn—exploit some of Windows 2003’s and XP’s under-the-hood disc-burning capabilities that the Roxio software doesn’t exploit. Given an ISO file, CDBurn …
Reader Alec Thompson sent me this. It was a tip he received from Dot Martin: Great keyboard trick! [If you have a mouse with a wheel] Try this – It really works! I just found out about this. Thought I’d pass this on. It’s very useful when trying to read small e-mail print (especially in …
From PC Magazine: Whenever you start your computer, you are faced with a few moments of thumb twiddling while Windows XP boots and prompts you to log on. Although you should expect to wait for a few moments, sometimes Windows XP seems to boot rather slowly. In fact, you may notice that over a period …
From Wired START: Sure, you could fill your video iPod with episodes of Knight Rider from iTunes for $2 a pop. Or you could save some cash – and your soul – and fill it with files you convert from your DVD collection using freely available software. Problem is, you’d have to break the law. …
I recently received an email from Jim Lawler, the programmer behind PurgeIE: I am the author of PurgeIE which you reviewed for one of your newsletter articles. Please take a look at “DelinvFile” and consider mentioning it in your “Tips…” section. Although I recently converted “DelinvFile to a commercial version, the basic functionality is available …