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From the Executive Software press release: Executive Software®, makers of Diskeeper, the Number One Automatic Defragmentertm, announced today that in celebration of 19 years of market dominance and overwhelming leadership in the field of automatic defragmentation, they are changing their name to Diskeeper Corporation. This name change comes on the heels of the highest-ever 4th …
I’ve had a chance to play with Google Earth briefly, and it seems pretty much the same as the Keyhole software that Google bought out. The user interface has been changed a bit, but the same basic features are there. Of course the biggest change from Keyhole to Google Earth is that Google Earth is …
Newsgator has come up with an update to their Outlook RSS client. As I usually do, as soon as I got the notice, I went to the site and downloaded it. Unfortunately, the service is tightly integrated with their online services, and I have an outdated package (it is the one they gave me as …
From Search Engine Watch (SearchDay): Google has released its long-anticipated geographic search tool, a new application that combines local search with satellite images and maps from around the globe. Google Earth is a standalone application that’s essentially an enhanced and upgraded version of its Keyhole 3D satellite imagery product. As Google has done with several …
The Office Tips and Hints blog has a great post about how to use a macro in Word to create a list of all the files in a certain folder: Here is a macro that will produce a list of all the files in a selected folder. The folder name for the listed files The …
Someone I know was having problems with their computer, and they ended up having a copy of their registry being restored and so they had to reinstall a bunch of things. But they couldn’t get Norton Antivirus 2005 installed. I tried everything I could. I removed registry entries, I deleted the folders that were there, …
A great tip from TechRepublic: The next time you need to identify the cause of a driver problem, turn to Windows XP’s little-known troubleshooting tool called the Driver Verifier Manager. By going through a few short steps, you’ll be able to determine whether the drivers you choose to diagnose are causing the problem.
From PCMag.com: Odds are your PC came with a recovery disc, a CD with all the programs and drivers that were installed on its hard drive when it was new. The odds are also that you have absolutely no idea where that disc is. The good news is that it probably doesn’t matter. First, the …
As strange as this may seem, I am being found the most for the search term “Show Desktop Shortcut”. For those who missed it, I have an article on the main PCIN.net site called Recreate the Show Desktop Shortcut (reproduced below): Did you know that Show Desktop is actually a script (technically Microsoft refers to …
Satellite imaging seems to be a very popular thing these days. I haven’t spent a lot of time viewing images, but when I do, I am always amazed that a camera so far away can take such amazing pictures. Well, Bill Friedrich has developed software that uses the images that Microsoft has and puts it …