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I was connected to a computer with Remote Desktop, and I realized that the CD-ROM drive was open and I wanted to run something off the CD. I couldn’t figure out how to close the drawer. There is a context-sensitive menu item that allows you to eject the drawer, but not one to close it. …
I’ve been a WinZip user for years (ever since I paid for the product). I received this email yesterday afternoon: We are pleased to inform you that we have introduced a new product, WinZip(R) Companion for Outlook(R). WinZip Companion for Outlook makes it easy for users of Microsoft(R) Outlook to zip and encrypt attachments to …
The Freeware SIW is a Read-Only / Display-Only System Information tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings. A utility that includes detailed specs for Motherboard, BIOS, CPU, Devices, Memory, Video, Drivers, Ports, Printers. It displays information about Operating System, Installed Programs, Processes, Services, Serial Numbers, Users, Open Files, System uptime, Users, …
Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a “new view”) makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. …
This is another great find by Langa. A subscriber sent him this link: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm I haven’t tried the software, but apparently it will let you recover deleted items from an NTFS (used in Windows NT, 2000, XP) partition.
This is a great resource that Fred Langa referenced in his latest LangaList newsletter. If you visit http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php you will find a list of over 200 Linux distributions that have a live CD. This is a CD that you can boot from and run Linux from the CD. This is a great chance to play …
There are only two newsletters that I read from beginning to end issue. The best one is Windows Secrets newsletter which is edited by Brian Livingston and Paul Thurott. Brian has written many books and writes for several magazines. Paul has also written some books, and is well know from his Supersite for Windows web …
This is a great from from the latest issue of the LangaList newsletter. If you aren’t a subscriber to either the free newsletter or the paid one, I would highly recommend you get moving! Ghostbusting In Device Manager Hi Fred, Really enjoy the newsletter. I searched the archives and didn’t see any mention of this, …
Google has released the next version of Picasa. The software allows you to find, edit and share your photos. It automatically creates categories based upon the folders images are stored in, as well as by date. Create web galleries, photo CD’s; order prints online and posting images to a blog are only some of the …
Back in December Microsoft bought a company called GIANT which made a well-known anti-spyware utility. Yesterday Microsoft released the rebranded utility in beta. I never tried the GIANT version, but I’m quite impressed with the Microsoft version. The interface is very nice. It is very easy to do, and it seems to do a great …