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I got an email some time ago from Softland, a software development company. They make a product called Backup4all. Backup just got easier! Backup4all is an award-winning backup software for Windows. It was designed to protect your valuable data from partial or total loss by automating tasks, password protecting and compressing it to save storage …
Sometimes you might need to retrieve the CD Key used to install Windows in order to find out if it’s legally purchased, or just for safe keeping. I usually find myself in that position whenever I’m at a client’s location, trying to see if the copy of Windows 2000 he’s using is indeed legally registered. …
Subscriber AGD sent me this: http://mytemp.philsworld.de/ is a pretty useful site for getting files to other people when email just isn’t an option. It’s free and requires no registration. The use that comes to mind is when you want to send one or more people from a chatroom a file but do not wish to …
From VNUnet.com: Microsoft may be in trouble for naming its forthcoming operating system Vista after it transpired that the name has been registered by an American company for nearly six years. Vista, which operates a small business internet interchange, is actually based in Microsoft’s home town of Redmond. It was started in May 2000 by …
From CNet News: Legal digital song downloads around the world have tripled in the past year, while the growth of music piracy on peer-to-peer networks appears to have slowed, according to record labels. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said Thursday that 180 million songs had been sold worldwide through services such as …
From TechRepublic: The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state. The result, says Carl Honore, journalist and author of “In Praise of Slowness,” is …
From PC Magazine: Microsoft Corp. is tightening the noose for those people running illegal or pirated copies of its Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Tablet editions and Windows 2000 software on their systems. Starting Tuesday, it will be mandatory for users of this Windows software to certify that their software is a …
I first heard about this at the Unofficial Google Weblog. If you visit Logogle.com you can create a logo similar to the Google logo.
Microsoft has officially named their next Windows release, previously known by the name Longhorn. The next generation of Windows will be named Vista and should feature a new user interface, built in RSS support and a new document format based on XML. You can view the press release here and view the unveiling as a …
I’ve been trying to install Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition. I’ve had problems. I’m still working through it, but I came across another useful tool. Microsoft Knowledgebase article 29031 explains the use of and how to download the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility does: • Provide a dialog box where you can …