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  • Cool Websites: Unorthodoxed E-cards

    April 10, 2008 // davisde // Cool Websites, Video Tags: free, internet, windows 1 Response


    This website is full of interesting e-cards that say what you really think instead of sugar coating it. Have fun with this one 🙂

  • Vista Tip #3 – Disable the Vista UAC

    March 21, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tinkernut, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 1 Response


    This video will show you how to disable Windows Vista’s User Account Control, or UAC. The UAC is that box that constantly pops up saying “Windows Needs Your Permission To Run, Do You want to Continue?”. Be advised that Microsoft does not advise this, because it may allow some programs to run without your permission. If you are OK with this, then feel free to follow these steps to get rid of the annoyance.

  • Vista Tip – Increase Speed By Disabling Visual Styles

    March 20, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tinkernut, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 3 Responses


    Speed up Windows Vista by disabling the Visual Styles (eye candy) and the sidebar to free up memory.

  • Vista Tip: Remove Warning Balloons

    March 17, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 1 Response


    This vista tip will show you how you can disable those annoying pop-up notification balloons that appear at the bottom right of your screen. As a bonus, we will also disable the start menu notifications as well.

  • Run Linux Programs as Windows Applicaitons

    March 4, 2008 // davisde // Linux Tips, Software Tips, Video Tags: amarok, linux, programs, software, tutorial, ubuntu, windows 9 Responses


    This video will show you how you can run almost any Linux only program as if it were a Windows program. You will need a program called andLinux (freeware) to do this. Once installed, I will show you how to set up a linux music program called Amarok.

  • How To Speed Up XP

    February 10, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: diy, speed, tutorial, tweak, up, windows, xp 3 Responses


    This video covers seven different ways to speed up Windows XP:  Running “Disk Cleanup”, Removing cached web pages, defragmenting the hard drive, disabling indexing, disabling visual styles, editing Windows startup items, and defragmenting the registry.

  • Free Stuff: WinDirStat

    February 6, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Software Tips Tags: free, freeware, software, tips, tutorial, tweak, windows 1 Response


    This weeks freeware pick is called WinDirStat. It allows you to view everything that is taking up space on your hard drive and how much space it is taking. It presents it in a visual format that is easy to read.

  • Backup Your Stuff For Free

    January 16, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Video Tags: backup, data, drive, hard, safety, security, tutorial, windows 1 Response


    This weeks freeware application is called “Syncback” by 2BrightSparks.com. It’s a Windows utility that you can use to back up your files or to synchronize them from one location to another. It’s very intuitive and has a lot of great customizable features. Download it here.

  • How To Restore Deleted Files

    January 4, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Video Tags: data, files, lost, restore, windows 5 Responses


    This video tutorial shows you ways of restoring files four different ways. I do not claim this video to be the ultimate way to restore files. These are just suggestions. If you know of better methods, please leave a comment with the suggested method. Listed below are the programs needed.

    • Restoration, CD Toolbox, PhotoRec, BartsPE (or Ubuntu)
  • Run Linux Inside Windows

    September 26, 2007 // davisde // Linux Tips, Video Tags: diy, how, instructional, linux, to, tutorial, virtual, vmware, windows 3 Responses


    This will show you how you can load and run Ubuntu Linux on Windows without even having to restart your computer. The links used in this tutorial are listed here:
    http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ – (172.9 MB)
    http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download – (697.9MB)
    http://linux.wolphination.com/data/OS.zip – (23.2KB)

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