Tag: Windows
Hosting Sites Reviews
Hosting Sites Reviews is a new site – it appears to have only been around for a matter of weeks – dedicated to, yes you guessed it, reviewing UK web hosting companies. There is plenty of competition already in the market and because it is so new, there aren’t any reviews available – this is a new site [...]
Soluto
Soluto calls itself “anti-frustration software”. A free program for Windows, and still in Beta, Soluto analyses your PC’s startup process and recommends solutions. It’s been out for a few months now and I’ve been trying it on a number of computers, running XP and Windows 7 64-bit. All work without an issue. You install it [...]
Uninstalling Ubuntu
If you’ve installed Ubuntu as a dual boot with Windows then removing it isn’t easy (which is a shame that they make installation so easy but make no effort in assisting with uninstalling). Removing the partition that Ubuntu lives on is the easy bit – sadly, it also removes , which is the menu that [...]
Ubuntu still leaves me cold
Much has been made of the recent 10.10 release of Ubuntu and, particularly, the Netbook edition so, a while since I last tried this particular Linux distro, I thought I’d give it another go. I placed the installation onto a bootable USB key and tried it out first – however, running from a restrictive USB [...]
Jolicloud – a Linux OS for Netbooks
A friend of mine has started using Jolicloud on her Netbook. This is a that has been designed specifically for Netbooks. Indeed, they boast 98% compatibility across the Netbook market. Now, it’s not the only one available, but unlike the others, this allows you to install the OS via Windows – the installation resides on the [...]
Get X-Setup Pro for free
X-Setup , a rather splendid Windows tweaking application, is now available for free after the demise of its parent company. You can download the install , portable or U3 versions from MajorGeeks and then use the serial number XSA092-11TA9R-8K12YT.
Acer Aspire Weirdness
Last night, after putting my Aspire One into hibernation only a few hours earlier, I turned my Netbook on to find it performing a full Windows boot. Not only that, but as soon as it started loading my profile, it would instantly turn off. Worry. So I booted under safe mode. It turned off. Panic. [...]
Improving Windows boot times
Lenovo has been “tweaking” its laptops and PCs in preparation for Windows 7, heavily improving startup and shutdown times. Some of the methods, however, can be easily transferred to any Windows system – in this post I’ll be concentrating on XP, but I’m sure many of these will work on other versions. So, here are some of the [...]
40 Open Source Programs That You’ve Probably Not Heard Of
After a recent post on a forum, extolling the virtues of a number of free Open Source program, I made mention that they were always the same problems being mentioned – OpenOffice , ClamWin , Audacity , etc. SourceForge alone holds over 150,000 Open Source projects, let alone those at Google Code , etc. So, I was set a challenge – [...]
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Is it the time for Skype?
I met a Skype representative recently and was asked the question, “do you use Skype”. My answer was “no, but I don’t know why”. And I suspect my answer echoes a lot of other people. Skype offers free video calling world-wide. Even if it’s just to your mum in the next town, it’s still a [...]
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