Archive for category windows
Soluto – Anti-Frustration Software
Soluto – Anti-Frustration Software. This looks pretty cool.
Auto Login and Lock
Maximum PC | Download of the Week: Auto Login and Lock. Wow. This sounds awesome. I hate waiting for my machine to reboot, but I hate hanging around so that I can enter my password and then wait some more for all of my apps to open. Looks like I may not have to after this…
AVG Rescue CD
AVG Rescue CD Cleans Your Infected Windows PC – Anti-Virus – Lifehacker. Something worth having available if you get that dreaded “uh, my computer’s doing something weird” call…
Unintended consequences
Larry Osterman’s WebLog : What’s up with the Beep driver in Windows 7?. The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
And thanks to legislation, our computers have successfully wasted millions of dollars–and tons of materials–over the last 25 years.
Fantastic.
Windows 7 Turns Laptops Into Wi-Fi Hotspots
Unfinished Windows 7 Feature Turns Laptops Into Wi-Fi Hotspots – PC World. This is pretty killer.
Virtual Clone of Existing Hard Drive
Create A Virtual Machine Clone of Your Existing Hard Drive [Windows]. This is another really cool tool from the guys from SysInternals. They’re still not really Microsoft. 
RadarSync
Download Junkies, Update Your System With RadarSync. This is a pretty sweet little update tool. Finds your outdated drivers and applications, and it even works on Windows 7. Which is good for me right now, since I’ve switched my main gaming rig over to W7 this weekend…
DriverBackup
DriverBackup: easily backup & restore your system drivers | freewaregenius.com. This looks like a very useful tool–especially if you ever have to re-install. Whether due to malware or just the standard Windows build-up of detritus…
Automatically Install Software After A Reinstall
Posted by in components, technical, tools, windows on February 25, 2009
How To Automatically Install Required Software After A Reinstall | MakeUseOf.com. This is one of the cooler tools I’ve seen in a while. I’m definitely going to have to check this out.
Of course, given the current situation, I think I’m a good year away from another PC upgrade. Unfortunately. 
Mount CD/DVD Images
Mount Zip, CD/DVD Images & Encrypt Folders | MakeUseOf.com. Kinda cool finding this today, as we’re doing some installs of MS development tools, and it keeps us from having to burn 8 or 10 DVDs. Whew.