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9 must-have Windows Freeware

I’m a Mac user and use a Mac for almost all my computing purposes. However, most of my friends, family and relatives have Windows boxes and I tend to their computing shortcoming and play the “computer-guy” most of the times. I’ve always been fascinated by the nice articles of Windows Secrets and today, let me [...]

Posted 24 April 2008 † The3Ts § Freeware § OpenSource § Software ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Time Machine Kinda Backup utility for Windows

Freeware Genius is a resourceful website and a must-subscribe blog specially for those on Windows OS. There is a new article detailing about DocShield — a program that runs in the background and monitors files and folders that you specify for changes, creating compressed snapshots of your files whenever it detects any changes, enabling you [...]

Posted 24 March 2008 † The3Ts § Paidware § Software ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

You’ve Windows Vista; Add an option to boot Windows XP

Scott Dunn of Windows Secret have a nice article that will teach you how to Dual Boot Microsoft Windows XP right inside your Windows Vista environment.

It’s getting harder to buy a new computer with Windows XP installed and — after Microsoft stops selling XP on June 30, 2008 — it will become nearly impossible.

Fortunately, you can [...]

Posted 15 February 2008 † The3Ts § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Browse Faster by modifying the Windows XP Registry

Sometimes the connection speed reported by your modem does not correspond to your browsing flexibility. Or evidently it’s lower than you’d like to be. Doing a simple adjustment to the windows registry we will increase the speed of access to “http” servers on internet.

Posted 24 August 2007 † Héctor Nicolás § ‡ Comments (0) °

Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP)

CodeJacked have a nice tip for Windows users to re-start Windows without re-starting their Vista or XP powered PCs.

The trick is to hold down the SHIFT key when invoking the restart.

Posted 17 August 2007 † The3Ts § Tips & Tricks ‡ Comments (0) °

Media players more dangerous than Windows

Windows Secrets have an article warning users that their Media Player is more dangerous than windows.

Windows users face the greatest security risks today not from flaws in Windows itself but from un-patched media players. That’s because many Windows Secrets readers, according to an online test we sponsored, are running versions of Flash, Java, and QuickTime [...]

Posted 17 August 2007 † The3Ts § Microsoft § Security ‡ Comments (0) °

Is your Start Menu slow?

If you are a Windows user, I’m sure you must have faced this problem. The Windows as it gets older, the magic of Start Menu going away and it becomes a slow dumb. It takes 30 seconds to even 60 seconds to load and also sometimes causes Windows to crash. But by a simple tweak, [...]

Posted 26 April 2007 † Rishi § How to ‡ Comments (9) ° Tagged: ,