Turn off Windows Search Indexing
Windows Vista search indexing may impact slightly impact your performance because its constantly scanning and reviewing the files on your system and index it to make your search quick. Although it may seem handy, it can make the performance slower.
To disable constant indexing:
* Click the Start Orb -> Click Computer
* Right Click on the C: Drive
* On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching
* Select Include subfolders and files
Windows Vista Speed Tweaks
Another free software to spice up your desktop just a little bit: Logon Screen Saver Changer lets you change the screensaver that runs when there is no user logged on to the computer, say, after you turn your computer on and leave it to boot while grabbing some coffee in the pantry. The Changer lets you reset the timeout so that the screensaver will work after a shorter delay. The logon screensaver is usually different from your regular screensaver. Without Changer, you have to fix Windows Registry to change the logon screensaver. Hassle, isn’t it? This one is a fuss-free, barely-there 0.1 MB download in 32-bit and 64-bit formats. The configuration window is the same as the one in the Control Panel. It’s virus-free, with no adware or spyware. And to remove the software, simply delete.
December 20th, 2009 in
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Voted one of PC World’s 101 Fantastic Freebies, TweakNow RegCleaner Standard edition is a registry cleaner that is free for non-commercial use. Applications you install on your computer leave data and configurations on your Windows registry and do not always delete them when you uninstall. These obsolete entries can slow down your computer. By cleaning your registry regularly, you computer can perform optimally, just as it should. TweakNow RegCleaner claims to be the ” fastest and the most reliable” registry cleaner. It also comes in a Professional edition with additional features such as Track Cleaner, Registry Defragmenter and 1-Click Windows Optimization. There is a special offer for free upgrading to Professional using TrialPay. Visit www.tweaknow.com for details.
Can one software bundle answer all your security needs? From the looks of the new PC Tools Internet Security, it can. The entire tried-and-tested PC Tools anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-spam and firewall protection has been bundled to find and eleminate Trojans, worms, keyloggers and protexts agains phishing, tracking threats, identity theft, and other malicious attacks online. It includes the celebrated Spyware Doctor, which has won awards from respected publications in the industry. PC Tools Internet Security updates automatically to keep you abreast of the latest threats. It is user-friendly for novices and experts alike, and has free support.
October 6th, 2009 in
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If you want to create images but Photoshop does not appeal to you and you find traditional art materials are too expensive and messy, your prayers have been answered. ArtRage 2.5 from New Zealand-based Ambient Design is a elegant little package that gives you the tools for painting on your computer. With realistic-looking painting tools, you can create and print as you please. The free Starter Edition has eight painting tools including oil, pencil, and felt pen. You can also trace existing images with ease. The Full version has four additional paint tools, layers, metallic paint, and many other additional features for $25. It also has stencils and rulers to help you with lines and curves. The interface has been improved and support for Photoshop PSD has been added, as well as for importing and exporting capabilities for other image formats. See what millions of users have been raving about now.
September 9th, 2009 in
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You can get almost anything free online these days, including these impressive 3D software that give an added dimension to your screen or artwork.
DAZ Studio 2.2.2.15 from DAZ 3D is more stable than its previous releases. It features Lip-Sync to integrate sound files from Mimic. It also provides the new Smoothing Angle and the added your favorite tools to the morph panel.
Blender Foundation’s open-source Blender 2.46 gives you all the tools you need to become a 3D animator. Like DAZ Studio above, this is a bug-fixing release, with added features such as cloth and fur simulation, shading, glossy reflection and refraction, soft shadows, improved rendering features, amongst others.
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August 13th, 2009 in
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The Microsoft line of Operating Systems has been around since the beginning of the personal computer and is considered to be one of the earliest forms of user-friendly operating systems around. It allowed non-technical people and even kids to learn how to use them without being a programmer as opposed to the command line interface most older generations of pc’s had. The first inn ovations of GUI or Graphics User Interface or the use of graphics icons to signify the many parts of the computer began with the early days of Apple when Jobbs was handling all the marketing of the first prototypes as well as the first generation of the Mac. Read the rest of this entry »
Despite lukewarm news regarding the coming of Windows 7, Microsoft has announced that they will be offering free upgrades for those people who have just recently purchased copies of Vista. The other pricing guides for upgrades and pre-ordering is out but still people are wary of the added strain of having to buy a new Operating System while the old one still works. The details between the types of Windows 7 have also emerged, a bit less than the previous release of Vista which had six, Home/home premium, Professional/premium and of course the Ultimate/ultimate premium versions that spawned confusion to the real versions people had. They were actually the same product, packaged with different add-ons to answer to the different needs people had. Read the rest of this entry »
Universal Accounts Control is the pop-up or rather the program that monitors if you are about to do something that may influence the system’s overall stability. It is the ever present pop-up that tells or asks you that you should have administrator access or privileges in order to do what you are about to do. One thing that has surfaced during the time Vista has been in the wild is that this very program that has been designed to protect you indeed does, in certain cases. One thing that happens behind the scenes is the fact that any program that has valid security certificates can and does go through without UAC ever noticing. This fast-tracking of hidden applications is what people are fearing the most for it can possibly be hijacked by malware for it to do it’s thing with you left in the dust, not knowing a thing was happening. Read the rest of this entry »
Everybody seems to have a need for their upcoming operating system to look and feel like XP which Microsoft has partly allowed, sort of. There is a so-called XP compatibility mode that would allow the operating system, in this case Windows 7, to have the look and feel of XP in a sense but that goes only on the surface. Familiarity is the main reason for this odd request form the many users who face an uncertain future with the upcoming Windows 7. Fear of having to again learn the work-around of the system is the main factor why the developer, Microsoft has released news that it will indeed in the front have the ability to look like XP. Read the rest of this entry »
