Having an off-site backup of you data is always an essential part of a solid data backup strategy. So far we have covered several Free Online Storage services that have limited amounts of space available. The free solutions might be good enough for a lot of users, but the power PC user requires more. Today we’ll take a look at the subscription service Carbonite.
Having an off-site backup of you data is always an essential part of a solid data backup strategy. So far we have covered several Free Online Storage services that have limited amounts of space available. The free solutions might be good enough for a lot of users, but the power PC user requires more. Today we’ll take a look at the subscription service Carbonite.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook, all of your email is stored in a Personal Folders file (.pst), which tends to build up in size over time. If you want to save a little bit of hard drive space and maybe speed up Outlook, you can compact that file easily.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook, all of your email is stored in a Personal Folders file (.pst), which tends to build up in size over time. If you want to save a little bit of hard drive space and maybe speed up Outlook, you can compact that file easily.
This weekend we will continue with our series on Watching TV On Your PC with Babelgum, a service that seems to pride quality over quantity. This service offers just over 60 channels, which may not seem a lot, but there are thousands of quality full screen videos that are professionally produced.
This weekend we will continue with our series on Watching TV On Your PC with Babelgum, a service that seems to pride quality over quantity. This service offers just over 60 channels, which may not seem a lot, but there are thousands of quality full screen videos that are professionally produced.
If you install a lot of different Vista Gadgets you might have come across a situation where your Vista Sidebar no longer is working correctly, or possibly even crashing or (more frequently) just hanging. You can reset the sidebar back to the default settings with a very simple tweak that we’ll explain here.
Continuing in our series on free anti-virus utilities we need to take a look at Comodo AntiVirus, from the same people as the popular Comodo Firewall. We’ll take a look at their beta version running under Windows XP, although it is Vista compatible.
Continuing in our series on free anti-virus utilities we need to take a look at Comodo AntiVirus, from the same people as the popular Comodo Firewall. We’ll take a look at their beta version running under Windows XP, although it is Vista compatible.
Our forum administrator Scott showed me an interesting trick in Outlook 2007 where you can assign any picture as the background to an email. Since this was news to me, I figured that I’d write it up for everybody else.
If you work in IT at a small or medium sized business you understand the importance of easily sharing files, both large and small, with customers or other members of the organization. The problem is that FTP is insecure and managing it can be painful.
If you work in IT at a small or medium sized business you understand the importance of easily sharing files, both large and small, with customers or other members of the organization. The problem is that FTP is insecure and managing it can be painful.
Email notifications are a great way to keep tabs on important incoming messages. However, if you get hundreds of emails a day it can be a distraction click on the notifications every time they pop up, interrupting your workflow and affecting your productivity.
Email notifications are a great way to keep tabs on important incoming messages. However, if you get hundreds of emails a day it can be a distraction click on the notifications every time they pop up, interrupting your workflow and affecting your productivity.
Over the past few weeks we have been covering different applications that allow you watch television shows on your computer. The latest entry in our series is Livestation, which has improved their service recently and has more live television than anything we have covered so far.
Over the past few weeks we have been covering different applications that allow you watch television shows on your computer. The latest entry in our series is Livestation, which has improved their service recently and has more live television than anything we have covered so far.
Even though we have technologies such as PDF’s, e-mail, and SharePoint sites that make it possible to achieve a paperless office, it seems like there is a never ending stream of printing going on, especially in the office environment. Today we’ll introduce you to GreenPrint, an easy and free way to be more eco-friendly and save costs at the same time.
Even though we have technologies such as PDF’s, e-mail, and SharePoint sites that make it possible to achieve a paperless office, it seems like there is a never ending stream of printing going on, especially in the office environment. Today we’ll introduce you to GreenPrint, an easy and free way to be more eco-friendly and save costs at the same time.
If you have multiple user accounts on your computer you might find it annoying to have to click on the icon for your username each time you start up the computer. To remedy this problem you can remove one of the user accounts, or you can just hide it with a registry hack.
One of the more tedious aspects of reinstalling an operating system is finding all of the drivers for your hardware again. Many times you may not have the CD for a new hardware device, and even if you did the drivers on the disk are likely out of date.
One of the more tedious aspects of reinstalling an operating system is finding all of the drivers for your hardware again. Many times you may not have the CD for a new hardware device, and even if you did the drivers on the disk are likely out of date.
You’ve got four desktops! Simply click on any of the desktops in the preview screen above to bring that one to the front. (Note there is also a way to get virtual desktops in Windows Vista, but that’s another article.)
Last weekend I ran across a very cool Internet Radio and Recording program named Screamer Radio. This program is extremely light on system resources and offers a ton of music and programming resources, with one button push recording included.
Forgetting your password can be an extremely frustrating situation, and we’ve already shared how to reset your password with the Ultimate Boot CD as well as the System Rescue CD, but you can prevent the situation entirely by creating a password reset disk.
