My Thoughts on Technology & Various other topics
May 10, 2012 Leave a comment
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It sometimes might be helpful if you can preview a video or movie in Windows explorer before you go ahead and open the movie for one reason or another, and to that end if you like to add this type of functionality to Windows Explorer you might want to take a look at the program Media Preview for Windows.
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A screenshot of the GIMP 2.2.8 raster graphic software. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If you use the popular Image editing tool GIMP then you’ll be happy to know that the program has been recently updated, it is now sporting a new UI as well as bug fixes, for more check out GIMP 2.8 for Windows/Linux.
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The icon of Mac OS X Lion (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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There are those that like the UI look to Mac OS X Lion and perhaps your one of those people, but you don’t care to take the dive and actually purchase a Mac, well you can still enjoy the UI look of Mountain Lion using the Mountain Lion Skin Pack for Windows 7/8.
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A simple mouse cursor illustration (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If you happen to be a bold individual and are using a Dual monitor display to interact with your Windows Desktop, on of the more annoying things you might have had to fight is when your looking to close a window, perhaps you mouse cursor drifts into the other screen causing you a bit of a headache trying to aim the cursor to the right spot, you can fix this issue by checking out this article with a tip regarding this HERE.
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Microsoft Security Essentials (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In the event that your looking for a free Anti-Malware program to protect your computer or your a current user of Microsoft Security Essentials 2.x then you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft has updated the program to version 4.0 which sports bug fixes, improved performance and protection, for more check out Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0
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If you use multiple systems, like a Windows system at work, a Mac at home, a Android on the go, then you might find it hard to find one single solution that will allow you to access your Calendar, To-Do List and contacts across all of the different systems you might use at any given time, but you can get such a solution using the free service Fruux.
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If your looking to dive into your copy of Windows and unlock its secrets then you might need a program that will help you get to the hidden Windows programs your looking to access, and to that end you might want to check out the program WinPlusX which will bring these hidden programs to light, for more check out WinPlusX for Windows.
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Windows 7 build 7600 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
At times it might be useful to know how much of your networks bandwidth your using, and you might not be able to find that out so easily, but if your on a Windows Desktop you might want to grab the program NetSpeedMonitor to help you track down how much bandwidth your using, and you can find the information in your Task bar, for more check out NetSpeedMonitor for Windows.
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Screenshot of Alpine via SSH on a Debian Server (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Looking at the Command Prompt in Windows or the Linux Terminal can be a very challenging task, especially if you have tons of text on the screen, but you can improve the way you see things using the program ProFont for Linux, Windows and Mac Desktops.
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Windows 7 build 7600 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When it comes to Windows Content Menus or for those that don’t know what this is, the menu that comes up in Windows when you right click on your mouse, you might find that some of them have too much of crap in them, or perhaps they are missing a options you really need, either way you might want to check out the Windows program Right Click Tweaker which will allow you to edit the menu, putting items you want on there, for more check out Right Click Tweaker for Windows.
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