Adobe Flex will become Flash Platforms
I’ve been following the development and the evolution of Adobe Flex ever since it first appeared as a beta, but its marketing has always been uncertain. The way it was referenced and named was...
View ArticleVista User Account Control (UAC) Tool
The very first time I tried Windows Vista, I was annoyed by the UAC right away. User Account Control (UAC) is a that feature of Windows Vista that makes it so you are never actually logged-in as an...
View ArticleHow to download albums from Facebook
Have you ever wanted to grab an entire photo album from one of your friends on Facebook? It can be pretty annoying to download every single picture from an album, one by one. About a year ago, I had...
View ArticlePhoneEX – makes your WM5-6 phone act like an iPhone
My mobile phone is an HTC P4000 on the Telus Network. It runs Windows Mobile 6 and does a pretty good job on most everything I need it for. However, as in many Microsoft products, there are quite a...
View ArticleMicrosoft Launches Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft has officially released Internet Explorer 8 to the public, after a few beta releases and many many articles on the web… I have covered this in the past a couple of times as well, listing all...
View Article10 Free Network Management Tools from SolarWinds
Management tools are always useful, but good ones are hard to find. I think the best ones are very often the ones that are built for a single purpose instead of those huge applications that are...
View ArticleTeracopy – Copy files faster in Windows
Just a few days ago, I had to make backups of a few computers. I used Acronis True Image to make full images of the machines and needed to take them out of the company to keep them safe. I thought I...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 Foundation
Microsoft has added a new edition to its Windows Server 2008 family: Windows Server 2008 Foundation. The basic idea is a stripped down version which allows small businesses to harness the power of...
View ArticleRIM – Blackberry App World
Research in Motion (RIM) is now joining the parade with an online app-store. Just like the very famous Apple iTunes App-Store, and the recently released Microsoft Store, Blackberry users will be able...
View ArticlePeaZip – Open Source archive tool
I came across this neat little utility while I was at a customer’s place looking for an application they wanted installed. Turns out I had the app with me, but in ISO format only. So instead of...
View ArticleHyper-V, Windows won’t boot after fresh install or import
I’ve seen this happen several times under different conditions. The one that has happened to me the most is a fresh install of Windows 7, under Hyper-V. In this case, it was Hyper-V 2012 R2, but it...
View ArticleHow to activate God Mode in Windows 10
This is an interesting little tweak if you like to have all your administrative or power-user tools in a single place. God Mode is available on Windows 10, but it doesn’t change the way things work...
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