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My Favourite Utilities

Speedfan is a great hardware monitor which can automatically control fan speeds, warn when temperatures are rising in the case, and do a SMART scan of your hard drives. A 'must have'.. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php 

Piriform Speccy tells you what is inside the box and with great accuracy.. http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Networx shows download/upload bandwidth used.. http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Piriform Recuva is probably the best file recovery utility around and is free too.. http://www.piriform.com/recuva 

Treesize shows you what you have got, where it is, and how much space it is all using.. http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Windows 8 alternative start menus.. Classic Shell.. http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

Stardock Start8.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/

EaseUS Partition Manager is the best free utility of its type..   http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm

YoWindow, a weather utility which appears to work with the Windows 8 desktop.. http://yowindow.com/

My Favourite Gadgets - Windows 7 and Vista only..

Gas Buddy.. http://www.londongasprices.com/VistaGadget.aspx

NetMeter.. http://addgadget.com/

Network Monitor.. http://samwtucker.com/

Asst'd gadgets.. http://gallery.djinngo.com/gallery/index.html

Weather fun.. http://yowindow.com/

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  • Registering my protest..

    As time passes and new software versions are being released, I am constantly being forced to change the way that I do things. Change is good. Windows 7 is better than any other Windows OS before it.. BUT Windows Classic Menu With us since Windows 9x,...
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  • IE 9 Compatibility

    It pays to read the blurb on the webpage which appears when you initially start up IE9. If you don’t, like me, you will miss really important info on how to get to the full range of IE tools. Help pages re the tools tell you where to look in the...
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  • USB Ports..

    Back in the old days, all ports on a computer were on the back panel (in the case of the BBC Micro, underneath too). This worked for mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, speakers etc. Then along came headsets and plug ‘n play USB devices. So case manufacturers...
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  • Internet Explorer 9 - revised

    It is definitely a browser,  still looks like a browser but is even more minimalist than IE7 or 8, and it is fast. During installation, you are given the chance to disable add-ins and you are told how much time will be saved when opening the browser...

  • Gadgets

    I don’t like the weather gadget which comes with Vista and Windows 7. I much prefer the Weather Networks offering, at least I did until very recently. Accuweather do a nice line in gadgets, various versions but, strangely, the smallest version does not...
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  • I had to start over

    Problem:: one Western Digital 160Gb SATA drive, used as the primary, and developing faults. I ran error checking and it cleared them. Then I ran Easeus Partition Copy, which told me that the drive still had problems and could not be copied. Three times...

  • D-Link.. more woes

    Recently, I was asked to set up a ‘new’ computer, transfer files and connect it wirelessly to a home network. The computer, an aging HP business desktop, was supplied by a third party, had XP installed, and also a D-Link WDA 2320 PCI wireless...
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  • Windows 7 Gaming

    Command and Conquer Generals According to the Windows 7 Compatibility Centre, the game will run under Windows 7 (both bit versions) So I installed in compatibility mode and ran the game as an administrator. Results: The game’s initialization screen is...
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  • Adobe Flash not working?

    It doesn’t happen often, but more than it should. If you can’t play YouTube videos or from any other online video source, you have a problem. Installing over the top of what is already there doesn’t work. You have to first uninstall.. Link here for the...
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  • Return of the Family Pack..

    It is all here. Great news for those who are still pondering the upgrade to Windows 7 http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2010/09/01/family-pack-returns-in-time-for-the-anniversary-of-windows-7.aspx
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  • More on Hibernation and sleep

    Hoping that this works long term.. it did last night.. Control Panel > Power Options > Choose when to turn off the display > Change Advanced Power Settings > Open the Sleep Timers thread > Open the Allow Wake Timers thread > Set to Disable...
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