June 2012 - Mike's Window

Mike's Window

A commonly held 'view.. '

"Well, it worked in Windows 95!"

MVP Award years

2005 - 2006 - 2007

2008 - 2009 - 2010

2011 - 2012 - 2013

The original MVP logo

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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Upgrading to Windows 8..

To save me plagiarising, I will give you the link to Mary Jo Foley’s article.. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-details-its-windows-8-upgrade-plans/13051 There.. that was quick.. Techspot have a great little table which may be easier for...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 20:57 by Mike Hall
CHKDSK errors again..

Windows 8 RP has to go because it is not safe for me to boot into it. Until Windows 8 RTM appears, I will remove it and try again on a brand new SATA when the time comes. I may even save my cash and wipe out C, replacing it with Windows 8. I don’t care...

Published Tue, Jun 26 2012 22:23 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows 8
Correcting a link..

I have been a fan of the WeatherCenter 2.6.2 gadget and not been shy to promote it. The only problem was that the download on the link I gave does not work. But all is not lost.. Go to this page, translate it and click on the Download button. You can...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2012 21:12 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Gadgets
A classic example..

I was recently given a laptop with a view to installing more memory. A simple enough job on the face of it, but it is only a Dell Inspiron 1200 and already has 512mb MORE than the original specs. Why on such a small machine would anybody want to...

Published Thu, Jun 21 2012 14:11 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Performance, Scamware, malware
The Toshiba gets a re-install..

I refreshed the Toshiba laptop the day before yesterday. It was working fine but the Toshiba’s primary user was having problems with Facebook and some of its features and functions. I explained that the Internet connection was fine and that it wasn’t...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 13:28 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Hardware, Windows 7, Annoyances
No desktop start menu.. Absolutely no desktop start menu..

.. is still a major issue for many people. Almost every reply in forums and e-zine articles about Windows 8 centres on the lack of a desktop Start, and the response of some that we need to get a life is reducing fast. Some article writers tell us that...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 12:26 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows 8
Life after tablets..

This is the future apparently, but not for ever.. a convertible tablet.. In time, the above will become one of these.. and finally.. Hey, wait just one second! I have one of these already!. See how advanced I am? For the news article which spawned this...

Published Tue, Jun 5 2012 14:16 by Mike Hall
Windows 8.. Who will want it?

Paul Thurrott doesn’t think that business users will.. http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-businesses-143238 And he suspects that Microsoft know this already. You can read his reasoning in the link above. My older clients...

Published Sat, Jun 2 2012 21:46 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows 8
Windows 8 RP - WARNINGS x 2

Warning #1 - Straight from the MSDN download section.. “Important: If you decide to go back to your previous operating system, you'll need to reinstall it from the recovery or installation media that came with your PC, which is typically...

Published Fri, Jun 1 2012 12:28 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows 8, Defragmenters

June 2012 - Mike's Window

A commonly held 'view.. '

MVP Award years

The original MVP logo

My Favourite Utilities

My Favourite Gadgets - Windows 7 and Vista only..

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Blog Archive List

Upgrading to Windows 8..

CHKDSK errors again..

Correcting a link..

A classic example..

The Toshiba gets a re-install..

No desktop start menu.. Absolutely no desktop start menu..

Life after tablets..

Windows 8.. Who will want it?

Windows 8 RP - WARNINGS x 2