Change your Vista Sidebar
March 31, 2008
The Windows sidebar hold Gadgets.Gadgets are small applications like a calendar or RSS feed.You might find it annoying in the default position which is the right hand corner.If you wish to custimize it to your personal settings the follow these steps:
- First got to your Control Panel by going to start and Control Panel.
- Then click on the option "Windows Sidebar"
- This will bring you to the general settings of your sidebar
- To change whether the sidebar should appear in the left or right find "Display sidebar on this side of the screen:"
- Select which side you want
- If you want to keep your sidebar on top of all your other application then select "Sidebar is always on top of other windows"
- After you are done click Apply and OK and you are done
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AT&T says MediaFLO will launch in May
March 28, 2008
AT&T announced today that it will be providing Qualcomm’s MediaFLO service this May.The company gave the details saying more information will be available at the CTIA in Las Vegas.AT&T says the service will launch particularly for two phones.The LG Vu and Samsung Access.This service was supposed to be launched towards the end of 2007.Pricing will be revealed when the service is available.
A spokesperson for AT&T said to Reuters,they are waiting till May to provide the service because "a brand new service on a brand new network, and two brand new devices".But was it that or because of limited network coverage and it being only offered to a small selection of devices?
Verizon Wireless has been offering this service for quite sometime and is not that popular.Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs told RCR that growth of TV on mobile devices "going slower" than Qualcomm`s expectations.
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Speed up Windows shutdown
March 28, 2008
Sometimes not only the system startup can be slow but the shutdown may also be sluggish.If shutting down your PC is a big problem i will show you some steps to speed your shutdown process. What i will show you today is simply not having XP clear your paging file at shutdown.This is basically a security feature.When you shutdown it clears pagefile.sys and all its contents.This is used to store temporary files.Some people rather have the paging file cleared during shutdown because personal information such as unencrypted passwords can be stored in there.This means encrypted data is secure.However if you do not feel comfortable with this you may not want to proceed.You should be careful when using the Registry Editor because any mistake can cause serious damage.
- The first step is to open up the Registry Editor.You can do this by going to the start menu and slick on Run.Then type regedit and run it.
- Then proceed to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
- Make the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0
- Restart your computer and now your paging file will not be cleared on shutdown.
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CCleaner 2.06.567
March 27, 2008
CCleaner is a freeware PC optimization tool.
It combines a system cleaner that removes unused and temporary files from your system and also a fully featured registry cleaner!
CCleaner allows Windows to run faster, more efficiently and gives you more hard disk space.
The best part is that it’s Small, Fast and Free!
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CCleaner
March 27, 2008
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! ![]()
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Adobe Acrobat free alternative
March 26, 2008
Don`t you hate opening up PDFs.I mean it takes sooo long to load.And Adobe Acrobat is the default PDF reader.I am here to introduce a new software named Foxit Reader.And best part is it is free.It loads in a blink of an eye.You install it like you install other applications.
"Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with
incredible small size (only 2.1 M download size), breezing-fast launch
speed and rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows
98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF
Standard 1.7.
In the past, you’ve had to download a huge PDF
reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation
process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to
open a PDF document. Moreover, if you want to annotate a PDF document,
you have to pay US$299 to buy certain software."-foxitsoftware.com
Popularity: 19% [?]



