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Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:24 CDT

Disclaimer: All the tips on this page are free for you to use and share, use them at your own risk, we will not be held responsible for damages to your machine.

Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

A hidden functionality in Windows allows you to right click on a file,
select Copy To Folder or Move To Folder,
and the move to box will pop up and let you choose
a location to either copy or move the file or folder to.

Update: Downloadable version also available.

Here's the quick registry hack to get this working.
As usual, back up your registry just in case.
You will want to browse down to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:

Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Click OK and continue.

If you want to enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps,
except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the following options:

Let's click Copy To Folder just to see what happens….

Tip taken from majorgeek

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace Under that branch, select the key : {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it. This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary. This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

Defragment your disk drives.

is very important to defragment your disk drives, this will reduce seek time and improve overall speed.
Go to: Start--> all programs--> accessories--> system tools--> Disk defragmenter
once the disk defrag console is up you can either analize your disk or just go to defragment
repeat the defrag options for all your drives, enjoy :)

System configuration Utility.

Did you ever wondered why your machine is getting slower and slower at startup?
one of the reasons are all the programs that run at startup, yes all those little icons close to the pc clock, those are programs who run when you switch on your machine and in many cases you did not want them so to speed up your machine startup and decrease the amount of ram used
you can disable some of those startup programs, in order to do so go to start run and type MSCONFIG, this will bring up System Configuration Utility, now click on startup and untick all the programs not needed to run at startup, remember if you do not recognize what is it leave it alone
otherwise you could google it!!
once you decided which one to leave at startup click on ok, where you will be asked to reboot, once your machine reebots...TBC

System restore.

Something many people are overlooking is restore facility embedded on windows Xp
this handy tool can help recover a system in case of failure.
At times adding a new software or changing some settings could cause to have an undesired effect,
if this happens you can recover your system using this tool:

To access this tool just go to Start-->All programs-->Accessories-->system tools-->System restore.
once done you will be presented with the system restore console, then select create a restore point, click on next you will then be presented with the option to add a description,
add a description which will remind you of the change, something like game install etc, then click on create.
You have finally created a restore point, if you ever need to revert your system to a previous state you can do it now
just launch the system restore console and select restore my computer to an earlier time.
Enjoy.

Pc help on the go

Ponza — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:07:15 CDT

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Has the browser battle started yet?

Internet explorer, Safari, Firefox...Which type are you?

With the introduction of Safari for windows, the market for web browser is widening up, but, who will be the one to detain the crown?
Until now, Internet explorer has the biggest market share, this due to the fact of being preinstalled on every Windows operating system; Firefox has already gained a good chunk of the market, since it was offering tabbed browsing well before IE7 and it included free superior security and thousand of free add-ons, extension and so on, but, what has Safari to offer? Well, after having tried the browser at pcshouts lab, the reality is: nothing new; still is fast as other browser, has tabbed browsing and pop up blocker and, obviously, has advantages over IE: is not part of the operating system making the browser more secure.

Once more Intel has launched a superior processor after few years of dominance by AMD,
but what will the future bring to us?...as end users it will bring a lot of goodies, and we will be the real winners,
because with this very high competency between the two they will be racing for the throne of the best horse power and less energy dependent.
The first native quad core will be lunched by AMD in the mid of this year then followed by Intel, but the most expected one will be the fusion project, so what is it fusion? this new technology will be the fruit of the recent acquisition of ATI the graphic cards makers by AMD.
As planned we will see processors featuring graphic processing unit built inside the processor, this could lead to a complete new era of computing and the potentials are very high, ranging from simplified board architecture to very energy efficient laptop's or even an exchange of processing power between the two cores, this could lead to a very powerful chip, just imagine if the processor will be capable of helping the graphic one and vice versa, would this happen? only time will tell.

DDR2 Vs DDR3

It's now about 3 years since DDR2 appeared on the scene as an alternative to DDR,
it took the introduction of amd am2 rigs + Intel netburst to see the real shifting to DDR2
but the costs where high , over time the cost dropped and slowly it become the standard for new boards.
99% of new systems are now shipped with DDR2.
Intel has now started to roll out boards that accept both memory modules, this can only be achieved if the chipset is compatible with DDR3 modules, the available chipset are the G35 and and P35 meanwhile AMD will release compatible chipset by the middle of 2008, in true memory bandwidth AMD is more capable due to the memory controller included on the CPU die, so meanwhile Intel has already jumped on the DDR3 wagon AMD is lacking behind infact with the actual Intel memory architecture the performance increase is between 10% to 30% faster data transfer over the current Intel technology. Is Intel answer that good?
kind of, because the same can be achieved with DDR2 this is due to the high latency of DDR3.
With the next refinement of DDR3 the speed increase will be quite significant and if you take in account the fact that DDR3 will use less power and higher bandwidth up to 1600MHz.

So for the time being DDR3 is not offering the best bang for bucket, but with time the price will drop and the latency too
so by then we will really see the best performance achieved on DDR3.

Thinking of jumping on the train quite soon?

The GIMP 2.0
GIMP—its name stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program—was first released by two Berkeley students in 1996. Since then, this free open-source program has matured into a powerful image editor. It's developed a fairly large user base, and it has been ported to multiple platforms, including Windows. The latest release, The GIMP 2.2, has a completely revamped interface that makes it a more legitimate player in the world of mainstream image editors. GIMP is best known to Linux and Unix users, so we tested the new release on SUSE Linux 9.1 Personal. The last generation of GIMP supplied many of the features you get in an application like Adobe Photoshop: It offered layers, channels, paths, and a spate of painting tools. Unfortunately, the interface was awkward and sometimes confusing. The new UI takes giant strides forward, making GIMP simpler and more flexible. For example, the old interface made you right-click on the image window in order to choose almost any function in the program. Now a menu at the top of the image window (as you get into the more mainstream programs) offers easy access to GIMP's wide array of commands. We especially like what GIMP has done in the way of palettes. First off, the new tabbed palettes are nestable and dockable, making GIMP more streamlined while also making more efficient use of screen real estate. A Histogram palette displays a constantly updated graph of the brightness levels in the current image, and a handy Navigation palette helps you steer your way through an image when you've zoomed in to work on details. Meanwhile, the new Fonts palette lets you choose a typeface for use with GIMP's new editable text tool. We also tested the Windows version and were impressed to see that GIMP installs painlessly on Windows XP and runs just as well as it does on Linux. But there is more competition on the Windows platform, and in terms of feature breadth and ease of use, GIMP just can't compete with products like Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 and Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 8 (both of which are available for less than £70). Still, GIMP 2.2 is a powerful program, and its price certainly can't be beat.

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Command line reference AZ

Ponza — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:08:07 CDT

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Downloads

Ponza — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:50 CDT

Well, before downloading anything from the web you will need security and a secure web browser.
I suggest you Firefox: this is THE web browser.....

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Many people will choose a paid antivirus, which is good,
but you can have the same level of security using free ones,
such as AVG which is excellent and reliable for everyday use.
In order to download just click on the AVG logo.

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Not happy with AVG? Let's go for Avast, another good freebie.

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After a good web browser and two very capable antivirus is time for a nice Antispyware,
this is Spyboot S&D featuring a comprehensive scan facility and realtime monitor.
Just click on the logo and there you go!!!

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Many of you will be loyal to the compression tool available on Windows XP,
sometimes people refer to it as Winzip, but there are nicer tools on the web and for free !
One of those is 7zip which supports most of the popular compression formats

Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS

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Foxit Reader 2.0 is a free PDF document viewer and printer,
with an incredible small size (only 1.67 Mb!), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set.
Foxit Reader 2.0 supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Version 2.0 introduces many exciting new features,
including interactive form filler, multi-language User Interface support, on-demand download of add-on,
self upgrade, Javascript support, improved printing speed, streamlined UI and much more.
Before installing Foxit Reader, please make sure you uninstall other PDF readers.

Notes from Pcshouts lab:
This product is fantastic, has a very small installer and is blazing fast. The install is extremely easy:

grab it now!!
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A-PDF Text Extractor

A-PDF Text Extractor is an utility designed to extract text from PDF files for use in other applications.The program is a standalone application. No Adobe Acrobat needed. The program is freeware, which means that you can use it either persionally or commercially for free. To extract text from a PDF file, the PDF file must meet the following conditions:

The file is formatted to contain text and not just images.
The file contains no security restrictions which disable text selecting.

Note: Text formatting may be lost after exacting from the original PDF file.

Download
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AT Notes,

This tool is something of love and hate: many will love it, others will hate it.
As the names implies this little tool will let you grab notes and it's quite powerfull too!
You can set reminders so the notes can pop up at designated times, set color transparency,
keep track of deleted notes, make the application undertake different actions and even
send notes across a network!

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OpenOffice

Now is time to get productive, but in a Pcshouts way, we are now proposing you Open office
this is a powerful office suite wich in certain areas is better than it's competitors, has all you can expect
from a professional office suite.

during installation choose to not associates files with Openoffice if you have MS Office installed.

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Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools.

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