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What I expect in Windows 8

tw — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:39:19 +0000

Here is what I expect from the next version of Windows from Microsoft — Windows 8 (Windows Eight). » » »

What the perfect MS Windows is like?

tw — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:09:21 +0000

Windows 7 has just been released in the market, and it has got a lot of media attention. Still it is just an upgrade of the previous Windows and another step forward on the familiar design track of Microsoft. As time goes by, this will not work very well on this Internet age. Here I offer some advice to MS on how to make a better OS in this Internet age. » » »

Two handy screen capture tools

tw — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:34:39 +0000

Both Snag-It and Hypersnap are ovekill for getting fast screenshots for a blog post. My search led me to two light-weight screen caputure tools. » » »

Getting things done with To-Do Desklist

tw — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:44:16 +0000

So often does the computer become a lonely person’s companion rather than a tool to process information. I found myself aimlessly clicking my time away hither and thither on the computer without focusing on what I am supposed to do in this electronic box. Making a to-do list is one way of prompting action and avoiding procrastination. Unfortunately tools such as Tudomo, Task Coach and the popular web-based NXT are overkill for this purpose if they are not distractions themselves. Today, I found a nice tool called To-do Desklist and it does the exact thing as I expected: you create a list of things on your desktop and mark them as done when you finish them. » » »

Quickly delete an unwanted song in Foobar2000

tw — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:48:25 +0000

When I play music with foobar2000, there are certain music files I don’t like and I want to immediately delete them for good when they start playing. The plugin foo_deletecurrent does exactly this job and it works great with the latest foobar2000 (as of version 0.9.6.8). » » »

How to replace virus-infected svchost.exe file

tw — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:43:18 +0000

MS Windows is a patchy OS, and you have to constantly maintain it, both manually and automatically using its slow live update, to keep the system relatively secure. Here are the instructions on how to replace the infected svchost.exe under Windows XP and patch your system to close the loophole. » » »

svchost.exe is infected with a virus?

tw — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:16:20 +0000

As of October 30, Nod32 (version 3.0.669) updated its virus definition which identifies a new virus called Win32/Patched.NAC. Today it detected a crucial Windows file called svchost.exe, which is located at C:WindowsSystem32, is infected with this Patched.NAC virus. » » »

AVG Free 8.0 and NOD32 3.0, which one uses less resources?

tw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:46:47 +0000

I don’t want to argue which one is better. For me, AVG Free is trustworthy, and it does detect viruses better than another free AV — AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic. For Nod32, well, it is not free, and keeping it in ‘free’ mode for a long period requires a lot of extra work. Kaspersky’s invincible key file is annoying, and so is Nod32′s usename/password mechanism. Yes, you can find the ‘free’ Kaspersky keys, or subscribe to a daily feed of Nod32′s login information or use a trial time stopper. But why do that when you have AVG free which does a very respectable job in virus-detection? » » »

HP DV2000T versus Lenovo Thinkpad T61: an unlikely comparison

tw — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:52:14 +0000

My experience with then IBM owned Thinkpad T43P was horrible. It was perhaps the noisiest laptop in the world: its fan sounded like a tractor, and to make things worse, the hard drive also span with grating noises. I ended up returning the $1500 T43P, and hated Thinkpad for a long time. » » »

Freeware that happily reside on my hard drive

tw — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:15:52 +0000

1. Q10 » » »