Here is a small review of a USB Flash drive I just picked up.I bought a PNY 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Micro Swing Attache drive from Staples for $17.99 I havent been using it for long but so far I really like it. It has a push button on the side that make the […]
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Category: Portable Apps
It Fixed it for me – ClamWin Antivirus
Here is a small free program that may come in handy. Its called Clamwin Portable. Available at www.portableapps.com. Description from the website: ClamWin Portable is the popular ClamWin antivirus packaged as a portable app, so you can take your antivirus with you to scan files on the go. You can place it on your USB […]
It Fixed it for me – IE8 corruption
This one was an interesting issue. I had a client that attempted to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. During the install the pc hung but according to the user finished the install. After the install, when you open IE the tool bars were missing and it would not allow you to click on any links […]
Product Review – Revo UnInstaller Portab
Next on my list of software reviews is a small portable program called Revo Uninstaller. From their website http://www.revouninstaller.com/ Revo Uninstaller helps you to uninstall software and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer even if you have problems uninstalling and cannot uninstall them from “Windows Add or Remove Programs” control panel applet. This program will work […]
Recuva – Product Review
I have come accross another decent free program for your pc repair bag of tricks.This one is called Recuva ( I tested V1.22.384) From the website Recuva (pronounced “recover”) helps recover files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer.This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that […]
No 1 – Open Office Suite
Number 1 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is Open Office available from http://www.openoffice.org I know most people use some version of Microsoft Office to open and create word and xls docs but there is another free alternative. Open Office is “The free and open productivity suite”. It has most of the same […]
How to create a Bootable WinPE 2.0 USB K...
I have to start by saying that I did not create these instructions initially. They came from Windows Connected. However I did add some of my own comments about issues that I found during the process. In the end I ended up with a bootable USB key that boots into WINPE 2.0. The initial interface […]
No.4 – Portable Apps
Number 4 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” are Portable Apps available from http://portableapps.com From the website: A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable […]
No.5 – IZARC
Number 5 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is IZArc (Available at http://www.izarc.org/) From their website “IZArc is the ultimate freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, […]
No.6 – FileZilla FTP Client
Number 6 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is FileZilla FTP Client (Available at http://filezilla-project.org/) FileZilla is a free FTP client. For those that do not know what that means, It is a program that allows you to transfer files between your pc and other computers on the internet. This comes in handy […]