Long back, I covered a quick method of disabling User Access Control in Windows Vista via editing the registry. Registry editing is something for advanced users only.
TweakUAC is a simple tool dedicated for this purpose. With a click of a button you can disable Windows Vista User Access Control.
You have three options in TweakUAC. The [...]
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With the space that Yahoo! offers today, it is a great place to store your files, at least temporarily. It would always be better to use a full fledged file backup service. However, on the plus point here you can create unlimited email address. While it would be cumbersome to keep saving drafts, you can [...]
This week on Multimedia Monday, we cover a rather small but handy tool.
Audio/Video to Exe converts audio/video files to other audio/video formats or selfplaying-executables.
The following formats can be converted into exe:
3gp, aac, ac3, aiff, asf, avi, exe, flac, flv, gif, m1v, m2v, m4v, mka, mkv, mov, mp2, mp3,
mp4, mpc, mpg, nut, ogg, ra, rm, swf, [...]
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In the past few months, I’ve seen a numerous number of viruses that infect both hard disks and removable drives. Their modus operandi of spreading is to create an autorun.inf file in the root of the partition, which most users unknowingly run.
Many antivirus programs do not delete this autorun.inf file in spite of cleaning the [...]
Skuld iPod Converter helps you convert your video files of almost all popular video formats to iPod videos.
You can even set the start point and length of the clips you want to convert.
Features
Completely free software.
Support source video clips of almost all popular video formats.
Support adjust output video/audio parameters.
Support conversion of video clips with customized starting [...]
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Considering the numerous threats that we are subject to online ranging from viruses and trojans to computer hijacking, security software has become a part and parcel of our daily life, be it the inbuilt Windows Firewall or more expensive paid solutions for antivirus software or anti-spyware software.
I stumbled across DriveSentry the other day. DriveSentry is [...]
In an amazing attempt to fight the competition, which I believe is primarily WordPress, Movable Type is now allowing bloggers and K-12 Educational Institutions to download Movable Type Pro.
The Movable Type Pro Blogger License comes with Unlimited blogs, authors and community profiles. However, support comes at a fee or $99.
So, will you shift to Movable [...]
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Tired of using Windows Calculator? Looking for more power and also more flexibility?
Command Line Calculator is general purpose calculator. Calculations are entered on command line and result is produced after pressing ENTER.
Features:
Expression calculation, unlimited length
Plotting graphs
Variables can be used
User can define own functions
Saving and opening previous calculations
Temporary file and history list
Date calculation
Following numbers are supported: [...]
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Have you ever opened up a video file only to get an error that it cannot be played. Or maybe you can at least hear the audio but see a blank screen.
Well, in all probability you have the required codecs missing. Short for compressor/decompressor, a codec is any technology for compressing and decompressing data.
There are [...]
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WordPress 2.6.1 was released two days back. This has been termed as an Optional Upgrade for users. However, this upgrade has fixed over 60 bugs.
The main updates are improved right-left language support as well fixing of a gettext bug, permalink fixes for IIS users and fix for image insertion problem in the Press This feature [...]
