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  • #32
    watsgone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭watsgone


    Hey

    any one no of a free publishing software for making booklets out there.

    Thanks


  • #33
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.scribus.net
    http://openoffice.org


  • #34
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Utils to manage windows

    http://www.sysworksoft.net/support/scripting.html - list of some very useful tools for scripting Windows NT/2000:

    http://www.systemtools.com/free.htm Free Utilities from SystemTools Software - includes copying users and passwords !


  • #35
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    PDF - Microsoft Official Vista Performance and Tuning Guide.

    Many here will already know it all already, but its a well put together guide.


  • #36
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    You may or may not have noticed that after the SP1 update you can no longer use Search in the right-click context menu:

    image6.png

    .......Yeah I only noticed it today, too :rolleyes:

    But here is a fix:

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-the-search-item-to-the-folder-context-menu-in-windows-vista-sp1/

    got the registry, find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find and delete the LegacyDisable Key or change its value to 0.

    Thats it.


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  • #37
    Galen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Galen


    Free Partition Imaging / Backup Software

    Drive Backup 9.0 Express http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/

    Easeus Disk Copy - http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy

    DriveImage XML - http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

    Macrium Reflect Free Edition - http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp


  • #38
    mastermichael20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭mastermichael20


    football manger post moved to
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055463155


  • #39
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Enabling Backup program for Windows XP home
    Obviously posted before becoming the windows mod :P


  • #40
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Secunia Software Inspectors are the first internal vulnerability scanners that focus solely on detection and assessment of missing security patches and end-of-life programs.
    http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning
    Scans most common programs and then gives links to the patches for them.


  • #41
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.pdfsam.org PDF split and merge.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=267028 - lots of software on the Laptops sticky.


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
    Everyday it has a new piece of software that usually cost money for free.
    Not always good software but always worth checking every day.


  • #43
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Mukki's Vista Tweaks - adding to sticky


    vista is not a crappy OS


    when you install vista on a pc you have 36 processess running in the background (taskmanager bottom left corner)


    when you buy a vista pc or laptop they usually have so much crap installed that you have well over 80 background processess

    1) uninstall norton and mcafee and reboot
    2) use autoruns (google it) to disable all non microsoft items
    except
    anything on drivers tab
    dell quickset if installed
    lexmark printing service if installed

    3)run services.msc and disable...
    server
    computer browser
    error reporting service
    readyboost
    security center
    windows defender
    superfetch (only if you have less then 1gb ram)

    4) run msconfig and disable
    all items on startup tab
    on tools tab disable UAC
    on tools tab lauch security center and set it not notify or display icon

    5) run firewall.cpl and make sure the firewall is on
    6) install an antivirus

    optional
    7)right click my computer
    properties
    advanced system settings
    performance settings->settings button
    click adjust for best performance
    tick the last 3 and tick show thumbnails instead of icons

    optional
    8) right click desktop and hide desktop icons, right click on taskbar and add the desktop toolbar instead

    optional
    9) remove back ground wallpaper

    10) on a laptop click on the battery icon (beside time) and make sure its set to performance on balanced, NOT the "power saver" setting as it tries to reduce precessor speed by 50%

    Note: if you encounter any problems tap f8 while booting up launch startup repair and run system restore

    (edit on request)

    doing all of the above will make vista fly even with only 512mb ram.



    but if you are still not happy buy more ram, its dirt cheap, and easy to change


  • #44
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    The official Microsoft SysInternals page has lots of useful little goodies. Highlights include:
    • the Windows XP Powertoys (particularly the Alt-Tab & Desktop Manager powertoys)
    • Desktops - a brilliant & tiny app (62K!) for Vista/Win7 that lets you have 4 desktop panels by giving each one its own explorer.exe process instead of the elaborate juggling game that other tools like Virtual Desktop Manager use to simulate the same effect
    • Autoruns - gives you proper visibility & control over what runs at startup
    • Disk2vhd - great for test environments, lets you create a VHD from a physical disk that you can then use in a virtual machine for testing changes, etc.

    Probably more useful for technically-minded folk than the average user, but well worth a look either way.


  • #45
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭Scruff


    Fantastic piece of software to help diagnose BSOD issues.

    http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html


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