My Computer Back in Service

T.G.I.F.

The end of another week has finally arrived and it’s time to take a break from all the headaches and problems of the past 7 days.

Need and all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction or editing? IcoFX is just the thing. With over 40 features that are readily available, you can do what you want with your Icons. If you can use Paint in Windows, you can use this.

My favorite feature was that as an .ico file, I can create a Favicon for my Blogs with no more than a few easy steps.

Click the pic to get to the download page.

This is a Two-fer, Useful AND Fun.

Just a little something to help brighten your weekend and maybe put a little smile on your face to boot!

Smile! It’s Friday!

I come across quite a few programs, applications and features almost every day in the course of normal work-a-day research trying to find the right tools to use in the Computer Consulting Business.

As a result, I often find some little known Free Downloadable or Online Features that could be of use to almost anyone to make their computing experience a little bit better and more productive.

This is just such a find…

Windows Vista has had it’s Service Pack 2 released for quite a while and is stable at this point (at least from my POV). So, it is time to make it permanent to free up about a half a gig of disk space. This can be accomplished in only 3 pain-free steps.

First: Open the Run Window, either by going to the Start-Accessories-Run or by using the Shortcut keys Window +R at the same time. You get this window.

Second: Type in compcln.exe and click OK. That will bring you to the Command Prompt with the Operation ready to go.

Third: Type Y and hit Enter and you are done. You just recovered somewhere around 500,000MB of space on your Hard Drive.

Be aware: This is a permanent deletion of the backup of your SP2 file and makes your current SP2 configuration permanent and can’t be undone. Make sure you really want to do this before you hit Yes!

I hope you find this tool to be something useful in your daily computing experience.

If you find something you think should be included, please use the comments below or use my Contact Form to let me know and I will be sure to check it out for inclusion in a future article.

T.G.I.F.

The end of another week has finally arrived and it’s time to take a break from all the headaches and problems of the past 7 days.

If you want to extend the range of your home Wi-Fi connection, it’s really simple. Just watch the video and you will have more range than you do now.

Simple Wi-Fi Extender

I used a little different approach, I used Cardboard for a backing and a little spar to hold the ends in place, but it still works to increase your home Wi-Fi connection.

(click the image to view the video)

Just a little something to help brighten your weekend and maybe put a little smile on your face to boot!

Smile! It’s Friday!