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…

LiberKey is a completely Free and great way to organize your portable applications on a convienent menu with folders for various types of applications using a USB stick (device). Just be sure to activate “associations” so your browser knows what to do.

There are 305 apps to choose from, or you can add your own. The Basic(12) or Standard(90) comes with applications pre-installed and you can add additional apps from there.

Personally, I use it to trouble-shoot computers for my clients, but there are games, educational and CD-DVD burning apps just to name a few ways this interface is useful.

You can download LiberKey from the original site here.

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.

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.

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…

 inSSIDer is a FREE Wi-Fi network scanner to help in locating the best Wi-Fi location in your area. It shows tons more information than the built in Wi-Fi scanner on your laptop.

Screenshot

Sorry, this is for Windows XP or Vista only.

Click the image or click here to get the download.

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.

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…

FICO

Fix It Center Online by Microsoft is a useful tool to find problems with your PC that you may not even be aware of, even if you do maintainence on a regular basis.

It will find hardware and software problems (like drivers) on your system and fix them automatically in a couple of clicks. You can even run it on multiple computers on one account, just in case you are the one who takes care of all the PC’s in your domain.

You need a Windows Live or Hotmail account to use the service but you can use the same account for all the computers you service. You can also track what, when and what fixes were performed for all the computers on the one account.

Worked really well in my testing so far and I recommend it to anyone who uses Windows as an Operating System, especially if they maintain more than one computer.

Hat tip: Techie Buzz

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.

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…

 You are probably aware that I do everything I can to keep my clients computers, as well as my own, running at peak efficiency. To that end I like to use the Best programs to enhance performance and do it with as little effort as possible.

One of the best ways is to accomplish that is to get rid of all the Junk that accumulates over time. So, let me introduce you to DiskMax.

Here are the Features of DiskMax

Automates emptying your recycle bin (if specified), cleaning up of installation remnants, and debugging information.

Cleans up every user’s History, Temp, Temporary Internet Files, Cookies (if specified), Recently opened documents list, explorer thumbnail cache and windows error reporting logs.

Clears out Windows cache, unused legacy cursors (on Vista, if specified), debugging info, internet logs, help center caches, repair information, DLL caches, Logs, temporary files and windows update roll-back files.

Cleans up after Vista SP1/SP2 install (if specified).

Removes registry entries for multiple Most Recently Used lists.

Clears out Windows Vista event logs (no other application out there does this).

Deep scans your hard-disk to remove all files of type log, old, prv, chk, swp, bak, gid, wbk, tmp and dmp. This can be cancelled if you are an advanced user who needs these types of files for immediate troubleshooting.

Defragments your HDD(s) – basically rearranges files around so that they can be accessed faster.

Displays a log of all the activities performed along with associated time stamps.

I have used it myself and highly recommend it to clients who need a really thorough cleanup of their computers.

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.

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…

You may be aware that when you uninstall a program, not everything is always uninstalled. Some files and folders are quite often left on your computer and take up valuable disk space.

If you are looking to do a clean uninstall and get rid of all the nasty leftover bits and pieces you need Uberstaller.

Features:

Advanced uninstaller packed with essential features.

Provides full information about installed software.

Ultra fast filtering allows to locate and uninstall programs in seconds

Engine is fully optimized to take advantage of the latest technologies

Heuristic scanner completely wipes off all traces of partially uninstalled applications. Safe deletion to the recycle bin.

Drop-down and context menus for convenient navigation

Built-in shredding tool for secure erasing of files and folders

Configurable layout, sorting, and grouping

Skins support for customizable visual appearance

Live update function

With this uninstaller, you can ensure that all the traces are completely removed for optimized space and system performance.

And Yes it is FREE! No bait and switch or free trial here.

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.

Are you a fan of the Matrix?

If so, you may enjoy this Desktop Enhancement and Screensaver by ZMatrix.

I could tell you all about how cool it is to have the Matrix Computer scrolling down your screen in various configurations, but the fun is in using it yourself.

It will scroll down your existing desktop background without distorting the original screen you normally use until it goes into screensaver mode, then it dissolves into the Full Matrix Computer look.

Cool!

Hat Tip: TechieBuzz

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

Smile! It’s Friday!

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…

How often do you see a color you want to use on your website or blog or maybe even for some printed material like your Business Cards? You can see it on your computer screen, but can only tell it’s some kind of Blue or Red but have no idea how to convert that into a numeric format that is usable.

Enter ColorPix

ColorPix is a small (605kb) Windows application that is easy to use, just move your mouse over the screen and the numeric values of the colors will show in the sidebar. You can even Zoom the screen to make sure you are on the exact spot you want to see.

This is a Free application, but Color Schemer has other, more complex color coders for the more advanced designers and webmasters for the Pro (to buy) Apps.

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.

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…

Have you ever wanted to set up an animated Banner Ad or a short slideshow to put on your Blog or Website? Now you can do it easily with this high speed, small Windows application. The best part is that it’s FREE!

UnFREEz will take any number of GIF files and convert them into ONE GIF file you can use just about anywhere.

It’s easy to dowload the zip file and even easier to use. If you can Drag & Drop files, you can set up your single file animated GIF and start using it within minutes.

Below is an example of a Banner Ad for this site that I use on some of my Ad Campaigns.

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.

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…

Last week we featured WampServer for creating Blogs and Websites Offline, but how do you upload them to your server?

FileZilla is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to upload any type of Blog, Website, Shopping Cart or any kind of Web Presence you build offline to your WebHost.

It’s fairly easy to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Solution if you have a little knowledge of how Hosting works, but then again, if you can build your own site you already know enough to get it done uploading one file at a time.

FileZilla just makes it much easier by giving you the capacity to upload Everything at once.

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.