I was just encountering a problem with my Windows 7 operating system wherein my DVD drive gets undetected every now and then depending on the kind of DVD I put. As such, I was searching online for solutions and updates but instead I found a recent update on the Windows Vista platform. That was frustrating because Windows Vista should already go away and Microsoft spend its time perfecting Windows 7 because as the user base grow then problems would start popping up as I am currently experiencing.

Anyways, it seems that even with the release of Windows 7, the platform update …read more

Fry’s Electronics stores who are participating in the Windows 7 midnight opening are giving away free software. These participating stores include Downers Grove, IL, Plano, TX, South Houston, TX, Duluth, GA, Renton, WA, Fountain Valley, CA, San Diego, CA, or Sunnyvale, CA.

Consumers who purchase their copy of Windows 7 would also be able to get free software. The list of free software include those that have very low prices or those that are completely free. The list of free softwares are as follows: 

Nero 9 Reloaded, Free
Norton Antivirus 2010, Free
Global Protection 2010, Free
System …read more

I’ve been using the MultiMon application for almost a year now and have been very happy with what it does. It allows me to move application windows from one monitor to another with the click of a button that displays alongside the minimize, maximize and close buttons on windows.

My boss was looking for a similar application, but one that would work better with more than two monitors, as well as provide additional window management features that would work with Windows Vista. He found what he was looking for with the SplitMon software.
SplitMon allows you to move application windows from monitor …read more

Lenovo is putting the concept “small” into the next level with their Lenovo IdeaCenter Q110 is now available for sale at $399 USD. The IdeaCenter Q110 is powered by NVidia ION platform, is loaded with Windows 7 or either a Windows Vista operating system, has 2 GB of RAM and 160 GB of hard disk space.

When you purchase the IdeaCenter Q110 with Windows Vista,  you would be given a Windows 7 upgrade disc starting on October 22 when the Windows 7 is officially released to the public.
The cheaper IdeaCenter Q110 is priced at $299 USD and is running on …read more

I’m starting to get an error again like I got before related to the use of my Maxtor 320GB external hard drive. I believe this time that the issue is more related to my new usage of the Windows Hibernate option on a regular basis instead of powering down.

When I put my computer into Hibernate mode I have my external drive connected to the machine. I’ll then pack everything up and head off to the next client. I take my laptop out my bag first and it begins powering-up. As soon as it resumes from Hibernate I get the messages …read more

Just two years ago we saw the introduction of netbooks and it quickly became a buzzword and sales were growing rapidly to the surprise of vendors from Dell, HP, even Microsoft who quickly changed their policy on Windows XP.

The netbooks were initially loaded with Linux, then it became powerful and Windows based netbooks were sprouting everywhere. Netbooks started with 4 GB SSD, then jumped up to 8 GB SSD, 16 GB SSD, until conventional hard drives reaching from 80 GB until 160 GB hard drives were installed on these small machines. The memory started with 256 MB, 512 …read more

CyberMatrix’s  Clipboard Magic’s highlight features include it’s enhanced productivity when cutting and pasting text and helps you fill up repetitive web forms.

The main features are as follows:
1. It improves productivity when pasting repetitive texts
2. Stores a single character to multiple pages of text
3. Store  unlimited number of items
4. Sorting of clips
5. Quick access from the system tray
6. This runs on the following operating system — Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Server and Vista.
7. etc.
Go ahead and try out Clipboard Magic.
Image from Clipboard Magic.

Do you want to have the power to move a series of items in your clipboard? How about saving the series for later use? Clipmate 7 allows you to do just that.

Clipmate has the functionality of remembering all items for both text and graphics and stores them in collections for your later usage. Clipmate is an ideal Windows companion, and could protect you (users) into losing clipboard data. I know I have lost valuable clipboard data numerous of times already and Clipmate should solve this problem.
This software is also powered by an SQL-based search engine to help you quickly …read more

There are just files in your computer that drags and hogs your hard disk. Windows doesn’t readily give you the option to search and find the size of the content of the nested folders. Don’t lose hope, there is an application called “WinDirStat” which analyze the makeup of your hard disk and gives you the information via a size-ordered directory view.

The highlight features of this application are as follows:
WinDirStat is able to read the whole directory tree and then shows it in three useful views:

The directory list, is similar to the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size,
The treemap, …read more

Windows 7 is getting all the positive comments where all applications are working perfectly on the operating system and Microsoft has already stated that all drivers that work on Windows Vista are guaranteed to work on Windows 7 together with applications that work on Windows XP but did not work on Windows Vista.

I was excited on this notion and installed Windows 7 build 70++ back in May and I was disappointed to find out that configuring IIS in order to run server applications threw exception errors. Also, the Daemon I was using threw all sorts of error as well.
Today, …read more