Microsoft has released a new tool to help with their never-ending battle to defeat mal-ware on Windows PCs. Called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper or MSSS it is a bootable live CD that is just a basic Windows environment with MS Security Essentials on it.
Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Security Sweeper Beta
Posted: June 6, 2011 in SecurityTags: antivirus, live CD, malware, Microsoft, MSSS, System Sweeper, Windows
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Windows Live Sync
Posted: July 10, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: essentials, Live, Microsoft, Skydrive, sync, synchronize, web 2.0, Windows
Windows Live Sync is a part of the Windows Live Essentials Beta. The old Live Sync would not sync to Skydrive, the new version will. There is one little problem. With a Skydrive account you get 25 GB of storage yet you can only sync 2GB. This seems silly to me. Is Microsoft afraid Skydrive [...]
Mount Skydrive As A Network Drive
Posted: April 27, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Skydrive, Skydrive Explorer, storage, SyncToy, web 2.0, Windows
I really like Skydrive Explorer. It creates a virtual folder so you can drag files into it but if you wished to use Skydrive to backup data automatically you are out of luck.
There is a lot of talk about Windows maintenance. What services should turn off? Which utilities should I use? To sleep or hibernate? Here’s a article from Lifehacker. It is the best article I have seen on the subject.
Windows 7 is a great OS but a lot of essential software was left out on purpose to keep the basic install streamline. There is no email program like “Outlook Express”. No “Windows Movie Maker”. Frankly, I don’t use either of these but if you needed them you can get these and a whole lot [...]
Personal Software Inspector
Posted: March 18, 2010 in SoftwareTags: inspector, PSI, Secunia, Software, updates, Windows
The Personsl Software Inspector by Secunia will check to see if you have critical software out of date and will prompt you to install the new version. I have a very up to date system but I install Secunia PSI and ran it. After a couple of minutes it found that my Skype
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This is a tip from Paul Thurrott‘s Supersite for Windows. You may know the keyboard shortcut for Internet Explorer start fullscreen mode is F11. What you don’t know is the same shortcut works in for Windows Explorer and other applications. Many other shortcuts work as well. I’ll let Paul tell you more about it.
Upgrade To Windows 7 Now
Posted: February 28, 2010 in SoftwareTags: deal, Microsoft, upgrade, Windows, Windows 7
If your still using the Windows XP or Windows 7 RC (time is running out for the RC – release candidate) you might want to be thinking about installing your Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade that you preordered back in the summer of 2009 for $49. Didn’t catch that deal? I’m sorry. There are several [...]
Don’t you hate it when you buy a new pc and it has preinstalled all kinds of programs you will never use. Even worse half of them start up when your computer starts and slows your new fast computer down to a craw. The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances [...]
Ultimate Boot CD 4win
Posted: February 20, 2010 in SoftwareTags: tool, tools, UBCD, utilities, Windows
Here a free download that any pc tech or serious enthusiast should have in they’re tool kit. Ultimate Boot CD is the best set of tools for Windows XP out there and you don’t have to pay anything for them. The UBCD has 9 anti-spyware tools, anti-virus tools, 4 CD burning applications, password recovery, network [...]
