There are various articles around about increasing the speed of your Windows shut down; I know (from personal experience) that sometimes Vista/XP can take several long minutes to shut down. Inspired by LifeHacker I searched for more information on some of the ones I know of, and have put what I consider to be the [...]

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Many of us have an old computer lying around with a monitor attached to it. Many of us also have 2 monitors connected to our main PC. Here’s 2 tools that I have used to effectively have 3 (or more) monitors at my disposal. First let me give you a description of my setup: Main [...]

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File Alert Monitor is a Windows application, used to generate alerts about the creation, update or deletion of files in specified folders. File Alert Monitor will monitor specified directories on a local or networked PC and will display a pop-up Window or optionally play an audio alert, whenever action is taken on files in the [...]

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This is a great tip. Ever received a Word 2007 document (.docx) and been unable to read it because you don’t have Office or you’re stuck on 2003? LifeHacker has an easy solution – “In a nutshell, the method involves changing the doc’s file extension to ZIP, unzipping it, and then finding a document.xml file [...]

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After you install Windows Vista SP1, a bunch of files are left around (using plenty space) incase you want to uninstall it – safety be damned, using the program below you can clean that junk out and save yourself the space! Go to Start, Run, and enter vsp1cln.exe then follow the instructions and let it [...]

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LifeHacker hat tip to Digital Inspiration, on getting the most out of the Windows Command Prompt. For instance, if you want to have a white background with black text, type color F0 and press enter. To revert to the original color scheme, type color without any arguments. For a list of all available colors, type [...]

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On the hunt for the best firewall for your doze box? Lifehacker is finding out What Is The Best Windows Firewall.

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A popular post around here is “131 Free Photoshop Layer Styles!“, and so here is a list of great resources for free layer styles for Photoshop – enjoy. Free Photoshop Layers (about.com) Free Layer Styles (about.com) Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles Adobe Photoshop Layer Styles (biorust.com) 56 Photoshop Layer Styles

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LH author Adam Pash has a great article on BlueLock, a bluetooth based tool for Windows which will lock your desktop whenever you walk out of range. Essentially this allows you to automatically have your computer lock whenever you leave. The usefulness will depend on the strength of your Bluetooth devices, since it’s not really [...]

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CCleaner is a fantastic, free, registry and file cleaner for Windows. If you don’t know, crap (the first C in CCleaner) builds up on your Windows machine over time, and can use up gigs of free space and slow your machine down terribly. This is where CCleaner comes in. Step 1: Download and Install CCleaner [...]

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