Shark007, a fellow member of MSFN Forums and author of Vista Codec Package, has released his new version of Adobe Reader Lite. It is now version 9.0 made from the latest version i posted about.

This Lite versions leaves out many plugins and has customized preferences so it opens faster and has less features than the average users needs. Also, the file size is a lot smaller.

I use his Lite installer in all my unattended installations and in my personal computers. I totally recommend it.

Right now it is only available in english, but soon all other languages will follow. Visit the discussion thread to keep an eye on new releases for other languages.

I recommend to uninstall any previous version of Adobe Reader and restarting your computer before installing this Lite version. This way you reduce the chance of having problems when installing it.

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From the makers of Comodo Firewall Pro comes this great free backup application.

With Comodo Backup, you can make copies of your data, use incremental or full backups.

The scheduling capabilities are great because you can make backup sets that run in different time intervals to make sure you have everything up to date and copied only as often as you want.

The feature i like the most is Synchronization, because it can monitor folders for changes and make backups as soon as something changes. This way you can maintain folders, external or network drives up to date with the information you need on them without worrying to run a backup set.

Features advertised in their website:

• Easily backup files or folders anywhere on your computer, network, DVD-RW, CD-RW or FTP server
• Files can be written to a multi-session DVD if it already contains a file with the same name
• Email, FTP, zip and configuration passwords are stored in the registry with encryption
• Protect yourself against ever losing those critical files that took hours to create
• Quickly recover your data in the event of data loss
• Schedule backups to run automatically at a time that suits you
• Synchronized backup feature - save a file and it gets copied instantly
• Send E-mail notifications to team members about the status of a backup job
• Save Disk space by compressing your backups as ZIP files
• Configure in minutes with our intuitive interface

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I’m finishing some code cleanup before releasing this new application. I wrote it for myself, but as always, i will share my own programs here in my site.

ServiceTweaker will allow you yo control Windows services. You can change the startup type of each one and also you can start or stop them.

Here’s a screenshot of the final version before going public.

Recuva is a free program for recovering deleted files. It has few options but does its work very well. This program can recover files deleted files from memory cards and removable drives.

You can download it with an installer or a portable version in ZIP format.

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I just got the spanish release of Windows XP SP3 and i will slipstream it to update my media. I will post instructions on how to do it, as well as some torrent links to get both english and spanish so you can make your own SP3 discs.

Also, a new release of Tomato is out so i will upgrade my router’s firmware with it.

Besides that, i’m working on a new application that manages Windows services and i will release it soon, maybe in a week or earlier if i finished some code i have left.

Meanwhile, here are some news:

• Microsoft could keep XP if customers want it: CEO
• Windows Vista SP1 released to Automatic Update

My Belkin wireless router started to give me problems about 15-20 days ago.

After some research i ended buying an old Linksys model, but with many advantages. I will make a post later today to talk about it and the open-source 3rd party firmaware that are out there for a variety of models and makers of wireless routers.

I just made some tests locally and everything went fine with my theme and plugins so far. Today i will make a clean install in my desktop pc (unattended as always) and i will upload the new Wordpress to my server in order to upgrade the site before i make other posts.

All this week i have been out of town looking for a job in the Oil industry. I hope to get one, as i have been interviewed by people in important companies.

I will return to my home tomorrow and i will resume the posting as soon as i can, i have been collecting some interesting articles and other software downloads for you.

I want to begin testing locally the new version of Wordpress before i upgrade my site because i need to make sure that all my plugins and the main theme works fine with the 2.5 version.