Software, Hardware, Technology
24 Jun
A few weeks ago i told you about this program here.
So, in short, Visual Task Tips adds thumbnail preview to the windows in the taskbar, just like Windows Vista does. The only difference is that this program doesn’t support live previews, at least not yet.
Visual Task Tips 3.4 latest changes:
24 Jun
I just uploaded Launch 1.1.
This a minor revision of Launch because i did not receive any bug reports. The changes, while not too many, were introduced to provide more functionality and to improve what was already there.
The most important is that now the main window shows itself in the lower left of your screen, just like the standard Run box dialog of Windows.
Now you can run a file or exit the program by pressing ESC or ENTER, respectively.
The program page has been updated to reflect the new version and release date.
23 Jun
Driver Sweeper has a new version and a new website. Previously, it was developed and released by Guru 3D. I don’t know what happened betweem them, but the latest version now shows Published by Guru3D.com in the title bar.
The new author, Phyxion, changed the whole interface for the better, because now it is easier to view the logs and overall i like its simplistic look instead of the huge icons in earlier versions.
I use it everytime i want to install new drivers from Realtek, Nvidia, ATI or Creative. This way i narrow the chances of having issues with new drivers because of leftover files from previous versions.
All you have to do is reboot your computer after uninstalling drivers. Then, run Driver Sweeper and select which drivers you want to clean up and reboot again. Now you can install new versions of the drivers.
22 Jun
Most applications today insert entries in the context menu of file and folders, making it display a little slow (specially on windows XP) and making useless entries sometimes.
What is really bad, is that many of them don’t provide options to enable or disable those entries.
Fast Explorer makes configuring your context menus really easy. It displays a huge list of entries organized by file types. When you select a file type, the program displays its actual entries in the right side of the window so you can uncheck the ones you don’t want to appear when you right-click on this kind of files.
This way, you can get rid of entries you don’t need and make your context menu display faster and make it smaller by displaying only the entries you want or need.
22 Jun
Here is another version of this handy website screenshot program.
WebShot 1.61 latest changes:
22 Jun
Outlook on the Desktop is an application that takes your Microsoft Outlook calendar information and displays it on you desktop, along with all the events and tasks so you can see them all at any time.
The calendar is shown with transparency in the center of the screen and you can insert task and appointments without opening Outlook, which is great.
You configure it to show the inbox, calendar, tasks, among other components.
20 Jun
After waiting for a couple of months, this is the final release of KeePass Password Safe, a great application for managing and storing all of your passwords.
The password database database is encrypted and no one but you can see it. You can organize your accounts in categories, asign them icons and more.
20 Jun
Realtek HD Audio drivers 1.96 were released yesterday.
If you experience problems with drivers, use Guru 3D Driver Sweeper after you have uninstalled your current drivers to clean the system before installing the new ones. You can do this right in you windows session or in Safe Mode.