A multi-boot USB flash drive means that instead of needing to create an individual bootable flash drive for each ISO, you can run multiple ISOs from a single bootable flash drive. There are quite a few free tools available designed specifically for the creation of […]
FastStone Image Viewer has long been my software of choice for managing and working with images and photos. A portable version is available and, as usual, that is my preference: Download FastStone Image Viewer FastStone Image Viewer includes so many options and features but what
In early March this year, we published an article about Must-Have Desktop Gadgets. In true Murphy’s Law fashion, no sooner had I written that article when I came across a superb desktop clock that was obviously new to me. It’s called The Aero Clock from
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The Windows Clipboard is a feature built into the operating system that acts as intermediary storage when you copy and paste. Whenever you copy text, etc., whatever you copy is saved to the clipboard and then, when you paste, it is copied from the clipboard
Screen capture tools can be very useful in many situations for capturing screenshots when seeking assistance, for example. Or to help illustrate a point in an email message or document. Fortunately, there are quite a few very good free screen capture tools to choose from.
Before writing this article I had a little look around the web to see what the experts were recommending for PDF reader software these days and got the shock of my life. Many of these so-called experts are still including Adobe Reader at the very
In all operating systems prior to Windows 8, Microsoft embedded the product key in the Registry, which made it pretty simple for dedicated key finder software to identify and extract product key details. From Windows 8 and upward, however, Microsoft changed the system and, instead
For many years CCleaner has been the ubiquitous free drive cleaner, trusted and used by millions of people worldwide. However, I proved through a series of articles back in 2012 that just about any other free drive cleaner does a better job than CCleaner. That
I have used CCleaner for many years to clean the temporary and other files that are no longer necessary. I have also used it to clean the Registry stripping off unneeded entries. However, many articles have appeared recently about issues with CCleaner that have made
Are you the local go-to person for family and friends whenever they are experiencing problems with their computers? It may well be that you are not actually a computer whiz at all, the burden of being even a little bit tech-savvy is that you are
I was thinking about switching to Linux for a while now. I’ve experimented with it on and off since my Windows 95 and 98 days. Too many issues right now to switch over from Windows but I’m going to try to install Linux on my
What Is IPTV? Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The strict definitions are: IPTV: Television from providers like Prism TV, delivered over the Internet via a privately-managed network OTT Streaming: Television from third-party services like Netflix and
A relatively new portable freeware called FolderMove provides a simple/easy method for transferring installation/application folders from one drive or partition to another drive or partition. With the price of SSDs coming down to a more reasonable level, many users will have migrated their system over
