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Adobe bloated software, and how to disable automatic updates

Published on Dec 20th, 2007 in blog, interesting links, software, thumbs down, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

Personally, I hate the trend of software adding bloat in subsequent versions as much as I hate people saying an application is bloated just because it’s no longer a simple one-dimensional kind of program. That said, Adobe current crop of products have to be some of the worst in this sense.
At this point I’m sure [...]

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Run Crysis in Windows 2000

Published on Nov 6th, 2007 in gaming, tips & tricks | 4 Comments »

Per has done it again! As far as I’m aware he was the first and only source for bringing Bioshock to Windows 2000. Crysis is yet another (great) new generation shooter that officially only supports XP and Vista, but he has managed to bypass that limitation and get the demo fully working on his trusty [...]

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Favorite links in Vista gone? Is your list empty? Here’s the fix.

Published on Nov 5th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks, windows | 1 Comment »

Although not all of us are cut to be extreme Windows tweakers, there are still a few small hidden tweaks most people are familiar with and feel comfortable enough changing. Take for example the shortcut arrows in Windows. Those have been around since Win95 I believe, and not even in Windows Vista is there an [...]

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Switcher 2.0 final is out

Published on Nov 3rd, 2007 in software, tips & tricks, windows | 1 Comment »

Switcher is an Expose clone for Windows Vista. You may remember I recommended the beta version just a few weeks ago, new in the final version are a few stability fixes and reportedly some performance improvements as well. If you have no idea what Switcher or Expose are and what they can do for you, [...]

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Fix for running Bioshock in Windows 2000

Published on Oct 18th, 2007 in gaming, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

This little tweak has been available from our forum for a few weeks now thanks to Per who apparently is still running the old trusty Win2k (and you thought you were being conservative keeping XP for a while longer). It has been confirmed by users this should work for both demo and full versions of [...]

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Make Firefox look like (the old) Netscape

Published on Oct 13th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

Many of you probably remember the earlier days of the web when the browser dominance wars took place between Netscape (which enjoyed a majority share) and Internet Explorer.
One of the many things I remember is how I used to prefer Netscape which was a more elegant browser and hands down the better overall program on [...]

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Switcher 2.0: Finally an Exposé like app for Windows that works!

Published on Oct 11th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks, windows | 7 Comments »

Mac fanboys and even some so-called Windows fanboys will praise OS X like there is no tomorrow… all while bashing Vista in the process, of course.
In my personal experience Vista is not as bad as some people say, while XP with its rocky past, today seems to be solid enough. Apple’s OS X offers a [...]

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ZoneAlarm for Windows Vista? Don’t do it

Published on Oct 9th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks, windows | 12 Comments »

On a follow-up to my post yesterday about basic security programs you should be running under Windows XP, ever since I upgraded to Vista I revisited those program choices which for the most part remained the same with the exception of the free ZoneAlarm firewall…
In general, Windows Vista’s security is tighter and services such as [...]

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Add another one to the list of basic security apps you should be running, AVG’s Anti-rootkit Free

Published on Oct 8th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks, windows | 3 Comments »

For the past 3-4 years I have been recommending Windows XP users to install a small combo of basic applications that will grant a more secure and thus stable experience with the OS.
Nowadays SP2/Windows Defender should be a given and along with it you should install a good non-bloated anti-virus like AVG or AntiVir (both [...]

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Prevent websites from resizing Firefox’s browser window

Published on Oct 5th, 2007 in software, tips & tricks | 2 Comments »

Firefox is my browser of choice. Although we happen to have a rather large number of Opera followers at the TS forums, I have been left unconvinced and kept faithful to Firefox ever since version 1.5 came out. At that point the browser was more secure than ever, rock solid, very polished and popular enough [...]

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