SLI Frustration
I just installed my second Nvidia SLI configuration, and experienced the same setbacks. My first rig used dual eVGA 7800GTs, and I just upgraded to eVGA 7900GT KO Superclock models. I used the eVGA Nforce 4 SLI motherboard for both;…
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Comodo
PC Magazine just gave an Editor’s Choice to Comodo Personal Firewall, a free product that was rated better than ZoneAlarm. Perusing their site reveals a free anti-virus client, free password manager and free S/MIME certificate for Outlook. Worth trying for…
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
After a bunch of users have logged onto a system those profiles start to bog things down. Microsoft released the abovementioned utility to clean up after those errant profiles and speed up the restart/shutdown process. User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
How to Use Notepad to Create a Log File
I love Notepad since it’s bundled with every version of Windows and gets the job done. Microsoft has posted a little “how-to” to use Notepad for a personal log: add .LOG to the top of the document and every new…
AMD Dual-Core Optimizer
The name says it all. AMD has come to the rescue of those who experience software issues running two cores. The utility synchronizes the time stamp counter on both cores and works with processor affinity issues. AMD Dual-Core Optimizer
Lussumo Filebrowser
A second great app you didn’t know you needed; I noticed it when I was looking up Vanilla. Filebrowser lets you build albums of your online files, for a quick and easy reference of what you’ve actually got sitting there…
Lussumo Vanilla
No, not the fragrant pod. This is an open source forum that needs only PHP and SQL to run. Nice and easy, slick interface and all those “web 2.0” looks and features. Vanilla
Free eBook from Cisco
A free eBook in PDF format from Cisco: Cisco Router Configuration, 2nd Edition. A nice introduction to routing and Cisco’s IOS operating system. Cisco Router Configuration eBook
Firefox extensions FEBE and CLEO
Two great extensions: FEBE backs up your current extensions as XPI files so they can be installed anywhere, as well as bookmarks and cookies. CLEO packages this backup as one self extracting file. Very slick. Chuck Baker’s FEBE and CLEO