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KeyXL Keyboard Shortcuts

Here’s a great site that provides keyboard shortcuts for a ton of applications.  I’m a DOS user from way back and enjoy keyboarding instead of pointing and clicking.  A simple and to the point web site. KeyXL Keyboard Shortcuts

X-FI Mode Changer

Anyone with a Creative X-FI sound card knows that it’s modes need to be changed to get the best performance.  Entertainment mode for compressed music playback, Game mode for EAX hardware support, etc.  X-FI Mode Changer is a simple and…

2007/04/30: Backup

It’s been a few weeks since my last eWeakly, simply for the fact that I haven’t done anything computer related of interest. Last week Microsoft released the Windows Home Server Community Technology Preview (CTP).  This put a lot more fit…

Titan Quest: Immortal Throne

Iron Lore and THQ have finally released an expansion for the hit game Titan Quest. I played through the original twice: you can play it three times, each at a new difficulty level. To be clear, this review is for…

File Hamster version backup

A really nice and clean backup application that keeps multiple revisions or your files, a sort of personal version of Microsoft’s volume shadow copy service.  Designed for artists and media professionals who make constant changes to the same document, this…

AVG Anti-Rootkit Free

For all of us fans of GRISoft’s free AVG anti-virus comes an anti-rootkit.  Lots of these floating around, but you can’t go wrong with free now can you? AVG Anti-Rootkit Free

Filehippo software Update Checker

A nice little application from Filehippo.com that is a single executable, no install.  It scans your system and looks for updates to software and drivers you have installed.  It generates an HTML page and loads in your browser.   Slick and…

2007/03/26: WHS Redux

My APC UPS problems continue ( see last week for more details ) with random reboots.  I don’t believe the battery is working at all right now.  I have a brand new APC Smart UPS 1500 Rackmount in the garage,…

2007/02/19: DPM Beta 2

At home I run a Small Business Server ( SBS ) 2003 domain and connect my PCs to it.  I’m in a corporate setting and am used to a Microsoft domain setup, so when SBS 4.5 was released many years…