Install the Personal Software Inspector to keep on top of security flaws with programs on your computer. This application, free for personal use, can analyze your system with a quick scan and see if there are any 'insecure,' 'end of life,' or 'patched' programs. With an easy interface, you can find out which applications on your machine are considered up to date and which are … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
VLC – VideoLan media player
VLC is one of the first steps I recommend when somebody tells me they have an issue with video playback. Just install the small file and try opening the video in VLC. VLC by and large removes the need for external codecs through natively supporting many different file types and encodings. Supporting DivX, XviD, avi, mkv, DVDs, and many others, VLC is a powerful tool without … [Read more...]
Frog Rights – For Non-Admins burning CDs/DVDs
If you've installed Nero before and support users that are not Administrators for their machines, you've probably stumbled across Nero BurnRights. BurnRights allows you to define permissions as to who is allowed to burn CDs or not, from 'Everybody' to 'groups only' to 'Administrators only.' This utility works for Nero 5 & 6 and is required as 'Administrators only' is the … [Read more...]
Two computers, One set of speakers
I have two computers right next to each other. Two complete setups, no KVM switches, so two monitors, two keyboards, two mice, etc. I don't want to have two sets of speakers nor do I have the desk space to support them. The easiest solution would be to have the speakers plugged into one and headphones plugged into the other one, but again this isn't ideal. When swapping the … [Read more...]