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...]
Different Versions of IE on the same machine
If you work as web designer or webmaster, you probably have every browser out there installed so you can see how your pages render for different people. Checking how it looks for different browsers, different resolutions, and even different devices is important to making sure your site is accessible to the largest audience possible. This is particularly a problem with Internet … [Read more...]
Hard drive recovery
Your computer won't boot up, it's making a chirping noise, and might display a message about an "Invalid System Disk. Replace disk and strike any key." Well, things aren't looking good and even if you get the computer to boot again, I would not rely on that hard disk for too much longer and not for anything very serious. But, there is a small glimmer of hope in the fact that … [Read more...]
Adobe Acrobat – You’re exhausting; an open-letter to Adobe
Dear Adobe, You have a lot of room to improve with your Acrobat line and I'm not even talking about the performance of the application. Sure there are alternatives out there like FoxIt reader and other open-source PDF readers/writers that can do your primary function faster while using less resources. Heck, you don't even open DRM-protected PDFs? I have to get another Adobe … [Read more...]