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[20 Feb 2010 | 9 Comments | ]
LockHunter: What Is Locking My File?

LockHunter is a great alternative for “Unlocker”. LockHunter is a free tool which deletes files which are blocked by something you don’t know. This could be a system process or perhaps by another program.
Usually when you want to delete such file you get a pop up which says: “Cannot delete file: Access is denied” or something similar. In this cases you are left with 2 options:
1: Restart your computer and try to delete the file
2: Using LockHunter!
When using LockHunter you’re able to see the processes which has locked the …

Freeware, Tips & Tricks: PC »

[17 May 2009 | 16 Comments | ]

The Windows Registry is a database which contains information about almost everything you do on your computer; From a visit to a website to information and settings of  the hardware in your computer. The registry also contains information about drivers, other programs, user settings, etc.
So you can see that the often you use your computer, the more fuller the registry gets. I mean think about all the junk and temporary files stored on your computer, all those broken registry, which Windows forget to delete, etc. So that’s why your computer …

Tips & Tricks: PC »

[27 Apr 2009 | 7 Comments | ]

There are times when you want to edit, rename or delete system files and folders in Vista. For example; If you want to use a third party theme for your Windows Vista. In order to use a theme you need to edit and overwrite some system files and if  you have ever tried this, then you must have noticed that windows doesn’t let you do this, even if you’re logged in as an administrator.
In order for you to edit and overwrite the system files (or rename and delete any other …

FireFox, Freeware »

[1 Apr 2009 | 13 Comments | ]

Not so long ago I wrote a post called: “Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer“. Well, make that almost a year ago. Anyway, I’ve used Foxmarks ever since and I really have to say: I can’t live without it! There are just too many times that I’m at work, searching for something which I already had bookmarked at home. In this kind of situation I just log in to my.foxmarks.com and can simply access my bookmarks. Briliant isn’t it?
Now just a couple of days ago I recieved an email from Foxmarks …

Freeware, Tips & Tricks: PC »

[24 Mar 2009 | 14 Comments | ]

Let’s start with a little basic stuff, shall we? FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a very common method to transfer (large) files from “computer A” to “Computer B” or vice versa. Transferring files from a client computer to a server computer is called uploading and transferring from a server to a client is downloading.
In order to transfer files using FTP, you need:

The FTP Server address;  This could look like “ftp.domainname.com” or it could look like “11.231.231.234″.
Username and password. Some FTP servers let you connect to …

Commercials »

[20 Mar 2009 | 10 Comments | ]

Now before we go on… In case you haven’t heard of the SSD before, SSD is a disk drive that uses memory chips instead of rotating platters for data storage. SSD’s are faster than regular disks. Now the question have been answered, let’s move on….
Now imagine this.. 24 250 GB SSD’s (total capacity: 6TB) chained together in one RAID device, making it a fast computer! A very fast system that actually reaches transfer speeds of 2GBps, which is capable of loading all Microsoft Office applications in half a second, ripping …

Personal »

[5 Mar 2009 | 15 Comments | ]

I know I haven’t posted anything for a couple of weeks now, but believe me when I say that I was extremely busy with life, designing some cool stuff (which I’ll post about when it’s finished!), arranging stuff for our marriage (we have found the right place to celebrate our wedding, but will tell you about that later! ) etc. So there will be plenty updates from now on!
But let me start with this good news:
As you might know I’m working at Joico for a couple …

Tips & Tricks: PC »

[16 Feb 2009 | 32 Comments | ]

In the past couple of years I’ve helped a lot of people with there computer problems. A lot of people wondered why their computer was running slower than usual and why they notice a loss on their computer performance. Well, unfortunately the more often you use your computer the slower it gets IF you don’t do anything about it.
I mean think about ALL the junk and temporary files stored on your computer, all those broken registry keys / unused files when you un-installing an application etc. So it’s no wonder …