Aug 30
I just realized Windows 7 doesn’t have one of my favorite XP powertoys, Image Resizer. I constantly use this utility to quickly resize images with the convenience of the Windows shell context. Luckily I found that the guys over at CodePlex have updated the utility to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and even …
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Aug 29
I found out this morning while downloading some utilities that Windows 7 is as vulnerable to the Vundo Trojan as previous versions of Windows. Somewhat disappointed, I have started out performing all the necessary cleaning operations: Getting and running the latest version of VundoFix Running a full system scan using ESET NOD32 Getting and running …
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Aug 28
While getting my Windows 7 laptop setup to be a development system, I noticed that IIS is not an option for install with Windows 7 (as with Vista, XP, 2000, etc.). After a quick Google search I found the following Technet article at Microsoft. There are no instructions for Windows 7, but I found using …
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Aug 28
I have been using a combination of Daemon Tools and MagicDisc for Windows XP and Vista, but when upgrading to Windows 7 I found out that Daemon Tools no longer works. I did some quick research and found that a lot of other folks liked PowerISO. I downloaded it, installed it, and it works great. …
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