I’ve written about WinPatrol and WinPatrol Plus a lot of times in the past because I believe that it’s a great tool for anyone who wants to make their computer run better and more safely. Tech Tip Want to see my other WinPatrol articles? Use the Google search box at the top right-hand side of [...]
A Look Inside PC Pitstop Optimize 2.0 | PCPitstop Optimize 2.0 Review
Product: Optimize 2.0 Publisher: PC Pitstop License: Commercial software, annual. Licensed for multiple-users on one computer or multiple computers one user Like many of the other downloadable programs that are designed to scan and fix computer problems, Optimize 2.0 from PC Pitstop is a program that can be run on schedule to routinely check for [...]
NOD32 Review – NOD32 Anti-Virus Review – A Look at NOD32
Product: NOD32 Class: Anti-virus for Windows License: Commercial product. Free 30 day test drive. Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/ME/XP/NT/2000/2003/Vista Version Reviewed: v2.7 I’ve written about NOD32 in my Security Software Recommendations article in each issue. It’s the anti-virus program that I use on all my Windows computers. I began using it in 2003 after becoming dissatisfied [...]
A Look at ClickBook for Windows / ClickBook MMX / ClickBook 2010
Product: ClickBook MMXPublisher:BlueSquirrelVersion Reviewed: 13.0.2.0Class: Pseudo-printer. Creates banners, booklets, flip charts, brochures, greeting cards, posters, PDF files and more. License: Commercial product. Free trial. Upgrade pricing (from earlier versions) available.Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista , Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) For years, my choice of programs to create PDF files was BlueSquirrel’s Click2PDF. Ever [...]
A Look at Acronis True Image Home 2010
Product: Acronis True Image Home 2010Class: Hard Drive & Partition Backup ProgramLicense: Commercial product. Free trial. Upgrade pricing (from earlier versions) available.Operating Systems: Windows XP SP3, Windoww XP Professional x64, Windows Vista SP2 (all editions) , Windows 7 (all editions) Version Reviewed: v2010 I’ve recently upgraded two of my computers to Windows 7 — well, [...]
A First Look at Windows 7
Well, the install was a pain. Not really — but my initial install worked extremely smoothly until Windows rebooted. At that point, it simply failed to boot with an ambiguous error message that was less than helpful. It told me to reboot the installation DVD and select the Repair option. When I did selected Repair, [...]
A First Look at Acronis True Image Home 2009
I’ve been using Acronis True Image Home for a long time, as readers of my newsletter know. I started with ATIH 7, then ATIH 9, ATIH 11 and now I use ATIH 2009. Each of the versions included improvements over earlier versions — but when I saw the features of Acronis True Image Home 2009, [...]
Adware Ties into Internet Explorer
I received a query from a reader about a warning message he was receiving: Hi Terry , I was wondering if perhaps you can help me , I have this very annoying adware that occurs EVERYTIME at startup …. not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.BHO.cr Now althugh this doesn’t appeato be causing any problem on my PC and I get [...]
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