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SearchMyFiles lets you Search Windows without Leaving Traces

May. 13th, 2009 By Karl L. Gechlik

I recently had to perform a search on a computer that is not connected to our network and I was not allowed to leave any trace behind that I was there, installed any applications or ran any searches on the machine. I had to search the machine for all files created in the last 5 days and save my results.

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5 Dead-Easy Ways to Create Your Own Panoramic Photos.

Apr. 25th, 2009 By Mahendra Palsule

You want to create your own panorama, but do not want to bother with messy details like control points and blending options? Here are 5 ways to get you up and running with your own panorama without getting embroiled in advanced photographic terminology.

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Linux System Administration Made Easy with Webmin.

Apr. 4th, 2009 By Varun Kashyap

Linux System administration is no walk in the park. With all the commands and configuration files you need to know about, managing a Linux system is everything but an easy task. Making things a little easier is “Webmin”. While you would still need some knowledge about a Linux system and what you want to achieve, Webmin provides an easier interface and a centralised place from where you can configure and monitor your system.

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Synergy-Plus Controls Multiple Systems from a Single Keyboard & Mouse

By Kevin Purdy, 8:00 AM on Fri Mar 27 2009, 5,510 views

Windows only: We took a strong liking to controlling multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse nearly two years ago, and the concept’s still cool, but the software hasn’t updated. Synergy-Plus keeps the multi-control party going.

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Search For Pictures On Your Computer & Online With Ginipic (Windows Only).

Mar. 15th, 2009 By T.J. Mininday

At the beginning, searching consisted of trying to find websites based upon your favorite things. Finding those boring static HTML pages at 56k speeds would keep you entertained for hours.

Soon after the early search days of AltaVista, Infoseek and Yahoo, Google took over. Google would not only find those same pages during the internet conception, but would essentially answer any question you want as well. Today, we still have all of that, but with Maps, News, Videos, and of course images.

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Input Director

Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two or more computers set up at home and find themselves regularly sliding from one system to the other and wearing out the carpet in the process. With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse across a set of systems. You switch which system receives the input either by hotkey or by moving the cursor so that it transitions from one screen to the other in a very similar fashion to a multi-monitor setup. The idea being that you can position the monitors from two or more systems in a row and use a shared keyboard/mouse to control all of them.

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NoSleepHD Stops External Hard Drives from Shutting Down

By The How-To Geek, 9:00 AM on Tue Mar 3 2009, 1,656 views

Windows only: Tiny utility NoSleepHD stops external hard drives from powering down, bypassing the mandatory sleep mode built into many USB drives—and eliminating the delay while the drive powers back up.

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Increase Image Resolution: Convert Raster Images to Vector.

Feb. 21st, 2009 By Jorge Sierra

convert raster image to vectorMost of the digital images and pictures you see on the web are raster graphics images or bitmaps (.bmp). A raster graphics image is simply defined with a grid of pixels that are set to certain colors. Raster graphics images are resolution dependent and cannot be made larger without loss of apparent quality. Therefore, for images that need to be scaled to higher resolution often it is better to use vector graphics.

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Maxto Divides and Conquers Your Screen Real Estate

Maxto Divides and Conquers Your Screen Real Estate

By Jason Fitzpatrick, 2:00 PM on Sat Feb 21 2009, 5,218 views

Windows only: If you’re looking for a lightweight tool for compartmentalizing space on your monitor and need support for multiple screens, MaxTo lets you subdivide to your heart’s content.

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A Free Portable Alternative To Windows Scheduled Tasks

Jan. 14th, 2009 By Karl L. Gechlik

This oldie but goodie has been around since before the turn of the century….yes I have been waiting patiently to say that one

Freebyte Task Scheduler is a simple portable 219KB download, with no installation required Windows only. It is an alternative to Windows Scheduled Tasks which you can use to schedule any script, program, or document to run at a time that is most convenient for you. Scheduled Tasks starts every time that you start Windows XP and runs in the background, and it starts each task that you schedule at the time that you specify when you create the task.

You might be asking yourself why you would want to replace something that you never use? The answer should be because this is easier to use and you can bring it to any Windows machine you are working on.

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