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Every now and then, we all get stumped when looking for a good online read.
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By Stacy Curtin | Daily Ticker – 13 hours ago
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Big news today in the tech sector.
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I realize that providing a lesson on DOS commands to MUO readers is sort of like offering to teach a group of martial arts experts how to throw a punch. The thing is, there are quite a few people out there that don’t realize how easy it is to troubleshoot and fix certain computer issues using a few simple key entries. I’m not about to argue that DOS isn’t outdated. However, Windows 7 still features a command prompt window.
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And when I say on Facebook, I mean on Facebook, because let's face it, there isn't a great desktop alternative out there.or is there? In this article, I'm going to show you FlipToast, which, as strange as the name may be, is actually a decent desktop app for Facebook.
What Is FlipToast?
FlipToast is a dynamic Facebook desktop client for Windows and Mac that offers a quick and easy way to stay connected with your Facebook friends. Unlike other clients that are out there, FlipToast provides essential Facebook user interface elements, like live notifications and chat functionality.
>Troubleshoot your PC with LookInMyPC: "
Troubleshooting your PC is not a very easy job unless you are a geek, but with LookInMyPC, a freeware tool, you can easily generate a report of your PC in current state. The report includes in all hardware and also all installed software on your PC. This free application generates a complete system report with more than 40 areas of diagnostics. You can select the options for checking before actually running the test. The test takes only few minutes and you will be provided with a detailed report.
The report is neatly created in an HTML file and categorized for easy access. It can also generate more specific reports like Registry Run Entries or Firewall Info. This tool can even give you data on Windows updates, recent System Restores, and the default email client. Another good feature of this app is that it allows you to email the complete report as a zip file, especially useful when you want to provide the system details to a technician.
>Best Free and Useful Products from Microsoft: "
Microsoft has always been known for selling licensed software and they are not often related when we talk about free software. But if you look into the products and software released Microsoft, you can see there are many free software as well which have been loved by their users. Following is a list of Best Free Products from Microsoft.
Microsoft Security Essentials:
Perhaps this is one of the best free products from Microsoft. It ensures real time protection from viruses, spywares, malwares and other harmful intrusions. It’s easy to use and is light-weight (your system does not hand because of this) unlike other Anti-virus software from Norton, Symantec or MacAfee. I have used Avast Anti-virus (free version) in the past but after using Microsoft Security Essentials I feel that it has an edge over Avast. Only limitation on installing it is that your Windows OS should be original.
>AllMyApps is a Windows App Store: “
We have seen app store for iPhone, Android and even Windows Phone 7. But an app store for Windows is a new idea and AllMyApps does exactly the same. AllMyApps allows users to search, find and download freeware application for Windows. You need to create a free account with AllMyApps and once created, you can start adding apps you want to install to the lists. Apps are grouped by category like utilities, security, office, video, and communication etc.
If you select any application, it shows the basic details of the app like download size, current version etc along with a screenshot. To start installing the apps, you need to first download and install AllMyApps application on your desktop.
You can create any number of application lists and then share them with your friends using Twitter or Facebook. AllMyApps comes with almost all popular freeware tools like Firefox, Open Office, VLC player, CCleaner etc.
AllMyApps is a very good application store for Windows and we can expect this to be the one stop store for all paid and free applications in future.
>Complete Internet Repair for Windows: “
Internet is one of the most important things in todays world, but at the same time there might be many reasons why Internet connection does not work properly. Complete Internet Repair is a freeware tool to solve these problems arising out of Internet. It attempts to repair everything internet related, including networking problems. Complete Internet Repair is basically a combination of Internet Recovery KIT and Winsock Repair.
It can help you with repair of most of the situations where internet is not working.
It could help if you are experiencing any of the following problems:
The application allows you to log the repair, so that you can have a check on what exactly is the issue cause.
Download Complete Internet Repair
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