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Wake a sleepy PC on your schedule with WakeupOnStandBy
The modern world, by and large, are quite conscious of energy consumption and some of the wastefulness that exists. Regardless of which side of the go green initiative you stand, it’s hard to argue against their not existing at least some unnecessary inefficiencies or waste.
A potential source of an increased electricity consumption is the abundance [...]
Retrieve your license keys before reinstalling Windows with License Crawler
On March 1st 2010 the release candidate of Windows 7 that Microsoft made free available last year began it’s gradual push towards expiration – every 2 hours your computer will shutdown. Your procrastination will now cause you a little bit of pain or at the very least, annoyance. Unfortunately, you’re only recourse at this point [...]
Support the parents with Windows Remote Assistance
No matter what your level of experience is, chances are you’ve been tasked to provide PC support for a friend or family member. If you are lucky, the troubled friend is just down the street, as problems are easier to knock out when you can touch the computer. However, this isn’t always the case and [...]
Windows 7 provides a simple and effective Backup and Restore
We all know we should backup our system and files regularly in order to avoid any disastrous results yet a small minority of us actually do. The cliched saying that they are two types of computer users, those that backup and those that never lost anything is blunt and to the point – it’s only [...]
Search for software updates with CNET TechTracker
I’ve already discussed how an application like Device Doctor can help you maintain up to date device drivers for your hardware but perhaps you were left wondering – is there a similar application for installed software? Even though this is a rhetorical question I’m still going to answer it by saying yes, there are actually [...]
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