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Archive for May, 2008

InterfaceLIFT a Great Resource for High-Resolution Desktop Wallpaper

InterfaceLIFT currently offers 1,531 desktop backgrounds in widescreen and standard format for use with all operating systems all for free. Give them a try if your looking for new backgrounds and really who isn’t. InterfaceLIFT

How to Move an off Screen Window Back into View in Windows XP

This can be very frustrating when using multiple monitors or sometimes just by dragging windows around your screen, you get one to the edge of your display and then can’t seem to grab it in the right place to move it back where you want it. Then after 15 minutes of cussing you give [...]

Watch Free Music Videos with Pluggedin

Watch your favorite music videos in High Definition with Pluggedin. Share your favorites with your friends or meet new people and explore new bands. The site does require you to sign up and install a player to see the videos and I’m not to thrilled with the dark theme on the site but if [...]

In Memory of Our Honored Dead

MEMORIAL DAY,
FOR OUR TROOPS (both past and present, but particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan at present)
Though I don’t know your name And I have never seen your face I shed tears for you.
Though my memories don’t contain a time We shared together [...]

SafetyCross Personal Safety Device

 
With summer here the great outdoors calls and it pays to be prepared for emergencies or disasters. The 6-in-1 PSD is a hand held crank-powered Personal Safety Device designed to be used at home at work at school or when out camping, hiking or backpacking in the woods or just braving the city streets. [...]

How to Add your Own Custom Logo and Support Info in the System Properties Screen in XP

PC vendors often customize the System Properties screen to show off their logo and to add support info you can readily see,but if you built your own computer or build them for other people you can customize your System Properties screen to show your logo and support information or anything else you want. Here’s [...]

Enable the Hibernation Button in the Shut-Down Dialog Box

When you go to shut down your computer you are given the options to Standby, Restart and Turn off. Putting you computer into Standby mode reduces your power consumption. The amount of electricity used by the computer in standby mode is just a trickle, just enough to keep the memory alive so that open [...]

Top 10 Types of Computer Viruses (Funny)

Here are some common types of computer viruses. I think we’ve all experienced one or two of these in the past. Thanks to Paul for sending it in.
1. Adam and Eve virus: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
2. Airline virus: You’re in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
3. Arnold [...]

Find Out Useful Info on your XP Computer

Here’s a quick way to find out some useful info on your XP computer. Did you ever wonder how long its been since your last reboot, probably not too long but this little tip will tell you. It will also tell you the date when your operating system was installed, Your bios version and [...]

Sync Your XP’s Computer Clock to the Internet Via the Command Prompt

You can synchronize your computer clock with an Internet time server. This means that the clock on your computer is updated to match the clock on the time server, which can help ensure that the clock on your computer is accurate. Your clock is typically updated once a week and needs to be connected [...]