Piriform Defraggler – Best Free Windows Defragmentation Program
Way to go Piriform! Â I haven’t seen a defragger that made me this happy since MS-DOS 6.22. Â I could continue to gush about this, but really, the proof is in the pudding. Simple Recipe for Better Performance: Download Defraggler now, and run it. Let it get finished, reboot, and run it again. Now, just tell me your computer doesn’t feel snappier. It really is that simple. Â In the future, activate Defraggler a few times a month, or use it’s handy scheduler. Â When opened, the main window looks like this: Click the Analyze button and let it do it’s thing. Â After a few moments of counting on electronic fingers, you should see a report like this: It has the measure of the drive…now, one more thing…let’s move...
CCleaner – Clean up your Windows
Well, if you haven’t been paying attention, apparently Windows will slow down after some time in use…or so they say. Â Mine doesn’t. Â Mainly because I’m careful about spyware (not such a problem anymore since Google Chrome and Firefox), but also because I use utilities like this. So if you want your machine to stop dogging out. Â First, uninstall all the worthless programs you never use but none-the-less have collected over the last year or two. Â Go to Microsoft Update, get any updates you may need. Â Update your hardware drivers from each vendor’s website. But most of all, go to Piriform and download the excellent FREE CCLeaner. Â Once installed and started, the interface presents four tabs on the left. Â Cleaner,...
MythTV – Final Wrap Up
I’m very happy with MythTV up to this point. It is no where near as fragile as I feared it might be–in fact, it seems to be quite robust. A recent power outage knocked its pins out from under it, but by the time I checked, the machine was already back up and running. Part of that is the BIOS setting “Last State on Power Restore,” but if the software wasn’t up to the task no hardware setting is going to help. Which reminds me, I need to get a separate UPS for all of these machines that will form the backbone of my home network. I found this website for refurbished APC units, that has great prices, but will add shipping charges. However, for the savings on some of the larger models, those fees would be negligible. For the 300VA...
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