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  • Free Stuff: WinDirStat

    February 6, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Software Tips Tags: free, freeware, software, tips, tutorial, tweak, windows 1 Response

    This weeks freeware pick is called WinDirStat. It allows you to view everything that is taking up space on your hard drive and how much space it is taking. It presents it in a visual format that is easy to read.

  • XP Tip: Remove the “Unused Icons” warning.

    February 4, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: microsoft, os, tip, tweak, xp 3 Responses

    This video will show you how you can remove the warning bubble that pops up telling you that you have unused desktop icons.

  • How To Unlock Programs

    January 8, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: diy, freeware, programs, tutorial, unlock 1 Response

    This will be the first of a new series. This series will just be short videos exploring cool freeware that can be very useful. So the first freeware program to make the list is called “Unlocker“. If you’ve ever gotten a “Cannot move or delete folder: Access is Denied” error when trying to move or delete a file, this program will allow you to see what process is using it so that you can unlock it from any processes and delete it.

  • VLC Tutorial

    October 4, 2007 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: instructional, mp3, music, network, player, share, stream, tutorial, Video, vlc 1 Response

    This shows you cool things you can do with VLC Player, a multi-platform video player. You can do things like rip and encode DVD’s, play videos as ASCII art, and even stream music and video over the internet.-www.videolan.org/vlc

  • How To Create Awesome DVD’s

    September 12, 2007 // davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: burn, dvd, free, instructional, rip, tutorial, Video 1 Response

    Create menu driven DVD’s for your digital videos using free programs. This video uses three programs: DVD Flick, DVD Styler and UnderCoverXP.

  • Ways to get MP3’s

    August 18, 2007 // davisde // Hacks, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips, Web Tips Tags: download, google, hack, mp3, music, myspace, radio, tutorial, Video, web, youtube 3 Responses

    This video explains different methods of attaining music that you find on the web and saving it as MP3 format. We’ll cover Google searches, YouTube, Streaming radio and MySpace.

  • Streaming Online Videos

    July 27, 2007 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips, Web Tips Tags: diy, download, movie, stream, tutorial, tv, Video 2 Responses

    This video shows you how to download and play TV and movie files on your computer using two programs: Joost and Miro. Joost streams TV and Movies directly from the internet. It requires 528MB of ram and at least a 1.5 GHz processer. Miro can download online podcasts.

  • Edit Windows Startup Entries

    April 8, 2007 // davisde // Hacks, Software Tips Tags: computer, diy, Hacks, how, start, tips, to, tutorial, tweak, windows, xp 5 Responses

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    This tutorial will show you how to remove programs that automatically start up with Windows. This will make startup times faster and will improve system performance.
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