Windows Secrets Newsletter: Is your free AV tool a ‘resource pig?’
We compare resource usage among six popular, free antivirus applications.
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February 2012
Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Legitimate Software Still Sneaking on Crapware
…one of the main reasons to have WinPatrol is to remove their junk software which sneaks on to computers.
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Maketecheasier.com: Ask a Windows Expert – Week 2
It’s that time again – the time to answer the questions you’ve submitted for Windows. We receive questions all the time via email and answer them in the most comprehensible way possible, with the help of a resident expert at MTE. If you would like to submit your own question, send an email to windows-help [at] maketecheasier.com. Don’t forget to replace “[at]” with “@” and remove the spaces from the address. This is your chance to make your voice heard and have your questions analyzed by one of the top experts in the field.
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Maketecheasier.com: Five Top-Secret Windows 7 Features
With Microsoft’s new interface adjustments in the Windows franchise, the company put a lot of features into Windows 7 that it might have forgotten to mention. After having a really close look at the infrastructure of the operating system, I’ve noticed a couple of things that might startle you a bit about the operating system, including features that make you wonder where they’ve been your whole life. While you might know some of them, I doubt you knew them all, so let’s get started and discover together what Windows 7 had in store for you but wasn’t in a hurry to let you know about.
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Dave’s Computer Tips: 3 alternatives to CCleaner: Part 3
Third and final product for testing is Wise Disk Cleaner and this is also the one which has impressed me the least.
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Excel.Tips.Net: Getting Rid of the “Enable Macros” Notice
The VBA programming language included with Excel allows you to create very powerful macros. It is not uncommon to record a couple of macros for a workbook, each designed to accomplish a quick little task. When you create the macros, Excel adds what is called a module to your workbook. This module is used to store the macros that you record or create.
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Windows Observer: 6 Touch Apps for the Windows 8 Preview
Well we have arrived in the month of February and that means the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is due out later this month. As I wrote about yesterday the preparations seem to be starting to bring the next step in the development process to the public and I can see the buzz starting to increase on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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Tips4PC.com: How to Use Local Users and Groups in Windows XP
We will see how to use local users and groups on a Windows XP machine. Local users and groups manages users and groups of users for your computer. You can create new users and groups, add or remove users to groups, reset passwords, and also disable user accounts.
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Ask Dave Taylor: Is Your Copy of Windows 7 Activated & Geninue?
We’re being audited next week and I need to ensure that each and every PC in the office has a valid, activated, certified genuine copy of Microsoft Windows 7 installed on it and running. I’ve much anxiety about this: how do I ensure everyone’s running an activated, verified copy of Win7?
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PC Pitstop Newsletter – February 2012
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