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Windows 7 Update

PreOrder Windows 7 from participating retailers at 1/2 off the normal price.. That breaks down to this:
Home Premium Upgrade for $49
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99

This will last from June 26 thru July 11. See link below for more details and retailers
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx




TestDisk

Great tool for when disaster hits your hard drive
* Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
* Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
* Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
* Fix FAT tables
* Rebuild NTFS boot sector
* Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
* Fix MFT using MFT mirror
* Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
* Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
* Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

PowerSupplu Estimator

You got all your parts to put together a new PC, but not sure what power supply should be used to properly get it running! Well AsusTek has a great calculator for making sure you get the right power supply
http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx

MessenPass

Nothing worst than forgetting your Instant messaging password.MessenPass is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of the following instant messenger applications:

* MSN Messenger
* Windows Messenger (In Windows XP)
* Windows Live Messenger (In Windows XP And Vista)
* Yahoo Messenger (Versions 5.x and 6.x)
* Google Talk
* ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003
* AOL Instant Messenger v4.6 or below, AIM 6.x, and AIM Pro.
* Trillian
* Miranda
* GAIM/Pidgin
* MySpace IM
* PaltalkScene
* Digsby
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html

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My Top Picks for Freeware in 2009

Here we are again with a new year approaching and coming out of an economical nightmare. But freeware just keeps getting better. Here are my top picks for 2009 http://www.recuva.com/ Recuva (pron...

Started by Jay in Sometimes Free is Better!! Dec. 26, 2008.

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My Top Picks for Freeware in 2008

Here are my top picks for some excellent freeware applications. I hope you find them as rewarding as I do. COMODO Firewall The best Free Firewall out there. It's ease of use and functionally is i...

Tagged: anti-spyware, freeware, antivirs, cleaner, firewall

Started by Jay in Sometimes Free is Better!! Mar. 16, 2008.

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Email and Browser with a Backup and Restore Option

Well to start, I am no fan of IE (MS Internet Explorer) for so many reasons, but that I'll leave for my next blog...My choice of browser is Firefox and my email is Thunderbird both have excellent f...

Tagged: mozbackup, firefox, email, thunderbird, browser

Started by Jay in Sometimes Free is Better!! Jul. 26, 2007.

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How did I get a Virus

Well, lets start off with the basics. Where did I get the virus in the the first place? A large percentage of viruses are caught from infected emails. These demons in disguise look so much like any of the millions of normal spam email we all get everyday, but in that one email lies a time bomb just waiting to go for in our faces. The Melissa virus is a good place to start off with. This virus

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Posted by Jay on August 19, 2007 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

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Some Basic Computer Tips

Here are a few basic computer tips to try before calling in the geek squad to your house. The steps or tips below can be done by the average user for the most part. If you are not great with computers, it is not a bad idea to get someone to help you through these following tips.

Run a Virus Check
You can get a free Virus program at http://www.free-av.com/ if you don't have one. Make sure to do a full syste… Continue

Posted by Tim Stevesi on March 11, 2009 at 3:11pm

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Sometimes Free Can Cost You

We all love to receive free software. Free antivirus, free firewalls, free wallpaper, free screensavers..etc. But sometimes these freebies can cost you in the end. Lets take an example of one of the “Free”
goodies we love....”Screen Savers”. We love that fish in a tank
screen saver or Christmas Lights screen saver and we download them in
groves, unaware of what it's costing us. Below is an example

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Posted by Jay on July 25, 2007 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment

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