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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2550 on: January 20, 2011, 03:43:49 PM »
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2552 on: January 20, 2011, 06:32:14 PM »
The Recycle bin is one of 2 icons I will allow on my desktop permanently.

That app looks like it could be good, although I would end up hiding it and so it would be a waste of time for me. :)
I like the way they have stuck with the basic black/white icon to fit the win7 look of the icons.


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« Reply #2553 on: January 20, 2011, 06:51:00 PM »
I don't have icons displayed on my desktop at all, I have Rocket Dock at the top of my screen and that can/show(s) the recycle bin and you can take the normal actions using that, examine/delete file(s) or clear completely.
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« Reply #2554 on: January 20, 2011, 07:03:32 PM »
On the shared pc here I have enough programs etc. to use a dock, but on my laptop I have maybe 5 programs that I use so they all go in the win 7 taskbar...that has to be my favourite feature of 7, besides snap...

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« Reply #2555 on: January 20, 2011, 07:20:14 PM »
Even on my tiny win7 netbook I use Object Dock at the top of the screen, it disappears when not in use, hover over the top of the screen it and it appears.

I really don't like the win7 taskbar affair, as it takes up too much screen space. I much prefer the old XP Quick launch as you can assign a space (for those I use daily) and the rest are reachable by expanding it. Some of those are now up on my Dock, so I should par the list down ;D
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2556 on: January 20, 2011, 08:01:05 PM »
Like Bob always says, a thread for news not discussion :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2557 on: January 20, 2011, 09:07:23 PM »
I think that comes under the general software news ish ;D
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« Reply #2558 on: January 21, 2011, 10:19:07 PM »
I have to say.. I'm enjoying the nice articles on avast! blog in this last days.   ;D

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« Reply #2559 on: January 21, 2011, 10:29:08 PM »
Yes, I have been a little tardy of late and not been checking it for new blogs.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2560 on: January 24, 2011, 09:42:51 PM »

Windows Utilities Launcher v2.0 By Shra1

A simple software which brings some of the Windows Utilities together.

It Contains The Following Utilities.

- Computer Management
- Device Manager
- Disk Manager
- Performance Monitor
- Display Properties
- Services
- Task Manager
- System Configuration
- Add/Remove Programs
  - Disk Cleanup (new as suggested by some users)
  - Time And Date (new as suggested by some users)


also in Quick Access Menu (System Tray)

- Notepad
- Calculator
- Task Manager

Windows Operating System : XP/Vista/7

http://www.deviantart.com/download/194595877/windows_utilities_launcher_2_0_by_shraone-d37uv51.rar
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2561 on: January 24, 2011, 10:39:35 PM »
I like it :)

A rather simple way of finding some important features in Control Panel.
Could be useful for when you need trying to help someone find a certain feature.

Can also have some shortcuts to a couple of tools via the right click as well :)

Nice find Bob :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2562 on: January 25, 2011, 11:56:51 PM »
I think this is not new news to most part of the users but..
 
avast! 6.0 will bring automatic virtualization to technology to all free users
http://www.avast.com/pr-avast-6-0-will-bring-automatic-virtualization-technology-to-all-free-users

Good news..  :)

And another great article on blog.
Is avast! antivirus headed for the Super Bowl?
http://blog.avast.com/2011/01/25/is-avast-antivirus-headed-for-the-super-bowl/

Keep going with the great work, avast! blog team.. I'm enjoying reading this articles.  ;D

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2563 on: January 26, 2011, 11:39:28 PM »
I think this is not new news to most part of the users but..
 
avast! 6.0 will bring automatic virtualization to technology to all free users
http://www.avast.com/pr-avast-6-0-will-bring-automatic-virtualization-technology-to-all-free-users

Good news..  :)
This is good news only if the whitelist is kept up with and is big enough to prevent known safe things from being sandboxed. This is of the utmost importance for the gamers among us since if any portion of a game gets sandboxed, the game may not function correctly. Most gamers are not aware of what each component file of their game is called. I know Avast! will not make as many mistakes as Comodo has in their sandbox implementation where they flat out refused to whitelist any game applications and stated such in their forums. The thing that concerns me the most is the updating of World of Warcraft. When that game has a patch available, a downloader specific to that patch has to employed. It also downloads everything through a built in bit torrent client. Each updater has a unique file name so whitelisting a previous one will do no good. I have encountered problems with this many times with Comodo and though I trust Avast! to do a better job I still have concerns. Obviously if the updater or the update itself gets sandboxed, it won't do it's job. If I get an alert giving me the option to allow things to proceed as needed, that will be fine.

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2564 on: January 31, 2011, 11:28:10 PM »


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