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Threatfire Protects You from Viruses & Malware

Posted by Rich On November - 13 - 20094 COMMENTS

Most virus checking programs rely on file signatures and blacklists to detect viruses on your computer; ThreatFire is different. ThreatFire does not rely on signatures, but instead constantly analyzes behavior on your computer to detect and block any malicious activity. No longer do you have to wait for a patch, ThreatFire will take care of a problem as soon as it arises. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are making a PowerPoint presentation, poster, graphic, or anything that requires typography, you may find some of these fonts useful. There many free fonts out there but it is often hard to find good ones as there is so much choice and so many fonts are not very high quality. In these collections, I attempt to find the best free fonts out there and provide direct download links to them so you can start using them straight away. If you are unsure of how to install a font, learn here.

More Fonts

Check out more font collections on www.Mintywhite.com. Organize your fonts with Windows Fonts Explorer.

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When a program crashes in Windows, you are asked whether you’d like to submit a report. Let me begin by saying: error reports are extremely useful to Windows and application developers (I am not implying they are used — they are useful, though.) However, if you find these report prompts annoying, you have the freedom to disable them. Learn how in this guide.

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Office 2010 Gets a Redesigned Logo 21 How To Save Documents Straight To SkyDrive Office 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 really is starting to look a very good upgrade from the 2007 version.

One particular feature I’ve found extremely handy is the ability to save documents straight to Windows Live SkyDrive.

You’ll of course need a Windows Live account.  Go here for an account if you haven’t already got one.  Also see here for another guide involving Windows Live SkyDrive.

You can currently do this with new Word, Powerpoint & Excel documents that haven’t been saved yet or you can upload a previously saved document.

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Customize Aero Peek in Windows 7

Posted by Stu On November - 5 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

windows 7 aero peek Customize Aero Peek in Windows 7

Aero Peek is a cool new feature in Windows 7 that gives you X-Ray vision! By hovering the mouse over the small bar on the right hand side of the taskbar, you can temporarily see behind any open windows, to the desktop. Aero Peek is also used when the Alt+Tab combination on the keyboard is used & also when you hover your mouse over a Taskbar preview. By default, the delay from hovering the mouse on the bar on the Taskbar to showing the desktop is 1 second. This guide will show you how to speed things up (or slow it down).

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In error, I put a broken link to the competition, so here’s the new one! Good luck!!


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