E-Musings
Offtakes on Web-related software, services 'n tips
Free RAM disk works on Windows 7
Jan 19th
Back in September 2007, I mentioned a free RAM Disk software. This 32-bit application (as a device driver) served me well. Unfortunately it didn’t work on the 64-bit Windows 7 RC1 trial I installed on my home computer. And even though I continued to use a RAM disk at work, a TCP stack problem meant the rest of the office couldn’t see my computer nor I theirs!
There’s still a couple of months to go before the Windows 7 RC copies expire in early March 2010. Actually they will keep working until June 2010 but will shut down every hour. Which More >
Use Spyware Blaster to Protect Portable Firefox
Jan 18th
I’m sure (by now) you are aware of the Portable Firefox application that bundles a complete Mozilla Firefox 3.x version as a ready-to-use browser setup. All you have to do is download the relevant file (available in Firefox 3.0.1x and Firefox 3.6 Beta builds) from PortableApps.com to your systems. Click to run the installer. And save the files to a location on either your hard disk drive. Or on a portable (USB pen) drive. Whatever floats your boat better.
Spyware Blaster (for those who haven’t been paying attention) is a powerful anti-spyware protection application. The free for personal user version should work for 99% More >
Weave Synchronizes Firefox data across computers
Dec 28th
Several months ago I chanced across the Firefox Weave extension that lets you synchronize your bookmarks (aka Favorites), passwords, (browser) preferences, (browsing) History and even open tabs across multiple Firefox setups. The extension works with both installed and Portable Firefox version 3.5 or later (including 3.7 with Nightly Tester Tools installed) . As well as the mobile Fennec browser!
The initial Weave release was limited to bookmarks and passwords. So after playing around (er, testing) I stopped as I didn’t really find much use for the plug-in. Plus (this is important) I forgot the ID I’d registered with and the passphrase. So More >
TeraCopy for hi-speed file transfers
Dec 14th
I recently downloaded and installed the free (for home/personal use) TeraCopy. I was looking for a high speed set and forget file copy utility that didn’t lockup up the host application. In Windows Explorer (XP, Vista, Windows 7) when you initiate a file copy or move, the source Explorer Window is locked. You need to open a second session that then leaches into available system resources: a key issue with all 32-bit Windows that only address 3.5 GB of RAM. Windows 64-bit versions are a bit better. But Explorer is still a memory hog. And even third-party replacements like TotalCommander More >
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