If you are an amateur photographer with a limited budget, chances are that when trying to take shots of a scenery, you have complained about not being able to fit the entire view into your photo. Many cameras today do come with a ‘panorama’ mode. However, this mode always is either right to left or [...]
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There are times when Windows hangs without warning, and the resulting error message is too complicated to understand. WhoCrashed is a simple application that tells you why the crash occurred, so you can fix the problem. Whenever Windows encounters a critical system error, it crashes and forces the user to restart the computer. Previously, these [...]
We have previously discussed what rootkits are and how you may get infected. Now we will see how to defend against them. I may have a rootkit, how do I get rid of it? If you suspect you have been infected, there are a few steps you can do. First, run a regular virus scan. [...]
Everyone knows about computer viruses – and people are rightly fearful of them. Many have also heard about (computer) worms, which are nasty programs designed to spread as much as they can to infect computers. A rootkit, on the other hand, is devious in a different way. This unwanted code on your desktop is used [...]
If you frequently visit websites you are not sure you can trust, use other people’s disks or removable drives or are just plain worried about computer safety, then Spybot Search and Destroy could be a valuable weapon in your arsenal. Safer Networking’s Spybot search and destroy is a popular software that works both actively and [...]
Many readers would have noticed that over time, Windows installs tend to get slower to startup, leading to wasted time and irritation to the user. To remedy this, there is a new software available. Soluto positions itself as the “anti-frustration software” to speed up the time Windows takes to boot up. The goal of this [...]
If you’ve always felt constrained by the Picture and Fax viewer in Windows Vista or 7, or, if Microsoft’s Photo Editor from the older versions of Windows has just been cumbersome for you, Irfanview, the free photo editing tool, might just be the alternative you’re looking for. This small, lightweight yet full-featured image editor combines [...]
