Defragmenting hard drives is something that is often unnecessary, but when it is necessary, most people run the built-in Windows “Disk Defragmenter” utility. It’s serviceable, but there is a better option: JkDefrag.
There’s a few things that make JkDefrag an improvement over what Windows offers:
It runs on anything that mounts like a disk drive — including [...]
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In thinking about all the free and open source tools I use, one seems to run underneath the radar: 7-Zip.
7-Zip will compress, expand, encode, and decode more formats than you can shake a stick at. It integrates seamlessly with Windows Explorer, so you just right-click and choose the option you want, as shown below.
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I recently tried WebEx’s MeetMeNow service (14-day trial). When the trial expired, I figured I’d cancel it — not because it wasn’t good (it was) or because it was too expensive (only $49/mo), but because I wasn’t sure if I’d need it in the next 30 days, and figured I could just renew the subscription [...]
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William of Bug this! Technie Journal writes about how he likes Vista’s start menu search feature, which lets you quickly find programs in the start menu (Tools that save you headache on trying to find your program in 100+ items start menu). I also liked the feature, and I agree with him in that the [...]
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I frequently rebuild my computer once Windows starts to reach its half-life, formatting the ‘ol hard drive and starting from scratch. Unfortunately, this typically involves a hunt for the Windows XP product key, which typically was written down on a piece of paper and subsequently misplaced. This time, however, I decided not to hunt for [...]
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