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Taskbar Meters

  By Chris | February 11, 2010 - 10:03 pm | Tech
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Here’s a slick little utility for Windows 7 that I’ve been using for months. Unfortunately, I just keep forgetting to mention it here! Let’s remedy that. Taskbar Meters is, in their own words, “Incredibly simple meters that live in the Windows 7 task bar.” And really, that about sums it … Continue reading →

Tagged free, monitor, taskbar, Taskbar-Meters, utility, Windows-7

Synergy+

  By Chris | October 14, 2009 - 9:13 pm | Tech
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I first mentioned Synergy almost 4 years ago on this blog – that’s a lifetime in blog years! Ever since then it has been a utility installed on almost all of my machines. I often have two or more going on my desk and Synergy makes it so easy to … Continue reading →

Tagged gpl, kvm, Synergy, utility

In Which I Finally Discover Clonezilla and GParted

  By Chris | July 21, 2009 - 8:26 pm | Tech
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One of the older home laptops finally died yesterday. Not totally unexpected, she’d been ailing for a while but she finally had to be put down. * moment of silence, please * The hard drive in that laptop was a 7200 RPM drive so I decided that it would be … Continue reading →

Tagged Clonezilla, disk, DriveImage-XML, free, GParted, open-source, utility

The Essential Apps Page

  By Chris | June 3, 2009 - 8:52 pm | Tech
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Continuing on from the recent “Current Essential Apps” post, I’ve expanded it to a new Page titled “Essential Apps.”  Check ‘em out and let me know what you think or if I’ve missed any great ones. I’ll likely be modifying that page over time as I recall the ones I … Continue reading →

Tagged essential, utility, Windows

Free Windows ISO Toys

  By Chris | September 15, 2007 - 7:27 am | Tech
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About two years ago I wrote a little article mentioning a pair of free Microsoft tools that are useful when working with ISO images.  Since that time, I’ve repeatedly searched that article out as I have built or reloaded my machines.  Since I find these so useful, and a few … Continue reading →

Tagged CD, iso, utility, virtual-cd, Windows
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