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Entries Tagged ‘Windows Utilities’

The SimonSezIT.com Tech Show - #11 - May 11, 2009

During episode 11 of the SimonSezIT Tech Show podcast, I’ll answer some listener’s emails, including how to determine the number of days between two dates. This podcast includes 2 new video tutorials:
1) How to use the date and time function in Excel 2007.
2) How to erase Google Toolbar search history.
I also review to web hosting [...]

The SimonSezIT.com Tech Show - #10 - April 27, 2009

During episode 10 of the SimonSezIT Tech Show podcast, I offer additional money saving tips - call it our recession buster Podcast part 2. Why pay for “name brand” software applications when millions are using free and viable alternatives? Great free applications discussed during this podcast include:
The GIMP
Inkscape
IrfanView
Try searching AlternativeTo for suggestions and rankings of [...]

How to Use the Windows Vista Task Scheduler

The Windows Vista Task Scheduler is a great way to automate various tasks including running specific software applications, batch files, even shutting down your computer at a specific time. You can even import a pre-configured XML file which has the specific task information pre-populated. Learning how to use the Task Scheduler is both easy, and [...]

Using Windows Vista Speech Recognition

In this video tutorial, we are going to look at the speech recognition application in Windows Vista. The speech recognition program allows you to control your computer using speech. You will need to have a microphone attached to your computer – which you can purchase for as little as $10 or $15 dollars including headphones. [...]

Speed Up Windows Vista Using ReadyBoost

Windows Vista introduced a new utility which can speed up your computer’s performance by utilizing your spare portable storage. Instead of using your hard drive, which is generally slower, you insert into your computer a USB drive, secure digital card (SD), CompactFlash and other portable storage. Windows Vista will use this faster storage for disk [...]