Filed Under (Backup) by admin on 03-07-2008
If you have thousands of digital photos on your hard disk drive plus a similar amount of MP3s, you can free up a load of space by transferring them over to CD or DVD. Windows comes with its own back-up tool, but there are better options available. Our favorite is Comodo BackUp, which lets you copy content to another drive, an FTP server or to disc. It can even be back up selected files whenever you make any changes to them.
Filed Under (Search) by admin on 03-07-2008
XP’s built-in search tool is snail-slow, especially when compared to the Vista equivalent which can find any file or folder almost immediately (it works by indexing the hard disk, so it knows where everything is located in advance). A new, even quicker version of this search tool has just been released and the good news is that it’s also available for XP from Microsoft, Windows Search 4.0. The program replaces the existing search feature and adds a search box to the Taskbar. Results are displayed as you type and files found can be previewed and opened. Set the areas of your hard drive you want it to monitor. It can even index content stored on multiple PCs across a network.
Filed Under (Spyware) by admin on 03-07-2008
Malicious software can significantly slow your system down, so it’s worth scanning for spyware on a regular basis. There are plenty of good, free tools available t use. Two of the best ones are Spybot-Search & Destroy and Spyware Terminator. SUPERAntiSpyware is also very good.
