A few years back I started dealing with wireless network installations in homes and business. I was relatively new to the technology and one of the tools I found that helped me greatly was NetStumbler. NetStumbler scans for wireless access points and gives you a pretty graph of signal strength so you can move the access points around and test antennas to get the best reception. It was also useful for testing the range of a particular device. Continue reading “Best Free NetStumbler Alternative”
Category: Freeware
How To Easily Reveal Passwords Hidden Under Asterisks ****
If you work with computers a lot you would have, at some point, forgotten passwords, either online in your web browser or inside Windows applications. Quite often these passwords are saved by Windows and displayed as asterisks * ***. So what do you do if you need to reveal the password that is hidden underneath those asterisks? Continue reading “How To Easily Reveal Passwords Hidden Under Asterisks ****”
Dropbox: How Did We Live Without It?
Dropbox is possibly one of the single most useful web services (besides GMail) that I have ever used. For those of you who don’t know what Dropbox is, it basically allows you to synchronise files and folders between multiple computers across any internet connection. If you install Dropbox onto 4 computers for example then any files or folders you put into the ‘Dropbox’ on one of the computers will appear in the ‘Dropbox’ of the other 3 (provided they are connected to the internet of course). Continue reading “Dropbox: How Did We Live Without It?”
Create An ISO File For Windows Updates
Here is a handy program for you tech heads out there. WSUS Offline Update allows you to download Windows Updates for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows Server 2003/Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 this includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the operating systems. As well as Windows Updates it will also download updates for Microsoft’s Office suites. (Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007). Continue reading “Create An ISO File For Windows Updates”
How To Create PDF Documents (For Free)
Article first published as How To Create PDF Documents (For Free) on Technorati.
Have you ever needed to create your own PDF documents? You probably thought that you needed Adobe’s Acrobat software to do it but when you saw the $700 price tag you cringed and gave up on the idea.
Yes, you can create PDF’s using the software but who wants to fork out that much cash when there is a perfectly functioning piece of software that can convert virtually any kind of document, image or spreadsheet into a PDF quickly and easily without spending a cent? Continue reading “How To Create PDF Documents (For Free)”
What are ISO files and how do I use them?
An ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso.
Article first published as What Is An ISO File And How Do I Use Them? on Technorati.
Wikipedia defines an ISO file as:
An ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso.
To expand on that definition further, an .iso image is much like a .zip file. You can think of it as a container that holds all the files and folders contained on a CD or DVD but unlike a .zip file an ISO is not compressed. ISO files are useful for keeping backups of CD’s and DVD’s and for storing the contents of CD’s or DVD’s on portable hard-drives or uploading and downloading them on the internet. Continue reading “What are ISO files and how do I use them?”
The Best Freeware Site Ever!
Awesome website for finding freeware applications and utilities for all uses.
I was just flicking through StumbleUpon earlier, as I do when I am bored and came across this little gem of a website.
Gizmo’s Freeware Reviews is a very nice looking site which I have bookmarked for future use. The site contains a fantastic collection of freeware utilities in all different kinds of categories including security, pc maintenance, multimedia, image tools and freeware video editing among others.
I know myself I am always stuggling to find quality freeware but this site seems to compile it all together in one easy to use website. Please note that this is not a paid or a sponsored post just good old fashioned personal advice. I highly recommend you check out Gizmo’s Freeware Reviews!
I hope this has been useful and thank you for reading.