Use CCleaner and winapp2 to clean out the junk left behind by Steam installers, temporary files, cache files and more. Before you run this make sure you play all your Steam games at least once or you’ll have to “verify integrity of game cache” of each which will force a […]
Tech
Revisiting virtual desktops for Windows
It must be something about the slightly warmer air in Spring time because the last time I looked at virtual desktops for Windows was almost exactly two years ago. Back then I tried an app called Desktops and mentioned VirtuaWin in passing but I honestly don’t remember why I stopped […]
General
TCPEye: Windows network software to list Internet usage
If you use Windows and you’re curious about what’s using your Internet broadband then the free TCPEye tool will probably help you. I used it a few weeks ago when something was sucking down gobs of data and making everything else slow. Turns out it was Windows Update, but not […]
Tech
Hibernate your Windows 7 Desktop
Windows 7 on desktop machines doesn’t have a hibernate button. It does have a sleep option which in fact is a “hybrid sleep”, a half way house between hibernation (RAM copied to disk) and sleep (RAM kept alive by a small voltage). Hybrid sleep is a good compromise but I […]
Desktop apps
Scroll like you mean it in Windows
One of the most annoying aspects of Windows after using Linux on the desktop for 10+ years was how the mouse wheel scrolled windows. On Linux desktops I could hover over a window and scroll it without focusing. It was really useful when I had a browser window with instructions […]
Apple
Windows screenshots on a Macbook Pro laptop
Creating a screenshot in Windows is normally simple. Press Print Screen, fire up paint and paste it in. However what do you do when you have a laptop keyboard without a PRT SCN button? It’s rather simple actually, thanks macrumors people. To create a screenshot on a Macbook Pro laptop […]
Desktop apps
Virtual Desktops for Windows
One of my favourite things about the Linux desktop is that virtual desktops are a standard feature of just about every window manager. Mac OS X has Spaces and I have a vague memory of using some sort of virtual desktop in Windows years ago. It isn’t a standard feature […]
C64 , Linux
Every OS Sucks
I’m sure I’ve heard this before but the video is new to me. Enjoy! Odd that their C64 isn’t plugged in. The power cable went in at the side. The joystick ports are strangely blacked out too. Gosh, might it not be a real Commodore 64? (via) April 30th, 2021 […]
Humour , Movies
The Matrix Windows Style
What would the Matrix be like if it ran on Windows XP? Very silly, but I love the ending! (Thanks Aehso!) PS. Jason Roe is organising a blogger/webby meet up in Dublin on Thursday the 27th. I won’t be there but he’ll have some WordPress stickers and badges to give […]
Humour
Windows 95 is the best Windows
I used to believe that Windows 95 was the best version of Windows. Compared to previous Microsoft operating systems and software like Windows 3.1, how could I not think that way? DOS was great, it did the job it was supposed to and got out of the way when playing […]