I don’t know what it is, but I have an obsession for program launchers and web launchers. I guess it comes from my past experience as an IT Manager where I found out early on that customizing an end users PC with shortcut toolbar menus to their apps, saved them and me a whole lot... Continue Reading →
The Futuristic Design of the Notebook Computer
Recently a friend and lifelong schoolmate of mine pointed me to this video which very well could be the futuristic design of notebook PC’s; called a Rolltop. The Rolltop in the video, by virtue of the flexible OLED-Display, features a multi-touch screen display. As a result, the keyboard to the Rolltop is integrated into the... Continue Reading →
A Super Fast and Portable PDF Viewer
If you like fast; then you will like Sumatra PDF Viewer (or Reader). This viewer blows them all of the water when opening and viewing PDF files. Sumatra is open source (FREE), is simplistic in nature (not a lot of bells & whistles), small in file size (<1.2 MB), does not write to the Windows... Continue Reading →
Geek Squeaks’ of the Week (#38)
Another great roundup of articles from the What’s On My PC blogroll community. If you are a person that is looking to get an edge on the latest in information technology and computers, I highly recommend that you visit these sites on a daily basis. Tech-for Everyone Media Center Recordings Filled Disk Scoroncocolo Tech Pages... Continue Reading →
GUEST POST: Starting a Blog the Right Way
Guest Post by Poch Peralta I encourage you to visit Poch Peralta’s blog, Plato On-Line, to get the scoop on just about anything… Poch is a regular visitor here at What’s On My PC and recently featured one of my articles on Plato On-Line. As a courtesy, today I am posting one of Poch’s articles... Continue Reading →
Is Owning a Computer Shortening Your Lifespan?
I was recently thinking about the entire ownership process of the computer; from the time of shopping around for a PC to the time of disposing of the PC, and arrived at the conclusion that owning a computer can actually be a stressful experience that ultimately may be affecting our health and may be shortening... Continue Reading →
Windows 7 Functions and Settings In A Box
Have you ever been frustrated with navigating the operating system in an effort to find a specific function or setting? You know it is there, but just can’t seem to remember where exactly you saw it and how you got there. With the recent public release of Windows 7 I am sure many of you... Continue Reading →
Geek Squeaks’ of the Week (#37)
If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of information technology and computers, I encourage you to take a moment and visit each of the blogs listed below. The articles and information that these sites provide are phenomenal. It is an absolute honor to have them on the What’s On My PC… blogroll.... Continue Reading →
The Way a Backup Program Should Work
Backing up personal files (pictures, music, documents, videos, etc…) on our computers is probably the one maintenance function we neglect the most. To prove the reality of it all; I have assisted numerous individuals with their computers and I can not think of one person that was actually performing routine backups of their personal files.... Continue Reading →
Portable Utility to Backup and Archive Your Email
Here of late I have been on a kick with testing backup utilities; and today I came across an interesting application, called MailStore Home, that will allow you to archive (or backup) your email. If you are an email packrat and you are looking for something to archive (or backup) your email to your computer,... Continue Reading →
Enhance the Windows Clipboard with PasteCopy.Net
PasteCopy.Net is a portable clipboard manager that enhances and (in essence) enlarges the capacity of the Windows Clipboard operations by supporting multiple cut/copy and paste operations. This app will handle multiple cut/copy and paste operations of graphic and/or text and is very useful; especially if you are a blogger or someone that performs a great... Continue Reading →
Find the Largest Files and Folders On Your PC
I have been doing computers for many years and over that many years I have accumulated and collected thousands of files (and folders), such as downloads, pictures, videos, documents, etc… Fortunately, I have an organized method to my madness for managing my files (and folders) so that valuable disk space is not wasted. One such... Continue Reading →
Geek Squeaks’ of the Week (#36)
Welcome to the weekly roundup of articles from the developers of the blogs that are members of the What’s On My PC blogroll community. I encourage you to visit these blogs to learn more about information technology and computers. To these authors, I say Thank You! AKS – Feel The Change Windows SteadyState- Powerful tool... Continue Reading →
A File Backup Program Inspired by Star Trek
One of the fictional Star Trek innovations, back in the ‘60’s, was a machine called a Replicator that was capable of creating (and replicating) objects. In 2002, approximately 36 years after the show debuted, Karen Kenworthy developed Karen’s Replicator, that was inspired by the original Replicator that was featured on Star Trek. Who is Karen... Continue Reading →
A FREE Utility to Analyze and Benchmark your PC
I have reviewed system information utilities in the past (e.g. SIW – System Information for Windows); however, there is always room in your tech toolbox for another. During a past review of System Information for Windows, a fellow blogger [ Rarst.net ] commented on and pointed out another system information utility, called PCWizard, that is... Continue Reading →