Well, my computer crashed tonight, leaving me cursing and smoking heavily. My desktop, with dozens of shortcuts and useful stuff now looks like hell!
 

Obviously now I have to reinstall all the software that I had before the crash, and only thinking about that drives me a little mad. But I thought of something that could make the whole thing worthwhile: I’ll try to install only free software, freeware, open source. The only commercial software in my computer will be Windows XP and the video editing software that I use to …

I confess: I’m a maniac when it comes to getting information about the various components in my PC. And I like to test those components a lot too. Recently I came across a nice freeware program called PC Wizard 2008, which offers a lot of goodies with a neat interface. Let’s check it out.

 
You can get the program downloaded and installed in only a couple of minutes. And after that, all the information that you could possibly want about your computer is at your fingertips.

You can switch through …

One of the best freeware programs around, SIW (System Information for WIndows) is getting even better. A new version was released, here’s the goodies list:

Added Firefox 3 support.
Added Hyper-V support.
Fixed the “Secrets” module.
Fixed the “Neighborhood Scan” module.
Updated device database.
Minor improvements.
Bugfixes.

You can download it from here, it’s free!

I was trying today to test another freeware program for you. It’s called UndeleteMyFiles, a data recovery tool. Well, the test went as bad as it could go! I tried to launch the program three times, and each time the result was my computer suddenly restarting! This is weird, I’ve never seen such behavior from my computer when launching a program! Definitely I won’t give it another try!
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I always try to keep everything in my computer up to date: drivers and software. I recently reviewed a driver updating freeware, now it’s time for a program that keeps your software up to date. This freeware is called SUMo (Software Update Monitor) and they say it can track your software updates easily. Let’s see how it works.
 
The setup package is only 1.1 MB, so you’re in for a quick download. The installation process took me less than a minute to complete. After you launch the program you’ll see a …

The latest operating systems require more and more RAM (Random Access Memory). Although the prices for the memory modules have decreased significantly over the past few years they are a “must spend some cash” stuff for any computer user. This freeware, MemTest offers you the possibility to check how your memory modules behave under stress. Let’s see how it works.
 
After you download a .zip archive worth only a few KBs you have to extract the content. And that content is an executable file and a manual (you should read it …

Yesterday, the 30th of June, I was happy to see a new highpoint in this blog’s history. 609 unique visitors! Thanks to each of you and I hope that you’ll come back to check out the freeware that I am going to test from now on.
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My own four hard disks are always writing a lot of information, especially when I do video editing. Defragmenting the hard disks is a must! Windows XP has a Disk Defragmenter, but I always found it to be too slow. I stumbled upon a free defragmenter called AusLogics Disk Defrag, let’s see if it’s any better.
 
The download and installation will go very fast: the setup package is only 1.3 MB and the installation process takes less than a minute to complete. After that you can launch the program and choose …

Lately I’ve been searching for a fast and easy way to share files with my friends. E-mail is out of the question for larger files, file sharing websites are not very secure, but it seems I found the right software for the purpose. It’s called Giga Tribe v2.45, and it has a free version. Let’s test it.
 
First of all you have to install the program. The setup package is lightweight, only 1.6 MB. The installation is easy and fast. After that you have to pick an username and a password …