Monthly Archive: September 2009

Sep 21 2009

Microsoft Security Essentials

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Just downloaded the latest beta to Microsoft Security Essentials…..  Not much has changed.  I’ll post my thoughts once I’ve had enough time to poke about.

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Sep 16 2009

UltraMon

I’ve notice this morning that UltraMon has been updated to fit in with Windows 7.  On the second toolbar, who don’t get previews of your windows thou. For those who may not be aware, UltraMon is a utility which expands the tool bar across multiple monitors. Download Link: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/download.asp

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Sep 08 2009

iPhone Improvements

I really like my iPhone, there are a few things that need to be there, my list has reduced some what since version 3.0. My iPhone has 3 email accounts, 2 Gmail and 1 Exchange.  I would like the number of messages to have different colours so you knew visually how many emails in each …

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Sep 07 2009

HDMI Screen Resolution

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I plugged my Laptop into my TV (42” Sharp 1080i) and I received this: – As you can see the taskbar and the left edge aren’t visible, after playing around with screen resolution and not getting anywhere I decided to take a look at my remote.  I found an option which allowed me to put …

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Sep 02 2009

Virtual Box

So I came across Sun’s Virtual Box software some time ago and tried booting a 64bit OS on it which at the time seemed a little buggy. I decided that  I would give it another go and it seems to just work….. and running on Windows 7 as well. See for yourself….. So if Sun …

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Sep 01 2009

Windows Home Server Add-in

Here in the UK we had a bank holiday yesterday which of course meant we had 3 days off.  So I spent some time with the wife over the last few days and decided that I would embark on new project. Last week I was looking at the plug-ins for Windows Home Server.  I came …

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