Seven essential programs for your new (or re-installed OS) PC

Hi People

Have a look at the video below and see what you think




This is a reasonable set of applications

AVG Free is good and contains an added element of good antispyware detection as well.

For a good basic web browser alternative to Internet Explorer 8 - go for Google Chrome it is clean slick and very quick. It is getting better as it matures. If it is not for you then as the man said consider Firefox and Thunderbird for email (Outlook express, Windows Live Mail, or Windows mail are the Microsoft alternatives for XP, Vista and 7 respectively - though you can get Windows mail for all three - XP and Vista are downloads). But whatever you do, you will need to keep Internet explorer installed on your PC if you use the Automatice Updates for windonws.

The IM and IRC clients are Internent Messenger and Intern Relay Chat clients - may or may not be your thing so at your discretion.

Pidgin and Paint.net again I have not used (will get back to you on These)

OpenOffice is an excellent alternative to Microsoft office and can read and write Word and Excel files. Powerpoint compatible presentations can also be viewed and created (though I have not tried this)

VLC player from Videolan is an excellent player, though creating playlists can be awkward.

Hijack This, the final program mentioned is a tool for dealing with spyware and should NOT be used by general user unless instructed to, by someone who knows what they are doing. a suitable alternative is Superantispyware, which does a superb job of dealing with spyware. You will need to update and scan regularly (minimum twice a week) if using the free version.

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Got some sensitive files you would like to remove from your system

Erase Those Files Permanently

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Many of us create files which at some point we want to delete and if deletion is good enough then the good old Windows delete option will suffice, but occasionally we would like to remove 'sensitive' files, such as electronic bank statements that have been downloaded, or lists of passwords which have been superceded, or other files which could be embarassing or a problem if they get into the wrong hands.

Well, this where a little free program called Eraser would be very handy. Once installed, you can use it on single files or drives if you wish ( two cautionary notes here: 1/ The time taken to 'Erase' a file is much longer than simply deleting it. 2/ Once 'Erased' the file CANNOT be recovered - so take care!). It works by writing and overwriting the storage area on the hard drive where the file was stored, this effectively 'scrubs' the area and makes it impossible to recover the data.



To access the 'Eraser' utility, simply highlight the file you want to 'erase', with a right click to bring up the context menu and select the 'Erase' option. You will also note that you can make use of a 'Eraser secure move' option. Now why would you want this, yes when you 'move' a file it is copied first then the original file in the original folder is simply deleted, leaving it vunerable to recovery.

There are other little setting to the program, such as which type of overwriting is done and how many times, but in a nutshell that is all there is to it.

Now where are my old CV's and receipts

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Organise Your Desktop

Hi Again

Another quickie blog item for you

Has your desktop got crowded with icons, try this

Fences

This is a nifty little program and helps control the bulging desktop icons.

Or you could create a number of folders on the desktop such as video / documents / spreadsheet / etc links in appropriately named folders. Sorted.

Have fun

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