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Random files missing or applications failing could be a sign of a failing hard drive. If you are worried that your drive is failing use the Seagate hard drive utility to test it out.
Tags: hard drives
Tools like voice recognition are handy, but can be an awkward way to control a computer. Instead of completely giving up the mouse try looking at some of the alternatives.
A simple solution maybe to change the orientation of the mouse with a product like this ergonomic mouse. That not high tech enough? Try the [...]
Tags: ergonomic, hands free
If you’re looking to convert from one audio format (.mp3, .aac, .wav) to another you’ll need a conversion program like Acex All Audio Convertor.
Please note when moving between formats you’ll often lose sound quality.
Tags: audio, conversion
very often people will want to capture videos off of sites like Youtube and Google video. Unfortunately these sites do not like people to download their video’s, but a trick around this is to use screen capture software.
Try some of it out and find which works for you:
http://screen-capture-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Tags: screen capture, youtube
But still not great. This is somewhere that you truly get what you pay for.
However, the best compromise of speed and security nowadays in our opinion is Avast!.
Disk Imaging is a great tool. You can use it to do a complete backup of your computer. You can image the hard drive and move it to a larger hard drive and if you are running an office it’s an easy way to maintain all of your computers.
There’s a lot of software that does [...]
Tags: Acronis, backup, clone, image
Though officially designed for Seagate drives it does work on a wide variety of hard drives.
It’s a free download from here
Make sure you’ve install .net 2.0 prior to installing Seatools, if you are unsure download it from here first.
Tags: failing hard drive, hard drive diagnostics
The easiest way to get the disks if you are unable to burn them from your computer is to contact the manufacturer and order new disks.
In most cases there will be a small fee.
Tags: Recovery CD's
If you’re getting the:
“This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer” error message on your computer it may be that the security settings in Windows have become modified or corrupted.
Follow these steps to repair:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, [...]
Tags: Outlook
idrive is one of our newest favortist (it’s a word) products for online backup.
Just follow the link to set up a free account with a 2 GB limit.
Thanks to Mike for the question
Tags: idrive, online backup