Tag Archives: Windows 7

A Fix For Emesene 1.6 Launch Problem on Windows 7/Vista

emesene is a great WLM/MSN alternative. Fairly lightweight, supports Linux and Windows and best of all, no bloat! This is a vast improvement over 1.5.1 and the new theme is great. For Windows 7 and Vista users, the installer method may cause problems. The Problem On Windows 7 and Vista systems, upon completion of installation [...]
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iTunes Switchless, No More Windows Bloat!

Do you hate iTunes on Windows, but unfortunately need to install it because it’s necessary for the iPhone or iPod Touch? It really sucks since there is no choice when you install iTunes to stop it from installing all of its other “required” garbage: Apple Software Update, QuickTime, iTunesHelper, random bundled languages, MobileMe, Bonjour? Au [...]
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Google Chrome Alternatives

A lot of people swear by Chrome. To be honest it’s an awesome browser. I have no issues with the speed, in fact it feels faster than Opera which is already pretty damn fast. I don’t have a problem with the minimalist UI or innovative features; I love them. I have a problem with their [...]
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Street Fighter IV PC Modding

The extra or fun feature of owning a PC over Console has definitely got to be the modification aspect. The community mods range from small conservative modifications perfecting or altering subtle aspects of the game that make the experience complete to absolute extreme mods which add a customizable level of fun.
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Encrypted Emails with GnuPG, Enigmail and Thunderbird

These days it’s hard to tell who’s out for your information, but you could and probably should assume everyone is. Your emails get sent through a lot of different servers as part of the routing process to get the mail delivered. Since we have no way to verify that these servers are not collecting information [...]
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Backup Thunderbird

Now that Thunderbird 3 has been released, we want to back up our old 2.x version settings and profiles in case something goes horribly, horribly wrong. Here’s how.
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Thunderbird 3 Released

Those of you who love new and shiny, Thunderbird 3 is out! The old version was starting to feel long in the tooth… but this version is incredibly fast. Some of the new exciting features include tabs and search an much needed update to the Add-on Manager which allows you to download plugins directly from [...]
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Trust, Checksums and Piracy

I’m amoral to the whole legitimacy and pirate debate, but if you or your friends are using a pirated version of Windows 7 and think that you’re safe because of checksums, think again.
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