Software programs that get installed on the computer system can be uninstalled using the supplied uninstaller or by simply deleting the program folder of the application. Doing the latter will keep traces of the software program on the computer, for example in the uninstall programs dialog and the W...

Yesterday I downloaded a copy of Safari 4 Beta for Windows, and I have to say that the speed increase was obvious. Just a little playing around with the browser [especially in developer mode] tells me that Apple has something good. Real good. However, my experience when installing the Safari4.0BetaL...

There are a lot of utilities that can be used to clean a computer. These do something more than the usual “Disk Cleanup� ($ cleanmgr), are easy to use with custom features and are faster too. Cleaning up your computer can improve its performance and ensure greater privacy. For a while now, I hav...

I have been looking for something like Revo Uninstaller for years.  If you’ve ever used “Add or Remove Programs” on Windows, you know that it’s slow, uninformative, and sometimes not very good at its sole function: uninstalling things. Revo Uninstaller aims to correct those ...

So, you have finished building your first Wordpress blog. Then what? Besides posting, you’ll want to expand the capabilities of the blog by installing some plugins. Then comes the second question; which plugins exactly? There are literally thousands of Wordpress plugins available out there. To...

When I first switched from Windows to OSX one thing that I initially didn’t really understand was how to install/uninstall applications. Obviously it is second nature now, but hopefully the information below will help a new switcher. Installation On Windows when you download an application it ...

When you install or upgrade software on your computer, the installer program works hard in the background writing new files to the system, creating new registry entries and in some cases, it will even download new files from the Internet during the installation process. Now that seems to be a fairly...

A new version of Revo Uninstaller was just released and I thought it would be nice to inspect the new version since my last review dates a while back. Several new features have been implemented into this new version including improvements in the Advanced Uninstall Mode, interface improvements and sa...

When you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on your computer, the SP1 installer will not remove the older versions of Vista files from the hard drive. This is because the older files may be required in case you decide to uninstall SP1 later from the system. Naturally, these files occupy important ...

My fellow Thornley Fallis blogger Michael O'Connor Clarke celebrated his SEVENTH blogiversary on March 1st. I have no idea what the appropriate gift is, but I hope he'll settle for a beaker of Redbreast the next time we're in the same city. Seven years. Damn. That's a long time in the blogosphere. C...