Based on the reports uploaded by their users, Soluto was able to produce the list of the more reliable Windows laptop. The surprise is that the more reliable WIndows laptop is a Macbook Pro 13 running Windows:  Soluto | PC Purchasing Guide via kwout   Here are the stats of the Winner: Soluto | PC [...]

I currently use Multi Commander as my standard file explorer on Windows. Version 3 has just been released and the list of features is just amazing for a free product:  Tabs allowing you to have multiple folders open. Caching that enable fast file browsing. Show files in Detailed, List, or Thumbnail list modes. Background work [...]

Starting from Vista all Windows versions implement a security mecanism called Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) that is seen when monitoring a process virtual memory with tools like VMMAP. Microsoft defines ASLR as:  ASLR moves executable images into random locations when a system boots, making it harder for exploit code to operate predictably. For a component [...]

FileMind (Formerly 7files) is a Windows file manager that relies on search to identify files and folders. With FileMind, there is no need to browse folders to find files: Just type the file name and it will be identified. FileMind | Insanely Fast File Management via kwout Found via makeuseof

Nirsoft released a useful tool that offers the ability to see browsing history for the browsers below:  Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome  Safari GHack published a review of the tool.  BrowsingHistoryView – View browsing history of your Web browsers via kwout

Nirsoft released an utility to search for files  in Windows. The tools is very powerful as it offers many options as shown on the screenshot below:  Alternative to Windows Search For Files   Duplicates Search via kwout Here is an extract from the description:  SearchMyFiles is an alternative to the standard “Search For Files And [...]

The full comic is available after the jump. How to fix any computer – The Oatmeal via kwout

I came accross this review of Windows Se7en File Replacer on Tech Republic: Review: Windows Se7en File Replacer 1.5.4 | TechRepublic via kwout This tool make something very difficult (Replace system files) very simple (Using a drag and drop). System files replacement is difficult because Windows has a built in mecanism that protect them and [...]

For no reason, one of my PC started to suffer performance issue. It was slow, the mouse movement was jerky. I monitored the PC with Process Monitor and noticed that the Hardware interupts level was very high. I carried out a Google search ( Or maybe blekko) and finally found a solution for this problem [...]

Ars Technica published some interesting statistics. There is more users with Windows 7 than Vista (respectively 20.87 % and 12.11 of total Windows users). 20% of users now on Windows 7 via kwout One other surprising statistic, is the fact that there are more users with IE8 than IE 7 (Respectively 33.02% and 8.76%) 20% [...]