by Johnson Yip
on August 3, 2010
Microsoft Windows start up can slow down after installing a bunch of programs like Antivirus, Instant Messengers, media players, etc which launch at start up. Soluto is a start up manager which is more easy to use then MSconfig since it tells you which start-up programs and services are safe to disable, delay, or run during boot based on other Soluto users opinion. Soluto can really speed up Windows Start up boot time by analyzing what programs are starting up, and let you easily delay, or pause them from starting up in Windows during Windows Start up. You can shave minutes to seconds off your Windows Start up time.
Soluto is a safe, reliable, and fun way for making your computer run better by disabling or delaying startup programs from slowing down your computer. Soluto is also community based, so the Soluto community tells you if a program is safe to pause or delay, or should be left a lone from the program itself, so you do not have to visit a website.
Soluto also make sure you can’t disable important services and startup programs unlike  MSconfig system configurations, and services.msc which can be difficult to use.
Click Here to watch a short video of tutorial in action, and my opinion on why soluto is so much better then msconfig services.msc and other Windows Administration programs
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by Johnson Yip
on July 31, 2010
Dr. Web Cure it is a great antivirus which works right after you download and start it by doubling clicking on the Dr. web Cure it executable (.exe) file which is about 46 MB in size. You do not have to uninstall your installed antivirus to run Dr. Web Cure it since Cure it is just an antivirus scanner, and virus remover like many free anti-spyware scanners programs which don’t have an active shield which will conflict with your installed antivirus.
Dr. Web Cure It also claims to detect and remove  viruses, rootkits, Trojan horses, spyware, and other malware which other anti-virus which could not detect and remove.
All you have to do is click “yes” and agree that you are using it on your home computer, and not work computer, so you are not violating the “terms of service”.
Your computer screen will become not as  bright, and your PC won’t be useable until the scan is done, and you quit Dr. Web’s Cure it. This is done, so Dr. Web can remove the most hard to remove viruses, spyware, trogans, root kits, and other malware.
After you agree, you can choose to update Dr. Web Cure it, or do a quick scan by hitting the scan button.
Click here to learn how long it took for me to do a Quick scan in Windows and where you can download Dr. Web
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by Johnson Yip
on July 30, 2010
PDF is the a great file format to sending your resume, E-book, or other document to people with E-mail or a direct download link. PDFs are basically big image files so the formatting for your text file stays the same no matter what computer and operating system it is opened on. Plus, most computer users have a PDF reader like Adobe Acrobat or Foxit installed on their computer for reading PDFs. PDF files can also be open by all modern operating systems like Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, etc.
This will prevent your document, or text file from looking mess up when a user opens your document file to read. However, I notice Abiword, Wordpad, notepad, and other word processors and text editors don’t have a “save to PDF” option.
This is when a PDF virtual printer will be useful. A PDF virtual printer works like a regular printer on your computer, but it is not a piece of hardware like a real printer. A PDF virtual printer is a piece of software that runs  inside of Windows or other operating systems like Linux, or Mac which you access from the Print menu in programs like Notepad. The PDF file printer prints your document to a PDF file instead of paper.
Click Here to learn how to use PDF Creator Printer to save any text or document file as a PDF file on your computer. Also, learn about Open Office and how it can directly save files as PDF
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