Archive for 'Desktop' Category
Note Taking in Microsoft Windows using MakeNotes
30 October 2007MakeNotes is a simple utility which allows you take notes while you’re working in Microsoft Windows. You can download it from here.
Below is the procedure which describes how to use this tool.
Once you install it, the interface appears as shown below.
There are two main panes.
On the left pane the categories are listed to […]
GNU/Linux Desktop Search Using Beagle
15 October 2007Beagle is a program for searching your data which includes documents, images, music, video, and much other stuff which you need to. For a complete list of supported files, look here.
Let’s install Beagle on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake.
Open System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and search for beagle. Select beagle and also other packages […]
Freespire 2.0 - A Gentle Review
22 August 2007Freespire is a GNU/Linux OS that provides users with not only free and open-source applications like many other distributions, but also provides the choice of including proprietary applications, drivers, codecs etc. It is a community driven project from Linspire.
Freespire 2.0 was released on 8th August 2007. You can download it from either BitTorrent or one […]
Bootable Movies with eMoviX
12 August 2007If you ever desired to just boot your computer to watch a movie and then shut it down, then you need eMoviX.
Just for the sake of watching your favourite movie or TV show, you don’t want to either:
Go through lot of steps of booting the OS, starting up the Movie Player and then searching for […]
Windows Home Server - Restoring It
6 August 2007In my earlier posts, I covered installing Windows Home Server and backing up a Windows XP installation to it. You can access them here and here.
In this post I’ll cover how you can restore your backup if your installation gets corrupted. For this purpose you need the following software:
Windows Home Server RC - Home Computer […]