If you are using Windows Media Player 12 to play your movies and music library, you should check this out. In case you are not satisfied with the quality you are getting, you should experiment with the playback enhancements that Windows Media Player offers. This guide presents them one by one, tells you what they do and gives a few recommendations on when to use them.
Find to find the Mac address of your computer? It’s fairly simple actually. Check out the post below on how to determine the Mac address of your network card.
Tableau Public is a commercial tool which allows you to create amazing charts out of any data set. They offer also a free version which you can download an use at any time. With it, you have access to all features, except the possibility to save the charts on your computer. However, they do get stored on the Tableau Public servers and you can embed them into blog posts or share them online with anyone. If you are a blogger, crunching and sharing lots of data, you should definitely consider it.
Tableau Public Download Page (requires e-mail address to download & free account to use)
VUE – Visual Understanding Environment is an open source tool which mixes mind mapping with presentations. Therefore, you can make both a concept map and a presentation with one tool, without having to use Powerpoint. It reminds us of Prezi. The main difference is that this tool is free and can do more.
VUE – HomePage | Download Page (requires sign-up)
If you’ve forgot the password of your instant messenger account or you just want to crack your girlfriends password, use MessenPass. It works with: Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ Lite, Trillian, Digsby and many other clients.
If you want to make sure your children are not watching adult programs or DVDs in Windows Media Center, you can easily setup & configure Parental Controls. Check out this tutorial and learn how to do it.
I’m pretty sure all geeks visiting our site work on different types of projects. One effective tool to define the deliverables of a project is to create a mind map. After trying out lots of mind mapping software, I’ve found a favorite – XMind. It does all the basics right, looks great, can save to different formats and it is open-source.
If you are interested in a solution which helps you manage your windows and multi-screen configuration, then try Acer Gridvista. It provides custom configuration for each monitor and a wide variety of presets for managing open windows. Definitely recommended to corporate geeks, working with many data inputs in parallel.
Acer Gridvista Information Page | Acer Gridvista Download Page
Love the concept behind the recycle bin in Windows? Delete a file and it goes to the trash instead of being permanently deleted just in case you didn’t mean to. Well, using iBin, you can create a recycle bin for your USB flash drive! Read on to learn more.
Ever wanted to compare the environment variables, Internet Explorer settings, network configuration, processes, installed software on two different machines? ENVy is a cool programs that lets you do exactly that! Great for IT pros or developers.
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