Posts Tagged windows

Help Windows 7 Boot Up Faster

    There is nothing worse than a computer that takes a long time to load up. When you first got the computer, the boot up was a smooth process. It would load a minimum amount of programs and seemed to be under 30 seconds. After awhile, the boot up would get longer and longer, until now it takes up to 3 to 4 minutes for it to be ready. You may start to wonder what has happened since then, but it is not a big mystery. There are certain changes that you have made to the computer that has caused the boot up to slow down to this extreme. We will go over this later in the article. Things that you might have done to slow down the boot up process of your computer are numerous but most involve the same basic actions. Once we have identified what you might have done, we will then walk with you and tell you how you can reverse this problem. 

    The first thing that a lot of people will say when they notice that the boot up is slower, is that they didn’t do anything so why is this happening? They haven’t changed anything that might have caused it, so it shouldn’t be slowing down like this. But the reality is, they are part of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

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Make your Windows 7 Installation Run Better

    There is nothing like having a new computer boot up for the first time and everything just works. The boot up time is fast and the programs that load up when the computer start, are up and running quickly. For the next couple of months, you will get that same sense of awe and wonder every time you start up the machine, but then things start to change. All of the sudden the boot up time is taking longer than it originally did. Now the programs that started when you first booted the computer seem to have company. A couple of programs that you do not remember giving permission to, boot up at start time. Also it seems as if your hard drive is starting to get full and there are pop ups on the computer no matter what site you go to. These are all signs that there is going to be some maintenance needed on the computer. There are a couple of tools that will help solve this problem.  Read the rest of this entry »

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What are the Absolute Best Free FTP Programs for Windows

FTP clients are indispensable tools nowadays, especially for web developers. We use them to transfer all kinds of files, including documents, scripts, web pages between our home and office computers and data center servers. The first clients were CLI (Command Line Interface) based, which made them unsuitable for 90% of the people, who were unable or unwilling to learn all the commands that were needed to operate them (which were like a language in their own right, and how many of you want or have the time to learn a new language?).

Then the GUI (Graphical User Interface) versions were developed, which helped ftp clients get to the number 1 spot in the file transfer category, and they are still there today, even though more advanced web interfaces & protocols are slowly taking over.
The drawback of most of those clients was that they were not free. You had to pay a per-user license fee, which could sometimes mean tens of thousands of dollars spent for small businesses (the enterprise sector was already spending millions getting licenses or developing their own tools).

Everything changed when open-source software (which is basically free software, like Linux, of which most of you heard) became more widespread, big companies started supporting the movement and its quality & functionality started being on par or even higher than paid solutions. Suddenly everyone had access to a big list of FTP client software, and a lot of developers started working on their own projects.

There are now hundreds of working FTP clients available, most of them abandoned, but the best ones are still free and being constantly developed. A lot of former paid software is now becoming free, too, which means users have free access to tools which used to cost $30 and more per license. Read the rest of this entry »

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