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Articles in Home | Computer | Software Php Title|Newest|Oldest Optimize Windows XP by disabling Unnecessary Services  By : Lucian By default, windows xp starts a lot of services. Most are used for good working of Windows, but some of them are unnecessary, and are there only to slower computer performances. Architectural Software | Auto Cad Software  By : Jud Leonard, AIA Architectural software comes in many different types, prices, features, and quality. Here are some of the most popular architectural software programs available, along with my comments, based on my 13 years of experience working with some of them. These programs are widely used in design firms all over the nation, but can also be used by everyday consumers, as well. Windows Registry - Problem Solving  By : The Cayman Host With so many computer users online in the current day and age, it is inevitable that PC problems will be encountered by most of them from time to time. Vista Home Basic on 512MB? Hey, it works!  By : toploads Everyone knows Windows Vista is a resource hog. Everyone says it doesn’t even get out of first gear without a gigabyte of RAM, and it takes 2 GB before it stops stuttering and stammering with each mouse click. Everyone says Vista Home Basic is the black sheep of the family, deserving only of a sideways glance and a dismissive harrumph. That’s what I keep reading on the Internet, so it must be true. Which is why I had steeled myself for pitiful performance when I yanked all but 512MB out of my test system last week and downgraded to Vista Home Basic. With a 2002–vintage CPU and Microsoft’s minimum recommended RAM, running the most basic of Vista retail editions on a 30GB partition, surely this would be a painful experience. Or not. You shouldn’t believe everything you read. I was expecting to need Valium and vodka and an on-call therapist to handle Vista Home Basic on this low-end system. Instead, I found a snappy, responsive OS that did everything I asked of it. My primary goal was to measure startup times, answering skeptics who thought my test results from a few weeks ago were skewed by the expansive 1.5GB of RAM on this ancient P4 test machine. So I pulled out all but one stick of RAM and prepared for the worst. All you Vista bashers will be disappointed to hear what happened next: * The system booted two seconds faster than it had with all that extra RAM. On average, Vista’s boot time was less than 30 seconds. * Menus popped up instantly, with no lag or delay. * My favorite DVD, Blade Runner, played flawlessly at full resolution, in surround sound. (I had to install a DVD decoder first – Vista Home Basic doesn’t include DVD playback capabilities out of the box.) * I was able to rip a CD, check my Google Mail account on Mozilla Thunderbird, and play a full-screen slide show, all at the same time, without a single skip or hiccup. * Even installing Norton Antivirus 2007 couldn’t slow things down. The Norton software added 7 seconds to my startup time, but after it loaded, everything worked exactly as expected. To be fair, I didn’t do anything I knew would have brought this system to its knees. I didn’t try to rip a DVD, decode the human genome, or run Office 2007. But still… I’d have no qualms about handing this system over to my mom, my brother, or my best friend. On the Windows Experience Index, this system rates a 2.0, thanks to its sluggish RAM (and even when I put those two extra 512MB sticks of RAM back in, the number doesn’t budge). The CPU on this system earned a 3.8. By contrast, Intel’s bottom-of-the-line 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo T5200, standard on every $599 notebook PC these days, rates a 4.3. Surprisingly, even the visuals on this system were a treat. With a three-year-old video card, this system was capable of running Vista’s Aero graphics. But because Aero doesn’t run on Home Basic, I was stuck with the Vista Standard display. It lacks the transparent window borders and whizzy live previews on taskbar buttons, but otherwise the look is indistinguishable from a system running Windows Vista Ultimate. The conventional wisdom says Vista Home Basic is a dog, and that it slows to a crawl with 512MB. Don’t believe everything you read. bron: www.topdownloads.net 4 Tips for Small Business Owners  By : Kingston J. Amadan Most small business owners have the unenviable task of balancing budgetary constraints with the need for better equipment, larger facilities and more employees. Fortunately, there are many avenues by which small business owners can improve their capabilities without breaking the bank. Keep track of your growing babies with Baby Diary  By : Aktisoft Photograph your baby's first steps, document growth and create sophisticated charts, track dental and vaccination schedules with Baby Diary. Create Web photo albums or full-featured blogs. Hire a Big Brother to Discipline Employees  By : Paul White Make your employees more productive, and prevent entertainment at the workplace with KGB Keylogger, a keyboard logging and monitoring product that is designed specifically for small companies. Warehouse Management Software Makes Real Time Inventory Control A Reality  By : Kingston J. Amadan One of the biggest problems associated with warehouse and distribution management stems from inventory control, or more specifically, the inability to accurately assess stock levels across multiple locations. The problem is as age old as robbing Peter to pay Paul, but in this case, it’s paying Paul without realizing that the payment was already allocated to Peter. Advice on choosing software to create proffesional looking slide show presentations.  By : Stuart Cheese When considering the best software packages to convert your digital images into slideshow presentations it is important to choose one that will cover all your requirements whether you are a beginner or an advanced user. CRUCIAL SOFTWARE FOR CREATING TOP CLASS ICONS  By : Victor Ivlichev As you see you can quickly create icons with Any to Icon and then refine them in ArtIcons. The "double" approach will open up new opportunities for enhancing the look of you project. Is There a Free Lunch in Computer DVD Players?  By : Alexandra Ovchinnikova Windows Media Player is great, and it ships for free with every version of Windows. But did you know it cannot play DVD movies out of the box on many Windows versions? Manage and Automate Internet Cafe and Game Clubs  By : Serge Kravchenko Attention Internet cafe owners! Save time on billing. Save money on software licensing. Save on electricity bills. Increase your earnings with gift certificates. Earn more with time rounding. Check Status of Remote PC with SI Ping  By : Afonin Oleg Test communication with remote computer and check its online status over the Internet with free and visual Ping tool for Windows. YL Mail Man, Powerful PC Software for Creating, Sending and Managing your Mailings  By : Jason Kuperman The windows registry is the actually a database that stores the settings, and various options for the windows operating system. To put it simply, anything that is a part of windows leaves a small footprint in the windows registry. All versions of windows in use today have the windows registry as an integral part of the operating system. The windows registry has information about the hardware, the programs installed, the various user settings and also essential information like file associations and system policies. In a nutshell the windows registry keeps track of everything that the operating system uses in terms of software and hardware. Business Process Software Can be Counterproductive Without Training  By : Kingston J. Amadan Unquestionably, business process software has worked wonders for companies of all sizes, from the smallest of mom and pop start ups to the largest of corporations. Within the last few years however, the sheer number of processes and applications that most industry leading business process software suites contain have made user friendly interfaces and intuitive order navigation impossible to implement. Business Accounting Software can Benefit from Training and Support  By : Kingston J. Amadan Working as the only accountant at a wholesale foods distribution company, my job is seen as something of a mystery to even the people responsible for hiring me, much less my co-workers. Though accounting as a field is relatively cut and dry, the manipulation of data to produce reports, forecast profits and manage assets is a complicated endeavor Network Security a Neglected Issue for Most Businesses  By : Kingston J. Amadan Almost everyone born in the last half century is familiar with the importance of network security, whether an online business owner or average Joe surfing the net. The occasional lapses in network security almost always make the news, though the extent of the damage is seldom fully understood. Support, Training and the Architecture of Business Software  By : Kingston J. Amadan Business software is big business, and although developers of the more popular titles might indicate that their offerings are user friendly, easily navigable and require only moderate use to gain familiarity, nothing could be further from the truth. While there’s no question that business software applications make doing business easier from end to end, the sheer complexity of most tiles affords little room for error on the part of the end users. Training and Support Can Eliminate Common Complaints of Business Accounting Software Applications  By : Kingston J. Amadan Business accounting software suites are a godsend on some levels, but with the capabilities inherent in most modern developments, the complexities can be overwhelming. One of the most often encountered problems centers around their unforgiving rigidity. If a data input error occurs at an early stage of report generation but remains undiscovered until later, simply correction and recalculation is rarely an option. Document Destruction Basics  By : Kingston J. Amadan Not all document destruction services are created equal, and there are a multitude of horror stories from businesses across the country to prove that point. Document destruction, whether in house or through a third party provider, is the process of destroying hard copy materials. More often than not, the need to eliminate the existence of materials such as these has little to do with space management and much to do with keeping sensitive information out of the hands of those who might use it for less than honest purposes. When Hard Copy Documents Become a Liability  By : Kingston J. Amadan Hard copy documents will likely never be completely replaced, though several technologies currently in development are attempting to further reduce the need for them. It’s not a stretch to say that in the near future, sales receipts and other documentation we traditionally associate with a hard copy may be delivered electronically to individual e-mail addresses or accounts, even when purchased in person with cash. Monitor Online Chats and Intercept Instant Messages  By : Paul White KGB Spy logs and monitors all activities on the computer where it is installed. Safeguard kids, catch cheating spouses and improve employee performance with a single product!	Sign Up for a free account or learn more. Submit Articles Member Login Top Authors Most Popular Articles Submission Guidelines Ezine Notifications Article RSS Feeds Website Content Wizard Member News About Us Link to Us Contact Us Check out our featured site about Blogging or simply dig into our informative articles to the left.

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