Nosh

Member since: Nov 2nd, 2006

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Ask bashes Google in the UK (Download Squad)

Apr 6th 2007 6:11AM Aren't they the ones ripping off Wikipedia!
And reg. their attacks on Google - envy is a dangerous emotion.
What a bunch of desperate scumbags!

File Hippo releases Update Checker (Download Squad)

Apr 5th 2007 1:36AM This little para on their download page was nice to read...

Privacy Policy
The Update Checker will not send any personal information back to filehippo.com. The only information collected is a list of programs and their versions, along with the operating system details to help with processing. Additionally none of this is linked to your IP address and the logs are deleted after processing.

Forbes on Vista: "at best, mildly annoying" (Download Squad)

Mar 17th 2007 6:17AM I have been reading Vista reviews & comments regularly for months now and I can honestly say I _haven't found a single_ reason to upgrade. What I have found are several reasons not to, the biggest one being...
- My wonderfully configured XP system slows down to a crawl when I upgrade to Vista.

I pity the fools who are spending big bucks on this big dud - it's going to end up being another Windows ME which few people will remember after the next version of (a hopefully MUCH smarter) Windows will be released in a couple of years.

Disable XPI Install Delay: Firefox add-on of the day (Download Squad)

Mar 7th 2007 1:59PM One of the main purposes for the delay is so users don't accept the installation by an accidental mouse or keyboard action.
This is one of the dumber (and potentially dangerous) Firefox extensions and a techie site like yours should not be highlighting it esp. when there are so many goobers out there!

Program launcher overload (Download Squad)

Nov 30th 2006 3:43PM How about this for a solution? Having everything in the Start Menu "Programs" folder never did make much sense - I've been customizing the start menu since the Windows 98 days. Here's my start menu in XP.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7683/clipboard01lz1.jpg

The great reinstall: Worth it or not? (Download Squad)

Nov 2nd 2006 3:52PM I have used Drive Image for the last few years - you start with a spanking new Windows install, install all your main apps, tweak them all you like and when you're satisfied, create an image. Now you're free to mess around with any new app you like - use the system with complete disregard for registry bloats, etc for a couple of months by the end of which you'll have made some setting tweaks and installed some new apps that you like - LOG EVERYTHING you want incorporated in your system. Then restore your image, incorporate the changes and backup the image again. All the registry crud you've built up has gone!
I've used this method for the past few years and the result is I have a _highly_ optimized system with all the creases smoothed out.

C is for system files & drivers only.
All the apps are installed to D:
The subsequent drives are used for the data generated by the software... documents, pictures, mp3s etc.
All apps that let you decide when to save the data they generate should be made to save to a drive beyond D:

Now you can whack off C and D drives at any point of time without worrying about losing anything worthwhile.

Go with a fresh install, there's no other way a self-respecting geek would do it. But this time BACKUP!