I would love to have had any good experience with Vista. Installing it burnt out an old laptop of mine and an old desktop of mine was bogged down beyond all belief just running the OS alone. I was unimaginably happy when I heard Windows 7 was coming out to replace Microsoft's horrible mistake. Now if they could only do the same thing with the Zune...
EDIT: Oh and the laptop said it was made for vista and the install disk was proprietary for that exact system.
When I got Vista x86 it was with a laptop that was equipped to run Vista and after a few tweaks I was able to drop the amount of RAM needed to run the 'Memory Hungry" OS from a typical 1GB RAM down to considerably less than 1/2 of that amount...
These days my Win 7 x64 desktop starts using around 965 MB of RAM and and I often think back to the days of running the much more efficient Vista x86 OS.
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Quotidian Folders for folders you use every day.
It's a hotkey.
Control Right Click on Explorer window to add selected folders to the list.
Control Right Click on Desktop to pop up List near the mouse.
Tray Menu option Open On Click, if checked the selected folders will be opened immediately. Otherwise they are just added to the list. In the latter case there's a chime so you know it got the hotkey press.
See readme and About MsgBox. Pretty simple.
It's free for you to use at your own risk. Download from my page here:
Quotidian Folders
Edit: I made a few improvements. Larger colored font that's easier to read etc..
Latest version is 1.0.3.0
Another Edit: latest is v. 1.2.2.1 - improvements include: single folder opens are centered in work area; small editor included to edit ini file options via the Tray Menu; check for update command in Tray Menu. Complete source and custom icon included in download.
Last edited by MilesAhead; 04 Feb 2012 at 22:01.
Why isnt Format Factory on this list? thing is great and has a million and one uses.
i highly recommend it.
Format Factory - Free media file format converter
Omnimo UI for Rainmeter
This has to be one of my favorite utilities. It's a W7 phone inspired desktop background. It has tons and tons of usable gadgets, and you just have to turn desktop icons off. It does take a good amount of tweaking with to get it personalized, but once you're done it looks great.
Here's a shot of what mine looks like:
Here's one for all Android aficionados and addicts, run Android apps on Windows 7.
Run Android on Windows with BlueStacks :: Android on PC :: Android Player for Windows | BlueStacks#
NOTE: It is an Alpha version.
hi all :)
i found this FREE media center that i don't think has been aired here at the forums (please correct me if i am wrong) its called NEXT PVR it streams tv from your tv card plays dvds etc i have just installed it on my machine and so far im well impressed with the tv streaming really easy to set up i will post back when i have used it further with my review.
LINK >>> NextPVR | A free PVR and Media Centre application for Windows
from the pvr website
NextPVR is a free Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and Media Centre application for Microsoft Windows. At its heart lies the Electronic Programme Guide from where you can watch (and pause) live TV and schedule your favourite shows for later viewing.
Relax with a DVD or play back your music, videos and photos stored on your PC or on other devices across your home network.
With support for multiple clients (including thin client devices such as the Popcorn hour) you can distribute your media experience around the home. Away from home you can use the web interface to schedule and stream media using a PC or a suitable mobile device.
Extend your experience with an increasing range of plugins that provide additional features such as weather, internet radio and RSS Reader. Change the look and feel of NextPVR with the supported skins.
NextPVR is developed by Sub. You will find him on the forum where he is joined and supported by an active and friendly community.
