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Essential Free Downloads For A New PC (Or An Existing PC)

Posted on June 11, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

If you just bought a new desktop or laptop, no doubt it came with 30-Day trials of typical well known AntiVirus, AntiSpyware applications along with a host of other applications whose licenses expires within 30 to 60 days. The good news is, you can let them expire. The reason being, there are plenty of just…

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Encrypt Your Flash Drive Using TrueCrypt

Posted on April 27, 2008 By ninjatechnyc 26 Comments on Encrypt Your Flash Drive Using TrueCrypt

UPDATE (12/29/14):  Arggh! So they shutdown the TrueCrypt for some crazy cockeyed reason. But it’s still a good product as far as I’m concerned and I still use it to encrypt my flash drive. The last version of the software is still available on other sites. Below, I’ve posted the download link to one site…

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Shortcut or Hotkey for “Ejecting” USB devices

Posted on March 15, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

How-To Geek has a nice writeup on how to create a shortcut or hotkey for the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog. Comes in handy if you’re like me and use a flash drive alot.

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Running Windows Apps in Linux

Posted on March 15, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

Lifehacker has a great writeup on running Windows apps inside Linux with VirtualBox.

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Tweak Windows XP

Posted on March 4, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

MaximumPC HOWTO on tweaking XP, from speeding up the Windows Start Menu (to give the appearance of a boost!), to diagnostics, and other enhancements.

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Get the right codecs to play your media file

Posted on March 4, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

CodecInstaller helps determine what codecs you need to play a media file properly. If you end up using the software alot, drop the guy a couple of bucks, since the app is free.

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Disable Vista Permissions Prompt

Posted on March 4, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

From Lifehacker, disable the “Need your permission to continue” prompt

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Reclaiming System Memory (Windows)

Posted on March 4, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

Lifehacker has an article on how to reclaim memory by managing running processes. Not for your average user.

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Unable to open shim database version registry key – v2.0.50727.00000

Posted on January 28, 2008June 7, 2017 By ninjatechnyc 1 Comment on Unable to open shim database version registry key – v2.0.50727.00000

Problem: Event log was registering the following .NET Runtime error: Unable to open shim database version registry key – v2.0.50727.00000 The problem didn’t manifest itself in any way that affected the user, or application, that I know of. In other words, the user did not complain. But I figured I should fix the “problem” anyway. Solution: Using…

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Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180

Posted on January 28, 2008June 7, 2017 By ninjatechnyc 1 Comment on Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180

Problem: User’s Internet Explorer crashing alot. Event log registered the following error message on numerous occasions: Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.     Almost ALWAYS, this error is caused by some third party adware app that’s installed. Sometimes it’s a fancy IE toolbar (not yahoo or google), such…

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