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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Clean Duplicate Files Off Of Your Hard Drive
NOTE: (added Friday) PLEASE read the instructions located at this site before you run the program: CLICK HERE

Tonight's TechCheck will help in getting your hard drive running smoothly. If your hard drive is over 85% full it can create a significant slow down to your system.

One very useful tool you should use in clearing up some space is called Duplicate File Finder. It can be downloaded from PcWorld here, but please note the listed warnings when using the program: CLICK HERE This program will search your hard drive for duplicate files (and believe me you have them). I found probably 20 different files that I had saved 3 times! in different locations.

Another thing that having duplicate files can do is cause certain programs that use the duplicate files to act strangely.

CLICK HERE to download Duplicate File Finder and begin the process of getting your hard drive in better shape.

NOTE: (added Friday) PLEASE read the instructions located at this site before you run the program: CLICK HERE
posted by The Knowles Family @ 1:29 PM  

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Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Open CD
Tonight on Tech Check we talk about a cd that has programs galore for FREE... that's right no dinero... no money... zip zippo... you get the idea.

The reality is a lot of the programs we pay hundreds of dollars for... have an "open source" version that is free! The Open CD has compiled a lot of these programs together and put them onto one cd. And the beautiful thing is... they still offer it for free!!! Here's what they say on their website:

"TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation. We include only the highest quality programs, which have been carefully tested for stability and which we consider appropriate for a wide audience."

Open Source is a concept on the web that has been around as long as ... well.... the web (and some say even before). It is basically a consortium of software developers that believe the best programs should be created by the collective and not one source. CLICK HERE to read more about what open source is.

Now back to The Open CD. This thing has web design software, graphic design software, a complete office suite (instead of Microsoft Office which alone costs hundreds of dollars), a remote access program (like PC Anywhere), and a TON more!

How do you get this? Well there are a few options. You can download the cd from The Open CD's website; You can download individual applications from their website; Or if you don't want to mess with the download side of things and/or you're on dial-up... Then there are places around town to pick up the cd for FREE!!!

One place we know well and recommend is Hack of All Trades in Homewood. Larry Owen is the owner and a big advocate of Open Source. -tell him we sent you ;) -
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