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Completely Ditch IE with Firefox Add-on Coral IE Tab

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Now there’s no excuse for you to keep running that abomination of a browser Internet Explorer. While yes Microsoft has made alot of progress with the latest version (IE8), they are still no where close to supporting web standards the way that every other browser does.

It’s often a headache for web designers (trust me I know) just to make their websites display properly in Internet Explorer.

Trouble is, some sites refuse to operate in anything but IE. Windows Update being one of them, and many corporate intranet websites, won’t display in any other browser. So at times you’re forced to use Internet Explorer.

Using the Coral IE Tab add-on for Firefox, now you can visit those sites without having to open the detested browser. Even Windows Update works flawlessly. So, quit living in the dark ages of the internet and embrace modern web apps, CSS3 and HTML5 with the awesome Firefox 3.5.

Download Coral IE Tab

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Tags: add-ons, Downloads, Firefox, free, Freebies, information, internet, Utilities

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Lock Windows With Your USB Flash Drive

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Discovered this from the boys at ghacks.net…

Using a nifty utility installed on your USB flash drive called Predator you can:

A Windows session would be locked by simply removing the connected USB drive from the computer system. Connecting the USB flash drive again would unlock the system.

The user needs to specify a backup password as well. This backup password can be used to unlock a session if the USB flash drive is damaged or not available at all.

The screen will go black whenever the user removes the USB drive from the computer system.

Predator will write events to a log file that can be used to analyze attempts to access the computer system. The software will also change the keys on the USB drives frequently to prevent that a copied keyfile can be used to access the system.

Tags: Downloads, flash drive, free, Freebies, Portable Apps, security, tips, Tips and Tricks, usb, Utilities, Windows

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Make a bootable USB installer for Windows XP, Vista, 7 with WinToFlash

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

From downloadsquad.com

Making a bootable USB flash drive for Windows Vista and Windows 7 isn’t all that tricky, but it’s always nice to find an app that simplifies things. Not only does WinToFlash make the process about as easy as it can get, but it can also create Windows XP, Server 2003, and Server 2008 installers.

The default options make it easy to roll a silent Windows install, or you can flip the custom switch and specify the exact setup parameters you want to use.

The handy app also has one more trick up its sleeve: moving Windows Preinstall environments. PE discs can be extremely handy for troubleshooting and repairs, and being able to painlessly zap them over to a USB flash drive means not having to burn a new copy every time someone’s haggard old optical drive decides to chew up your CD.

WinToFlash is a free download and is totally portable. It’s an excellent tool to add to your USB-related utilities.

Download WinToFlash.

Tags: Downloads, flash drive, free, Portable Apps, Tips and Tricks, usb, Utilities, Windows, Windows 7

Posted in Downloads, Windows | 148No Comments »2009-08-28+04%3A49%3A54Dave+Bonds

Like Tabbed Browsing? Bring Tabs to Microsoft Office

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

For Windows Microsoft Office Only:
If you’re like me, you can’t live without tabbed browsing in Firefox. What if you could bring tabs into Microsoft Office?

Well now you can. Using this Microsoft Office plug-in OfficeTab, instead of having separate windows for each open document, you can have tabs for all your open documents in either Word, Excel or Powerpoint.

As Lifehacker points out, you’ve got to wonder why Microsoft doesn’t include this feature by default.. maybe something to look forward to in the next version of Office?

The Lifehacker article also warns of a Visual Studio prompt, however, after installing it on my machine I had no such errors and it works problem free.

To download it you can visit the Google translated download page at OfficeTab or alternatively I have provided a download link here. (OfficeTabv1.20.zip)

via Lifehacker via DownloadSquad

Tags: Downloads, Freebies, lifehacks, microsoft, office, productivity, Tips and Tricks, Utilities, Windows

Posted in Downloads, Tips and Tricks, Windows | 1401 Comment »2009-08-25+20%3A59%3A16Dave+Bonds