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ToDoList Handles Subtasks Galore

Windows only: No-nonsense task manager ToDoList is small, lightweight, and portable (so you can run it from your thumb drive), and it offers the feature other task managers frequently and strangely lack: the ability to track multiple levels of nested tasks. Here's a screenshot of the nesting in action.

Edison PC Power Management Software | Edison

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Edison System Requirements Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista256MB RAMMicrosoft Internet Explorer® 5.01 or later7MB free hard disk spaceIf .NET 2.0 is not already installed, 280MB of additional disk space required

Reduce your computer’s electric use with LocalCooling

Reduce your computer's electric use with LocalCooling

Posted Apr 1st 2008 7:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Freeware

LocalCooling is a free Windows utility that can help you configure power saving settings on Vista and XP machines. Honestly, it doesn't add any configuration options that you wouldn't find in the Control Panel, but LocalCooling does have one nifty feature that Microsoft doesn't include. It provides an educated guess of just how many watts your PC uses.

Basically, LocalCooling scans your hardware and figures out how many watts your monitor, hard drives, CPU, graphics card, and other peripherals are probably using. Once the program has this estimate, it can also track how much energy you're saving by adjusting your power saving settings to do things like shut off yourmonitor, hard drives, or PC when you're not using them.

You can also create an account to track your energy savings against other users, or create teams to compete against other groups of LocalCooling users if you want to get all competitive about it.

SIW | System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala

SIW - System Information for Windows Everything you want to know about your computer

SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.

SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode (for Asset Inventory Tracking, Computer (Software and Hardware) Inventory, PC Audit, Software Audit, Software License Compliance Management).

The system information is divided into few major categories:

Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Software Licenses (Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key), Secrets (Password Recovery). Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices, SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers. Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network Connections, Open Ports. Tools: Eureka! (Reveal lost passwords hidden behind asterisks), MAC Address Changer, Monitor Test, Shutdown / Restart. Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.

SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation (Portable Freeware) - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that you can run the program directly from an USB flash drive, from a floppy, from a network drive or from a domain login script. ...

PC Wizard is a portable system analysis and benchmarking

CPUID's PC Wizard is a portable system analysis and benchmarking with tricks to spare. Apart from offering an incredible amount of information about the hardware and software in your computer (file associations, driver versions, hardware revisions, system uptime, etc.), it'll benchmark it, monitor sensors and voltages, and even stress-test it.

Benchmarking functions are surprisingly rich, testing everything from cpu, ram, drives, and even DirectX and MP3 performance. You won't get a huge assortment of systems to compare with, but you will get a good idea of how your rigs stacks up to some common configs.

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Revo Uninstaller

Completely remove programs with Revo Uninstaller

Windows only: Freeware application Revo Uninstaller makes removing programs from your computer—not just uninstalling, but removing all traces—a quick and painless process. So why would you use Revo Uninstaller rather than the default Add/Remove Programs dialog?

Well, for one, the default Add/Remove is notoriously slow at loading all of your installed apps; it also only runs the installer, which doesn't necessarily eradicate the program to your liking. Beyond that though, Revo Uninstaller is feature-packed in ways you didn't even know you wanted.

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FileMon for Windows

FileMon for Windows v7.04 Introduction

Note: Filemon and Regmon have been replaced by Process Monitor on versions of Windows starting with Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista. Filemon and Regmon remain for legacy operating system support, including Windows 9x.

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete, happens, and its status column tells you the outcome. FileMon is so easy to use that you'll be an expert within minutes. It begins monitoring when you start it, and its output window can be saved to a file for off-line viewing. It has full search capability, and if you find that you're getting information overload, simply set up one or more filters.

FileMon works on NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME.

My iPod won’t turn on unless plugged into a computer. Help!?

I have a 2nd generation iPod nano that I bought a while ago, but never opened until yesterday. I plugged it into the computer and iTunes popped up automatically. I loaded all the songs I wanted onto the iPod and safely ejected it from the computer. A few minutes later, I went to listen to the iPod, and found that it would not turn on. Thinking that the battery needed to be charged, I plugged it back into the computer and left it there for a few hours. Still, it would not turn on. While plugged into the computer, the iPod worked great, and I could access anything I wanted on it. The second, I unplugged it, the screen went black and I couldn't get it back on. Any suggestions as to how I could fix this problem?

ANSWER: Your problem is most likely the battery. It will not hold a charge. If your device is still under warranty then take it in to a ms store or call apple support and ask them for instructions ok how to ship your iPod to them for service.

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When i turn on my computer it beeps once and pauses and beeps once and pauses and continues that pattern?

i cant even get it to boot the bios screen. totally blank hellllpppp

ANSWER: Sounds like you may have bad RAM. Try replacing your RAM and see if that works.

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