Windows 7 and Vista  haven’t got the option to clean up old icons on the desktop – the old XP cleanup wizard. This used to be accessed by right clicking on the desktop and selecting run desktop cleanup wizard. This is a small replacement tool that does this task for you, either cleaning permanently, or to [...]

Error 25099. Unzipping Core Files Failed. I’ve been having problems updating Java for a few weeks now. I kept getting the same Java Error 25099. So I reluctantly decided to investigate before my Java install got too old. After looking at Java.com’s official advice and a couple of forums a complete uninstall purge of Java followed [...]

You may have realised that on Facebook you are able to restrict who sees certain information about you. Facebook applications have different rules however and are able to access all your private information by default. If you regularly enter Facebook quizzes you might be surprised to find that quiz apps have access to a lot [...]

Malaware is a new cloud based scanner from Emisoft the vendors of A-squared and Mamutu, both highly rated anti malware scanners. Malawares’ download is extremely small for a scanner at 1mb but this is due to the fact it is a cloud based scanner and will look at any processes it is unsure of “in the [...]

Mozilla have recently released an addition to their site that can check Firefox Plugins to see if they are up to date. By visiting the Plugin Check website using Firefox you are presented with a list of Plugins such as Java and Silverlight and their versions. Update links are also provided should it find any [...]

Firefox automatically looks for updates to addons and notifies you about these whenever Firefox is started. Clicking continue every time is a bit of a pain however. Update Notifier makes Firefox update and install addons automatically with no user intervention. You can check for updates with a click from it’s icon and also restart Firefox from [...]

Just a little sillyness….. But you have to see this… A guy with a beard house…. with working door. Everyone is so excited.  Brilliant. Just about SFW as the site has swearing text on it but the video is clean. Bearded man with beard house from Slashninja.com Be Kind And Click A Social Bookmarking Icon Hide Sites

There are many ways you surfing activities can be spied upon whilst surfing the net. Some are worrying and some not so worrying. Most can be avoided with a little help. Firstly I’ll outline who can spy on you, whether you should be worried and finally what you can do to prevent spying. Privacy from others [...]

Reasons you’re not uninstalling your old software: You might use it, someday, somehow in some other alternate reality. Reasons you should uninstall your old software: You’re not using it! It’s taking up hard drive space. It’s cluttering your start menu. When you come to use it a year down the line it may want to update itself entirely anyway. You will [...]

This is the second part of JonnysBlog’s  How To Test Your Computer’s Security Guide. The first part can be found here – Security Guide Part One. Keylogger Test Zemana have made a keylogger simulation application that will capture keystrokes from another window. It is only a simulation as it is not hidden from view and doesn’t [...]

Okay, I’ve written about firewalls a few times before. I have trialled a few paid firewalls and I believe most of the free 64 bit Firewalls. The trouble is, none of them seem to work trouble free. It may be my system, it may be the other software I run causing conflicts, but I’m not so [...]

This list aims to show you the *BEST* freeware video tools for various video related tasks. These tools are all free and should be all you need to complete most video related tasks. Ripping a Protected DVD DVDShrink – Can Rip many  DVD9 (dual layer)  DVD’s onto your hard drive into DVD5 (single layer) size, ready for [...]

Moo0 is a new software developer to me but their website has lots of nifty little freeware utilities on it. One of these is Moo0 Diskcleaner. This cleaner is similar to the others I have included in my roundup of computer cleaners comparison. It simply has a checklist of items to clean and a clean [...]