Silliam » Windows http://www.silliam.com Just a few words... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:03:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Notepad++ http://www.silliam.com/tech/notepad http://www.silliam.com/tech/notepad#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:44:09 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=39 If you don’t know about Notepad++ you are missing out.  It is amazing.  I don’t know what else there is to say except that it is amazing.

]]> http://www.silliam.com/tech/notepad/feed 0 Fractal Backgrounds http://www.silliam.com/tech/fractal-backgrounds http://www.silliam.com/tech/fractal-backgrounds#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:26:25 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/fractal-backgrounds I was recently motivated to make myself a really cool looking desktop background. My laptop has a 1280×800 display, so the images are in that resolution. If you want me to make a different resolution, just write a comment and I will be happy to oblige. One of these days I am going to write a short how-to complete with screenshots! The last one is my current background, and probably my favorite.

]]> http://www.silliam.com/tech/fractal-backgrounds/feed 1 Essential Software for Windows http://www.silliam.com/tech/essential-software-for-windows http://www.silliam.com/tech/essential-software-for-windows#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:43:34 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/free-software-toolkit-fst I decided to make a list of my favorite free software. It will be an ongoing project at my ESW page. The ESW page will also have more up-to-date information and reviews about the utilities.

Defragmenter – JkDefrag

Archive Manager – 7zip

]]> http://www.silliam.com/tech/essential-software-for-windows/feed 1 Copy Handler is Awesome http://www.silliam.com/tech/copy-handler-is-awesome http://www.silliam.com/tech/copy-handler-is-awesome#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:50:14 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=4 Copy Handler is an awesome replacement for the default Windows file copy handler. It gives you total control over the copy process. The best part is that it allows you to pause your copy operations! I just got my new Samba server set up and then I had to copy 100GB’s of data from different directories to the new server. Originally I started all of the copies with the standard windows file copy handler, but it managed to crash after about 2 hours of copying. I then searched the web for a drop in replacement with shell integration and stumbled across Copy Handler. My copy is now done and I am impressed. Copy Handler survived 100GB’s and a reboot in the middle. After tonight, I am never going back to the standard Windows Copy Handler.

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