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Geek Review: Get Web Email Offline With Yahoo Zimbra Desktop 
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Have you ever wanted to get your webmail on your desktop? Yahoo's Zimba Desktop does just that, and a lot more with web-based access to your Gmail, Yahoo or even Exchange mail… but as desktop application that even works offline. Confused? Keep reading.
Today we will look at the Zimbra desktop email client and see how well it works. I am running the Beta Version .91 (build 1344) on
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What is Adobe_Updater.exe and Why Is It Running?
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
You are probably reading this article because you've noticed a process called Adobe_Updater.exe running in your task manager, or you've started getting the popup balloon message in the system tray that there is a new update available, and would like to get rid of it.
This process is used to update Adobe software, just like the name implies.
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Using the Online Stopwatch as a Desktop Application
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
While doing research for a project that involved benchmarking, I realized I needed a good stopwatch to time the results… which is when I found a website that does exactly that, and does it quite well. To make it even easier, we can launch it as a desktop application.
To get started, you'll need to already have Google's Chrome browser installed
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How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, and it's not like you even use half of them.
Today we'll explain where these menu items are hiding in your registry, how to disable them the geeky way, and an easier c
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Stupid Geek Tricks: Enable More Fonts for the Windows Command Prompt
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Have you ever noticed that there are only two fonts to choose from in the Command prompt properties window? What you might not know is that you can use a simple registry hack to enable alternate fonts, including a very readable font that comes with Vista and Office 2007.
But that's not all… you can enable a number of fixed width fonts if you really want to. We'll cover how this
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How to Import Gmail Contacts Into Outlook 2007
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
As your email accounts and email applications change, it seems there is always a different way to get your contacts organized. Previously we covered how to Import Contacts Into Thunderbird, but today we will look at how to import important contacts from Gmail into Outlook 2007.
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Map a Drive Letter to a Folder the Easy Way in Windows
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
Have you ever needed to repeatedly access a folder that is nested deep inside a giant hierarchy of folders? Sure, you can always create a shortcut to that folder, but did you know you can actually assign a drive letter to a folder instead? Today we'll show you how to do this.
This ability has existed in Windows via the subst command for quite a while, so this will also work for you XP us
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Prevent Windows XP from Creating the Thumbs.db Thumbnail Cache Files
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
This is a guest post by Aseem Kishore from HelpDeskGeek.com, which focuses on providing Help Desk tips to IT Professionals.
Windows has an annoying habit of displaying thumbnails for folders that you may not want thumbnails for, like the My Pictures folder. For me, it’s better to have the My Pictures folder viewed in List or
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Create a Report of Installed Hardware and Software with WinAudit
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
While doing research for a previous article I found a very cool and slick utility called WinAudit. This is a slick and easy to use freeware application that will tell you most everything you want to know about your PC. There is no installation required and you can even run it from a US
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Add Control Panel to the Desktop Right-Click Menu
(unknown author) via the How-To Geek on Tue, 11 Nov. 2008
Shared by Tim
did it. not a bad idea.
A couple of days ago I noticed a thread on our forum asking how to add Control Panel to the desktop context menu, so I decided to write up the solution for everybody, since it seems like a really useful hack.
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Easily Determine Windows Uptime in Vista or XP
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Mon, 10 Nov. 2008
If you leave your computer running on a 24/7 basis you might be interested in determining the amount of uptime that has accumulated since the last reboot. We can find this information in both XP and Vista and will take a look at both.
Track Uptime In Vista
To find Vista’s uptime the graphical way just open up Task Manager by right clicking the Taskbar and sele
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Power Up and Manage Your Windows Send To Menu with Send To Toys
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Fri, 07 Nov. 2008
One of our readers wrote in a while back asking why we hadn't featured the Send To Toys utility, a great addition to your Send To menu that lets you pick any folder to send a file to, send the file name to the clipboard, or a number of other useful features. Today we'll show you how it works.
Many of you might remember the old Send to X Powertoy that was included way back in the Windows
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How to Install Windows Applications on Linux Using Crossover
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Thu, 06 Nov. 2008
This guest article was written by Syed Abbas from TNerd.com, a blog focused on technology news, tricks and tips.
Transitioning from Windows to Linux often leaves you scratching your head, wondering what software to use for common tasks. Sure, Linux has alternative software, but sometimes you just want to install a Windows application
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Keyboard Ninja: Toggle Hidden Files with a Shortcut Key in Windows
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
We've written a very long time ago about how to toggle hidden files in Ubuntu with a simple shortcut key. But what about keyboard ninjas using Windows instead? After doing some research, I've got a simple downloadable solution for you.
What I've done is throw together a very simple a
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Green Computing: Reduce and Track Power Consumption with Edison
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Tue, 04 Nov. 2008
Every day more and more individuals and companies are looking for ways to make their daily practices greener, both to save costs but also to save money on their power bill. Today we'll take a look at another utility to help you save money.
Edison is a small utility which is similar to
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Install and Run Applications from Your iPod, Flash Drive or Mp3 Player
The Geek via the How-To Geek on Tue, 04 Nov. 2008
This guest article was written by Syed Abbas from TNerd.com, a blog focused on technology news, tricks and tips.
If you use extensively customized applications by installing extensions, scripts, etc.. and like to take it around wherever you go or just like to carry a bunch of applications everywhere you go then
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Create a Shortcut to Easily View the Windows Clipboard
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Mon, 03 Nov. 2008
Have you ever wondered what is on your clipboard? Sure, you can open up notepad and try and paste it in, but there's a simple utility built into Windows XP that you can use to view the contents of the clipboard.
Today we'll show you how to create a shortcut to this utility, and even how to use it in Vista if you have an old XP installation laying around.
Create Clipboard S
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Benchmark Startup Times of Software Applications with AppTimer
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Thu, 30 Oct. 2008
While writing the Secure Computing series, we received a lot of requests to compare each security utility side by side, so let’s take a look at a free utility that will allow you to determine the amount of time an application takes to start up.
PassMark’s AppTimer does not need installation and can run
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Analyze Software EULAs the Easy Way
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Wed, 29 Oct. 2008
When installing software one of the first things you need to do is agree to the EULA (End-User License Agreement)… you know, that 12,000 word small print included with virtually every software program you install. I am as guilty as the other 98% of PC users out there who do not read them, and just click “I Agree” and continue along. For all I know I might be agreeing to give away my first
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Secure Computing: Identify and Eliminate Spyware with Comodo BOClean
mysticgeek via the How-To Geek on Fri, 24 Oct. 2008
As we have been going through the Secure Computing Series we've found Comodo to have some great products. So far we have taken a look at their Anti-Virus and spoke praise for the
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