Posted 09/10/2009 at 08:42:16am

I like WinPatrol myself.  It has a free and paid version, and not only allows you to view, disable, or delay startup applicaions, but it also monitors new startup applications, browser plugins, registry services, and internet settings (like your hosts file) and alerts you if something was changed.  If you don't want something changed, click the no box and WinPatrol reverses the mod.  It keeps a cache of your settings and checks every 5 minutes or so, so sometimes you see an alert a bit after the fact.

Scotty is on patrol (and just plain awesome).  I'll disable my on-access scan in my anti-virus when playing certain bulky games, but WinPatrol is ligh-weight enough that I leave it on all the time... I trust Scotty with my machine's life.

Posted 09/02/2009 at 11:17:35am

Double posted... sorry!

Posted 09/02/2009 at 08:48:28am

I'm not familiar with TomBoy, but I use Freemind on Win to keep notes.  It takes a bit to get used to, but basically supports building heirarchy trees.  You can even encrypt particular nodes (for keeping account numbers etc).  I use it to keep game notes at home, general information like City office addresses and numbers, to do lists at work, server names and logins, names of other teams' members I work with (I'm horrible with names and work with an average of 6 different groups at a time, and just about anything I need to be able to browse through and find quickly.  Definitely worth checking out.

Pretty sure it was a MaxPC recomendation, but it's been so long I don't remember for sure.

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Posted 08/28/2009 at 03:09:20pm

I don't even see a difference in the numbers... except the 9 in the first ad doesn't much look like the 1 in the second... but then that's kinda the point ;) .

Posted 02/24/2009 at 09:20:32am

Any suggestions for 1TB backup for Linux?  Carbonite, Mozy, and Backblaze all seem to be Windows/Mac only.  I built my media server on Linus to avoid the Windows license, but I'd hate to have to re-encode all those files.

Posted 10/21/2008 at 09:01:55am

I've never pirated a game, DRM or no (although I do use no-cd cracks on games I own).  This scheme would look to me like the developer endorsing "pirated" copies of the game and making that a legitimate distribution model.  I would actually be more likely to "pirate" a game under this model.

Posted 10/14/2008 at 03:02:19pm

MEATBAG!  LOL! 

From what I saw I'm surprised anyone was fooled.  The answers to my questions were totally disconnected from reality.

Posted 07/31/2008 at 08:56:46am

Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 19%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 81%