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SkyDrive Explorer

I've been hoping and looking for some kind of solution that would let people access their 25 GB of free storage space on Windows Live SkyDrive using simple, Explorer-based drag and drop. It's been kind of a tough slog all year, however, with only one solution, Gladinet, which is hard to configure...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-04-2009
Tip of the Week: Speed Up Zune Marketplace Searches

And with this I enter the "if I think I see it, it must be true" sweepstakes: Frank F. has just sent along a brilliant tip about speeding up Zune Marketplace searches. And if you use the Zune PC software, you know what I'm talking about: You search for something and on the left side, the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-20-2009
Software pick of the week: Windows 7 Logon Background Changer

I recommend a software pick of the week in each episode of the Windows Weekly podcast , but this one is particularly nice, so I wanted to toss it out in case you're not listening. It's called Windows 7 Logon Background Changer , and as the name suggests, it lets you easily replace the Windows...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-11-2009
WinToFlash: Automate making a bootable, USB-based Windows 7 installer

Nice! It looks like I have my software pick of the week early this week: What is WinToFlash WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents of a Windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can also do this with your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-31-2009
A Plea to Paul and Leo of Windows Weekly

This is funny, though I feel bad that I basically caused this. Long story short, on the Windows Weekly podcast last week, we played a couple of clips from ex-Windows Chief Jim Allchin's new CD, Enigma, and I mentioned that, hey, I do know this guy, and maybe we could use on of the more rocking tracks...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-24-2009
Wakoopa adds downloads and screenshots:

I use Wakoopa to track the software I use so I can see what I use most often. (I recommend it for this purpose as well.) The Wakoopa blog reports this week that they've added some interesting new features to the service . The regular surfers on Wakoopa may have already noticed it, but we’re...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-30-2008
New Zune Insider podcast

Microsoft's Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee have started a new Zune podcast that might be of interest. New episodes every Thursday, they say, and apparently there will be a video version coming as well. Podcasting guru Rob Greenlee and I will be producing a weekly audio and video podcast, where we’ll...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-17-2008
Windows Vista tip of the week: Looking anew at Vista's Disk Defragmenter

OK, this may not seem like a big deal, but Microsoft has changed the Disk Defragmenter utility in Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1). In the original shipping version of Windows Vista, the Disk Defragmenter (as described in this Feature Focus article) was completely automatic: It would defrag all...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-28-2008
Windows Updates Downloader

Here's a cool Windows utility that could end up as my software pick this week. Looks very interesting, especially for your slipstreaming mavens out there: One of the great things about creating unattended Windows installations is that you can integrate all of the latest updates into the installation...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-22-2008
Windows Vista tip of the week: Forcing windows to remember their sizes, locations, and customizations

Oh, Windows. If there's one aspect of this operating system that's been a constant disappointment, it has to be its complete and utter inability to "remember" window settings. You know the drill: You go into, say, the Documents folder and customize the windows size, position, and the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-20-2008

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