Category Archives: Tips and tricks

Reinstall Windows XP without activation

If you had ever wanted to slip reactivating Windows XP after reinstallation here is one good tip from [Online Tech Tips]. There is only one file that is needed for sliping of reactivation and that is wpa.dbl which is located … Continue reading

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WavePad Sound Editor – free sound editor

I have tested today WavePad Sound editor as it was free solution that I needed to edit some sound files. I was more then surprised with results and program itself. Program layout is very similar with another editing software CoolEdit … Continue reading

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Firefox ultimate optimizer

Firefox is my default, one and only browser and I like it very much. Especially tabs and addons that enables me to increase productivity to the max. But there is one negative thing and that’s memory consumption. Firefox is known … Continue reading

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Virtual desktop

Sysinternals, company that was started by two programmers and latter bought by Microsoft, had always good freeware tools for administration of windows. Best thing was that they were freeware. Yesterday they have published a new tool with symbolic name Desktops. … Continue reading

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WordPress updated – permalinks doesn't work – fixed

This morning I have decided to upgrade version of WordPress installed to the latest one. Everything went ok, backup, upgrade procedure and so on. Suddenly I have realized that none of the links that are permalinks doesn’t work. I have … Continue reading

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Unable to delete file or folder?

If you have ever tried to delete bunch of files at once you would in almost 50% cases get following error: This can be really annoying when you work on servers. Luckily instead of search-and-destroy-process action there is one FREE … Continue reading

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Online media converter

I needed today to convert some archive files from one format to another and while searching for the way how to do it fast and efficient without losing any content from them I have found one site that I have … Continue reading

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Free windows defragment tool replacement

I wasn’t satisfied with windows defragment tool so I Googled little about possible replacements and among others found JkDefrag. Here is a quote from web site of a JkDefrag: JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely … Continue reading

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Windows update problems

I have recently reinstalled XP on my laptop and everything worked like a charm. I have downloaded 95% of windows updates including SP3 and .NET updates. BUT suddenly windows updates stopped working. This means also that Windows Defender could not … Continue reading

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