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: Name: David Dial; Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Microsoft Utilities

Tim Green shares his favorite free tools for system administrators or developers. Some of the tools, such as those for detecting malicious software, would be of utility to anyone with technical knowledge.

-DD

Labels: Microsoft utilities, Windows 8

Friday, April 26, 2013

Free Windows 8 Apps

Preston Gralla shares "Ten Nifty Windows 8 Apps" that are free downloads. These include "Windows 8 Cheat Keys" and "Meeting Money."

-DD

Labels: Windows 8, Windows 8 Apps

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Identifying the Cause of Windows 8 Crashes

Dirk Smith suggests "Hot to Avoid Windows 8 Crashes" in a slideshow featuring Windows utilities of value to a geek trying to identify why his Windows 8 computer keeps crashing. Smith indicates that most crashes are due to non-compliant software destablizing the operating system kernal, so I infer that any recent software installation would be suspect in crash behavior.

-DD

Labels: troubleshooting, Windows 8