Archive for the ‘System’ Category

Open your web browser of choice and navigate to http://www.blackra1n.com. Click the Windows logo at the bottom of the screen to download blackra1n for Windows.

When prompted save the download to your desktop.

Then double click the blackra1n executable file from the desktop to launch the program (ensure your iphone is connected to your pc) and press the ‘make it rain’ button.

You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode & you will see a picture of GeoHot that replaces the regular recovery mode screen on your device.

Blackra1n will run and then your device will reboot.

A popup message will appear informing you that BlackRa1n is free software and if you appreciate it you can donate to GeoHot.

Once your device reboots it will be jailbroken and you will notice a blackra1n icon on the desktop. Make sure you have an internet connection and press to launch the application. Choose the installer application of your choice then press the Install button at the top right of the screen. Once complete BlackRa1n will respring your iPhone and you will find the installer package of your choice on the Springboard. Once you have confirmed your installer package is working correctly you may use the Uninstall blackra1n button inside the BlackRa1n app to remove it from your springboard.

F.lux is almost essential to every PC that I now repair or install Windows on. I keep hearing feedback from my friends telling me how they’re not getting headaches anymore from late night working and their eyes are not tired anymore.

During the day, computer screens look good—they’re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn’t be looking at the sun. Flux fixes this, it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

It’s even possible that you’re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.

http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/

The fastest disk imaging software is now available as a free edition.

Absolutely free! No strings! The only free XP and Vista compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options.

• Create a disk image whilst running Windows using Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).
• Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD.
• Built in scheduler.
• 32 bit and native 64 bit versions.
• Industry leading compression levels and speed.
• Linux based Rescue CD with Network access and full GUI. Only 6.5MB in size!
• Built in CD/DVD packet writing engine. Supports packet writing to DVD DL media with Windows Vista.
• HTML log files.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

TeamViewer – the All-In-One Solution for
Remote Access and Support over the Internet

TeamViewer establishes connections to any PC or server all around the world within just a few seconds. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. Find out why more than 60 million users trust TeamViewer and download it now!

http://www.teamviewer.com/

IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Macintosh icons supporting transparency.

With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can easily convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. IcoFX gives you the possibility to create icon libraries or change icons inside exe files. Create a favicon for your website or blog.

http://icofx.ro/index.html

The free AppRemover utility enables the thorough uninstallation of security applications like antivirus and antispyware from your computer. It also removes left over files from incomplete uninstallations. There’s no more need to mess around with your registry. AppRemover is a single standalone portable application and can be successfully run from a USB stick

Remove computer stress. Simply, cleanly and effectively.

http://www.appremover.com/

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It’s reported that this new security solution came in at 2nd place to Sophos AntiVirus in a recent test showing Microsoft has come a long way in the AntiVirus stakes. I really do commend them for providing a free AV solution to any genuine version of Windows, although I still think this should be bundled with the OS as standard as it is imperative these days to be secure from day one.

Still. It is good to see that steps are being made to ensure customers safety let’s hope this route is continued with the correct resources it deserves. In a time when Microsoft seems to get poor postings I say “Good for you Microsoft!”.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

FixWin v1.0 is a freeware portable application to repair & fix common Windows annoyances & issues. While there were several tutorials and how-to’s already available on the Internet to deal with such annoyances, FixWin  as a single utility was created, to fix some of the common annoyances which may be faced by a Windows user.

FixWin detects whether you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed and accordingly offers you the relevant fixes only.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-fix-windows-7-vista-problems-with-fixwin-utility