dial

Thu
20
Jun
Dennis Faas's picture

'Speed Dial for Firefox 0.9.6.15', and 'Free File Wiper 1.62'

Speed Dial for Firefox 0.9.6.15 Save time with Speed Dial for Firefox, which gives you instant access to your favorite websites. This program loads in a special tab and shows you thumbnail views of assigned websites. Those thumbnails are then ... refreshed automatically in the background. http://speeddial.uworks.net Free File Wiper 1.62 Use this program when you want to make sure a file is deleted forever. All you need to do is select a file with a right click of the mouse and then choose to "Send to / Free File Wiper". Please keep in mind that files deleted using this program are gone ... (view more)

Thu
20
Dec
Dennis Faas's picture

'RSSOwl 2.1.6', and 'Speed Dial for Firefox 0.9.6.12'

RSSOwl 2.1.6 RSSOwl is a free and easy-to-use news feed reader for your computer. It lets you collect, examine, and search the latest news by using a convenient and streamlined user interface. This convenient tool is now available for Windows, Mac ... OS X, and Linux. http://www.rssowl.org Speed Dial for Firefox 0.9.6.12 Access your favorite Internet websites quickly and easily using Speed Dial for the Firefox browser. By loading your most-visited websites in a special thumbnail tab, this program allows you to return to your favorite sites with just a single click. Thumbnail tabs are updated as ... (view more)

Thu
12
Jan
Dennis Faas's picture

'Dial A Fix', and 'Printer Info'

Dial A Fix Dial-a-fix is a collection of known fixes that repair common Windows issues, such as Windows Update, SSL, Microsoft Installer, and other problems. Most of the fixes are found in Microsoft Knowledgebase articles. When you see a list of ... DLLs that Microsoft is telling you to use REGSVR32 on, chances are they are already included in Dial-a-fix. You can figure out what most checkboxes do by hovering over them with your mouse. The tooltip describes what is going on (usually in command-line terminology). For instance, if you hover over 'Stop service' under the WU/WUA section, it tells you ... (view more)

Wed
19
May
Dennis Faas's picture

Disable call waiting for dialup modem?

Infopackets Reader Joel M. writes: " Hello Dennis, This is my first time to write to you because I have usually found the answers to my questions in your wonderful articles. Please keep them coming! I do not have the call waiting feature disabled on ... my computer, nor do I have one of those 'catch-a-call' boxes which allows me to answer an incoming call when I'm connected to the Internet. Instead, I gone to Control Panel -> Modems -> Advanced Settings, and used the modem command 'ATS11=254' which (I believe) has given me the option of ignoring / allow incoming calls. Unfortunately, a ... (view more)

Thu
04
Sep
Dennis Faas's picture

Windows XP Dialup Internet reports 'no connection available'?, Part 2

Recall -- On Monday, Temple D. told me of a familiar problem with Windows XP and Dialup Networking: " I have just bought a new Dell computer that has Windows XP and I use dial-up Internet. Every time I disconnect from the Internet, my computer ... defaults back to 'Never Dial a Connection'. I've reset it to 'always dial my default connection', hit 'Apply', and 'OK' -- but, when I try to connect again, I get an error message which reads 'No Connection Available.' Subsequently, when I go into Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections, the option 'Never Dial a Connection' has been re- ... (view more)

Tue
14
Jan
Dennis Faas's picture

Can't access Explorer favorites?, Part 2

Last week, Susan S. asked the question: " I can't access the web from my favorites in the Start/Favorites list or in the Internet Explorer taskbar. When I click on a link and nothing happens! How can I fix this problem? " My Response: I asked ... Infopackets Readers to send me their thoughts. Below are some suggestions. OffsaMedic wrote: " I've had this problem several times. Using the 'repair associations' feature in Tweak UI worked for me. You can get Tweak UI (power toys) Windows XP , or Tweak UI v1.33 for Windows NT, 2000, 95, 98 . " Chris B. says: " This sounds like ... (view more)

Subscribe to RSS - dial