Dasient Web Anti-Malware (WAM) is a service to check your site for malware which may have been planted on it, and to see if your site has been blacklisted as a potential source of malware.
Archive for the ‘maintenance’ Category
Dasient Web Anti-Malware (WAM)
Posted by dvanarsd on October 5, 2009
Posted in Malware, Security, Web site creation, maintenance, networking | Tagged: anti-malware, blacklist, blacklisted, Dasient, site, WAM, web | Leave a Comment »
Access more memory, even on a 32-bit system
Posted by dvanarsd on February 7, 2009
Windows Secrets has advice on how to Access more memory, even on a 32-bit system.
“all non-server 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista impose a memory limit of 4GB. Your system may allow you to install more than this amount of RAM, but with few exceptions, the extra memory won’t do Windows or your applications any good.”
“Moreover, even if you have 4GB of memory installed in your PC, you may not be able to use it all. For example, if your video card comes with 1MB of memory and you have 4GB of RAM, your system actually has 5GB of memory physically installed. But Windows will use only 4GB of that total, regardless.”
WARNING: this may mean data loss if you have a power outage. It’s safer to use this on a computer with a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) or a laptop with a battery fully charged.
Posted in Help, Utilities, Windows Vista, Windows XP, maintenance | Tagged: 32, 4GB, bit, Help, memory, RAM, Vista, XP | Leave a Comment »
Active@ Hard Disk Monitor
Posted by dvanarsd on February 7, 2009
Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a SMART diagnostic, HDD Temperature & Health control software for Windows XP Vista 2003 Server 2008…
“This software monitors hard disk parameters such as Temperature, Head Flying Height and Spin-Up Time and notifies a user when a critical condition occurs. Disk Monitor also displays hard disk information, current S.M.A.R.T. attributes and the overall status of the hard disk’s health.”
“Advanced disk scan allows you to detect bad sectors on a disk surface. The software can be launched automatically at Windows startup and monitor the system in the background. An icon in the System Tray can display the temperature for selected HDDs.”
There is a freeware and a pay version of this.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Utilities, maintenance | Tagged: Active, Check, diagnostic, disk, drive, freeware, hard, health, monitor | Leave a Comment »
Finding drivers
Posted by dvanarsd on January 7, 2009
Smart Computing has an article (January 2009) on resources for finding that latest or hard-to-find driver for your hardware.
Along with the manufacturers’ sites and the operating system’s maker, you might try:
- DriverAgent.com, which has a scan for good and bad drivers, but requires payment if you get the updated driver through them. Uses a scan you download to your computer.
- DriverSearch.com is a search engine specifically for drivers.
- WinDrivers.com requires a free Internet.com account and covers a wide variety of drivers.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Utilities, maintenance, searching | Tagged: drivers, freeware, search | Leave a Comment »
10 pieces of hardware you should replace rather than repair
Posted by dvanarsd on December 15, 2008
TechRepublic has a post on 10 pieces of hardware you should replace rather than repair
Sometimes it’s just not worth it to try to keep something going. When these items die, let them go and replace them.
Posted in Hardware, maintenance | Tagged: Hardware, maintenance, replace | Leave a Comment »
Vista System Diagnostic and where it hides
Posted by dvanarsd on March 4, 2008
Internet Fixes has advice on where to find the System Diagnostic in Windows Vista and run it to check out your system.
It’s a good idea to do this and let it finish before you start doing anything else that session. You can get a printout of the results called a “system health report”.
You do need Administrator rights to run this.
Posted in Help, Microsoft Windows, Utilities, Windows Vista, maintenance | Tagged: diagnostic, diagnostics, health, Help, maintenance, report, system, Vista, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Back to the good ol’ version…
Posted by dvanarsd on January 15, 2008
OldVersion finds the old versions of programs that still worked, to replace the new one you just crashed your system with.
Ever get a new version of something that just doesn’t play well with the rest of your system? Here’s a way to get back to the older version, until the compatibility fixes come down from the vendor.
Recommended as a PC Magazine Top 100 Undiscovered Web Site of 2007.
Posted in maintenance | Tagged: maintenance, software, versions | Leave a Comment »
Get the MajorGeeks on your side
Posted by dvanarsd on January 15, 2008
MajorGeeks has software to check for problems and malware as well as other good stuff.
Recommended as a PC Magazine Top 100 Undiscovered Web Site of 2007.
Posted in Anti-Virus, Freeware/Shareware, Malware, Security, maintenance | Tagged: maintenance, Malware, Security | Leave a Comment »
Secunia Software Inspector checks for updates free
Posted by dvanarsd on January 15, 2008
Secunia Software Inspector checks your computer online for unpatched software for the more common programs, and reports what you need to patch/update to be safer. This is free, and does not keep any confidential data from your computer. This scan will find software (including the operating system) with known security flaws for which patches exist. The on-screen report lists your updated apps (with a green checkmark) and nonupdated apps (with a red X). If you have multiple copies of a single application installed, the report will list each version. Click the “+” icon to the left of each item for more information, including the specific path to each file.
Recommended by Windows Secrets
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, maintenance, updates | Tagged: freeware, Inspector, Secunia, software, Update, updates, versions | Leave a Comment »
