tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:50:27 +0000system utilitiesutilitiesvideohot picksmultimediaonline toolssecurityportable mediawindowsgamingbackupdata recoveryhardwaremp3IT toolsvideo editingPocket PCbenchmarkingfile sharingmobile devicesreally geekycell phoneshard driveportable appstipsXPaudio toolsschoolvideo conversiondrive imagemobileoffline toolspodcastsoftware developmentvirtual machinesdealsdvdfunprivacysoftwareweb hostingPhoto Editingcamerasfirefox extensionsmathrantstoragewifiCD ripperDroidNASU3antiviruscdclonelinuxonline tvphysicspspstress testingtext toolstroubleshootingvirus scanDietLCDMMOartisticbluraycablesebooksencryptionexcelfirewallflashfontshtmlmacrommsmonitorsmotherboardnetworkonline musicoverclockingpalmpartitionsmssshvirtual drivevoipReviews and views of PC software, hardware, and other high tech gadgets for people on a budget. I look for the best solutions which are not always free. When selecting PC hardware my primary goal is cutting edge performance at cost cutting prices. Its your digital life, get the most out of it.http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)Blogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-778962474618177770Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:24:00 +00002020-11-09T16:24:08.499-08:00 Hard Drive Test Easy and Cheap, Okay, FREE https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ SeaTools - is a easy to use hard drive test tool that costs nothing but time. It is bootable from a USB and can run from windows via command line or GUI. My testing showed failure on short tests and other people experienced the same with SSHDs.  http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2020/11/drive-test-easy-and-cheap-okay-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-1517866334015798675Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:32:00 +00002018-11-19T01:32:17.080-08:00 enable Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) in Windows 10 Home Edition Create a bat file and then run it as admin using the following to install the group policy editor in windows 10 home:@echo off pushd "%~dp0" dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2018/11/enable-group-policy-on-windows-10-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-6279172843757385955Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:03:00 +00002018-03-08T01:03:08.692-08:00 Here is a YouTube Video that works and expalins it all. I am going to change up some of the links for faster more reliable downloads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W58XKp0FFew Instructions written: http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2014/04/How-to-Flash-Restore-Galaxy-S5-All-Variants-to-Stock-ROM-Using-Odin3.html Files Needed Image File: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571 httphttp://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2018/03/root-and-mod-galaxy-s5-verizon-sm-g900v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-2128685539393163616Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:43:00 +00002017-10-22T03:55:09.676-07:00 JITBIT Macro Recorder - for people with better things to do with their time. It just works. https://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/mouse-recorder/ and Jitbit Helpdesk Sometimes if you dig deep enough you find treasure. After searching and searching and installing multiple questionable applications from questionable developers I found JITBIT Macro Recorder. If you are not a programmer and http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2017/10/jitbit-macro-recorder-for-people-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3302117371581386157Sat, 17 Jun 2017 05:05:00 +00002017-10-22T02:54:28.204-07:00 Put Lineage OS android 7.1.2 on Samsung Galaxy Pro 12.2 T900 Installation instructions First install/Clean Flash Download latest ROM zip file (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=file-thanks&fid=673368273298963934&mid=70&download_id=k1jvurbsrbfvpfgfecpis1ihp0&tid=1497665176&hc=8d539eed1ea05aea55acc04fa10c0ceb89380286215e260d579903cbf8f3e535) Download GApps Arm 7.1  http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2017/06/put-lineage-os-android-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-799203986762548022Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:36:00 +00002018-01-13T18:41:43.680-08:00Picture and fax viewer disappeared in windows 10. You can get it back with some changes to the registry. Download and run this: 1. Copy the code from into Notepad and save it as a REG file (call it whatever you like, maybe photoviewer.reg). 2. Double-click on your new REG file to merge it with your Windows Registry. You will need to click through the User Account Control and a few other http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2016/02/picture-and-fax-viewer-is-back-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3093560108304014747Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:49:00 +00002016-01-01T21:49:50.143-08:00Removing or repairing a Windows 8 or 10 built in app From CMD you want to know what package to remove: Mail and Calendar are called windows communication apps. The rest are easier to correlate. C:\Program Files\WindowsApps>dir  Volume in drive C has no label.  Volume Serial Number is 5A4E-ED39  Directory of C:\Program Files\WindowsApps ... 12/31/2015  07:28 AM   &http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2016/01/removing-or-repairing-windows-8-or-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-7255557545039191156Sun, 06 Jul 2014 03:11:00 +00002014-07-05T20:11:46.861-07:00 Sorry you were scroogled. The problem is that the google update uses the Visual Studio Software Deployment. When you delete or remove chrome from your newly imaged Laptop you can't get it back. I saw google update installation failed with error 0x8004071b. I tried everything. I cleaned the software registry, I wiped out the instances of google in appdata under the users. I wiped out all http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2014/07/scroogled-again-i-cant-get-chrome-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-7428804755454624453Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:33:00 +00002014-06-12T17:33:57.595-07:00No it isn't yet another mental condition to try to blame your crazy on someone else. This is a online optical character recognition service that can pull text from images. http://projectnaptha.com/ This is basically a chrome extension that reads a image you see on the web or copy to clipboard and allows you to highlight text to copy. http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2014/06/no-your-not-crazy-it-is-ocr-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-7465094686859643256Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:26:00 +00002014-06-12T17:34:08.267-07:00 It can be if you know how to copy you CD. The CD was designed using digital coding theory. Simply put the very nature of the CD was designed to allow you to reconstruct data over finger prints, dust, and scratches. For music and video we could tolerate some loss but for data is has to be exact. You old CDs will have oxidation and deterioration over time even if you handle it with care and rarelyhttp://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2014/06/is-loss-less-truly-loss-less.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-6061761778358059790Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:04:00 +00002013-12-29T12:26:49.890-08:00This did not work. The drive still disconnect periodically when a Western Digital USB 3.0 drive connected to the same hub does not. I'm going to try removing all data and reformatting. I had to give up on this and re-purpose the drive on a pogoplug. Nothing written below worked. I am leaving this here so you can see my steps. I have a Seagate Backup Plus Drive 2.0TB attached to a USB 3.0 port http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/11/seagate-backup-plus-drive-usb-30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3079873675209421975Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:30:00 +00002013-11-13T10:34:02.453-08:00 I recently ran into a little treasure when trying to completely remove Google from my machine and running into a hidden database that was locked and can't be removed without reformatting the hard drive. IObit offers free software to unlock files or directories that simply made my machine un-bootable which led to the previous article. It was locked in the same way the Windows OS locks the http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/11/hidden-treasure-or-fools-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-2701492569359648574Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:59:00 +00002013-11-14T17:35:09.158-08:00No disrespect intended. I believe it honors the men and women left behind when MacArthur slipped away by remembering the sacrifice and also the brutality. War crimes continue into the modern day just as we see acts of bravery and courage. Now, like WWII, is one of the turning points in US history where our freedoms are not only being challenged but being violated and it is having a global impact.http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-road-to-windows-81-is-feeling-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3116942875331133729Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:06:00 +00002013-11-23T09:06:31.870-08:00backupdata recoverydrive imageI needed to migrate my laptop SSD to a slightly smaller msata drive. I first used the Microsoft Disk Management to shrink a partition of the existing operating system drive. I then used a program that is the best backup and recovery program I have ever used. The learning curve is ZERO. This program is simple to use. intuitive, and fast. I don't see anything it can't do. Most of the application http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/10/best-first-date-ever-easy-free-did-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-1836357511864489263Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:58:00 +00002013-09-28T11:58:36.171-07:00backupdata recoverysystem utilitiesutilitiesNirSoft is a utilities developer that has a large number of useful tools for recovery and utilities to help diagnose problems. Most of this stuff is free. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html Recover lost CD keys for Windows and 1000+ major programs - including products of Adobe, Symantec, Autodesk, and more... NK2Edit - Edit, merge and fix the AutoComplete files (http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/09/recover-your-office-key-before-you-canr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-5459308678516417510Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:05:00 +00002013-08-05T21:16:15.581-07:00Car Speaker spacers for about 60 cents per foot. My honda fit has speakers that extend out the door about 3/4 of  an inch. Like any after market speaker you will likely have to cut the door or add a spacer. I cut the door thinking I would get a perfect flush fit until I rolled down my window and heard a clunk. So this was my simple solution. Use rope you can buy at any hardware store for 60http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/08/car-speaker-spacers-for-about-2-per-foot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-5369812477483390362Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:19:00 +00002013-08-02T03:21:33.422-07:00 I completed my latest project. This is a receiver with mirrorlink. Anything you can do on the phone you can also do on the stereo. There is some lag so movie viewing isn't worth while but apps, search, navigation, and music are ideal. It required a hacked Italian version of the samsung software and a grounding the safety circuits. I can also control apps like google play and pandora via http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/07/upgrading-honda-fit-with-medialink-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-90071946388814125Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:25:00 +00002013-12-29T13:05:21.283-08:00There are 2 problems with watching Amazon prime videos on Android. The first problem is that Amazon doesn't supply a app. This is most likely because any other Amazon product directly competes with the Kindle tablets. Secondly adobe flash won't natively install on android 4.0 or higher. Now you know what it feels like to own a Ipad or Iphone. The solution is to browse Amazon prime in full mode http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/07/amazon-prime-video-on-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3869171185788420465Mon, 13 May 2013 18:51:00 +00002013-05-13T11:52:46.251-07:00backuphardwareIT toolssystem utilitiesutilitieswindows Speccy Get your Windows Key / Windows 8 for free Windows 8 is a great operating system. I use it everyday and haven't had a single issue. It takes some getting use to but thanks to Apple force feeding us now Microsoft feels they need to do the same.  Speccy is a free program for home use to let you uncover your windows 8 key from Piriform (the great makers of CCleaner). With Windowshttp://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/05/lets-get-that-bad-windows-8-taste-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-8937065283684059987Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:29:00 +00002013-04-26T12:29:24.448-07:00drive imagesystem utilitiestext toolsvirtual drivehttp://arainia.com/software/gizmo/ Gizmo is a toolbox of utilities most important of which is a free virtual drive manager. You can mount and unmount ISOs to your virtual drive. The utility lets you create the ISO and load and run the ISO. Gizmo Drive v2.7.9       •   Mount ISO, BIN, CUE, NRG files to a virtual CD-ROM drive    &http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-gremlin-that-is-no-trouble-at-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-8636710576016523322Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:36:00 +00002013-02-21T02:38:47.282-08:00backupencryptionfile sharingonline toolssecuritysystem utilitiesutilities BoxCryptor is a FREE for non commercial use, cross platform, cloud encryption utility. https://www.boxcryptor.com/ BoxCryptor secures your data in the cloud – no matter if you use Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive or any other cloud storage provider.     Access your encrypted files on all devices. BoxCryptor is available for Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad. Also http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/02/hide-in-plain-sight-with-boxcryptor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-5207407383333559065Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:05:00 +00002013-02-21T02:39:40.784-08:00system utilitiesutilitieswindows Ninite With Windows 8 and new installs on many people's minds there are some things that can make the process simple and allow us to discover new things. Ninite looks to be a great start after a OS install. This utility allows you to install multiple application that you choose and keep those applications up to date. This is a cross platform utility suite for Windows and Linux. http://http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2013/02/ninite-off-to-beautiful-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3708102278586387418Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:49:00 +00002012-09-22T14:07:42.789-07:00offline toolsportable appssystem utilitiesU3utilitieswindowsRemember when that kid in school beat you up and demanded your Windows key. Well, maybe it didn't go quite like that but it will now. Microsoft has a very enticing off with the new Windows 8 Upgrade coming at the end of October. http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tip-upgrade-previous-windows-version-143574 You will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $40 as wellhttp://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2012/09/did-you-do-you-windows-8-upgrade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-2402687412422801797Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:40:00 +00002012-09-10T01:40:11.420-07:00backuphard driveIT toolsoffline toolssoftwaresystem utilitiesutilitieshttp://www.gfi.com/downloads/mirrors.aspx?pid=bkupf I was recently working with SYNC TOYwhere I had Visual Studio files stored in a directory the Visual Studio application created for me when I started the project. I tried to used sync toy, a backup utility also from Microsoft that simply synchronizes or echos files from one directory to another. The problem was I had a project folder with the http://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2012/09/look-both-ways-before-backing-up-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702546529729483424.post-3046984982796773387Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:29:00 +00002012-09-01T08:31:22.396-07:00data recoveryhard driveIT toolsoffline toolssystem utilitiesutilitieshttp://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php Don't think you are going to use DOS because you are as old as these guys and know what you are doing. If you need to rename files and the file extensions are tied up in your mess you will either have to do a copy then wait and hope you did it right or try bulkrenameutility The utility has a interface that is more confusing than programming inhttp://thinkbiggar.blogspot.com/2012/09/rename-files-another-fine-mess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (masterfinese)0