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&lt;dl&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/games"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Games.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Games_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Games.png'" alt="Games" title="Games"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/games/downloads"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/frets-on-fire.html"&gt;Frets on Fire&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/phun.html"&gt;Phun&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;     &lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/graphics"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Graphics.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Graphics_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Graphics.png'" alt="Graphics" title="Graphics"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/graphics/applications"&gt;Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/real-world-cursor-editor.html"&gt;Real World Cursor Editor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/graphics/resources"&gt;Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/creative-commons.html"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/wallpapers-stocks-renders-c4ds.html"&gt;Wallpapers, Stocks, Renders &amp;amp; C4Ds&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/graphics/tutorials"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tutorials&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/photoshop-tutorial-effetto-fuoco.html"&gt;Fire Effect Tutorial&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/photoshop-tutorial-sprite-tag.html"&gt;Sprite Tag Tutorial&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;     &lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/hardware"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Hardware.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Hardware_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Hardware.png'" alt="Hardware" title="Hardware"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/hardware/video%20cards"&gt;Video Cards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/gerarchia-schede-video.html"&gt;Graphics Cards Hierarchy Chart&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-card-overclocking-guide.html"&gt;Guida all'Overclock della Scheda Video&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;     &lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Software.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Software_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Software.png'" alt="Software" title="Software"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/antivirus"&gt;Antivirus - Antimalware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/avira-antivir-personal-remove.html"&gt;Avira Antivir Personal - Disable Advertisement Popups&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-antiviruses-list.html"&gt;Free Antiviruses List&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/malwarebytes.html"&gt;Malwarebytes' Anti Malware&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/spywareblaster.html"&gt;SpywareBlaster&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/benchmark"&gt;Benchmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/03/intelburntest.html"&gt;IntelBurnTest&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/browsers"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Browsers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/opera-95-vs-firefox-3.html"&gt;Opera 9 vs Firefox 3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/msn"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MSN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/patch-for-windows-live-messenger.html"&gt;A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/office"&gt;Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/openoffice.html"&gt;OpenOffice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/others"&gt;Others&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/artmoney.html"&gt;ArtMoney&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/08/hideapp-hide-your-applications.html"&gt;HideApp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/utilities"&gt;Utilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/ccleaner.html"&gt;Ccleaner + setting guide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/07/defragment-multiple-drives.html"&gt;DefragDrives&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/new.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2011/06/softhardwares-toolbox.html"&gt;SoftHardware's Toolbox&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/new.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/09/tweakprefetch.html"&gt;TweakPrefetch&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/new.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2008/12/utility-varie-per-overclockers-e-non.html"&gt;Various Utilities&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/software/windows"&gt;Windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2010/03/microsoft-windows-optimization-guide.html"&gt;Guida all'Ottimizzazione dei Sistemi Operativi Microsoft v1.4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/new.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/09/windows-custom-themes.html"&gt;Windows Custom Themes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/03/windows-xp-kill-explorerexe.html"&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 - Kill Explorer.exe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;     &lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/websites"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Websites.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Websites_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Websites.png'" alt="Websites" title="Websites"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/summary/-/websites/hosting"&gt;Hosting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-file-hosting-websites.html"&gt;Free File Hosting Websites&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-image-hosting-websites.html"&gt;Free Image Hosting Websites&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/italian.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/english.gif" /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-2280016333074917765?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/navigation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_Games.png" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-8236314118240853479</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-27T11:57:25.071+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">utilities</category><title>SoftHardware's Toolbox</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/ToolBox.png" title="Toolbox" alt="Toolbox" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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DOWNLOAD SOFTHARDWARE'S TOOLBOX v1.1 - uploading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SoftHardware's Toolbox&lt;/span&gt; è una raccolta di strumenti utili per il troubleshooting di una qualsiasi postazione Windows. Questa compilation è stata concepita come una vera e propria "cassetta degli attrezzi" da portare su una normale pendrive, e conseguentemente tutte le applicazioni incluse sono rigorosamente &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;portable&lt;/span&gt; (non hanno bisogno di installazione, bensì funzionano direttamente dal supporto su cui sono state installate).&lt;br /&gt;
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Di seguito una breve descrizione delle utility integrate:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;7-Zip Portable&lt;/span&gt;: compressore/decompressore di archivi .zip, .rar, .7z ecc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ATTO Disk Benchmark&lt;/span&gt;: benchmark prestazionale del disco.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Auslogics Disk Defrag&lt;/span&gt;: utility per la deframmentazione dischi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Autoruns&lt;/span&gt;: visualizza informazioni dettagliate sugli elementi in autoavvio.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CCleaner&lt;/span&gt;: utility di pulizia generica del sistema.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CPU-Z&lt;/span&gt;: visualizza informazioni dettagliate su CPU, memoria, scheda madre e hardware video.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DriveImage XML&lt;/span&gt;: permette di creare immagini di dischi e partizioni.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DriverSweeper&lt;/span&gt;: utility per la disinstallazione sicura dei driver.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Firefox Portable&lt;/span&gt;: versione portatile del browser internet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Foxit Reader&lt;/span&gt;: lettore di documenti PDF.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;GPU-Z&lt;/span&gt;: visualizza informazioni dettagliate sull'hardware video.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;HijackThis&lt;/span&gt;: genera un rapporto dettagliato di impostazioni e file sul computer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;HwMonitor&lt;/span&gt;: visualizza le informazioni dei sensori di sistema (temperature, voltaggi ecc).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;IntelBurnTest&lt;/span&gt;: CPU stress test per monitorare eventuali instabilità.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Monitor Tester&lt;/span&gt;: facilita l'individuazione di pixel spenti ed errori del monitor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Recuva&lt;/span&gt;: permette di recuperare i files cancellati in maniera definitiva.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Speccy&lt;/span&gt;: visualizza numerose informazioni sul sistema.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SuperAntiSpyware&lt;/span&gt;: potente tool per la rimozione malware.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;TakeOwnership&lt;/span&gt;: aggiunge "Prendi Possesso" al menu contestuale di file e directory.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;TestDisk &amp; PhotoRec&lt;/span&gt;: utility avanzate per il recupero di files e partizioni danneggiate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;TweakPrefetch&lt;/span&gt;: gestione del prefetch e del file layout.ini.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Unknown Device Identifier&lt;/span&gt;: aiuta a stabilire la natura di eventuali dispositivi sconosciuti.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTA&lt;/span&gt;: per alcuni di questi programmi sono necessarie le librerie C++ ed il .NET Framework, entrambi inclusi nella cartella "Redist" dell'archivio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-8236314118240853479?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2011/06/softhardwares-toolbox.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_ToolBox.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-5157778691752537427</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-08T12:37:16.451+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">windows</category><title>Microsoft Windows Optimization Guide</title><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - 08/03/2011 - E' disponibile la &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;versione 1.4&lt;/span&gt; della mia &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guida all'Ottimizzazione e Manutenzione dei Sistemi Operativi Microsoft&lt;/span&gt;. Il link per il download è in basso. Buona lettura!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - Here's a list of TweakPrefetch functions:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CLEAR PREFETCH&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; this function, available in the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Advanced Controls&lt;/span&gt;, will empty the Prefetch folder, forcing the operating system to rebuild fetch data (or not to create them at all if Prefetch has been disabled). &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Note:&lt;/span&gt; emptying the &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Windows/Prefetch&lt;/span&gt; folder is &lt;u&gt;not recommended&lt;/u&gt; and will cause a temporary performance drop in applications startup time. I added this function to allow advanced users to reset Prefetch data in case it might be necessary. It is possible to allow the program to create a backup of the current Prefetch data in order to be able to restore it at any time with the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore old Prefetch data&lt;/span&gt;" function (obviously restoring obsolete Prefetch data is counterproductive).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DISABLE SUPEFETCH SERVICE&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; since version 5.0, if you decide to disable Superfetch (Vista/7), it's possible to choose whether or not to disable the Superfetch service as well. This is not recommended, since the service also manages the creation of .pf files necessary for the Prefetching function. In case you wish to disable it (to save resources or anything else), you'll have to use the "Rebuild Layout.ini" function &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;once every Windows session&lt;/span&gt; you start new applications in, in order to let the system build all of the Prefetch files. This operation is facilitated by command line parameters and the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Create shortcut&lt;/span&gt;" function.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;LAYOUT.INI AND PREFETCH&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; if you notice that Windows won't rebuild the "Layout.ini" file after you have cleaned the Prefetch folder, or maybe you just want to update it to your latest startup configuration, you can force the process using the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rebuild Layout.ini&lt;/span&gt;" function (available in the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Advanced Controls&lt;/span&gt; as well) in the "Options" menu. The program will automatically create a backup of the previous file, in order to let the user restore it (with the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore old Layout.ini&lt;/span&gt;" function) in case it might be necessary. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Note:&lt;/span&gt; the program will only save a copy of the &lt;u&gt;last&lt;/u&gt; Layout.ini (for the nature of the file, restoring a too old Layout.ini is counterproductive).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CONFIGURATION WIZARD&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; this function will help less experienced users to find the optimal Prefetch and Superfetch settings for their system and needs. It's very user-friendly, so just try it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;COMMAND LINE SUPPORT&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; implemented since version 4.0, it's very important for anyone wanting to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;disable Superfetch&lt;/span&gt; and keep Prefetching functionality.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Available parameters: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RL&lt;/span&gt; (rebuilds Layout.ini and prefetch files in silent mode); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RLR&lt;/span&gt; (same as /RL, restarts the system on completion); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RLS&lt;/span&gt; (same as /RL, shuts the system down on completion); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/resL&lt;/span&gt; (restores the old Layout.ini in silent mode); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/resP&lt;/span&gt; (restores the old Prefetch data in silent mode); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/help&lt;/span&gt; (shows a list of the available commands).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CREATE SHORTCUT&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; this function is able to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;create special shortcuts&lt;/span&gt; which will "Rebuild the Layout.ini" in silent mode. Users will be able to let TweakPrefetch shutdown or restart the system when the operation is completed.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SETTINGS AND BACKUP FILES DELETION&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; it's possible to delete settings and backup files with the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete settings&lt;/span&gt;" and "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete backup files&lt;/span&gt;" functions. It's recommended to delete the program settings every time you install a newer version of the program.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - First functional release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.1&lt;/span&gt; - Added Superfetch control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.2&lt;/span&gt; - Added "Clear Prefetch" function.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.3&lt;/span&gt; - Added language selection option. Available Languages: English and Italian.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.4&lt;/span&gt; - Added operating system check.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - "Superfetch" service will now be set on "Manual" if you choose to disable Superfetch; added "Rebuild Layout.ini" function; fixed some minor bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Added beta Windows 7 support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.2&lt;/span&gt; - Improved "Rebuild Layout.ini" function and added keyboard shortcut; now officially supports Windows 7; fixed a minor bug.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.0&lt;/span&gt; - Added fetching configuration Wizard; minor interface changes; fixed a minor bug.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.1&lt;/span&gt; - Added "Restore old Layout.ini" function; fixed a bug in the "Rebuild Layout.ini" function; fixed some minor bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.2&lt;/span&gt; - "Clear Prefetch" and "Rebuild Layout.ini" functions are now hidden by default, and can be enabled as "Advanced Controls"; added "Rebuild Layout.ini" completion check.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.0&lt;/span&gt; - Added command line support; added "Create shortcut" function; optimized and lightened the code; minor interface changes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.1&lt;/span&gt; - "Disabled" option and "Create shortcut" function are now available only as "Advanced controls"; code optimized and lightened; fixed a potential bug in the OS recognition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.0&lt;/span&gt; - Added the "Restore old Prefetch data", "Disable Superfetch service", "Delete settings" and "Delete backup files" functions; implemented Prefetch backup function; improved the "Clear Prefetch" function; added the "/resP" command line parameter; totally new GUI; many bugfixes, including the "registry access denied" bug on systems with UAC enabled; code optimized.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.1&lt;/span&gt; - Fixed some bugs of version 5.0; added italian language to the "/help" command.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.2&lt;/span&gt; - Minor improvements and bugfixes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.3&lt;/span&gt; - Added update checking module; removed italian language support (discontinued); interface changes; minor improvements and bugfixes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - Ecco una lista delle funzionalità di TweakPrefetch:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CLEAR PREFETCH&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; questa funzione, disponibile tra i &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Controlli Avanzati&lt;/span&gt;, svuoterà la cartella di Prefetch costringendo il sistema operativo a ricostruire i dati di fetch (o a non crearli più se si è scelto di disabilitare il Prefetching). &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nota:&lt;/span&gt; svuotare la cartella &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Windows/Prefetch&lt;/span&gt; è &lt;u&gt;altamente sconsigliato&lt;/u&gt; e provocherà un calo temporaneo nei tempi di apertura delle applicazioni. Ho integrato questa funzione per permettere agli utenti più esperti di resettare i dati di Prefetch, in caso possa risultare necessario. E' possibile permettere al programma di creare un backup dei dati di Prefetch di Windows in modo da poterli ripristinare in qualsiasi momento tramite la funzione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore old Prefetch data&lt;/span&gt;" (ovviamente, ripristinare dati di Prefetch obsoleti è controproducente).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DISABLE SUPERFETCH SERVICE&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; a partire dalla versione 5.0, se si decide di impostare il Superfetch su "Disabilitato" (solo Vista/7), è possibile decidere se disabilitare anche il servizio Superfetch. Ciò è sconsigliato, in quanto tale servizio gestisce anche la creazione dei files .pf necessari necessari per la funzione di Prefetching. In caso lo si voglia disabilitare (per risparmiare risorse o altro), sarà necessario utilizzare la funzione "Rebuild Layout.ini" almeno &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;una volta per ogni sessione&lt;/span&gt; in cui avviamo nuove applicazioni per permettere al sistema di costruire i file necessari al Prefetch. Questa operazione è comunque molto agevolata dalla presenza dei parametri per riga di comando e dalla funzione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Create Shortcut&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;LAYOUT.INI E PREFETCH&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; nel caso in cui, una volta svuotata la cartella di Prefetch, si dovesse notare che il file "Layout.ini" (fondamentale per la funzione di fetch) tarda a ricrearsi, o semplicemente si desidera aggiornare tale file (in seguito alla rimozione/aggiunzione di programmi di startup, ad esempio) è possibile forzare l'operazione tramite la funzione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rebuild Layout.ini&lt;/span&gt;" (disponibile anch'essa tra i &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Controlli Avanzati&lt;/span&gt;) selezionabile dal menù "Opzioni". Il programma creerà automaticamente un backup del file, in modo da rendere possibile il ripristino dello stesso (mediante la funzione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore old Layout.ini&lt;/span&gt;") in caso possa risultare necessario. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;N.B:&lt;/span&gt; viene salvata solo una copia dell'&lt;u&gt;ultimo&lt;/u&gt; Layout.ini (per la natura del file, ripristinare un Layout.ini troppo vecchio risulta controproducente).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CONFIGURATION WIZARD&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; questa funzione aiuterà gli utenti meno esperti ad impostare Prefetch e Superfetch in maniera ottimale in base al proprio sistema ed alle proprie esigenze. E' davvero semplice da utilizzare, quindi non mi dilungherò nel descriverlo. Provatelo!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SUPPORTO PER RIGA DI COMANDO&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; implementato a partire dalla versione 4.0, è di fondamentale importanza per chi volesse &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;disabilitare il servizio Superfetch&lt;/span&gt; e mantenere la funzionalità di Prefetch, come spiegato in precedenza.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I parametri disponibili sono: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RL&lt;/span&gt; (ricostruisce Layout.ini e file di Prefetch in modalità silenziosa); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RLR&lt;/span&gt; (stesso di /RL, riavvia il sistema al termine); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/RLS&lt;/span&gt; (stesso di /RL, arresta il sistema al termine); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/resL&lt;/span&gt; (ripristina il vecchio Layout.ini in modalità silenziosa); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/resP&lt;/span&gt; (ripristina i vecchi dati di Prefetch in modalità silenziosa); &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/help&lt;/span&gt; (visualizza i parametri disponibili).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CREATE SHORTCUT&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; questa funzione è in grado di &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;creare speciali collegamenti&lt;/span&gt; che avvieranno la funzione "Rebuild Layout.ini" in modalità silenziosa. L'utente potrà anche decidere di spegnere o riavviare la macchina al termine dell'operazione.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ELIMINAZIONE IMPOSTAZIONI E FILES DI BACKUP&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; è possibile eliminare le impostazioni ed i files di backup del programma tramite le funzioni "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete settings&lt;/span&gt;" e "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete backup files&lt;/span&gt;". E' consigliato eliminare le impostazioni ogni volta che si installa una nuova versione del programma.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - Prima release funzionante.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.1&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto il controllo del Superfetch.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.2&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta funzione "Pulisci Prefetch".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.3&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta la selezione della lingua tra le opzioni. Lingue disponibili: Italiano ed Inglese.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.4&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto controllo sistema operativo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - Il servizio "Ottimizzazione Avvio" o "Superfetch" non sarà più impostato su "Disattivato", ma al più su "Manuale"; aggiunta la funzione "Ricostruisci Layout.ini"; sistemati alcuni bug minori.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto supporto beta per Windows 7.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.2&lt;/span&gt; - Migliorata la funzione "Ricostruisci Layout.ini" ed aggiunta scorciatoia da tastiera; Windows 7 supportato ufficialmente; sistemato un bug minore.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.0&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto Wizard di configurazione del fetching; cambiamenti di interfaccia minori; sistemato un bug minore.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.1&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta funzione "Ripristina vecchio Layout.ini"; sistemato un bug della funzione "Ricostruisci Layout.ini"; sistemati alcuni bug minori.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.2&lt;/span&gt; - Le funzioni "Pulisci Prefetch" e "Ricostruisci Layout.ini" sono ora nascoste di default, e possono essere attivate tra i "Controlli Avanzati"; aggiunto controllo completamento "Ricostruisci Layout.ini".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.0&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto supporto per riga di comando; aggiunta funzione "Crea collegamento"; codice ottimizzato ed alleggerito; cambiamenti di interfaccia minori.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.1&lt;/span&gt; - L'opzione "Disabilitato" e la funzione "Crea collegamento" sono ora disponibili solo tra i "Controlli avanzati"; codice ottimizzato ed alleggerito; sistemato un potenziale bug nel riconoscimento del sistema operativo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.0&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunte le funzioni "Ripristina vecchi dati di Prefetch", "Disabilita servizio Superfetch", "Elimina impostazioni" ed "Elimina files di backup"; implementata funzionalità di backup per i dati di Prefetch; migliorata la funzione di cancellazione dei dati di Prefetch; aggiunto il parametro command line "/resP"; interfaccia grafica interamente ridisegnata; risolti numerosi bug, tra cui il bug di "accesso al registro vietato" sui sistemi con UAC abilitato; codice ottimizzato.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.1&lt;/span&gt; - Risolti alcuni bug della versione 5.0; aggiunta lingua italiana al comando "/help".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.2&lt;/span&gt; - Miglioramenti minori; vari bugfix.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v5.3&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto modulo di controllo aggiornamenti; rimossa lingua italiana (non sarà più implementata per varie motivazioni); modifiche di interfaccia; miglioramenti minori e bugfix.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-9208932894383180272?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2010/03/tweakprefetch-functions-changelog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7580777427195701670</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T14:33:03.253+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">utilities</category><title>TweakPrefetch</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/TweakPrefetch5.png" alt="TweakPrefetch"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; "&gt;NEWS:&lt;/span&gt; 09/01/2012 - version 5.3.0.1 released!&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows XP&lt;/span&gt; contains an interesting function, called &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Prefetch&lt;/span&gt;, capable of reducing applications startup time as well as the operating system boot time.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prefetching works this way: the first time the user runs a given X application, Windows controls its startup and creates a X.pf file inside the Windows/Prefetch folder. This file contains a sort of index of the X application files to load into memory, as well as information about the order in which they should be loaded. That way, the next time the X application is started, Windows will check the previously created "index" and will use its information to grant a faster startup time.&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows Vista&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7&lt;/span&gt;, the Prefetch function has been partnered with &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Superfetch&lt;/span&gt;: Vista uses a complex algorhytm to determine which applications are used and their access frequency, in order to preload parts of them into memory at Windows startup or at a later moment (determined by the algorhytm I was talking about). Since they are already partially loaded in memory, applications will startup faster than they did thanks to the traditional Prefetch.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prefetch and Superfetch are theorically good functions. But pratically, things are a bit different. Prefetch does its work well, without any particular cons. Superfetch, instead, could lead to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abnormal hard disk activity&lt;/span&gt; (caused by memory IO operations) and random in-game &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;framerate drops&lt;/span&gt; (probably caused by the caching process). Moreover, Superfetch will use a considerable amount of system memory (even if it's managed with an accurate priority system), so tweaking this function might increase the overall performance of systems with &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;less than 2 GiB of RAM&lt;/span&gt;. Fortunately Superfetch has been tamed down in Windows 7, but these problems are still present even on the new Microsoft platform. Furthermore, fetching is totally useless for &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;solid state drive&lt;/span&gt; users, who may want to disable this function to extend the lifespan of the unit. For these and/or other reasons, advanced users might want to tweak the way Windows manages Prefetch and Superfetch, and TweakPrefetch is a very easy way to accomplish this.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;TweakPrefetch&lt;/span&gt; is a utility coded in VB.net capable of managing fetching in Windows XP, Vista and 7. It allows the user to set separate parameters for Prefetch and Superfetch. The available options are:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Disabled:&lt;/span&gt; completely disables fetching.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Applications Only:&lt;/span&gt; fetching will only be applied to user started applications.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Boot Only:&lt;/span&gt; fetching will only be applied to boot files (system files, services and startup programs).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Applications &amp; Boot:&lt;/span&gt; fetching will be applied to both applications and boot files (Windows default setting for Prefetch and Superfetch).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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TweakPrefetch will also detect wrong parameters for Prefetch and Superfetch, and will let the user fix them with a single click.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since version 3.0, I implemented a fetching &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;configuration Wizard&lt;/span&gt;, which will help less experienced users to find the optimal Prefetch and Superfetch settings for their system and needs.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prefetching in &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows XP&lt;/span&gt; is better left at its &lt;u&gt;default value&lt;/u&gt; for the 99% of the users. However, someone prefers to set it to "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Boot Only&lt;/span&gt;", in order to benefit from fetching only at boot time.&lt;br /&gt;
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For what concerns &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows Vista&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;u&gt;default&lt;/u&gt; settings are still recommended for most users (especially for who doesn't use the PC for gaming). Advanced users and gamers might want to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;disable&lt;/span&gt; Superfetch (to obtain an XP-like fetching, reduce hard disk trashing and prevent this function to interfere with games) or set it to "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Boot Only&lt;/span&gt;" at least. Obviously, it's up to the users to experiment different settings and tweak fetching at their advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - thanks to &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07804359603151985242" target="_blank"&gt;Pedro Leite Ribeiro&lt;/a&gt; - if you decide to disable the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Superfetch service&lt;/span&gt; under Vista or 7, the system will stop creating the ".pf" files necessary for the Prefetching function (note that you can disable Superfetch but keep the Superfetch service enabled in order to avoid this problem). In this case, you'll have to use the "Rebuild Layout.ini" function &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;once every Windows session&lt;/span&gt; you start new applications in, in order to let the system build all of the Prefetch files. Take a look at TweakPrefetch &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2010/03/tweakprefetch-functions-changelog.html"&gt;functions list&lt;/a&gt; for further info on how to automate the operation.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION NOTES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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To install TweakPrefetch you just have to run the self extracting archive and extract the contents to any folder you like. TweakPrefetch needs the .NET Framework 3.5 (or newer) to run properly.&lt;br /&gt;
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To uninstall TweakPrefetch, just use the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete Settings&lt;/span&gt;" function and delete the TweakPrefetch folder.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows XP&lt;/span&gt; possiede un'interessante funzione, detta &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Prefetch&lt;/span&gt;, in grado di ridurre il tempo necessario all'apertura delle applicazioni, nonchè quello necessario all'avvio del sistema operativo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Il Prefetch opera in questo modo: la prima volta che si avvia una determinata applicazione X, Windows ne controlla l'avvio e crea un file X.pf nella cartella &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Windows/Prefetch&lt;/span&gt;. Tale file contiene una sorta di indice delle sezioni dell'applicazione X da caricare in memoria, oltre alle indicazioni sull'ordine con cui caricarle. In tal modo, la volta successiva che l'utente avvierà l'applicazione X, il sistema operativo controllerà questo "indice" precedentemente creato e ne utilizzerà le informazioni per garantire un avvio più rapido della suddetta applicazione.&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows Vista&lt;/span&gt; e &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7&lt;/span&gt;, alla funzione di Prefetch è stata affiancata quella di &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Superfetch&lt;/span&gt;: il sistema operativo registra mediante un complesso algoritmo quali applicazioni vengono avviate dall'utente e con quale frequenza, in modo da precaricare parti delle stesse in memoria all'avvio di Windows, o in un secondo momento determinato dall'algoritmo di cui parlavo in precedenza. Essendo parzialmente caricate in memoria, le applicazioni si avvieranno in tempi inferiori rispetto a quanto accadeva con il tradizionale Prefetch.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prefetch e Superfetch sono entrambe ottime funzioni in linea teorica. Nella pratica però, le cose sono leggermente diverse. Il Prefetch assolve appieno il suo compito senza particolari controindicazioni. Per il Superfetch, le cose si complicano. Diversi utenti (tra cui il sottoscritto) hanno rilevato &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;attività anomale dell'hard disk&lt;/span&gt; (causate dal caricamento in memoria delle applicazioni all'avvio o in momenti successivi) oltre a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;cali di framerate&lt;/span&gt; casuali in-game (probabilmente imputabili alle stesse operazioni di caching di cui parlavo). Inoltre, i vantaggi del Superfetch si pagano a suon di RAM (anche se la stessa viene gestita con un accurato sistema di priorità), per cui l'ottimizzazione (o disabilitazione) di tale funzione potrebbe migliorare le prestazioni complessive dei sistemi con quantità di RAM &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;inferiore ai 2 GiB&lt;/span&gt;. Fortunatamente con Windows 7 la situazione è nettamente migliorata, grazie ad una gestione meno invasiva del Superfetch. Ma purtroppo, i problemi sopracitati persistono anche sulla nuova piattaforma Microsoft. Inoltre, il fetching risulta pressochè inutile per i possessori di &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;dischi a stato solido&lt;/span&gt;, i quali dovrebbero disabilitarlo per allungare la vita del drive. Per queste o altre ragioni, gli utenti più esperti potrebbero voler controllare il modo in cui Windows gestisce Prefetch e Superfetch, e TweakPrefetch rappresenta un modo semplicissimo per farlo.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;TweakPrefetch&lt;/span&gt; è un'utility codificata in VB.net in grado di gestire il fetching nei sistemi operativi Windows XP, Vista e 7. Essa permette di impostare separatamente i parametri di Prefetch e Superfetch. Le opzioni disponibili sono:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Disabled:&lt;/span&gt; disabilita del tutto la funzione di fetching.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Applications Only:&lt;/span&gt; fetch attivo solo sulle applicazioni avviate dall'utente.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Boot Only:&lt;/span&gt; fetch attivo solo sui file di avvio (file di sistema, servizi e programmi startup).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Applications &amp; Boot:&lt;/span&gt; fetch attivo su applicazioni e file di boot (impostazione predefinita di Windows per Prefetch e Superfetch).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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TweakPrefetch rileverà inoltre la presenza di parametri errati per le funzioni di Prefetch e Superfetch, permettendo all'utente di correggerli in breve tempo.&lt;br /&gt;
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La configurazione ottimale del Prefetch in &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows XP&lt;/span&gt; è, per il 99% degli utenti, quella di &lt;u&gt;default&lt;/u&gt;. Tuttavia, qualcuno preferisce impostare il fetch su "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Solo Boot&lt;/span&gt;", in modo da beneficiare dei vantaggi del fetching solo all'avvio.&lt;br /&gt;
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Per quanto riguarda &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows Vista&lt;/span&gt; e &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7&lt;/span&gt;, si consiglia comunque di mantenere le impostazioni di &lt;u&gt;default&lt;/u&gt;, che saranno più che buone per la maggioranza degli utenti (specialmente per chi non utilizza il PC come piattaforma videoludica). Gli utenti avanzati ed i videogiocatori potrebbero però voler &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;disabilitare&lt;/span&gt; il Superfetch (per ottenere un fetching del tutto simile a quello presente su XP, ridurre le attività anomale dell'hard disk e non permettere che la funzione interferisca con i videogames) o per lo meno impostarlo su "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Solo Boot&lt;/span&gt;". Ovviamente, sta all'utente sperimentare le varie impostazioni e settare il fetching a proprio vantaggio.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTA IMPORTANTE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - grazie a &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07804359603151985242" target="_blank"&gt;Pedro Leite Ribeiro&lt;/a&gt; - in Windows Vista e 7 se si decide di disabilitare il &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;servizio Superfetch&lt;/span&gt;, il sistema smetterà di creare i file ".pf" necessari per la funzione di Prefetching. In questo caso, sarà necessario utilizzare la funzione "Rebuild Layout.ini" almeno &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;una volta per ogni sessione&lt;/span&gt; in cui avviamo nuove applicazioni per permettere al sistema di costruire i file necessari al Prefetch (notare che si può disabilitare il Superfetch mantenendo il servizio attivo, in modo da evitare questo inconveniente). Leggere la &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2010/03/tweakprefetch-functions-changelog.html"&gt;lista delle funzioni&lt;/a&gt; di TweakPrefetch per scoprire come automatizzare l'operazione.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE DI INSTALLAZIONE/DISINSTALLAZIONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Per installare TweakPrefetch è sufficiente scompattare l'archivio autoestraente in una cartella a vostra scelta. TweakPrefetch necessita del .NET Framework 3.5 (o superiore) per funzionare correttamente.&lt;br /&gt;
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Per disinstallare TweakPrefetch è sufficiente utilizzare la funzione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delete Settings&lt;/span&gt;" e cancellare la cartella in cui l'avete estratto.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%; font-weight:bold;"&gt;ALTERNATE DOWNLOADS (COULD BE OUTDATED)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TweakPrefetch.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.softpedia.com/images/softpedia_download_small.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?download=1&amp;ID=1930" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/BestFreeware45.jpg" alt="FreewareWeb" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/TweakPrefetch-Clean-141117.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_clean_award_f.gif" alt="Softpedia" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.softoxi.com/tweakprefetch.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.softoxi.com/images/public/awards/award_star.png" border="0" alt="TweakPrefetch at softoxi.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/k-tweakprefetch-t-free-tweakprefetch-freeware-wvjihgeh.html" target="_blank" title="Freeware downloads"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/images/BFD_clean.png" alt="Best Freeware Download" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.top4download.com/tweakprefetch/odohvfxg.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.top4download.com/templates/T4D/images/clean_2.gif" alt="Spyware free downloads - Top 4 Download" border="0" width="160" height="80"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a HREF="http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1930" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img SRC="http://www.freewareweb.com/listedat.gif" alt="Your Freeware Download Source!" BORDER=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/software/k-tweakprefetch-t-free-tweakprefetch-download-madduyrh.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/images/BS4D_award5.png" alt="Best Software 4 Download" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.softsea.com/review/TweakPrefetch.html'&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.softsea.com/images/pro-logo-5stars-1.gif' border='0' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"TweakPrefetch is a utility to change how Prefetch and Superfetch operate and set separate parameters for them. This utility definitely isn't for everyone but if you want to be able to tweak your Prefetch settings easily to see if you can get faster run time, give TweakPrefetch a try."&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1930" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;FreewareWeb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 4.5/5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"This program is a software capable of managing Prefetch and Superfetch in Windows XP and Vista, now it can run under Windows 7. This is an easy-to-use software that is designed to manage your system's fetching. It allows the user to set separate parameters for Prefetch and Superfetch."&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.softsea.com/review/TweakPrefetch.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SoftSea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 5/5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"TweakPrefetch - great freeware that helps you easily manage fetching in Windows XP, Vista and 7 (set separate parameters for Prefetch and Superfetch, etc.)"&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.softoxi.com/tweakprefetch.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Softoxy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 5/5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - Con il rilascio di Windows Vista e del suo scintillante tema Aero, la Microsoft ha voluto aumentare le possibilità di personalizzazione del suo sistema operativo da parte dell'utente. Infatti Aero, per quanto pesante, può essere customizzato sotto diversi aspetti, come ad esempio il colore delle interfacce. Resta il fatto che nè in XP, Vista o Seven risulta possibile applicare temi (o meglio stili di visualizzazione) personalizzati, se non rilasciati dalla stessa Microsoft.&lt;br /&gt;
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La soluzione c'è, è semplice e non richiede l'installazione di programmi di styling (come WindowBlinds o StyleXP). Essa consiste nel sostituire alcuni file di sistema con file modificati appositamente per permettere l'uso di temi non rilasciati dalla casa produttrice. Dato che la procedura manuale risulta talvolta problematica, e non sempre alla portata di tutti, ecco un semplice programmino che patcherà automaticamente i file di sistema in questione:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scaricare &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2008/11/universal-theme-patcher.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Universal Theme Patcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; e scompattare l'archivio in una cartella qualunque. Andare al &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;punto 2&lt;/span&gt; se si possiede un sistema operativo a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;32 bit&lt;/span&gt;. Andare al &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;punto 4&lt;/span&gt; se si possiede un sistema operativo a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;64 bit&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 32 bit:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; avviare &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x86.exe&lt;/span&gt; e fare click su "Ok" nella schermata di selezione della lingua. Il programma riconoscerà il sistema operativo in uso e controllerà se i file di sistema siano già stati modificati. Fare click su "Si".&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Nella schermata successiva, fare click su "Patch" per tutti i file di sistema disponibili (solo "uxtheme.dll" per XP, "uxtheme.dll" / "themeui.dll" / "shsvcs.dll" o "themeservice.dll" per Vista o 7). Andare al &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;punto 7&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 64 bit:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; avviare &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x64.exe&lt;/span&gt; e fare click su "Ok" nella schermata di selezione della lingua. Il programma riconoscerà il sistema operativo in uso e controllerà se i file di sistema siano già stati modificati. Fare click su "Si".&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Nella schermata successiva, fare click su "Patch" per tutti i file di sistema disponibili (solo "uxtheme.dll" per XP, "uxtheme.dll" / "themeui.dll" / "shsvcs.dll" o "themeservice.dll" per Vista o 7).&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Opzionale:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; se la procedura non dovesse permettere comunque l'applicazione di temi personalizzati, controllare se esista una cartella &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Windows/Syswow64&lt;/span&gt;. In tal caso sarà necessario utilizzare anche il file &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x86.exe&lt;/span&gt; per patchare i file presenti in questa cartella.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Chiudere il programma e riavviare il computer.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ora risulterà possibile applicare temi modificati al vostro Windows. Potete trovare temi di ogni colore e per ogni gusto cercando su &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.google.it" target="_blank"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;. Nel caso in cui i file modificati generino problemi di vario tipo, sarà sufficiente utilizzare questo stesso programmino, clickando però su "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore&lt;/span&gt;" per ogni file di sistema modificato, in modo da rimpiazzare i file modificati con quelli presenti inizialmente (salvati dal programma come backup).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - With the release of Windows Vista and its shiny Aero theme, Microsoft wanted to improve the user experience by adding more customization options to its operating system. Despite being notoriously heavy, Aero can be customized in new ways (such as changing the interfaces' colors). But neither in XP, Vista nor Seven the user is able to use visual styles that haven't been released by Microsoft.&lt;br /&gt;
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But there's a very easy solution to this, which doesn't require the installation of programs like WindowsBlinds or StyleXP. We only need to replace some system files with patched files. Since the manual process is sometimes problematic, I'll show you a simple program that will automatically patch all of the required files:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2008/11/universal-theme-patcher.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Universal Theme Patcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and decompress the archive into any folder. Now proceed to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;point 2&lt;/span&gt; if you have a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;32 bit&lt;/span&gt; Windows edition. Go to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;point 4&lt;/span&gt; if you have a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;64 bit&lt;/span&gt; Windows edition.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 32 bit:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; start &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x86.exe&lt;/span&gt; and click on "Ok" in the language selection screen. The program will recognise the operating system and will check whether the required system files have already been patched. Click on "Yes".&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;In the next window, click on "Patch" for all of the available system files (just "uxtheme.dll" in XP, "uxtheme.dll" / "themeui.dll" / "shsvcs.dll" or "themeservice.dll" in Vista or 7). Go to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;point 7&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 64 bit:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; start &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x64.exe&lt;/span&gt; and click on "Ok" in the language selection screen. The program will recognise the operating system and will check whether the required system files have already been patched. Click on "Yes".&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;In the next window, click on "Patch" for all of the available system files (just "uxtheme.dll" in XP, "uxtheme.dll" / "themeui.dll" / "shsvcs.dll" or "themeservice.dll" in Vista or 7).&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Optional:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; if you still cannot apply custom visual styles, check if a &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Windows/Syswow64&lt;/span&gt; folder exists. In this case you'll have to use &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;UniversalThemePatcher-x86.exe&lt;/span&gt; to patch the files in that folder.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Close the program and restart the computer.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Now you should be able to use modified themes with Windows. You can find some by &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.google.it" target="_blank"&gt;Googling&lt;/a&gt; "Windows Custom Themes" or similar. If you wish to revert the system to the previous state, you just have to use this program and click on "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Restore&lt;/span&gt;" for every system file you patched.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-2136235934537770157?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/09/windows-custom-themes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i40.tinypic.com/aoutyf_th.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7664797721258320091</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-09T00:27:54.345+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">others</category><title>HideApp - Hide your applications</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/HideApp.jpg" width="450" alt="HideApp" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - We often need to use applications which don't require any user input, but show bothersome interfaces or prompts. Yeah, I'm talking about batch files as well :)&lt;br /&gt;
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As you know, it's impossible to completely hide these apps (they can just be minimized, but can't become invisible) without using other methods (javascript, vbscript etc.). &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;HideApp&lt;/span&gt; is an utility coded in VB.net capable of generating shortcuts which will start your applications in background, thus without any on-screen console nor interface.&lt;br /&gt;
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I tried to code this utility to be as light as possible, in order not to influence the app startup time. You'll just have to select the application you want to hide (with its command line arguments, if necessary) and HideApp will do its work.&lt;br /&gt;
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Once you've installed HideApp, you'll be able to manually create these kind of shortcuts using this syntax for the shortcut's destination:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;[HideApp.exe path][space]"[yourapp.bat path]"[space]"[parameters]"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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For example, if HideApp is installed in C:\Program Files\HideApp, mybatch.bat is located in C:\Program Files and it needs the "/s" parameter, the destination will be:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;C:\Program Files\HideApp\HideApp.exe "C:\Program Files\mybatch.bat" "/s"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;When you double click the shortcut, mybatch.bat will be started in the background without showing the usual black command prompt. At the moment, HideApp supports &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.exe&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.bat&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.com&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.js&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;b&gt;.py&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.vbs&lt;/span&gt; files. If you'd like more extensions to be added, leave a comment to this article and I'll include them in the next release.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - First functional release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.1&lt;/span&gt; - Code optimized and lightened; generated shortcuts will have the same icon as the application.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - New "Browse" window; fixed some minor bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Code extremely optimized and lightened.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.2&lt;/span&gt; - Added Javascript and VBScript support; code optimized.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.3&lt;/span&gt; - Added command line parameters handling; works on systems with UAC enabled; code optimized.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.4&lt;/span&gt; - Added Python script support; code optimized.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;INSTALLATION NOTES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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To install HideApp you just have to extract the content of the .rar archive to any folder you like. Further instructions are present in the &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;ReadMe.txt&lt;/span&gt; file&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE 1:&lt;/span&gt; the archive contains the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Italian&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;English&lt;/span&gt; versions of the utility.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE 2:&lt;/span&gt; the files &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;HideApp.exe&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll&lt;/span&gt; have to be in the same folder.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Spesso capita di dover utilizzare applicazioni che non richiedono alcun input da parte dell'utente, ma che mostrano fastidiose interfacce o prompt a schermo. Ad esempio ai più "smanettoni" spesso sarà capitato di creare file batch che eseguano automaticamente un dato compito, ma che una volta avviati mostravano quella noiosa console nera stile MS-DOS.&lt;br /&gt;
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Come ben saprete, non è possibile nascondere del tutto questo genere di applicazioni (al massimo le si può minimizzare, ma questo non le rende "invisibili") senza sfruttare altri mezzi (javascript, vbscript etc.). &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;HideApp&lt;/span&gt; è un'utility codificata interamente in VB.net in grado di generare collegamenti che avvieranno le vostre applicazioni in background, quindi senza alcuna interfaccia o console a schermo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ho cercato di codificare quest'utility in maniera più leggera possibile, in modo da non pesare affatto sui tempi di apertura delle applicazioni che si desidera nascondere. Basterà selezionare l'applicazione in questione (specificando gli eventuali parametri per riga di comando) ed HideApp creerà un collegamento in grado di avviarla in modalità "invisibile".&lt;br /&gt;
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Una volta installato HideApp, sarà anche possibile creare questi collegamenti manualmente: basterà digitare come destinazione del collegamento il percorso di HideApp seguito da uno spazio e dal percorso dell'applicazione da rendere invisibile tra virgolette. Ad esempio, se HideApp è installato in C:\Programmi\HideApp, l'applicazione mybatch.bat si trova in C:\Programmi ed ha bisogno del parametro "/s", la destinazione del collegamento sarà:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;C:\Programmi\HideApp\HideApp.exe "C:\Programmi\mybatch.bat" "/s"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;Avviando il collegamento, mybatch.bat sarà avviato in background, senza mostrare il solito prompt nero tipico dei file batch. Al momento, HideApp supporta i file &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.exe&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.bat&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.com&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.js&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;b&gt;.py&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.vbs&lt;/span&gt;. Se volete che aggiunga altre estensioni, lasciate un commento a questo articolo ed io vedrò di includerle nella prossima release.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - Prima release pienamente funzionale.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.1&lt;/span&gt; - Codice ottimizzato ed alleggerito; i collegamenti generati assumono l'icona dell'applicazione.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - Nuova schermata stile "Sfoglia"; sistemati alcuni bug minori.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Codice estremamente alleggerito ed ottimizzato.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.2&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto supporto per JavaScript e Visual Basic Script; codice ottimizzato.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.3&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta possibilità di specificare parametri per riga di comando; funziona su sistemi con UAC abilitato; codice ottimizzato.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.4&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto supporto per Python script; codice ottimizzato.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE DI INSTALLAZIONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Per installare HideApp è sufficiente scompattare i file contenuti nell'archivio .rar in una cartella a vostra scelta. Ulteriori informazioni sono contenute nel file &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;ReadMe.txt&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTA 1:&lt;/span&gt; l'archivio contiene le versioni &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;italiana&lt;/span&gt; ed &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;inglese&lt;/span&gt; dell'utility.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTA 2:&lt;/span&gt; i file &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;HideApp.exe&lt;/span&gt; e &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll&lt;/span&gt; devono trovarsi nella stessa cartella.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;hr&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - A file is "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;fragmented&lt;/span&gt;" when it's split over various sectors of the hard drive. Obviously, a fragmented file takes longer to be loaded, because the hard disk's head has to move multiple times in order to read all of the file fragments. Furthermore, every fragmented file wastes a part of the disk space, and the wasted free space is directly proportional to the file size. In the end, the higher number of head rotations will shorten the lifespan of the drive.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's obvious that a hard drive containing a high number of fragmented files isn't efficient, and this will significantly influence the performance &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;of the whole system&lt;/span&gt;. Therefore, it's recommended to defragment the disk with a certain frequency. Defragmentation utilities transform fragmented files into contiguous files (by putting all of the files fragments in adjacent sectors), reducing access time and recovering the space wasted by the various fragments.&lt;br /&gt;
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Windows contains a good disk defragmentation utility, called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Windows Disk Defragmenter&lt;/span&gt;.  The GUI version (with graphical interface) of the tool, which can be started typing "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dfrg.msc&lt;/span&gt;" without quotes in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Start - Run&lt;/span&gt;, is very handy and user friendly, but not perfect:&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;XP:&lt;/span&gt; doesn't allow the defragmentation of multiple units, neither simultaneously nor consecutively.&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Vista/7:&lt;/span&gt; files bigger than 64 mB won't be defragmented because their impact on system performance is less relevant than smaller files'.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you need to defragment multiple hard drives or partitions (maybe doing something else in the meanwhile) or you want to have a well defragmented hard drive, you can try &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DefragDrives&lt;/span&gt;, an alternative to the standard Windows interface. It uses Windows defragmentation engine, so the performance is guaranteed. The latest version is v4.3. Here are the features of this release:&lt;br /&gt;
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- Capable of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;defragmenting&lt;/span&gt; up to 10 units consecutively in normal or in-depth mode (three defragmentation instances on the same unit).&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Analysis function&lt;/span&gt; for the specified units, in normal or in-depth mode (with complete file fragmentation analysis report).&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Create Batch"&lt;/span&gt; function will generate a batch file that will defragment (in normal or in-depth mode, depending on the chosen option) the selected units. Useful if you want to defragment your hard drives with a single click, or maybe create a scheduled task to defragment the specified units without any user input :)&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Vista/7:&lt;/span&gt; files bigger than 64 mB will be defragmented, unlike Vista/7's GUI defragmenter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE:&lt;/span&gt; files bigger than 64 mB will not be included in the defragmentation reports.&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7:&lt;/span&gt; if "In Depth" mode is selected, the program will consolidate the free space after the defragmentation.&lt;br /&gt;
- The system can be automatically &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;shutdown on completion&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
- The &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;console&lt;/span&gt; can be visible or hidden depending on the user's preference.&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Italian&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;English&lt;/span&gt; languages can be selected inside the program.&lt;br /&gt;
- The user can select the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;standard&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;classic&lt;/span&gt; Windows interface.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - Base version capable of defragmenting two drives.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - Number of units to defragment can be chosen by the user; added in-depth defragmentation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Added unit in defragmentation indicator.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.0&lt;/span&gt; - First GUI version; added analyze function; added "Create Batch" function; added toggle console option; added Italian and English languages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.1&lt;/span&gt; - Fixed some bugs of the previous version; added standard and classic interfaces.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.2&lt;/span&gt; - Fixed the interface freeze bug during the defragmentation; fixed some minor bugs; name of the file generated by "Create Batch" can now be chosen by the user.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.0&lt;/span&gt; - Totally re-coded and optimized (lighter and more efficient); fixed various bugs of the previous version; added keyboard shortcuts; GUI updated; added "shutdown on completion" checkbox.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.1&lt;/span&gt; - Optimized the code; minimizes in system tray.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.2&lt;/span&gt; - Added Vista-optimized version; added tray icon menu; Create Batch function will now automatically open the folder where the .bat file is located.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.3&lt;/span&gt; - Re-coded with application framework; added Windows 7-optimized version; the program will not start if the operating system is not supported; fixed some minor bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.4&lt;/span&gt; - Interface changes; extremely optimized and lightened; major UAC and OS recognition bug fixed.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;INSTALLATION NOTES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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To install DefragDrives you just have to extract the content of the .rar archive (appropriate to your operating system) to any folder you like. Languages (English or Italian) can be selected in the program options.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;hr&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Un file si dice "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;frammentato&lt;/span&gt;" quando è diviso su più settori dell'hard disk. Ovviamente per leggere un file frammentato occorre più tempo, in quanto la testina dell'hard disk dovrà spostarsi numerose volte per essere in grado di leggere tutti i frammenti del file. Tra l'altro, ogni file frammentato spreca una parte di spazio, che è direttamente proporzionale alla dimensione del file stesso. Infine, il maggior numero di movimenti della testina diminuirà la vita fisica dell'hard disk stesso.&lt;br /&gt;
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Insomma, è ovvio che un hard drive contenente numerosi file frammentati è poco efficiente, e ciò inficerà in maniera consistente le prestazioni &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;dell'intero sistema&lt;/span&gt;. Ecco perchè è consigliato effettuare la deframmentazione del disco con una certa frequenza. Le utilità di deframmentazione rendono contigui i file che prima erano frammentati (spostando tutti i frammenti su settori adiacenti), riducendone il tempo di accesso e recuperando lo spazio sprecato dai vari frammenti.&lt;br /&gt;
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Windows possiede un'ottima utility per la deframmentazione dei dischi, chiamata &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Windows Disk Defragmenter&lt;/span&gt;.  La versione GUI (con interfaccia grafica) dell'utility, richiamabile digitando "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dfrg.msc&lt;/span&gt;" senza apici in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Start - Esegui&lt;/span&gt;, è molto pratica ed intuitiva da usare, ma presenta alcuni difetti:&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;XP:&lt;/span&gt; non è possibile deframmentare più di un disco per volta, nè simultaneamente nè consecutivamente.&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Vista/7:&lt;/span&gt; i file di dimensioni superiori ai 64 mB non verranno deframmentati, perchè si ritiene che non abbiano un impatto significativo sulle prestazioni.&lt;br /&gt;
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Per chi, come me, ha bisogno di deframmentare più unità disco (magari facendo altro nel frattempo) o comunque pretende che il suo disco sia ben deframmentato, ho creato &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DefragDrives&lt;/span&gt;, un'alternativa all'interfaccia standard di Windows. Il motore di deframmentazione utilizzato è quello di Windows, quindi la prestazione è garantita. La versione più aggiornata è la 4.4. Eccone le caratteristiche:&lt;br /&gt;
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- Possibilità di &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;deframmentare&lt;/span&gt; fino a 10 unità consecutivamente in modalità normale o approfondita (tre istanze di deframmentazione consecutive sulla stessa unità).&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Funzione di analisi&lt;/span&gt; delle unità specificate, in modalità normale o approfondita (con rapporto completo di frammentazione dei file).&lt;br /&gt;
- Funzione &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Crea Batch"&lt;/span&gt;, che creerà un file bat in grado di deframmentare (in modalità normale o approfondita, a seconda dell'opzione selezionata) le unità specificate. Comodo per deframmentare le unità che ci interessano più di frequente in un solo click, o magari per creare un'operazione pianificata che deframmenti tali unità senza bisogno di alcun input da parte dell'utente :)&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Vista/7:&lt;/span&gt; verranno deframmentati anche i file di dimensioni superiori a 64 mB, al contrario della deframmentazione GUI di Vista/7.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTA:&lt;/span&gt; i file più grandi di 64 mB non saranno comunque inclusi nei rapporti di deframmentazione.&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Windows 7:&lt;/span&gt; se si seleziona la modalità "Approfondita", al termine della deframmentazione verrà eseguito il consolidamento dello spazio libero.&lt;br /&gt;
- Possibilità di &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;spegnere automaticamente&lt;/span&gt; il sistema al termine della deframmentazione.&lt;br /&gt;
- Possibilità di visualizzare o meno l'&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;output a console&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
- Possibilità di selezionare la lingua &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Italiana&lt;/span&gt; o &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Inglese&lt;/span&gt; nelle opzioni programma stesso.&lt;br /&gt;
- Possibilità di selezionare l'&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;interfaccia&lt;/span&gt; standard o classica.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHANGELOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v1.0&lt;/span&gt; - Versione base in grado di deframmentare due unità disco.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.0&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta possibilità di scegliere il numero di unità da deframmentare senza dover modificare il file; aggiunta deframmentazione approfondita.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v2.1&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunto indicatore unità in deframmentazione.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.0&lt;/span&gt; - Prima versione GUI; aggiunta funzione di analisi; aggiunta funzione "Crea Batch"; possibilità di visualizzare la console; possibilità di selezionare la lingua Inglese o Italiana.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.1&lt;/span&gt; - Risolti alcuni bug della versione precedente; possibilità di selezionare l'interfaccia standard o classica.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v3.2&lt;/span&gt; - Risolto il bug dell'interfaccia che non risponde durante la deframmentazione; risolti alcuni bug minori; aggiunta possibilità di scegliere il nome del file generato da "Crea Batch".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.0&lt;/span&gt; - Totalmente ricodificato ed ottimizzato (più leggero ed efficiente); risolti numerosissimi bug della versione precedente; aggiunte scorciatoie da tastiera; interfaccia grafica aggiornata; aggiunta possibilità di spegnere il sistema al termine della deframmentazione.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.1&lt;/span&gt; - Ulteriormente ottimizzato; aggiunta minimizzazione in tray.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.2&lt;/span&gt; - Aggiunta versione ottimizzata per Vista; aggiunto menu all'icona tray; la funzione Crea Batch aprirà automaticamente la cartella dove viene creato il file di deframmentazione.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.3&lt;/span&gt; - Ricodificato con framework di applicazione; aggiunta versione ottimizzata per Windows 7; il programma non si avvierà se il sistema operativo non è supportato; risolti alcuni bug minori.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;v4.4&lt;/span&gt; - Cambiamenti di interfaccia; estremamente ottimizzato ed alleggerito; risolti bug riconoscimento sistema operativo e UAC.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NOTE DI INSTALLAZIONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Per installare DefragDrives è sufficiente scompattare l'archivio .rar (appropriato al vostro sistema operativo) in una cartella a vostra scelta.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"We found that DefragDrives does exactly what it says it does – act as a front-end for the Windows Disk Defragmenter engine to overcome the one-drive-at-a-time limitation of XP. It also defrags files larger than 64MB in Vista (a deliberate limitation built into Vista)."&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/link_we_w95_DefragDrives32.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Completely Free Software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 5/5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"DefragDrives serves as a front-end which to the Windows defragmentation engine you're used to but with more options. Features include ability to defragment up to 10 units consecutively, file fragmentation analysis, a handy 'create batch' function and automatic shutdown on completion."&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1927" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;FreewareWeb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 5/5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"DefragDrives - smart and handy freeware that can thoroughly defragment multiple hard drives or partitions."&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.softoxi.com/defragdrives.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Softoxy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; || &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rated:&lt;/span&gt; 5/5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-1747268671435865913?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/07/defragment-multiple-drives.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_DefragDrives.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-6693244564653013189</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T18:18:10.279+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">benchmark</category><title>IntelBurnTest</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/IntelBurnTest.jpg" alt="IntelBurnTest"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - IntelBurnTest è uno stress test basato sulle librerie &lt;a class=" yellow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linpack" target="_blank"&gt;LINPACK&lt;/a&gt; (utilizzate dalla stessa &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.intel.com" target="_blank"&gt;Intel&lt;/a&gt; per la valutazione di stabilità dei propri processori). Esso misura il potere di calcolo a virgola mobile del sistema, mediante la risoluzione di un complesso sistema di equazioni lineari. Anche se poco conosciuto, è da molti indicato come superiore a Prime95 o Orthos nella valutazione della stabilità di overclock.&lt;br /&gt;
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Difatti IntelBurnTest è in grado di "torturare" il processore a livelli mai visti (le temperature sono ben superiori dopo 10 minuti di Linpack che dopo 2 ore di Orthos) e necessita di molto meno tempo dei benchmark tradizionali (10 minuti di IntelBurnTest contro 12+ ore di Orthos).&lt;br /&gt;
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Il programma raccomanda l'uso di un sistema operativo a 64bit per risultati più accurati. Questo avviene perchè girando sotto un sistema a 32bit, esso sarà in grado di testare un massimo di 2 Gb di memoria fisica (data la limitazione a 2Gb per applicazione dei sistemi a 32bit), cosa che invece non avverrà per i sistemi a 64bit. Pertanto, se eseguito in 32bit, il programma testerà alla perfezione il processore, ma non le memorie. In questo caso, si raccomanda comunque un'ulteriore test con Prime95 o Orthos (che eseguendo due istanze di Prime95, sarà in grado di testare l'intera memoria disponibile).&lt;br /&gt;
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Eccovi una guida su come utilizzare questo potentissimo tool a vostro favore.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:130%;"&gt;GUIDA AD INTELBURNTEST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scarichiamo ed estraiamo IntelBurnTest in una cartella qualunque.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Avviamo il programma. Vedremo un'interfaccia come quella in alto.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Selezioniamo uno dei cinque livelli di stress disponibili. Per testare a fondo la stabilità di overclock, selezioneremo il livello "Maximum".&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Selezioniamo il numero di volte che il test verrà eseguito. Il programma raccomanda un valore di "5 o più". Io consiglio di far eseguire tra i 10 ed i 20 cicli per un risultato più accurato.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Lasciamo la casella "Threads" su "auto", in modo che sia l'applicazione a decidere quanti thread far eseguire in base al processore montato sul sistema in uso.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Clickiamo su "Start" ed attendiamo con pazienza che il test termini.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Una volta terminato il test, dovremo controllare che tutti i valori riportati sotto la colonna "Results" siano perfettamente identici. Se anche uno solo di questi valori dovesse risultare in disaccordo con gli altri, vorrà dire che il nostro sistema è instabile con le impostazioni correnti. Congelamenti, crash e schermate blu sono allo stesso modo segni di instabilità del sistema.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Arrivederci al prossimo articolo!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - IntelBurnTest is a stress test based on the &lt;a class=" yellow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linpack" target="_blank"&gt;LINPACK&lt;/a&gt; libraries (used by &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.intel.com" target="_blank"&gt;Intel&lt;/a&gt; to check their processors' stability). It measures the system's floating point computing power, through the resolution of a complex system of linear equations. Even if it's not that known, many overclockers consider it as superior to Prime95 or Orthos in overclock stability evaluation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In fact, IntelBurnTest is capable of "torturing" the processor to unbelievable levels (temperatures are much higher after a 10 minutes Linpack than after 2 hours of Orthos) and needs much less time than traditional benchmarks (10 mins of IntelBurnTest vs 12+ hours of Orthos).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The program recommends the usage of a 64bit operative system for better results. That's because running under a 32bit OS, it will be able to test a maximum of 2 Gb of physical memory (given the 2Gb per application limit of 32bit systems). So, if executed in 32bit mode, the program will only test the CPU accurately, while you might need to run a further Prime95 or Orthos test to check the memories.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here I'll explain how to use this powerful tool.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:130%;"&gt;INTELBURNTEST GUIDE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download and extract IntelBurnTest to any folder you like.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Start the program. You'll see an interface like the one in the picture above.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;You'll be asked if you want to enable error detection. If you choose YES, the program will automatically tell you if the system is stable, else you'll have to analyze the results by yourself (see further below).&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Select one of the five available stress levels. I strongly recommend to use the "Maximum" level.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Select how many times your CPU should run the test. The program recommends "5 or more", but my advice is to select a value of 10-20 in order to have a more accurate result.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Leave the "Threads" listbox to "Auto", in order to let the program decide the number of threads to execute basing itself on the CPU model.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Click on "Start" and patiently wait until the test is over.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Once the test is over, you'll have to check if all the "Results" values are perfectly the same. If even one of these values is different, then your system is unstable with the current settings. Freezes, crashes and BSODs are signs of an unstable system as well.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;center&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.3-download-2047.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png'" alt="Download" /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:150%;"&gt;DOWNLOAD INTELBURNTEST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;

- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-6693244564653013189?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/03/intelburntest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_IntelBurnTest.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-6333172399051028849</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-21T13:06:18.044+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">windows</category><title>Windows XP/Vista/7 - Kill Explorer.exe</title><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Tutti noi ci saremo accorti, aprendo il Task Manager di Windows, che uno dei processi che occupano più memoria risulta essere "explorer.exe". Per chi già non lo sapesse, esso è il servizio che permette di visualizzare l'interfaccia grafica, comprendente barra delle applicazioni, icone, finestre etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Questo processo può occupare dalle decine alle centinaia di megabyte (se si installano particolari plugin di interfaccia), e rappresenta un grosso spreco di risorse quando, ad esempio, avviamo un gioco o una applicazione che non ha minimamente bisogno di explorer.exe per funzionare.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Potremmo terminare il programma dal Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Canc), ma poi risulterebbe seccante avviare l'applicazione che ci interessa dal Task Manager stesso (a causa della mancanza di interfacce). Per ovviare a questo problema, possiamo creare un file in batch che chiuda explorer ed avvii l'applicazione interessata in automatico. Ecco come fare:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apriamo il Blocco Note.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creiamo un file di testo con questa sintassi:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;taskkill /f /im&lt;/span&gt; explorer.exe&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt; [percorso applicazione]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;start&lt;/span&gt; [eseguibile applicazione]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ecco un esempio:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Explorerkill.jpg" alt="Explorer kill" width="450" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Salviamo il file con estensione "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.bat&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Il comando "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;taskkill&lt;/span&gt;", unito ai parametri "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/im&lt;/span&gt;" e "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/f&lt;/span&gt;", forzerà la chiusura del processo avente nome immagine "explorer.exe".&lt;br /&gt;
Il comando "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt;" ci permetterà di selezionare la directory in cui si trova l'applicazione da avviare.&lt;br /&gt;
Il comando "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;start&lt;/span&gt;" avvierà l'eseguibile da noi prescelto.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ora ci basterà semplicemente avviare il file da noi creato per far sì che explorer.exe venga chiuso e venga avviata l'applicazione desiderata. All'uscita dall'applicazione, per visualizzare nuovamente explorer ci basterà aprire il Task Manager, cliccare su "Nuova operazione...", digitare "explorer.exe" e premere Invio.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - If you used the Windows Task Manager even once, you've surely noticed that "explorer.exe" is one of the most memory consuming processes. It's the service which allows the display of graphical interfaces, such as the applications bar, icons, windows etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This process can take up from ten to hundreds megabytes of memory (if you're running particular interface plugins), and it represents a huge waste of resources when, for example, we're running a game or an application which doesn't require explorer.exe to work properly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We could kill the process from the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del), but starting the desired application from the Task Manager would be pretty annoying (since you won't have interfaces anymore). To overcome this issue, we can create a batch file which will automatically close explorer and start the application we want. Here's how to do it:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open the Notepad.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create a new text file with this syntax:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;taskkill /f /im&lt;/span&gt; explorer.exe&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt; [application directory]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;start&lt;/span&gt; [application executable]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here's an example:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Explorerkill.jpg" alt="Explorer kill" width="450" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Save the file as "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;.bat&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;taskkill&lt;/span&gt;"command, with the "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/im&lt;/span&gt;" and "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;/f&lt;/span&gt;" parameters, will force the process with image name "explorer.exe" to be killed.&lt;br /&gt;
The "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt;" command will allow us to select the directory of the desired application.&lt;br /&gt;
The "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;start&lt;/span&gt;" process will start the executable.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now we'll just have to run the file we created to kill explorer.exe and start the application we specified. When we quit the application, just open the Task Manager, click on "New Task...", type in "explorer.exe" and hit Enter to view the Windows interface again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-6333172399051028849?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/03/windows-xp-kill-explorerexe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_Explorerkill.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-1823773183123806470</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-02T00:30:41.313+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graphics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">applications</category><title>Real World Cursor Editor</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/cursor-editor-logo.png" alt="Real World Cursor Editor"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - Real World Cursor Editor è un freeware che ci permette di creare puntatori per il mouse da utilizzare nel nostro sistema operativo. Indicatissimo se vi siete stancati delle solite noiose combinazioni predefinite, o se non riuscite a trovare sul web quella che fa per voi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il software permette la creazione di puntatori statici ed animati supportanti le trasparenze, quindi le possibilità sono limitate solo dalla vostra fantasia. Oltre all'editor in stile Photoshop, è possibile importare immagini e trasformarle in cursori. Ciò significa che potrete utilizzare software esterni per l'elaborazione a livello grafico, per poi importare l'immagine in Cursor Editor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Real World Cursor Editor può essere scaricato su &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.rw-designer.com/cursor-maker" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;rw-designer.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - Real World Cursor Editor is a freeware which allows the creation of mouse cursors to use in our operative system. Very handy if you're sick of of the standard combinations, or if you can't find what you're looking for on the web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll be able to create static or animated cursors, both with transparences, therefore the only limit is your imagination. In addition to the Photoshop-like editor, it's possible to import pictures and convert them into cursor files. This means you'll be able to use external software for the graphical realization, and then import the pictures in Cursor Editor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Real World Cursor Editor can be downloaded from &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.rw-designer.com/cursor-maker" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;rw-designer.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-1823773183123806470?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/real-world-cursor-editor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_cursor-editor-logo.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-5018605723914787891</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-06T13:28:43.671+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">others</category><title>ArtMoney</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/ArtMoney.png" alt="ArtMoney"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - ArtMoney è un editor di memoria: il programma è in grado di ricercare e manipolare i dati salvati temporaneamente nella RAM, permettendoci di forzare l'inserimento di nuovi dati all'interno della stessa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo software è particolarmente utilizzato per "cheatare" nei videogames in assenza di "codici" preinseriti dalla casa produttrice, modificando valori di gioco (soldi, oggetti, punteggi etc.) altrimenti non accessibili.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il bello è che può essere utilizzato con qualsiasi tipo di applicazione, anche se il funzionamento non è dei più intuitivi. La modifica dei dati richiede la ricerca della stringa di memoria che ci interessa, e la successiva eliminazione delle stringhe che non interessano, pertanto il processo può risultare dispendioso in termini di tempo (paragonandolo ai cheats veri e propri, che possono essere inseriti istantaneamente).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La versione freeware di ArtMoney (in Inglese) può essere scaricata sul sito &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.artmoney.ru/e_download_se.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;artmoney.ru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - ArtMoney is a memory editor: the program is able to search and edit data which has been temporarily saved in the RAM, allowing us to force new data insertion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This software is mainly used to cheat in videogames when there aren't actual cheat codes, modifying otherwise not accessible game data (money, items, scores etc.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good is that it can be used with any application, even though it's not that much user friendly. Data editing requires the search for the string we're interessed into, and the elimination of the strings we don't need. Therefore the process may result very lenghty (compared to real cheats, which can be used instantly).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The freeware version of ArtMoney can be downloaded from &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.artmoney.ru/e_download_se.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;artmoney.ru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-5018605723914787891?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/artmoney.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_ArtMoney.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-8453105035162872675</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-06T13:24:06.619+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">msn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><title>A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/apatchlogo.jpg" alt="A-Patch"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - A-Patch è un piccolo programma rilasciato da un gruppo arabo di programmatori che lavorano parallelamente alla Microsoft. Esso ci permette delle possibilità di personalizzazione enormi a livello di interfacce, oltre a sbloccare diverse funzioni (rimozione limite trilli, aumento caratteri massimi per messaggio etc.) in modo da personalizzare a nostro piacimento uno dei programmi di messaggeria istantanea più popolari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al momento, purtroppo, la versione compatibile con Messenger 2009 è incompleta, e non permette la personalizzazione delle interfacce. I developer, comunque, sono a lavoro per la realizzazione di una release pienamente funzionante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per scaricare la patch adatta alla vostra versione di Windows Live Messenger, visitare il sito &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://apatch.org/" target="_blank"&gt;A-Patch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - A-Patch is a small program released by an arabian group of programmers, who work independently from Microsoft. It allows extensive interface personalization possibilities, and unlocks many functions (nudge delay removal, maximum characters per message increase etc.) in order to personalize this popular instant messaging program as we wish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unluckily the Messenger 2009-compatible version is incomplete at the moment, and it doesn't allow interface customization. However, the developers are working on a fully working release.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To download the right patch for your Windows Live Messenger version, visit the &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://apatch.org/" target="_blank"&gt;A-Patch&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-8453105035162872675?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/02/patch-for-windows-live-messenger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_apatchlogo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-2858634295923449563</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-20T15:53:04.835+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">utilities</category><title>Ccleaner</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/CCleaner.png" alt="Ccleaner" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Mentre si naviga sul web, il nostro browser crea una serie di file volti ad ottimizzare l'esperienza di browsing. File temporanei, cronologie, cookie e cache internet sono solo alcuni di questi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alla lunga, però, questi file potrebbero diventare davvero ingombranti (parlo anche di interi GigaByte), inficiando le prestazioni della nostra macchina. E' pertanto necessario tenere pulito il proprio hard drive dai file temp, ma rimuoverli manualmente risulta seccante e scomodo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight:bold;" class="yellow" href="http://www.ccleaner.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Ccleaner&lt;/a&gt; è un tool gratuito che ci permetterà di eliminare tutti gli ingombranti file di internet (internet cache, temporary internet files, cookies etc.) in una volta sola. Tra le applicazioni internet, sono supportati: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari e Chrome, oltre che Windows Live Messenger, Emule e molti altri. Ccleaner si occuperà anche dei file temporanei di altre applicazioni, come quelli creati dallo stesso sistema operativo Windows, da Office, da Nero etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tra le altre funzioni, sono presenti un tool per la pulizia del registro dalle chiavi obsolete, ed un manager di installazione e startup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/download/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.piriform.com/cc/link3.gif" border="0" alt="CCleaner - Freeware Windows Optimization" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=" font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;IMPOSTARE CCLEANER&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ora vedremo come impostare Ccleaner al meglio in modo che effettui automaticamente una pulizia sicura dei file temporanei all'avvio di Windows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Avviamo Ccleaner ed accediamo alla scheda "Pulizia", dove selezioneremo secondo le nostre preferenze quali siano i file che Ccleaner andrà a cancellare. Le opzioni di default sono consigliate alla stragrande maggioranza degli utenti.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ora accediamo alla scheda "Opzioni": da qui andiamo in "Impostazioni" e ci assicuriamo che tutte le checkbox siano vuote, eccetto "Cerca automaticamente aggiornamenti per Ccleaner", che ci permetterà di mantenere il programma sempre aggiornato. Nel menù più in basso, assicuriamoci che sia selezionata l'opzione "Cancellazione Normale (Rapida)".&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sempre dalla scheda "Opzioni", andiamo in "Avanzate". Assicuriamoci che tutte le caselle siano disattivate, eccetto "Chiedi se salvare un backup dei problemi di registro".&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Chiudiamo Ccleaner, scarichiamo e scompattiamo &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hm09x2t42mi" target="_blank"&gt;questo archivio&lt;/a&gt; (solo se abbiamo installato Ccleaner nella directory di default) contenente un file .reg creato appositamente da me. Aprendolo, verrà aggiunta una chiave al registro che permetterà a Ccleaner di aprirsi all'avvio, cancellare i file temporanei e chiudersi automaticamente. Se siete diffidenti nell'utilizzare file .reg scaricati, o avete installato Ccleaner in un'altra cartella, allora potete modificare il registro manualmente: start-esegui-regedit; [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]; Nuovo-Valore Stringa; Nome valore: Ccleaner Auto; Dati valore: ["C:\Programmi\Ccleaner\Ccleaner.exe" /AUTO] (apici compresi, parentesi quadre escluse. Cambiamo il percorso in base alla directory di installazione).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Riavviamo il computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il settaggio ottimale di Ccleaner è terminato! Al riavvio vedrete che il programma si aprirà automaticamente (sarà visibile in tray) e farà il suo "sporco lavoro" senza richiedere un minimo di input da parte dell'utente, per poi chiudersi senza lasciare traccia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spero questo articolo vi sia tornato utile. Per qualsiasi domanda, lasciate un commento in basso. Al prossimo post!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - While we surf the web, our browser creates loads of files in order to optimize our browsing experience. Temporary files, histories, cookies and internet cache are just some of those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But these files could become so many (occupying Gigabytes of HD space) that they could lower the performance of our machine. Therefore, it's necessary to keep our system clean from temporary files, but removing them manually is indeed annoying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight:bold;" class="yellow" href="http://www.ccleaner.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Ccleaner&lt;/a&gt; is a free tool which allows the deletion of internet files (internet cache, temporary internet files, cookies etc.) in just one click. It supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome, as well as Windows Live Messenger, Emule and many more. Ccleaner will even take care of temporary files created by other applications, such as the same Windows, Office, Nero etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the other functions, it contains a registry cleaning tool and an installation and startup manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/download/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.piriform.com/cc/link3.gif" border="0" alt="CCleaner - Freeware Windows Optimization" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=" font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;CCLEANER SETTINGS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we'll see how to change the settings in order to let it clean automatically all of the temporary files at Windows startup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open Ccleaner and change the preferences about the files to delete from the "Cleaner" tab. Default settings are more than appropriate for most users.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Now open the "Options" tab, and click on "Settings". Make sure every checkbox is unchecked, besides "Automatically check for updates to Ccleaner", in order to keep the program updated. Make sure "Normal file deletion (faster)" is selected.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;From the same "Options" tab, click on "Advanced". Make sure every checkbox is unchecked, besides "Show prompt to backup registry issues".&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Close Ccleaner, open the registry editor (start-run-regedit) and add this entry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]; New-String; Name:Ccleaner auto (or whatever you like it to be named) Value:["C:\Program Files\Ccleaner\Ccleaner.exe" /AUTO] (without brackets).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Restart the computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're done with settings! At the next startup, you'll see the program opening (it will be visible in the tray) and doing its "dirty work" without requiring any user input, and when it's done it will close automatically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this article was useful. For any question, just leave a comment below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-2858634295923449563?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/ccleaner.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_CCleaner.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7421529963338200268</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T18:17:40.534+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">antivirus</category><title>SpywareBlaster</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/SpywareBlaster.png" alt="SpywareBlaster" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - SpywareBlaster è un potente tool gratuito prodotto da &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Javacool Software&lt;/a&gt;, che proteggerà il nostro sistema da infezioni da parte di spyware, adware, dialer e hijacker, minacce molto comuni in rete.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tutto ciò che il programma richiede è l'essere aggiornato (come ogni buon anti-malware), preferibilmente almeno una volta a settimana, per garantire una protezione attiva durante la navigazione sul web.&lt;br /&gt;
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SpywareBlaster non necessita neanche di essere attivo in background, perchè lavorerà insieme ai nostri browser ed applicazioni internet, non permettendo loro di accedere a siti web pericolosi, cookie maligni e controlli ActiveX spia. Di conseguenza, SB non utilizzerà alcuna risorsa RAM o CPU.&lt;br /&gt;
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L'uso è fortemente consigliato a chiunque navighi sul web, anche solo saltuariamente, per rendere la propria esperienza online non solo utile, ma anche sicura.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - SpywareBlaster is a powerful free tool released by &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Javacool Software&lt;/a&gt;, which will protect our system from spyware, adware, dialer and hijacker infections, very common issues in the web.&lt;br /&gt;
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The program just requires to be updated (just like any other good antimalware), preferably at least once a week, to grant active protection during web browsing.&lt;br /&gt;
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SpywareBlaster doesn't even need to run in the background, since it will work alongside our browsers and internet applications, denying the access to dangerous websites, malicious cookies and spy ActiveX controls. Consequently, SB doesn't waste any RAM or CPU resource.&lt;br /&gt;
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This software is strongly recommended to whoever browses the web, even occasionally, to make their online experience not simply useful, but also secure.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png'" alt="Download" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
DOWNLOAD SPYWAREBLASTER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-7421529963338200268?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/spywareblaster.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_SpywareBlaster.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-6526307931157413397</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T12:48:25.252+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">antivirus</category><title>Malwarebytes' Anti Malware</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%";&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Malwarebytes.jpg" alt="Malwarebytes"/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - Ottimo antimalware prodotto dalla &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Malwarebytes&lt;/a&gt;. Permette l'indiduazione e la disinfezione da virus, spyware, rootkit, worms e altri malware in generale.&lt;br /&gt;
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Posso dire per esperienza personale che Malwarebytes è probabilmente il miglior anti malware free in circolazione, ma ne consiglio l'uso in accoppiamento ad un antivirus free come Avira, AVG etc., in quanto la versione free non offre la protezione attiva, ma solo la possibilità di effettuare scansioni veloci o complete su uno o più dischi.&lt;br /&gt;
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In compenso, il motore di scansione euristica antirootkit è estremamente rapido ed efficace, ed è in grado di individuare possibili falsi allarmi e malware non ancora in database con maggiore efficienza.&lt;br /&gt;
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Proteggete il vostro sistema!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - Awesome antimalware tool released by &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Malwarebytes&lt;/a&gt;. It's capable of finding and healing viruses, spyware, rootkit, worms and many more malwares.&lt;br /&gt;
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By my personal experience, I can say that Malwarebytes is probably the best free anti-malware around, but I suggest to use it with another free antivirus (like Avira or AVG), since the free version doesn't provide an active guard, but only the possibility to make fast or complete scans on one or more disks.&lt;br /&gt;
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Luckily, its antirootkit heuristic scan engine is extremely fast and effective, and it's even capable of finding possible fakes and not yet known malware more efficiently.&lt;br /&gt;
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Protect your system!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%";&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png'" alt="Download" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
DOWNLOAD MALWAREBYTES' ANTI MALWARE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-6526307931157413397?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/malwarebytes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_Malwarebytes.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7378751329812262302</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-15T21:42:33.083+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hosting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">websites</category><title>Free Image Hosting Websites</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Lista di alcuni tra i principali servizi gratuiti di host per immagini sul web, per caricare e condividere ogni immagine che vogliate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - List containing some of the main free image hosting services, to upload and share any image you want.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.imagecross.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Imagecross&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 2.5 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.imagehost.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Imagehost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 100 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.imagehosting.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Imagehosting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; 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&lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max not specified)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-7378751329812262302?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-image-hosting-websites.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-4157248625870056974</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-05T01:47:15.085+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hosting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">websites</category><title>Free File Hosting Websites</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Lista di alcuni tra i principali servizi gratuiti di host sul web, per caricare gratuitamente ogni tipo di file in ogni momento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - List containing some of the main free file hosting services, to upload any file at any time for free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.fileden.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Fileden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 50 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.filedropper.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Filedropper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 5 GB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.filefactory.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Filefactory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 300 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://uploadhosted.filefront.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Filefront&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 1 GB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.filehosting.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Filehosting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(no filesize limit)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.filesavr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Filesavr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 10 GB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.mediafire.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mediafire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 100 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.megaupload.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Megaupload&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 1 GB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.rapidshare.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rapidshare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 200 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.savefile.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Savefile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(max 100 MB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-4157248625870056974?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-file-hosting-websites.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-3001664203067490067</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-11T16:06:43.206+02:00</atom:updated><title>Contact me</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img width="250" src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/Photos/Senzatitolo-1.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NAME:&lt;/span&gt; Ivan&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NICK:&lt;/span&gt; Exile&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;AGE:&lt;/span&gt; 20&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;COUNTRY:&lt;/span&gt; Italy&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;INTERESTS:&lt;/span&gt; Computers, motorbikes, drawing&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:exile@live.it"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/msn.png" alt="MSN" height="30" width="30"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1350110936&amp;ref=profile" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" height="30" width="30"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilestyle90.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/deviantart.png" alt="Deviantart" height="30" width="30"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - Il mio blog è sempre aperto alle critiche costruttive. Se volete suggerirmi articoli interessanti da postare, avete bisogno di assistenza o semplicemente volete fare una chiacchierata, sentitevi liberi di lasciare un commento su questa pagina, o contattatemi sul mio indirizzo email/MSN:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="yellow" href="mailto:exile@live.it"&gt;exile@live.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Grazie di aver visitato il mio blog. Buona lettura!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - My blog is always open to constructive criticism. If you'd like to suggest me some interesting articles to post, if you need assistance or if you just want to chat, feel free to leave a comment here, or contact me on my email/MSN address:&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for your visit.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-3001664203067490067?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/contact-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/Photos/th_Senzatitolo-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-8274694859411357399</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T12:37:34.841+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">resources</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graphics</category><title>Wallpapers - Stocks - Renders - C4Ds</title><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DISCLAIMER:&lt;/span&gt; le risorse qui contenute sono a puro scopo informativo. Non dichiaro le stesse come di mia proprietà. Tutti i crediti vanno ai rispettivi autori. Se si desidera la rimozione di uno/più link, si prega di lasciare un commento.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beh, il disclaimer ci sta sempre :P&lt;br /&gt;
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Ecco qua una piccola raccolta di risorse grafiche che potrebbero tornarvi utili. Buon download!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DISCLAIMER:&lt;/span&gt; the resources posted here are purely informative. I'm not claiming any of these as my property. All credits go to the respective autors. If you want one/more links to be removed, just leave a comment.&lt;br /&gt;
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The disclaimer is always needed nowadays :P&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's a small collection of graphics resources you could find useful. Click one of the links to download.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:120%;"&gt;RENDERS - C4Ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MZRFV0DO" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;700 C4Ds Pack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:80%; font-style:italic;"&gt;(download)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://planetrenders.net/renders" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Planet Renders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website - registration required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/index.php?autocom=gallery&amp;amp;req=sc&amp;amp;cat=9" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Game Renders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website - registration required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/UG_renders" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;UG Renders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(Photobucket)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:120%;"&gt;WALLPAPERS - STOCKS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.saintsworth.com/backgrounds/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cool Backgrounds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.gamewallpapers.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;GameWallpapers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.shadowness.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Shadowness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.sxc.hu/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Stock.Xchng&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website - registration required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:120%;"&gt;PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES - PATTERNS - GRADIENTS - FONTS etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=TYEENOGT" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;830 Fonts Pack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(download)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n1myynii9yy" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brushes Pack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(download)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=FXITO78C" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scanlines Patterns Pack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(download)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.psbrushes.net/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;PS Brushes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.brusheezy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brusheezy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.psbrush.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;PS Brush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=" font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"&gt;(website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-8274694859411357399?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/wallpapers-stocks-renders-c4ds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7494142890985410816</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-06T13:22:49.740+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">browsers</category><title>Opera 9 vs Firefox 3</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/OperavsFirefox.png" alt="Opera vs Firefox" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Dopo aver vinto il duello assolutamente impari con &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/worldwide.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Internet Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, i due finalisti &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.opera.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Opera&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.mozilla.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt; si scontrano in quello che si preannuncia un duello memorabile. Chi ne uscirà a testa alta? Chi otterrà il titolo di miglior Web Browser?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In realtà è difficile stabilire un vero vincitore, perchè l'uno eccelle in aspetti in cui l'altro è discretamente dotato e viceversa. Da notare l'uso dell'espressione "discretamente dotato", in quanto in realtà nessuno dei due programmi ha dei seri punti deboli. Sono entrambi due ottimi browser, che sapranno servire ogni tipologia di utente. Avviamo ed analizziamo i due browser passo passo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;STARTUP:&lt;/span&gt; avviando i due browser "a freddo", ovvero per la prima volta dopo aver acceso la macchina, colpisce subito il lungo periodo di caricamento da parte di Firefox, che si attesta sulle 2-3 volte superiore ad Opera. Evidentemente sul browser norvegese è stata effettuata un'ottimizzazione più minuziosa rispetto a quanto fatto dai developer della volpe.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;UTILIZZO MEMORIA:&lt;/span&gt; anche qui Opera risulta il vincitore, occupando meno memoria di Firefox a parità di pagine aperte. La codifica meticolosa del norvegese fa i miracoli anche sotto questo punto di vista.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;INTERFACCIA:&lt;/span&gt; inizialmente l'interfaccia di Opera sembra più funzionale e minimalista di quella di Firefox, ma la volpe ha dalla sua una possibilità di personalizzazione incredibile, che ci permette persino di avere tutte le funzioni base su una sola barra degli strumenti, ampliando lo spazio disponibile per la visualizzazione delle pagine.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;VELOCITA' DI CARICAMENTO:&lt;/span&gt; il vincitore è Opera, con velocità di caricamento, download ed elaborazione di Java e CSS superiori a Firefox nella stragrande maggioranza dei casi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;RENDERING PAGINE:&lt;/span&gt; Firefox renderizza le pagine in maniera più "flessibile" di Opera, che resta invece intollerante alle pratiche meno "ortodosse" nella codifica. Pertanto, la visualizzazione di alcune pagine è più precisa in Firefox.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;SICUREZZA:&lt;/span&gt; entrambi i browser hanno fatto passi da gigante sotto quest'aspetto, rimediando alle falle tuttora aperte in Internet Explorer. Il blocco dei popup in Firefox è leggermente più efficiente di quello incluso in Opera. Inoltre, la volpe si appoggia a numerosi servizi esterni per stabilire ed indicare come tali i siti web potenzialmente pericolosi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;ALTRE FUNZIONI:&lt;/span&gt; oltre ad essere un web browser, Opera contiene un client email (Opera Mail) dotato di filtro antispam, ed un client torrent, che rende superfluo l'uso di software esterni.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A conti fatti, i due browser sono praticamente equivalenti. La scelta dipende esclusivamente dalle preferenze dell'utente: se si cerca un browser veloce e leggero, la scelta cadrà su Opera; se invece si prediligono funzionalità e sicurezza, non si può far altro che scegliere Firefox. Valutate accuratamente cosa cercate dal vostro browser, e scegliete la soluzione che più fa per voi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con queste considerazioni, vi rimando al prossimo articolo. Buona navigazione!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - After winning the absolutely one-sided fight with &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/worldwide.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Internet Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, the two finalists &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.opera.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Opera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.mozilla.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt; clash in a memorable duel. Who will come out on top? Who will obtain the title of best Web Browser?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, it's hard to choose a real winner, because one outstrips the other in some aspects and viceversa. Notice that none of the two programs has serious weak points. They are both good browsers, which will serve any kind of user. Now, let's start and analyze the two browsers step-by-step:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;STARTUP:&lt;/span&gt; when we start the two browsers for the first time in the session, we notice Firefox's impressive loading time, about 2-3 times longer than Opera's. The Norwegian browser is clearly more optimized than the fox.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;MEMORY USAGE:&lt;/span&gt; Opera is the winner, because its meticulous coding allows it to use less memory than Firefox with the same pages open.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;INTERFACE:&lt;/span&gt; at first sight Opera's interface looks more functional than Firefox's, but the fox can be incredibly customized, even allowing us to have all of the main functions in a single toolbar, in order to extend the pages' visualization space.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;LOAD SPEED:&lt;/span&gt; Opera's load, download and css/java rendering speed is higher than Firefox's in most cases.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;PAGE RENDERING:&lt;/span&gt; Firefox is more elastic than Opera when it comes at rendering, because the Norwegian is less permissive towards uncommon or incorrect html lines. Therefore, Firefox is more precise in the visualization of non-correctly coded pages.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;SECURITY:&lt;/span&gt; both have improved a lot in this aspect, and they're surely much more secure than Internet Explorer. Firefox's popup blocker is a tad more efficient than Opera's. Plus, the fox exploits a lot of external services to block potentially dangerous websites.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;OTHER FUNCTIONS:&lt;/span&gt; Opera also includes an email client (Opera Mail) with antispam filter, and a torrent client, so you don't need to install anything more for your web experience.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see, the two browsers are pratically equivalent. The choice is only up to user's preferences: if you're looking for a fast and light browser, Opera will be your choice; if you prefer functionality and security, then you have to choose Firefox. Carefully decide what you desire from your browser, and choose the most suitable solution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a nice surf!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-7494142890985410816?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/opera-95-vs-firefox-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_OperavsFirefox.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-6684910131564157087</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T12:35:35.135+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">games</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">downloads</category><title>Phun</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6e2TBhGYjQ&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6e2TBhGYjQ&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kpddLeTkZGo&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kpddLeTkZGo&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png" /&gt; - Più che un vero e proprio gioco, Phun è un simulatore fisico. Questa applicazione, insomma, riporta fedelmente (o quasi) le leggi fisiche che regolano la realtà all'interno di un mondo virtuale bidimensionale.&lt;br /&gt;
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Inutile dire che le possibilità sono immense, e vanno dalla realizzazione di meccanismi in grado di muoversi, sospensioni a molla e cannoni, fino a razzi ad autopropulsione, motori funzionanti con il ciclo di Carnot e pompe idrauliche...&lt;br /&gt;
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Le possibilità sono limitate soltanto dalla vostra fantasia. Phun, pertanto, è in grado di fornire un buon quantitativo di intrattenimento, che siate o no amanti della fisica.&lt;br /&gt;
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Vi consiglio di cercare video realizzati con Phun su &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.youtube.com" target="blank"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; per farvi un'idea delle potenzialità di questo simulatore. Have Phun!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png" /&gt; - Phun can't be considered as an actual game, because it actually is a physics simulation: this program applies the physical laws present in the real world to a bidimensional simulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's needless to say that the possibilities are endless, from the realization of moving mechanisms, spring suspensions and cannons, to self-propelled rockets, engines working with the Carnot cycle and hydraulic pumps...&lt;br /&gt;
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The only limit is your imagination. Phun can provide a huge amount of entertainment, wether or not you like physics.&lt;br /&gt;
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I suggest you to look for YouTube videos about Phun to understand the potential of this simulation. Have Phun!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Download" target="blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%; font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png'" alt="Download" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
DOWNLOAD PHUN&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-6684910131564157087?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/phun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/th_Download.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688613175734409090.post-7523396857156118557</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-07T18:18:42.499+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">software</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">office</category><title>OpenOffice</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/OpenOffice.png" alt="OpenOffice"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/IT.png"/&gt; - OpenOffice è una completissima suite di software da ufficio, rilasciata da &lt;a class="sub" href="http://www.sun.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sun Microsystems&lt;/a&gt; (creatrice, tra l'altro, del linguaggio Java), comprendente:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/writer-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Writer&lt;/a&gt;, un potente word processor.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/impress-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Impress&lt;/a&gt;, tool per la creazione di presentazioni multimediali.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/calc-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Calc&lt;/a&gt;, programma per la creazione di fogli elettronici.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/base-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Base&lt;/a&gt;, un DBMS per l'elaborazione di basi di dati.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/draw-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Draw&lt;/a&gt;, un basilare software di disegno.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;A che prezzo? Assolutamente gratis! OpenOffice è la prima suite da ufficio open source, quindi a licenza d'uso libera. Potrete scaricare ed installare OpenOffice su quante postazioni volete, senza dovervi preoccupare di eventuali problemi legali provocati da licenze a pagamento.&lt;br /&gt;
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In più, è rilasciato per lavorare sulla maggior parte dei sistemi operativi (&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://download.openoffice.org/other.html" target="_blank"&gt;LISTA DELLE VERSIONI&lt;/a&gt;) ed è totalmente compatibile con Microsoft Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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Indubbiamente la suite rilasciata da Microsoft è più completa e funzionale, ma per chi non vuole spendere circa 450€ per l'acquisto del recente Office 2007, OpenOffice rappresenta sicuramente l'alternativa gratuita più valida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;img src="http://rleeden.myby.co.uk/flags/GB.png"/&gt; - OpenOffice is a complete office software suite, released by &lt;a class="sub" href="http://www.sun.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sun Microsystems&lt;/a&gt; (creator of Java coding language), including:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/writer-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Writer&lt;/a&gt;, a powerful word processor.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/impress-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Impress&lt;/a&gt;, tool to create multimedia presentations.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/calc-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Calc&lt;/a&gt;, spreadsheet software.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/base-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Base&lt;/a&gt;, a DataBase Management System.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://why.openoffice.org/images/draw-big.png" target="_blank"&gt;Draw&lt;/a&gt;, a basic drawing program.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;How much does this cost? Absolutely nothing! OpenOffice is the first open source office suite, meaning the license is totally free. You can download and install OpenOffice on how many PCs you wish, without worrying about any legal issue often caused by purchaseable licenses.&lt;br /&gt;
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Plus, it's been released to work on most of the operative systems (&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://download.openoffice.org/other.html" target="_blank"&gt;VERSIONS LIST&lt;/a&gt;) and it's totally compatible with Microsoft Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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Microsoft's suite is more complete and functional indeed, but for who doesn't want to spend about 400$ to buy the recent Office 2007, this is surely the best free alternative choice.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://www.openoffice.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png" onmouseover="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download_rollover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Download.png'" alt="Download" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;DOWNLOAD OPENOFFICE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- Exile&lt;br /&gt;
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Questo programma gestisce anche alcune schede Nvidia, ma per queste ultime consiglio caldamente Rivatuner. Questa è l'interfaccia AtiTool:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/screen1.gif" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/screen1.gif" width="400" height="250"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come si può vedere è possibile impostare le frequenze in maniera molto intuitiva, e creare profili di overclock nell'angolo in alto a sinistra.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I pulsanti "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Find Max Core&lt;/span&gt;" e "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Find Max Mem&lt;/span&gt;" permettono di individuare le massime frequenze di core e memoria possibili. Sconsiglio l'uso di queste funzioni perchè portano spesso al freeze del computer, rendendo necessario il riavvio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;La &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;vista 3D&lt;/span&gt; permette di visualizzare un cubo rotante che stresserà la vostra scheda. Molto comodo per far lavorare la GPU ed avere un'idea approssimativa delle temperature di esercizio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il pulsante "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scan for Artifacts&lt;/span&gt;" apre la vista 3D e blocca la rotazione del cubo, permettendo di eseguire una scansione dei difetti grafici che l'overclock della vostra scheda video potrebbe aver prodotto. In genere, una scansione di un'oretta senza difetti evidenti è indice di buona stabilità di overclock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il pulsante "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Settings&lt;/span&gt;" nell'angolo in basso a destra permette di regolare diverse impostazioni riguardanti l'overclock, la scansione difetti ed altro. Per informazioni dettagliate su queste impostazioni, visitare il sito &lt;a href="www.techpowerup.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.techpowerup.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anche con questo software procedete a passi di 5mhz/20mhz/5-10mhz per core, shader e memoria. Fate uno "Scan for Artifacts" con HwMonitor avviato per assicurarvi che l'overclock non abbia prodotto difetti grafici rilevabili e che la temperatura non salga di troppo. Un bel 3DMark vi darà come al solito i risultati dell'overclock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;NTUNE&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Se Rivatuner risulta un po' "ostico" o "poco familiare", potreste provare &lt;a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html" target="_blank"&gt;Ntune&lt;/a&gt;. Questa tweaking utility è elaborata direttamente dalla Nvidia e presenta un'interfaccia davvero user-friendly. E' possibile accedere ad Ntune (dopo averlo installato) dal Pannello di Controllo Nvidia, sotto la scheda "Prestazioni".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;color:#990000;"&gt;- Scheda "Regola Impostazioni GPU"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/5ey3o2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/5ey3o2.jpg" width="400" height="350"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dalla scheda "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Regola Impostazioni GPU&lt;/span&gt;" è possibile aumentare le frequenze a cui operano GPU e memorie. La frequenza dello shader è "linkata" a quella della GPU, ed aumenterà automaticamente. Peccato, perchè in genere gli shader possono essere aumentati ben più della GPU.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Per selezionare le frequenze desiderate, basta clickare su "Frequenze di Clock Personalizzate". Le barre diventeranno attive e permetteranno di mettersi all'opera. Dopo aver impostato una frequenza, clickiamo sul tasto "Test" per controllare se la nostra scheda sarebbe stabile con tali impostazioni (&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NB:&lt;/span&gt; per "stabile" si intende che il sistema non va in crash. Potrebbero comunque presentarsi artefatti o difetti grafici di vario tipo. Consiglio pertanto di testare personalmente le frequenze con il caro vecchio 3DMark e qualche oretta di gioco).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;E' possibile inoltre regolare la velocità a cui opera la ventola della GPU. Se presente, l'aumento di tale valore è caldamente consigliato, per permettere un miglior raffreddamento della scheda.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Per rendere effettive le modifiche, clickiamo sul tasto "Applica".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;color:#990000;"&gt;- Scheda "Metti a Punto Sistema"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/2ljhwlj.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/2ljhwlj.jpg" width="400" height="350"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dalla scheda "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Metti a Punto Sistema&lt;/span&gt;" è possibile far ricercare allo stesso Ntune le frequenze stabili massime a cui può lavorare la nostra scheda. Durante il test, il sistema andrà probabilmente in crash rendendo necessario il riavvio. Ntune prevede questa possibilità, e permette di spuntare una checkbox che farà riprendere il test subito dopo il riavvio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personalmente, sconsiglio questa operazione perchè darà come risultato le frequenze massime a cui la scheda può lavorare senza crashare il sistema, essendo impossibile calcolare a priori i difetti e gli artefatti che potrebbero presentarsi con un uso più prolungato.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;color:#990000;"&gt;- Scheda "Definisci Regole Personalizzate"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/i1ag4g.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/Exile90/SoftHardware/Video%20card%20OC%20guide/i1ag4g.jpg" width="400" height="350"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dalla scheda "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Definisci Regole Personalizzate&lt;/span&gt;" è possibile impostare delle azioni che Ntune effettuerà ogni qual volta vengano soddisfatte alcune condizioni (IF... THEN...). ESEMPI: avviare un certo profilo di overclock all'avvio di Windows; modificare la velocità della ventola ad X% al raggiungimento di una data temperatura; avviare un profilo di overclock all'esecuzione di un'applicazione etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questa sezione è più indicata agli utenti più esperti. Sconsiglio pertanto la modifica di qualsiasi "regola", se non di quella che imposta il nostro profilo di overclock all'avvio di Windows (che, tra l'altro, viene modificata automaticamente dal programma quando scegliamo le frequenze desiderate nella scheda "Regola Impostazioni GPU").&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anche con questo software procedete a passi di 5mhz/20mhz/5-10mhz per core, shader e memoria. Effettuate un 3DMark per constatare i risultati e giocate ad un videogame che metta sotto torchio la VGA, tenendo HwMonitor in esecuzione, per dare un occhio alle temperature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Per qualsiasi domanda, dubbio o questione tecnica riguardante AtiTool o Ntune, potete postare un commento ed io vedrò di rispondervi al meglio. Buon Overclock!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-card-overclocking-guide-part-2.html"&gt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Precedente&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="yellow" href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-card-overclocking-guide.html"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a class="yellow" href="http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-card-overclocking-guide-part-2.html"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; - 3&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1688613175734409090-5546442743701264558?l=exilesofthardware.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://exilesofthardware.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-card-overclocking-guide-part-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivano Bilenchi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

