Posts Tagged monitor

Nov 29 2009

Monitor Off Utility: Freeware That Conserves Energy

Monitor Off Utility: Freeware That Conserves Energy

Monitor Off Utility is described by its author as …is a free program that allows you to take control of your monitors built-in energy saving features Even though all computers and operating systems come with power management features that allow a user to turn off a hard disk or put a computer into standby or [...]

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Nov 26 2009

Startup Discoverer: Freeware Tool Displays Startup Information

Startup Discoverer: Freeware Tool Displays Startup Information

Startup Discoverer is a simple, portable and no-install tool that displays any program that automatically loads when a Windows computer starts. It categorizes startup entries into one of 19 groups. These 19 groups, such as User Startup, BHO (Browser helper Object) Runs and Winlogon, display either in blue text, meaning the group has programs or [...]

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Aug 03 2009

What Is In Your Startup?

What Is In Your Startup?

One of the important ways to keep a system running well is to be aware of the programs that are run or launched when a system is started. The small yet highly useful Startup Control Panel was featured on RGdot earlier this year but another software from the excellent Nirsoft collection deserves a mention as [...]

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Apr 17 2009

XP Syspad Centralizes System Tools

XP Syspad Centralizes System Tools

XP Syspad from the very useful xtort.net site is described by its author as Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information and Windows system utilities Startup of XP Syspad is on the slower side, especially at first launch as it seems to be collecting relevant info including the running processes [...]

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Mar 15 2009

Know Your System Better With Startup Control Panel

One of the ways to see which process(es) and program(s) are taking over your system is to look at which starts along with your computer. Windows Start menu has a Startup shortcut that shows the often legitimate programs that start for the current or all users. Startup Control Panel and StartupMonitor by Mike Lin add [...]

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