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TorrentFetcher Does Exactly What it Says on the Tin

Posted by Stu On February - 9 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
5 out of 5

PROS:

This download is freeware, all features of this program are available for all to use freely. Very light on resources. Good & bad torrents easily distinguishable. Automatically move downloaded torrents to a specified output directory (good for bittorrent clients that monitor a specific folder, like uTorrent).

CONS:

No customisable options. No help documentation. Dull GUI. No system tray context menu.

VERDICT:

An excellent tool to save you trawling through different torrent websites to find the right torrent, this application uses btjunkie.org as its search engine and indexer. Torrents are easily distinguishable by green/red coloured search results based on positive/negative votes and available seeders. TorrentFetcher is no burden on the system, 5MB RAM and minimal CPU usage is all that is needed. The ability to save torrents to a specified output directory or automatically open with your bittorrent client makes this a very tidy application. Highly recommended and extremely easy to use.

PRICE:

Free.

VERSION REVIEWED:

1.03

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TorrentFetcher

TorrentFetcher Does Exactly What it Says on the Tin

Note: This guide is part of the Windows Guides’ Legal File Sharing Series. If you want to find out more about file sharing, check the topics covered here.

Windows Guides’ Legal File Sharing Series

Posted by Rich On February - 8 - 20103 COMMENTS

download64 Windows Guides Legal File Sharing Series File sharing, though used in majority for illegal purposes, can be used for good. This week, I’ll show you how to file share, where to get legal stuff, and how to automate the process.

Note: these guides are written for all recent (XP, Vista, 7) versions of Windows unless otherwise noted. If you find any incompatibilities, please let me know.

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Get Back Lost Off-Screen Windows [How To]

Posted by Thomas On February - 7 - 20106 COMMENTS

This solution I owe to my brother – who made me figure this one out for him. My brother is one of you Laptop users that, when home (or the office), hooks up his computer to an external monitor, extending his desktop. This works fine – unless you forget to move every application window back to your main desktop before disconnecting the extra monitor. Then what do you do ?

If you’re still at home (or the office) then it’s no “biggy”, but if you’re on the road somewhere, suddenly realize that your PowerPoint presentation is showing on the “other” monitor… What then ?

Don’t worry – Read on

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Change your Default Wallpaper Directory in XP [How To]

Posted by Thomas On February - 2 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

As you know Windows XP looks for wallpapers (by default) in the folder c:\Windows. Wouldn’t it be great if you could make it look somewhere else instead ? Let’s say YOUR image folder – where you store all your photos. Well It is possible – using a small registry hack.

Before we start, let me remind you that you should make a backup of your registry before you continue. Just to be on the safe side. I don’t want you to blame me if something goes wrong :)

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AutoRuns – What is really going on inside your Windows ?

Posted by Thomas On January - 28 - 20109 COMMENTS

Being a geek (Yes I admit), I like to have full control over my computer. I want to know what is running, when it does and why it behaves like that ? I also like to know what (if any) did that program i just installed want to run at startup. And especially since my kids – without any concern – download and install games, movies and whatnot on my computer (even tho they have their own) – I really like to know what is booting, and what is slowing me down at present.

If you’re a bit like me – then good news – here is the tool for us: AutoRuns.

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Using Computer Error Codes To Solve PC Problems

Posted by Guest Post On January - 23 - 20101 COMMENT

In this guest post, James Ricketts explores using computer error codes to solve PC problems. Learn more about James at the conclusion of this post.

One of the most common complaints of computer users across the world is that they find computer error messages to be complicated and hard to understand. This is partly true as most computer error messages do not clearly spell out cause of error and its possible solution. However, certain error messages do leave certain clues in the form of error codes, which not only computer experts, but any common user can use in order to solve PC problems.

These error codes may look like a random collection of numbers and letters, but they are your best bet in solving the error yourself. This article shows you how to effectively use computer error codes to solve your PC problems.

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