Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Are you bored of the plain, old, Windows desktop? Fancy a change? Well, BumpTop is for you!! From the mouth of BumpTop – “BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures!”

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Last week we reviewed Nitro PDF Professional the affordable feature packed PDF-Suite Nitro Professional (Click to read). The nice people at Nitro PDF Software and their Executive Director Richard Crocker were so happy about out review that they came up with no less than 10 licenses of their Pro Edition for some of our lucky readers.

After reading over 50 competition entries the jury have reached their verdict. It was an overwhelming task and a tough decision. There is no doubt that we have many deserving and lojal readers out there and the Jury would have loved to give each and one a prize. With that being said I know you are curious to see who won; so without further ado, here are the votes from the Mintywhite Jurors:

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If you love gadgets I have one for you right here. Correction I have found a whole package of cool gadgets for your windows, and best of all you can get it for free, no cost, Nada, nothing… you get the point.

The creator of the package has done his best to tweak the gadgets to fit nicely with Windows Aero (tho not all are transparent). You get 14 gadgets like Calendar, Email, CPU-monitor, stats, recycle bin, weather and one that I really liked; The Radio Gadget. You can choose from a range of music categories or add your own URL. Start and stop your favorite station with a single click.

The Email Gadget checks your POP3 accounts at intervals of your choice and displays all new and unread emails. Hopefully they can get it to work with Hotmail, Yahoo, G-mail etc. very soon.

You can download it here: Download from DevianArt

If you don’t have a home network set up or if you have some of the components you need but haven’t set everything up yet, this guide is for you. In this guide, I show you what hardware you need to set up a home network, where to get it (if you’re in the UK), and give the basics of connecting it all together.

Please note that this is assuming you have an ADSL subscription (i.e. BT, TalkTalk, Sky, etc), and not Cable (i.e. Virgin). Also, whatever ISP (Internet Service Provider) you are using, if you have joined within the last few years, they should have sent you a free wireless router, with cables, anyway. If they haven’t, and you’re out of your contract, you should be able to speak to them and get them to send you the equipment out for free. For example, BT would send you their Home Hub, which is a really decent piece of hardware (especially as you can run a virtual “phone line” off of it, with BT BroadBand Talk!)

This guide is part of the Home Network Setup, Sharing, Streaming, and Backup Series. Learn more about setting up a home network, configuring file sharing and streaming, and performing network backups on the series homepage.

If you’re in the United States, please use the US guide to pick hardware. Otherwise, read on:

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Outlook 2010 (Beta)

It’s here !! – well not officially – but the Beta i. I’ve been using MS Office 2010 since the Beta hit the market. After running it for about 3 months I can definitively say: What are you waiting for ? Okay, I get it you want to wait for the final release – but the thing is you really don’t have to.

In this first part I’m going to show you how to get started with Outlook 2010 and show you some of the newest and coolest features which I’ve come to love. This article and the upcoming ones will be subject to change as the Final Release becomes public, so bookmark this article already!

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[UPDATE] The contest is now closed, we will reveal the lucky ten shortly.
Be sure to check out the review and try this software on your own.

Today we reviewed the affordable feature packed PDF-Suite Nitro Pro. Today, I’m proud to announce that Nitro PDF Software and their Executive Director Richard Crocker have come up with no less than 10 licenses of their Pro Edition for some of our lucky readers.

How do I win ?

Entry is simple.

1. Tell us which feature you find most exciting about the product , and how much you will appreciate receiving a free license (like “I promise to tell all my friends” etc).
2. Send your contribution to: nitro@www.mintywhite.com no later than: February 12th, 2010 @ 10PM ET.

Rules

• Forum Administrators and Moderators are not eligible for this competition.
• Entries, from any where in the world, are welcome.