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Review: Avanquest Diskcopy & Clean Professional utility software

Paul Monckton — 2008-06-11T10:44:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 10:44:00

Copy your data to a new hard drive and permanently erase the original

Identity theft is an ever-growing concern: some of us shred our unwanted paper documents, but what about computer data? When files are deleted or even when a hard disk is...

Review: Blubox utility software

Andrew Zarkesh — 2008-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Andrew Zarkesh, Computeract!ve, Sunday 27 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Save space with a new kind of compression tool

Despite the high download speeds of modern broadband connections, upload speeds remain low. This is why it's still much quicker to compress large image files before uploading them to the...

Review: Recover My Files utility software

Paul Wardley — 2008-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Wardley, Computeract!ve, Thursday 24 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Bring deleted files back from the dead

It's all too easy to accidentally lose files, either by clearing out the Recycle Bin at the wrong time or through over-zealous pruning....

Review: Nuance PDF Converter 5 Professional utility software

Simon Williams — 2008-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 00:00:00

If you can’t afford Acrobat or need more flexibility handling PDFs, Nuance has an application you should see

Adobe’s PDF format is now popular – a version of it has been accepted as an international standard and there are several programs, in addition to Adobe Acrobat, that can...

Review: Uniblue Registry Booster 2 optimisation software

Paul Lester — 2008-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Clean, defrag and back up your registry in minutes

According to Registry Booster's maker, 94 per cent of computers contain corrupt and possibly harmful files, and furthermore the average PC could actually have more than 150 errors due to...

Review: Apple iLife ’08 media management

Simon Williams — 2007-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 28 November 2007 at 00:00:00

The new iLife suite is very capable, but how many Macs will be able to run it?

iLife ’08, Apple’s new collection of multimedia software for Mac computers, contains five parts: iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, iWeb and iDVD....

Review: Diskeeper 2007 Pro Premier utility software

Simon Williams — 2007-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Thursday 1 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Keep hard disks clean for better computer performance

When a computer saves a file or document, it fits it into the gaps between other files already on the hard disk to use the available space most efficiently....

Review: Winzip 11 Professional utility software

Tim Smith — 2006-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 7 December 2006 at 00:00:00

Save disk space by compressing files

Although Windows can open and create compressed Zip files, there are still plenty of reasons to consider buying the latest version of Winzip....

Review: XP Repair Pro 2006 utility software

Simon Williams — 2006-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Monday 11 September 2006 at 00:00:00

Tidy up loose ends in Windows

Windows is such a complex operating system, it's almost inevitable it will occasionally get confused and need tidying up. A major cause of such disorder is when un-installing software, which...

Review: Diskeeper Undelete 5 Professional utility software

Simon Williams — 2006-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Friday 25 August 2006 at 00:00:00

A good way of recovering accidentally deleted files, but is it worth the asking price?

When a file is deleted from a Windows XP computer, its details are transferred to a special folder called the recycle bin....

Review: Norton Save and Restore utility software

Jonathan Parkyn — 2006-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve, Thursday 24 August 2006 at 00:00:00

Play it safe and get in on the data protection act

Without a reliable backup system in place all the valuable and, in some cases, irreplaceable digital photos, music collections, and personal record stored on our computers could go up in...

Review: XP Tuning Suite 3.0 utility software

Jonathan Parkyn — 2006-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve, Friday 4 August 2006 at 00:00:00

Itching to give your PC a tweak? Try these tools for size

Computer users can be roughly divided up into two groups – those who prefer to stick with default settings and those who enjoy tweaking, customising and personalising their PCs to...

Review: Acronis True Image Home 9 utility software

Jonathan Parkyn — 2006-06-20T00:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 20 June 2006 at 00:00:00

Where computer files are concerned, sometimes it pays to be image conscious

Backing up your PC might seem like a chore, but the more we trust our computers with our digital photos, music and important documents, the more vital it is that...

Review: JDPSoft Registry Repair utility software

Anthony Dhanendran — 2006-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Thursday 15 June 2006 at 00:00:00

Rid your computer of old files in and boost performance

Programs often add extraneous information to the Windows Registry, or fail to remove their settings when they are uninstalled. Registry Repair promises to clean up your computer's registry by removing old...

ABBYY OCR Software

Tim Smith — 2006-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 00:00:00

Convert large amounts of paper to electronic format

The paperless office is great in theory but in practice it can be hard to convert large amounts of paper to electronic format....