If you use BitLocker Drive Encryption to encrypt and secure multiple local drives in Windows 7, you will be frustrated by the process of unlocking all drives one by one. One has to double-click individual local drives and then enter their respective passwords to unlock them. This is both a cumbersome and tiresome user experience. Shouldn’t there be an easier method where it requires users to enter passwords for the local drives and then unlock them with just one click?

If you are planning to rebuild a ‘slow’ computer by reinstalling Windows (XP or Vista) from scratch, here’s a pre-installation checklist + some time saving tips. You existing data on the Windows PC will not be affected even if you do a clean install instead of repair or upgrade.
Fix Problems by Reinstalling Windows
As a tech blogger, part of my job involves reviewing software which is so interesting but frequent installation (followed by un-installation) of software programs also tend to slow down the computer.
To deal …

This is a great article showing you how to turn a USB pen drive into a bootable Windows Home Server Vail install disk. Basically it takes the Windows Home Server files and puts them on to a USB thumb drive and makes it bootable, instantly allowing you to boot from the thumb drive and install Windows Home Server Vail without the use of a CD/DVD Drive.

You can also do this for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Server 2008 by following the same instructions but obviously …

This is a cool device. Bedol What’s Next specializes in innovative design, and this clock fits that description–and it’s eco-friendly, as well. To power up the Water Clock Smiley Alarm, you just fill it with tap water. It starts running immediately. You’ll need to swap out the water every 12 weeks or so, but you won’t lose time when you do so, thanks to a built-in chip. It even features a daily and hourly alarm.
How does it work? The site says it converts ions in the …

courtesy of lifehacker.com
Windows only: The Sumatra PDF Viewer is a tiny, open-source, portable, and, most of all, lightning-quick replacement for the bloated Adobe Reader we’ve all learned to replace. It’s only a 1.2 MB download, so why not give it a try?
Sumatra opened every PDF we threw at it without any issues, along with a table of contents in the left pane if available. You can head into the Options to choose the default layout and zoom, or choose whether to have the sidebar display automatically. Want to copy text …