news from Techbang
軟體名稱:Square Privacy Cleaner 1.1
功能說明:隱私資料清理
官方網站:http://www.novirusthanks.org/products/square-privacy-cleaner/
檔案大小:696KB
更新日期:2010年10月13日
使用限制:無(Freeware)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Blogger Read More 繼續閱讀功能
news from Techbang
身為Blogger的使用者都知道Blogger雖然好用,但有許多功能都沒有開放比較不方便,不過也因為什麼功能都能自行打造,擁有超高自由度,受到不少玩家喜愛,十週年之後終於把最基本的「閱讀更多」功能開放,不用再靠「blogger hack」了。
身為Blogger的使用者都知道Blogger雖然好用,但有許多功能都沒有開放比較不方便,不過也因為什麼功能都能自行打造,擁有超高自由度,受到不少玩家喜愛,十週年之後終於把最基本的「閱讀更多」功能開放,不用再靠「blogger hack」了。
Friday, November 05, 2010
Hotspot Shield
news from azo
Hotspot Shield–免費網路隱形工具,幫你隱藏真實IP、突破封鎖,幫助你穿透防火牆、防火長城,確實傻瓜又好用、確實很牛!一開啟瀏覽器就自動偽裝為美國的IP(藉此可註冊美國專用的服務),插播廣告也不囉唆!直接在任何瀏覽器的網頁置頂位置崁入廣告,不用的時候記得去工作列小圖示選取【Disconnect】關閉它。(
Hotspot Shield–免費網路隱形工具,幫你隱藏真實IP、突破封鎖,幫助你穿透防火牆、防火長城,確實傻瓜又好用、確實很牛!一開啟瀏覽器就自動偽裝為美國的IP(藉此可註冊美國專用的服務),插播廣告也不囉唆!直接在任何瀏覽器的網頁置頂位置崁入廣告,不用的時候記得去工作列小圖示選取【Disconnect】關閉它。(
Friday, October 22, 2010
如何清空gmail收件匣的信
清空gmail收件匣的信
1.假設你是要刪掉收件匣裡所有的信好了, 在收件匣信件上方, 選取 那一行有: 選取: 全部、 無、 已讀取、 未讀取、 已加星號、 未加星號
2.點 全部 ,之後會出現: 已選取此頁面上的所有 50 個會話群組。 選取 收件匣 中的所有***個會話群組
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2.點 全部 ,之後會出現: 已選取此頁面上的所有 50 個會話群組。 選取 收件匣 中的所有***個會話群組
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
更換Thinkpad T41 風扇
在淘寶 搜尋T41風扇即可
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=7346188333&ref=&ali_trackid=2:mm_14507416_2297358_8935934,0:120061933_2_1405872761
X32風扇加油
把灰尘用刷子清理干净,然后开始上油。
这里要说明的是,开始没有清理灰尘的时候,我用手拨了一下扇子,发现确实有点紧,当时还以为滚轴没油了,所以才会紧,但是当我把灰尘清理干净的时候,再拨了一下扇叶,发现很灵活!
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=7346188333&ref=&ali_trackid=2:mm_14507416_2297358_8935934,0:120061933_2_1405872761
X32風扇加油
把灰尘用刷子清理干净,然后开始上油。
这里要说明的是,开始没有清理灰尘的时候,我用手拨了一下扇子,发现确实有点紧,当时还以为滚轴没油了,所以才会紧,但是当我把灰尘清理干净的时候,再拨了一下扇叶,发现很灵活!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
PDF-XChange Viewer 2.054 免安裝中文版
news from Nelson, AZO

PDF-XChange Viewer 是一款多功能的 PDF 閱讀器,它完全免費,而且還可以為文件加上註解,支援 Windows 2000 以上的作業系統。
它有以下的特色:
支援常見的翻譯軟體 (包含 Lingoes 靈格斯跟 StarDict 星際譯王),讓滑鼠指到哪就翻譯到哪
支援多國語言
支援多分頁瀏覽,還可以像 IE7 的縮圖索引一樣,將開啟的文件產生縮圖於一頁,讓你方便點選。
程式啟動速度很快,PDF 檔載入速度很快,就算是大檔案也能很快載入。
可以正常顯示中文文件。
可以加文字(支援中文輸入),加註解(支援中文輸入),畫箭頭,畫線段,畫多邊形,還可以儲存修改後的檔案,不會加上浮水印。
可以將文件匯出成圖片。
可以自動檢查更新。
有可攜版。
下載連結→ [訊6]
[Xuite]
PDF-XChange Viewer 是一款多功能的 PDF 閱讀器,它完全免費,而且還可以為文件加上註解,支援 Windows 2000 以上的作業系統。
它有以下的特色:
支援常見的翻譯軟體 (包含 Lingoes 靈格斯跟 StarDict 星際譯王),讓滑鼠指到哪就翻譯到哪
支援多國語言
支援多分頁瀏覽,還可以像 IE7 的縮圖索引一樣,將開啟的文件產生縮圖於一頁,讓你方便點選。
程式啟動速度很快,PDF 檔載入速度很快,就算是大檔案也能很快載入。
可以正常顯示中文文件。
可以加文字(支援中文輸入),加註解(支援中文輸入),畫箭頭,畫線段,畫多邊形,還可以儲存修改後的檔案,不會加上浮水印。
可以將文件匯出成圖片。
可以自動檢查更新。
有可攜版。
下載連結→ [訊6]
[Xuite]
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
KMPlayer 2.9.4.1437 阿榮版
news from azo
KMPlayer–韓國製的影片播放軟體,最大特色就是把很多影片解碼工具通通包在它的程式資料夾裡!不會跟系統已裝的解碼工具相互衝突,還有,跟 MPlayer 一樣可以預覽 BT 未下載完的影片檔,也可以播放由 Youtube 這類網站抓下來的 FLV 影片檔,下載的影片幾乎用它都可以播放,如果沒有轉檔的需求,裝這個就夠了,不需再另外裝 Codec!
經測試在Windows 7 32-bit Ulitmate 可撥 rm. rmvb,不需額外安裝codec
2.9.4.1437 下載連結 Xuite xun6
開啟截圖等選項的方法:
KMPlayer → F2 → 通用 → 通用 → 最下方的 "使用進階功能表"打勾
KMPlayer–韓國製的影片播放軟體,最大特色就是把很多影片解碼工具通通包在它的程式資料夾裡!不會跟系統已裝的解碼工具相互衝突,還有,跟 MPlayer 一樣可以預覽 BT 未下載完的影片檔,也可以播放由 Youtube 這類網站抓下來的 FLV 影片檔,下載的影片幾乎用它都可以播放,如果沒有轉檔的需求,裝這個就夠了,不需再另外裝 Codec!
經測試在Windows 7 32-bit Ulitmate 可撥 rm. rmvb,不需額外安裝codec
2.9.4.1437 下載連結 Xuite xun6
開啟截圖等選項的方法:
KMPlayer → F2 → 通用 → 通用 → 最下方的 "使用進階功能表"打勾
Friday, July 23, 2010
Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
1.Go to Intel Download Center
2.Choose Ethernet Component Ethernet Controllers Intel® 82567 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
3.OS choose Windown 7
4.Download PROWin32.exe for Windows 7 32-bit
5.Unzip the file, PROWin32\PRO1000\Win32\NDIS62\readme.txt in this folder is Window 7 32-bit
2.Choose Ethernet Component Ethernet Controllers Intel® 82567 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
3.OS choose Windown 7
4.Download PROWin32.exe for Windows 7 32-bit
5.Unzip the file, PROWin32\PRO1000\Win32\NDIS62\readme.txt in this folder is Window 7 32-bit
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Windows 7 Bing Wallpaper
http://cid-731a6059e948d807.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Bing%5E4s%20Best
Windows 7 Theme
微軟這次推出了 Bing’s Best 日本壁紙系列,其中的 18 張壁紙精選自 Bing 日本首頁壁紙(1920×1200)。
壁紙內容包括光明寺、東京塔、大阪城公園天守閣、富士山、函館夜景、姬路城堡等。
news from 7club
Windows 7 Theme
微軟這次推出了 Bing’s Best 日本壁紙系列,其中的 18 張壁紙精選自 Bing 日本首頁壁紙(1920×1200)。
壁紙內容包括光明寺、東京塔、大阪城公園天守閣、富士山、函館夜景、姬路城堡等。
news from 7club
Window 7 GodMod
news from brian
注意!這是Windows 7作業系統用的,千萬不要使用在Vista 64位元系統上,在部分情況下可能會造成電腦無法正常開機使用。
第1步 在桌面按右鍵新增一個新資料夾,然後把資料夾名稱改為以下內容:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
第2步 改好資料夾名稱後圖示會自動變成「GodMode」,按兩下開啟這個「GodMode」視窗。
注意!這是Windows 7作業系統用的,千萬不要使用在Vista 64位元系統上,在部分情況下可能會造成電腦無法正常開機使用。
第1步 在桌面按右鍵新增一個新資料夾,然後把資料夾名稱改為以下內容:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
第2步 改好資料夾名稱後圖示會自動變成「GodMode」,按兩下開啟這個「GodMode」視窗。
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Windows 7 桌面小工具-氣象
news from .NET菜鳥自救會
Q 在 Windows 7 中, 使用桌面小工具 氣象,出現您的地區尚未提供這項服務,該如何才能使用 ?
A 連結到 http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?c=0&bt=1&pl=1&st=5 重新下載 氣象,並且安裝即可。
台灣地區表 (2010/3/13)
Taipei, TWN :台灣-台北
Pan-ch’iao, TWN :台灣-台北-板橋市
San-ch’ung, TWN :台灣-台北-三重市
Yung-ho, TWN :台灣-台北-永和市
Hsin-chuang, TWN :台灣-台北-新莊市
Hsin-tien, TWN :台灣-台北-新店市
Chilung, TWN :台灣-基隆
T’ao-yüan, TWN :台灣-桃園
Chung-li, TWN :台灣-桃園-中壢市
Hsin-chu, TWN :台灣-新竹
Chu-tung, TWN :台灣-新竹-竹東鎮
Chu-nan, TWN :台灣-苗栗-竹南鎮
T’aichung, TWN :台灣-台中
Chang-hua, TWN :台灣-彰化
Chiayi, TWN :台灣-嘉義
T’ainan, TWN :台灣-台南
Yung-k'ang, TWN :台灣-台南-永康市
Kaohsiung, TWN :台灣-高雄
Fêng-shan, TWN :台灣-高雄-鳳山市
P’ingtung, TWN :台灣-屏東
O-luan-pi, TWN :台灣-屏東-鵝鑾鼻
T’ai-tung, TWN :台灣-台東
Ch’eng-kung-chen, TWN:台灣-台東-成功鎮
Pei-nan, TWN :台灣-台東-卑南鄉
Hua-lien, TWN :台灣-花蓮
Yü-li, TWN :台灣-花蓮-玉里鎮
Fu-li, TWN :台灣-花蓮-富里鄉
Kuang-fu, TWN :台灣-花蓮-光復鄉
Makung, TWN :台灣-澎湖-馬公市
Q 在 Windows 7 中, 使用桌面小工具 氣象,出現您的地區尚未提供這項服務,該如何才能使用 ?
A 連結到 http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?c=0&bt=1&pl=1&st=5 重新下載 氣象,並且安裝即可。
台灣地區表 (2010/3/13)
Taipei, TWN :台灣-台北
Pan-ch’iao, TWN :台灣-台北-板橋市
San-ch’ung, TWN :台灣-台北-三重市
Yung-ho, TWN :台灣-台北-永和市
Hsin-chuang, TWN :台灣-台北-新莊市
Hsin-tien, TWN :台灣-台北-新店市
Chilung, TWN :台灣-基隆
T’ao-yüan, TWN :台灣-桃園
Chung-li, TWN :台灣-桃園-中壢市
Hsin-chu, TWN :台灣-新竹
Chu-tung, TWN :台灣-新竹-竹東鎮
Chu-nan, TWN :台灣-苗栗-竹南鎮
T’aichung, TWN :台灣-台中
Chang-hua, TWN :台灣-彰化
Chiayi, TWN :台灣-嘉義
T’ainan, TWN :台灣-台南
Yung-k'ang, TWN :台灣-台南-永康市
Kaohsiung, TWN :台灣-高雄
Fêng-shan, TWN :台灣-高雄-鳳山市
P’ingtung, TWN :台灣-屏東
O-luan-pi, TWN :台灣-屏東-鵝鑾鼻
T’ai-tung, TWN :台灣-台東
Ch’eng-kung-chen, TWN:台灣-台東-成功鎮
Pei-nan, TWN :台灣-台東-卑南鄉
Hua-lien, TWN :台灣-花蓮
Yü-li, TWN :台灣-花蓮-玉里鎮
Fu-li, TWN :台灣-花蓮-富里鄉
Kuang-fu, TWN :台灣-花蓮-光復鄉
Makung, TWN :台灣-澎湖-馬公市
Monday, July 19, 2010
加速你的 Windows 7 開機.啟動
1.『 Windows 鍵 』+ 『 R 鍵 』 或是你也可從開始功能表 → 所有程式 → 附屬應用程式 → 執行

2.接著我們就直接在視窗內鍵入 『 msconfig 』
3.直接選上方第二個 ( 開機 ) 的標籤,然後如圖所示,點選『 進階選項 』。

4.「 處理器數目 」, 這時我們先將他打勾,並從下拉式選單裡,依照你電腦實際的處理器核心數來選擇即可 ( 預設值為 1 ),這部分可讓CPU的每個核心,都可在開機時幫忙運算加速。

5.回到開機設定的畫面。
第一,在等候時間的部份,在經過測試之後的最佳秒數為 4 秒, 所以請大家將這個數值改為 4 或 5 秒皆可。
第二,我們要將 『 無 GUI 開機 』的選項勾選起來, 讓我們的開機速度能更加的快速。

6.下圖為 Windows 7 預設,有 GUI 的開機畫面

7.下圖就是我們設定後,無 GUI 的開機畫面 。( 就和 VISTA 的開機畫面一樣,無 LOGO,僅有下方讀取條 )。

如何關閉不必要的服務及啟動程式
1.『 Windows 鍵 』+ 『 R 鍵 』 或是你也可從開始功能表 → 所有程式 → 附屬應用程式 → 執行

2.接著我們就直接在視窗內鍵入 『 msconfig 』
3.按下在開機左邊的<服務>

4.取消不必要的服務
5.先使用全部停用在只勾選您所需要的啟動項目
2.接著我們就直接在視窗內鍵入 『 msconfig 』
3.直接選上方第二個 ( 開機 ) 的標籤,然後如圖所示,點選『 進階選項 』。
4.「 處理器數目 」, 這時我們先將他打勾,並從下拉式選單裡,依照你電腦實際的處理器核心數來選擇即可 ( 預設值為 1 ),這部分可讓CPU的每個核心,都可在開機時幫忙運算加速。
5.回到開機設定的畫面。
第一,在等候時間的部份,在經過測試之後的最佳秒數為 4 秒, 所以請大家將這個數值改為 4 或 5 秒皆可。
第二,我們要將 『 無 GUI 開機 』的選項勾選起來, 讓我們的開機速度能更加的快速。
6.下圖為 Windows 7 預設,有 GUI 的開機畫面
7.下圖就是我們設定後,無 GUI 的開機畫面 。( 就和 VISTA 的開機畫面一樣,無 LOGO,僅有下方讀取條 )。
如何關閉不必要的服務及啟動程式
1.『 Windows 鍵 』+ 『 R 鍵 』 或是你也可從開始功能表 → 所有程式 → 附屬應用程式 → 執行
2.接著我們就直接在視窗內鍵入 『 msconfig 』
3.按下在開機左邊的<服務>
4.取消不必要的服務
5.先使用全部停用在只勾選您所需要的啟動項目
Windows 7 如何將我的電腦釘選到工作列內
news from AsiLoop
第一步、在桌面建立一個空白捷徑
請在桌面按下右鍵,點選新增 => 捷徑。
接著會跳出建立捷徑的設定選項,請在輸入項目的位置,輸入以下三種路徑,任選一個路徑即可。
1、%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
2、%windir%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
3、C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
接著再將捷徑名稱命名為我的電腦,並按下完成
第二步、變更捷徑圖示
將本來的圖示路徑 %windir%\explorer.exe 變更為 %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll 按下 Enter,可以發現可變更的圖示類型變多了,選擇我的電腦圖示按下確定。
第三步、釘選到工作列
繼續在捷徑按下右鍵,選擇釘選到工作列,這樣就可以直接在工作列上開啟我的電腦,而不會跳到那煩人的媒體櫃了啦,一切就大功告成囉!
第一步、在桌面建立一個空白捷徑
請在桌面按下右鍵,點選新增 => 捷徑。
接著會跳出建立捷徑的設定選項,請在輸入項目的位置,輸入以下三種路徑,任選一個路徑即可。
1、%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
2、%windir%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
3、C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
接著再將捷徑名稱命名為我的電腦,並按下完成
第二步、變更捷徑圖示
將本來的圖示路徑 %windir%\explorer.exe 變更為 %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll 按下 Enter,可以發現可變更的圖示類型變多了,選擇我的電腦圖示按下確定。
第三步、釘選到工作列
繼續在捷徑按下右鍵,選擇釘選到工作列,這樣就可以直接在工作列上開啟我的電腦,而不會跳到那煩人的媒體櫃了啦,一切就大功告成囉!
Win7 使否已啟動 ?
news from Me.Blog
要知道系統是否已獲得「授權」,可按『 Windows 鍵 』+ 『 R 鍵 』再輸入三組指令
slmgr.vbs -dli
slmgr.vbs -dlv
slmgr.vbs -xpr
如名稱由「RETAIL」改為「OEM」,以及「License Status」一欄顯示為「Licensed」,或者出現「activated」代表已經成功解除期限
要知道系統是否已獲得「授權」,可按『 Windows 鍵 』+ 『 R 鍵 』再輸入三組指令
slmgr.vbs -dli
slmgr.vbs -dlv
slmgr.vbs -xpr
如名稱由「RETAIL」改為「OEM」,以及「License Status」一欄顯示為「Licensed」,或者出現「activated」代表已經成功解除期限
7-Zip 9.15 Beta
The main features of 7-Zip
High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI,
NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 74 languages
7-Zip 使用教學
7-Zip Portable 4.65 Rev 2 免安裝中文版
news from azo
Opera 10.60 正式中文版 免安裝
news from 阿福
【軟體名稱】OPEEA Opera 10.60
【軟體版本】10.60
【語言介面】繁體中文
【軟體分類】網路瀏覽工具
【檔案格式】exe
【檔案大小】9.14 MB
【軟體介紹】
Opera 10.6支援許多HTML 5功能,包括透過瀏覽器就能定位使用者位置的Geolocation,以及採用開放標準的WebM影音格式。 挪威瀏覽器業者Opera周三(6/16)釋出Opera 10.6測試版,宣稱JavaScript執行速度比10.5快上50%,並改善使用介面以及嵌入更多HTML功能。 Opera一向號稱是市面上最快的瀏覽器,宣稱在彈指間就能開啟新標籤,透過該公司的Opera Turbo技術即使在擁塞的網路上都能較快下載網頁。 應用程式快取(Appcache)功能則可讓使用者在瀏覽器中使用諸如文字編輯、圖片編輯或試算表等應用程式,並支援離線使用;Web Workers為一多執行緒的解決方案,開發人員可將需要大量運算的程式交由Web Workers在背景執行,以避免拖慢使用者的瀏覽速度。另外該版本也新增了搜尋建議功能。
此版本已幫你修改為繁體中文版,若還是英文版,請照下列程序手動修改語言
免安裝更改繁體說明:
Tools>preferences>General>Details>Choose>locale>ZH-TW>zh-tw.lng>開啟>OK!
【延伸閱讀】
Opera 免安裝參考網站: http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm
【軟體名稱】OPEEA Opera 10.60
【軟體版本】10.60
【語言介面】繁體中文
【軟體分類】網路瀏覽工具
【檔案格式】exe
【檔案大小】9.14 MB
【軟體介紹】
Opera 10.6支援許多HTML 5功能,包括透過瀏覽器就能定位使用者位置的Geolocation,以及採用開放標準的WebM影音格式。 挪威瀏覽器業者Opera周三(6/16)釋出Opera 10.6測試版,宣稱JavaScript執行速度比10.5快上50%,並改善使用介面以及嵌入更多HTML功能。 Opera一向號稱是市面上最快的瀏覽器,宣稱在彈指間就能開啟新標籤,透過該公司的Opera Turbo技術即使在擁塞的網路上都能較快下載網頁。 應用程式快取(Appcache)功能則可讓使用者在瀏覽器中使用諸如文字編輯、圖片編輯或試算表等應用程式,並支援離線使用;Web Workers為一多執行緒的解決方案,開發人員可將需要大量運算的程式交由Web Workers在背景執行,以避免拖慢使用者的瀏覽速度。另外該版本也新增了搜尋建議功能。
此版本已幫你修改為繁體中文版,若還是英文版,請照下列程序手動修改語言
免安裝更改繁體說明:
Tools>preferences>General>Details>Choose>locale>ZH-TW>zh-tw.lng>開啟>OK!
【延伸閱讀】
Opera 免安裝參考網站: http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm
Sunday, July 18, 2010
x200s 7469RM5 Win7 config
Drivers and software - ThinkPad X200, X200s, X200 Tablet
01 Intel Matrix Storage Manager
02 Intel Chipset Support for Windows 7
03 Intel 4500MHD
04 Audio (Win7也有內建)
05 Hotkey utility
06 Power Management Driver
07 Power management
08 ThinkPad 11abg, abgn, bg, bgn Wireless LAN adapter (Win7也有內建)
09 Bluetooth
10 Monitor
11 Modem
12 Integrated Camera
13 ThinkVantage Communications Utility:It enables you to change all settings for the integrated camera, MIC and audio functions Fn+F6
14 Mouse_TrackPoint
15 Intel AMT Management Engine Interface
01 Intel Matrix Storage Manager
02 Intel Chipset Support for Windows 7
03 Intel 4500MHD
04 Audio (Win7也有內建)
05 Hotkey utility
06 Power Management Driver
07 Power management
08 ThinkPad 11abg, abgn, bg, bgn Wireless LAN adapter (Win7也有內建)
09 Bluetooth
10 Monitor
11 Modem
12 Integrated Camera
13 ThinkVantage Communications Utility:It enables you to change all settings for the integrated camera, MIC and audio functions Fn+F6
14 Mouse_TrackPoint
15 Intel AMT Management Engine Interface
Windows 7 and ThinkVantage Technologies
news from lenovoblogs
Tools Which Will Continue in Windows 7
•Access Connections – There is no question that Win 7 has dramatically improved connectivity. In fact, since I’ve been running Win 7 as my primary production operating system for over two months now, I have not used Access Connections at all. Has it outlived its usefulness? That is possibly true if you’re an individual user, but if you’re a corporate user, you’ll still find a lot to like. First, it allows a consistent interface across all versions of Windows. If you’re like many, you won’t be a 100% Win 7 shop for 2 – 3 years. Having one consistent interface eases support issues. Even if you do the oft cited, but seldom used, “big bang” upgrade, Access Connections still has much better centralized manageability and “push” capabilities than Windows. Quite simply, it controls more of the things that corporate IT needs like firewall enablement settings, VPN integration, and provides more connectivity information in a central location. Plus, security researchers have panned Windows 7’s “promiscuous” wireless mode. It will happily automatically connect to multiple networks. This is a major security risk. Access Connections can enforce only one connection at a time.
•Rescue and Recovery – I’ve played with the new Win 7 recovery program, and it is much improved. You can backup a complete image of your computer to a set of CDs/DVDs or to a second hard drive. That is also its biggest weakness. Windows will not let you put your backup in your primary partition (i.e. your c:\ drive). This alone makes this an untenable tool for the corporate world. Even if Windows 7 won’t boot, you can boot into WinPE to launch your recovery — no Windows CDs needed. On top of this functionality, Rescue and Recovery offers far more granular control like enabling security for encrypted backups, choosing files to exclude from backups (e.g. only keeping the most recent copy of your email file), centralized control of settings, and the ability to recover, but keep your most recent personality settings.
•Power Manager – Win 7 offers much better and comprehensive control than ever before to save power. No matter how good it gets, though, Windows biggest problem is that it has to be generic enough to work on all vendors’ systems. Applications like Lenovo’s Power Manager are written to work specifically with Lenovo hardware at the hardware level. We can do a better job because we know how to manage our hardware best. Power Manager also gives some additional features like Battery Stretch, support for switchable graphics, and easy-to-use slider control for changing power settings. From an IT perspective, it allows control by tools other than SMS, like LANDesk and allows these teams to deploy power agenda profiles. Windows does not yet allow this.
•System Update – Windows is good at updating itself and other Microsoft applications. It is not as good at distributing vendor hardware-specific things like BIOS updates. There is a need for both Windows Update and System Update in a post Win 7 world. It also has a version for IT professionals, Update Retriever, which allows IT teams to host and push out their own updates to their users. Judging from marketing reaction when we tried to remove it earlier this year, I think most of you agree that this is a valuable tool.
•Password Manager – I LOVE this tool. I NEED this tool. There’s no overlap with Windows functionality, and thus it will continue. From a security perspective, Microsoft stores Internet Explorer passwords in a known, less than secure location.
•Lenovo System Toolbox (a.k.a PC Doctor) – I wrote about Lenovo System Toolbox not long ago. If you are not familiar with this tool, it is a comprehensive hardware and software systems diagnostic toolset. Other than ScanDisk and some improved performance monitoring, there is not a whole lot of overlap between this tool and Windows 7. It also continues.
•System Migration Assistant and ImageUltra Builder – These also continue under Win 7, but I have not played with their new versions yet, so I do not have a whole lot of detail to share.
•Hardware Password Manager – Windows still does not have a solution for centrally managing all types of hard disk drive passwords. No other vendor does yet either.
Discontinued Tools – Before anyone panics, know that the utilities listed below will continue to exist and be supported under Vista and XP. We simply are not porting them to work in Windows 7.
•Presentation Director – This is probably the most controversial of the tools we are not porting over to work on Windows 7. The reason is that Windows has much improved external projector/display capabilities and configures many things automatically. There are a few features that we wish Microsoft would have incorporated from our tool, but they aren’t enough to justify the development expense of continuing to update this tool.
•GPS application and Camera Center – These tools being discontinued is a good thing. If you have a GPS or camera on earlier versions of Windows, only one application can use that device at a time. Windows 7 provides a common API to allow “sensors” like the Active Protection System and GPS chips to be shared among all Windows programs. You may not need this feature today, but you will in the future.
•Productivity Center – This was always more of a business level tool. Between our improved Lenovo System Toolbox and improved Windows 7 help, most of the function is duplicated and we decided that we could invest the development resources in better places.
•EasyEject – I know there are devoted followers of this tool. Personally, I’ve never found it to be of any use. If you don’t know what it is, EasyEject allows you to tell your system one time that you are going to disconnect all of your external peripherals, as when you are going to undock your system. Without this tool, you need to find the Windows System Tray icon and manually stop each device one by one. This made more sense in the serial/parallel days, but most modern devices don’t care if you yank the cord.
•Screen Magnifier – Most graphics drivers do this anyway these days. It’s duplicate functionality.
•Keyboard Mapper – This is likely to be another controversial one, mainly because there is a significant minority that does not like the placement of our CTRL and Fn keys. These people use this utility to switch them around in software. Regardless of where you stand on the CTRL/Fn issue, remember that there are just as many people who like the status quo. If we were to change, all we would do is swap one unhappy group of people for another. Plus, our Yamato team is considering allowing these keys to be swapped in BIOS.
Future Tools
I cannot tell you anything about these yet, but we’re not just cutting development resources. We are redeploying them to introduce a few new ThinkVantage tools as well. One in particular is nothing short of “wow.” It demos well and once you’ve tried it, you’re likely to love it.
I hope this gives some clarity. If I left your favorite tool out, let me know in the comments and I’ll try and get you an answer.
Tools Which Will Continue in Windows 7
•Access Connections – There is no question that Win 7 has dramatically improved connectivity. In fact, since I’ve been running Win 7 as my primary production operating system for over two months now, I have not used Access Connections at all. Has it outlived its usefulness? That is possibly true if you’re an individual user, but if you’re a corporate user, you’ll still find a lot to like. First, it allows a consistent interface across all versions of Windows. If you’re like many, you won’t be a 100% Win 7 shop for 2 – 3 years. Having one consistent interface eases support issues. Even if you do the oft cited, but seldom used, “big bang” upgrade, Access Connections still has much better centralized manageability and “push” capabilities than Windows. Quite simply, it controls more of the things that corporate IT needs like firewall enablement settings, VPN integration, and provides more connectivity information in a central location. Plus, security researchers have panned Windows 7’s “promiscuous” wireless mode. It will happily automatically connect to multiple networks. This is a major security risk. Access Connections can enforce only one connection at a time.
•Rescue and Recovery – I’ve played with the new Win 7 recovery program, and it is much improved. You can backup a complete image of your computer to a set of CDs/DVDs or to a second hard drive. That is also its biggest weakness. Windows will not let you put your backup in your primary partition (i.e. your c:\ drive). This alone makes this an untenable tool for the corporate world. Even if Windows 7 won’t boot, you can boot into WinPE to launch your recovery — no Windows CDs needed. On top of this functionality, Rescue and Recovery offers far more granular control like enabling security for encrypted backups, choosing files to exclude from backups (e.g. only keeping the most recent copy of your email file), centralized control of settings, and the ability to recover, but keep your most recent personality settings.
•Power Manager – Win 7 offers much better and comprehensive control than ever before to save power. No matter how good it gets, though, Windows biggest problem is that it has to be generic enough to work on all vendors’ systems. Applications like Lenovo’s Power Manager are written to work specifically with Lenovo hardware at the hardware level. We can do a better job because we know how to manage our hardware best. Power Manager also gives some additional features like Battery Stretch, support for switchable graphics, and easy-to-use slider control for changing power settings. From an IT perspective, it allows control by tools other than SMS, like LANDesk and allows these teams to deploy power agenda profiles. Windows does not yet allow this.
•System Update – Windows is good at updating itself and other Microsoft applications. It is not as good at distributing vendor hardware-specific things like BIOS updates. There is a need for both Windows Update and System Update in a post Win 7 world. It also has a version for IT professionals, Update Retriever, which allows IT teams to host and push out their own updates to their users. Judging from marketing reaction when we tried to remove it earlier this year, I think most of you agree that this is a valuable tool.
•Password Manager – I LOVE this tool. I NEED this tool. There’s no overlap with Windows functionality, and thus it will continue. From a security perspective, Microsoft stores Internet Explorer passwords in a known, less than secure location.
•Lenovo System Toolbox (a.k.a PC Doctor) – I wrote about Lenovo System Toolbox not long ago. If you are not familiar with this tool, it is a comprehensive hardware and software systems diagnostic toolset. Other than ScanDisk and some improved performance monitoring, there is not a whole lot of overlap between this tool and Windows 7. It also continues.
•System Migration Assistant and ImageUltra Builder – These also continue under Win 7, but I have not played with their new versions yet, so I do not have a whole lot of detail to share.
•Hardware Password Manager – Windows still does not have a solution for centrally managing all types of hard disk drive passwords. No other vendor does yet either.
Discontinued Tools – Before anyone panics, know that the utilities listed below will continue to exist and be supported under Vista and XP. We simply are not porting them to work in Windows 7.
•Presentation Director – This is probably the most controversial of the tools we are not porting over to work on Windows 7. The reason is that Windows has much improved external projector/display capabilities and configures many things automatically. There are a few features that we wish Microsoft would have incorporated from our tool, but they aren’t enough to justify the development expense of continuing to update this tool.
•GPS application and Camera Center – These tools being discontinued is a good thing. If you have a GPS or camera on earlier versions of Windows, only one application can use that device at a time. Windows 7 provides a common API to allow “sensors” like the Active Protection System and GPS chips to be shared among all Windows programs. You may not need this feature today, but you will in the future.
•Productivity Center – This was always more of a business level tool. Between our improved Lenovo System Toolbox and improved Windows 7 help, most of the function is duplicated and we decided that we could invest the development resources in better places.
•EasyEject – I know there are devoted followers of this tool. Personally, I’ve never found it to be of any use. If you don’t know what it is, EasyEject allows you to tell your system one time that you are going to disconnect all of your external peripherals, as when you are going to undock your system. Without this tool, you need to find the Windows System Tray icon and manually stop each device one by one. This made more sense in the serial/parallel days, but most modern devices don’t care if you yank the cord.
•Screen Magnifier – Most graphics drivers do this anyway these days. It’s duplicate functionality.
•Keyboard Mapper – This is likely to be another controversial one, mainly because there is a significant minority that does not like the placement of our CTRL and Fn keys. These people use this utility to switch them around in software. Regardless of where you stand on the CTRL/Fn issue, remember that there are just as many people who like the status quo. If we were to change, all we would do is swap one unhappy group of people for another. Plus, our Yamato team is considering allowing these keys to be swapped in BIOS.
Future Tools
I cannot tell you anything about these yet, but we’re not just cutting development resources. We are redeploying them to introduce a few new ThinkVantage tools as well. One in particular is nothing short of “wow.” It demos well and once you’ve tried it, you’re likely to love it.
I hope this gives some clarity. If I left your favorite tool out, let me know in the comments and I’ll try and get you an answer.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Q-Dir - 好用的檔案管理工具
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