FREE 'HANDY AS HELL' TOOLS...
This is not so much technical... more helpful.
I just wanted to share a couple of tools that I find very handy for day to day use:
1: Sync Toy - Microsoft have a free tool for, well I use it for backing up in Echo mode to an external drive. I am not too fussed with the backup system for Vista... I keep all my gear in one directory and this is all I want backed up. As you are not able to backup one directory, Sync Toy is the answer for me, you can find it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en2: Microsoft GIF Creator - For ages, I was looking for FREE animated GIF creator and couldn't find one that I liked, the other week, I came across the Microsoft contribution and although it has been around for ages.. it is really good! If you need to create animated GIF's, you can find it here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/13212.. just MAGIC!!!