Het is vrij Mozilla Firefox heeft ooit aanwinstenmarktaandeel van Internet ontdekkingsreiziger sinds 2004 geweest. Zo kunt u vragen „waarom Mozilla Firefox?“ of „waarom niet Internet Explorer?“ Het is tijd om te begrijpen waarom en u uw eigen keus kunt maken of u wilt of niet schakelen. Ik ga mijn eigen persoonlijke ervaring vanuit gebruikersperspectief delen waarom ik van Mozilla Firefox houd.

1. Firefox is Veiliger dan D.W.Z.

Toen Firefox eerst in 2004 werd aangekondigd, was het veiliger dan D.W.Z. om diverse redenen. Dit is ook één van zeer belangrijke hoofdredenen waarom de meerderheid van gebruikers op Firefox voor het veiligere surfen overschakelt. Nochtans, wanneer recent D.W.Z. 7 bevrijdt, niet meer zekere houdt I dit nog waar omdat heel wat verbeteringen door D.W.Z. al deze jaren is gemaakt. Geen software is vrij van insecten en natuurlijk zowel kan Firefox en D.W.Z. vanaf het lopen niet.

NOCHTANS, zal ik nog zeggen Firefox veiliger is dan D.W.Z. Dit is ook wat de meeste mensen zeggen maar zij begrijpen erachter niet de redenen. De reden is erachter hakkers wil geen Firefox binnendringen in een beveiligd computersysteem, willen zij binnendringen in een beveiligd computersysteem D.W.Z.! Één van de redenen is 85% van mensengebruik D.W.Z. en als hakker, wilt u aan de grotere menigte richten. Een andere reden is de meeste hakkers heeft een sterk gevoel anti-Microsoft. Zij haten Microsoft en zij zullen hun beste doen in binnendringen in een beveiligd computersysteem D.W.Z. en schroef Micrsoft. Enerzijds is Firefox…

Toen I eerst mijn laptop baby (het Uitzicht van lidstaten) werd, ben ik blij dat het samen met anti -anti-spyware binnen het Uitzicht OS zelf komt. Het wordt genoemd de „Verdediger van het Microsoft Windows“. Zo dacht ik ik mijn tijd kon besparen om anti -anti-sypware niet te installeren anymore. Iets niet herstelt na bijna een jaar tot vandaag, vangt de Verdediger van MS-Windows geen spywarebedreiging. In tegenstelling tot mijn vorige anti -anti-spyware van LavaSoft (advertentie-Bewuste) die vrij in mijn vangsten XP aantal draden binnen een maand installeerde. Ik begin deze vrije eigenschap van Microsoft te verdenken. Een welke een andere crap van Microsoft? So, I decided to my little research here.

I do a full system scan on the following 3 free products and here is the result:

Anti-Spyware Program	Number of Threads Found
Ad-Adware (LavaSoft)	81
AVG Anti-Spyware(GriSoft)	56
Windows Defender (Microsoft)

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Althought I have been switching to Vista but my office PC is still using XP. So for those who are still using XP, the PowerToys is the additional software add-on into XP to improve the windows experience. However not every softwares from PowerToys are useful. Sadly that most of the softwares are useless (to me) or I already have a solution.

These are the software I have tried as I think they're useful (to me):

1. ClearType Tuner (Recommended)
   
2. Open Command Window Here (Recommended)
   
3. Virtual Desktop Manager (Not Recommended)
   

ClearType Tuner
This is the most useful PowerToy in my opinion. This is especially for those who are using the LCD screen and has difficulty read the fonts (i.e. not clear enough). You can give it a try.
After installed, you can run the ClearType Tuner and it appears some kind of Wizard to allow you to choose the best font that best suit you. After the Wizard, your font will be configured and looks clear.

If you're using CRT monitor, I don't think it gives you huge improvement but you can give it a try.

Click here to download

Open Command Window Here
If you're the Unix user, you probably get used to running command from console. Installing this PowerToy, it allows you to access to the command prompt directly from the explorer. I personally find this useful as I don't need to CD to the directory every time I open the command prompt window....

This is just to share a bit why I say that. I has been using the AVAST for less than 6 months and the AVAST manage to catch 3 viruses threat so far when I'm browsing the internet. However, the AVG can't catch them at all.

I tested this by disabling the AVAST and visit the same site that has that virus threat. I forgot what site I have visited, if not I can probably put it here for you guys to give it a try. Anyway, this is just my experience. Honestly so far, I haven't catch any virus using AVG. I have been using AVG for 1 year. The last time I install AVAST it detected a virus in my PC which didn't caught by AVG all the while. This is so scary.

Have a second thought before you decide to remove AVAST and keep AVG or choose a AVG. Is AVG is really better? I should have test the site with McAfee Anti-Virus. Anyway, I'm doubt. That's why I install both AVG and AVAST as what I recommended in my previous post. Why don't you do the same?

I'm happy that Vista or perhaps XP has a restore point feature to restore your previous known startup stage. I was trying to get an software to play the MDF and MDS image format. It turns out the MagicDisc has a very good review.

MagicDisc is freeware. It is an utility designed for creating and managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. You know what, after I installed this fellow, it caused my PC unable boot. This fellow crashed my Vista!!! My baby is dead!!! Luckily I still managed to save my baby using the restore point feature from Microsoft. Kudos to the Microsoft this time. Microsoft, thank you...

From now on, I have no longer trust any softwares that are from this site www.magiciso.com. I advise you not to try MagicDisc, it is probably not going to work especially in Vista. You can try your luck but use at your own risks. You can download this MagicDisc here.

I'm still searching for utility to view my MDF and MDS video image format file...

I work with all the people around the world, mainly UK, Toronto, and San Jose. I used to manually calculate the time based on the time-zone difference. It is completely inefficient! This is even confusing when there is daylight savings in United State. Oh boy, I completely lost.

Now, this free Qlock Software solve all my problems. See my desktop below:

Click here to download the free Qlock.

After you install the software, the next thing is to "Create Qlock" for the places that you want. What you need to do is to right click the icon on the lower right of the task bar, then select "Create Qlock". Select the City your wants and that's it. You will have something similar to my desktop. You can drag & drop and even resize the Qlock as you like. Try to play around with it and it is very user friendly.

Another thing, you can also set the alarm for each Qlock. Thought it will be useful to some of the people. I seldom use the alarm features as I don't really need it.