Disabling Firefox Resume From Crash

Though to many it’s handy, personally I find Firefox‘s “Resume from Crash” function, well, annoying.  This function makes it so that if Firefox is killed prematurely that the next time you start it you get an (annoying) popup that asks you if you want to restore the previous state/page(s) that Firefox was viewing.

I can . . . → Read More: Disabling Firefox Resume From Crash

CrossLoop – secure remote access

A friend of mine showed me what looks like a nice (free) secure remote access solution for visually managing a remote PC:

http://www.crossloop.com

It’s based on TightVNC and therefor has the advantage of using encryption on the control session, helping reduce the risk of prying eyes. It also has a pretty cool way . . . → Read More: CrossLoop – secure remote access

That dang “Unused Icons” popup…

Drives me crazy when Windows XP pops up the “There are unused icons” balloon and unfortunately it isn’t as intuitive as you’d think to turn it off.

Fortunately the guys at “HowToGeek.com” have the directions to turn it off here.