With more and more applications becoming deployable without the use of an installer (i.e. PortableApps and the like), you may wonder which option is best. After all, why install it if you don’t have to as this will surely clutter your system, right? As with just about any computer question, the answer is “it depends”. Take 7-Zip for example...

For those of you who carry USB drives with utilities to help diagnose and clean other people’s machines, a utility you might want to take a look at is Dr. Web CureIt. This is a FREE anti-virus and anti-spyware utility based on Dr.Web Anti-virus scanner, which will help you quickly scan and cure, if necessary, a computer operated by MS Windows 95OSR2/...

A handy utility to have on your flash drive is a screen capture program. This can be especially useful if you are troubleshooting an issue and want to get a snapshot of the data or error messages you are working with. A program which offers this functionality is FastStone Screen Capture. FastStone Capture  is a powerful, lightweight, yet full-featured screen...

Often times I run across system utilities which I will post a tip about. Many of these utilities are portable and ideal for a flash drive because they do not require an installer and are “zero footprint”. So for those of you who care a utility flash drive, what do you have on it? On mine, I currently have:Process Explorer Process...

When one thinks of a hard drive, style doesn’t usually come to mind. That’s because most people don’t care about that sort of thing. However when the style is actually functional, that’s a different story and is desirable. Enter the My Passport portable hard drive from Western Digital. This is a 500GB portable drive that connects via USB...

When using your computer you’re obviously sitting down at a place dedicated to it. You most likely have a computer desk (or one that acts as such) and that’s where you do all your computer stuff. Periodically there will be times when you’ll want to access internet stuff elsewhere in the house or maybe even outside. Maybe you’re working in...

In a few short months it’s going to be 2009, and a ton of stuff has changed in the world of computing over the past almost-ten years. Some of the modern advancements have proven to be a notable improvement while others still produce the same crapola they did nearly ten years ago. In this installment we’ll be taking a look at portable media. Portable...

When the first consumer-grade portable video recording systems were introduced they were humongous and had extremely poor battery life. In addition to that they were heavy and gave you "camcorder shoulder" in short order. As camcorders progressed in technology they started to become smaller but suffered from the same fate as their predecessors –...

How to use PartableApps.com to carry applications on USB...