Dennis Faas

Infopackets Reader Ken H. writes: " Dear Dennis, I read your comments regularly and find them very useful and informative. I have a question I hope you can advice me on. When working on my PC, I often receive a message stating that I am low on ... Virtual Memory, and that Windows is going to increase my Virtual Memory settings. I am not overworking the PC and I have an AMD 2700+ processor with 512 megabytes of RAM. Can you tell me what Virtual Memory is and why this might be happening? Many thanks for any information you can provide. " My response: The topic of Virtual Memory can be ... (view more)

Synopsis: Brought to you by the same folks that created Registry Mechanic (PC Tools), Spam Monitor is an easy-to-use, yet powerful Spam filter that detects and isolates unsolicited junk emails. Designed especially for computer Newbies, Spam ... Monitor's step-by-step wizard configures your PC with the safest anti-spam settings possible! Spam Monitor: Screenshots Click to view: Page 1 | Page 2. Spam Monitor: Features and Highlights Support all popular email programs such as: Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Mozilla Mail, Eudora, and Opera Configuration wizard that automatically configures ... (view more)

Die-hard Infopackets Reader 'Avey' writes: " Dear Dennis, I have created an audio CD of all my favorite songs on 1 disc in MP3 format. I want to convert this MP3 CD to cassette for my car stereo, as my car does not have a CD player. I normally use ... my portable radio (which also has a CD player) to record my audio CDs directly to cassette, but for whatever reason, it will not play my MP3 CD that I made. I have used store-bought [regular] audio CDs and converted them with my radio without any problem in the past. I am desperately trying to find a way to transfer my MP3s on CD to cassette so ... (view more)

Synopsis: Easy, Award-Winning Recipe Software with 150,000+ recipes at your fingertips! BigOven recipe software is the easiest way for you to: organize your recipes, generate grocery lists to save shopping time, and discover great new dishes shared ... by other cooks around the world -- plus much, much more! BigOven: Screenshots Click to view: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4. BigOven: Key Features Makes everyday cooking easier Access 150,000+ recipes instantly Print, share, or post recipes online Port recipes to your PALM and take it on the go Enter your own family favorites See ratings and ... (view more)

Synopsis: BVS Solitaire Collection 5.4 for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP is an award-winning collection of 390 solitaire card games. If you're tired of the old standard Windows Solitaire, be sure to check out this vastly unique and equally impressive ... card game collection! BVS Solitaire: Screenshots Click to view: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4. BVS Solitaire: Key Features 390 solitaire games not found anywhere else Provides a plethora of statistical and scoring info Track your performance against others Modify rules of almost any game "Show Next Move" command Multi-level undo/redo Selectable ... (view more)

Have you ever played the game "What if ... ?" What if the Sky was Hot Pink instead of Blue? What if Coffee tasted like Bubblegum? What if Rapper Snoop Dogg was the CEO of Google.com? Infopackets Reader Max F. writes: " Dear Dennis, Google.com is by ... far the best search engine on the planet, providing the most accurate search results and plenty of other great services. But what if Snoop Dogg was the CEO of Google? The other day a friend of mine sent me an Instant Message via MSN Messenger with a link to a hilarious spoof of Google. The site name is called 'Gizoogle' and it looks ... (view more)

Synopsis: Have you ever wanted to take all your favorites songs from various CDs and then re-record them onto your very own "greatest hits" disc? With ImTOO CD Ripper, you can! ImTOO CD Ripper allows you to copy (or "rip") entire music CDs / ... selected tracks to your computer; then, using your favorite CD burning program, you can re-record them onto 1 disc. ImTOO CD Ripper is suitable for both veterans and beginners; it's user friendly interface allows you to complete CD ripping with only a few minutes! ImTOO CD Ripper: it's also an Audio Converter The main function of ImTOO CD Ripper is ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Suzanne 'arial0197' writes: " Dear Dennis, I thoroughly enjoy your newsletters! Every day I find myself at your website browsing through the older issues to learn something new. I don't have a dilemma for you today, but would be ... very grateful to hear your opinion on what you think is the best web browser. In the last few months, I started using Mozilla Firefox. I absolutely love the 'tabbed browsing' feature that enables me to open up and flip to another web site without having umpteen different browser Windows opened up in my tray bar. Prior to Firefox, I used ... (view more)

Synopsis: Turn your computer into complete audio recording studio! i-Sound WMA MP3 Audio Recorder Professional allows you to record sound from internal or external audio source into a wide variety of audio formats directly to your PC! With it's ... specialized Voice Activation System (codenamed: "VOX"), i-Sound WMA MP3 Audio Recorder Professional is an ideal solution for digitizing LPs and Cassettes to your PC, including: Record Internet radio with built-in scheduler Save streaming audio from web pages Record Lectures with Voice Activation Eliminate 'hissing' noise with real-time noise reduction ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader 'P.S. Liew' writes: " Dear Dennis, Over the years, my 'temp' folder in Windows [located at c:\windows\temp] has gathered quite a substantial amount of temporary, space-eating files as well as Internet browser history items such as ... cookies, cache and the like. I am contemplating whether or not I should delete these files in order to reclaim hard disk space, but prior to doing so, I would like to get some pointers from you as to which selection of files in this folder is safe to delete. Am I wrong to assume that it is safe to completely delete all files in c:\windows\ ... (view more)