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Hello Everyone,

Well. Birthday went good, minus the Rain. Today's Monday, back to work. :)

I have just picked up two "Moleskin-ish" books today, in which I will be possibly writing a review in the future for. Will keep you updated. 

Other pretty cool applications

Snag-It : (30 Day trial, then its 49.95$) Absolutely the best program hands down to write documentation with, and perfect for screen shot capturing. Its easier to use than MS Paint. Definitely a use for those in the document writing world.

Process Explorer : (Freeware) Not for the non-tech savy. Process Explorer shows all processes that Task Manager may not show, also goes full into detail as to what .dll's are being held up by certain processes (Very good for fighting malware). Also, allows you to see certain programs that seem to stick there even after you kill them, very good when used in Sync with Autoruns.

Autoruns : (Freeware) Once again, not for the non-tech savy. Autoruns allows you to see alot of very important things as far as registry keys and applications goes. It shows what programs will start at boot, it will show what drivers are used, along with programs that may be running in Process Explorer, but will correspond what file, along with what Registry key it corresponds to. Once again, not for the non-tech savy, as this can really change your computer configurations and break it. 

As far as Autoruns, I will be placing a Autoruns how-to here shortly over the next few days. Still being quite busy studying for certifications.

Thanks for listening Children,

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