Remember when you bought that new PC and you looked at the size of the disk drive and said "How could I ever need more than 250 gigabytes?"
Then you started to load programs.
Then you started to add your digital pictures.
Then you started to rip your CDs and store the MP3s in iTunes.
Then you started to shoot video and play with it on your computer.
Now you’re down to 5 GB and you’re wondering where all that free space went.
Jam Software has created a handy and simple free Windows utility, TreeSize Free, to show you visually where all your disk storage has gone.
I like this quote from their site “Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough.”
Download it, install it and run it to see a visualization by folder of what’s occupying your hard disk and then start deleting. Trust me, there’s a lot out there you don’t need. TreeSize Free can also be started by just right-clicking in Windows Explorer on the folder you want to investigate.
Download TreeSize Free [via lifehacker]
PC's collect junk and junk slows down PCs. The day you buy your new Windows PC is the day that PC will be the fastest. Some of it comes from installing programs that you try once and never use again. Some comes from the applications that you buy or download that set unnecessary programs to be run on startup. 
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I’ve managed network security startups several times. What the experience taught me was how basically insecure and haphazard most people are about their computers and accounts.
I’m not usually much better, but I think we can agree that the yellow sticky with your account password stuck to your computer monitor is not a good idea.
Still, the question of how much security is the right amount persists. I hate to think how many accounts I have between websites, computers, email accounts, networks and homebanking. Ideally each of these accounts would have its own username and password. How to keep track of all those passwords, how to keep track?
Enter 
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There are certain kinds of computer utilities you don’t need every day, but they’re awfully nice to know about when you do need them.
FlickrDown falls clearly in that category. It’s a free Windows utility that allows you to download complete 
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