May 2006 Archives

On May 10, I was attending a session at the NETC 2006 conference where a presenter, Vince Verbeke from PSU, demonstrated this cool temporary file cleaner titled ATF-Cleaner.exe. ATF-Cleaner.exe is a new freeware temporary file cleaner application. It will remove Windows IE and Firefox temp files with an easy-to-use interface that does the job safely and without removing files that are crucial to Windows.

The main dialog box allows you to either clean all temporary files or select files for cleaning. The program also knows if Firefox is being used, and gives you the option of cleaning the temporary files associated with this application too. Also, ATF Cleaner will provide you with a dialog box showing the total bytes freed upon completion of the cleaning. For more information about ATF Cleaner by Atribune, click here.

This OPS entry will walk you through the download and how to run this temporary file cleaner. Note - This program will run on XP and Windows 2000 only.

Note - For good and secure PC health, I would recommend that you run ATF-Cleaner at least once a month.

From time to time we have been asked how to convert video files from Quicktime to something that is more Windows and Microsoft friendly. You can identify Quicktime files by the MOV format. Folks may want to use these movies in applications like PowerPoint, Windows Movie Maker, or Windows Media Player. This Tech OPS entry will introduce you to a free tool that will easily and quickly convert Quicktime (MOV)movie files to a more Windows friendly format know as AVI. Once converted, the AVI file can then be imported into Windows based applications.

To convert a MOV video to an AVI video follow these easy steps.