There are times you need to perform a little maintenance on your hardware and software and we’ve got you covered.
By now, most of you should be running a 64-bit version of Windows. This allows you to use more than 2GB of RAM. As Windows itself often takes at least 1GB, it is important to have more RAM to run powerful software and work with large files. This is especially...
Loyal readers may remember that we added SSL certificates to three of our sites a few months back. Those sites: CorelDRAW Unleashed, Seamless Textures Unleashed and Vehicle Templates Unleashed. After installing the certificates, the next step was to find reference...
A little over a month ago, I wrote Facebook Hoaxes and Identity Theft. While the scams and hoaxes are different, way too many people are falling for them. Once again I ask anyone posting anything on Facebook (or any other online outlet) to verify what they are...
More content has been moved as part of the big unleash.com makeover. First up are the Cave Creek Geek videos. If you've missed any of the videos, get caught up now. It has been more than a year since I've posted a new video. Don't worry, new videos will be coming...
There are times we get suggestions from you, our loyal readers, and we are very frustrated that it just isn't feasible to follow up on those suggestions. There were two suggestions related to our Textures Unleashed collections that we weren't able to...
I've told you that part of the big unleash.com makeover involves moving products to a series of new sites. In many cases, there are also other improvements being made as part of the move. That is certainly the case with the Design Base Automation Plug-In and its...
Last week I told you about the massive makeover of our Web sites that is nearing completion. If you have not read that post, I encourage you to do so now. As part of that makeover, we recently moved another set of popular artwork packages from the unleash.com site...
It is no secret that many users hate Web pages filled with ads. Unfortunately those ads provide a valuable source of revenue for the sites providing you with "free" content. While we do place ads on our sites, we try to keep the user in mind so they aren't as...
A loyal reader recently asked if the time had come to move to Windows 10. That is truly a decision that you have to make for yourself. I'll share a few of the reasons that I've not yet made the jump and don't expect to make the jump in the near future. Of course...
At the end of last week's post Perform a Security Audit, Use Stronger Tools, I mentioned we were in the process of adding SSL certificates to three of our sites so that we could accept credit cards directly. SSL certificates are now in place on all three sites and...
I've written about various maintenance issues in the last ten days. From a design standpoint, I wrote When Did You Last Polish Up Your Portfolio? as a portfolio is a very important tool to show off your work. There were also two posts on tools for keeping your...
I hear from loyal readers on a regular basis telling me they've clicked on a link and it doesn't work. It could be in a tweet, in an e-mail blast or something on the Web site. Some of them are truly broken and I need to fix them. If it is a link to another Web...
Normally on the hottest day on record, some water would be a welcome break. In my case, it meant there was a minor disaster in my house. The water line supplying one of my toilets burst soaking a fairly large amount of carpet. Fixing the toilet only took about five...
Loyal readers are no doubt aware that we've created a number of new Web sites over the past year and that we've been transitioning content from the unleash.com domain to these new domains. Today I wanted to talk about how we are transitioning the traffic and page...
I told you a month ago that many of you can Claim Your Free Upgrade to Windows 10. The release in now less than 10 days away so it is time for all of us to start preparing. While the upgrade will be available soon, I advise you to wait until at least a month after...
Microsoft has started to notify users that they are eligible to get a free upgrade to Windows 10. If you look in the tray on your taskbar, you may see a small Windows logo as shown on the left of the screenshot below. Click on that icon and follow the instructions...
Recently I had someone contact me who had purchased the Color Management and Colors Success Kit. This user had created some color management profiles and saved them as presets in CorelDRAW X7. Unfortunately they soon found out that the list of presets had been...
Last week in E-Mail Frustrations and a New Solution Coming Soon, I shared some of the issues we've had sending and received e-mail. Last Wednesday we moved our domain mail server to Google. Beneath the surface it is the Gmail platform, but we still have the exact...
I've written several times to suggest using an alternative Web browser as Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the worst choice. Using either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome gives you a better Web experience. Even if you use Internet Explorer as your main browser, you...
Loyal readers know that we've been making changes here at Unleashed. For many years, there was enough demand worldwide for CorelDRAW-related products that we were able to sustain our business. That demand has dropped off in recent years and we've been more focused...
I have to admit that I'm not someone who is typically good at keeping my home clean. Clutter tends to find me. Recently I've gotten on a cleaning spree and the clutter has decreased. I've also found some pretty cool things in the cleaning including my father's and...
Last Monday I told you SMART Warning Predicts Imminent Hard Disk Failure. A week later, I'm happy to report my laptop is healthy again, most all of my software is installed and all data is safely back where it was earlier. The biggest delay in the whole process was...
I got a rude awakening recently. When I first looked at my laptop one morning, I saw the message below on my screen. My laptop is truly a secondary machine for me and I don't keep much data on it. The data it does have could be lost and I wouldn't be missing much....
The last week has been crazy. When I came into the office last Monday, I had the idea to move the Graphics Unleashed Blog. That day, the new domain name was purchased. Two days later, all of the content (more than 4000 pages) had been migrated to the new site. It...
