I've had numerous emails sent to me wondering how people can use Vista's advanced system recovery options when their computer doesn't come with a Vista installation disc. One reader also pointed out that this was a problem when trying to fix the "BOOTMGR is Missing" error some receive when starting up their computer.

So how can you get around this? NeoSmart whipped up a

I'm sure at some point or another you've wanted to password protect a photo that you were sending to someone else. Maybe it was a confidential image that you didn't want to end up in the wrong hands, or a personal photo that you wanted to keep secret.

A handy tool called LockImage is here to save the day. It's a free (and open source) program that will let you create an executable file

Just recently, Google added a new feature so that you can associate non-Gmail addresses to your Google account. What I mean by this is that you can inform Google that you have other email accounts - maybe a Windows Live or Yahoo account. At this point, there are only two main advantages for doing this.  One advantage is that you can now log into your Google account with one of the added email addresses. The

Back in September when there was a ton of hype surrounding the new iPod Touch and the drop in price of the iPhone, there was also another big story over at Apple.  They announced that NBC didn't intend to renew their contract with iTunes once their current contract ran out in December.  December came and went and sure enough, NBC didn't

Shareaholic is an add-on for Firefox that's all about helping you bookmark and share the content you come across on the web.   Up until recently, they only offered support for Firefox 2.0 and Flock. With their newest release, there's now support for Firefox 3, and they've added a bunch more Web 2.0 sites where people can share content.

The list of supported sites

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in

Microsoft Monday

Apple touts their Time Machine feature in OS X as a breakthrough automatic backup system, but they're not the only ones that offer such a thing.  Believe it or not, Windows Vista has a feature that is much like Time Machine, except I'd like to think that it's better. I'll explain...

Since we are going to be explaining how Vista can do exactly what Time