Friday TechTip for Nov. 14, 2008: PC Advisor
Today’s tip comes from Microsoft, the tech company we love to talk smack about! That said, Microsoft has released a number of new projects lately that I think show it’s on the right path. These include:
- Microsoft Mesh
- The Azure “Cloud Computing” Platform
- An Overhaul of their Live.com platform which will fully integrate with other social sites and tools you may be using
I’ll leave it to you to search for the above topics, because today I’ll highlight PC Advisor. It’s a new tool that will examine your Windows system from top to bottom and alert you to any issues that might affect performance. It is not a replacement for antivirus or antispyware software, just a tool to address less serious performance issues. Paul Thurrott, a long time journalist and Microsoft watcher has posted about PC Advisor here and provides the download link:
http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/10/24/download-microsoft-pc-advisor.aspx
I’ll advise that this is a new product, and they may have not worked out every but, but I’ve tested it on my two home XP computers with no difficulty. All of these changes makes me think that we’re going to see a “new and improved” Microsoft in the post-Gates era. Time will tell!