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Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters, Web

Run: Addictive Flash game asks you to do one thing - run

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Run is one of those games that's so simple it's hard to figure out why it's so addictive. But it is. Basically you have to run and jump your way through an obstacle course. You run at a steady pace, but each time you complete a level that pace gets a little bit faster.

The game takes on a whole new level of complexity when you realize that in addition to moving left or right or jumping to avoid a hole you can also walk up the walls to your right or left. By the time you get to level 10 or so, this technique becomes absolutely essential to your survival.

The game's not particularly hard. You never seem to run out of lives. But it's the kind of game that's hart to stop playing once you start. Consider yourself warned.

[via Neatorama]

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Advanced Run: Run programs as another user without logging off

Advanced Run

Advanced Run is a utility that replaces the Windows Run dialog with an advanced version. But it has one feature up its sleeve that you won't find in the Windows run box: the ability to run any program as another user without logging out and logging back in as that user.

You can launch Advanced Run by clicking Run in the Windows Start Menu, hitting the Win+R keys on your keyboard, or startng a new task from Windows task manager. You can also right-click on any program and select Run As to run the program as another user.

Advanced Run works with Windows XP and Vista, but will not work with 64 bit versions of Windows.

[via Shell Extension City]

Filed under: Text, Utilities, Windows, Productivity

Windows Run commands: 112 ways to command Windows

112 Windows Commands112 Windows commands. I don't know that this is something I would keep handy because I am too lazy to type all that in every time I wanted to run a program, which is why we have icons in this modern world. If you are a Linux/Unix geek, simply like carpal tunnel, or have a penchant for painful memory overruns (in your head) I can see using this. I don't know who put this up, but it looks like a personal cheat sheet that you could print out and reference on occasion if you need to do something special you can't find easily elsewhere on your PC. I like lists of commands, codes, and other jazz. I suppose this is because it is a type of inro pr0n. I like my information overload alright? Don't knock it man, some people like cats. I happen to not be one of them.

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