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Quickly Make Windows 7 Bootable USB Device

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Making a USB bootable operating system is a good idea if you want to install an operating system in machines that has no optical drive, for example netbooks and ultra-portable laptops.

Moreover, one of the main advantages of a bootable USB disk is, as it is faster than the optical drive, installing your OS requires less time, but, of course, your motherboard should have USB boot support.

Here is a very simple solution to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 7 without any extra expense and DOS technique. The free application called Windows 7 SBB Tool lets you easily create USB bootable windows 7 setup in few steps.

It is very simple to use if you have Windows 7 iso file, just extract the files in any location of your local disk and specify it to SSB Tool. You can choose any removable device (USB drive, SD Card, etc), if your motherboard has support for that.

Download Windows 7 SBB Tool

1 comments In: USB drive, Utility, Windows 7

Kaspersky Lab Offers Free Security Magazine Secureview

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Want to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in computer security? The free magazine from Kaspersky lab might be the right choice.

SECUREVIEW, the electronic magazine dedicated to all aspects of the IT security industry (via – techtrickz) brings you all the latest trends and exciting discoveries in the field of IT security.

SECUREVIEW is very informative and very useful for all including experts concerned with the IT security industry, people who make decisions on the integration and procurement of computer security, etc.

The first issue of SECUREVIEW will provide revealing insights into:

Current keylogging techniques
Recent Internet fraud phenomena
Vulnerabilities in Adobe software
The banking Trojan scene ..and much more besides!

Publication frequency of SECUREVIEW is quarterly. You can download the first issue of SECUREVIEW at here. [Via – Techtrickz]

3 comments In: e-book, Security, Security News

Customizing Windows 7 CTRL+ALT+DEL Option

Monday, August 30, 2010

CTRL+ALT+DEL is one of the most popular shortcut key combinations for Windows. Most people use this key combination to reboot or open task manager to kill a process when their PC hangs.

In Windows 7 this key combination brings up Windows Security which gives access to options like task manager, lock computer, switch user, change password and log off.

But most people do not use many of these features; they mainly use this option to bring up task manger.Now you can enable or disable these unwanted option using Tweak CTRL+ALT+DEL Option Tool.

CTRL+ALT+DEL Option Tool is a portable freeware application. Just run it and choose the appropriate options that will appear in the CTRL+ALT+DEL menu screen. If you want to change the options you can do it any time just by altering the changes made.

Download CTRL+ALT+DEL Option Tool [home page]

1 comments In: Portable, Utility, Windows, Windows 7

How to Run Google Chrome Extensions In Incognito Mode

Saturday, August 28, 2010

One of the distinguishing features of Google Chrome over other browsers is that, in private browsing mode (Incognito mode) no extensions will work or run.

This default setting will certainly ensure your privacy yet again in private browsing mode. However, sometimes you may want some extensions to work in incognito mode also.

Here is how to run extensions in Google Chrome in Incognito mode (via – trouble fixers) or private browsing mode. This is very simple.

1.Just run the Google Chrome in normal mode and navigate to Google chrome extensions page ( click Tool icon and select Extensions)

2. On the extensions page, select extensions that you would like to run in private browsing mode and check the option ‘Allow this extension to run in incognito’ (see screenshots below). Then confirm the settings.

Next time you run Google chrome in private browsing mode you will see the running extension as shown in the image below. Hope this brief tutorial will be useful.

0 comments In: Chrome, extension, Google Chrome, How to

AVG Antivirus 9.0 for free (save $ 34.99)

Saturday, August 28, 2010

While most of us swear by the free version of AVG antivirus, the paid version offers greater protection as well as support. Here is an opportunity to grab a one year license to AVG Antivirus 9.0.

As a promotion, V3.Co.UK software store giving away one year license to AVG Antivirus 9.0 (worth $34.99) for free to all on Aug 31, 2010 (one day event).

As browsing the internet without the right security software installed is a high risk, this is great chance to get good security software for free to your PC.

The promotion will be live between midday CET (central European time) Tuesday 31st of August and midday CET 1st of September 2010. Just visit at V3.Co.UK software store on 31 Aug 2010.

1 comments In: antivirus, Avg, Freebies, Security, Security News

Add Microsoft Office 2010 Save As PDF Option to Office 2007

Thursday, August 26, 2010

One of the coolest features of Microsoft Office 2010 is ‘Save as PDF’ option that allows a user to save office documents as PDF file instantly. In previous versions of Office there is no such option.

If you’re using Office 2007, there is a small plug-in from Microsoft called SaveAsPDFandXPS, which enables you to have Save as PDF file option in Office 2007.

To add this plug-in, download (930Kb) it from Microsoft and install it. It will add a new item (PDF or XPS) to the Save As option.