The latest Microsoft’s OS Windows 8 has a new Metro-style interface as well as older desktop. However, the desktop misses My Computer icon and as in Windows 7, there is no option to add it in Windows 8 desktop. Here is how to show (or hide) My Computer and Recycle Bin icon on Windows 8 desktop.

ProcessAlive is a little tool designed to restart crashed programs automatically. It is useful if you have a background program that occasionally crashes and want to restart it without a user intervention or you can use this tool to run the same program repeatedly. This is especially useful if you are running a game or web server.

McAfee TechCheck is a free application that helps you identify software and hardware related issues that might affect your computer's performance. It quickly scans your operating system, network and browser configuration, hardware and peripherals and installed applications and displays issues detected by the diagnostic scan.

Sometimes you may want to identify what changes a software program has made to the Windows registry after its installation. For example, it can be useful to find out registry keys left by the program after its un-installation. It is also useful to find malwares that installs secretly on your system. You can do this easily with a free utility called CRegistry Comparison.

Photos from digital camera or smartphone are far too large to share or send over the Internet or to insert into a presentation. You should resize images before sharing on social networking sites, IMs or send to email to load images more quickly. If you’re looking for a very simple to use image-resizing tool, you may certainly love FreeSizer.