Lock Your Screen at a Predefined Time With Screen Locker
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Want to lock your computer screen while you are away from it? In Windows, the simplest way is to press and hold the Win + L key. But, if you want to lock your screen automatically at a predefined time, here is a simple application called ScreenLocker.
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Create a USB Password Reset Disk For Windows 7 [How to]
Saturday, July 30, 2011
I think one of the very least used or never used Windows feature is password reset disk option. If you create a password for your computer, it is recommended to create a password-reset disk, so that you can use it to reset your password, if you lost it.
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Firefox Add-on OneLiner Combines Navigation and Tabs bars To Look Like IE 9
Friday, July 29, 2011
OneLiner is an experimental add-on by Mozilla lab, which gives more browsing space for Firefox by combining the navigation bar and tab bar into one line with a button for search. This is similar to IE9 One tab and adds more attraction to Firefox interface.
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How to Delete Windows Run Command History
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Run commands on Windows help users to directly open applications, folders or documents without going through several steps. There are several run commands that you can enter directly in the Run box. However, each time you enter a command into Run box, it will be saved in Windows registry.
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Microsoft Camera Codec Pack Lets View Raw Formats in Windows Explorer And Photo gallery
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Photos taken by DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera, which is in raw image format, cannot be viewed in Windows without a special application. To help you, Microsoft just released a Camera Codec Pack to view raw photo files from more than 120 DSLR cameras in Windows Live Photo Gallery, as well as in Windows Explorer.
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Test your PC And Find Out Its Real Speed With Auslogics Benchtown
Monday, July 25, 2011
Want to know the real speed of your computer? Or troubleshoot your system for performance-related issues? Here is a handy benchmarking tool called ‘Auslogics Benchtown’ that performs a series of tests on your computer and gives you a score based on the performance of your computer.
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Quick Search: Much Faster Alternative to Windows Search
Monday, July 25, 2011
Looking for a much faster and easy-to-use alternative to Windows Search? Quick Search from Glarysoft is a good option. It searches everything stored locally on your computer when you enter key letters. It is similar to the search tool ‘Everything’ and displays results instantly in real-time.
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Replace Windows Media Player 12 Library Background Image With Your Own
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Few months back we had published a post, which describes ‘how to enable six hidden library background images in Windows Media Player 12 and apply it’. Here is how to insert your own image in WMP12 Library background, which gives more fun to your WMP12.
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Image Chart Editor: Create Nice Looking Charts
Friday, July 22, 2011
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Backup Wi-Fi Network Profile With Wi-Fi Network Backup Manager
Thursday, July 21, 2011
As its name implies, the Wi-Fi Network Backup Manager lets you backup your Wi-Fi Network SSID and password into an XML file. You can use this file to transfer your Wi-Fi network profile to a new computer.
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HDClone: Hard Disk Backup and Migration Tool For Windows
Thursday, July 21, 2011
If the existing hard disk’s capacity is too small or filled with lots of files and data, and thinking a way to move them to a large, newer hard disk, HDClone is what you are looking for. You can use this free tool to migrate an existing installation to a new hard disk or for rescuing data.
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MultiMi: Social Media Organization And Sharing Tool
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Zbang partnered with AVG has released a free, powerful social media organization and sharing application called MultiMi for Windows, which makes sharing and socializing across your email accounts and social networks a breeze. That is, with MultiMi, you can manage your online life seamlessly.
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Diagnose Hard Drive For Damages With SeaTools For Windows
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Spring Clean Your New PC With SlimComputer
Monday, July 18, 2011
SlimComputer is designed to be a simple to use utility to identify and remove many of the common trialware and annoying software that is typically shipped with new PCs. This utility helps you remove unneeded programs, toolbars, shortcuts, start-up entries, and services and slims down your new PC to make it run fast and clean.
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Have New Tabs Open to Home Page in Firefox
Sunday, July 17, 2011
When you click a new tab in Firefox, usually it opens a blank, untitled page. If you want it to open to your home page, for example to Google, here is how you can do that with a simple Firefox extension My Homepage.
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Repair Corrupted Windows Safe Mode With SMFixer
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Safe Mode is a troubleshooting option for Windows, which is necessary to fix many computer problems such as removing malware, uninstalling applications, etc. You can enter in this mode by pressing F8 key while booting. However, sometimes viruses can corrupt Windows Safe Mode in order to prevent you from removing them.
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Remove Google+Facebook Add-on For Privacy
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Google+Facebook is a browser add-on that allows you to see your Facebook stream inside Google+. However, a recent report reveals that this extension acts like malware and need to be removed immediately. The report says, the app runs JavaScript automatically on startup and sets Google search to a custom search page. It also scans your emails and adds it to your email signature to let your friends know about the app. You can read more about it here.
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Diagnose And Fix Common Security Setting on Windows
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
To keep your PC more secure and reliable, you need to configure and keep its security features such as firewall, antivirus, Windows policies, user accounts, privacy settings, etc as it should be. Here is an automated solution to diagnose and fix common security setting on Windows.
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Reference Guide For Google Plus Written by 120+ People
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Of course, there are so many tips, tutorials, applications, and extensions related to the new Google social network Google Plus, but if you want to know everything about Google+, here is reference guide. The interesting thing is that, this is a collaborative manual written by 120+ people at the same time.
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Add Google+1 Button in Twitter Timeline With Tweets +1 Chrome Extension
Sunday, July 10, 2011
If you are Twitter user and looking a way to add Google +1 button to your twitter timeline to +1 your favorite tweets, you will surely interested in this Chrome extension.
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Windows 7 MAC Address Changer
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Usually there is no need to change the Mac address in a computer. However, in certain situations you may need to change it, for example, when you surfing the internet free in public places where limited usage quota. The MAC is used to identify hardware devices such as network cards, modems, etc.
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Remove Leftovers of Uninstalled Add-ons From Firefox
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
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Restrict Accessing Windows Settings (How to)
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
If you share your computer and do not want other users spoil your important settings, you can restrict them by limiting access to sensitive features of your Windows 7. Here I am presenting a tiny tool that can hide certain Windows features with a click.
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Microsoft Fixit to Solve Read/Write Problem of CD/DVD Drive in Windows 7
Monday, July 04, 2011
Microsoft Fixit is a simple to use one-click solution that helps users fix common problems of their Windows PC. It automatically diagnoses and repair issues with few clicks. Microsoft just released a new Fixit solution to fix read/ write problem of CD/DVD drive in Windows 7.
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Google Takeout Lets You Easily Backup Your Google Data
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Google Takeout is a new service from Google that helps users instantly create backup of their data from all Google services such as Gmail (contacts), Google Buzz, Google+ circles, Picasa web albums, etc. which can be then downloaded to a computer. This new service eliminates many steps that usually involved for this process.
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Protect My Disk Makes Your USB Drive Virus Proof
Friday, July 01, 2011
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