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There are several applications available for Windows PC to speed up its performance and improve overall system stability by cleaning junk and redundant files as well as unwanted registry entries from system. Most of them are designed to use for all users. Here is another simple tool called OSHI Cleaner to speed up system performance and stability.

Mounting ISO images in your computer is a great way for you to view and run the content of the disk image without having to burn it into a CD/DVD. While Windows 8 is comes with native support to mount ISO and VHD images in the system, earlier versions such as Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP does not come with this feature. Now, Microsoft has come up with a little utility called “Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel” to bring ISO mounting feature in Windows 7, Vista and XP.

If your Internet connection is particularly zippy, you might want to share it with your family members or friends by creating your own hotspot. You can do that very simply with a free application called Connectify Hotspot. All you need is a PC or laptop running Windows 8 or Windows 7, with built-in Wi-Fi card or adapter, and the free version of Connectify Hotspot.

As known by all, cookies are small data stored by websites inside the browser for recognizing you each time you visit a site. After surfing a web site or doing some web development, sometimes it may be necessary for you to delete cookies of that particular site from your computer. Though deleting cookies isn’t complicated, it would become an annoyance if you want to do it frequently. Of course, Private Browsing can be an option but, requires us to be opening and closing the window, so it was not bad to have other more flexible options.

There are various ways to access websites that are blocked at work, by Internet Service Provider (ISP) or that are only available in certain geographical locations. For example, you can’t access Pandora outside the US, iPlayer outside the UK, social networking sites like Facebook or video sharing sites like YouTube at your work or colleges. Stealthy is an extension for Google Chrome that lets you bypass the internet censorship while browsing the internet with a click.

Spotlight is a replacement of conventional find function in Apple's OS X operating system. This full system-wide indexing technology lets you find files, apps and folders when you begin typing in the Spotlight search field. Though Spotlight indexes Safari bookmarks, it won’t index Chrome and Firefox bookmarks.

Although Microsoft only released Windows 8 last October, if the many leaks and rumors are correct, it will update the OS to Windows 8.1 (code-named Windows Blue) with in few months. These leaks suggests that the improved Windows 8 will largely look the same, but Microsoft appears to be tweaking the start screen, updating core apps and introducing Internet Explorer11. It is expected that the first public preview of Windows Blue will be available in this June.

The Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) is a program that can help you identify and fix any problems you might be having with your Office application, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, etc. OffCAT supports Microsoft Office 2003 (offline scan only), 2007, 2010 and 2013 and provides a quick and easy method to analyze MS Office for common configurations that may cause problems.

These days, it isn’t uncommon that you connect multiple internet connections simultaneously to your computer. For example, LAN, Wi-Fi and Mobile internet (GPRS, 3G, etc.) together on a PC. However, as you all knows, switching between Internet connections isn’t a simple task. To switch an Internet Connection from one to other, usually you need to find your Network Settings, then find the connection and then connect.

Windows 8 has its own built-in antivirus program called Windows Defender, which is designed to protect your computer from spyware and malware in, real-time. It scans your hard drive for viruses; however, by default it doesn’t scans removable and external drives.