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Make Your PC More Responsive With Clean Master

Clean Master, one of the top junk cleaning and system-optimizing apps for Android has released a PC version with all the cleaning abilities. It lets you speed up your PC by cleaning system cache, browser cache, junk related to media files, software, outdated registry entries and other obsolete files at easy. It is fast and simple to use.

Lock and Unlock Your Computer Using a USB Flash Drive

Various methods are available for protecting a computer from unauthorized access under a working environment. USB Raptor is a new tool and as it name implies it uses a USB flash drive to lock and unlock a computer. Your computer is locked once a specific USB drive is removed and unlocks it when the drive is plugged in again to any USB port.

Quick Way to Change Drive Letter in Windows

Windows automatically assign letters to your drives. Sometimes you might want to change drive letter to your drives or external devices and although you can change these via Windows Disk management tool, the process is not as easy as it could be, especially for novice users.

How to Block Applications Installed on Your Computer

Want to prevent your kids from accessing certain programs installed on your Windows computer? Simple Run Blocker lets you do that quite easily. With this app, you can block any apps just by dragging and dropping the exe file or you can block all apps except a list of apps using the Kiosk mode.

IObit PCtransfer Makes Transferring Files and Settings from One PC to Another Easy

PCtransfer is a new tool from IObit that lets you backup and restore your important documents, browser bookmarks and settings, email messages and contacts, Skype chat records, third-party programs and settings, photos, videos or any file you wish just with a click. This portable tool is perfect for transferring files from a PC to a new installation.

Two Apps to Identify RAM Modules in Your Computer

Upgrading your computer’s memory is one of the most useful upgrades you can perform, but you should know the installed memory type (DDR2, DDR3, etc.), its bus clock speed, etc. before upgrading. To know memory details of your system you can use applications like RamMon and RAMExpert.

Unchecky Prevents Unwanted Programs (PUPs) Installations

Many software installations, especially freeware, comes bundled with redundant programs or unwanted programs (PUPs) such as browser toolbars, scareware system cleaners, browser homepage hijacker, some types of adware, etc. They are being installed on computer while installing the main program. Advanced users can easily avoid PUPs, but if you’re an average PC user, you possibly leave everything by default, thus installing lots of additional unwanted programs without even knowing it.

Disk Partition Wiper Permanently Wipes Everything From Hard Disks

Disk partition Wiper is a freeware tool that lets you wipe everything from the hard disk drive of your PC. This tool is especially useful if you decided to discard your hard drive or resell your PC so you can prevent your personal information or company documents from recovering.

Generate Password For Your Wireless Router With Wi-Fi Password Key Generator

Setting up a wireless modem or router in your home or office is something anyone can do, but securing it with an encryption protocol is very important, because, otherwise people within the wireless router’s range will be able to connect to your Wi-Fi network, which may lead to slower your connection as well as access to the shared files and folders on your network.

Precisely Align Desktop wallpaper With Wallpaper Positioner For Windows

If you want to set an image you have taken as desktop background wallpaper, your Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC provides five preset options such as center, fill, fit, stretch and tile to fit it to the screen. But these five options isn’t enough if you want to make the wallpaper more precisely “aligned” on the screen or want to zoom in a portion of the image on the screen.

Find Out When Your Computer Was Turned on With TurnedOnTimesView

Would you like to know what time your computer was turned on? Here is how you can view dates as well as times that your computer was turned on. It may be useful, for example, to know if your computer has been turned on without your knowledge.

Update Old Device Drivers in Windows With Driver Booster

Old device drivers can cause hardware failures, conflicts, and system crashes on your Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP computer. So old drivers must be updated to the latest version, but it is not an easy process. To help you iObit has released a free tool called Driver Booster that helps you detect and update old drivers on your PC.

Identify and Remove Apps that Aren’t Needed with Should I Remove It

When you buy a new PC, whether it is a desktop PC, laptop or netbook, it comes pre-installed with several software programs, utilities and other trial wares. Unfortunately, most of them are useless and instead of the benefit, it make your PC slower, consumes disk space and reduce your overall productivity.

Clean and Optimize Your PC with OSHI Cleaner, Free Portable System Cleaning Tool

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.

Get ISO Mount Option in Windows 7, Vista & XP with Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel

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.

Turn your Windows 8 Laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot (How to)

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.

Quickly Switch Between Multiple Internet Connections on Windows

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.

URC Access Modes Lets You Stop People Copying Files Off Your PC

In certain situations, you may want to stop others copying your important files (projects, programming codes, personal pics, etc.) from your computer. Here is how you can simply disable all copying option of your PC with URC Access Modes. This free tool lets you stop people easily copying files off your PC.

How to Backup and Restore Windows 8 Games Levels and Settings

With Windows 8, you can install several apps and games from Windows Store. If you are serious about some of your games, you might not like to lose your game progress, levels and settings when you re-installing the game or re-installing Windows 8. As these Windows 8 games and apps differ from traditional desktop programs, it isn't an easy task to back up such data.

Disable or Enable USB Port of Your PC with a Click and Prevent Data Theft

There are a number of free tools that disables USB port of your PC, so you can prevent anybody copying data from your computer. In addition, as most USB malware uses a file called autorun.inf, which runs automatically when the USB drive is plugged into your PC, you can prevent such malware infection some extend by disabling USB port of your PC.