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Flash drive reminder software FlashRecall

2009-11-13T08:32:00.004+05:30

FlashRecall is a little program that remind you not to forget your plugged in flash drive when you shutdown windows or logoff the current user. A handy tool for people who often forgot their pen drive at their office or friend’s PC.

FlashRecall will show a popup-window and play a beep with the motherboard-speaker (if available) when try to log off or shutting down your computer without unplugging the stick.

The program works on Windows 7, Vista and XP. You can download the free utility from program’s home page.

How to Pin Flip 3D Icon to Windows 7 Taskbar

2009-11-12T19:02:00.005+05:30

Flip 3D is a feature for Windows 7 and Vista that allows users to easily identify all open windows just with a click. This is very useful if you have many windows opened at a time.

Flip 3D can be activated (if aero enabled) with a shortcut key Windows Key+Tab. But if you prefer to activate this with mouse (desktop icon), there are two options that you can choose.

One is a free software tool (see here for details) and other is a manual method created by Windows7news. Below is how to create a shortcut icon for Flip3D and pin to taskbar.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select New, then Shortcut.
2. In the location field, enter C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe dwmapi #105 (assuming that Windows is installed on C:)

3. Click Next and type Window Switcher for the shortcut name, then press Finish.
4. Right-click on this new shortcut icon, then click on Properties.
5. Now click on the Change Icon button and in the ‘Look for icons in this file’ field type %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\imageres.dll, and press Enter.

6. Select the first icon and then click on OK, then click OK to finish the job.
7. Now drag this Window Switcher icon from your desktop onto the taskbar.

That’s all. [via]

Download Kindle For PC To Read Kindle Books on Your Computer

2009-11-11T22:04:00.006+05:30

Amazon Kindle is an e-book reading device. With this device users can read thousands of e-books, blog posts, magazines and newspapers. These books normally cost from $0 to $10.

To read Kindle books (which is in AZW format) on your PC, here is a free application from Amazon that can be installed on your Windows7, Vista and XP system.

Features of Kindle For PC:

- Get the best reading experience available on your PC. No Kindle required
- Access your Kindle books even if you don't have your Kindle with you
- Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
- Create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle

Download Kindle For PC.
Some free Kindle Books to read here/here/here

Clean Drive Lets You Delete Files Older Than a Specified Number of Days

2009-11-11T19:16:00.002+05:30

Clean Drive is portable utility that allows you to delete files older than a specified number of days.

This is useful, for example if you are a kind saving lot of documents on a directory, say My Document, and want to delete some old documents.

Clean Drive is very simple to use. Run it (no installation needed) and change the number of days files need to be older than to be deleted.

Set the directory/drive in which to search for the files. Then click on Scan Now button to search and display matching files. You are then given an option to delete these files including empty directories that match the age you specify.

Clean Drive is a freeware and works on Windows7, Vista and XP.

Download Final Edition of Panda Cloud Antivirus for Windows 7

2009-11-10T22:32:00.004+05:30

Panda Security has released the final version of Panda Cloud Antivirus and can be downloaded free from their website.

Panda Security uses a security platform called 'Collective Intelligence' for ‘Cloud Antivirus’ which offers high-level protection in real time, and considerably reduces the system resources.

It is the lightest and fastest antivirus program. According to Panda Security, because of the cloud-scanning from PandaLabs’ servers, the detection rate is very high.

If you have any of the previous versions installed (Beta1, Beta2 or Beta3) do the following:

1- Uninstall your current version.
2- Reboot your computer.
3- Download version 1.0 from http://www.cloudantivirus.com and install.

Panda Cloud Antivirus supports Windows7, Vista and XP.[via]

How to Speed-Up Windows Start By Enabling Full Processor Power?

2009-11-10T15:07:00.007+05:30

By default, Windows is configured to start with single processor. If you have a multi core system, here is a simple tip to use full power of your processor, so that it will speed-up your Windows start-up time.

This tip is applicable to Windows XP, Vista and Windows7 and is identical. Just follow as described below.

1. Type msconfig in the search box and press Enter. For XP, Start – Run and type msconfig.

2. From the popup window select ‘Boot’ tab and then ‘Advanced’ (Windows7). For XP select ‘BOOT.INI’ tab and then ‘Advanced’ option.

3. This will open the advanced options window. For Windows7, check the box against ‘Number of Processor’ and select 2 (or other) from the dropdown list.

For XP, check the box against /NUMPROC= and select 2 (or other) from the list. Click OK to save the settings.

Note: When testing this on my Windows7 and XP dual core machine, found that Windows7 required around 10 seconds less time and XP around 5 second less time to completely boot up.

(Thanks to Spamloco for this tip).

Download WU Utility To Fix Windows 7 &Vista Update Issues

2009-11-10T11:50:00.000+05:30

Need not to say the importance of system updates. Only this way you can be sure that your computer is as up to date as possible with patches for security loopholes. But some times Windows update may stops for some reasons.

If you have any such issue, here is a freeware tool, WU Utility to repair and fix it. This utility will re-register a total of 114 .dll, ocx and .ax files which are required for the proper functioning of Windows Updates.

The utility may take a few moments to run. On completion, you will see a dialog box: The process completed successfully. Download WU Utility.

How to Lock Keyboard Keys & Mouse (specific) From Accidental Key Press?

2009-11-10T11:38:00.004+05:30

Some times it may be necessary to lock keyboard keys and mouse temporarily, for example, to prevent children from accidentally pressing unwanted buttons on your keyboard and mouse.

Kid-Key-Lock is a simple freeware program to lock specific keyboard and mouse functions.

After installation Kid-Key-Lock icon will appear on your system tray. Click on it to pop-up a menu. All program functions, including the setup dialog box are accessible from this menu.

The program works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Download Kid-Key-Lock (Home page)

Get 4 Premium Wordpress Themes, 400 Icons and More For Free (Nov 9 – 16)

2009-11-10T10:32:00.002+05:30

Here is a limited time free offer (Nov 9 –16) from Tutorial9 for web designers ($100 value Ultimate Resource Pack). This free offer includes 4 premium Wordpress themes worth $25, 3 Tumblr themes worth $50, 400 icons in different category and many freebies.

Interested users can get a free download from Tutorial9 on subscribing their Tutorial9 Essentials newsletter.

The download (27Mb) includes Icons, PSD’s, WordPress Themes, Tumblr Themes, Posterous Themes, and Vectors.

1. 21+ icon sets, with a total of 400 icons
2. 4 Wordpress Themes from NattyWP, Obox Design, and Tutorial9 worth $25.
3. 3 Tumblr Themes from Obox Design worth $50
4. and many more freebies

To get the free offer, subscribe to the new Tutorial9 Newsletter “Tutorial9 Essentials”. The download will be emailed to your email address. [via]

Windows 7 Terminology And UI Strings For 35 Languages

2009-11-09T21:46:00.003+05:30

Following the worldwide release of Windows 7, Microsoft has made available the Windows 7 terminology and UI strings for 35 languages on Microsoft’s Language Portal

This allows Windows 7 and other Microsoft products users to search and discover Windows 7 terms and software translations.

To search simply enter the English term, select your corresponding language and press search. [via]

Generate Highly Secure Passwords With Free PassworG

2009-11-09T08:13:00.004+05:30

A highly secure, strong password is a must for keeping your online account safe from hackers. But, unfortunately most people are using their name or something easy to remember (pronounceable) things for their passwords.

Few months’ back we published about some password generators (see here / here / here), here is another one PassworG that allows you to create any number of random, unique and highly secure passwords which are very difficult to crack or guess.

PasswoG is free, portable password generator software. It also contains a built-in password quality checker. Use this feature to check your passwords strength and get suggestions on how to increase their quality. (via)

Download new ShellExView to disable/enable context menu entries

2009-11-08T20:59:00.002+05:30

Many third party applications create context menu (right click menu) entries by adding shell extension components to the system.

They are convenient in some extend, but too many of them (or some of them) can create problems like slow right click menu, unable to launch applications from the recent programs list, etc.

There is no easy way to disable unnecessary items from the right click menu. The ShellExView utility from Nirsoft will help you in that. It displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable or enable each shell extension.

ShellExView is a portable, tiny utility. Just unzip and run to view installed shell extensions. Right click any item and select your choice, e.g. ‘disable selected items’

The new version adds remote command-line option, which allows you to view/enable/disable shell extensions in a remote computer on your network.

A powerful memory management program

2009-11-08T07:41:00.004+05:30

A memory management program has some importance, especially when our computer system hangs or crashes due to low memory when running memory intensive applications simultaneously.

Memory Improve Master is one of the best and powerful free memory optimizing programs which will keep your computer running better, faster, and longer.

The software helps you when your computer runs slowly, crashes it too frequently, when you want to optimize memory and when no available memory sources in your system disk space.

Memory Improve Master will run in background and optimize memory periodically. The program works on Windows7, Vista and XP. Download from the home page.

Windows 7 Solution Center

2009-11-06T21:03:00.003+05:30

Windows 7 Solution Center is a great place where you can find a bucketful of information and solutions for your Windows 7 operating system.

It covers a wide range of topics like installation, activation, upgrade, security, and much more and solves many issues related with Windows 7. For example, when activating Windows 7 if you got an error message 0x004F061, just enter there to know why it happened?

Windows 7 Solution Center certainly an useful place, especially if you are going to install Windows 7 or have installed it already. Not much to say, just visit Windows 7 Solution Center for more information.

Download Free Paragon ExtBrowser To Work With Linux Ext2FS or Ext3FS Partitions From Windows

2009-11-06T09:24:00.004+05:30

If you have Windows and Linux operating systems, some times you want to access files and documents from one system to other. Yes, it is very easy to access Windows partition from Linux, but you can’t open Linux partition from Windows without a special tool.

Paragon ExtBrowser is a Windows based utility that will enable you to work with Ext2FS or Ext3FS partitions from Windows. With this tool you can read, write, modify, create, and delete files and folders under Windows.

Just plug in your hard disk with ExtFS partitions to your PC via eSATA or USB-to-SATA and you can instantly modify files on Linux partition without installing special drivers.

Keay features:

Fast and transparent access to Ext2FS/Ext3FS under Windows
Special unmapped folder in My Computer (Explorer) to open ExtFS partitions, where you can read, write, modify, create, delete files and folders under Windows.
Better stability with less risk to your system because there is no need to install a separate kernel mode driver

Paragon ExtBrowser works with Windows 7, Vista and XP. You can download it free from Paragon

Download Free E-book The A-Z of Computer and Data Security Threats from Sophos

2009-11-05T23:05:00.002+05:30

Whether you’re an IT professional, use a computer at work, or just browse the internet, this book is for you.

The e-book ‘The A-Z of Computer and data Security Threats’ tells you the facts about the threats to your computers and to your data and gives top tips for staying out of trouble in a very simple, easy-to-understand language.

With over one hundred pages, it gives a clear-cut info about various security threats and its consequences - Adware, Anonymizing proxies, Autorun worms, backdoor Trojan, Boot sector malware, Cookies, denial-of-service (DoS) attack, Document malware, spam, etc, etc - and gives safety tips for each threat to avoid risk.

Download or get it free from here

Multiple instances of Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo mail in Internet Explorer 8

2009-11-05T21:52:00.006+05:30

If you have more than one Gmail account (or Yahoo mail or Hotmail account) some times you may want to log into many accounts same time. Normally this is not possible.

In Internet Explorer 8, you can do this very easily. No complicated tweaking or add-ons are required as in Firefox. Just follow as described below.

Log into one of your Gmail accounts (or Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail) with Internet Explorer 8. Remember to uncheck ‘Stay signed in’ option in Gmail [For Yahoo mail uncheck ‘Keep me signed in’ / For Hotmail uncheck “Remember me on this]

Now if you want to login to another account, in IE8 go to ‘File’ menu and select ‘New Session’. [If File menu is not found, enable this by going to Tools -Toolbar - Menu bar]

This will open a new Internet Explorer session. Now you can open another Gmail/Yahoo mail/Hotmail account without closing your browser.

Desk Drive adds drive/media shortcuts on desktop

2009-11-05T07:36:00.003+05:30

Desk Drive solves a really annoying problem. After inserting a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer, you have to open Window's Explorer to find the mapped drive or folder.

Desk Drive automatically adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive when inserting a media. So you can explore it right from the desktop. If you remove the media (USB /DVD) the shortcut goes away from the desktop.

After installation Desk Drive sits quietly in the system tray. You can specify which types of media to monitor by right clicking this icon.

Desk Drive required .NET 2 for installing and works on Windows 7, Vista and XP.

Online Armor v4 for Windows 7 Released

2009-11-05T07:30:00.002+05:30

Online Armor Personal Firewall is a top rated firewall for Windows (see Firewall leak test result and comparison chart here). It provides a remarkable protection from inbound threats and has complete control of data leaving your computer for the internet.

It’s powerful "HIPS" functions give you the ability to stop all unrecognized programs from running on your computer.

As per the leak test results and comparison chart with other firewalls, Online Armor personal firewall free edition might be a perfect choice for home users.

The release version of Online Armor version 4 runs on Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32bit). Download the free version from here.

Download Kaspersky Virus removal tool for Windows 7, Vista and XP

2009-11-04T11:50:00.007+05:30

The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a freeware virus scanner from Kaspersky that will scan various locations of your system for any threats and remove them from your PC or send them to Quarantine folder.

An interesting feature about this tool is that it can work with your existing Antivirus program and ensure a superior computer security.

However, remember that this tool is often updated multiple times per day. So you need to download a fresh copy whenever you want to scan your PC.

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a portable tool (no installation required) and has no real-time protection. It only scan and remove existing malware from your PC.

Download Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool for Windows7, Vista and XP

Read the e-book The Complete Guide to Google Wave online for free

2009-11-04T11:39:00.004+05:30

You might have heard about Google Wave, a new web-based real-time communication and collaboration tool recently released by Google to a limited group of people (currently limited access, invitation-only preview).

The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a collaborative user manual for Google Wave written and edited by Gina Trapani (Lifehacker founder) with Adam Pash (editor of Lifehacker.

With this comprehensive e-book you'll learn what is Google Wave and what problems it solves, how to use it, how to manage your Wave contacts, and much more.

According to the author “Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand……. Because Wave is such a new product that's evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes”. [via]

Interested users can read the book online for free here.

Recover deleted photos from your PC with AnyFound Photo Recovery

2009-11-03T21:59:00.003+05:30

AnyFound Photo Recovery is a freeware tool that lets you recover lost, deleted or corrupted digital photos from hard disk or USB drives.

The program supports almost all digital image formats including BMP, JPEG (JPG), GIFF, PNG, PSD, TIFF, WMF, EMF, ICO etc.

It is very easy to use. After installation, click on ‘Deleted file recovery’, it will scan your system and shows all drives. Select a drive and click on ‘Recovery’ button to find deleted images.

The performance is good, if not formatted the drive. AnyFound Photo Recovery works on Windows XP, Vista and 7(for Windows 7, right click on the program icon and select ‘run as administrator’)

Download Portable VLC Media Player 1.0.3

2009-11-03T08:22:00.004+05:30

VLC Media Player is my favorite programs, because it can handle just about any video or audio format – FLV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, VCDs and more as well as various streaming protocols.

It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go.

You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Download VLC Media Player Portable from here / here

a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5 free on Nov 11

2009-11-02T23:37:00.004+05:30

a-squared anti-malware is a well-known computer security software. Unlike usual protection systems, it does not only check virus pattern files for known Malware but also uses behavior analysis for new or unknown infections.

By using a combination of two cutting edge malware detection tools - the a-squared Anti-Spyware, and the Ikarus Anti-Virus engine, it ensure a comprehensive protection against trojans, viruses, spyware, adware, worms, bots, keyloggers, rootkits and dialers.

The new version (v.4.5) of a-squared anti-malware includes an anti-virus, anti-trojan, anti-spyware, anti-worm and anti-dialer all in one.

It contains a disk scanner to clean infected computers as well as a background guard which blocks new infections with the signature based on Execution scanner and the behavior based Malware-IDS. It also has Cookie guard and Auto-Update.

Emsisoft giving away a free copy of a-squared anti-malware 4.5 ($40) on Nov 11 (11/11 at 11:11 (CET) - only 24h)

Bing On Desktop helps you download old and new Bing images

2009-11-02T20:01:00.004+05:30

Bing On Desktop is a handy tool for downloading old and latest images from Bing. Bing is the Microsoft’s new search engine. Every day a new wallpaper image is set as its background to please the user.

Of course you can download the current Bing background image manually (depends on the browser used), but previous one is not possible.

Previously we presented a tool called Bing Downloader for downloading current images from Bing. But this tool, Bing On Desktop will help you to download images from any date.

Usage:

Download Bing On Desktop
Unzip & double click to launch it (portable tool, For Windows7 right click and select ‘Run as Administrator).
Select any date from the calendar or dropdown menu.
Bing photo of selected date will be automatically downloaded and saved in “Images” folder in the application folder.

Download Bing On Desktop [via]

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