For the users who change the screen resolution often, adjusting the desktop icons back to their positions is a big problem. DesktopOK is a small but effective solution for user that have to change the screen resolution often.
Using this free tool called DesktopOK you can save the positions of the icons and restore them back to the allotted positions when changing the resolution. [Read the rest of this entry...]
When installing new copy of Windows you must have noticed following options:
• Format the partition by using the NTFS file system (Quick)
• Format the partition by using the FAT file system (Quick)
• Format the partition by using the NTFS file system
• Format the partition by using the FAT file system
• Leave the current file system intact (no changes)
Why Microsoft has given two options of regular format and Quick Format when one is sufficient? If you do not know the difference between the two then here are the points. [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you are a Windows based cellphone user then here is some good news for you, in case you missed it. The new version of Windows Live has been released for the Windows phones.
The new version 11.1 has been released on the 22nd day of this month with the features of:
• Windows Live Messenger
• Hotmail
• Photos [Read the rest of this entry...]
You must have come across a file named Prefetch with .pf extension, in case if you are also wondering what file is this and how to view the contents of this file then here are the details.
Whenever we run an application in our system, a Prefetch file which contains information about the files loaded by the application is created by Windows. The file is used to observe the loading time of the application. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Windows Media Player has a good user interface and is liked by many people but with the passage of time it can develop certain issues. So if you are facing any trouble with the WMP then consider this post before uninstalling it.
Fix WMP Utility is a powerful tool developed by the Windows Club with the ability of re-registering over 40 dll files required for the smooth functioning of WMP. The repair using this tool [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you have used the TweakUI in Windows XP then you must have guessed what this Ultimate Windows Tweaker could do for you. It is a freeware that works on Windows 7 and Windows Vista on both 32 and 64 bit.
The tool is a freeware with size of around 345Kb and requires no installation before use. In spite of the tool being small in size, it can tweak your Windows with over 150 tricks. Some of the features [Read the rest of this entry...]
One of our readers was facing problems due to the virus named as mIRC which is also known as IRC-Worm.Mircup, IRC/DeathTech, WIN.IRC.Virus and Trojan:IRCDeath.
The Trojan operates mostly upon IRC (Internet Relay Chat) if that is installed in the system. This Trojan is designed to update the mIRC version and looks like a harmless and useful program but in reality it does something that disables the mIRC or even causes some serious system problems. [Read the rest of this entry...]
There are ways to recover deleted data from the Hard Disk so as to recover any accidentally deleted data but in case you wish to delete data beyond recovery then there are ways to do that as well.
Blank And Secure is a portable tool to securely delete the data. Securely deleting the data is not possible unless you override the data with the zeroes, process termed as “Zero Filling”. [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you have Nokia cell phone then you must have come across the game files that are playable on your phone. Nokia supports Jar game files and these can be easily downloaded from the net.
But if you want to first try the game on the desktop and then install in the phone or just play on the computer itself then here is a small tool that can convert the .jar file into .exe so that the game can be played and installed on the computer itself. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Is your computer slow? Well there might be many reasons for that but are you sure it is not the CPU which is the reason behind?
You can ensure that the CPU frequency is really the same as claimed by the manufacturer by this small tool called CpuFrequenz. The tool can accurately identify your CPU frequency so that you can make out what was claimed and what is actually given by the CPU. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Viewing the processes in the Task Manager is bit complicated and if we need to explore the processes for the images, icons or cursors then what should we do?
Here is a small tool that can easily explore the images, icons and cursors in the running processes called ImageExplorer. The setup is less than 100KB and the source code is written in [Read the rest of this entry...]
Due to the vulnerabilities in the previous version of the Adobe Reader that is in the version 9.2, Adobe releases the Adobe Reader 9.3 Lite. The new version is believed to have improved upon the factors of speed and performance.
Features that are not used by most of the people have been removed from this version along with the following improvements:
• Removed autorun/desktop shortcuts and converted start menu shortcut to non-advertised. [Read the rest of this entry...]
