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Entries for January, 2010

New Windows Live Released for Windows based Phones

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
•    [...]

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Open the Prefetch File using WinPrefetchView

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 [...]

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Repair Windows Media Player using Fix WMP

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 [...]

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Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista

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 [...]

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Steps to Remove MIRC Virus

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 [...]

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Delete Data from Disk Permanently with Blank and Secure

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 [...]

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Convert JAR Files to EXE with JAR2EXE Converter

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 [...]

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Identify your CPU Frequency Accurately

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 [...]

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Explore Images in Running Processes with ImageExplorer

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 [...]

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Adobe Releases Adobe Reader 9.3 Lite

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 [...]

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How to Improve Performance of Gmail Spam

Gmail is one of the good mail services but there are occasions when our known and trusted email moves to the Spam folder, then what should we do at this stage just move it to the inbox or something else?
Usually the auto generated mails move to the Spam folder but this does not mean that [...]

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Upload Files to Gmail using Right Click

With reference to the post published yesterday, we can upload files to the Gmail with a single click. The following post will let you know how to upload files to Gmail using right click menu.

What we all need is a Gmail account and a small tool called Send To Gmail with which we can just [...]

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