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DevManView: Windows Device Manager Alternative

Windows has a default Device Manager that is used to manage internal and externally connected devices to the system. The device manager has a tree structure that displays all the devices in a tree view but only of the single system.

DevManView is the Windows default Device Manager Alternative that can be used as its replacement. [...]

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Find your Hard Disk’s Speed and Data Transfer Rate

Wanted to know what is your hard disk’s speed? Well if you are uncertain of your disk’s performance and wanted to verify its speed and other details then here is a free tool for you that can do the same work easily.

The free tool is called Roadkil’s Disk Speed. It can perform certain tests to [...]

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Remove Microsoft Office Key with Office Key Remover

There can be situation when you come across some problem related to some application in MS Office, well if that is the case or you just want to reinstall the MS Office suite then here is something to interest you.

The tool being described here is called Office Key Remover, which is a small and free [...]

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Minimize Inactive Windows Automatically with Swept Away

We open lots of windows and applications while working on the computer, isn’t it? But say after sometime you are away from your machine, the windows opened become inactive but it is a fact that opened windows consume higher CPU usage and power (in case of laptop).

Thus it would be better if there is some [...]

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Reopen all the Opened Applications after Reboot Automatically

One of the things that bug the most is the windows software upgrade or the patch installation after which I am supposed to reboot the computer when I am middle of some important work. What do you do in that case, close all the apps, restart the system and open all of them again?

Well if [...]

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Transform Windows Taskbar into OS X Launchbar

Windows has a default and boring sort of Taskbar with no new features and looks while on the other hand if we see that of the OS X, the launchbar is very exciting and have a fresh look.

Now this is not a problem anymore as you can easily transform your Windows default Taskbar into the [...]

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Change your IP easily with FreshIP

There are times when we need to refresh our computer’s IP address and have a new IP address. But what you usually do for this purpose? Restart the internet modem so that the IP is allotted dynamically.

Well the process is simpler now as you just need to have a tool called FreshIP. FreshIP allows you [...]

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How to Enable CD Burning for Limited Users

Windows have the option of creating a limited account and it is the account that we usually see in the offices, school or colleges. The account is called limited as it has only certain features enabled while most of the admin features are disabled.
One of such features is the CD burning option. This option is [...]

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Scroll any Window with Mouse without Clicking on it

It feels very uncomfortable when we have many windows open and to scroll a window which is not in focus we have to click on it before being able to scroll it with the mouse wheel.

To overcome this problem I came across a tool called WizMouse that enables us to scroll a window up and [...]

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Enclose Mouse Pointer with a Ring Permanently with Sonar

It is a common problem to all the users that mouse gets intermixed with the background such that we have to search for it over the entire screen.

This is a common problem to all the users of Windows in locating the mouse pointer. To have this problem solved, Windows have a default option which can [...]

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Fix Windows’ Hidden Tool Tip with ToolTipFixer

Windows has an age old bug of hidden tool tip that can come in any version of any Windows OS. The bug can come up to anyone and it feels very annoying as the tool tip that we want to know is hidden behind the tool bar.

The “hidden tooltip” bug has been around since the [...]

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Automatically Resize Programs with AutoSizer

If you have a habit of opening lot of windows side by side then resizing them each time they open would be an issue for you.

Whenever we open up an application it opens with the size it was closed but if you are required to change the size of the window quite often then this [...]

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