Archive for January, 2010
In the past, we covered several free tools such as Ultimate Windows Tweaker, Windows 7 Taskbar Tweaker & also list of 15 free Windows 7 tweakers that help you tweak Windows registry with a click.
RegMod is a similar tool that comes with over 20 tweaks to quickly modify your Windows registry. RegMod is a standalone tool, which requires no installation. The UI is very simple as well.
Available tweaks in RegMod:
# Disable Control Panel
# Disable Registry Editor
# Disable Task Manager
# Remove properties from Computer
# Remove Run command
# Remove Shutdown command
# Remove… Continue reading
Posted January 29, 2010 – 9:38 pm in: Vista Troubleshooting
Good news for Windows XP and Vista users! You can now fix most of XP/Vista errors online without the help of third-party tools.
Unlike Windows 7, XP and Vista operating systems don’t come with Windows troubleshooting tools by default. Windows 7 comes with over 20 troubleshooting tools that help you fix most of Windows errors quickly and easily.
In order to help Windows XP (SP3) and Vista (SP2) users, Microsoft has launched an online service named Automated Troubleshooting Services that automatically detects and fixes common Windows issues such as unused icons… Continue reading
Posted January 29, 2010 – 12:33 pm in: Freeware
Paragon Software Group is offering its commercial software Backup & Recovery 10 Compact Edition worth $39.95 for free till February 1, 2010.
The software comes with some handy features such as sector backup, file backup, file increments, backup metafiles, backup to CD/DVD/Blue-ray/ FTP servers, mount images, selective restore, scheduled tasks, basic partitioning, hot backup and more.
Like other Paragon products, the tool is also extremely easy-to-use. And the best part is that it supports Windows 7 as well.
Thanks to HappyAndyK at TWCF.
In the past, we have covered Taskbar Hider tool to help you hide/show taskbar in Windows 7 and Vista with a keyboard shortcut. Here is yet another similar tool to hide Windows taskbar quickly and easily.
Taskbar Eliminator is a small utility for Windows 7 and Vista that aids you hide Windows taskbar in a jiffy. Like Taskbar Hider this tool also allows you show/hide taskbar with a hotkey (keyboard shortcut). Use Alt + T keys to show/hide taskbar in Windows.
Once you install this tool, you can see an icon in the system tray, which can be used to launch preferences window or to quite the tool. While Taskbar Eliminator… Continue reading
Posted January 27, 2010 – 2:55 pm in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks
Microsoft has updated its System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 and is available to download via Microsoft Download Center.
According to Microsoft, this tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software. This tool checks your computer for such inconsistencies and tries to resolve issues if found.
Note that this tool is available to customers running genuine Windows only.
Posted January 28, 2010 – 5:59 pm in: Freeware
Microsoft has made available the Windows NT Backup Restore Utility for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 and is available to download via Microsoft Download Center.
Windows NT Backup Restore Utility restores backups that are made on Windows XP and on Windows Server 2003 to computers that are running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The utility comes in handy if you have moved from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Note that this tool is available to users running genuine Windows only.
Posted January 28, 2010 – 10:15 am in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks
At time you might want to hide one or more drives in Windows 7 to secure your data from others. Although you can manually hide a drive in Windows by changing values in the Registry, the procedure is time consuming & is not recommended for the novice users.
So if you want to hide your drive quickly and easily, here is a small program that helps you hide drive (s) in a jiffy. DriveHide is an extremely simple program for Vista and… Continue reading
Posted January 28, 2010 – 12:28 am in: Windows 7
If a roadmap published by a product manager at Microsoft is to be believed Windows 8 is just one and half years away! Yes, Chris Green has posted a useful product support lifecycle information that reveals that Windows 8’s mainstream support will begin in July 2011.
The roadmap also reveals some interesting information about the upcoming Office 2010. According the roadmap, Office 2010 will be RTMed in June 2010. You can download the product cycle information PDF by visiting Chris’s blog.
Posted January 25, 2010 – 11:19 pm in: Google Chrome
Finally it’s here. Google has just released Google Chrome v4.0 browser and is available to download now.
Chrome 4.0 comes with several new features such as extensions, bookmark sync and more. According to Chrome blog, chrome 4.0 is 42% faster compared to Chrome 3.0. You can refer our how to install extensions in Google Chrome browser guide to install extensions in the latest version of Chrome.
Posted January 25, 2010 – 7:45 pm in: Media Players, Windows 7
A Visualization is plug-in for Windows Media Player that displays splashes of colour and geometric shapes that change with the beat of the audio that is playing. In simple words, Visualization is a graphical display that changes in response to the audio signal.
Yule Log is a cool visualization of a warm fireplace for your Windows Media Player in Windows 7 (x86 and x64). If you are new to visualizations, here is how to enable the visualization in… Continue reading