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Keep any window on top with ‘Window On Top’

January 4, 2012 0 comments

When you are working with multiple windows open in Windows, sometimes you may want to keep one window on top of the rest. Some applications have this option built in and let you keep the application on top. But wouldn’t it be better if you could add this feature to any window and have the [...]

Get a detailed information of your system properties & settings with SIW

March 17, 2011 0 comments

There are several paid and free tools that help you view your system’s properties and most of them do a good job of what they are expected to do. However, there is this free tool called SIW or System Information for Windows (http://www.gtopala.com/) that really stands out for the sheer amount of information that it [...]

Automatically change the priority of the active application

January 3, 2011 0 comments

Windows lets you adjust the each applications priority for the system individually in case your want your computer to assign more resources to a particular task. But if you are using more than one application at a time, and you keep switching between them time to time , wouldn’t it be great if your computer [...]

Easily switch between Command prompt and Windows Explorer

December 13, 2010 0 comments

If you are a Windows power user, you would agree that whichever version of Windows you might be using, the Command Prompt remains an indispensible tool. Once in a while, you do have turn to it either due to necessity or for convenience. If you are using Vista or Windows 7, you probably already know [...]

How to download new applications from Windows Live Essentials

April 21, 2010 0 comments

Windows 7 installation does not include several applications that came bundled with earlier versions of Windows. Applications like Windows Mail, Windows Messenger, Windows Movie Maker and Windows Photo Gallery were automatically installed with earlier versions of Windows but are no longer included in Windows 7. This is primarily due to the various legal issues that [...]

Windows 7 GodMode: Access all OS config settings in a single window

April 4, 2010 0 comments

Windows 7 tweakers have recently uncovered a hidden shortcut that grants users access to all of the OS’s configuration settings in one unified window. To get at this secret dashboard, create an empty folder and rename it to the following: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} The folder icon will instantly change into a shortcut to the ultimate control panel.

Powercfg – Windows 7 built in power efficiency analyzer

March 28, 2010 0 comments

If you are running Windows 7, and you are wondering whether your computer is using more power than it needs to, worry no more. Windows 7 has a built in tool called Powercfg that can help you analyze how efficiently you computer is using power and it can also point out the problem areas to [...]

How and where to find Windows 7 ‘hidden’ themes

March 15, 2010 0 comments

Windows 7 includes a number of pre-configured themes that lets you easily personalize your desktop. Besides the default themes, Microsoft makes available a variety of additional themes online. But did you know that apart from the installed themes that appear in the Personalisation window, there are a few more themes that aren’t visible by default. [...]

Fix common Windows problems with a single click

February 28, 2010 0 comments

FixWin is a free utility from thewindowsclub team that requires just over 500KB of space, runs without installation, and quickly fixes 50 different Windows glitches. You would other wise need to meddle with the Registry to fix many of these problems. For example, if your Recycle Bin icon is missing, you can fix it with [...]

How to pin a folder to the task bar in Windows 7

February 25, 2010 2 comments

One of the cool features in Windows 7 is that you can pin your favorite applications to the taskbar so that you can easily launch them when needed. What if you want to pin a folder that you frequently use? Wouldn’t it be great if you could access your favorite folders quickly from the taskbar? [...]

Password protect minimized applications with LockThis

February 1, 2010 1 comment

Have you ever wanted to let a friend quickly borrow your windows computer, but didn’t want to worry about them looking through the other applications that you have open, like, maybe an instant messenger window? One way would be to save and close all the other applications before you hand over the machine to your [...]

Find all Windows 7 settings in a box

January 8, 2010 0 comments

If you recently switched over to Windows 7 you would find that it is quite an improvement over XP and Vista. However, if you are the techie type and love to tweak Windows to suit your needs, you will find that there are so many settings you can play with but these settings are all [...]

How to prevent Windows from rebooting after automatic updates

December 26, 2009 2 comments

By default Windows is configured to automatically download and install updates. This is fine, as it saves you the trouble of checking for updates and installing them periodically. But the problem is that, once the updates are installed, Windows needs to reboot. Windows usually sets itself to reboot in 10 mins, but it also gives [...]

Shortcuts to switch applications to Full-Screen

December 14, 2009 0 comments

Whatever be the size of your monitor, you would definitely not want to waste any precious screen space. But take any application, be it a Web browser, word processor, or other application, you would find that the omnipresent toolbars take up a significant portion of the screen space. If you would rather expand your software [...]

How to safely remove an external USB drive

December 6, 2009 0 comments

Sometimes when you use an external hard disk and later opt to safely remove it, you might receive a message saying ‘Cannot safely remove drive-because it is being used by something else’ even though you may not be actually using the drive any more. This problem happens because, apparently, the focus of Windows Explorer is [...]

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