Instant WordPress on your Windows Computer

August 15, 2012 0 comments

If you are into blogging and use WordPress, then you might have installed themes and plugins several times. And it is likely that you found it difficult or uncomfortable testing them on your live blog. The obvious alternative is to install WordPress on your local computer and do your testing. While there are several ways [...]

Create your own passport size photo online for free

August 11, 2012 0 comments

IDPhoto4You.com is an instant online photo studio that lets you upload your own picture and create standard passport photos. Using it is quite easy. Select the country, the photo type and the print size and then upload the photo you want to use. Once the photo is uploaded, the Crop page opens. The software uses [...]

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 [...]

Smart Defrag 2–A fast and efficient free disk defragmenter

March 17, 2011 0 comments

IObit, one of the biggest software vendors for system utilities and security software, has recently released a new version of the free disk defragment software called Smart Defrag 2. Sporting a brand new interface, the latest version is equipped with the unique “boot-time defrag” feature and an improved defrag engine. Smart Defrag 2 is one [...]

Significantly reduce your system boot time

January 8, 2011 5 comments

Do you remember how fast your computer used to boot up when it was new? But now, it takes over 2 mins or even longer after you switch it on before you can start any work. If you are one of those who keep downloading and trying out new software, sooner than later your computer [...]

Keep your computer screen awake with MouseJiggle

December 16, 2010 0 comments

How many time has this happened to you? You are watching a movie or giving a PowerPoint presentation on your laptop and the screen dims and just goes black. And this doesn’t just happen once. This could happen every ‘x’ minutes, annoying you and others. While it may be an annoyance, the computer is actually [...]

TinySpell – Add Spellcheck to any Windows application

May 4, 2010 0 comments

Spell check is a great and necessary feature for all of us who are either not very good at spelling or not good at typing without typos. But what if the application that you are working on, does not have spellcheck. Of course, you could copy the typed text to another application which has spellcheck [...]

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 take an offline backup of Google Docs

August 4, 2009 0 comments

If you are a regular Google Docs user, then you might have considered keeping a copy of all of your documents offline. GDocBackup is a free utility that will download a copy of your online files to your hard disk for you. Run the software and it will check whether a back-up exists. If not, [...]

How to get Google Calendar on your desktop

August 1, 2009 1 comment

Google calendar can be a great way to keep track of your events. But since it is web based, you need to be online to keep the website open to check your events. This can be annoying if you do not have an always-on internet connection.

Use your USB flash drive to protect your computer

July 11, 2009 2 comments

Predator is a free tool that turns any USB flash drive into a key that you can use to lock or unlock your PC, preventing other people from gaining access to your computer in your absence.

Preview open windows on taskbar with thumbnails

June 23, 2009 0 comments

One of the cool feature in Windows Vista is the ability to get a thumbnail preview of open windows by just mousing over the tabs on the taskbar. It sure does helps you to quickly find the window/application you want when you have several such tabs on the taskbar.

Scroll even inactive windows with WizMouse

June 17, 2009 0 comments

If you frequently work with multiple open windows, you would have noticed that you can’t scroll a window unless the window is active and for that you need to first click on that window. This can get really annoying if you have to do this quite frequently.

Get rid of broken shortcuts with OrphansRemover

June 6, 2009 0 comments

Shortcuts are a great way of accessing your files and programs which are buried deep in your folder structure and you can have multiple shortcuts pointing to a single file or program. But over a period of usage, you end up with several broken shortcuts that actually point to nowhere. Often these defunct shortcuts are [...]

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