Little Known Gems for your Windows Computer
This is a list of little-known but essential software utilities for Windows that are free, light-weight and add new and useful features to your computer.
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The new Microsoft Windows is simpler to use, faster, and beautiful. With Windows, sharing files and printers on your home network is no longer a hassle. The built-in search lets you find documents, pictures, music, e‑mail, and programs instantly.
How to Find Anything on your Computer with Windows Search
The Windows Desktop Search program supports advanced search operators to help you narrow down search results and find the exact document, file or email message that you are looking for.
How to Free-up Disk Space on your Windows PC
If your Windows computer is running low on disk space, here’s how you can instantly recover a few gigabytes of free space.
How to Clean the Right-Click Menu in Windows
Learn how you clean up the Windows right-click menu (or the Context Menu) by removing the unnecessary programs and commands that your no longer use.
A Good Twitter App for your Windows Desktop
Are you planning to use Twitter from the Windows desktop outside the web browser? Here are some of the best Twitter apps for Windows.
A Beautiful Replacement for your Notepad
Looking for a program to replace the boring notepad program on your Windows desktop? Here’s an excellent replacement that’s beautiful and freeware.
How to Launch Programs from the Windows Start Menu
This video tip describes how you can quickly launch your favorite programs and files from the Windows Start Menu more quickly.
Which Programs are Accessing the Internet from your Computer?
How to find out which programs on your computer are connecting to the Internet?
Why Windows Users Buy Laptops Preloaded with Free DOS?
The laptops carry the same hardware but one is loaded with genuine Windows 7 while the other one is running on Free DOS. or Ubuntu Linux. Which one should you go for?
Do Language Translation inside any Windows Software
Learn how to integrate Google Translate in Windows such that you can translate text from one language to another in any software program.
Easily Select Multiple Files in Windows Explorer
A quick tip for Windows users to help you select one or more files and folders in Window Explorer using the mouse itself.
New Windows Theme for fans of Angry Birds
If you are a big fan of Angry Birds, how can you not have the Angry Birds theme on your Windows desktop with six different wallpapers and background sounds of birds and pigs.
Get Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 on a DVD
Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 earlier this year and it includes several enhancements. You can download the SP1 installer from Microsoft.com for free or order Windows 7 SP1 on a DVD.
Keeping an Eye on your Shared Windows Folders
Find out which other computers are accessing your shared files and folders and what files are they accessing.
Move your Files to Relevant Folders with Ease
Learn how you can automatically move your desktop files to relevant folders and thus bring some order to your otherwise cluttered desktop.
A Transparent Lock for your Windows Computer
Clear Lock is tiny Windows utility that will lock your computer but with a transparent screen.
How to Make Folders ‘Sticky’ in Windows Explorer
Learn how you have sticky folders in Windows Explorer so that the most frequently used folder stay on top always.
A Useful Alternative to Windows Defragmenter
Meet a better alternative to Windows built-in disk defragmentation utility that lets you defrag individual files and folders on demand.
ScanDisk in Windows 7
Windows XP had a useful utility called ScanDisk that would check your hard drive for any bad sectors, damaged files, and other problems. For some reason, ScanDisk is not available as a standalone utility in Windows 7 but there’s a new way to check your hard disk as illustrated in the above screencast. Open My(…)
How to Make your Windows Start-up Faster
You computer’s boot time depends on the number of apps that load at start-up. Learn how you can make your Windows start-up faster with a simple tweak.