Some folders in Windows Explorer show a single preview picture embedded in the folder icon. It seems as if the selected image is picked randomly from the available images in the folder. This guide will show you how to change the default folder picture in Windows Explorer. When you use Windows Explorer in thumbnail view [...]
Microsoft Windows Operating System
List The 100 Largest Windows Files
You have several options when you are running out of storage space. You could consider uninstalling software that you no longer need, run a temporary files cleaner like CCleaner, search for large files to delete them, backup files to restore space or even buy a new hard drive to extend the available space. One of [...]
Alarm++ Review
When you look at how alarms are configured in the windows operating system, you’d probably come to the conclusion that the system used is not all that comfortable. One would expect an alarm system to be tied to the system clock for instance, for easy configuration. That is unfortunately not the case. One of the [...]
Toolwiz Care 1.0 Optimizing The Pc System.
This new free software package is an all in one stop to help you speed up you PC in many different ways. There are built-in suggestions to fix registry errors, defragment drives and much more. This package looks at the overall health of your system and reports the perceived health on the main window. You [...]
Celtx Media Pre-Production System
I have started writing a book. It is just that I have that idea in my head that I’d like to bring to paper. I first started to write it all down in Microsoft Word. I eventually started to encounter limitations in the software that made it more difficulty to keep an overview of characters, [...]
SourceMonitor, Collect And Compare Source Code Metrics
SourceCode Monitor is a free monitoring software for the Microsoft Windows operating system that collects and compares source code metrics. The program supports a variety of programming languages that include C++, C#, Java, Visual Basic, Delphi and HTML. Depending on the selected programming language advanced features like method and function level metrics may be available [...]
FastPictureViewer Professional 1.6 Review
FastPictureViewer Professional has always been a part of the Christmas Giveaway here at Ghacks, and deservedly so. Back in 2008 when it was first released it was more of a fast but basic image viewer that was fully color managed. Today, the program is a full blown tool for professionals and enthusiasts that can “process [...]
Internet Download Manager 6 Review
Download managers back in the days of dial up Internet connections where must have applications. Downloads in the Megabyte range where large downloads back then. Considering that modems were only capable of downloading a few Megabytes per hour, and that their connections where often flaky, you had to use download managers to make use of [...]
Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 Review
The security software market is flooded with products. Consumers not only have to cope with dozens of companies, but also with multiple products offered by the same company. The majority of companies offer two or three different security programs that are updated every year. With different security products available, consumers face the problem that they [...]
Transfer Video To DVD With DeVeDe
We have covered the video DVD creation software DVD twice here at Ghacks. First a review of the Windows version (see Video To DVD) in 2008, and then of the Linux version (see Create DVDs in Linux with DeVeDe, mkisofs, and K3B in 2009). The Open Source software has been in continuous development, especially the [...]
Perfect365, Easy To Use Makeover Software
Have you ever had troubles finding the perfect profile picture for your Facebook profile or another site on the Internet? Or maybe you have taken the photo of a person and need to modify parts of the photo because they do not appear right, or do not reflect the person in front of the camera. [...]
Audials Moviebox 9 Review [Giveaway]
Audials Moviebox 9 offers a versatile set of video and movie related applications that allow users to download videos from the Internet, rip DVDs, convert media, synchronize their collection and play videos. When you first start the application you will notice that the interface can be divided into three modules. A maximum of two sections [...]
TeamViewer 7 Available, Lots Of New Features
TeamViewer is without doubt one of the most popular remote access and support applications. Part of the software’s success stems from the fact that it is free for personal use and portable if needed. Nothing beats installing TeamViewer on family or friend computer systems to save time fixing computer problems. TeamViewer 7 is now available [...]
Sky History, Manage Skype Chat History And Call Logs
The Skype software lacks options that allow users to better manage the program’s chat history and call logs. As far as chats go, there is no option to delete specific messages from within Skype. While there is an option to clear the Skype chat history manually, it requires at least a basic understanding of using [...]
Spyware Blaster Blocks Spyware Related Threats Passively
Many spyware programs on today’s market, regardless of being free or commercial, concentrate on the removal of spyware and other forms of malware on the PC system. Only a few try to block spyware before it makes its way on to the computer. Spyware Blaster focuses on preventing attacks from happening in the first place. [...]
Cyberduck File Transfer Software
When it comes to file transfer software, I have been using WinSCP for the past years. But there have been other applications that I looked at and evaluated. Cyberduck is one of them. Back in March I published a guide on how to upload multiple documents to Google Docs from the desktop and Cyberduck was [...]
How To Extract Images From Office Documents
Office documents may contain images and other media besides text. I sometimes get article suggestions by email in Microsoft Word format. These articles often contain one or multiple images that I need to extract, since it is not possible to copy and paste them into the article on the Internet as it is with text [...]
DragonDisk, An Amazon S3 File Management Client
Amazon S3, which stands for Amazon Simple Storage Service, is an online storage service by Amazon that gives web developers access to a scalable and fast infrastructure. Webmasters and services may come into contact with Amazon S3 in various ways, for instance when setting up a content delivery network (cdn) or during new product launches [...]
Download Pandora Radio To Your PC
I have not looked at Pandora Radio ever since the service closed down its international access. Before that, I published two guides on saving Pandora music. That was back in 2006; Five years later and the situation has not changed a lot. Pandora is still only available for US Internet users and those who use [...]
Jet Audio, A Versatile Music Player For Windows
In the world of media players, it often seems the sun doesn’t shine on anything new. Between Windows Media Player, Winamp, RealPlayer, VLC, and iTunes, it seems as though everybody has maximum market penetration and saturation. Enter the not-so-quiet contender, JetAudio. You can get JetAudio at this link: http://www.jetaudio.com/download/ Installation is easy. Click through the [...]