Program launchers could see a boost in popularity when Windows 8 gets released later this year. the reason is simple: Microsoft has done away with the start menu, which was used by many Windows users to launch programs and perform searches for files and applications on the system. With the start menu gone, attention has [...]
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How To Shut Down Windows 8
With the start menu gone for good in Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8, some users have run into problems shutting down the PC properly. The shutdown button, originally attached to the start menu, has been moved by Microsoft to the new start screen. It is not directly visible on the screen though, and it [...]
Windows 8 Tips For Professionals
Even if you are a tech savvy user, it will take some time before you understand the workflow and functionality of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system. The change from a desktop-orientated system to a Metro and desktop hybrid may throw you off at first as basic features have been changed in the operating system. [...]
Security Analyzer, System Security Assessment Tool
Security Analyzer is a free program for the Windows operating system to assess the system’s security status. The application works in some regards identical to Microsoft’s Action Center control panel applet. Unlike Microsoft’s built-in tool, it provides additional information and options to see if the system is protected properly. The program runs a quick scan [...]
Microsoft Beta Day, Windows 8, .Net 4.5, Visual Studio 11
Microsoft has released several beta versions of upcoming products. You are probably already downloading the Windows 8 Consumer Preview that was released about an hour ago. The release marks the beginning of the beta phase of the operating system. Windows Server 8 Beta, Visual Studio 11 Beta and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5 Beta have been [...]
Create A Custom Firefox Installer with Add-ons, Bookmarks And Preferences
Deploying a customized version of the Firefox web browser can be quite the daunting task. It does not really matter if you are a home user who wants to copy Firefox to another PC, or a system administrator who has to deploy Firefox on hundreds of PCs. Home users can use Firefox backup programs like [...]
Bypass Internet Censorship and Restrictions With Ultrasurf
If you ever have been to a country where Internet is heavily censored, you might have noticed that you cannot load some of the websites that you use to go to. Your only option in this case is to use a proxy or virtual private network to connect to the site. Ultrasurf for Windows has [...]
Automatically Hide The Mouse Cursor on Inactivity
Have you ever noticed that the mouse cursor tends to get in the way when you are editing text in your operating system or on the web? It happens that the cursor is directly on top of a character or characters on the screen so that these chars cannot be identified properly until you move [...]
Secunia Personal Software Inspector 3.0. Beta Released
Making sure your system and the software running on it is up to date is one of the things that you need to do to protect it from malicious attacks and malware. And while updating works more or less automatic when it comes to the Windows operating system, the same cannot be said for software [...]
Create Your Epub Ebooks with Sigil Ebook Editor
When you start writing an ebook, you can use all sorts of editors for that task. From good old – and plain – Notepad to Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer. Sigil’s main advantage over those editors is its focus on ebooks. The program is a free, open source editor for EPUB format ebooks. It [...]
CCEnhancer 3.0 Released, Now With BleachBit Support
One of the main selling points of the popular file cleaning software CCleaner is its extensibility. Instead of just having to live with the cleaning options that the software developers have integrated into their program, users can add custom locations to CCleaner that they want cleaned whenever the program is run. The basic idea behind [...]
Create QR Codes With QR-Gen
QR Codes, the QR stands for Quick Response, are images that contain messages that can be decrypted with specialized software. These codes are fairly common in the mobile phone world, where companies use them to direct users to their web offerings more easily. Instead of having to enter a web address manually, you could simply [...]
Avast Free Antivirus 7 Final Released
Avast on Thursday has released the final versions of their 2012 security lineup. Avast Free Antivirus 7, Pro Antivirus 7 and Internet Security 7 are now available at the official site and in-software updates. The new version ships less than three weeks after the beginning of the official beta test which we have covered earlier [...]
FilePro Helps You Analyze A Drive’s Space Distribution
Most computer users every now and then come into a situation where their hard drives start to run out of space. Sometimes it is easy to find out why. If you installed a big game for instance the other day you can be sure that it is now occupying lots of space on the computer’s [...]
Tweak Windows 7 With Sunrise Seven
Applications that let you tweak your operating system are useful right after you have started the system for the first time to customize it the way you want it to be. They can however be also helpful later on, when you run into a issue that you want fixed. Tweaks are usually provided in an [...]
DataLocker, File Encryption For Windows, Mac, iOS
With cloud hosting taking over much of what we are hosting locally right now in the next ten years or so, it becomes important to protect your remotely saved data from unauthorized access. Some cloud hosting providers encrypt the data automatically, but that is still no guarantee that your data is safe. The algorithm used [...]
FilExile Lets You Delete Files That Refuse To Be Removed
If you are a Windows user you probably came upon quite a few files in the past that you wanted to delete but could not. There are lots of reasons why you may not be able to delete a file in the operating system; from in-use files locked by a process that is still running, [...]
This Has To Be The Most Ridiculous Adware Installer Ever
I originally wanted to post a review of the image effect editor Vampix, but when I tried to install the software, I stumbled upon something else. The program setup did not include one, two, three or even four third party software offers. No, it included a total of five of them all neatly packaged in [...]
Looking For A uTorrent Alternative? Try qBittorrent
A lot of users rely on the popular uTorrent Bittorrent client when it comes to downloading files with the help of torrents from the Internet. In past years, things have changed when it comes to that client. It first was purchased by Bittorrent, and then started to integrate features into the client that were not [...]
Create Descriptive Media Torrents With TDMaker
The creation of torrent files has become a lot easier in recent years. All it takes today is to drop the files you want to share in a compatible program to create the torrent. The popular Bittorrent client uTorrent offers these capability for instance. But that creates just the torrent without any descriptions or information. [...]