Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger stores contact information in a database file called contacts.edb. The file is locked by Windows Live Messenger if it is running and contains all the contact information that are accessible in Windows Live Messenger including the contact’s name, first name, last name, mobile phone number and every other possible information. There [...]

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There is definitely no shortage when it comes to finding software programs and add-ons that allow a user to download videos that are shown on websites. The popularity of video portals like Youtube was probably the main reason why many software developers have created video capture software programs. Some of the most convenient ones are [...]

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The Windows operating system offers quite a few option to find out what its users have been doing recently. It starts with all those temporary folders, time stamps of files, history and log files, the index.dat file and ends with settings that are deeply hidden in the Windows Registry. Average users are usually unaware of [...]

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It is sometimes a good idea to get an overview of all computer hardware drivers that are loaded in the operating system. We all know that outdated or incompatible drivers can lead to all kinds of computer related problems including crashes, performance issues or even data loss. Driver View is a quality computer software that [...]

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RegFromApp is a super lightweight Windows Registry monitoring software program that can monitor the Windows Registry changes of selected applications. The Nirsoft application comes with the usual traits which include portability and data export. The program can be executed right from the location where it was unpacked to after download. It will display a list [...]

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Adapter Watch is a portable software program that can display information about all physical and virtual network adapters that are installed on a computer system. The computer program can be started right after downloading and unpacking it to the computer system. It will scan the computer system for connected network adapters and display in depth [...]

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Outlook Stats View is another interesting application by popular software developer Nirsoft. The software program scans the Microsoft Outlook mailbox and will display statistics about every contact found. The email analyzer will scan incoming and outgoing emails and display various statistics that are computed during the scan. It will add every user to the usual [...]

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Every system cleanup tool has to face a comparison with the much acclaimed CCleaner. Many consider CCleaner to be the one and only tool for cleaning temporary Registry settings and files on a Windows operating system. It offers a wide variety of locations that can be cleaned , the option to add custom locations and [...]

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It is sometimes advisable to test the Internet speed either to test if the advertised speeds that the IPS lured you in with are reachable or to download speeds from various parts of the world. Internet Service Provider usually offer a test file on their servers that their customers can use to test the download [...]

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