It’s sometimes important to know when specific computer monitors have been manufactured because they, like every other computer components, are revised from time to time which may improve monitor quality. Monitor Info View is a Nirsoft application that can display information about flat screen monitors or crt monitors. The software is portable and can be [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

My Last Search is a Nirsoft application that scans the computer for information about searches that have been done in the two popular browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox. This is done by scanning Internet caches and history files of the two browsers for specific search engine queries and displaying those queries in tables. The software [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, ie, Security, Software, Uncategorized

The Windows Registry is a book with seven seals for many users. Many know that one can change Registry settings to apply tweaks or change system settings in Windows but most do not know what their applications are writing in the Registry. Not all applications make use of the Registry, especially portable applications do not [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

You might have heard of URLs before when someone referred to an Internet address as an URL. URL Protocols are for example http, mailto or ftp and they have to be registered on the system to be of any use. Each URL protocol is registered to a specific application that handles that type, the mailto [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Clean After Me is a new software by the well respected NirSoft developers. The application is as usual portable and can be executed right from its location. The main purpose of the software is to clean the system after it was used in order to protect the user’s privacy which is also the main difference [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

File Hashes can be useful to compare files, for example after downloading a file from a download portal that is displaying the hashes of the download on the website or on the local computer to ensure that a file has not been changed in the meantime. Hash My Files is a software developed by Nirsoft [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Nirsoft once again provide us with an excellent utility called WinUpdatesList (via Genbeta) which lists all Windows updates that have been installed on the local system. The software runs as is and can be executed from any location on the hard drive. One interesting aspect is that all Microsoft operating systems from Windows 98 to [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Windows

It’s kinda funny. I was prepared to write about Regscanner all day long when I discovered that Kevin over at Lifehacker did post about the Nirsoft utility as well. If you have ever used the Windows Registry Editor before you might have asked yourself why Microsoft did not implement a better search in the tool, [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Tools, Windows

Recent Files View is another excellent software developed by one of my favorite developers Nirsoft. I discovered this application by chance at the Freeware Genius blog and immediately saw the benefits of using the application. Let me tell you what it does. Recent Files View lists the most recent files that have been accessed on [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Tools, Windows