Author: Trisha

If you are a security conscious person, then you understand the importance of keeping your installed software up-to-date. Using updated software ensures that you are not vulnerable to any security holes that could be used by a potential hacker to break into your system and steal your personal and financial information. Its not so hard to keep your software updated. You can use the free AutoUp software to automatically check for software updates, download updates and install them.

Perhaps the first thing we all learned about Windows operating system was how to change the desktop wallpaper (also called desktop background). After you have learned how to change the desktop wallpaper from one picture to another, some of you might have wondered if it is possible to set a video as your desktop background. Well, it is possible. You can use the popular and open-source VideoLan VLC media player to achieve this effect.

If your computer has a large screen and it is cluttered with desktop shortcuts, multiple windows and other programs, then you might find it difficult to locate the mouse pointer in this over-crowded Windows screen. Even if you move your mouse, the pointer seems to be hidden behind some shadow and is not easy to notice at all. What you can do is to change a few settings in Windows so that it can highlight the mouse pointer when you use a hotkey on your keyboard.

If you store all your files on your hard disk without backing up your data, then you are making a big mistake. Anything can happen – your hard disk can crash, you may accidentally erase your files, some bad program or malware can corrupt your data among many other similar situations. You can save yourself from all this trouble simply by creating regular backups of your important data. Auslogics BitReplica can help you make backups of your files and folder easily in Windows.

When it comes to the third part software, we usually become careless and keep using older and obsolete software for a long time. One way is to regularly visit the websites of software you use and see if a new version has been released. But a better and easy way is to use Update Notifier by CleanSofts. It can scan the software installed on your PC and check if there are updates available.

Earlier it was believed that Mac OS was more smoothly designed operating system than Windows, but its no longer true. Mac OS certainly has many eye candy features, but the latest version of Windows – Windows 7 has proved that Microsoft Windows is not far behind. If you are a Mac user who has switched to Windows, then the first thing you would be missing is the dock in Mac OS. Fortunately, there is a freeware application called RocketDock that emulates the Mac OS dock in Windows.

Android is an operating system for mobile devices and computer tablets. It has become one of the largest used mobile platform in the recent years. There are thousands of free Android apps available for mobile devices. So far if you did not own any Android mobile or tablet, then you just could not use these amazing apps. But now you can use free BlueStacks App Player to run any Android app inside Microsoft Windows.

When kids are introduced to Microsoft Windows in schools, the first thing they learn is how to minimize, maximize or close an open window by using the buttons shown in the top-right corner of all windows. Apart from these three standard buttons, the rest of the space in the titlebar of a window just stays unused. You can add many more productive buttons in this unused area, next to the standard three buttons, using a freeware program called eXtra Buttons.