Category: Windows 7

When it comes to video editing, the first thing that we all think that it requires costly software and heavy duty hardware. But contrary to the popular belief video editing can done on any regular PC using a free video editor called Machete Lite. It is a video editor that lets you trim, cut, crop, delete, join and extract video files. It supports the AVI and WMV video containers and can make use of any installed video codecs like DivX or XVid etc.

If you always wanted to find the angle at which a road turns in your city, then you need Google maps and MB-Ruler. MB-Ruler is a freeware for Windows which lets you measure distances and angles on your screen. It is like having a virtual ruler and protractor on your computer screen. It also comes with a coordinate system using which you can find the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates for any point on your screen.

Inkjet printers are cheaper compared to the laserjet ones, but the replacement cartridges are not so cheap. Sometimes the printer cost is same as the replacement ink cartridge cost. For example, my Canon PIXMA printer came in about $100, but the cartridges together cost about the same amount. Sometimes I wonder why not buy a new printer instead of cartridges. When the ink is so costly, it is only natural that we want to save the printer ink used per print and make it last longer.

Nullsoft Winamp has stayed the most popular audio player for Windows users since the late 1990s. The reason for its popularity is its unique interface and ability to play all sorts of audio files, video files and online streams. You can bookmark online radio stations in Winamp if you listen to them frequently. But there is no option to backup the bookmarks in Winamp. But backing up the Winamp bookmarks is very easy.

Many programs offer them to react differently when you run them with different parameters. For example, Firefox (firefox.exe) opens up the profile manager if you use the parameter -ProfileManager to run it. Usually, you have to use either the command prompt window or the Windows Run dialog to run a program with parameters. But with the help of free RunWithParameters program, you can run any program with parameters by just a single click.

Microsoft is going to terminate their support for Windows XP soon, so many of XP users would be forced to switch to Windows 7 or Windows 8. If you have switched to Windows 7 and still miss the good old Windows XP looks, then you can always install the Windows XP theme in Windows 7. It will not change the way Windows 7 works, but it will only make it look like Windows XP.

Some Windows enthusiasts have also created their own software called Rainmeter with the goal of turning Windows PC into a head turning machine. Rainmeter is a free software that adds gadgets, sidebars and other apps to your Windows desktop using many beautiful and useful skins. The effect is that your Windows desktop looks like a newly wed bride – smiling but not shy.

EXIF (short for exchangeable image file format) data is a form of hidden metadata attached to JPEG (.jpg) images. Most of the modern cameras including the ones in your mobile phones save the EXIF information automatically on any pictures you take with them. In addition, the editors like Adobe Photoshop also modify and save the EXIF information inside the JPEG images. The free program Easy Exif Delete allows you to easily remove this metadata from your JPEG images.

Sometimes when typing in Microsoft Word or other document editor program, we need to type in a special character, e.g., the copyright character (

Adobe AIR is a relatively newer technology from Adobe Corporation. Adobe AIR is short for Adobe Integrated Runtime. It is designed to build applications that can run on desktop and mobile devices and support most of the platforms like Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, BlackBerry, Android and so on. This way you can run the same application across many platforms. In Windows, if you want to remove an AIR application from your PC, then it can be done through two easy methods.