Category: Windows 7

Windows stores most of its vital settings and other information in the registry which is a type of database. If the registry becomes corrupted or damaged, then Windows may stop working or may behave unexpectedly. This is why you should keep a backup of Windows registry for one of those days when you see the blue screen. The freeware tool called Registry Backup can help you create the backups of your Windows registry and also allows you to restore the registry when needed.

Shutter is a free shutdown scheduler tool for Windows and allows you to remotely execute actions on your PC. It is incredibly smartly designed for every Windows user who wants more control on how their PC is going to shutdown. For example, if you are in a hurry and have to leave for work but do not want to shutdown your PC in the middle of a download, then you can make use of Shutter and remotely shutdown your PC when the download is over.

It has happened to everyone that we find some cool videos online, download and copy them to our mobile devices – only to find out that it is not supported by our mobile devices. What you can do is to convert the downloaded videos into a format supported by your mobile device. While there are tons of conversion applications, there is one free program called Miro Video Converter which specializes in converting videos into formats supported by mobile devices like Android devices, iPhone or PSP.

Everyone has something to hide in their computer. The grown ups do not want kids to touch their important documents while the teenagers have their own stuff to hide from their parents. If you too have something to hide on your computer, then you can use the free Wise Folder Hider to hide your folders, files and drives.

Suppose you want to share a document with the rest of the world but do not want them to be able to edit or modify it, then the best option for you is to share that document in form of an image. Images are viewable and printable, but they cannot be modified as easily as a Microsoft Word or PDF document. You can make use of the free Image Printer software to convert just about any type of document into an image. It can save the documents in JPG, BMP, PNG or TIFF formats.

Over a period of time a typical Windows system gathers lots of junk like invalid registry entries, orphan shortcuts, junk files etc. These might slow your system down if you do not get rid of these junk entries for a long time. In order to keep your computer running smoothly, you should clean your Windows computer regularly from time to time. JetClean is a free software that helps your keep your system clean from these kind of junk entries in addition to providing many other useful tools.

Sometimes we are surprised to see that hard disk is full and there is no space to copy files anymore. It makes us wonder where did all the space go and which folders are taking up all that disk space. Well, wonder no more, you can use the free disk space analysis tool Disk Savvy. It can analyze your hard disk space and tell you which folders are taking up how much disk space. It can show you the disk analysis reports in form pie charts, tables or bar charts.

System Ninja is a fast, powerful and effective system optimization solution for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. It is designed to quickly remove unwanted files, increase system performance and help fix problems. System Ninja has a file scanning engine which removes junk files from your computer. It performs a heuristic analysis of every file, identifying what does not belong to your system.

The HDD LED light on your computer case shows the current hard disk activity in your computer. But some people usually put their desktop computer cabinet under the table and it is very difficult to see the HDD LED light glowing on or off in such an obscure location. There is nothing much you can do to see the actual HDD LED activity in these cases. But you can install the free HDD LED software on your computer in Windows and see the virtual HDD LED right in your system tray (notification area).