Category: Windows 7

Microsoft Windows comes with a standard volume control which is a simple and plain tool to control the volume of a Windows system. Increasing or decreasing the volume using this standard control is tricky and not so easy. Fortunately there is a replacement tool called Volume² (or Volume2) available for Windows volume control. It is a free tool that sits in the notification area and lets you control the volume using your mouse wheel or hotkeys of your keyboard.

You can use the in-built spell checkers for applications like Microsoft Word but they do not work in other applications like your web browsers. Free Ginger spell checker presents a versatile solution for checking your spellings and grammatical mistakes for multiple applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint), Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

How many times has it happened to you that you fell asleep while watching a movie on your Windows computer? Dont you wish that somehow you could set a timer in Windows to automatically power off your PC after a certain preset time? Chameleon Shutdown application is a free tool that allows you to conditionally shutdown Windows like at a specific time, after some delay, when PC is idle for some time, when CPU usage drops below certain level or closure of a certain program etc.

Although there are many startup manager applications available on the internet, but Malwarebytes StartUpLite takes a different approach. It does not leave the decision to be made on the user, but it automatically detects which application are unnecessary by itself. Now a user can choose to disable them or not – making Windows load faster.

Rufus is a simple free utility which makes it easy to create bootable USB disks from ISO images. It is specially useful for those who do not have any optical drive on their system. It is a very convenient tool compared to other big and bulky software available on the internet. If you need to create bootable USB disks on a regular basis, then Rufus can also save your time as it is incredibly faster than other similar applications.

If you want more information about the status of your battery then you can use the free BatteryBar software from Osiris. BatteryBar places a percentage bar in the notification area of Windows which changes color to indicate whether the battery is fully charges, semi-charged or is nearly completely discharged. The BatteryBar bar is shown in green, yellow, or red, depending on how much battery power is remaining.

Folder Colorizer is a free and simple tool to bring more color in your Windows Explorer. You can use it to assign custom colors to your folders and make them easy to find. This way you can set different colors for your different kinds of folders (e.g., music, picture and video folders) and make them very easy to identify.

Are you not able to install .NET framework because it throws up some error? Are you not able to update .NET framework because it stops in the middle? With a widespread use of .NET framework, it is bound to have some problems with its setup or updates. But Now you can fix all the .NET installation or update problems using the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool.

TinyWall is not a firewall in itself, it just works with Windows 7 (or Vista) firewall and improves their user interaction. TinyWall works with the aim of generating lesser and lesser popup windows. TinyWall is a free and small application that works with Windows 7 (also Windows Vista) firewalls to improve their security and make them more user friendly.

Microsoft has added many security features in Windows 7. One of them is preventing to run any programs which are not digitally signed. So if you download a program which is not signed with a digital SSL certificate, then Microsoft Windows 7 would show a warning that publisher of the downloaded program could not be verified as shown.