Windows 7 Start Menu is an improved edition of the Start Menu that earlier versions of Windows had. The most remarkable feature in it is its search feature using which you can search for any program on your computer. It contains links to your most used folders like Documents, Pictures, Music and your Home folder. But it does not contain any link to your Videos folder. If you are missing the Videos link, then here is how you can add a link to your Videos folder in the start menu.
Read moreGeoLocater : Spoof Your GeoLocation in Mozilla Firefox
More and more websites are using the location aware browsing technology to present to you information relevant to your geographical location (in short geolocation). For this location aware browsing, these websites rely on your geolocation supplied by your browser. If you are using Mozilla Firefox, then you can easily spoof your geolocation using the GeoLocater add-on for Firefox.
Read moreResumeLater : Bookmark and Resume Videos Later in Firefox
Often when we are enjoying Youtube videos, something important comes up and we have to close the browser window to attend to that important task. Later when we come back to our computer, either we have forgotten about Youtube or find it hard to open that same video we were enjoying earlier. A Firefox add-on resumeLater takes on this problem. Using this add-on you can bookmark any video on Youtube (as well as other video sites) and resume it later from the same time position.
Read moreHWMonitor : Monitor Hardware Sensors in Windows 7
Earlier this week, my Windows 7 computer lost the ability to run games. As soon as I started a game (Max Payne 2), the screen turned green and then computer hanged up. I was scratching my head over this problem, when my friend told me to check if my GPU was getting too hot. Windows 7 does not provide any way to check the temperatures of GPU, CPU and other hardware parts, but you can use free CPUID HWMonitor tool to check various sensors and monitor voltages, temperatures and fan speeds.
Read moreTurn Off Hard Disks After Being Idle in Windows 7
Hard disks are now coming with huge storage spaces in the order of multi-terabytes. But these hard disks often get so much heated up even when you are not using them. The heat is not good for the hard disks as it decreases their life. It is a good idea to turn off the hard disks if they are not being used for some time to prolong their life as well as save electricity. In Windows 7, you can set options to automatically turn off your hard disks after they have been idle for a pre-specified time.
Read moreAcronis Drive Monitor : Track the Health of Your Hard Disks
Acronis Drive Monitor is created by a well trusted name in the industry. It helps you monitor the health of your hard disks on servers, workstations and PCs. It continuously monitors the critical S.M.A.R.T parameters for your hard disks as well as their temperature and flags a warning if they exceed a pre-specified value. It also checks if you have a backup software installed and warns you if you have not.
Read moreOSFMount : Easily Mount Disk Images in Windows
Unlike some Linux distributions, Windows does not provide any native way to mount disk image files. But you can download and install third party applications that may help you mount such disk images. The OSFMount program is such a software that allows you to mount various formats of disk images like ISO, BIN, NRG and more. This free utility supports all versions of Windows including Windows XP, Vista and 7. Both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows are supported.
Read moreAffixa : Integrate Webmail Services in Windows 7
Most of the free webmail services like Yahoo! etc. do not provide you with such client access – effectively stopping you from accessing them through a client. But Affixa, a freeware Windows software, solves this problem by allowing you to integrate a number of such webmail services in Windows. Affixa enables you to attach files and send messages using your free webmail accounts from within Windows.
Read moreWise Data Recovery : Recover Deleted Files
Contents of files are not destroyed when you delete them in Windows. It just removes their entries from the file table of your filesystem – making the space used by them available for other files. This makes it possible for you to recover the deleted files using appropriate tools. Wise Data Recovery is a free tool for Windows that helps you recover your deleted files.
Read moreAutomatically Logout from Facebook in Mozilla Firefox
The Facebook Auto-Logout add-on logs you automatically out of Facebook when you close Firefox or if you have not opened Facebook for a specified period of time – default time being one minute. This add-on removes all Facebook cookies, resulting in your automatic logout. This also makes your Facebook presence hidden from other sites which use the Facebook like button. Because your Facebook cookies are removed, they cannot trace your web browsing behavior using these tracking cookies.
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