Flickr is the premier photo sharing service from Yahoo!. You often find stunningly beautiful photos on Flickr of various sorts. But when it comes to downloading the photos, then Flickr presents a myriad of options confusing the people to a point where they just quit and move on. But you can use the free Flump app to download the Flickr photos to your hard disk easily and conveniently.
Read moreDDownloads : Download and Install Applications for Windows
When you buy a new PC and use it for the first time, you have to install dozens of applications on it. But downloading and installing them from their individual websites takes too long and is a very frustrating task. DDownloads, a freeware application, can help you download and install hundreds of applications for Windows from a single window interface.
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How to Protect USB Disks with Panda USB Vaccine
Some malware infect your USB pen disks by creating an autorun.inf file on it. So when you insert this USB pen disk in another clean computer, that computer is also infected. You can immunize the USB disks and your computer by using freeware tool from Panda Security Labs – called Panda USB Vaccine.
Read moreRegistry Backup : Quickly Backup and Restore Windows Registry
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.
Read moreShutter : Schedule Windows for Shutdown
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.
Read moreSafePad : Save Your Text Files in Encrypted Format
Windows comes with Notepad which is easiest and lightweight text editor for all kinds of text files. But it is not secure. If you want to save your text information securely without having to encrypt and decrypt the files using external tools like AXCrypt, then you can make use of the free SafePad program. It is lightweight like Notepad, has rich text features like Wordpad and saves text files in encrypted format automatically.
Read moreHow to Share Large Files on Facebook with Pipe
Earlier if you had to share some large files with your facebook friends, then you would have to upload the file on some cloud storage service like Google Drive, Spideroak etc., and then share the link with your friends. But now you can share files of upto one gigabytes in size directly with your facebook friends. There is a new app called Pipe that allows you to share large files with your facebook friends. It is very easy to use as everything is done right from inside the facebook website.
Read moreCheck if a Website is Safe Using AVG Threat Labs
The Internet today is full of malicious websites
Read moreGhostBuster : Remove Ghosted Devices from Your System
GhostBuster is a nifty tool that can be used to remove the ghosted devices from your PC. This is very helpful when you try to update the drivers of your computer hardware as the older (ghosted) devices do not interfere during driver update if the they are removed first. This also can be used to remove the references of USB keys or mobile phones ever connected to your PC for the privacy reasons.
Read moreRecover from Malware Damage Using Quick Disaster Recovery
When a malware infects your computer, it can disable various critical components like registry editor, task manager etc. Even after the malware is removed, these components remain disabled. Although you can manually edit various settings in your computer to re-enable these components, but it is a very tedious task. Now you can enable these disable components easily using the Quick Disaster Recovery.
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