When Microsoft decided to retire the Start Menu from Windows 8, many developers came up with different alternatives for the missing Start Menu feature. But most of these Start Menu alternatives give the look and feel of Windows 7 style Start Menu. Now ReviverSoft has brought forth another Start Menu Reviver for Windows 8 which is built to give a Modern UI look and feel. The Start Menu Reviver contains tiles like Modern UI and you can add your applications to these tiles.
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Howard Email Notifier : Get New Email Notifications on Your Desktop
Microsoft has revamped their email service Hotmail and has renamed it to Outlook. The results are very good and more people have now started to use Outlook. If you want to have the new email notifications shown right on your Windows desktop, then you can make use of the Howard Email application. It stays in the Windows notification area, checks your Outlook.com or Live.com account for new email messages and alerts you when you get new emails.
Read moreJetClean : Clean Junk from Your Windows System
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.
Read moreHow to Find Out the Windows 8 Product Key
Windows 8 comes in a DVD cover over which the Windows product key is printed. But we lose the DVD cover very soon and when it comes to reinstalling Windows, we cannot seem to find the license key which is required to install Windows 8. Thanks to a free tool called Windows 8 Product Key Viewer using which you can now find the product key that you used to activate Windows 8.
Read moreDisable Firefox Health Report Data Sharing with Mozilla
Starting with version 21 of Firefox web browser, Mozilla has introduced a new Health Report feature. This health report shows you the health of your web browser, for example, how many plugins and extensions are enabled, how many links you have bookmarked, for how long you have been running Firefox etc. By default, Firefox shares all this data of yours with Mozilla. If you want to disable the data sharing of health report feature in Firefox, then you can follow these steps.
Read more7-Data Recovery Suite : Recover Accidentally Deleted Files
If you accidentally delete files from your hard disk or memory card, then there is still hope to recover the deleted files back. When a file is deleted, it just removes the file entry from the filesystem without removing the content of that file. This makes it possible for you to recover the deleted files using appropriate tools. If you have deleted an important file, then you can recover it back. 7-Data Recovery Suite is a collection of tools that can help you recover your deleted files.
Read moreStay Safe Online with avast! Online Security Plugin for Chrome
The crooks on the internet are now working in a well organized manner in order to steal your financial information (credit card numbers, bank accounts, login passwords etc.) and turn your computer into a zombie (part of botnet). It would be great relief if you are warned about malicious or phishing sites before you visit them. The avast! Online Security plugin warns you of phishing sites, gives you ratings of sites as good or bad site and automatically corrects mistyped URLs.
Read moreAnalyze Hard Disk Space using Free Disk Savvy
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.
Read moreUpdate Adobe Flash with Alternative Flash Player Auto-Updater
Most of the websites today use the Adobe Flash content in one way or another. This is why cyber-criminals always keep trying to make use of the vulnerabilities in the outdated versions of Adobe Flash player. To stay safe and secure on the internet, you should keep your Adobe Flash player updated. You can do this by using the freeware application Alternative Flash Player Auto-Updater which allows you to both automatically install latest versions of Adobe Flash player.
Read moreHow to Restrict USB Disk Access to Your Computer
These days USB keys are as cheap as they can be. Now you can buy a 16 GB USB key for less than $10. Because USB keys are this cheap, everybody is carrying them around. This poses another problem as USB keys are one of the many ways through which the modern malware spread. You can restrict the USB disk access easily using the freeware Ratool on a Windows computer. The Ratool (short for removable access tool) is a portable application and so it does not require installation of any sort.
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