From time to time, I have to format my hard disk and re-install Windows. The real painful part of this is updating Windows with latest hotfixes and patches. This becomes a lengthy process if you have a slow internet connection. The WSUS Offline Update can make your life easy in situations like this. WSUS Offline Update lets you choose options for updating Windows, downloads the updates only once and creates an ISO image which you can use to update Windows later without using any internet connection.
Read moreBootRacer – Check How Fast Windows is Booting
When I bought my new computer it used to start very fast, but after some time it started to take longer to boot. I could not figure out exactly how long it takes to boot. Windows does not have any built-in tool to show the amount of time it takes to boot. But you can use BootRacer to find out the boot time. BootRacer is a Windows application, which shows you how many seconds it takes you to boot in Windows.
Read morePhoto Magician : Apply Effects to Your Pictures
Like most of people if you own a digital camera, then most likely you have come across the basic problems of resizing and converting your pictures. You cannot do this easily with the programs like Microsoft Paint that come installed in Windows. But freeware like Photo Magician can make your life easy. Photo Magician is a free program that you can use to resize a picture, convert a picture to a different format and applying different image effects to your picture.
Read moreDupScout : Find Duplicate Files Easily
These days everybody has high speed broadband and we regularly download all kinds of files everyday. This increases the chances of duplicate files present on your computer. These duplicate files are simply a waste of hard disk space. Duplicate files cannot be manually found out as they are scattered all over the hard disk and may be present multiple times in various folders. But now you can find and remove duplicate files easily using the free DupScout.
Read moreToolWiz Time Freeze : Protection from Unwanted Changes
Often it happens that you try a new software on your Windows system and it installs toolbars and makes other changes that you never wanted in the first place. And if you are hit with a nasty malware, then that malware can make many unknown and undesirable changes in your Windows settings. But thanks to ToolWiz Time Freeze, now you can revert all the changes made to your Windows system easily.
Read moreHDShredder : Securely Erase Hard Disks
When you give away your old hard disks, you should always securely erase all the contents so that nobody is able to recover your personal data stored on it. There are many tools like Dariks Boot and Nuke (DBAN) and Eraser for wiping data off your hard disk. HDShredder is another such free tool which can be used to securely erase the contents from your hard disks and partitions easily.
Read moreRun Windows Faster with Free JetBoost
We all want to boost the performance of our computers, even if we have the latest hardware. This is greatly desired specially when you are playing computer games and do not want other applications to hog down your system resources. Free JetBoost can help you improve the performance of your Windows system easily JetBoost shuts down all the unnecessary processes and services to suit your needs with one single click, resulting in a faster and smoother computer system.
Read moreGame Fire : Optimize Your PC for Playing Games
One downfall of using Windows for playing games is not all of the CPU power is utilized in playing the computer game. For example, some of it is used by the anti-virus software etc. This is why dedicated gaming systems like Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation are becoming popular. But you can optimize your Windows system for playing computer games using the free Game Fire software. This way you can reduce the processing power and memory utilized by Windows, making them available for the computer games.
Read moreHide Tabs from Your Boss in Google Chrome Browser
You work all day long and it becomes quite boring after some time. It is not uncommon for some of you to start playing online games or watch some videos in the middle of the work load. It helps you relax but if your boss finds out about it then it may have some consequences. Good news is that now you can quickly hide a browser tab in the Google Chrome browser using the Disguise Tabs extension.
Read moreKindle for PC : Read Kindle eBooks on Your Windows PC
We have previously covered Amazon Kindle extension for the Chrome browser which lets you read free Kindle ebooks inside the Chrome web browser. But what if you do not use the Chrome web browser? Amazon has come up with a Windows application called Kindle for PC using which you can read Kindle ebooks right inside your Windows PC without requiring any browser.
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