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When you delete a file from your hard disk, Windows only removes its record from the file tables. The actual contents of the file are not removed and can be recovered later using a software like Piriform Recuva. This is a serious security concern if you share your computer with someone else. Anybody with a readily available tool like Recuva can recover your delete private and sensitive documents easily. But if you use Hardwipe, then you can permanently delete files so that cannot be recovered later.

Windows comes with basic file search functions in-built but they might not satisfy you if you are looking for some kind of customized searching for your files. This is why there are many file searching tools available for Windows. UltraSearch is also a file searching tool that can be used for searching files and folders on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds.

If you turn off your Windows based computer using the start menu, then you know that it provides not many options to shut it down. If you want to have more control over shutting down your Windows computer (for example, if your want to set timer to shutdown or restart Windows), then you can try Daxtars Shutdown Timer. Daxtars Shutdown Timer is an open-source free software that enables you to schedule your Windows system shutdown.

Sometimes we want to type in characters not found on regular keyboards. Windows, Linux and other operating systems compensate for this using the Unicode characters which cover almost all the symbols found in all the known languages and more. But do you remember the hexadecimal code for the symbols you want to type? Of course, you can go through the Unicode charts and waste many hours in the fun. But if you are in hurry, then you can try ShapeCatcher.

If you want to determine the size of a file in Windows, then all you have do is to hover your mouse cursor over that file and the file size along with some other bit of information pops up. But the same is not true in case of folders. What to do if you have to find out the size of a folder in Windows? There is a free software called GetFolderSize which can help you determine the folder size easily.

Most of us are familiar with Evernote. Evernote is a piece of software designed for note taking and archiving. The note may be a text snippet, formatted text, a picture, a whole webpage or a webpage excerpt. Evernote is commercial software but also comes as a free but advertising supported edition. Evernote supports a number of operating system platforms (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Chrome OS, Android, iOS and WebOS), and also offers online synchronization and backup services.

Recently I bought a new TV Tuner card. And now I want to watch TV and work at the same time. The main problem is keeping both windows in focus. I have to switch back and forth to work on a document and watch TV. What I wanted is to keep the TV window on top and at the same time work on my document. This is when I found out about Window on Top software. Window on Top is a freeware that may help you keep your selected window on top of the rest of the windows.

Earlier, we discussed about free software Hugin which can be used to easily create beautiful panoramas by stitching together many digital images together. You can view this panorama image using your favorite image viewer like IrfanView etc. But there is a specialized program called WPanorama using which you can view panoramas in a interactive manner.