Are you pulling your hair and clenching your fists, because your Windows system is taking a long time to boot? Over time, as you install new programs, Windows configures newer programs to start at the boot time. Loading so many programs at the boot time makes Windows itself boot slower. The free utility Soluto can calculate the time taken by all the programs starting at the Windows boot. Then it checks its online database, to suggest which programs can be removed to make Windows start faster.
Read moreDisable Running Speech Recognition at Startup in Windows 7
Windows 7 incorporates many new features like the native support for speech recognition allowing you to dictate to your computer through the microphone. Once you setup speech recognition in your Windows 7 system, it automatically runs at the Windows startup which may be annoying to some of us. If you do not like it running every time you start Windows, then you can disable it to run at Windows startup.
Read moreScan Your Computer for Banking Trojans Using DeBank Tool
Though all kinds of malware are bad, but the nastiest of all are the banking trojans like SpyEye, Zeus etc. They infect your system and steal your banking account information when you try to carry out banking transactions online. FitSec has developed a tool called DeBank using which you can find out if your system is infected with five major banking trojans – Zeus, SpyEye, Carberp, Gozi and Patcher and all their variants.
Read moreSpeed Up Your System with Free IObit Smart Defrag
One of the many reasons why a Windows system gets sluggish after some months of regular use is the fragmentation of files on the hard disk. This increases response time of your hard disk when you try to open a document or run a program in Windows. Although Windows 7 comes with a defragmenting program of its own, but it is not very efficient. Instead, you can use free IObit Smart Defrag to automatically and quickly defragment all the partitions on your hard disk.
Read moreUse JottiQ to Scan Suspect Files for Malware
It is no secret that the files you download from the internet may possibly be infected with a malware. If you try to open those infected files on your computer, then your system might also get infected. But you can choose a safe practice of scanning each downloaded file before you open them. Your installed antivirus works well for this, but you can use JottiQ for enhanced scanning with multiple anti-virus engines.
Read moreFind Best Hotel Rooms Using Google Hotel Finder
If you are tired of finding hotel rooms online on various web sites, you can try finding a hotel or motel room using the Google Hotel Finder. All you have to do is enter the area where you are trying to find a hotel or motel room and select the check in dates. Google Hotel Finder would show a list of all the hotels or motels in that location. Google Hotel Finder can help you find hotel rooms everywhere in the world.
Read moreShow Google+ Toolbar on All Sites Using +Everything in Chrome
Everyone is loving the new social networking adventure from Google called Google+. When you log on to your Google+ account, it shows a toolbar on the top which has links to all to major Google services and Google+ settings. This Google+ toolbar is shown only on Google sites. If you miss this toolbar on non-Google sites, then worry no more. For Google Chrome web browser users, there is an extension called +Everything which lets you show the same Google+ toolbar on top of any web site.
Read moreTry A Tattoo Online For Free
Have you ever imagined how a tattoo looks on your neck, arm, legs or some other part of your body but have always been afraid of trying it in real ? Your fear is justified as once you have had a tattoo art tattooed on your body, it becomes permanent. So why not try a tattoo before having it inked into your skin ? You can try a tattoo online for free at TryATatoo.com. All you have to do is upload your picture, choose a tattoo type, resize and move it around to see how it looks.
Read moreCustomize Windows Explorer Toolbar in Windows 7
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has come a long way since the Windows XP days. But there are still some things or buttons that you wish were present in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Windows provides no way to add extra custom buttons to the Windows Explorer toolbar. But there is a third party free utility called Customize Explorer Toolbar which can help you customize the Windows 7 Explorer Toolbar. Using it, you can add buttons like Copy, Cut, Delete etc. in the Explorer toolbar.
Read moreAutomatically Clean Junk Files Using Cleano in Windows 7
As you already know, Windows 7 accumulates a lot of junk files after some time of use. These junk files should be cleaned regularly for the optimum performance of Windows 7. Though Windows 7 comes with a Disk Cleanup utility, using which you can clean some of the junk files, but it cannot clean many types of files. Fortunately, there is a free third party tool called Cleano which is able to can clean many more types of junk files in Windows.
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