CCleaner is a freeware tool from Piriform which allows you to clean the history of all kinds in Windows including the browser history. It is a nice idea to run CCleaner everyday and get rid of all the junk that gets accumulated in your computer as you surf the Internet. Even better is to run CCleaner and then automatically shutdown Windows so that CCleaner cleans your computer and turn off your computer.
Read moreQuickly Switch Power Schemes in Windows 7
Windows 7 lets you specify power schemes for your computer so that you can choose to run your computer at optimum power consumption suitable for your computer usage. But some people are not satisfied with just one power scheme and they need to switch between two or more power schemes. This is a difficult task if you go through the control panel and change power scheme. But using our little tool – Power Scheme Switcher, you can switch between power schemes easily and quickly.
Read moreReset Windows Live Account Password
Windows Live is a unified account offered by Microsoft to provide a multitude of services in one account like Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive etc. These free services are great but you will not be able to use them if your forget your password to your Windows Live account. In case you have forgotten your Windows Live account password, then you can always reset its password.
Read moreAutomatically Update SysInternals Tools Using Robocopy
The SysInternals tools from Microsoft, like Autoruns, Process Explorer etc., are very popular among Windows system administrators. These tools give you the power to control and manage many different parts of Windows system with ease. The SysInternals tools are updated from time to time in order to fix bugs and introduce new features. The only possible way to update your collection of SysInternal tools is to download them individually and copy them to your folder where you have these tools.
Read moreReset Zoom Level for New Windows and Tabs in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer supports zooming in and zooming out on any webpage. Typically, you can press the shortcut keys Ctrl + and Ctrl – to zoom in and zoom out respectively. By default the zooming settings apply to all the new tabs and windows that you would open after applying zoom settings. But if you only want to zoom a single web site and not any other site that you would open later, then this is going to be a problem.
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How to Restore EXE File Association in Windows
The usual problem people report after getting rid of malware is that nothing happens when they start to run a program. Often Windows shows a dialog reporting that no program is associated with it for performing this action. One of the reasons why this problem arises is that the malware has messed with EXE file associations in the Windows registry.
Read moreProtect Your Mac with Free Sophos Antivirus
Many of the Mac lovers seem to believe that viruses can only hit Windows based computers and Mac is virtually safe from any malware infection. Even though security experts had not seen Mac infections earlier but this is not the case anymore. More and more Macs are becoming infected with malware. Seeing this new trend, the leading security vendor Sophos has released an antivirus for Mac called the Sophos Antivirus for Mac. It is free for home use.
Read moreRecover Deleted Files Using Recuva
Have you deleted an important file only to realize it a minute later? Have you emptied your Recycle Bin only to find out that there was some file you wanted? Well, do not sit there biting your finger. Download Recuva – a free software which can help your recover your deleted or lost files and folders from your computer, pen drives, digital camera or MP3 players.
Read moreHow to Start Windows 7 in the Safe Mode
Sometimes for the sake of fixing our Windows based computer, we have to boot our computer in the safe mode. The safe mode in Windows 7 is a diagnostic mode – a special way to start Windows so that we can fix things that we cannot in the normal mode. The safe mode is very useful in fixing the malware infected computers.
Read moreFind How Many Times You Have Visited a Site in Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is an amazing web browser. Not only it makes the Internet browsing a great experience, but also gives many useful statistics about our web browsing patterns. For example, Firefox can show you how many times you have visited a web site prior to today. This information can be surprising to you as there are web sites that you might have visited for more than a thousand times.
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