Earlier this week, my Windows 7 computer lost the ability to run games. As soon as I started a game (Max Payne 2), the screen turned green and then computer hanged up. I was scratching my head over this problem, when my friend told me to check if my GPU was getting too hot. Windows 7 does not provide any way to check the temperatures of GPU, CPU and other hardware parts, but you can use free CPUID HWMonitor tool to check various sensors and monitor voltages, temperatures and fan speeds.
Read moreTurn Off Hard Disks After Being Idle in Windows 7
Hard disks are now coming with huge storage spaces in the order of multi-terabytes. But these hard disks often get so much heated up even when you are not using them. The heat is not good for the hard disks as it decreases their life. It is a good idea to turn off the hard disks if they are not being used for some time to prolong their life as well as save electricity. In Windows 7, you can set options to automatically turn off your hard disks after they have been idle for a pre-specified time.
Read moreAcronis Drive Monitor : Track the Health of Your Hard Disks
Acronis Drive Monitor is created by a well trusted name in the industry. It helps you monitor the health of your hard disks on servers, workstations and PCs. It continuously monitors the critical S.M.A.R.T parameters for your hard disks as well as their temperature and flags a warning if they exceed a pre-specified value. It also checks if you have a backup software installed and warns you if you have not.
Read moreOSFMount : Easily Mount Disk Images in Windows
Unlike some Linux distributions, Windows does not provide any native way to mount disk image files. But you can download and install third party applications that may help you mount such disk images. The OSFMount program is such a software that allows you to mount various formats of disk images like ISO, BIN, NRG and more. This free utility supports all versions of Windows including Windows XP, Vista and 7. Both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows are supported.
Read moreAffixa : Integrate Webmail Services in Windows 7
Most of the free webmail services like Yahoo! etc. do not provide you with such client access – effectively stopping you from accessing them through a client. But Affixa, a freeware Windows software, solves this problem by allowing you to integrate a number of such webmail services in Windows. Affixa enables you to attach files and send messages using your free webmail accounts from within Windows.
Read moreWise Data Recovery : Recover Deleted Files
Contents of files are not destroyed when you delete them in Windows. It just removes their entries from the file table of your filesystem – making the space used by them available for other files. This makes it possible for you to recover the deleted files using appropriate tools. Wise Data Recovery is a free tool for Windows that helps you recover your deleted files.
Read moreAutomatically Logout from Facebook in Mozilla Firefox
The Facebook Auto-Logout add-on logs you automatically out of Facebook when you close Firefox or if you have not opened Facebook for a specified period of time – default time being one minute. This add-on removes all Facebook cookies, resulting in your automatic logout. This also makes your Facebook presence hidden from other sites which use the Facebook like button. Because your Facebook cookies are removed, they cannot trace your web browsing behavior using these tracking cookies.
Read moreFastestChrome : Browse Faster and Add Productivity to Google Chrome
FastestChrome is an extension for Chrome browser that adds many productive and time saving features to Google Chrome. You can scroll down one page after another using the endless page feature, turn text URLs into actual hyperlinks, quickly pop up definitions on highlighting a word and more. It can deliver a painless, faster browsing experience to your Google Chrome browser.
Read moreHow to Add More Fonts for the Command Prompt window in Windows
Command Prompt window is the window that opens when you run cmd.exe. It is also known as the CLI (command line interface) window or console window. Windows 7 is very strict about the choice of fonts for the command prompt window. It allows you to choose from the raster fonts, Lucida Console font or Consolas font for the command prompt window. But what if you don’t like any of them and want to add more fonts for the command prompt window?
Read moreHow to Add Google Picasa ScreenSaver in Windows
Google Picasa is a popular photo editor, manager and viewer available for Windows. You can use it to create photo collages, create posters, edit images to add text and various other advanced effects easily. It can use your pictures from your local disks or web albums. It allows you to instantly publish your pictures to your Google+ account or online Picasa library. Google Picasa can also be used to create a screensaver for Windows using your pictures.
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