Windows Vista and Windows 7 both have the useful feature of Taskbar Previews. Just hover your mouse cursor over a window shown in the taskbar and it shows a tiny preview thumbnail of the actual window without any need to switch to that window. The time taken for the thumbnail to show is 400 milliseconds by default. But if you do not want to wait for 400 milliseconds (less than half a second), then you can decrease (or increase) this time using a registry hack.
Read moreSpeed Up Aero Peek in Windows 7
Windows 7 has brought many eye candy features with it. One of them is Aero Peek using which you can preview your Windows desktop without actually closing or minimizing any open window. Just hover your mouse in the lower right corner of your screen for about 500 milliseconds and you would be shown a preview of the Windows desktop. But if you cannot wait for 500 milliseconds (that is half a second), then you can increase (or decrease) this time.
Read moreHide and Restore All Your Tabs in Chrome with PanicButton
If you have ever shared a room with someone then you know how awkward it feels when your room-mate just bursts into your room and looks at your computer screen and smirks at the sites you have been surfing. What about a little privacy? If you are using the Google Chrome browser, then you are in luck. The PanicButton extension for the Chrome browser makes it easier for you to hide all of your tabs at once just by clicking on a button.
Read moreCreate Disposable Yahoo! Email Addresses
The internet is full of spammers ready to find out email address so that he can spam you for months and years. But thanks to Yahoo!, you can now create disposable email addresses to use whenever you do not want to share your real Yahoo! email address. You will receive all messages sent to the disposable address. If, at any time, any one of your disposable addresses starts receiving spam, you can just delete that email address.
Read moreIncrease Number of Recent Items in Windows 7 Jump Lists
Windows 7 has an amazing feature called Jump Lists. The Jump Lists give you quick and easy access to more frequently opened documents, web sites etc. by a program. By default, you are shown only last ten opened documents or web sites. But if you want, you can increase the number of recent items shown in a Start Menu Jump List.
Read moreRestore ISO Image Association in Windows 7
Windows 7 has native ISO image support. You can just double-click on any ISO image file and burn it onto a blank CD or DVD using inbuilt Windows 7 Disc Image burner application. But if you install a third party application like WinRAR which supports opening ISO files as an archive, then the association of ISO images to native Windows Disc Image burner application is broken. If you want, then you can restore this ISO image file association back to Windows Disc Image burner.
Read moreDownload All Your Google Data with Google Takeout
Until now if you wanted to download your data (like Gmail contacts) then it used to involve many steps. But now Google has made it very easy to download all your Google data linked to all the Google services you use in one click. Google has started a new service (which is also a part of Google+) called Google Takeout. Using Google Takeout, you can download and export all of your data like Gmail contacts, Buzz comments, Google+ circles, Picasa web albums etc., in one click.
Read moreStay Secure with Secunia Personal Software Inspector
The Secunia Personal Software Inspector (or PSI in short) is a free security tool designed to detect and update vulnerable and outdated programs and plug-ins installed on your computer which expose your PC to attacks. These type of attacks attacks which exploit vulnerable programs and plug-ins are rarely blocked by traditional anti-virus software and are therefore increasingly used by cyber-criminals.
Read moreRecover Deleted Recycle Bin in Windows 7
Windows 7 allows you to delete the Recycle Bin from the desktop if you want to. Just right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and select Delete. This would delete the Recycle Bin from the Windows desktop. If you have deleted the Recycle Bin (whether intentionally or accidentally) from your desktop, and you want to make it re-appear and restore it, then this article is for you.
Read moreGoogle Transliteration IME Offline Installer
Google transliteration enables a user with a standard English US keyboard to type in many Asian languages. Google transliteration IME is a software that you can install in Windows to type in any of those supported languages. Google Transliteration IME is currently available for 22 different languages. But the problem is that you need to be online to install Google Transliteration IME software.
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