Slipstream SP1 on Windows 7 DVD

Microsoft has finally released the first service pack SP1 for Windows 7. If you want, you can slipstream (integrate) this service pack on the Windows DVD itself. The benefit of the slipstreaming is that you do not have to separately install it after installing Windows. When you install fresh copy of Windows 7, the SP1 would be installed by itself.

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Find the Geographical Location of an IP Address

Many times we become curious as to where a certain IP address is located in the world. The IP Geolocation tool from IPFingerPrints helps you find the approximate geographic location of an IP address along with some other useful information including ISP, TimeZone, Area Code, State etc. This is very useful tool as it can help you find where persons (you are chatting with) is really located if you know their IP address.

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How to Deactivate Your Twitter Account

Twitter has evolved into a revolutionary and very popular micro-blogging social networking site. but social networking can be very addicting for the young mind. If you find yourself spending many hours everyday tweeting on the twitter site, then its time to deactivate your twitter account. You may also want to deactivate the twitter account for other personal reasons like lack of interest in the tweeting etc.

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Auto Delete Junk Messages in Mozilla Thunderbird

Everybody gets junk e-mail (also called spam e-mail) in their e-mail accounts and most of us just delete them. One some days we get so many junk messages, that we have to waste a considerable amount of time in just deleting them. If you are using the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client then you can set it to automatically delete the junk e-mail messages as soon as they are marked as junk in your e-mail inbox.

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Turn On Desktop Notifications for Gmail

Do you switch to the Gmail page again and again to check if a new e-mail has arrived? There is good news for you, now you can enable Desktop Notifications for Gmail so that you receive a notification in your web browser when a new e-mail arrives or someone sends a chat message. It does not matter whether Gmail is open in your active browser tab or not.

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Securely Shred Files Using Moo0 FileShredder

Even after a file is deleted from the hard disk, Windows only removes its entry from the file table but the actual data remains there. This data can be recovered easily by using a specialized tool like Recuva. If you want to completely shred you documents and files so they become completely unrecoverable, then you can use Moo0 File Shredder. Moo0 FileShredder lets you easily erase your private, secret files perfectly off your HDD.

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