Google has release a new set of themes for its Gmail service which would be a great news especially for those who tend to get bore easily with the same interface and design with a period of time. A while back you could change the design and looks of Gmail with Greasemonkey scripts on Firefox that allowed you to spice up standard Gmail theme, in order to satisfy its users Google has finally released enough themes that you may like at lease one or two.
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Open .DAT File Extension In Windows Quickly
Do you have a .DAT file in your computer and don’t know how to open it? Firstly .DAT file could be anything like a picture, video, data, email attachment, etc. To open .DAT file you will have to find out what kind of file it is, you can than convert the extension to open it easily. If you don’t know what kind of file it is, you can determine it too. More details after the jump.
Read MoreSend Free SMS To India, UK, Germany, And Other Countries
Note: My-cool-sms is no longer free and I have updated the link with a newer site called SeaSMS.
Do you want to send unlimited SMS(Short Messaging Service) to India, UK, Germany, Norway, Poland, Ireland, Estonia, Austria, Czech Republic, Taiwan for free? It seems impossible at first, but you can actually send free SMS using my-cool-sms , SeaSMS service.
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Record Streaming Music, Internet Radio, And Webcasts Easily
Do you want to record a music that is being streamed on your MySpace page or any other site? Or maybe you want to record an Internet Radio or Webcast so that you can listen to it later? If you have a microphone and Free Hi-Q Recorder, you can record just anything for free.
Read MoreMap A Drive Letter For Frequently Accessed Folders In Windows 7,Vista
Does your most accessed folder lie deep inside folder hierarchies? With the increase disk space we tend to store as much files as we can on our hard drive, we manage these files by making folders and sub folders and even more nested folders, therefore it becomes difficult to access the most accessed folders using Windows Explorer. To solve this problem you can easily map a local folder as a virtual drive letter, in this way it will directly take you to the folder instead of following the nested path.
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Monitor And Track When And Who Accessed A Folder On Your Computer
Are you suspicious that your important files and folders are being accessed by some other user on your computer? If yes, then there is a small handy feature built into Windows which you can use to find out who and when either using your account or some one else's account on your computer has accessed a particular folder or a file. This feature is a part of Group Policy Editor which is used mostly for advances system settings and is a Graphical User interface ( GUI ) of a set of registry settings. Read on to find out how to make it monitor and track the folders.
Read MoreHow To Close A Stuck Program In Windows 7,Vista,XP
Do you have one or two unresponsive programs running but you don’t know how to close them? An unresponsive program can be any program on your computer that might get freeze up and does not respond to your actions, this unresponsiveness of a program can occur due to many reasons, but the main reasons include low virtual memory, low RAM or generic windows errors. Many steps could be taken to troubleshoot an unresponsive program but the easiest way is through Windows Task Manager.
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How to Decrease the Svchost.Exe 100% CPU Utilization
Are you annoyed by enormous CPU utilization of the svchost process? Microsoft claims that it is a rare problem found in some of the computers but by looking at different forums and discussion boards it doesn’t look that rare. To begin with, it is not a virus, spyware or malware of any kind but the problem lies with Microsoft Update, if you are experiencing this problem then you might want to try these steps to decrease the svchost 100% CPU utilization.
Read MoreRemove Recent Items From Windows Vista Start Menu
There is a big reason why you should disable (remove) Recent Items from Windows Vista Start Menu; if you are on a shared computer, your privacy can be breached easily, anyone can check what you have been up to. There are other reasons, such as, Windows MRU list that stores small temp files to retain the last/recently accessed items. When one chooses to remove Recent Items, it cleans those small temp files as well, but unlike Windows XP where temp files and shortcuts to recently accessed items are saved in a single location, Windows Vista saves the recently used documents and items in the User Profile folders, allowing Windows to read the user-specific MRU list to display the search suggestions as well as recently used items from Recent folder (accessible from the Start Menu). Cleaning MRU lists from Windows registry and system temp files removes the recently accessed items for all user accounts, including Administrator, Standard User and Guest accounts. However, if you just want to remove recently accessed items from your account's MRU list, you can easily do so from Taskbar Properties sheet.
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How To Transfer Registry Favorites To Another Computer
Do you access the same registry key again and again while using the Registry Editor and now want to transfer it to another computer? In Windows Registry there is an option that you can use to add registry keys as Favorites, this can be done using the Add to Favorites option in the Favorites menu, so that the branch is automatically opened when you select the corresponding favorite item. To Transfer your favorites to another computer or operating system, follow this procedure.
Read More3 Killer Tools To Make Windows Vista UAC(User Account Control) Less Annoying
Are you annoyed by Windows Vista UAC but still want to keep it on for security propose? Windows Vista’s UAC is absolutely the most annoying feature on Vista but you’ll have to think twice before turning it off or else you can risk your computer to unauthorized changes by viruses and malwares. There is a better way to deal with this situation, which is to tweak Windows UAC to run quietly in the background without popping unnecessary prompts every second. We have listed three software that will help you in making UAC less annoying.
Read MoreHow To Change Your Firefox Into An Email Client
In the last post we covered 2 ways to turn Firefox into windows explorer file manager. But forgot to mention that you can actually convert Firefox into a complete email client too. Instead of using MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Gmail online client, you can now check all of your emails from Firefox by using it as an email client.
Read More2 Ways To Turn Your Firefox Into Windows Explorer File Manager
Are you addicted with Firefox? Firefox is a great browser with tons of add-ons which can turn your browser into everything from checking your email to capturing screenshots. You can now finally turn your Firefox browser into a Windows explorer file manager in 2 simple ways. Doing so, will make you more productive and save yourself plenty of time.
Read MoreSearch For Missing Files Created Or Modified Between Two Dates In Windows 7,Vista
Do you want to search a file on your computer but don't remember the name of it? But if you remember the dates before and after the file was created or modified, then you can find it easily using a simple syntax in Windows 7 and Vista. In Windows XP you can use the Search Companion to search for files created or modified between two given dates. This tutorial will focus on Windows 7 and Windows Vista only.
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30 Free Music Search Engines That Will Rock Your World
Almost a month back we covered 16 search engines to find music online, this time we have come up with 30 more music search engines that will rock your world. It is always better to find your favorite artist or song in search engines dedicated to music rather than finding them on Google. Each one of them have been tested and they all work flawlessly.
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