Asad Ahmed

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Pin Multiple Folders On Windows 7 Taskbar

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The most noticeable and immaculate feature of Windows 7 is indeed its taskbar. It is as robust as previous versions of the taskbars and offers a new way of interacting with the applications. You can pin any shortcut so that they can be accessed right from the taskbar rather than the desktop or start menu search bar. But like any other things there is one shortcoming, you cannot pin your folders to it, which you might want to if you access them more frequently. Here is a great way to access your favorite shortcuts right from your taskbar in Windows 7. Read More

Firefox: Reset Multiple Accounts’ Passwords Concurrently

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Do you have more than 8 to 10 accounts for signing in to different applications such as Google, Orkut, Facebook, Skype, internet banking etc which makes it difficult to remember each one's password especially if you keep switching your computer from office or home. A safe practice is to keep all passwords in one secure location so that you may recall any password that you have forgotten or due to long time never login. However many of us tend to risk making the same password for every account in order to remember it easily. The common practice of most internet user has been creating the same password for all you accounts but if you think you regret this decision for security purposes and want to change multiple account passwords then you might want to know about Mass Password Reset.

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How To Block And Filter Out Annoying Ads in Firefox

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Are you annoyed by ridiculous ads that either pops up during browsing session or are displayed in  almost all websites or blogs? Advertisements can be effective when they are relative and informative where users can actually get useful information about certain products but with ridiculous ads running all over in the website to generate profit is unacceptable. You may have received marketing messages  while browsing either by pop ads or banner ads, despite these service details it gets annoying when random ads are bombarded in the middle of the browsing session. If you hate such kinds of ads, Firefox has a built-in pop up blocking feature. And to further block or filter out ads you can use Adblock plus.

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Integrate Firefox, IE And Chrome Into One Browser With Lunascape 5.0

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Do you switch between different browsers for daily activities when some of the sites don't work properly in particular browser? Then you should consider using Lunascape 5.0(currently in Alpha version) which lets you integrate Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome into one powerful browser. With Lunascape you will have a choice of selecting the rendering engine for various incompatible websites to the other browser which makes switching between browser less tedious. It optimizes the most of the rendering engine that benefits the end user.

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Firefox: Organize Tabs And Free Up Memory Usage

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Do you work using multiple Firefox tabs and want to organize them categorically rather than chronologically? A new tab is opened right next to the last tab, by the time you open too many tabs it gets difficult to sift through to find the right tab, this is where an Add-On called TooManyTabs can come useful. If you have too many browser tabs in Firefox that you might want to categorize to differentiate, this utility will help you organize tabs in special rows and it also help to reduce memory usage by putting some of the tabs in idle state.

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Quickly Launch Applications In Windows With JetStart

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Is your Start Menu or Quick Launch bar cluttered with application shortcuts? JetStart is an awesome tool that offers a quick access with categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. It allows multiple ways to access your applications by categorizing them into five generic categories, either by selecting items from a recently used list or newly added programs or simply search them by keyword etc.

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Firefox: Disable Automatic File Scanning After Download

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Firefox automatically scans the file after the download is complete which may cause exuberant amount of time in some low end computers. This function is vital to protect your computer from viruses, but you may find that it takes a lot more time in scanning if the file is huge. You can disable this feature if your antivirus is up to date and you don’t need Firefox to scan the file for you.

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Firefox: Refresh Web Page Directly From Server Without Clearing Cache

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Have you ever tried refreshing you webpage in Firefox and you experienced it displayed the cached version instead of downloading the page from the server? Mozilla Firefox is the most loved browser in the world and its not just the hatred towards Microsoft rather its the support of thousands of little add-ons and tweaks that make it the most customizable and secure browser. To further customize the way your browser behaves you can tweak Firefox to refresh the web page without clearing cache.

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Rip And Convert DVD Or Video File To MPEG-4(avi, mkv, etc)

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Do you want to store videos from DVDs to your local drive in your computer without loosing the quality? HandBrake is one software that lets you convert the videos from DVDs without loosing much quality and since it is an open source project, it will always remain in development for further improvement and updates. It lets you rip and convert DVDs or video files to MPEG-4  video formats including .mp4, .avi, .ogm and even .mkv. This application is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Ubuntu Linux.

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Monitor Your PC Or Laptop Temperature – Windows 7,Vista,XP

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Is your computer restarting itself more than often or is shutting down without any notice? One of the reasons might be that your computer has overheating problem. One of the best ways to monitor is to install temperature reading software that might help you actually know if the problem is causing by overheating. Coretemp is a tiny application which is low on resources and is surprisingly accurate. Intel and AMD's new technology known as DTS(Digital Temperature Signal) let these applications help monitor the temperature accurately. Read More

Send Free Encrypted And Secure Text Messages Via Email

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A few days back we covered how to send secure and encrypted email messages using lockbin. This service encrypts messages by applying hash functions such as MD5 or HS1, but what if you want to choose and apply different kinds of hash functions and encrypt the text yourself? There is a simple way of encrypting and decrypting text messages by using a free online tool known as Encrypt/Decrypt tool which is provided by WebMax that makes your text message even more secure by letting yourself choose the hash function and send the message to the sender.

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Quickly Merge Multiple Music Or Audio Files Into One

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Do you have multiple files in an audio book and you are looking for ways to merge them into one file? Or you have many mp3 files that you would like to join and listen to them all in one go? Merge Mp3 lets you do exactly that. You can use this application to drag and drop audio files into the playlist either change the order or keep the same, listen to it before mixing them all with preview option and convert all of them into one single MP3 even with ID3 meta data.

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How To Create Animated GIF Images Quickly

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Are you thinking of making a personalized GIF image for your loved ones this Christmas?Get creative and know how to make animated GIF images using GiftedMotion. Its a nice way of sharing your feelings with friends and family instead of sending the usual ready made wishing cards that are present all over the internet. You can make a simple GIF animation from a collection of still images that may convey your thoughts easily.

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Replace Windows Explorer With More Powerful Feature Packed Ultra Explorer

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Are you tired of working with standard Windows Explorer and thinking about using a more powerful solution? If yes, then you might want to know about Ultra Explorer that has the power to replace your existing Windows Explorer for all the tasks at hand with its faster file management and convenience of file browsing. Using it might be difficult at first but you'll get used to it in just a period of short time, by then you wouldn’t even want to think about going back to the default standard Windows Explorer. Read More

Create Secure Password – Check Password For It’s Strength Using Password Meter

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Are you using the same password for all your web accounts and unsure if its strong enough? Many of us mostly use the same password for all the accounts, but it is important to make sure that the password is strong enough so that nobody is able to hack it. It is always advisable to to keep a different  password for all the accounts, but if you want to keep a single password for most of your accounts and make sure that it is secure enough then you will need some software to determine if your password is stronger or not.

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How To Change Gmail’s Looks With New Themes

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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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Map A Drive Letter For Frequently Accessed Folders In Windows 7,Vista

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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. Read More

Monitor And Track When And Who Accessed A Folder On Your Computer

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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.

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How To Close A Stuck Program In Windows 7,Vista,XP

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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. Read More

How to Decrease the Svchost.Exe 100% CPU Utilization

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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.

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