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How To Transfer Files & Settings From Windows 7 To Windows 8 [Step-by-Step Guide]

Migrating applications, personalized system and application settings, and other important data from old PC to new PC isn’t only time consuming, but also a wearisome task, as one needs to make a list of all the installed applications, Windows components, User Profile folders, System settings including Personalization, Color Management, Fonts, Accessibility, Keyboard and Mouse settings [...] (more…)

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Fix Android Market From Hanging During Downloads & Installation

Many people using Android devices, especially Froyo based devices, have stated experiencing hangs in the Android Market during app installation or even during downloading the apps. It’s said to be due to a certain folder that can easily get corrupted, thereby posing problems for your downloads and installations. However, there is an easy fix for [...] (more…)

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AllMyApps Is Feature Rich App Store For Windows

A while back, we talked about Windows OS being devoid of an App Store and advocated Npackd as one good choice for installing and managing Windows applications. Going over Npackd features, we couldn’t help but say that it lacks a lot of features in terms of organizing and searching applications by different categories, such as, [...] (more…)

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Update Your PC Applications Automatically With R-Updater

It can be difficult to keep track of updates for all your installed computer applications. R-Updater simplifies this task and provides a convenient solution for keeping all your software programs up-to-date. The portable application offers a user-friendly interface. Upon launching the program, it will instantly check your system to create a list of all applications [...] (more…)

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Stick Applications On Windows Desktop As Widgets

Stick is a simple utility which is designed to stick multiple windows on the desktop as widgets (called screentabs) to keep customized folder explorers, web browsers, notes, and RSS feeds window always open for quick access. The screentabs supports full customization and let you change the overall look of the sticky windows. You can change [...] (more…)

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Check For Latest Software Updates With AppSnap

As usage progresses, it is quite likely that your system will get loaded with various useful applications. We all know how developers like to roll out newer versions of their applications, with latest bug fixes, newer and better features, enhancements, and so on. With a bunch of applications, keeping track of updates can be a [...] (more…)

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Ease Your Windows PC Life With Launchy

Launchy is a one-stop replacement for your start menu, desktop icons and shortcuts, file manager, and much more. It is a cross platform utility that can index almost everything and launch your files, programs, folders, websites with just a few key-presses. (more…)

Quick Config – Quick Way To Change Windows Settings/Profiles

In many cases, we need to make some quick changes to our windows settings, for example, when you move between home and office and you need to change the network connection settings, default printer and such sort of other things a couple of times daily. Quick Config helps in such situations. It can create profiles, [...] (more…)

Start-Q: Change Windows Startup Programs Load Order

We all know that Windows allow users to add/remove startup programs quickly, but what if you want to change the startup order? (more…)

How To Stop A Program From Gaining Unsolicited Internet Access In Windows 8 & Windows 7

You might not know that several applications on your computer system may be accessing the internet without your approval. This can also become a security hazard as hackers may exploit your system using these applications. In order to put a check on the usage of the Internet by various applications and to disable the unsolicited [...] (more…)

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3 Tips To Customize Main Menu Bar In Ubuntu

Ubuntu’s Main Menu Bar contains three menus, Applications, Places, and System. The Application menu contains a hierarchy of sub menus, from which you can start the applications that are installed in your system. The Places menu offers quick way to navigate to directories in your system and the System menu lets you set preferences for [...] (more…)

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Get Instant Desktop Notification Alerts When Important Event Occurs [Growl & Snarl]

When an important event occurs, who wants to miss it? Nobody. This is exactly what this post is all about. Whether a download has finished, the next track of your music playlist has begun, the battery of your laptop is going to die, or you have received a new email, both Growl For Windows and [...] (more…)

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Find Tons Of Applications For Ubuntu Linux At Appnr

Are you looking for a Windows software, well no problem. Are you looking for a software that works on Ubuntu, now that’s a bit difficult. There are tons of directories and sites hosting applications for Windows, a simple Google search will show you all types of windows software. But when it comes to Ubuntu, very [...] (more…)

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Terminate Or Kill A Non-Responsive Program/Application In A Single Click

Usually when a program hangs up on Windows, we head over to Task Manager and try to kill that program. When this method fails, we try to terminate the program with some 3rd party applications. But wait, there is even a better way of doing it. Meet Process Assassin, it enables the user to select [...] (more…)

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Open Multiple Applications With A Single Click Instantly

I recently learned a small handy trick which allows us to start multiple applications at once. If you are like me who has to open 5-6 programs at once then it will come really handy. Running multiple programs turn by turn is too boring for me, that’s why I use this trick to open multiple [...] (more…)