Portable Audio Identifier is a free tool that lets you explore, analyze, and identify your audio files in complete details. It is a stand-alone explorer which gives you full information of every audio file such as average bitrate, used encoder, quality, etc. Due it it’s small size and portability it can be carried anywhere on a USB drive easily.
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How To Convert MS PowerPoint Presentation(PPT) Into Flash Format For Free
iSpring Converter is a free PowerPoint add-on that lets you save your presentation to flash format instantly. Additional options include the ability to add Flash videos inside presentations. The advantage of PowerPoint in flash format that it can be played in any operating system.
Note: If you are looking to create a presentation slideshow for the purpose of uploading it to YouTube, please check this post.
Read MoreFind And Connect To The Best Wifi HotSpots Around You
WeFi is a free windows application that lets you find the best wifi hotspots anywhere around the world. Suppose you are sitting in a cafe and multiple wifi networks are detected, which one will you connect to? WeFi lets you determine which network is the best and automatically connects to it. And once connected, you can find other users using WeFi around you instantly(which requires a free registration).
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Compare And Synchronize Files/Folders With FreeFileSync
FreeFileSync is a free opensource tool that syncs files and folders between any two locations. There are many similar programs there, but this one is far the best one I have come across. It has all the features of syncing utility and combined with the usability makes it one of the best tool out there. There are two versions available: standalone and installer, I tested the former since it is portable and can be carried anywhere.
Read MoreLyricsGetter – Find Lyrics Of Any Song By Mp3 File
LyricsGetter is a freeware application for Windows that can search for lyrics of any song instantly, you can also print and save it quickly. What makes it unique is it’s ability to find lyrics by mp3 file, just open an mp3 file by going to File > Open mp3 file and it will detect the song and find it’s lyrics instantly.
Read MoreGinipic – Find Photos In Multiple Image Search Engines From Your Desktop
Ginipic is a free advanced image search engine for desktop that searches multiple photo sharing sites and search engines and displays the results in a neat, simple-to-use window. Once you run the program it will open as a neat sidebar window. It is able to search images in the following sources: Flickr, Google, Yahoo, SmugMug, deviantART, Live Search, Picasa, Photobucket, Facebook, and Fotolia. By default the option is set to search images in all sources.
Read MoreFirefox: Disable Automatic File Scanning After Download
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.
Read MoreFirefox: Refresh Web Page Directly From Server Without Clearing Cache
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.
Read MoreRip And Convert DVD Or Video File To MPEG-4(avi, mkv, etc)
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.
Read MoreMonitor Your PC Or Laptop Temperature – Windows 7,Vista,XP
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.
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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 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 MoreHow To Speed Up Windows Shutdown Process
Are you frustrated that your Windows XP takes to much time to shutdown when your rushing to go somewhere else? If this is the situation that you want to shutdown the computer in hurry, you can make some tweaking to your registry so that it will help you to speed the this process. We have written much about windows registry in the past couple of weeks that it is used to store information and system settings.
Read MoreHow To Browse Internet Privately And Securely Using Vanishd
Do you think someone is spying on the websites you’ve been browsing even though you have been clearing up your internet history and cache? If you are using a computer at office or public computer then your privacy maybe at stake because of spying software installed on the computer. Many Google Chrome users may think incognito mode is enough for stealth browsing but browsing with Vanished is much more than that. With Vanished you can browse any website privately and it allows you to hide the pages you want to surf.
Read MoreHow To Perform A Power Google Search To Get Specific Search Results
If you're doing a search that returns too many results, the best way to specify results is to learn how to perform power search using all the built in tools right in the Google's simplest layout. For example, you can limit the search results to a specific language (instead of changing the options in the Preferences dialog box, as explained in Perform a Basic Google Search, which affects all searches, you can limit just the current search to a specific language), specify words you do not want returned in the search results, and so on. In this post, I will cover some of the ways you can use to perform a power Google search, and get maximum specific search results out of it.
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How To Add Your Favorite Google Desktop Gadgets To The Left Sidebar Of Your Gmail Account
Yesterday, I wrote a post titled How To Add Google Docs And Google Calendar In Your Gmail Account. Today I am going to teach you ways of adding your favorite Google Gadget in your Gmail Account. The process is tricky but fairly easy.
The title of this post could be confusing for some but this is how it works,
- All Gadgets that are available for Google Desktop are given in iGoogle Content Directory.
- Almost all Google Gadgets(that end with .xml url) can be added in the left sidebar of your Gmail account.
Use Task Scheduler To Tweak Automatic Disk Defragmentation In Windows 7/Vista
With Windows 7 / Vista many standard applications such as Windows Firewall got a face lift, the Disk Defragmenter interface changed to a dialog box with an added task scheduler support to schedule defragmentation of your hard drive. Since now it works on scheduled time, it automatically starts defragmenting as soon as the scheduled time is missed, which can cause disk thrashing and computer to slow down. Instead of letting Windows 7 / Vista to decide when to start defragmentation you should decide when and how it should run.
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2 Simple Ways To Create System Restore Point In Windows 7 / Vista
Did you ever regret installing a driver or an application and wished to turn back settings as they previously were? No matter how careful you are, when it comes to installing new drivers in Windows 7 / Vista there are just going to be times when you need to perform a system restore to safeguard against any problems which may arise due to the program or the device driver. Creating a system restore point allows your computer to be returned to the healthy, functioning state it was in just prior to the installation.
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How To Fix Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error
If you are encountering Generic Host for Win32 Process error it means the following, you received this error while starting your computer and you are using Windows XP service pack 2(If you are using any other Window, you can still use the method in this post to fix it). The reason of this error is due to a bug in Windows security update 873333 (MS05-012), if you installed this update then you will definitely receive this error.
Read MoreHow To Add Google Docs And Google Calendar In Your Gmail Account
Do you use Google Docs and Calendar frequently? Now you can integrate them in your Gmail account. They are now available in the Gmail Labs, but are disabled as default. You simply need to enable them to view them in the left sidebar of your Gmail homepage.
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