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Customize Windows 7 Task Manager Colors With Task Manager Modder

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Task Manager Modder is a portable application for Windows 7 to customize (change colors of) the Task Manager. With this app you can change the grids, lines and colors of the Task Manager. The idea of changing the Task managers appearance is quite novel and can be handy for making the grid lines and color of its indicators appear more lively. It may also be helpful for people who might find the default Task manager colors to be uncomfortable or may be color blind. Read More

Backup And Restore MS Office & Windows Activation Tokens

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Microsoft imposes a limit on number of times Windows or other Microsoft paid applications license keys can be activated on different PCs. Take Windows 7 as an instance, you can use your license activation key for only 10 times and after that you will need to purchase a new license. If you’re already running short of Windows 7 license activation keys due to constant re-installation of Windows, you can use 7Token Manager, which attempts to save the tokens of activated Windows 7 in order to use it again later. However, if 7Token Manager fails to activate Windows back in offline mode, there is one tool which you can try before giving up all hope. Advance Tokens Manager is a powerful Windows 7/Vista and MS Office 2010/2007 activation token backup tool which lets you save and restore both Microsoft products’ activation keys with a single click. Read More

How To Share Files Between Windows 7 And Windows 8 In Dual Boot

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When you dual boot Windows 8 with Windows 7, you are likely to end up willing to use many of the files which are located within your Windows 7 user directory (e.g. Administrator account).  Although these files can be accessed manually, doing so is both tiresome and time consuming task. Copying files to the Windows 8 user account can be one way of solving the problem, however that will simply waste a lot of disk space. Moreover, shortcuts from within the Windows 7 user folders can make it confusing to manage both Windows 7 and Windows directories. Read More

Get Windows 7 Start Menu, Explorer And Task Manager In Windows 8

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If you are one of the first users who grabbed the latest Windows 8 developer preview, you will find that a lot has changed since Windows 7. Among the visible changes are the Start Menu, Windows Explorer Ribbon, and Task Manager, all of which have been totally revamped by Microsoft. If you are a big fan of Windows 7 and want to bring back Windows 7 Start Menu, Windows Explorer (without Ribbon), and Task Manager in Windows 8, the result is just a few clicks away since it requires a simple registry tweak. Read More

Tomboy Is Simple Note Taking Application That Syncs With Ubuntu One

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Tomboy is an open source cross-platform note taking application available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix. Tomboy provides the option to synchronize notes with Ubuntu One and Snowy, which enables viewing and managing the notes from a mobile device such as an Android or iPhone. Tomboy has a simple interface for quickly creating and managing notes within separate notebooks (which are more like folders for organizing multiple notes, similar to Evernote). Notes can be created either in plain text or with highlighted text, along with the utility of inline spell checking. Moreover, it provides hyperlinking of web links and email addresses, as well as other small but useful options such as font styling, bullet lists, undo/redo and support for note synchronization over SSH, WebDAV, Ubuntu One, or Snowy (web application). Read More

Extend Windows Explorer Functionality In Windows 7 With Folder Options X

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Folder Options X is a Windows Explorer add-on which customizes some Windows Explorer features for Windows Vista and Windows 7. The first option that it provides, allows you to disable full row select, which means that when you select a file in Windows Explorer it will no longer select the entire row. The second option provides the addition of headers on all kinds of viewing options (including content, tiles, list, small icons, medium, icons, large, icons etc). Whereas, the third option enables icon reordering. Read More

G+7 Displays Google+ Messages Feed On Your Windows 7 Desktop

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G+7 is a Windows 7 gadget to provide constant updates from your  Google+ Stream. It allows enlarging a particular story from a Google Plus feed in order to view it in a large pop-up window for better visibility. G+7 can be a useful gadget for Google Plus users who may wish to keep track of their stream updates to identify and open only important stories, without having to periodically visit Google Plus by using a browser. Read More

Apple Magic Trackpad Control Panel Adds Trackpad Properties In Windows 7

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Editor’s Note: Apple Magic Trackpad is a wonderful device that is only restricted to Mac OS X. If you plan on using it on Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), you will have to follow the long hectic process of downloading and extracting Bootcamp patch, finding and renaming Trackpad Bin file to .exe format and finally installing the driver. Rather than following this difficult process, we have hosted the Trackpad Windows drivers for you at the bottom of the post. Now that you have Apple Magic Trackpad running on Windows 7, you will be disappointed to know that the default Mouse properties is almost useless. In short, you cannot customize the speed or gestures of trackpad in Windows. This is where Magic Trackpad Control Panel comes in. It is a brilliant tool that allows you to set the tracking speed, double-click speed, and scrolling speed of the trackpad, and can be used to change both one finger and two finger gestures. Read More

Get Windows 8 Like Aero Color Rotation In Windows 7 With AeroRainbow

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One of the many anticipated features of  Windows 8 is the ability to dynamically change Aero Glass color according to the color scheme of the current wallpaper. We last reviewed a third party application called Aura which brings this functionality to Windows 7. Aura was later updated with an additional feature i.e. to change Windows Aero Glass color according to currently opened Internet Explorer 9 tab. AeroRainbow is another 3rd party application which can automatically change the Aero color shade according to current wallpaper, active window, or by predefined shades. Read More

Bring Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Text Editor To Windows 7 With Lion TextEdit

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TextEdit is a Mac OS X word processor and text editor which comes pre-installed with Mac. TextEdit was a replacement for the legacy text editor known as SimpleText. Mac OS X Lion TextEdit for Windows is a portable Mac style text editor for Windows which can be used as an alternative to the native Windows Notepad. This Mac's TextEdit clone is yet another third-party attempt to create an application which aims to mimic features of a Mac application. Some other examples include, the previously reviewed PhotoBooth and JumpPad. Read More

Add Buttons To Windows Explorer Toolbar In Windows 7

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Explorer Toolbar Editor is a portable application for Windows 7 which is meant to help you easily add buttons to the Windows Explorer toolbar. The best part is that rather than adding buttons for all files and folders, you can select which buttons should appear for each folder type and Libraries. For example, you can add extra buttons to all video folders (e.g. Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear Changes, etc). These options will then appear on the Windows Explorer toolbar for only the selected library or folder type. Explorer Toolbar Editor supports multiple folder types and allows changing the order of all the newly added buttons to arrange the added buttons according to your requirements. This application has been developed by the same developer who brought us WMP12 Library Background Changer and AeroTuner. Read More

PowerResizer Extends Windows 7 Aero Snap Windows-Docking Features

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Even though Windows 7 native application window docking and snapping features are arguably great, we often experience some specific annoyances. For instance, Windows 7 Aero Snap lets you quickly open two application windows side-by-side for doing comparisons, keeping tab on two active processes, etc, but it is unable to automatically adjust size and positions of windows when you resize any of the opened window. Similarly, Windows 7 Aero Snap doesn’t support docking windows at top and bottom of the screen. PowerResizer is an open source application that extends the functions of Windows 7 Aero Snap without replacing any of its original functions. The application works in conjunction with Aero Snap to let you easily manage multiple active windows without having to manually adjust them at different sides of the screen. Read More

Emulate Windows 7 On Your iPhone, iPad Or iPod Touch With iWindows

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Don’t be too fooled by the title. Yes you can get the basic look and feel of the Windows OS on your iDevice, and a pretty realistic one at that, but still the functionality that iWindows provides is quite limited for now, rendering it a mere toy app. However, there is potential and promise there for something pretty amazing. So what exactly is iWindows? iWindows is an iOS app, available at the Cydia store for jailbroken users, which simulates Windows 7 on your device. It would have been really cool had this been a complete theme based on Windows 7, but even as a standalone app, iWindows isn't too bad an option to have on your jailbroken iPhone if you are looking to wow your friends. The app just offers Google Chrome and Notepad for now, but expect more fireworks in the future. Read More

Metro Sidebar Is Windows 8 Style Sidebar For Windows 7

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It has become clear that Windows 8 will have a new user interface called Metro after Microsoft demoed the product. There have been third-part development efforts to replicate this Metro user interface in Windows 7. We have been reviewing a lot of such third-party applications like Mosaic and Metro Clock. Recently, we found another such application called Metro Sidebar. It brings the Windows 8 Metro user interface in the form of a sidebar for Windows 7. This sidebar comes with five different colors (blue, red, black, orange and green), which can be changed manually to match your current wallpaper. The Sidebar contains shortcuts to your favorite browser (either, Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer) and displays used, available and total capacity of your primary volume, time and date, user account picture, and operating system version. Metro Sidebar has been developed by the same developer who formerly brought us the Tweak IE9 application. Read More

StandAlone Gadgets Pack Brings Stylish Gadgets To Windows 7 Desktop

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Windows gadgets provides an interesting way of keeping an eye on important updates and system tasks such as news, weather, time, RSS feeds, battery power, CPU utilization, etc and/or launching applications. Other than the Windows 7 default gadgets, people like using third-party gadgets as well. But what about a complete gadgets pack? StandAlone Gadgets Pack is a Windows 7 gadget pack with a large number of stylish and useful widgets for your desktop. The available gadgets provide weather updates, network bandwidth usage stats, Gmail mail count, battery power, folder shortcuts, Google News updates, date/time display and system resource usage details. Read More

Magician File Is Windows 7 Style Explorer For Mac; Finder Alternative

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Mac Finder, unlike Windows Explorer, doesn’t offer address bar and file management buttons in toolbar, such as, copy, paste, move, move to Trash (delete), with other important options which would’ve made using Finder and sifting through open windows a lot easier. Advance search option is another reason why so many proficient Mac users rely more on system search utilities instead of Finder native search option. If you’re using multiple utilities to enhance these core features of Finder, have a look at standalone application for Mac called Magician File. Read More

AeroBlend Automatically Rotates Windows 7 Aero Colors With Three Modes

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AeroBlend is a Windows 7 Aero color rotating application which automatically changes the Aero color to match the current wallpaper, active application icon or active application’s content. It can be run in three modes namely, Wallpaper mode (for rotating aero color according to the current wallpaper), Active Application Icon mode (to change Aero color according to the icon of the active application) and Active Application Contents mode to change the Aero color according to the content on which the mouse pointer is present.Moreover, you can also set the color Intensity and fade icon appearance. Read More

Mirro Is Transparent Audio Player With Windows 7 Aero Glass Look

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Previously we reviewed the Mirro Skin and CD Art Display to transform the look of the Windows Media Player. Now a member of the ASK VG team has used the same Skin to create the Mirro Media Player (not to be confused with Miro). Mirro is a fully transparent audio player with complete Windows 7 Aero Glass look. Unlike the formerly reviewed Windows Media Player skin, it is a complete media player and does not require any complex procedure to set up. The installation can be performed from a simple setup file, as it is not a skin for WMP but a standalone audio player. Once installed, you can playback your favorite music files of any format; WAV, Mp4, Mp3, WMV, and MOV,  just to name a few. The best part about Mirro Media Player is the attractive transparent user interface. With auto playlist feature, you can play audio file listing in a loop. Read More

WiFi Network Backup Manager Saves And Loads WiFi Connection Settings

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Configuring your wireless network settings can be quite a hassle when you have to re-configure your wireless connection after formatting your system or when an issue occurs. In many cases the wireless network is auto detected and merely requires a key to be entered for connectivity. However, sometimes the selection of the specific encryption and security type and other settings may have to be configured, which can be a bit hard to remember if you require connecting to multiple networks. For example, you might have a higher level of security settings for your Wi-Fi connection at office than at home. Instead of having to remember these numerous settings, why not save these settings for being imported later? Wi-Fi Network Backup Manager makes it easy to save and load Wi-Fi network profile settings. It allows saving an XML file of your wireless connection(s), which can be loaded in any other or the same computer (when required) to instantly load your Wi-Fi settings. Read More

Windows 7 (Desktop) Running On A Fujitsu F-07C Phone

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This news would have been pretty mind-blowing and awesomely cool had it come about 2 years earlier, that is, before the launch of Windows Phone 7! But here it is anyways, Fujitsu’s latest handset, made in collaboration with DoCoMo and called the F-07C, has been reported to have built-in dual operating systems. Sounds good, right? But wait till you find out what are the two operating systems this baby is running. One of them is Symbian, and the other is Windows 7! You read that right, it is Windows 7, not WP7, as it logically should have been (although that would have left the inclusion of Symbian pretty pointless). To a few people this idea might sound appealing, but frankly we find it quite strange! Read More