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Disable Install Updates And Shutdown Option In Windows 7/Vista

By Aun | Published: September 19, 2009

If any updates have been downloaded and are available for your Windows operating system then you see the Install Updates and Shut Down popup notification option before shutting down the computer, but what if you don’t need this option even if the updates are available. Below I have explained the step by step process to disable this setting, it involves some small changes in the Windows Registry.

Editor’s Notes: I don’t recommend disabling this option since keeping Windows up-to-date is the best way to secure the computer. This can only come useful to those professional users who have full control over their computer and don’t want to install specific updates at the moment.

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Windows 7 Power Efficiency Report For Laptops & Netbooks

By Aun | Published: September 15, 2009

If you own a Laptop then you should be conscious about its battery’s power consumption. There is no need for any third party tools to get a report of the power efficiency of your battery, Windows 7 has a built in utility (powercfg) to get the report of the system’s power efficiency. It is a hidden built-in command line tool that will examine your laptop’s energy consumption and make recommendations on how to improve it.

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How To Convert/Export PowerPoint 2010 Presentation To Video

By Aun | Published: September 14, 2009

You may often find yourself in situations where you need to convert a PowerPoint presentation to Video, for instance it may be the case that you need to upload a presentation as a movie to YouTube or any other service. The advantage of converting presentation into video format is that viewers won’t require PowerPoint to view it since it could be played in any media player. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 includes a built in tool which lets you convert PowerPoint presentations to video.

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Image File Format Converter

By Aun | Published: August 24, 2009

The Image Format Converter application has been developed for quick conversion of image files like jpg, bmp, gif, to other types like png, tiff, icon, bmp, gif, jpg, psd, etc.  This tool is not limited to just format conversion, as it also offers very useful image editing options like rotating, resizing, merging, filtering, etc. It uses advanced algorithms for better image editing and conversion.

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How To Increase Icon Spacing In Windows 7

By Aun | Published: August 20, 2009

Are you looking for a way to adjust the spacing between the icons on your windows 7 desktop? In Windows 7 now it is possible to increase the space between the icons. Simply go through the following easy steps to increase or decrease the icon spacing.

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Scott’s Gmail Alert – A Handy Gmail Notifier

By Aun | Published: August 18, 2009

Now there is no need to keep your Gmail account or Google talk logged in all the time, Scott’s Gmail Alert is a handy tool that provides an alert whenever you receive a new email in your Gmail account. This tool stays in the system tray and once you receive an email, it opens a small notification window and by clicking the window you are taken to your Gmail account. It can monitor up to five Gmail accounts and each account can be configured to have its own color. It is very easy to send the emails directly from the Gmail Alert tool without having to login to the respective Gmail account  and you may add signatures for the out going emails.

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26 Awesome Windows 7 Themes

By Nakodari | Published: August 18, 2009

Windows 7 is the first ever operating system from Microsoft that has been developed largely by keeping user feedback in mind. It is much more faster and better looking than Vista. If you are one of those users looking to upgrade or buy Windows 7, then you should definitely look out for some custom made themes. Today we present you 26 delighting and refreshing themes created by users of DeviantArt.

Note: If you like these themes, you will also like Windows 7 Wallpapers. Visit the HomePage to find useful freeware and tips on Windows 7.

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MS Office, AutoCAD, PDF, PSD & TIFF Viewer And Printer

By Aun | Published: August 17, 2009

Ms Office AutoCad Pdf Psd Tiff Viewer is newly released tool that lets user view and print MS Office, AutoCad, PDF, PhotoShop and Tiff files without installing any of these software.  It supports all formats of MS Office, including doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xml, xmlx, and more. Sounds awesome, right?

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BMPreVIEW- Free Large BMP Image Viewer

By Aun | Published: August 17, 2009

BMPreVIEW is a free user-friendly application for the fast preview of large images in the BMP format. It acts as a large BMP-image previewer for Windows which provides additional options like adding contrast, smoothing filter, region zooming, saving to file, coping to clipboard, keyboard shortcuts for all operations, and command line support.

What makes it useful is that you can scale individual fragments of the image and also it supports 24, 8 bit indexed palette with 256 colors and 1 bit monochrome image. It is very lightweight tool taking a little less than 1MB in system memory.

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Disable User Installed Gadgets In Windows 7

By Aun | Published: August 17, 2009

Windows 7 offers a variety of useful gadgets but user can install additional gadgets as well. By default, the user installed gadgets are enabled in Windows 7  but you can easily change the settings and can prevent all users from being able to install a gadget too. You will need to make a little change in the group policies, go through the following simple steps to achieve this.

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YouDown – Batch Download HD YouTube Videos

By Nakodari | Published: August 16, 2009

There are so many YouTube downloaders out there that I have lost faith in all of them. Luckily I came across YouDown, a newly released simple yet versatile downloader that can download multiple YouTube videos instantly. Unlike other so called YouTube Downloaders that will do their best to spam the users in one way or other, this tool does nothing of that kind.

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Power Search – Find Files Inside Archives

By Nakodari | Published: August 16, 2009

Power Search is a recently launched search utility that allows users to find for any files inside archive files quickly. Unlike Windows default search, it searches in both file systems and archives. You can add multiple files names, wildcards, and directories. There are two additional search options given – Include all files in search and Include directories in search.

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Enable DLL Rule Collection in Windows 7 AppLocker

By Aun | Published: August 15, 2009

The AppLocker tool allows you to restrict the programs you can run in Microsoft Windows, we have already covered one aspect of this topic here. To sum it up in a nutshell, through the Applocker you specify the rules on your running applications. Now if you want to use the DLL Rule Collection, then you will need to enable them as they are disabled by default.

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Attach Any File To An Existing PDF Document With PDF Bundle

By Aun | Published: August 14, 2009

PDF Bundle is a free portable tool which lets you attach any file to a PDF document quickly. You can also attach other documents inside PDF, such as, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, or Publisher documents. It does not require any installation, just download it from the link mentioned in the end of the post and run the executable file.

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Get Extra Layer Of Internet Security & Protection In Windows 7

By Nakodari | Published: August 12, 2009

Even though Microsoft is working on Security Essentials, Windows 7 does not have a default antivirus. You will obviously find Windows Firewall, but it will only protect your computer from basic threats. So what will you do to better protect your newly installed Windows 7? If you are like me, who loves simplicity and ease-of-use, then Comodo Internet Security would be the best choice.

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