With any operating system I like the idea of being in control and hence I want to have access to all the administrative tasks. This is more so in Windows. After all the reason we have windows is for ease of use. Let's see how to enable all the administrative tools in Windows 7 to be shown in the start menu. Administrative tools help you access power user settings like firewall, managing hard disks etc. These tools...

Download scheduling can be an important aspect of your work. And what better than having it in your browser as that's the application mostly used for downloading stuff. Download Scheduler is one such addon (extension for Firefox) which will make your job of scheduling your downloads very easy. This is mostly helpful if you come from countries where the internet service providers allows you cheaper or unlimited...

FlickRoom is an adobe air based desktop application that let's you browse flickr from your desktop. Forget about using a browser to access your favorite photo-sharing site. Of course the only dependency is that you need Adobe AIR installed on your machine. Now because adobe air is almost platform independent you can use it on your Linux, Mac or Windows machine. You'll have to authorize FlickRoom to authorize your...

Agnitum’s Outpost Firewall Pro is a state of art security tool to protect your Windows based machine from hackers, malwares, loss of data etc. Outpost Firewall Pro provides the first line of defense against malicious software by proactively controlling how programs behave and interact on a PC and preventing security breaches. Latest version extends the range of monitored events and operations for even greater a...

Internet Explorer 9 has tremendous improvements over its predecessor. However with all the modern browser pushing to respect user privacy. IE 9 had the pressure to do that. Now with IE 9 you can enable do not track feature which will enable privacy and protection. Following is the what do not track means: Click on the Tools (Gear) button or press Alt-X in IE9. Go to Safety in the pull down menu. Select Tracking...

I face a typical problem of having too much duplicate content on my disk. Not that I have a dearth of disk space, but still sometimes you do find yourself wanting for more space just because there are scavenger duplicate files taking up space. You can get rid of this problem by using a software for finding duplicate files on your computer. Daily computer activity inevitably leads to accumulating duplicate files on...

Windows run prompt is quite good if you want efficient way of handling stuff. I almost end up running most of the things using the run prompt. Even though Windows 7 and Windows Vista's search box has made it almost redundent to use the run feature, I am sure some of you still would find it the most convinient way to launch applications and programs. SuggestRun is program like Windows Start>Run menu with...

Spotify is one of the best online music service and has some great music tracks. However, what it misses is integrated lyrics. However you can have a plugin which should bring lyrics like interface to your spotify. ListDJ is one such plugin which integrates with spotify to bring lyrics on the fly for the current track that is playing. One thing that is missing though is floating style lyrics. ListDJ gives you...