Sunday, June 26, 2011

Moo0 RightClicker: Enhance Context Menu in Windows

"Moo0 RightClicker" is a freeware which can enhance the context menu (right click menu) in Windows. It adds lots of new options in the context menu like Duplicate Window, Open, Move To, Bookmark Here, etc.
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You can customize it as well. You can hide unwanted items or add new items which are disabled by default. Its an excellent enhancer for Windows context menu.
It can be installed in Windows XP, 2003 and Vista.
You can download it from following link:

SmartUp Menu: Vista Like Startmenu for Windows XP

"SmartUp Menu" is a portable startmenu replacement for Windows XP. If you are bored with default startmenu and want to use a more advanced and customizable startmenu, then "SmartUp Menu" is what you are looking for.
It looks like Vista and 7 startmenu and provides lots of useful shortcuts like Control Panel, My Computer, Shutdown menu, etc at the left top area.
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Windows 7 in a Box: Get All System Settings in One Place

"Windows 7 in a Box" is a small application which allows you to easily access almost all system settings in one place. You can open Desktop Personalization, Task Manager, Registry Editor, Device Manager, UAC Settings, Paint, Notepad, Calculator and many other useful system programs. You can even log off, restart or shut down your system using this small utility.
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RockMelt: Perfect Web Browser for Facebook Users

RockMelt is a web browser designed around you and how you use the Web. RockMelt does more than just navigate Web pages. It makes it easy for you to do the things you do every single day on the Web: share and keep up with your friends, stay up-to-date on news and information, and search.
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Smart Desktop: Free Utility to Put Panels with Tabs on Windows Desktop

Smart Desktop" is an awesome tool for Windows users which puts lots of useful panels with tabs on Desktop. These panels use Aero Glass in Windows Vista and 7.
This tool organizes the panels using tabs. So you get a browser like interface on your Desktop.
Following tabs are available while using this tool:
  • Home
  • Video
  • Web Links
  • Wallpapers
  • Monitoring
  • Application
You can check the current weather, resource usage, calendar, etc. You can also access various applications and websites.

STDU Explorer: Get Windows 8 Style Explorer with Ribbon UI in Windows XP, Vista and 7

"STDU Explorer" is a free Windows Explorer alternative which comes with Ribbon UI. It offers you the opportunity to work with image files (psd, bmp, png, gif, pcx, jpeg, wmf formats) and e-books (DjVu, PDF, FB2, JBIG2, XPS, DCX, WWF, PDB, CBR and CBZ formats).
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STDU Explorer supports standard operations such as moving, copying, pasting, renamming, deleting, etc. But its possibilities are much wider:
  • Extended representation of files list with adjustable thumbnails size
  • Fast preview any page of multipage documents
  • Fast access to a tree of bookmarks in PDF, XPS, FB2 or DjVu files
Although its not a perfect alternative for Windows Explorer but can be used as a standalone application.
If you want to test the Ribbon UI use in Explorer, you should definitely give it a try.
You can download it using following link:

Friday, June 17, 2011

Ylmf OS: Windows XP Look-Like Linux OS

If you are a Windows XP user and want to give Linux a try but you are too much worried about the new GUI, here is an excellent solution for you.
Ylmf OS is a free, fast, safe and stable Linux operating system. Its an ideal choice for your study, work, net-surfing and entertainment.
Features List:
  • Based on Ubuntu 10.04
  • OpenOffice suite 3.2
  • Classic Windows XP UI
  • Run Windows apps with Wine
  • SMPlayer & Audacious music player
  • Firefox web browser

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Get Web Browser Like Tabs Feature in Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010


If you use Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010, here is something interesting for you.
By default Microsoft Word doesn't provide Tab feature and if you open multiple document files, it opens them in multiple windows. Wouldn't it be great if you can get web browser like Tab feature in Microsoft Word? So that you can open all document files in a single Word window and can navigate between them easily and quickly using tabs.
Today we are sharing a free add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 which brings the Tab feature to Word.
"Microsoft Word Addin Tabs" is an add-in for Word which enables Tab function in Word 2007 and 2010.
You can download it using following link:

How to Disable Password Complexity Requirements in Windows Server 2003 and 2008?


If you are using Windows Server 2003 or 2008, you might be aware of annoying password complexity requirements.
Whenever you want to create or update the password for your account or a new account, your password must meet the following minimum requirements:
1. Passwords cannot contain the user's account name or parts of the user's full name that exceed two consecutive characters.
2. Passwords must be at least six characters in length.
3. Passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories:

  • English uppercase characters (A through Z).
  • English lowercase characters (a through z).
  • Base 10 digits (0 through 9).
  • Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %).

Taskbar Meters and SuperbarMonitor: 2 Awesome Free Tools to Show System Resource Usage in Windows 7 Taskbar

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Windows 7 comes with new Superbar which is a highly enhanced version of classic Taskbar. One of the most impressive feature of this new Superbar is the ability of showing progressbar in program's Taskbar button.
Today we are going to share 2 excellent, absolutely free and portable tools for Windows 7 which utilize this ability of Superbar in showing system resource usage so that you can monitor them easily and quickly.
  • Taskbar Meters
  • SuperbarMonitor

How to Access Linux Partitions (ext2, ext3, ext4) From Windows in Dual-Boot System?


 




If you have a dual-boot system with Windows and Linux, you probably know that Windows and Linux both use different file systems. Windows uses FAT32 and NTFS file systems where as Linux uses ext2 and ext3 file systems.






You can access Windows partitions from Linux but on the other hand Windows doesn't allow access to Linux partitions.
Many times we might need to access files stored in Linux partitions and we realize that we can't access them from Windows. In this situation we have to reboot our system in Linux to access those files.
Wouldn't it be better if we could access Linux partitions from Windows? Today we are sharing 5 interesting FREE tools which allow access to Linux partitions from Windows:

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack


Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc.
If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.
After following this tutorial, you'll get the same Windows 7 look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:

  • Windows Theme or Visual Style
  • Icons
  • Boot Screen
  • Login Screen or Welcome Screen
  • Cursors
  • Taskbar
  • Wallpaper
  • Sidebar
  • Progress Dialog Box
  • Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
  • About Windows Box
  • System Properties Dialog Box
  • Volume Control Window
  • Extras like "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap", "Aero Peek", "Calculator" and "Paint"
  • A Few Other Mods...

Download Useful System Utilities, Windows Tweaking Software, etc.


OEM Configurer
"OEM Configurer" allows you to customize Windows XP, Vista and 7 System Properties window look without any manual editing. You just need to enter desired text and select desired logo file and it'll do the rest automatically.

Windows 8 M3 Starter Kit: Make Windows XP Look-Like Windows 8

If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy Windows 8 look and feel, here is something interesting for you which will make your XP look-like Windows 8:

Transform Windows XP into Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Using “Ubuntu Skin Pack”


Many people liked the pack and asked for the same for Windows XP and today we are sharing a good news for those XP users.
I've been posted Ubuntu Skin Pack for Windows XP users so now you can make your Windows XP look like Ubuntu 11.04. It changes login screen, boot screen, wallpaper, theme, start button, icons, etc. It also installs a few utilities to provide Ubuntu functionality.
It can be installed in Windows XP, Server 2003, Media Center, Tablet PC Edition . It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
You can download it using following link:

Office Tabs: Enable Tab Feature in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010


Office Tabs is a powerful office addin to view, edit and manage documents, workbooks or presentations etc via a Tabbed View in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010.
Microsoft Office has not supported tabbed view by itself yet. Office Tabs solves this issue. With Office Tabs, you can manage multiple documents within a single window easily and quickly.