InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser, leaving no evidence of your browsing or search history. We covered InPrivate browsing in our previous articles which our readers found useful. Here is an utility which adds Internet Explorer (InPrivate) entry to the Default Programs applet in Windows Vista and Windows 7. (more…)
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Register Internet Explorer (InPrivate) With Default Programs in Windows 7 and Vista
Fun Tip: Add “Speak” Option to the Context Menu for Text Files
The amazing NirCmd utility now has a new "speak" command that allows you to easily cause your computer to speak the text that you wish. In this command, NirCmd uses the Speech library (SAPI) that is installed with any instance of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Here is a fun tip on how to add the Speak command to the context menu for Text Documents (.txt). (more…)
Utility: Windows 7 LogonUI Background Changer Is Released
I wrote about the Logon Changer for Windows 7 tool earlier today. Here is another such tool to change the logon screen background in Windows 7. Windows 7 LogonUI Background Changer is an utility released by Windows7Center.com, which has the following features: (more…)
Utility: Logon Changer for Windows 7 Is Released
You know that Windows 7 Lets You Change the Logon Background Image. Now there is another tool to automate the task. The Logon Changer for Windows 7 (from Microsoft MVP Steve Sinchak) provides an easy way to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks. (more…)
IconViewer: View Icons Within DLL Files via the Properties Sheet
IconViewer is a free Windows Explorer extension that lets you easily view, copy, and save icons contained within programs and libraries. IconViewer is a shell extension, a plugin for Windows Explorer. When you open the Properties box for a file containing icons, an extra Icons tab will appear. Clicking on this tab brings up the IconViewer property page, and it lists the icons that the file contains. (more…)
Easily Track Disk Space Usage Using WinDirStat
Are you receiving low disk space messages and wondering where has the free space gone? System Restore, Hibernation and Pagefile are the major occupants of disk space, but there could be several other big files and folders buried deep inside sub-directories. Try WinDirStat, a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows. WinDirStat presents the files and directories in your hard disk in these three useful views. (more…)
How to Use Process Monitor to Track Events and Generate a Log File
Process Monitor is an excellent troubleshooting tool from Windows Sysinternals that displays the files and registry keys that applications access in real-time. The results can be saved to a log file, which you can send it to an expert for analyzing a problem and troubleshooting it. Here is a guide on how to capture registry and file system accesses by applications, and generate a log file using Process Monitor for further analysis. (more…)
WhoCrashed: Free Crash Dump Analyzer for Windows
Frequently experience application crashes, blue screen errors or sudden reboot problems? For every crash, a memory dump file will be generated by Windows, which can be analyzed using a debugger in order to determine the root cause for the crash. For those who don’t know how to use a debugger, download WhoCrashed Home Edition, a free Crash Dump Analyzer program from Resplendence Software. This program checks for drivers which have been crashing your computer by performing post-mortem Crash Dump analysis, and presents all gathered information in a comprehensible way. (more…)
Feeds Plus Adds Aggregation and Notification Features to Your Feed Subscriptions in Internet Explorer
If you’re using Internet Explorer 7 for reading RSS feeds, then you’ll like Feeds Plus. Feeds Plus is a free companion tool (for Internet Explorer 7) developed by the Microsoft RSS Team that adds two useful features to the Windows Feeds experience: aggregation and notification. (more…)
Quickly Switch Your Internet Explorer Proxy Settings Using IEProxy
For laptop users who want to enable or switch to a different proxy server setting while at office (and disable proxy when at home), use the Internet Explorer Proxy Manager. IEProxy is a easy to use proxy Manager for the Internet Explorer and all depending applications. You can quickly add, delete and change (switch) your proxy settings via the Notification area in Windows XP/Vista. (more…)
