Archive for the 'Windows' Category

Control Windows Vista UAC (User Account Control) Settings with UAC Shortcut

UAC Shortcut is a free software that gives various options to control the Windows Vista UAC prompt. Many people who run Windows Vista get annoyed by the User Account Control Prompt (UAC) that keeps popping every now and then so this tool is for them.
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Backup or Copy a Windows XP User Profile to a Different Location using Profile Copier

Windows XP users should backup or copy their user profiles once in a while so that it can be restored in the event the profile gets corrupted. Profile Copier is a free tool using which you can backup your Windows XP user profile to a different location.
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How to Run Applications, Programs, Commands and Scripts under Windows System Account User Name ‘System’

If you want to run applications, programs, commands or scripts under the Windows system account name then you should use the free tool Run As System. Let us say for example when we launch Calculator program it runs under the user who has triggered the program. In this case we can see that the calculator [...]

Remove / Delete Windows XP Update Folder or Uninstall a Windows XP Update using Windows XP Update Remover

Microsoft frequently provides updates and security fixes for Windows XP via automatic updates, each time an update gets installed a backup folder like “$NtUninstall…” gets created. So over a period of time folders like these occupy quite a large amount of disk space. These folders are created with backup files so that it can be [...]

How to Find if your Computer is Compatible with Windows 7

If you are planning to upgrade to Windows 7 it makes lot of sense to find out if your computer is capable of running Windows 7. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor is a free tool that Microsoft has provided to find out if your computer is capable of running Windows 7. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor checks [...]

Easily and Quickly Create a New Folder Within Windows Explorer or by a Hotkey

To create a folder in Windows we have to access File Menu of the Windows explorer or use the context menu that appears when we right click inside a folder which sometimes gets painfully bad if you have to do this over and over again. bxNewFolder is a free software that will add “New Folder” [...]

Automate/Schedule/Trigger Tasks in Windows using Firetask

Ka Firetask is an easy to use task automation program for Windows using which you can run applications, copy files and folders, display message dialogs. The task that are created using Ka Firetask can be triggered by hotkey or scheduled to be triggered at particular time. This utility offers far more features than the Windows [...]

Automatically Mute and Unmute Sound/Volume for a Specified Time Period using AutoMute

How many times in the dead of the night have you woken up due to IM, email alert or any other sound from your computer? If you answer yes and if it has happened many times then AutoMute is the tool that you should have with you. AutoMute is a free software using which you [...]