Category Archives: Software

Software make the OS breathe. Be it free or paid, most of them are useful. In this category the articles about useful software are listed. The software would be most of the time Free. But occasionally I will also review paid software.

Customize your send to shell menu using sendto toys

By Ajith | Published: April 12, 2008

We have already discussed how to make a new entry in the Sendto menu. So if we need more advanced option in sendto menu we can use the Sendto Toys from Gabriel Ponti. It is a simple program that weighs only 737Kb and is Free. This program will add more advanced options to your send [...]

Posted in Software | Tagged Free, Review, Windows | 1 Comment

Find which process has locked a file preventing it from being renamed or deleted

By Ajith | Published: April 2, 2008

Some times when we try to Rename or Delete a file an error can pop up and say that the file is in use by another program and you need to close it and try again. Although this may makes sense, sometimes we won’t simply be able to find which program has opened the file. [...]

Posted in Software | Tagged Error, File, Free, Review, Windows | 2 Comments

Free Vista like search box for Windows XP

By Ajith | Published: March 12, 2008

The most functional and convenient tool in Vista is the instant Search Box. Here is how to get your own instant search box on for Windows XP. Launchy is a small software that provides XP with an instant search bar like Vista. Launchy Indexes the folders you specify and hides itself in the background. When [...]

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VLC media player, one player plays all formats

By Ajith | Published: March 6, 2008

Video Lan Player (VLC) is a one of a kind Audio and video player. VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free software for video, released under the GNU General Public License. It has got everything one would ever want in a media player. It is free, supports a seemingly infinite formats of Audio and [...]

Posted in Software | Tagged Free, Review | 2 Comments

CCProxy – control sharing of internet between computers on network

By Ajith | Published: February 25, 2008

CCProxy by YoungzSoft allows to control the internet access over LAN. It is not a free ware, but as usual there is a work around without cracking. Proxy Server CCProxy lets all computers on the LAN access Internet through one single Internet connection. Just need to install Proxy Server CCProxy on the server which can [...]

Posted in Software | Tagged Admin, Review, Web | 2 Comments

Free Network folder scanner – NetScan from SoftPerfect

By Ajith | Published: February 10, 2008

If you have a LAN at your office or home, then you must probably have used the My Network Places tool in . But it is very slow and lacks in functionality. Try the Free and better Network Scanner tool Netscan from Softperfect. from Softperfect Netscan’s main merits are that it is a freeware, it [...]

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Free file recovery software from softperfect

By Ajith | Published: February 8, 2008
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Recovery of accidentally deleted files is one thing everyone look forward to. There are many software available for the very same purpose. This is a free and easy to use file recovery software.

Also posted in Featured | Tagged File, Free, Recovery, Review | 2 Comments

Universal file manager and viewer – one program for all your file types

By Ajith | Published: February 2, 2008

Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the whole lot of files that are available on your system. Put simply it is one single software center from which you can view almost any kind of [...]

Also posted in Windows | Tagged Add-on/Plug-in, Free, Review | Leave a comment

FileZilla – free ftp client and server for Windows

By Ajith | Published: January 29, 2008

FileZilla is an open source project to create an ftp client and server systems. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. FileZilla supports drag and drop like any other commercial FTP client. It is also light on system and shows [...]

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Address bar shortcuts in Firefox

By Ajith | Published: January 3, 2008

This is just a quick post. Today while I was working with the blog I accidentally came to know these keyboard shortcuts for auto address completion in Firefox. CTRL+ENTER as we all know complete with http://www. .com SHIFT+ENTER complete with http://www. .net CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER complete with http://www. .org Update 1 : Firefox can insert the prefix [...]

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