Tag Archives: Windows

Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically

By Ajith | Published: February 18, 2009

A graphical Disk Usage analysis tool could do wonders when you are doing some spring cleaning on your system. The DUA first seen in GNome has a neat and cool interface. A free version of this for Windows as well as KDE is available at Sourceforge.

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Free screen capture software

By Ajith | Published: November 8, 2008

The humble Snippy was rendered useless by the Snipping tool that comes with Windows 7. The Snipping tool can be evoked by typing Snip in the Start menu. (Version .41 with support to outlook released) A newer version .40 of Snippy is now available. It has got the added feature of support for Multiple Monitors [...]

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Download the free software to shred files

By Ajith | Published: September 17, 2008

There was a small introduction on how files are recovered from magnetic media in the last post. In that post I had said about using repeated overwrites to render a file unrecoverable. Sdelete is a command line utility that can wipe off a file and its traces completely from your hard disk without leaving a [...]

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Get access to all folders in Windows like Linux

By Ajith | Published: September 3, 2008

On the last article we have discussed about seeing all the files that are part of Windows. Now lets see whether we can directly access these folders. As it turns out Windows by default will not grant you permission to the folder System Volume Information. Thats because the folder contains important System Restore Point informations. [...]

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Image not shown properly in Microsoft Office

By Ajith | Published: May 29, 2008

This is the screen shot of a Microsoft Office document with an image inserted into it. The top one is the original image. But Office kept on showing it with white portions as black. This is shown at the bottom of the Screen shot. If you have met with a problem like the above one [...]

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How to open unknown files – without extension

By Ajith | Published: May 25, 2008

There are times when we are not quiet sure which program could be used to open a file. Worst case scenario is when the file doesn’t have an extension. Here are some ways in which you can recognize/open such files. Try the extension at an online file extension archive. Use a Universal File viwer to [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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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