Tag Archives : Windows

Windows 7 is the flavour of the season, it seems. Microsoft’s latest OS has been creating quite a buzz around the blogosphere and if initial reports are to be believed, it just might be the OS to finally dislodge Win XP.  The requirements for running Windows 7 aren’t too hefty given the...

I’m sure you agree that having the screen saver kick in, while you’re watching your favourite movie on the PC, is one of the most annoying things that can happen.  And if you do agree with the above statement, we’ve got just the utility for you. Caffeine is a small utility that sits...

Ellisa is an open source media center that can play DVDs, VCDs, video files and even display your photos. The support for video files is extensive and the player can handle almost any video that you might throw at it. Elisa is extensible and is based on a very neat plugin architecture, which means that...

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Easeus Partition Master – professional edition, is being offered free to MakeTechEasier readers for 24 hours. The post went up about 4 hours earlier so you don’t have a lot of time left. MakeTechEasier has earlier covered the free edition of the Easeus...

If you’re writing an article or a thesis where you need to keep track of the number of words written, you basically have two options to count the number of words, either count the number of lines and multiply that by the average number of words / line or use something other than Microsoft Word for...

Who knew the humble Windows Notepad was capable of anything other than, well, taking text only notes. If you’re searching for a simple application to write a diary or take daily notes, look no further than Notepad. So, what’s new you ask ? Well, with this tip you can make notepad automatically add...

Well, actually, Ubiquity can do a lot more. Ubiquity is a firefox extesion that is can really only be described as a launcher for the Internet, integrated with the web browser, which in this case is Firefox. Confused ? Well, Let me explain. Ubiquity allows you to use your keyboard to give commands to...

The search function integrated in the Start menu is probably one of the best features in Windows Vista. I use it all the time to search for files on my computer and even as a launcher to launch applications. It also gives an option to search the Internet from the same search box, but the only problem...

Bulk Image Resizer from Mariussoft is a free utility to quickly and easily convert multiple images at the same time. The utility supports the most popular image formats and the resized images are of good quality free from any distortions. The application is pretty simple to use with just a few options....

If you’ve used Windows Vista for any length of time, you’ve probably encountered the User access control (UAC) dialogue box. UAC is the annoying feature which pops up dialogue boxes every now and then whenever it thinks that the user is doing something that could probably harm the computer.  It...