Tag Archives: utilities
Tools To Know PC Temperatures And Power Consumption
Microsoft Research has released a utility called JoulesMeter that provides information about the power consumed by your PC. GPU-Z and Real Temp give heat and temperature info about the GPU and CPU, respectively. Continue reading
BOOKS.SHOW – Touch Enabled WPF Windows 7 Ebook Reader App ‘Done With Microsoft’
At MIX10 a touch enabled open source ebook reader for books sourced from Project Gutenberg was demonstrated. Books.Show was built with Microsoft. Continue reading
[Update] Microsoft Launches Indic Input Tool For 10 Indian Languages
Transliteration for 6 Indian languages by Microsoft India. Desktop & Web versions. Continue reading
Codeplex Tool To Isolate Your WiFi Network & Use Windows 7 PC As A Virtual WiFi Router
Use the Virtual WiFi technology in Windows 7 with Codepplex tool Virtual Router to easily setup and configure a virtual wireless network. Continue reading
Complete Guide To Using VHDs, Windows Virtual PC, Windows XP Mode & ISOs On Windows 7
A complete guuid to virtualization, clone discs, VHDs, Windows Virtual PC, Windows XP Mode virtual desktops and ISOs on Windows 7 Continue reading
Use The Xbox 360 Controller To Control Your PC
Use your Xbox 360 Controller as a mouse & control your PC with it. Continue reading
8 Tips To Improve Your IE 8 Experience
Open tabs quickly, Download Manager, Greasemonkey Scripts, Syncronize Bookmarks in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) using Add-ons. Continue reading
Select Windows 7 SKU Version On Install & Create SKU Specific Install Discs
Enable SKU edition selector for Windows 7 installation or create SKU edition specifc Windows 7 install discs & upgrade from RC to RTM. Continue reading
Customize Your Windows Desktop To Elegance
Add elegant looking system perfomance counters, gadgets, see system uptime, beautiful desktop, Bing from the desktop Continue reading
Moving To Windows 7?
Links & utilities that should help you in upgrading from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 Continue reading
Install MySQL & phpMyAdmin On Windows For IIS
Setting up MySQL server & phpMyAdmin on Windows running IIS 7 & WIndows 7. Works with Vista as well. Continue reading
Full-Featured Silverlight Twitter Client In Your Browser
Silverlight 3 super power enables develoeprs to port desktop twitter client into the browser with all features! Continue reading
5 Desktop Apps For Web Junkies
Download videos from youtube or watch them on the destop, download music songs from last.fm, create last.fm album art wallpapers & track your software usage with these apps. Continue reading
5 Cool Codeplex Utilities #2
5 interesting Codeplex applications to control your PC using Twitter, ISO editor & burner for Vista Windows 7, to know computer hardware details, use different wallpapers on different monitors, auto sort files based on file type. Continue reading
[Update: Feature Removed] Sandbox Standard User Accounts In Windows 7
PC Safeguard or Guest Mode disallows users to save files to specific drives & also undos any changes done by them when they log off. Continue reading
Microsoft Toolshed
A new website from microsoft New Zealand directing you to the right tools for the right purposes. 
Links to Indian counterpart services included Continue reading
Windows Live Mail – Best RSS Reader For Windows
A look at Live Mail’s awesome feed reading capabilities, which enhance its capabilities beyond Mail, Contacts & Calendar, making a truly productive utility. Continue reading
Fight The Pen Drive Virus Attack
Panda USB & Autorun Vaccine & Autorun Eater are 2 utilities to protect your PC against autorun.inf viruses that spread through pen drives. Continue reading
IE 8 – Federated Search For Vista & More
Use Internet Explorer’s search as an alternative to Federated Search. Use it to post directly to Twitter & Friendfeed. manage your bookmarks, back them on the net & sync. Continue reading
Glassy Notepad & Music Player
A transparent Notepad, Music Player & Explorer. Aero Notepad, Music Player & theme for Windows Vista. Continue reading
10 Tips To Enhance Windows Usability
10 of my favorite & IMHO really helpful registry hacks & tweaks to improvise the working of Windows. Continue reading
[Update #2] Vista To Windows 7
A set of utilities that will enable you to make Windows Vista behave like Windows 7. Continue reading
[Update] Windows Vista To Windows 7
Make Vista look and behave like Windows 7. Windows Vista to Windows 7. Continue reading
Auto-Scan & Add Tracks To iTunes Library [Windows]
A small yet very useful add-on for iTunes on Windows to automatically add songs from folders to iTunes library. Continue reading
Make Vista Look & Behave Like Windows 7
Make Vista look and behave like Windows 7. Continue reading
Promising CodePlex Projects
Some cool Open Source projects from Microsoft’s Open Source arm – CodePlex. Continue reading
Autorun Tools
2 tiny applications that allow you to create autorun files and also allow you to control their behavior on your computer. Continue reading
Speak Your Commands To Office 2k7
This setup will allow you to speak your commands to your Office 2007. It uses Windows Speech Recog. Continue reading
Create UAC White List
Tips on how to start programs with highest privileges bypassing the UAC prompt for those programs. Continue reading
5 n00b Softwares To Make You Look Pro
5 simple softwares that help you create bootable, automated Windows disks, improve digital camera images, take screen shots & edit mp3 tag info. Continue reading