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How to disable highlighting of new installed programs on Windows

Windows will always highlight new installed programs at the start menu. This feature is good to some people, but i believe most of us would like to remove it.
To remove this feature, right click your start menu, and choose properties. Switch to the “Start Menu” tab and press “Customize“. Scroll down until you reach “Highlight […]

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Download Windows 7 theme for Windows XP

Windows 7 is the upcoming version of Windows, which is expected to be released in 2010. However, Windows XP users can download Windows 7 desktop themes patch and enjoy before it release.
The Windows 7 desktop theme look similar with Windows Vista. However, there are some differences between them, as you can see from the screenshots […]

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CloseWin: Close multiple selected windows at one time

CloseWin is a portable application which can immediately close multiple windows in the taskbar at one time.
If you like to open a lot of windows at the same time. You probably need to spend some time to close them after use, so that you won’t accidentally close the wrong window. So, why not use CloseWin […]

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How to enable thumbnail preview for each task in Windows XP taskbar

Thumbnail preview image is a new feature in Windows Vista. But, Windows XP users also can enjoy this feature by installing Visual Task Tips.
Since i switch to Windows Vista, i really like the thumbnail preview feature. Today, i found an interesting application which can enable this feature in Windows XP. It is a freeware (non-commercial […]

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How to show folder size in Windows explorer

Windows explorer is the most common application that we use daily. We can customize the display so that it can show the file details and also it size. Unfortunately, it is unable to show us folder size. Foldersize is a plugin for Windows explorer so that it can show us the size of files and […]

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