Posted by Lim on May 18th, 08 | Filed under
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BootTimer is a free application which can measures Windows startup times.
BootTimer will not calculate the time taken to go through BIOS, and will start immediately when your PC starts loading Windows. Currently, BootTimer works on Windows NT, Windows XP and Windows XP 64 bit Edition, and yet to support Windows Vista.
To use BootTimer, launch the application and a messagebox will appear and ask you to reboot your Windows. After you click “Yes”, your computer will restarts. After your computer restarts, you will get another messagebox that show you the total time taken to start Windows.
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Posted by Lim on May 18th, 08 | Filed under
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ESET SysInspector is a free yet powerful application which able to examine malware-affected system and troubleshooting a lot of system issues.
It will analyze the whole system, and list out the drivers, running processes, network connections, and also the system informations. For each individual file/process, SysInspector will rank it within 1-9, where rank 1 is safe applications while higher ranking means unsafe applications.
Currently, SysInspector still in beta stage, and it just collect informations from the system and won’t make any changes to it. Personally, i think this application is really powerful as it will automatically rank the files and processes risk and i can then look into them one by one.
SysInspector take around 5 minutes to analyze my PC, but it depends on your computer speed and applications installed. I hope the future release allow us to install and do real-time monitoring the system and processes.
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Posted by Lim on Apr 17th, 08 | Filed under
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System Information for Windows is a handy application which can retrieve information from your system. One of the example usage is to retrieve products’ serial number.
By using System Information for Windows (SIW), you can retrieve information for hardware, software, and also network from your PC. The most interesting feature is that you can retrieve all serial numbers in your computer.
After launch the application, choose License, and your computer’s serial numbers will appear. If you register your product, you can export all serial numbers to either CSV, HTML, XML, or TXT format. SIW is a portable application. You can copy the exe file and bring it along with your USB flash drive.
This application is very useful for people who like to backup the serial numbers before format their PC. You can try the other features if you like to.
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Posted by Lim on Mar 21st, 08 | Filed under
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System explorer is an application which contains a lot of useful features to replace the Windows Task Manager. It is a free and all-in-one application.
The normal Windows Task Manager comes with only a few features such as Applications, Process, Performance, and Networking. Sometimes, you need to download extra tools to get more informations about your system. So, why not try System Explorer, an all-in-one application for system monitoring purpose.
There are a lot of extra features such as suspicious files check, easy file details search through online database, easy access to System Utilities, and much more.
There are 3 main tabs: Monitoring, System, and Tools. The System tab enable users to perform tasks such as add/delete entry for Startup, uninstall applications, and explore the windows services. The Tools tab let users to easily create snapshots for easy finding of system changes.
Users can carry this application with their USB drive, as it is a portable application. System Explorer support multiple languages such as English, Espanol, Deutsch, Portuguese, and Japanese.
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Posted by Lim on Feb 29th, 08 | Filed under
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Sometimes, you may want to create a list of files/folders under a certain path, but you need some DOS skills in order to do so. If you don’t want to type those commands, you can try a free tool JR Directory Printer, which will help you to create a text files that contains list of files and folders under a path.
There are a lot of options for you to choose from. Screenshots below show the General and Display settings:
As you can see, the General page allow you to choose your folder path, recurse sub-directories or not, lowercase and dos style filename. If you choose recurse sub-directories, you will get a very long list. The Display tab will let you choose to display the properties of the file, such as size, date time, and attributes.
This application is very useful especially when you want to create a list for your mp3 or movies. You can create a list for your files/folders before burn them into CD/DVD so that you can easily know the contents of the files at future, without browsing them.
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Posted by Lim on Feb 2nd, 08 | Filed under
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If you are multi-monitor user, i believe you will need MultiMon Taskbar. It is a freeware which can move any windows to another monitor.
The main feature of MultiMon Taskbar is that it can move any window to another monitor immediately. You can do so by either click on the small arrow icon beside the minimize button of each window, or use keyboard shortcut. After you launch MultiMon Taskbar, you can see the Move To Monitor button appear beside the minimize button.
There are some extra features that provide by MultiMon Taskbar:
- Add second Taskbar to the extend desktop. The second taskbar will show only the applications that contain in that monitor, while the main Taskbar contains only the applications in primary monitor.
- Adds a move to monitor button to all window.
- Text Clipboard Extender (which will save the latest 100 entries of your clipboard).
This application only works for Windows XP and 2003. Windows Vista users have to install the driver provide by the graphic card manufacturer.
Although it is a freeware, but the author encourage users to donate by putting his PayPal logo at the Properties page.
Note: If you don’t need the extra features or you just want the Move To Monitor arrows, you can go for MultiArrows, which is a portable version with basic feature.
download MultiMon Taskbar 2.1 | download MultiArrows | website
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Posted by Lim on Jan 27th, 08 | Filed under
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Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! is a portable application which can fix a lot of problems relating to your taskbar, notification area, and the quick launch bar.
Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! able to fix a lot of problems, including taskbar missing, minimized programs missing, show missing icons in notification area, restore show desktop icon in quick launch area, and etc. Basically, this program is a collection of registry files or VB script which can modify your windows registry. You can go to the website and look for the VB script for certain features.
When you choose to fix any problems or change the settings on your system, you can always look at the description before click the repair button. After you fix or change the settings, you may need to restart your system. This application is only for Windows XP, as Windows Vista will have different registry settings with XP.
Although this application is free, but you need to purchase a license if you want to use all features.
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Posted by Lim on Jan 26th, 08 | Filed under
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Unlocker is an application which can unlock any files or folders from the system. This is very useful when you want to delete some files but windows lock them.
Had you seen this warning message when you try to delete some file/folder?
This is probably cause by other application is using the file or folder. Sometimes, even we turn off all applications that related with the file/folder, the message box still popup. This is probably cause by some hidden application that use it, or probably it is a virus/spyware?
By using Unlocker, you can unlock the file/folder so that you can delete it. If you run Unlocker Assistant, a popup window will automatically appear when you trying to delete locked files.
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Posted by Lim on Jan 12th, 08 | Filed under
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If you are sharing PC with your family and you would like to “hide” some informations from them, this trick would work for you, without any software installed.
Sometimes, we save some data in our computer, but we don’t want others to view them. We may try come encryption software, but it is very difficult to configure and sometimes we may lost the password also! So, i would like to share a trick with my readers, it actually hide these partitions from My Computer, and DOS.
Step 1
Right click on My Computer and choose Manage. Note: this tutorial is based on Windows XP, but applied to Vista also, with some different settings.
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Posted by Lim on Dec 21st, 07 | Filed under
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Windows Vista has the capability to turn your USB into RAM, but Gavotte Ramdisk can turn your RAM to a virtual hardisk! This virtual hardisk can read/write faster than a “real” hardisk!
Do you have a lot of RAM in your PC? Do you know that it can actually convert to a virtual hardisk so that it can be accessed faster than a “real”hardisk? Why i said this virtual hardisk is faster than your “real” hardisk? This is because RAM has a faster read/write speed than a hardisk. By converting part of your RAM to a virtual hardisk, you can boost up your system performance.
Ramdisk can be used to store frequently accessed but less important data, such as temporary internet files, P2P client, and compression utility. Before you use Ramdisk, you must aware that all data stored inside will be deleted once you reboot your PC, as the RAM will be refreshed once power off. So, Ramdisk is not suitable to store important data.
Gavotte Ramdisk is a free software, which is compatible with Windows Vista and support all windows filesystem, including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS. You can download Gavotte Ramdisk here. I will describe how to create a virtual hardisk.
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