Your PC doesn't start as fast as it was in the first days? Soluto, a free anti-frusting software, will meet your expectations!
Have you mistakenly deleted system gadgets provided with Windows 7 or Vista? Just one click to restore/reinstall them... here’s the solution!
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Download HTC Metro Home 2.0 widget for Windows 7/Vista
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Fan of HTC phones and Windows Phone 7, the new mobile operating system signed Microsoft? So let yourself be seduced by this widget designed by HTC using the Metro interface.
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Prevent Windows Update from restarting after an update
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Windows Update is the Windows update tool that has the bad habit of repeatedly displaying a tooltip to inform you that your computer needs a restart. This incessant intrusion often leads to a reboot by mistake and is not professional during an oral presentation. A registry hack allows you to disable it.
Here is a small registry hack to let you display the Recycle Bin shortcut in Computer.
Although gadgets are still present on Windows 7, the sidebar or pane of its predecessor, Windows Vista, remains absent at least. Let’s restore it with 7 Sidebar Gadget in 1 click.
Discover the ranking of the 10 most read articles on Protuts all categories combined for the year 2010!
Windows 7 has one tool to say the least hidden: the User Action Recorder. Behind this complicated title is a bug capture utility that generates screen copies with complete descriptions to get troubleshooting by email.
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Add “Open with Notepad” to the context menu for any file
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Many files on your hard drive are, by default, impossible to open because not recognised. However, in most cases, the notepad (or notepad) is enough to edit them. Make your life easier by adding the Open with Notepad function to the context menu.
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Enable the Zune mini-reader in the taskbar on Windows 7/Vista
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Did you know that Microsoft’s Zune media player has a mini-reader coming to your taskbar? Isn't it? Adopt it without further delay!
Tired of the default backgrounds in the Zune Software? How about personalising all this with your own image?
Incrementally backing up data on an external hard drive is a feature present on most modern operating systems. Putting entire parts of your digital life safe is one of the operations you can never postpone, or even disappear as a result of a failure of your system hard drive. Take the front!
This problem recently happened to me on a DELL laptop: my 4 GB of RAM were well detected by Windows but only 2.99 GB were usable. Let’s find this missing gigabyte without further delay!
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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CustoPack Tools, an indispensable freeware to manage its Windows 7 themes
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CustoPack Tools is a free software compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 allowing you to install and create comprehensive theme packs to customise your PC. These CustoPacks include visual elements, wallpapers, icons and even DLLs. Fans of customisation, this tool is made for you!
Categories Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Boost the performance of ZUNE software on Windows 7/Vista
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The Zune software is Microsoft’s new media player, a direct competitor of iTunes, allowing to synchronise its Windows Phone 7 and/or Zune with its computer. With a breathtaking interface, relatively old PCs or netbooks may experience severe slowdowns. Rest assured, it’s possible to boost all this!
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