Windows 7 Free Logon Screen Rotator

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Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background. However in Windows 7 Microsoft has done good job by allowing users to change Windows 7 Logon Screen without need of third party apps.

Here is a cool utility Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator which lets you to rotate Windows 7 Logon background screen randomly. You can select up to 10 images and Logon Screen Rotator will automatically rotate your Windows 7 logon screen.

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Free Conversion of Microsoft Word Documents

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Why Convert from .docx to doc?

Beginning with Office 2007, the default format for saving Word documents is .docx. Unfortunately, this format is not backward compatible. As a result, users with prior version of Microsoft Office, are unable to open or recognize this file format and are therefore unable to view .docx files. This online tool solves that by converting these .docx formats back to .doc.

docxTired of receiving those pesky Microsoft Word documents with that pesky .docx extension? If you don’t have Office 2007, it can be a real problem since the format is not backwards compatible. Fortunately, this handy free tool lets you convert those docx files. Best of all, it is totally free and there is no email to provide. Get started below in three simple steps!:

Step 1: Upload the Document

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Step 2: Press Convert Button

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Step 3: Download the Document from the URL

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Free PDF Unlocker and Merger

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PDF files can have restrictions that prevent you from for example copying text from them or editing, printing or merging them. PDFUnlock! unlocks PDF files and removes these restrictions. If you upload a password protected PDF file, you will be asked to enter the password. PDFUnlock! does not, however, recover lost or unknown passwords. A … Read more

How to Increase Hard Disk Space in VMware?

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VMware is a great tool in terms of virtual installation and configuration of operating systems, multiple examples can be given to support this tool. VMware Guarantee the highest availability of IT services with VMware desktop & server virtualization. Reduce costs, run enterprise applications with the highest possibilities. VMware lets you run another computer in your computer. Try out another operating system, test a different platform, preview a new distro. I think that’s enough to support the VMware platform the real thing is title of this post “How to Increase Hard disk space in VMware”. Unlike other virtual tools VMware don’t let the users to automatically grow their disk space (Disk management selection at virtual machine setup ask you how much space you will allocate this virtual machine) if required by the operating system or large amount of data stored on that virtual machine. There is a simple tool given in the VMware 5.0 and above versions to increase the disk space (There are lots of other options I will share them some other time). Under given is are few simple steps to increase the disk space;

1. Open a command prompt in windows

2. Open the VMware installation folder from root drive

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Search the vmware-vdiskmanager.exe tool

3. Enter the command given as under;

vmware-vdiskmanager.exe –x 15Gb “Path to virtual machine“

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5 Free Ways to Download Video From Youtube

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Downloading videos from youtube is not a big deal if you have a registered account and you are paying some amount but if you like some video, don’t have an account still you like to download it and view some other time from your local computer without wasting more internet bandwidth and time to search video then use the under given tools; Few tools can also convert the video in various other extensions.

1. 3outube

3outubeIts a very easy three steps online tool to download youtube videos without any hassle and user account creation. Use the under given URL to open this fantastic online tool;

http://www.3outube.com/

 

2. Keepvid

keepvid Keepvid is a single step tool, you just need to drag and drop the URL from your address bar into the given address bar of keepvid and press the download button to save the video at your desired location on your local system. check the under given URL;

http://keepvid.com/

 

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Windows 7 Hidden Modes

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Windows 7, everybody knows and using it with ease and lots of services better than vista and windows XP but there are a number of hidden modes or services given by windows 7 for better performance and settings that are still unknown for most of the users and administrators. I like to share a few of them with the readers today to make windows 7 easy to use and effective in daily life. These hidden modes are intended for developers as a shortcut to various internal settings, such features have been around since Vista and even before.

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These undocumented features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors.

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How to Recover Data From a Dead Hard Drive?

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Today I would like to share a very simple trick provided by a friend and successfully tested by a couple of people to recover data from a dead hard drive.

people says that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. You might feel that I am a crazy guy sharing this out of understanding theory but it worked. Checkout the under given pictures and try to recover your data from a dead hard drive at your home.

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While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first. It Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives.

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Free Hidden Themes for Windows 7

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Windows 7 has great quality  themes but they are hidden at the moment and you need to select an appropriate region to activate them. We select the region while installing the windows 7, otherwise it just stays disable. There is no need to yell and say anything to windows creator, you can manually activate them and use them as you like. Activation process is as simple as eating zinger just in ten steps given as under;

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  • Open Windows Explorer
  • Click Organize, and select Folder and Search Options.
  • Go to View tab.

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How to Secure Windows 7 with Built-in Tools?

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Security check list of windows 7 is a set of security tools available in windows 7 by default to protect your valuable and precious data from hackers and viruses. Use this checklist to make sure you’re taking advantage of all the ways that Windows can help keep your computer as secure and safe as possible.

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Use Action Center to make sure your firewall is on, your antivirus software is up to date, and your is computer set to install updates automatically.

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Use Windows Defender to help prevent spyware and other potentially unwanted software from being installed on your computer without your knowledge.

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