In Windows 7 MS Paint, you can choose from nine alternative brushes. However, you can also create custom brushes with alternative shapes in Windows 7. With Paint’s Transparent Selection tool you can create a variety of brushes. Fi...
You can add a multitude of effects to your photos and images with the freeware Paint.NET. Aside from the editing options included with the software, Paint.NET also has a variety of plug-ins that you can add to it. Among them is th...
When you enter text in the Firefox address bar, the browser will display matches from bookmarks, open tabs and recently visited pages. As such, the address bar is also a search tool. You can refine your searches by entering symbol...
When reading posts and online articles, you will usually encounter words or sentences that you do not want to forget. So the best way to recall them is to highlight them. However, there’s really no option in your browser that woul...
Just like pimples and black heads, bad pixels can make you go nuts. In short, they won’t perform as expected. So instead of displaying the correct colors, these pixels would either be stuck in certain colors such as black, blue, r...
App lockers vary when it comes to their features and functions. For example, there are app lockers that let you lock your app using swipe gestures. There are also those that follow the traditional method of using PINs and password...
One of the limitations of Windows Explorer is that it only displays the contents of one folder. Consequently, you need to open multiple Windows Explorer windows to drag and drop, or move, files from one folder to another. However,...
The Windows Media Center includes an extras library with shortcuts to various Start menu games. However, the Windows Media Center doesn’t have any options to add additional software and Web app shortcuts to the extras libary. Neve...
There are a number clipboard manager utilities that you can copy multiple text items to. However, most of those only save the clipboard text for a minimal time period; and don’t include options to set up custom hotkeys to pa...
All browsers have a page reload option that you can select from. However, those options are usually limited to just the one page tab. However, with the ReloadAll Firefox add-on we can reload all open page tabs at once. You can add...
When browsing the web, you usually rely on your preferred search engines to do the search. Now, what if you want to conduct a search about a particular topic using different search engines and information portals? Is it possible f...
When you logged in to Gmail, Google Plus and other Google services, you usually see the Google bar on top of every page. It is where you can access various tools and options including the shortcuts menu. The shortcuts menu (also k...
In Android, the default way to launch your apps is through the app drawer. It is where you can view all of your installed apps. The thing is you cannot expect the app drawer to automatically sort out your apps. So you need to manu...
If you’re going to delete documents and software to free up some disk space, a disk space analyzer might come in handy. RidNacs is one disk space analyzer that you can select from the Windows Explorer context menu. Then it w...
Have you ever wished that there was an easy way for you to minimize some of your apps to the system tray? Well look no further, it doesn’t get any simpler than with Trayconizer. COMPATIBILITY The developer states that this a...
Paint.net is a freeware image-editing software package with plenty of options. You can also expand Paint.net’s editing options with a variety of plug-ins. Among the Paint.net plug-ins is Shape3D that adds 3D shape effects to...
Transparent windows are one of the great Windows Aero effects in Vista and 7, but the transparency is largely limited to their borders. Speaking of which, previous articles covered how you can add greater transparency to Windows s...
This article told you how to set up a business card with a freeware software package. However, you can also set up a business card without any additional software at all! Makebadge is a web app with which you can design a business...
If you’re afraid that others might snoop into your emails, then you should consider some ways to secure them. How? Well, one thing that you can do is to encrypt your email messages before sending them to your recipients. This way,...
When working, you basically need a bunch of tools to get things done. If your work often involves checking emails, attending meetings and managing documents, then you might as well put them all in one place. This will help you kee...
In YouTube, you’re basically allowed to share videos that automatically play at a particular segment or start time. If you’re observant enough, you can even notice users posting specific time segments in comments just so they coul...
System services hog resources such as RAM. Sure, you can find a list of system services and programs that run at startup with MSCONFIG. However, that doesn’t make it entirely clear which of the services are most essential, w...
GoSave sounds great, doesn’t it? It gives you the impression that it will save your computer. But it’s a lie. GoSave does not save your computer. GoSave is harmful and malicious, and once it is installed, it is hard to get rid of...
Jump Lists give us more direct access to documents and website pages in Windows 7. However, Windows 7 Jump Lists don’t include weather updates on them! Nevertheless, we can add a Jump List to Windows 7 that includes a weath...
Sure, you can always add clocks to the Windows Vista/7 desktops with gadgets. However, those clocks don’t usually have many customization options. As such, for a more customizable desktop clock check out Horloger. That’...
Chatting is not the only way for you to enjoy your time together with online friends. You can play games together, watch movies together and even do all sorts of fun online activities. The same goes for those who are currently in ...
The Chrome omnibox is basically an address bar that also functions as a search box. In it, you can easily navigate to local and online pages as well as find answers to simple and complex questions. Speaking of which, Chrome has an...
Do you have something in mind that you can’t say out loud? How about a secret that you can’t share to your friends? These are only a few of the many things that you can’t post or share publicly especially when you’re too afraid of...
Okay, so there’s this video on YouTube that caught your attention. The thing is you do not want to share the full video. You just want to share a funny or interesting part from that video. Now, you’re wondering if it’s possible to...
CCleaner is a system tool for Windows that many use to clean out their junk files with. It’s also a freeware utility package that you can add to Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1. However, you’ll find that there are stil...
Another article covered how to remap the keyboard keys. You can also remap the three mouse buttons with the X–Mouse Button Control application. With that you can customize mouse button actions in Windows and separate softwar...
By default, double-clicking the mouse button opens software and other shortcuts in Windows. However, you can open software, folders and files with a single-click instead. I’ll Click is a third-party app that you can switch t...
You can encrypt files with various password software packages. However, there aren’t many apps that add password options to the Windows context menu. Lazar Crypter is an open source package that does just that so you can add...
Windows Explorer doesn’t have any options that group and list all the file extensions within a selected folder. As such, you can’t group file extension categories to search folders by file types contained within them. ...
Along with Google and Yahoo, Amazon is one of the most established websites. Those who often browse Amazon might find the Select and search for Amazon add-on a handy addition to the Firefox browser. That adds an Amazon search shor...
