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. ...
OCR is Optical Character Recognition software. OCR packages extract text from images. As such, if you ever need to add text in an image to a word processor document you can extract it with OCR software instead of typing it out aga...
A business card can be a great way to provide potential new clients with your details. Business cards can include your name, business title and contact details. Although you can set up business cards with various desktop publishin...
To move everything in a subfolder to the root folder, you would usually drag and drop the subfolder’s content in Windows Explorer. However, with LevelZap you can move subfolder files more quickly. The software adds an option...
If you often add MP3s and home videos to DVD/CD, you’ll have lots of blank DVD/CD boxes without any covers. Adding a cover to their boxes will make it easier to identify the DVDs. DVD Slim Free is an ideal freeware software ...
Windows 8 Aero automatically adjusts the taskbar’s Aero Glass color so that it matches your desktop wallpaper color. You can add something similar to Windows 7 with the Aero Adjuster utility. That adjusts both the Windows 7 Aero t...
Most keyboards have indicators for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock and Num Lock. However, some notebook keyboards do not include such indicators. If your keyboard doesn’t have those indicators consider adding TrayStatus to Windows XP...
In Windows 8, Microsoft gave Windows Explorer (re-titled as File Explorer) something of a revamp. They added a ribbon-based UI and additional options. With Better Explorer we can add Windows 8 File Explorer’s additional opti...
Drawing tools are included with editing software packages, but Epic Pen is a little more original. Epic Pen is an open-source application with which you can scribble directly over the desktop and open windows. The software is avai...
Many times, our new displays come with the colors not quite adjusted properly. Luckily, Windows has a built-in display calibration tool which can come in quite handy. How to calibrate your display color, gamma, brightness and cont...
Color gradients are a mixture of colors that are often incorporated into website page and document backgrounds. They are not something that you can readily copy and paste from the clipboard into a document or HTML page. However, w...
If you collect something, it might be handy to keep a record of the items in your collection. You could set up a database, but the applications don’t have options to add photos to records. To set up a collection catalog with...
You can move the mouse cursor with the numeric keypad keys, as covered in this article. However, Windows doesn’t have any options to customize the keys. A third-party app will do the trick, and you can set up custom keys to ...
Previous articles have covered how you can select Firefox and Opera options with specific mouse movements. You can also select options in Windows much the same with the StrokesPlus. That’s a freeware mouse gesture applicatio...
