Copy files quickly and easily with TeraCopy

Sitting at home in front of your computer and wanting to format that sad hard disk of yours ?? Then first copy all your important data to a safe place. What?? Worried about that slow copy operation?? Don’t worry, use TeraCopy to speed up the process.
TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user with a lot of features:

• Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.
• Full Unicode support.
• Windows 7 x64 support.

Screenshots:

Download TeraCopy (1.8 MB) (Freeware)

 

[How to] Use Windows 7 to create a Wi-Fi network without using router

 

If you have got Wi-Fi in your laptop and have Windows 7 installed in it then you can easily turn it into a Wi-Fi hotspot and share your net connection with other people in the range and Virtual Router is the easiest way to do so.
Virtual Router is an open source software which leverages the Wireless Hosted Network API which is a part of the new Windows Operating Systems (Windows 7 and Windows server 2008).

With this feature, a Windows computer can use a single physical wireless adapter to connect as a client to a hardware access point (AP), while at the same time acting as a software AP allowing other wireless-capable devices to connect to it. This feature requires that a Hosted Network capable wireless adapter is installed in the local computer. (quoted from MS library)

The program is really simple to use. After downloading and installing the software all you have to do is specify the network name and password to access this network. It uses the WPA-2 encryption to protect the wireless network from unwanted users.

The program requires only 20mb of RAM and is pretty simple to understand and use. Requires Windows 7 or Windows server 2008 to run.

Download Virtual Router | Virtual Router homepage

[How to]Load and use multiple OSs from your USB drive

Ever felt like carrying your Ubuntu, Fedora, Tiny-core and all other OS’s iso in your pen drive? Yes, you can now carry all your favorite Operating systems with you wherever  you go and boot from them using the same USB drive.MultiBoot USB is a freeware which can help you to use the multiple OS iso files on the same pen drive.

To use the MultiBoot on your pen drive it must meet some requirements first. You’ll require a FAT32 formatted pen drive and a computer which can boot from a USB device. Prefer using an 8-16 GB pen drive so that you can have more different operating systems on it.
To start off first download the MultiBootISO’s from here . Run the executable and follow the instructions. Browse to the ISO file you want to load on your USB drive and build the bootable USB using it. You might have to format your pen drive during the process so do take a backup of all your data which is there on the pen drive.
To add more ISO files repeat the same procedure. Restart your PC and set the highest priority for the USB drive to boot from it and done. Do give it a shot!!!

Download MultiBoot ISO’s (781 KB) (Freeware)

 

Make a portable version of your favorite app using Cameyo

The days are over when people had 64-128 Mb pen drives or so and were allowed to have very few documents or files on their drive. The storage capacity of pen drives has increased drastically and the options to carry with you also has increased.
If you are a computer geek and love to carry all your stuff with you then Cameyo is just perfect for you. (Also read 10 Must-Have apps for your USB PenDrive ) Cameyo is a free software program which allows its users to create a portable version of their favorite softwares so that you can carry them with you in your pen drive.

It’s highly recommended for college students and people who often have to work on different computers. Just make a portable version of all the apps you use often and store them all on your pen drive. It will make your life much easier .
See the video to know usage details and instructions.

Download Cameyo (1.3 MB) (Freeware) | Cameyo Homepage

 

Improve your laptop’s battery performance with Aerofoil

Aerofoil is a tiny open source utility which allows the user to easily turn off aero glass effect in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems and save the battery power. It automatically disables aero glass effect when laptop is not connected to the external power supply and brings everything back to normal when it is connected to external power supply.

Aerofoil extends Vista and Windows 7 notebook battery life by:

• Allowing you to manually disable Aero Glass.
• Optionally managing Aero Glass user interface.
• Optionally managing sound muting.
• Optionally managing your chosen power plans.
• Optionally managing Windows Sidebar.
• Optionally showing a quick hibernate button.
• Changing icon colour to show whether on battery or AC.

Download AeroFoil 1.5.0 (Open Source)

 

[How to]Transfer and install .Jar file in Blackberry

If you are using OTA files then there won’t be much trouble installing it as you can use your Blackberry Desktop Software for such files but if you are using non-OTA files then the procedure is little different. Follow the simple steps given below to install .jar files in your blackberry phone. This method works for all Blackberry Bold models and few other models.

1. Download .JAR file to your PC
2. Connect your Blackberry to your PC via USB cable.
3. Copy the .jar file which you want to install.
4. Open “My Computer”
5. Find your BlackBerry device in the list of drives.
6. Paste the file either into the root of Blackberry or in a subfolder.
7. Unhook Blackberry from USB cable
8. Scroll to the “Media” icon in your bb device.
9. Click on the “Media” icon to launch it.
10. Press the menu button and select “Explore”
11. Locate the .JAR file either on the device memory or memory card
12. Click the file, and it should prompt you to download (install)
13. Click “Download” and your app will be installed.
14. Now go to the “Downloads” folder and you can see the installed app there.
15. Done

 

Use right click extender to customize your Windows context menu

Right-Click Extender is a tiny free app which allows the Windows 7 users to add many useful utilities to it’s right click menu.
With it’s intuitive user interface it is really simple to understand and use this software. Just check the desired boxes and click on “Apply” button to add the selected utilities to right click menu of the Windows 7 OS.
The software is mainly developed for Windows 7 operating system but should work with Windows Vista as well. You can download this freeware from the link given below.
Download Right Click Extender 2.0 (Freeware) (457 KB)

 

Use CPU-Z to get all the information about your system

CPU-Z is a free software that lets you view all the information about the hardware connected to your computer. It gives you the details about your Processor, Memory, Motherboard, Graphics card etc. See the screenshot below.

CPU-Z can show following details about your computer’s hardware.
CPU

• Name and number.
• Core stepping and process.
• Package.
• Core voltage.
• Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
• Supported instruction sets.
• Cache information.

Mainboard

• Vendor, model and revision.
• BIOS model and date.
• Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
• Graphic interface.

Memory

• Frequency and timings.
• Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.

System

• Windows and DirectX version.

Download CPU-Z | HomePage

 

Use App Slammer to password protect apps on your Android device

App Slammer is a great application that blocks unwanted users from using apps on your Android phone.  Once the app is installed you can set the password of your choice. After that the list of all installed apps will be generated. You just have to select the app from the list.
The application will be locked after you click on its name. You can even search for the app using the option. The list can be sorted by name, date or size. See the screenshots below.

Download App Slammer for your Android device | QR Code

 

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[How to]Password protect your Google Chrome browser

Simple Startup Password is an addon for Google Chrome browser that blocks unauthorized people from using your browser.  Just go to the extensions gallery of Google Chrome and install the Simple Startup Password add-on for your browser.

After installing the add-on go to Settings -> Tools ->Extensions. There look for Simple Startup Password and click on Options. Set a password for your browser and done. Now every time you start your Google Chrome browser it will ask you for the password and if you fail to give the correct password your browser will be closed.
You can get this add on from Google Chrome’s extensions gallery.

Link : Simple Startup Password for Google Chrome

In case you forget your password there is no option to recover it. You will have to reinstall the browser.

 

Know the size of all folders in your explorer with FolderUsage

One thing I don’t understand about windows OS’s is why they don’t show the total size of folders just like files. Many times users don’t understand which folder is eating up all the space on their disk. Thanks to FolderUsage it has become easy to know the total space acquired by any folder. User does not have to right click on each and every folder to know it’s size.

The program is completely free and works with almost all current Windows operating systems. Just download the file from the link given below and run the exe file. Navigate to the drive/folder of your choice and see which folder is taking what amount of  space. You must have the latest .NET framework installed on your PC to run this app.

Download FolderUsage (150 KB) (Freeware)

 

[How To] Permanently delete files on your computer

 

As everyone knows it is always possible to recover the deleted data by using  advanced file recovery softwares available in the market. So if you are looking for a secure way to delete your files then here we have something for you.
Moo0 FileShredder is a freeware using which you can permanently delete your private files which then can not be recovered using the recovery softwares. Moo0 FileShredder makes sure that no one can recover the deleted data.

It is really easy to use this app. You will just have to drag and drop the file which you want to delete. Select the method to delete the file and your are done.  It is built for Windows OSs. It works perfectly with Windows XP, Vista and Seven.

Download Moo0 FileShredder (3.15 MB) (Freeware)

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