Filed under: System Tweaking
Comodo has released a free, handy tool called Comodo Programs Manager that offers some unique functions to keep your computer in good shape.
It can be used to completely remove failed and partially uninstalled programs, unwanted driver files, locked (in use) files, registry entries, Windows components like MSN Messenger, Windows updates, services, etc.
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Would you like to build custom Linux system from scratches so that you can have more control over the system?
The e-book Linux From Scratch gives you a simple to understand, step-by-step instruction for creating Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the source code of software that you need. .
Filed under: Firefox
Firefox 4 is on the way and the beta 2 version has been released for the testing purpose. The main feature of this new release (Firefox 4 Beta 2) is App Tabs which allows users to place a permanent aviconed tab for websites on the tab bar.
How to have App Tabs in Firefox? App Tabs looks very similar to ‘Pin Tab’ feature of Google Chrome and every tab can be converted to App Tabs by just right clicking on the tab and selecting the option ‘Make into App Tab’ .
Filed under: System Tweaking
Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode for Windows that starts your PC in a limited state. This is useful when you are not able to troubleshoot your PC properly in the normal mode.
However, if you want to uninstall a problem causing program in Safe Mode, normally you can’t without a registry tweak.
This is because, in safe mode Windows starts in a limited state, so the required Windows Installer service isn’t started so most programs can’t be uninstalled.
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Filed under: System Tweaking
Keyboard Leds is a small utility that displays current state of keyboard locks (Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll lock) on the notification area (taskbar) of your PC.
It may be useful if you have a notebooks, netbooks or cordless keyboards without such indicators (nowadays some new models have no such indicators). .
Filed under: Internet Explorer
InPrivate browsing and InPrivate Filtering are two great privacy features of Internet Explorer 8 that help you surf the internet without leaving any traces of activities and block third parties from collecting personal information about you.
If InPrivate Filtering mode is enabled, it will block content providers from collecting information about sites you visit. As I told in my previous post, advertisers can collect your habit of surfing to direct ads for pages you visit. .
