Whenever we type a command in run prompt you might have noticed that the programs that you run remain the in the drop down menu as history.It may be annoying at times, especially when you have multiple users who use the same PC.
There few methods to clear the windows run history.
Method-1
1. Download MRU Blaster
2. Install and Run
3. Click the Scan button and then click the Clean Now button to clear the windows run history.
4. Exit MRU Blaster.
Method-2
1. Go to Start> Run, type regedit and hit Enter
2. Navigate to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\RunMRU\
3. You will see various registry key values in the right pane, as there are in the snapshot shown below
4. Double click the key MRUList and delete everything in the value data box(everything in the right pane, except for (Default)).
Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer.One of the advantages provided by this application is that we can view the files for which we do not know any associated application, thus spend less time in seeking a proper application and install it in our system.
Universal Viewer supports a wide range of file formats:
Universal Viewer (ATViewer) can also be integrated into file managers that can pass to Viewer filenames via the command-line: in this case filename should be passed as first command parameter.
SysReq:Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista | 1.7Mb | Freeware
FCleaner is a freeware all-in-one Windows cleaning and optimization tool. It removes unused files that are eating up your disk space and slowing your system down, tweaks your system and allows your Windows to run faster. FCleaner can also protect your privacy such as Internet History, the Cookies that websites leave behind. You can erase all the traces of your online activities in just one click with the help of FCleaner. NO Experience Or Computer Skills Necessary! FCleaner is free, but it does not contain any Spyware or Adware.
For Windows System
Recycle Bin, Clipboard, Windows Memory Dumps, Chkdsk File Fragments, Windows Temporary Files, Windows Log Files, Recent Documents, Run Histories, Windows XP Search Assistant Autocomplete, Windows XP Old Prefetch Data, Other Explorer MRUs, Menu Order Cache, Tray Notifications Cache, Window Size/Location Cache, User Assist History, IIS Log Files '
For Web Browsers
Internet Explorer Internet Cache, Internet Cookies, Internet History, Auto Saved Form Information, Download Folder, Typed URLs, Index.dat
Firefox/Mozilla Internet Cache, Internet Cookies, Internet History, Saved Form Information, Saved PassWord
Opera Internet Cache, Internet Cookies, Internet History, Typed URLs
Safari Internet Cache, Internet Cookies, Internet History, Auto Saved Form Information
Google Chrome Internet Cache, Internet Cookies, Internet History, Saved PassWord
For Applications
Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime Player, SWiSH, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Flash Player, Axialis IconWorkshop, Media Player Classic, VirtualDub, Yahoo Toolbar, Google Toolbar, eMule, Sound Forge, Windows Live Messenger, Sun Java, GetRight, Download Accelerator Plus and many more…
SysReq: Windows All | Freeware | 1.1 MB
Spamihilator is an full featured anti-spam filtering program that works with any email client. It runs as a local POP server that sits between your email program and your mail server and filters mail based on a built-in filtering mechanism.Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background.In addition Spamihilator uses a Word-Filter, that searches messages for known keywords. User-defined words and regular expression can be added.
The program automatically configures popular email clients like Outlook 2000/XP/Express, Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, etc. Among many other options, you can change the aggressiveness of the filter, block certain attachment types, block specific senders and also add your own spam words to look for. Spamihilator does not delete the spam right away, but moves it to a recycle bin from where you can review it, restore items or permanently delete them.
Features
- Intelligent recognition of Spam-Mails with keywords.
- List of friends, who will never be treated as spam
- List of blocked senders
- Recycle bin, that's saving deleted spam messages (of course messages can be undeleted)
- Statistic of the daily amount of spam
- Fast and easy installation supported by a setup wizard
- Automatically search the Internet for new program versions
- Several languages selectable
- Detailed online help
- Tested with Outlook 2000/XP/Express, Thunderbird, Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, etc
- Spamihilator achieves a great spam detection rate by combining multiple strategies intelligently
- Working as a POP or IMAP proxy, Spamihilator can be used with any email client
- Spamihilator is elegant and easy to use
SysReq:Pentium 400 MHz or higher | 128 MB RAM or more | 20 MB hard drive space or more | Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista | 1902 KB | Freeware
A wide variety of software applications are using the Microsoft .net Framework. Microsoft providing different .net Framework versions as separate installations.While we installing Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 it will automatically install the previous .net Framework versions as well for backward compatibility.On a computer that has .NET Framework 1.0 or .NET Framework 1.1, or .NET Framework 3.0, if you uninstall the security update corresponding to KB928366, KB929729, or KB928367, the file version is rolled back to the last Service Pack.
This issue occurs because updates for the .NET Framework 1.0, for the .NET Framework 1.1, for Visual Studio .NET 2002, and for Visual Studio .NET 2003 were originally designed to work with Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0. The updates were not designed to work with Windows Installer 3.0. Windows Installer 3.0 is not supported on older operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition.
Microsoft .net Framework Cleanup Tool will remove all traces of the Microsoft .net Framework from the computer system.The tool is intended primarily to return your system to a known (relatively clean) state in case you are encountering .NET Framework installation, uninstallation, repair or patching errors so that you can try to install again.
This cleanup tool will delete shared files and registry keys used by other versions of the .NET Framework. If you run the cleanup tool, you will need to perform a repair/re-install for all other versions of the .NET Framework that are on your computer or they will not work correctly afterwards.
Also Read :How to manually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 2.0
Metasearch Engines allow searches to be sent to several search engines all at once. The results are then blended together onto one page. Below are some of the major metasearch engines
Dogpile - Dog Pile is a "meta" search engine - it querries multiple search engines and gives you pages and pages of results, usually one page from each search engine. Dogpile currently gets its results from Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, and Ask – together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results.
Triplify.com - It is a new search engine for finding and comparing top results for the keyword you entered to its search bar. Triplify, which, as the name implies, helps to simplify the trio search engines so that you can search, compare the search results.
Features:
- Compare search results from Google, Yahoo and Live search engines.
- Sort results by position, title, description, URL and search engine
In addition to that, the results that are produced are completely sortable – all you have to do is hit the title of the column to rearrange them as you see fit.
URL.com - Basically URL's a search engine that pulls results from Google, Yahoo and MSN, ranks the results on the screen according to position and allows users to rank or comment on what they see. On the whole it does the job reasonably well, and is worth taking a look at.It collects the top 10 results from all engines and arranges them in a nice tabular layout. It also offers search suggestions in case you misspell a query.
URL uses a standard metasearch system for ranking results.
Scour.com -Scour is a search engine for the web2.0 generation gathering results simultaneously from Google, Yahoo, and MSN, these results can then be voted or commented upon. Members can also earn money simply by using Scour through the sites points system.
The search interface is nice and you can double click any word in the description to further fine-tune the search results. You can view comments from other scour users and also add you own votes.
Each registered user earns points for each search, vote and comment they do for each keyword searched. When you’ve earned enough points you can redeem them for Visa gift cards sent directly to you.
- Signup with Scour
and invite some friends for 250 points.
- Search on Scour, and get 1 point; 2 points for every vote and 3 points for each comment limiting it to 4 points for every search and related activities. So you might not go on voting each results of your search.
Point to payment scale as follows
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1) Open notepad
2) Type in the text below (no space)
[{BE0981 40-A513-11D0-A3 A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image ="C:\your picture location.jpg"
IconArea_Text= 0x00FFFFFF
3) Save file as desktop.ini
Save as type : All Files
4) Copy the desktop.ini file you just created, and paste into the folder you want the background to be change
5) Go to START --> RUN..
6) Type Attrib+s "C:\Location of your folder" Click OK
7) Open your folder and the picture should be set by now.
'IconArea_Image' is for you to key in the location of your picture. Let say if your picture is located at 'My Documents' with the file name 'abc.jpg', your location will look like this
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\abc.jpg"
'IconArea_Text' is to set the color of your text, if you have a dark background it is recommended you set the text color to WHITE with is 0x00FFFFFF.
If you have a white background, you can set the folder text color to BLACK which is 0x00000000
Folder text color can be set to any color depends on which color you like, example:
PINK - 0x00FF99FF
PURPLE - 0x00FF99FF
RED - 0x00FF0000
and more
Recommended picture size is at 815 x 585 so that you will see a full picture and not Tile.
You can resize or cut your picture to the size 815 x 585 easily with 'Microsoft Photo Editor'
Windows 98 included a utility called Customize Folder Wizard (ieshwiz.exe) which you can customize folders easily. This utility works fine in Windows XP as well.Download ieshwiz.zip and save it to the Desktop
- Extract ieshwiz.exe to the C:\Windows\System32 folder
- Start>Run >Type cmd and Type:
- IESHWIZ <path:\foldername>
- For example, to customize the folder C:\Tools, replace <path:foldername> place folder with C:\Tools
- Select the background image for that folder, and click Next
- Close and re-open the folder.
Note that the text color in a folder can be customized using the wizard. All of the these settings are stored in a file named Desktop.ini within that folder.
Here are the sample contents:
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=C:\WINDOWS\winnt.bmp
[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
To customize the folder background in Windows Vista, you can try this freeware utility Vista Folder Background from Ave's Vista Apps Website.
Also Read : How I can bring any picture in my pen drives background
The xB Browser application was designed to be a free anonymous web browser.The benefits of xB Browser is that it allows you to securely and anonymously surf the internet, bypass firewalls and website censorship. For enhanced privacy, xB Browser automatically clears history of browsing and deletes cookies when you close the browser.
The main advantage compared to other anonymous web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration or technical knowledge in order to achieve anonymity and fix security loophole in public network.xB Browser is open source so you can feel safe knowing what goes into xB Browser. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick so you can take it to work, school, or on vacation.
It also includes xB Mail, a secure email client that encrypt e-mail messages with GPG encryption and support anonymous messaging, and xB VPN which is the core software for channeling all your internet traffic through XeroBank.xB Browser was previously known as Torpark
SysReq:Windows All |17.5MB | Freeware
ImageXtender is a unique free application that teaches your Windows XP image viewer to understand more than 200 image formats. This is the first program to display such outdated formats as *.msp, *.gem together with really rare ones, such as *.cals, *.dpx., iff, hdri, raw, sgi
It is easily installed into your system (Windows XP), and provides you with ability to use standard Windows image viewer for viewing files of nearly all image formats instead of 5 available before.
Also, ImageXtender allows viewing non standard formats produced by digital cameras or mobile phones. ImageXtender builds itself into your operating system. Once it is installed, you can view images of most formats in 3 standard Windows modes - Preview, Thumbnails and Filmstrip.
Operating System:
| Freeware | 1.5MB
TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.What is great about TubeChop is that they host the chopped/sliced videos which allow the users to embed them everywhere.
It allow you to search directly from their site or you can also paste the original YouTube URL for faster chopping
To Chop -
Are you tired of looking for drivers on the internet? With the confusing multitude of drivers on a manufacturer’s website, it’s sometimes impossible to find the correct driver.
They've been known to exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Firefox, QuickTime, RealPlayer, and many others. Obsolete drivers usually cause many problems such as system slow down; unknown errors, drivers incompatibility. To protect your system's security, you should keep all your programs up to date, and RadarSync Free is designed to help you do just that.
RadarSync could automatically detect all of drivers installed in your pc and compared with thier driver database. if a newer version for your pc drivers is available. RadarSync will remind you to download and update all pc driver by one click. That's it!
RadarSync allows for a manual scan or you can set a schedule to auto scan your hardware at a predefined time. This feature alone is an excellent add on to ensure your computer is running efficiently.
It also identifies and downloads updates for non-Microsoft programs and drivers. Offers detailed information about available updates. Optional toolbar offers links, Web tools, games, more
RadarSync can automatically creates a Windows restore point, allowing you to roll-back any changes you make as result of the selected updates. The program will not update your system automatically, but allows you to choose which updates to download and install.
Excellent software to assist home users and administrators in all size businesses save hours of time searching for up to date drivers. The award-winning RadarSync is the only 100% free update checker available today.
One click to update all PC drivers:RadarSync automatically detect and download all of available new drivers for your PC.
Auto update your software:In addition to update drivers, RandarSync also support updating software installed in computer.
Backup drivers :Automatically backup drivers for future use. which is really helpful when system crash happens.
SysReq:Windows 2000, XP, Vista|1525 KB|Freeware
Download RadarSync | 
http://www.radarsync.com/
Also read:Driver updation utilities
XE.com is a free online currency converter.The site provides users with updated foreign exchange values and quick converter that has every currency value enlisted it.The site refreshes after fixed time intervals in order to change the updated conversion values .
Service is extremely user-friendly and fast. All you need, is to select amount, base currency and currency to convert to.
XE.com Currency Converter is a useful Firefox extension which consists of a button that you may add to the Firefox toolbar that uses XE.com to convert any amount from one currency to another. When the button is pressed, you are prompted to enter the amount in the original currency. Then you are prompted to enter the original currency and then the destination currency. It is important that the currencies are entered in 3-character ISO currency codes.
