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Backup Windows 7 Media Center Settings With mcBackup Tool

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:03:11 +0000

Most of Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate users use Media Center to watch and record TV. If you are one of them and would like to backup your Media Center settings, here is a great tool for you.

mcBackup is an awesome application for Windows Media Center users as it allows you backup & restore your Windows Media Center scheduled recordings and channel line-up with a click.

This tool very simple and easy-to-use. With mcBakcup you can also schedule backups and also customize backup locations. One can backup and restore scheduled recordings, channel lineup, recorded TV and extra folder as well.

You can download mcBackup from the link provided below. Note that you need to do sign-in in order to download this tool (free registration).

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aMSN – Powerful MSN Messenger Clone

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:12 +0000

aMSN is a powerful MSN Messenger clone for Windows, Linux and Mac. This messenger clone comes with an impressive list of features such as event alarms, time stamping, multi-language support and more.

The best thing about aMSN is the vast number of plugins support. There are over 75 plugins available to extend its functionality. One can also customize it by downloading custom skins available at the official skins page.

Key features:

# Offline Messaging

# Voice Clips

# A New Login Window & Contact List (As of 0.97)

# Display pictures

# Custom emoticons

# Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)

# Sign in to more than one account at once

# File transfers

# Group support

#Normal and animated emoticons with sounds

# Chat logs

# Event alarms

# Conferencing support

# Webcam support

# History in color

# Ability to autoclose the file transfer window when it is finished

# New plugins log window (Alt-P)

# Plugins compatible with supported

# When you add a new user, you can define in which group you want to add them

# When a contact change status, the top of the chat window changes color (green for away, grey for offline, etc.)

# New panel GUI to alert when there’s a new aMSN version

# Possibility to download the new release directly by aMSN

# Automatically update language files and plugins from the web

# New GUI for deleting users (also possible to block on deletion)

# Possible to add notes for each user (XML)

# Support for MSN Mobile service

# Tabbed windows so you can group conversations using tabs

# Status is displayed inside a frame, so it won’t disappear when you scroll

# Display picture in notification alert (like MSN 7)

# Statistics for history (logging)

# Now possible to choose any state for your login status (before it was only possible to login invisible or online)

# Time stamping

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Download Free Data Recovery Wizard For Windows 7 From EASEUS

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:47:42 +0000

Exactly a month back we reported about the give away offer of EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 5.0.1 software for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Those who have missed the previous offer can now download Data Recovery Wizard worth $69.95 from Major Geeks.

EASEUS Data Recovery key features:

# Recover deleted or lost files emptied from the Recycle Bin.

# File recovery after accidental format, even if you have reinstalled Windows.

# Disk recovery after a hard disk crash.

# Get back files after a partitioning error.

# Get data back from RAW hard drives.

# Recover office document, photo, image, video, music, email, etc.

# Recover from hard drive, USB drive, memory card, memory stick, camera card, Zip, floppy disk or other storage media.

# Support FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS/NTFS5 file systems

This offer will be available for the next three days, so please download it as soon as possible.

Download Data Recovery Wizard

Thanks to Charles for this info.

Customize Windows 7 Installation Setup With Win Integrator Tool

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:27:56 +0000

Recently we blogged about Se7en Unattended tool to maintain your unattended Windows 7 installation setup. Here is yet another similar tool named Win Integrator to create customized Windows 7 installation ISO setup with tweaks and drivers.

The user interface is easy-to-use and extremely simple, just like the Vlite tool. The main windows allows you browse to the Windows 7 installation files. Once the folder is selected you will be given options to select your operating system that you want to configure using Win Integrator.

One can add updates, drivers, and language packs just with a few clicks. As me mentioned before, it’s extremely easy-to-use. It allows you remove Windows programs and features such as Internet Explorer, Games, Snipping tool and more from the installation setup. Other than that, you can also turn Windows features on or off using this tool.

All in all, it’s a great tool to make a customized Windows 7 ISO setup in a few minutes. Note that you need to have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows or Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for Windows 7 to use this tool.

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Se7en Unattended: For Unattended Windows 7 Installation

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:05:58 +0000

Se7en Unattended is an excellent tool for Windows to create unattended Windows 7 installation setup. With Se7en Unattended, one can disable services, include add-ons, integrate drivers, add third-party applications, add Windows updates, and add other tweaks to create a customized Windows 7 ISO.

This tool comes in handy when you want to create your own customized Windows 7 setup ISO. Click on the labels of an item to view a short summary of what it will do.

As the developer says, Se7en Unattended makes it really easy to maintain your Unattended Installs for Windows 7. Whether you are using it for the homebuilt machine or for OEM CD/DVD creations, it will help you create customized Windows 7 ISO with a few clicks.

If you are new to unattended Windows, we recommend the Vlite tool as it’s extremely easy-to-use for a beginner.

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AeroJump: Another Easy-To-Use Jump List For Windows 7 & Vista

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:44:13 +0000

We covered several jump list related tools for Windows 7 in days gone by. AeroJump is yet another tool to create your own customized jump list with a few additional features.

The best thing about this program is that it’s extremely easy-to-use. Download, extract and run the standalone application to start creating jump list. When you run the application, you will see the jump list. In the opened jump list, click config button to add new tabs and programs to the jump list. Yes, the current version allows you add up to five tabs.

Click on a tab name to move from one tab to other. To add new files, programs, links and folders to the list, click Drop Target option and then simply drop items to the box. All in all, it’s a simple but handy program for Windows 7 and Vista users.

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Download AVG-Antivirus 9.0 Worth $35 (1 Year Subscription) For Free

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:04:07 +0000

AVG antivirus is one of the well known antivirus software available for Windows. Although the free version of AVG antivirus works great for many users, here is a chance to get the paid version of AVG Antivirus 9.0 with one year subscription for free.

As you may know, the paid version of AVG antivirus comes with more features compared to the free version. While the free version packs in anti-virus, anti-spyware and Link scanner, the paid version offers additional security features such as online shield, advanced anti-rootkit protection, Game mode and more.

Key features:

# Anti-virus and Anti-spyware

# LinkScanner

# Online Shield

# Advanced Anti-RootKit protection

# Game Mode

# Phishing Protection

Usually AVG Antivirus 9.0 is available for $34, but you can now download it for free from the link mentioned below.

Update: It seems there were some issues with the give away. So GAOFD site has replaced the AVG-Antivirus software with some other for the day. You can read more about the issue at GAOFD blog.

Download AVG Antivirus 9.0 (Expired)

Download A-Squared Anti-Malware 4.5 Worth $40 For Free

Learn 600+ Windows Tricks With WinTricks Utility

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:17 +0000

WinTricks is a small program available for all versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 7. As the name implies, it contains sheer number of tips & tricks for Windows Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems.

Other than that it also offers tricks for your Internet browser including IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. Tips and tricks are available under 21 different categories. With this tool you can access 656 tips to step-up your knowledge.

Although WinTricks offers very few tricks for the latest operating systems like Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, the tool covers enough number of useful tips for Windows XP.

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View File Information In Detail With Extended File Details Tool

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:06:48 +0000

Extended File Details is a portable tool for Windows to view various file information in detail. With Extended File Details tool, one can view following details:

# File Name
# File Type
# File Size
# File Version
# File Attributes
# File MD5
# File CRC
# Company Name
# Description
# Legal Copyright
# Legal Trademark
# Language
# Comments
# Date Created
# Last Accessed
# Last Modified
# Internal File Name
# Original File Name
# Large and small icons

On top of that, you can also save all these information to a text file. Extended File Details is available to download from the link mentioned below.

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Change Owner & Organization In Windows 7 With Set Owner Tool

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:44 +0000

If for any reason, you want to change the registered Owner and Organization name in Windows 7, here is a tiny tool to do the task with ease. Though advanced users can do the same tweak by entering Windows Registry, this tool is very simple to use.

Set Owner is a small application for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 to change the previously registered Owner and Organization name. Simply download, extract and run this tool to start changing Owner name.

Those who have no idea about Owner name, one can always check registered Owner and Organization name by entering winver.exe in Start menu search field and then hitting enter. Note that if your simply run the tool you might get “failed to set data” error. So don’t forget to run this tool as administrator (right-click on the tool and then select Run as administrator).

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