New Media Player

Upset that Microsoft removed it's media player on it's new OS. Not to worry once you installed Kodi along with  PVR so that you can watch and record your shows whenever you choose.

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Windows Codecs

Tired of Windows not recognizing your video software. Try installing Windows codecs and end the ruthless video format not found problem on your computer. Not all software's are created equal.

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Office Alternative

Looking for an Office alternative but love the ribbons of your current Office suite. Check out a software called Kingsoft Office and stop paying for premium office suites.

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Specialized Email

Looking for specialized email service. Check out these great software's to take your email where it should be. Which is good and simple to use.

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Great Extensions

Here are some great browser extensions and if  you use them correctly, they will help you better browse and keep you identity safe. Most of these links are for chrome, but you can easily find these links for Firefox as well. Enjoy

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Adblock Plus
Lastpass
WOT
TabCloud
Disconnect
MyPermission Cleaner
Pocket
Shareaholic
Evrernote
HttpsEverywhere

$9- PC

Yes, it looks like this kickstart company is on it's way to make a portable computer than can go where ever anyone can imagine. For a few bucks you can get your portable computer and hopefully be one of the first to make computing portable. It's a neat, inexpensive product with lots of plans and ideas to go from. Take the pledge and make this great dream come reality. Is it about time?

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iTraq

Track anything anywhere around the world and don't worry about battery life for up to three years. Great neat device to keep track of your valuables where ever you go, so that you know where it's at all the time.

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Receipt Scanning

Want to make is simple to scan your receipts check out these neat receipt software's and keep a track of your expenses with your business during tax time.

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Cam Scanner

DVR Reality

This DVR software it's going to change how we watch and record our favorite shows. It not only is a new technological breakthrough but a new way to watch your favorite programs and movies. It's the beginning of something new to come.

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Hackers Fingerprint Threat

Looks like your bio metric fingerprint scanner for your cell phone is not all that secure. It looks like there is still a software flaw where hackers can go in and copy your information before it's stored in your device. If so, then your phone is still at risk of getting hack.
I just hope that a fix comes soon so that your device and the future of bio metric scanner continues.

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Google Find Phone

Google recently setup this service to easily find my phone. The service works similar to the regular installed apps that Apple starting doing years ago and now at least when your droid phone goes missing you now have a great way to retrieve it.

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Google Going Cheap

Yes it looks like the big giant is going cheap with cell phone service and data. And if they play there cards right they will reach users where no one yet has gone before. What a great way to reach people and also connect them to the internet.

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Best Pc Games

Looking for the best Pc Games on your computer, check out this site and see what games are of great interest to you and enjoy them. This is a great start to pc gaming.

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Hostgator

Great place to go if you have a lot of domain names and want to consolidate all your websites and just share access together and pay one fee.

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Django

Here's a great way to learn web developing and get hands on help with user friendly tools. If your looking to create basic webpages. Here's a great start.

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Android on your Desktop

Enjoy Android apps and with you had them on your desktop, here's a great way to enjoy this application and always be connected and use them daily. You have a choice on which player to use in the long run you can add your favorite apps as you go.

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Digital Outlook Signature

Ever wonder how to get a digital Outlook signature. Well this is what it takes and you too can have one for yourself as well. Now you can compare yourself to your competition.

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Pc Shortcuts

Want to speed up your computer skills, try this easy Pc Shortcuts and take computing to a new level. Most definitely this will show everyone that your computer skills are above the normal.

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• Copy a selected item: Ctrl+C
• Cut a selected item: Ctrl+X
• Paste a selected item: Ctrl+V
• Undo an action: Ctrl+Z
• Redo that thing I just undid: Ctrl+Y
• Select everything: Ctrl+A
• Print: Ctrl+P

Manage open windows

Chances are, you use your PC to do a lot of things at once. Shortcuts go a long way towards cutting the clutter. Go ahead and try these out as you read about them.

• Switch between open windows
  Alt+Tab
  If you have lots of open windows and you're not sure exactly which one you need, press Alt+Tab, and get a quick thumbnail view of all open windows. Then, while holding down the Alt key, press the Tab key multiple times until you get to the window you want.

  

  Press Alt+Tab to switch between open windows

• Clear away everything and show the desktop
  Windows logo key +D
  Use this shortcut when you want to minimize a lot of open windows at once to check something on your desktop. Clutter-to-clean with two fingers.

  

  A desktop before pressing Windows logo key+D

  

  The same desktop after pressing Windows logo key+D

• Minimize the window
  Windows logo key +Down Arrow
  Minimizing a window is a surefire way to see what's underneath it. And it's fast to use the shortcut. If the window is maximized already (covering the entire screen) it'll go to “normal” size. And if it's normal size, it'll minimize entirely.
• Maximize the window
  Windows logo key +Up Arrow
  Maximizing windows works the same way.

Get even funkier with window management

It might surprise you to learn that there are even more options when it comes to dealing with your open windows and programs—but there are.

• Compare and contrast in a snap
  Windows logo key +Left Arrow or Right Arrow
  Snap is the easiest way I know to compare two documents—or to write up something while also looking at a web browser. The shortcut for Snap makes it even snappier. Go ahead and try this now.
  While pressing the Windows logo key , click the Right Arrow key or the Left Arrow key and your browser will slide over to one side. Select another window (such as a Word document) and use the shortcut only with the opposite arrow.

  

  You can use a keyboard shortcut to view windows side-by-side with Snap

• Multitask with multiple monitors
  Windows logo key +Shift+Right Arrow or Left Arrow
  Do you use more than one monitor at a time? Now you can shift an open window to your other monitor in less than a second. 

Manage tasks

You might already be using a shortcut—Ctrl+Alt+Delete—to open up Task Manager or to lock your computer. But there are shortcuts for this shortcut.

• Open Task Manager 
  Ctrl+Shift+Esc
  This simple shortcut whisks you straight to Task Manager—without any intermediary steps.

  

  Task Manager in Windows 7

• Lock your PC or switch users
  Windows logo key +L
  This shortcut locks your PC and instantly displays the login screen. 

Display your way

No matter how you want to view your PC, shortcuts help you get there faster.

• Choose a presentation display mode
  Windows logo key +P
  Whether you're giving a presentation or are using multiple monitors, it's simple to switch settings.

  

  Choosing a presentation display mode

• Zoom in, zoom out
  Windows logo key +Plus Sign or Minus Sign
  The Plus Sign key (+) zooms you in, the Minus Sign key (-) zooms you out. This lets you see small text on a webpage or to check out the pixels in a photo.

  

  You can use your keyboard to zoom in on a photo detail

A few last tricks

Here are a few final shortcuts. For more keyboard shortcuts, check out the complete list.

• Search for files and folders
  Windows logo key +F
  In the past, finding a file could be like an archaeology expedition. But nowadays, search is really fast and thorough. Use this shortcut to get a search window, type in a few keywords, and presto, you’ll get your file.
• Open a new instance of a program
  Windows logo key +Shift+Click a taskbar icon
  I like Internet Explorer tabs—but sometimes I want a whole new browser window. To get one, I click the Internet Explorer icon while holding down Shift.
• And when you need it …get help
  Windows logo key +F1

Dos Hidden Tools

I don't see this as a hidden tool, it's just a tool that most repair technician's and very promising individuals use in order to repair the every day common hard drive and software problems. It has always made my job easier using these commands and it will also help you diagnose a failing hard drive or software problem. When in doubt use it wisely and majority of the times it corrects the problems.

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System File Checker

Windows can usually detect when a system file is missing and replace it for you without any intervention on your part. You typically won't even be notified when it happens. But even with this ability, system files can become corrupted or the wrong versions of system files can get installed by errant applications. Sometimes, these problems slip by Windows unnoticed.

Windows includes the command line tool System File Checker, which scans several thousand basic Windows files, comparing them against the original versions that shipped with Windows or, depending on the files, that have been updated through Windows Updates. If System File Checker finds a mismatch, it replaces the original file. Depending on how you installed Windows, you may or may not need the installation media, but usually you won't.

To run the tool, just type sfc at the command prompt followed by a space and then any of the following common options:

• /scannow. This performs an immediate scan of your system and will replace files as necessary. You may need to restart Windows when it's done if it finds problems.
• /scanonce. This performs a scan the next time you restart your system.
• /scanboot. This schedules a scan to be performed every time you restart your system.
• Revert. This returns the System File Checker to its default settings. You can use it to turn off the /scanboot option, for example.

Check Disk

Check Disk attempts to repair file system errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information from those bad sectors. If you ever start Windows and it tells you that it's scanning your hard disks before starting up, that's Check Disk at work. When Windows detects certain types of errors, it schedules a scan all by itself.

It takes a long time to run, especially if you let it scan the entire hard disk, including free space, so it's not really the kind of tool you want to run regularly. If you're concerned about general hard disk health, you should make use of one of the free S.M.A.R.T checkup utilities out there. I'm a fan of Passmark Disk Checkup, personally. It reads various self-monitoring data the hard disk itself collects and gives you a pretty good idea of how your hard disk is doing.

Still, sometimes hard disks are physically fine to keep using, but suffer from the occasional bad sector and corrupted files those bad sectors can cause. Windows tries its best to correct those problems for you, and it does a pretty good job. But if you ever notice that certain programs just refuse to start or you get an error when you try to access particular folders or files, bad sectors on the disk are a possible culprit. Check Disk can find those bad sectors, often recover data from them, and then map those sectors out so Windows doesn't use them anymore.

You can run Check Disk by typing chkdsk at the command prompt, followed by a space, and then any of these options:

• Volume. If you want to check a whole drive, just type the drive letter.
• Filename. You can also use chkdsk to check a single file or group of files.
• /F. Run it with this option to have chkdsk go ahead and fix those errors.
• /R. This option forces chkdsk to locate bad sectors and recover information from them. If chkdsk cannot lock the disk (which it usually can't since you're actually using Windows), it will prompt you run the command the next time you restart Windows. This is the option you'll use for the most thorough scan because running it also implies that you're running the /F option.

If you run chkdsk with no extra options, it will just perform a scan and give you a report without actually changing anything. So, you'll need to specify a volume or file name and one of the other options to make any fixes. Here's a common example. If you want chkdsk to scan your C: drive, locate bad sectors, recover information, and map over those bad sectors, type:

chkdsk C: /R

Note that there is a graphical interface of sorts for Check Disk. Open Windows Explorer, right-click a drive, and choose Properties. On the Tools tab, click the Check button. This opens up a prompt that lets you schedule a scan on the next restart. You'll be prompted to fix any errors that are found. This interface doesn't provide any of the advanced options the command line version does and it also doesn't let you scan individual files.

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Ipconfig

Ipconfig lets you view and work with TCP/IP information. You can use it to check your computer's IP address, have it release or renew that IP address if it's automatically assigned, and even purge the local DNS cache.

To use it, just type ipconfig at the command line. By itself, the command shows you IP addressing information about each of the network adapters on your computer. It may show several different adapters, so you'll have to do a little scouting to find the one you're looking for. You'll typically see a Wireless LAN adapter (for your wireless connection) and an Ethernet adapter (for your wired connection), and probably a few tunnel, virtual, or VPN adapters, depending on your setup. The information it shows you includes the IP address, physical (or MAC) address, default gateway, and subnet assigned to the adapter.

You can also add any of the following options to the ipconfig command by typing ipconfig, followed by a space, and then the option.

• /all. This option shows you all the same information as just running the ipconfig command by itself, plus a whole bunch more, such as whether the adapter is automatically assigned an IP address from a DHCP server, when that address was assigned, and when it expires.
• /release. Use this option to release all DHCP-assigned IP addresses. Note that your network will not work after this and typically you'll need use the /renew command afterward.
• /renew. Use this option to release and then immediately try to renew all DHCP-assigned information. This is probably the option you'll use most, as it forces your computer to reconnect to your router or to your ISP's servers (depending on your setup). It can be really helpful when troubleshooting connectivity problems.
• /flushdns. This option purges the local DNS cache. DNS is used to translate the more human-readable computer names and web addresses we use (like www.lifehacker.com) into IP addresses. The cache is DNS information stored locally on your computer so your computer doesn't have to look it up on a DNS server every time. Sometimes, flushing the DNS cache can resolve problems where you have network connectivity, but can't reach some computers or websites by name.

Cipher

The cipher command is mostly for working with encrypted folders and files on NTFS volumes in Windows. Frankly, if you're using that type of encryption, you have a graphical interface available that does most of what you need, though the command is good for controlling encryption programmatically or through batch files and scripts.

However, cipher does include one option at the command line that you might find useful:

cipher /W:pathname

The /W option removes data on unused portions of a volume, effectively erasing data that may be hanging around on your hard drive after deletion. You can point cipher at an entire volume (like C:) or a specific folder. As you probably already know, when you delete files from Windows, they are not actually erased from the hard drive. Instead, Windows marks that space as available to be written over with new files.

Note that this really applies to traditional hard drives and not SSDs. When you delete files from an SSD, those files are removed immediately.

Driverquery

The driverquery command generates a list of all hardware drivers installed in Windows. It's good for giving you a report about installed drivers that you can save for later reference or for investigating the version number of a currently installed driver so that you can make a better decision should you be thinking of updating.

Typed by itself, driverquery just generates a list of drivers that you can scroll through. As usual, the power comes from the options you can add:

• /s. This option lets you specify the name or IP address of a remote computer so that you investigate the drivers it has installed.
• /si. This option shows you the digital signature information for drivers.
• /fo. This is really the key option you'll use with driverquery. It lets you specify the format in which information is displayed so that you can more effectively save it as a report. After typing /fo add one of the following options: TABLE (the default view), LIST (which lists each driver with all its information one after the other), and CSV (which shows data as comma separated values).

To save a report, you just need to pipe the information to a file instead of displaying it onscreen. To do that add filename.extension to the end of the command. Here's an example of perhaps the most useful way to use the command:

driverquery /fo CSV > drivers.csv

That queries all drivers, formats the result as comma separated values, and then saves them to a file named drivers.csv. You can then import that CSV file into Excel or another spreadsheet program to see a nicely-formatted report of all your installed drivers.

Easy Copy and Paste

Want to easily copy and paste items from one computer to another, here's a fast software to copy and paste items to another computer hoping to save energy for some users.

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