How To Restore Windows 7 Start Menu in Windows 8 Consumer Preview

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It looks like Windows 8 Consumer Preview is a real success. In the first day after its release the beta operating system has been downloaded more than 1 million times. That surpasses the number of downloads which have been recorded back in September, 2011 when the Developer Preview was released, and also establishes a record in which regards the most downloaded Microsoft beta version ever.

And this is now wonder having in mind that Windows 8 Consumer Preview brings some very radical changes to the way we were used to work with this platform. Therefore, everybody is curious to… Continue to How To Restore Windows 7 Start Menu in Windows 8 Consumer Preview

DesktopSave lets you save and restore icon position in Windows 7

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If you play a video game in a different resolution than the one of your desktop, when you exit the game, the position of your icons will change from the current arrangement.

Luckily there is a tweak called DesktopSave that you can apply to your Windows, which will add an additional entry when you right click on my computer, allowing you to save and restore the desktop icon position.

You should download the Desktop Save from the below link and extract it on your computer. Next, you should copy a file called Layout.dll to the following directory C:\Windows\System32\… Continue to DesktopSave lets you save and restore icon position in Windows 7

How To Edit, Restore, Manage, Merge Multiple Hosts Files (HostsMan)

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HostsMan edit the hosts file that is responsible to provide DNS addresses after consulting with the server.

Having properly configured this file is required when we want to access an IP address that corresponds to the domain name. For example, when we use the CMS for a website that only allows access via the Intranet. In this case, the external address is invalid.

HostsMan provides an interface simple to perform typical tasks in the management of this file: duplication for safety, introducing new lines, import data, prevent certain programs from being modified by, etc.

If… Continue to How To Edit, Restore, Manage, Merge Multiple Hosts Files (HostsMan)

System Restore Manager: Easy Create And Manage System Restore Points

By Clarkson in Review No Comments Tags: create, manager, points, restore, system

Many Windows users are creating restore points in order to have an extra security measure when it comes to installing a lot of applications, or doing many tweaks on the system’s hardware, settings etc. The Windows OS comes itself with an application which let you create restore points for your system, but the program provided by default by Microsoft is a little bit rough and unfriendly

Therefore, we will present you in this post a similar application but with many other features and a very friendly interface. Its name is System Restore Manager.

While using System Restore Manager… Continue to System Restore Manager: Easy Create And Manage System Restore Points

FileWing: Complete Data Removal (Shred) & Recover Deleted Files

By Clarkson in How To No Comments Tags: complete, data, deleted, files, filewing, removal, restore, sensitive, shred

Everyone of us, at different moments, has some sensitive data saved in our computers: pictures, financial information, recordings or any other kind of data, for which we will not enter in any detail because I am sure that you have got the idea. Because of its sensitive nature, this data is usually very well protected. Once you finish working with this data or you just consider it is time to delete it, you need to be sure that it will disappear completely. As some of you may know, this information will not always let itself deleted. I mean, through normal means, it… Continue to FileWing: Complete Data Removal (Shred) & Recover Deleted Files

How to Restore Twitter Timeline to the Left (User Script)

By Clarkson in News No Comments Tags: how to, interface, left, restore, Timeline, Twitter

I think that everyone has seen until now how the newly updated Twitter Interface looks like. I must admit that I am quite impressed of it. But the only thing that annoys me is the Timeline bar which now is sitting on the right.Before this update on the right side of the Twitter page we were seeing the suggestions on who to follow, the new released topics and the information regarding our account. The timeline was placed on the left.

For all those which, like me, cannot bear with the idea of having the Timeline bar on the right… Continue to How to Restore Twitter Timeline to the Left (User Script)

Seagate Rescue & Restore: free download

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Seagate Rescue | Restore is a Seagate trademark and it helps on complete restoring of your PC, when Windows refuses to boot due to some virus infections or driver errors. Available for free download
Seagate Rescue | Restore has been created in order to give you a complete, easy and safe restoration of your system. These are the reasons for which this product is an ideal software for an IT Manager, re-seller or individual user.

Seagate Rescue | Restore is now available for free download, with five user license. The first step you need to do in order to… Continue to Seagate Rescue & Restore: free download