Microsoft has released a new tool “System Update Readiness Tool”, which allows you to fix the failed update installation in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008 & Server 2008 R2.
System resources, such as file data, registry data, and even in-memory data, can develop inconsistencies during the lifetime of the operating system. These inconsistencies might be …

Windows 7 comes with 14 different sound schemes. If you are bored with these default sound schemes, here is a freeware “iFX Seven Sound Creator” which allows you to create your own customized sound scheme.

How to create custom sound scheme?

Select your sounds.

How should they be made: using iFX sound recorder, using audacity, downloading sound …

BingPaper is a small and useful application released by Microsoft Codeplex. It downloads the latest Bing image and sets it as your wallpaper.
This application is written in C# using WPF. The Source Code is available for download here.

BingPaper has a few customization options as well. It allows you to set wallpaper in three different modes …

Windows 7 Account Screen Editor is a freeware windows utility developed by Deviantart user, which allows you to customize the logon screen background of Windows 7 very quickly and easily. All you need to do is to click on Set background button and choose a picture for your logon screen background.
Whenever the picture you selected …

Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 3.6 and is available to download. This new version of Firefox comes with several new features such as ability to personalize appearance with a single click.
It is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users.
New Features …

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is one of the excellent freeware antivirus from Microsoft and it runs on Windows without much memory footprint. If you are running MSE on your computer and it crashed due to any changes you made to registry, then Fix MSE should be able to help you.

Fix MSE utility will restore all …

SecureZIP Express is a freeware Zip utility developed by PKWare, the inventor of .Zip format. It allows you to ZIP and UNZIP files to save storage space up to 90%. It can also Encrypt and Decrypt files to protect the files you store or send.It is free for non-commercial use only.

Features of SecureZIP Express:

Protect your …

With the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has released yet another free e-book named “What You Can Do Before You Call Tech Support” which covers basic Windows 7 troubleshooting tips. This short e-book is created by Mitch Tulloch, a Microsoft MVP.

This ebook includes over 20 good troubleshooting tools such as the Aero troubleshooter in Windows …

USB Safely Remove is a system utility designed for quick and safely stopping USB Flash Drives connected to your computer. It allows you to safely stop and remove USB Flash Drives much faster than using “Safely remove hardware” icon in the system tray.

In addition, it gives an opportunity to hide any device out of sight, …

Previously, I wrote about PowerSlave and BattCursor tool for laptop battery. Here is one more extremely useful tool Aerofoil which helps you to extend & improve Laptop battery life when you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 as your OS.
Aerofoil is a small tray utility for Windows Vista and Windows 7 to automatically disable …