PC

Microsoft offers PCmover Express for Free to Transfer data to Windows 10 PC

Posted by Techdows on Sep 1st, 2015

Use PCmover Express for free to move data from old PC to a new Windows 10 PC. Microsoft has partnered with Laplink to provide you their PCmover Express software for free for a limited time, which you can use to transfer files and folders... More »

PCs that Cannot Run Windows 10 will see Upgrade icon After July 29, 2015

Posted by Techdows on Jun 9th, 2015

Qualified PCs running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 show Windows 10 Upgrade notification icon through system tray, Microsoft says this happens automatically (an update installed long time back probably triggers that). By reserving your... More »

InstallGuard, Block New Software Installations on Your PC

Posted by Techdows on Aug 20th, 2012

If you’re using a shared Computer without any user accounts created, then you may want to block new software installations installed by others on your Computer or its a tough to job block programs installed by other users in your... More »

NoVirusThanks Website Blocker blocks websites easily on your PC

Posted by Techdows on May 16th, 2012

As we all know websites can be blocked permanently in all browsers on our Computers using hosts file, we’ve also covered that it is possible to block list of websites for a specified period of time (temporarily) with free app called... More »

How to Know Which Apps Are Preinstalled on Your Windows 8 PC

Posted by Techdows on Apr 6th, 2012

Windows 8 by default comes installed with some metro apps which you might not know, but by knowing them you can get a clear idea of what other metro style apps you’ve installed 0n your Windows 8 PC. Windows 8 overall offers... More »

UltraHide: Hide Any Window on Your PC with a Hotkey

Posted by Techdows on Jan 17th, 2012

There are many Window Hiding tools available on the internet that lets you hide all open windows with a hotkey but some don’t offer password protect feature to restrict the access. This is where UltraHide freeware application will... More »

Windows 8 Simulator, Run Windows 8 as a Desktop App on Windows 7 PC

Posted by Techdows on Nov 3rd, 2011

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You need to either install Windows 8 or install windows 8 in a virtual machine with Virtual box on your PC to experience Windows 8 features, what if you don’t want to do both as your system requirements doesn’t match that off Windows... More »

System Inventory Tool, Generates Detailed Hardware and Software Report of your PC

Posted by Techdows on Oct 23rd, 2011

We’ve recently covered Hardware Freak system information tool, but it is easy to say System Inventory Tool freeware portable tool gathers system information and displays exhaustive information on hardware and software on your... More »

PC On/Off Time, Displays Computer Usage Time for the Last 3 weeks Graphically

Posted by Techdows on Oct 14th, 2011

Thanks to broadband connections and Social networks like Twitter and Facebook making us spend most of the time on Computers surfing online, do you ever wanted to know how much time you’re spending in front of your Computer/your PC... More »

Task ForceQuit Pro, Close/Restart Frozen Apps without Rebooting your PC

Posted by Techdows on Oct 13th, 2011

We’re all familiar with this, if a program stops responding for some time, we do open Task Manager, select that application and click “End Task” button there ends the matter isn’t it? may be not, sometimes we need to reboot... More »

Windisk Home: Free PC Cleaning Utility

Posted by Techdows on Sep 26th, 2011

Windisk Home is a freeware PC cleaning utility with not much of intuitive interface allows to remove temporary files, junk files and browser history and tries to bring new PC experience to the user. This utility allows to clean your... More »

Get Detailed Information about your PC hardware with Hardware Freak

Posted by Techdows on Sep 19th, 2011

We’ve covered various system information tools in the past, Hardware Freak is a freeware portable tool that displays detailed information about hardware in your PC, this information includes of: the CPU, BIOS, Motherboard,... More »

DeskDuster 2011 Auto-Hides Desktop Icons when Your PC is Idle

Posted by Techdows on Sep 7th, 2011

We use screensaver with a password or lock our Computer to protect from unauthorized access when we’re away from our PCs, DeskDuster 2011 is a freeware tool auto-hides desktop icons when your PC is idle or you’re away from so that... More »

Windows Migration Assistant for Lion helps to Transfer your Data from PC to Mac

Posted by Techdows on Jul 22nd, 2011

Apple released OS X Lion for Mac users which is available via Mac App Store for $29.99, Apple boats their Loin OS brings over 250 new features including Multi-Touch Gestures, Mission Control,full-screen apps and LaunchPad, Apple claims... More »

Download Microsoft Safety Scanner and run Free Safety Scan for Your PC

Posted by Techdows on Apr 14th, 2011

As you know Microsoft stopped “Windows Live OneCare” and started offering its antivirus “Microsoft Security Essentials” for free to all Genuine Windows Copy users, Microsoft now renamed their free scanner “ Windows Live OneCare... More »

How to Open WebP Images on Windows 10/11 [2023]

Posted by Techdows on Apr 12th, 2011

It’s 2023, yet, Some Apps and Operating Systems including Windows 11, Windows 10, and older don’t support WebP image format out of the box. This article reveals the best ways to open and view WebP Images on Windows. What... More »

Acebyte Utilities Free: Speed Up, Repair and Clean Your PC

Posted by Techdows on Feb 28th, 2011

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Acebyte Utilities Free offers collection of tools to optimize your Computer for maximum performance, cleans junk files and fixes PC problems if any. As usual yet another free system optimization tool not with any noticeable unique... More »