Manage Windows startup and Logon using Microsoft AutoRuns

Microsoft-Autoruns Almost every Microsoft user might have faced problem with managing auto-starting locations of applications and some of us have really no knowledge on what are the applications that are configured to run during system bootup or login and how to remove that. Sometimes application popup, window or error popup at Windows Startup or logon will be annoying and  we all mostly know only MSCONFIG utility of windows which is generally used to manage windows logon process and startup to some extent. Microsoft AutoRuns is a small utility that goes beyond MSCONFIG giving the user with flexibility to control and manage auto-starting locations of any startup monitor apart from listing down the entries in the order Windows processes them.

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December 31st, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Create funny post cards using FACEinHOLE

FACEinHOLE-sample Its festival time and most of us send post cards, eGreeting cards to our friends and relatives to share the joy. Long back I have written an article about online photobooths to create freaky pictures online using your webcam. One can find similar sites and other greeting card sites in Internet which allow you to design your own cards but not all the sites will allow you to manipulate pictures of your own to create awesome cards giving you handful of options. FACEinHOLE is one such cool service where you can upload your own photos or use your webcam to create your own card and animation by resizing your picture, adjusting the contrast, hue and saturation to make it perfect.

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December 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

3D content creation using blender

photo-realistic-image 3D content creation is very important these days and once can find vast number of animations in video games, videos, movies, magazines. The tools that create 3D content mostly requires license to work with and only a very few exists as opensource with all the features that a commercial software has. Blender is the best open source 3D content creation suite I know which comes under GNU General Public License and is available for all Operating Systems. Blender is basically used as a graphics animation and video production program which is quite popular among the design community and not with common people. So I decided to pen it down here.

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December 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Recover data from your scratched CD/DVD

cd-data-recovery A scratched CD or DVD will lead to data loss and it is really frustrating when you come across one. Most of us might have already had this experience before due to various reasons and some even think recovering data from disks that have physical damage is not possible. CD Recovery Toolbox is a free tool will help you to recover the data easily and safely from from different disk types like CD, DVD,HD DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. CD Recovery Toolbox can recover lost data as a result of physical damages like scratches, spots on the surface etc and also from disks with incorrect recording.

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December 28th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Share your word document safely using Doc Scrubber

doc-scrubber Generally a Microsoft Word Document contains lot of additional information like Hidden Revision Logs, Comments, Keywords, Subjects, and other properties etc apart from containing the text you save in. Sometimes when distribute those document we forget to remove those things as they remain hidden which may not be useful or necessary for the recipients. Doc Scrubber helps you to view such informations and scrub them off before publishing or distributing them. One can adjust the settings with this tool and can decide upon what to scrub and what not to.

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December 26th, 2008 | Leave a Comment