Microsoft Windows 7 is being launched today worldwide in keeping with their promise. It is a pleasant surprise for many of use to see Microsoft keeping their promise, considering their previous records and that their road was not always smooth. Windows 7 has already been launched in India, though availability in retail stores will be delayed due to customs / Income tax issues. Lenovo has rolled out PC's with Windows 7 today.
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Believe me, being an avid Windows user all my life I know, 70% of the problems you encounter in your PC has some direct or indirect links to the registry. You uninstall a software, sometimes it doesn't erase its registry values and after a certain period you get a junk full of keys that slows down your system's performance too. The scariest part is, with some annoying Windows bugs or spyware, your important regustry values get changed or deleted. That forces you to encounter errors and you donno how the hell did it come. You are quite certain that the ship is  lost in the sea but how do you find it? Here is a nice tool, WhatChanged 1.06 that helps you trace back what has been changed in your registry and how to restore it.

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World's second most popular web browser Firefox offers faster web browsing, better tab handling, newer interface tweaks and many more with its latest 3.5 version (read our previous Firefox 3.5 RC review) which is now available for download. However the improvements are, by no means, a leap ahead of the previous version and rather common and implemented just to keep in pace with the other competing web browsers like Safari or Chrome which have gone through a lot of developments as Apple and Google poured in enough  money understanding the need of a good browser in coming years. We have made a review of the latest 3.5 version to let you know what new features they incorporated in Firefox 3.5 version and what else did not impress us.
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The to-do lists and task management services have become part and parcel of our life. Even a crackerjack might need a to-do list to manage his tasks in order. There are a number of web-based to-do lists that you can avail for free.  ToBeeDo is one such online to-do list and task management service. ToBeeDo is a ready-to-use application that can save time, effort and money for its users. It includes all the usual features that compliments the easy-to-use interface. It saves users time, money and effort.

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You get what you don't pay for in life. So if you want to skim on security software, you'll lose out on customer support, which can save you when badware gets stubborn.

But most of your "tech support" involves waiting on hold and listening to poorly scripted conversation?

Here are the top five free antivirus / antispyware programs. Please note that all these programs are free for home use only.
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After our extensively researched articles on data recovery software like, top 10 data recovery software and PC Inspector data recovery software, we got our hands on Easeus Data Recovery Wizard Professional. EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional recovers deleted files or folders even when they have been emptied from the Recycle Bin. Unlike most other products, it restores files from deleted, lost or missing partitions or formatted logical disks. The type of the file system doesn t really matter as the program recovers from all of them: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS/NTFS5, and EXT2/EXT3, and it s just for starters! The program supports IDE/ATA, SATA, SCSI, USB, Fire wire (IEEE1394) hard disk and other media, such as Floppy disk, USB flash drive, or even digital camera.

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There are loads of emails that flock into your account everyday and leaves you with a hell in a handbasket. I always come across people who got stuck with Microsoft's Outlook. Well, in Outlook when the number of contacts climb conversations gets intricate and it's really tough to keep them up to date. I was looking for email productivity tools that could sort out such problems when I came across Xobni. Xobni is a free plug-in available in beta version for Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to organize search and navigate the emails. It adds a completely different set up to the email inbox.
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The remote access software programs have revolutionized the way corporate PCs were used in networks. Radmin (Remote Administrator) is one such fast and secure remote control and remote access software. This Remote Administrator software allow the users to work on a  remote computer, sitting at home or in Office. Further, the use might access the computer from multiple places. The software uses the reliable and widely used TCP/IP protocol for LANs, WANs and the Internet. This enables the user to access the remote computer from anywhere in the world. The Radmin 3 comes with some advanced features like file transfer, multi-user text and voice chats, telnet connection mode, Windows security, Kerberos authentication, multiple monitors support and more. Let's take broader look into this remote control software.

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I don't know how people can be so careless not to keep a hard drive backup before that disaster strikes. Especially those who are more vulnerable to bouts of data loss, hard drive failure should consider backup solutions as rescue. There are a number of  drive backup tools that can be used to avoid such disasters. The set of backup files usually contains a full image of an object and a number of its incremental/differential backups. The backup software provide a complete solution for hard disk backup, image, upgrade and cloning. From the loads of backup solution, I selected the Top 10 Hard Drive Cloning & Backup Software for your convenience.

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We have always been concerned about hiding a particular file or folder from someone for definite purposes. I won't go into that now. But have you ever had a thought that how can we lock an .exe or Windows executable file? Suppose you share your computer with someone else in the office or hostel and its understandable if you don't want them run certain programs that you need.  For example, you probably do not want somebody else to run your tax preparation software, personal finance or email programs. So what do you do? Creating another account in Windows is child's play really. So you can not trust it. Here is where Kakasoft software comes in.

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