Retrieve Older Versions from Files in Vista with Shadow Explorer

Previously we wrote about a feature in Vista called shadow copy by which you can restore a previous version of file or folder by right click. Now this feature is available in higher versions of Vista and not visible to home and home premium users. Although this feature is available in home version, users cannot [...]

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Hide Folders in Windows Using Free Hide Folders

Free Hide folders is a freeware application which provides security for Windows. This application allows you to protect your private folders by hiding them from public viewing. It is very useful tool to keep your personal data away from others. Others will not know where your personal files exist and they will not be able [...]

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Monitor Startup Entries during Program Installation with Startup Monitor

Startup Monitor is a freeware application which will monitor program installations on Windows and informs you when a program adds itself to the Window startup. This program once installed sits in the taskbar and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It prevents annoying programs from registering themselves behind your [...]

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Try Google Search as it was in January 2001

Published on 01 October 2008 by Nirmal in Google

Try Google Search as it was in January 2001

In the event of the 10th Birthday celebration, Google has brought back the search engine which was in place in January 2001. This offer users a chance to search an older index as a way of looking back at web history, and index is of January 2001. Google has set up a new page with [...]

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How to Restart Explorer Quickly in Windows Vista

Whenever a new program is installed, sometimes it prompts for a restart of PC, but in these cases it would be sufficient if we restart the Explorer instead of restarting Windows. For restarting explorer, you can follow the normal process by selecting CTRL +ALT +DEL and select Task Manager. In the task manager, click on [...]

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