Cleaning up your registry used to be a mammoth task and very few(including myself) had the urge and confidence to perform such a cleanup. But to make things easier for us, here is a wonderful software which makes cleaning your registry look like cakewalk. What’s more, this software packs in a lot of additional features which make it a really worthwhile software for all users. (And did we tell you its FREE?)

TweakNow RegCleaner 4.4

To begin with, TweakNow RegCleaner is lot more than a registry cleaner, its actually a collection of system tools.

So you see that the registry cleaner is a part of the package. So lets talk about some of the features:

• Disk Cleaner: This utility acts a simple disk check utility and clears all the temporary files and backup and temporary files from your system.

• Disk Usage Analyzer: A lot of us use dedicated Disk Space Analyzer like Tree Size Free but TweakNow RegCleaner comes with a usage analyzer too. *smiles*

• Registry Cleaner: Now we come to the real thing. The Registry Cleaner is extremely easy to use. You can go with the default settings or make some exceptions of your own. You can also restore some registry keys in case you accidently deleted some. TweakNow RegCleaner does away with hundreds of obsolete registry entries in a wink and is a must download for all home and expert users alike. There is also a Registry Defragmenter.

• StartUp Manager: You can also manage your StartUp items from within TweakNow RegCleaner.

• Track Cleaner: You can now also delete not only the tracking items of your browser but also other applications, and delete them.

• Uninstall Program: And to round it all up, you can also Uninstall Programs from here and remove old entries. *smiles again*

We fell in love with TweakNow RegCleaner and we hope that you will too. This is a very useful little tool(its pretty light, only 3.66 MB) and takes care of a lot of things for you, things that might probably go unnoticed.

Go ahead and try it out for yourself. Download TweakNow RegCleaner here.

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FreeMeter is a free lightweight software that allows you to monitor your computer’s performance. Unlike other tools FreeMeter does not occupy a lot of space nor does it affect the performance of your computer while doing it’s job. It not only helps you monitor overall system performance but also the individual components such as CPU performance, memory allocation etc.

Key Features Of FreeMeter:

1. It is free, fast and easy to use.
2. It works on all versions of Windows (is not compatible with MAC or LINUX).
3. The computer’s CPU and memory usage is shown using graphs in the taskbar.
4. FreeMeter provides you with statistical data on physical memory usage, network performance, disk performance, etc.
5. Provides you with a list of processes running and also allows network pings.
6. It allows you to initialize system shutdown, hibernation etc from icon on taskbar.
7. Provides you with different graphs through which you can monitor your system performance.
8. There is also a Premium version available that enables alerts when system performance is affected through e-mail.

This is a must have tool for all Windows users as it gives your precise and accurate details on your computer’s performance, hence helping you monitor the health of your PC. Check out FreeMeter.

Unresponsive programs in Windows quoting the dreadful message ‘(Not Responding)‘ are a common sight if you are a Windows user. These programs simply don’t listen to your commands and even refuse to close. They irritatingly waste your time and stay on the screen until they close which normally takes a long time.

Sometimes these frozen programs force you to open the Task Manager, detect the appropriate process and then end the process manually from there as they do not close on their own. This can be a horrible experience especially if you a Windows Vista user. Thankfully, there is an easier way out to close these frozen programs! Here’s how you do it.

1. Right click on your Desktop and click New>Shortcut.



2. Copy the following location: taskkill.exe /f /fi “status eq not responding” on to the text box in the window that opens.



3. That’s it. You are now done! From now on, anytime some program displays ‘(Not Responding)‘, just clicking on the shortcut will automatically detect and terminate the unresponsive program.
4. To make it even more easier you can even assign a shortcut key to open the shortcut using Keyboard Tweaker.

Note: The above trick works on Windows XP Professional(sadly not on XP Home Edition), all Windows Vista versions and even on Windows 7.

Don’t worry! For Windows XP Home users(and also universally for other Windows users), there is another trick that does the job.

1. Open Notepad and copy the following command on to it: 

@echo off
taskkill.exe /f /fi “status eq not responding”
exit

2. Now go to File>Save and give the File name as taskkill.bat on save it to your desktop.



3. From now on, anytime some program becomes frozen, just clicking on taskkill will automatically detect and terminate the unresponsive program.

AutoSizer is a free lightweight software that automatically resizes your program windows according to your specifications. It resizes the windows to open as maximized or a given specific size. AutoSizer provides you with various options with which you can select how a specific application window should open.

Features Of AutoSizer:

1. It automatically resizes application windows for you.
2. Autosizer supports most softwares and applications.
3. You can choose a specific size for an application or software window.
4. Allows you to choose between maximize, minimize, restore and resize(custom size).
5. It does not require any installation.
6. It is free, fast and easy to use.

How do I use AutoSizer to resize windows?

1. Open the application that you want to run on AutoSizer.
2. Now open AutoSizer. It will show all the open windows.
3. Just click any one of the window name and press ‘AutoSize’.
4. Choose one of the options under ‘Action To Perform’(as shown below) and click ‘OK’.

AutoSizer is a very useful tool as it helps you resize your windows the way you want it to and is helpful to all Windows users. It gives you customization options that allow you to specify how a window must size itself when it opens(induvidually).  Check out AutoSizer.

Scriptalizer is a free online tool that helps you shrink your Java and CSS scripts significantly. It is a nice tool that allows you to save system space by greatly decreasing the code size. Scriptalizer is pretty simple to use and does it’s job very efficiently in a matter of seconds.

How does Scriptalizer work?

Scriptalizer takes all the codes from the script and puts it under a name like scriptalizer.js or scriptalizer.css . This reduces the number of characters drastically and hence saves you a lot of space. Scriptalizer actually minifies the whole script by removing all unnecessary characters from the source code. These unnecessary characters include white space characters, new line characters, comments and sometimes also block delimiters. Given below is an example of how scriptalizer works.

The original scripts:

Java script:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery/jquery.form.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/myOwnScriptFile.js"></script>

CSS script:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style/longstylesheet.css" type="text/css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style/anotherlongstylesheet.css" type="text/css" />

After the scripts are run on scriptalizer, here is the shrunk version:

Java script:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/scriptalizer.js" ></script>

CSS script:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style/scriptalizer.css" type="text/css" />

How do I use Scriptalizer to shrink my Java and CSS scripts?

Using scriptalizer to shrink your java scripts has never been this easy before.  Just follow these steps to shrink your scripts:

1. Select the file to be processed using ‘Choose File’ under the required file heading.
2. Now click ‘OK’ to start the shrinking process.
3. You’re now done with the shrinking process and within seconds the compressed code is ready.

This is a very useful tool for a Java or a CSS programmer as it saves a lot of their server space. Check out Scriptalizer.

Finally, Microsoft has deemed it fit to release an official tool that helps you backup the Personal Folders on Microsoft Outlook. A Personal Folder file is an MS Outlook file with a .PST extension that is located on your computer’s hard drive instead of the email server. Personal folder files contain emails, files and other personal folders that you may have created to classify your emails. PST files can be saved, copied and moved to another location or computer or any storage device and used from there. Personal folders enable the user to access emails even when they are offline.

The Personal Folders Backup tool is compatible with Outlook 2002 and later versions and the operating systems that support each respective Outlook version. This tool makes it easy for the user to back up the Outlook information of your choice to your hard disk or network server or share.

Download Personal Folders Backup Tool. The Microsoft website has detailed instructions on how to use this tool and backup your PST files easily.

Whenever you delete some file from your computer, it visually appears to any user as if the file has been completely deleted from the computer. This so called permanent deletion of files can be done either by deleting the file by clicking on Empty Recycle Bin or by simply pressing Shift+Delete.

After this operation Windows considers the deleted file as null or void. Windows doesn’t actually delete the file until it finds some other new data that needs to occupy the space the deleted file was occupying. Stop doing any activities on the disk that you are going to undelete files from and it goes without saying that the sooner you try to recover the deleted file, the better is your chance to get it back.

So here are five free softwares that help you recover your deleted data before you lose them!

1. Piriform Recuva

Piriform Recuva is a data recovery software that allows you to recover recently deleted files from your system. It has a user-friendly interface and is very simple to use. Recuva scans for deleted files on your hard disk and helps you recover the deleted files if it has not been overwritten by any other file. In case it has been overwritten by some other file Recuva informs you that the file is unrecoverable. So make sure that you try to recover the deleted file as soon as you delete it. Check out Piriform Recuva.

2. Recover Files

Recover Files is a very nice software that allows you to recover deleted files in no time. It has a very intuitive interface that allows you to search for your deleted files based on file formats like MP3, PDF, RAR, XML, etc which gives you speedy searches. When you start the detection process for deleted files you will see the files that Recover Files was able to detect. This software will also tell you the state of the files detected. This way you get to know that Very Good means that the file is still recoverable and the Overwritten status means that the file is not recoverable. Check out Recover Files.

3. Restoration

Restoration is a straight forward utility tool that allows you to recover deleted files from your computer and also from formatted memory cards. This software allows you limit your file scan based on file formats specifically thereby enhancing your search speed. Along with Restoration’s ability to recover deleted files it also provides the option to delete the files that are not available for simple recovery.  Check out Restoration.

4. FreeUndelete

FreeUndelete is an other software that allows you to undelete files that you have recently deleted from your computer. This software allows you to search for deleted files based on their file types. Interestingly, you can also specify the location that you want to save the recovered file to. It is pretty easy to use and the interface is clean and friendly. Check out FreeUndelete.

5. CD Repair Tool

Cd Repair Tool proves to be a very unique and useful software that allows you to recover data or media files from corrupted CD, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. This recovery tool will definitely go down well with all as everytime or the other we tend to scratch our CD’s and DVD’s which then causes problems while playing. CD Repair Tool allows you to scan your portable disks and then lists you the various files available on it. The time taken to recover the files depends upon the level of damage caused to the disk. Check out CD Repair Tool.

6. Advanced PSD Repair

Advanced PSD Repair is a very handy tool that allows you to repair corrupt or damaged Photoshop(PSD, PDD) images. It is a powerful tool that allows you to recover PSD and PDD files. PSD repair tries to minimize image loss due to corruption and recovers the file back to its original form. It also offers you support to recover PSD and PDD files from corrupted floppy medias like floppies, CD’s, etc. Check out Advanced PSD Repair.

These free tools will definitely help you recover that particular file you deleted by mistake or recover files from that really important CD that’s corrupted. Check them out!