Hide Files Inside Other Files - using Clotho

This blog has discussed in several topics on how to hide or password protect your private files not to be seen by others. Today we discuss how to hide files inside another file by using one user friendly free program called Clotho

Clotho -  http://clotho.ixenity.tk a free program for Windows design to hide your file or folders into another files without damaging them. You can also set a password and compress your data

When you start Clotho after installation you are automatically taken to the creation tab where you can select the mask file, which is the file that you will use to hide another file or folder in to, and the file or folder that
you want to hide. You can change the file name if you want  or leave a new file name that is generated automatically. Clotho will automatically display the estimated size of the new file in the interface. The options allow you to select to encrypt, compress data 

A video from 5min.com will walk you through to this program

Uninstall Program fast and Easy - Absolute Uninstaller

To all my friends sorry for not updating my blog for quite a long time. So many things came up. I'll try to find time to work it out and to continue bringing IT information to everyone. For this topic, I want to share to you how to uninstall program from the traditional add / remove program of windows which is much more efficient, user friendly and most of all its free!!!

Absolute Uninstaller- a software uninstall helper an alternative software that comes to your aid with similar interface to the standard Windows Add/Remove Programs. It assist to get rid of any leftovers that were overlooked by your operating system. Similar to the Windows product, this tool displays the name of currently installed programs, along with their developer name and install date.The standard Add/Remove program can't uninstall applications completely which often leaves broken registry keys, unnecessary files on the hard disk.The more junk files your computer have ,the slower it runs. 

The program uses a small amount of system CPU and memory, contains a brief help file and is simple to use. 

Features: 

Automatically detect unused files left by uninstaller and completely delete them Very fast speed listing programs,no need to wait. Autofix invalid program entries. List installed programs with appropriate icons Simple and User friendly interface  To download this program just click on the following website http://absolute-uninstaller.en.softonic.com http://www.brothersoft.com/absolute-uninstaller-36257.html  http://download.cnet.com/Absolute-Uninstaller/3000-2248_4-67771.html

Convert Powerpoint to Video - PowerDVD Point Lite

My friend Jo asked my to prepare a farewell video presentation for her boss who is going to be transferred to another branch. The concept is to put some animation in the first scene to make it more light and little bit funny. Of course with lack of resources we made the animation in a powerpoint. The question now is to convert the powerpoint into a video? I have tried and tested some of the free software available but found dissapointing to have a watermark or the animation when converted will not be there. Finally, I have found just the right software for this job.

PowerDVDPoint Lite -  http://www.digitalofficepro.com/Powerpoint/ppt-to-dvd-lite-working.html is a free and efficient conversion that allows you and easily burn your Powerpoint presentation to DVD video format or an option to convert in other video formats (MOV, asf,mkv,WMW) without watermarks. The converted output retains all features of your original Powerpoint presentation like transition or animation.

You can check the webiste on this link

http://www.digitalofficepro.com/Powerpoint/ppt-to-dvd-lite-working.html

  

Hide Application on your Computer - Magic Boss Key

While working on your computer, sometimes you dont want your nosy co-workers and even your boss looking at your shoulder and looking what you are up to, specially if you are surfing the internet and looking for new updates on your Facebook. You need to react quickly to hide your application for them not to see.

Magic Boss Key - http://www.magictweak.com/freeutil/magicboss/magicboss.php small interface that allows you to hide your programs fast even without touching the key board. By clicking with the two mouse buttons at the same time you can remove all open windows

Highlights includes:-

1. Totally FREE to download

2. Instantly hide windows with a secret key combination.

3. Windows 7/Vista/2003/XP/2000/Me/98 compatible.

4.Cover task bar.

5. Extremely fast with low system resources consumption.

6. Restore all applications exactly to the same state

7. Specify any number of windows that should be excluded from hiding

Give it a try and let me know your comment.

Automouse Clicker

I envy one of my colleague, Joyce when she is playing Farmtown in Facebook, she got a higher level where she can plow and harvest in multiple area in just one click of the mouse. As trying to return back on this game it is really difficult for a new beginner to click entirely one field specially if it is in multilayer. For an average computer user, it is most common that we do a lot of clicking, specially when a certain games required a lots of clicking, it becomes an ardous task that it will probable cause your fingers, shoulders in a great throb to the bones. Is there a program where it can do the clicking for you....and the best part should be totaly FREE!!! 

Mouse Auto Clicker - a simple application that does exactly what it names implies. It runs on a timer and will automatically click whenever you required it to. The interface is simple that you need only configure few things. You have to put some coordinates where you wish to auto click, set an interval then press start and it will start running.

Mouse Clicker can free your hands and save your time. Give it a try and check the link below.It a lightest tools that even an older computer can use it.  http://www.advanced-mouse-auto-clicker.com/free-mouse-auto-clicker.html 

Free All In One Multimedia Tools Programs - Free Studio Managers

My apology of not updating much of this blog lately as I have been stuck up in my work (as if i have many followers on this blog lol) Anyhow to compensate on my absence, I wish to share to you a very good all in one package program were you can convert, burn,download, edit of almost all the multimedia tools which will actually cost you  nothing. As my friend Sarah would always says" The Best things in Life are FREE.

Free Studio Managers - http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm - an almost complete all in one multimedia tools which is easily to use. It contains a bundle of 8 sections  of free multimedia applications thanks to its developer DVDVidoe Soft. These sections as you can see below are:

• YouTube
• MP3 & Audio
• CD-DVD-BD,
• DVD & Video
• Photo & Image
• Mobiles
• Apples Devices
• 3D

Despite of many choices, a very cool designed control panel makes it easy to navigate and dowloading will only takes a little disk space in your computer.

To elaborate more here is the list of categories for you to try

Free YouTube Download
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter
Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter
Free YouTube to iPhone Converter
Free YouTube to DVD Converter
Free YouTube Uploader
Free Uploader for Facebook

Free Video to Android Converter
Free Video to Apple TV Converter
Free Video to BlackBerry Converter
Free Video to HTC Phones Converter
Free Video to iPad Converter
Free Video to iPod Converter
Free Video to iPhone Converter
Free Video to LG Phones Converter
Free Video to Motorola Phones Converter
Free Video to Nintendo Converter
Free Video to Nokia Phones Converter
Free Video to Samsung Phones Converter
Free Video to Sony Phones Converter
Free Video to Sony Playstation Converter
Free Video to Sony PSP Converter
Free Video to Xbox Converter
Free Video to Tablet PC Converter
Free DVD Video Converter
Free Video to DVD Converter
Free Video to Flash Converter
Free 3GP Video converter
Free Video to MP3 Converter
Free Video to JPG Converter
Free Audio Converter
Free Audio to Flash Converter
Free WebM Video Converter
Free MP4 Video Converter
Free AVI Video Converter
Free DVD Video Burner
Free Disc Burner
Free Audio CD Burner
Free Audio CD to MP3 Converter
Free Screen Video Recorder
Free Image Convert and Resize
Free Video Dub
Free Audio Dub
Free Video Flip and Rotate
Free 3D Photo Maker
Free 3D Video Maker

A video from youtube will walk you through with this application

Monitoring your Hard Disk Performance - CrystalDiskInfo

Every PC users knows that one important component of a computer performance relies heavily in the performance of your hard disk. If you are not aware of the condition of your gard drive you will caught up in a situation of hard disk crash, will be sorry that all your valuable data is lose. It should be great knowing of a utility that could report on your hard disk's health, to alert us, letting you know it's time to make backups.

CrystalDiskInfo -  a small utiliy program that give you a heads-up that tell you about the hardware performance of your hard disk - This includes details such as drive temperature, how often it's been started or stopped. It provides you with a nice meter to give you an easy graphical representation and the best part of course it is FREE!.

A modern drives monitoring called S.M.A.R.T (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) found in modern day hardrives designed to  monitor a number of parameter on a hard disk - To give you access to the system that's where CrystalDiskInfo will come in. 

Features: 

• Supports S.M.A.R.T where comprehensive graph is shown
• Display drive temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit
• Integrated temprature alarm automatically notifies you when a drive reaches a certain temprature
• Simple interface and display perfromance statistics  

Download link

http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

http://download.cnet.com/CrystalDiskInfo/3000-2086_4-10832082.html

Locates Files and Folder Instantly in Windows - Use Everything

Trying to find certain files and folders in your PC, but just can't remember where you have put it? Its a common approach for us to use the search local disk and in worse case the search computer. Though it would not probably take that long to find your file but it will certainly took sometime before you find what you are looking for. What you need is just one click intant search and you will find everything. There is a FREE software tools that will help you find your files and folder in your PC - the fastest way.

Everything - a tiny free download software that perfoms like search engine for your Windows PC. This software will immediately crerates an index database of all your files, and will then allow you to search through all of them by name.  You can run it locallyto your hardrive or just get a portable version to run from a flash drive.

Download Everything from http://www.voidtools.com . Here's a video from www.5min.com to walk you through with this great program.

Fast Windows File Search

How to find information on your Computer System - SIW way

Looking for a FREE software tools that will allow you to to know everything you ever wanted to know in your computer system? You lost a product key or a serial # of your operating system and want to retrieve it? Want to know all the programs installed in your computer, settings, properties abd specs of your computer hardware / software

System Information for Windows - (SIW) a FREE software program that analyze and gathers detailed information about Windows computer system both in hardware and software, network information, network tools, miscellaneous tools. One of the best feature feature of SIW is it is a standalone software which you can also run directly through your USB flash drive or CD

SIW - is developed by Gabriel Tapola and you can visit the website in www.gtopala.com . Visiting their website, i found out that they are now offering for SIW Pro Version for Business and technician version. But it still offers FREE download for Home or personal use.

As this FREE program gain so much popularity on the net, you can search for almost every site that offers FREE download of this program. An example are the links below

1. http://download.cnet.com/SIW/3000-2094_4-10326678.html
2. http://siw.en.softonic.com/
3. http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-54-siw

To walk you through with this program, here is a video clip from 5minutes.com

How to find all your computer system specs

K9 Web Protection - Protecting your Children in the Internet World

One in five children aged five to seven are accessing the internet without supervision from a parent, this is according to the articles from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1218581/Children-young-using-internet-parental-supervision.html. This situation will post a great risk for our children being exposed in accessing pornograpy and other adult materials. It is therefore important for parent to protect our children using a parental control and filtering on the access of internet but of course not worrying for the price because its totally FREE...

K9 Web Protection - http://www1.k9webprotection.com/ An easy to install and use friendly internet filter. K9 prevent particular types of site, like those of adult content from opening. It also allows the user to restict certain times when accessing a certain site. The software have this unique feature "barking sound" as an alert whenever it block one of the user defined restrictions. K9 requires a licence key before or after you install the software

K9 Key Features

• Compatible with Windows or MAC
• Website blocking by category, including pornography, violence, illegal drugs

• Ability to overide a block with the parent password
• Easy pre set levels to choose from depending on the age of the children
• Time restriction including Nigh Guard
• It never slow down your PC
• Also give malware protection
• Tamper resistant for more savvy children

Here's a video below to furthere more about this software. I'll do appreciate your comment or feed back once you have started using this program

How to Password Protect your Folder

Every one of us would want to keep our files and folders safe for being censored by others specially our own personal file. Having our filed secured is also the best way to keep your files or folder for accidentally being deleted.

One of the most common ways to secure a file or a folder is to change your folder as “hidden” file or folder.  An invisible item is much more difficult to be picked up by those you hide it from. If they do not know where it is, then they do not know where to look in the first place.

Of course, this method is not totally a secure guarantee and chances are someone can manage to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files and folders and from then on it is just a matter of searching for what they are looking for.

Secure Folder   http://sourceforge.net/projects/securefolder a freebie tool that offers both folder locking and hiding. The application is free of charge with an easy to use interface. Installation is easy and does not require additional items to the system.

Once you dropped the folder in the application you can choose one of the three security modes for protection: lock (restricts access to the target), hide (makes it invisible in Windows Explorer) and encrypt (encodes the containing information).

A video from 5min.com will walk you through on this application.

How to Protect Your Folders

Free Windows Password Removal / Reset Tools

Earlier I have written about how to reset / remove  Admin Password from your XP Operating System using the XP CD Installer,  Now I am writing about few more ways to do the same using different utilities and methods to recover Windows Password without using your XP CD Installer and can also be used in other operating system as well, It took me some time to check and picked few best ones, and look into reviews of these utility before I write it on to my blog. Here are some utilities which can recover Admin password / reset for your Windows as discussed in details as given below 

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd – This utility can be used to reset or set the password of your Windows XP / Vista and should also work with Windows 7 as well

 

Key Features

• Completely Free to download and use
• There is no installation in Windows is required or knowledge of old password is needed making this utility an easy alternative to many other password recovery tools
• It simple deletes passwords instantly making it fast and easy to use
• ISO image is much smaller than those of other password recovery tools

To start with, visit the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor website http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd Just download the free ISO file, burn it to a CD, and delete your password in just a few minutes. After that, you'll be able to access Windows without a password at all!

Visiting their website, they have also offered bootable disk from USB so it’s really coming in handy and I recommend giving it a try.

Ophcrack LiveCD http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net – free window password recovery tools designed to scan windows password and display them for an easy recovery. It supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Key Features 

• Software is freely available for download online 
• The Ophcrack LiveCD option allows for completely automatic password recovery
• No software installation is needed to recover passwords
• Passwords are recovered automatically using the LiveCD method

Simply visit the site, download the free ISO image, burn it to a CD and boot to the CD. Ophcrack will automatically search the users on your Windows system and start cracking their passwords and will be displayed on your screen.

 

An important note: Antivirus recognize the Ophcrack LiveCD ISO file as a Trojan virus. You need not worry about it, it will do no harm to your computer.

 

PCLoginNow http://www.pcloginnow.com is a free easy-to-use tool to reset administrator and other accounts passwords on your Windows system.  Works with Windows 7,Windows Vista, and Windows XP passwords

Key Features

• Can delete any password from nearly any installation of Windows almost instantly. 
• Passwords are simply removed with this tool instead of being decoded and displayed making it faster and easier to use 
• No installation in Windows is required making PC Login Now an easy alternative to many other password recovery tools
•  Can transform any normal user account into an administrator account 
•  The ISO image is much smaller than those of many other password recovery tools

 

While visiting their website, I found some other useful utility tools that they offer which you may wish to try.

Let me know your comments on these tools when you give it a try.

Until then...