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Some useful tips and tricks for virtual pc

Recently I installed Windows XP on my not fit for XP tx1t000 hp laptop, I call my laptop not fit for windows XP because there are no complete drivers provided by HP for XP and even some of the drivers provided by HP does not work at all. 😀

So, I installed Windows XP using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 but after installation I run into several troubles like I cannot move my mouse out of the Virtual PC machine window and cannot access and files and folders on my laptop in windows vista shown in the snapshot below

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Let me tell you some useful tips and tricks which will help you using virtual pc

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Protect files and folders using picture as password with PixelCryptor

PixelCryptor is FREE utility which allows you to encrypt your files and folders using any image as key used to encrypt and decrypt rather than using a password.

As we all know a picture gives a lot more visual appeal which makes it easy to remember, rather than remembering a password.

PixelCryptor

PixelCryptor lets you choose a picture and use it combine your files into a package. The pixel data of the chosen picture is used to encrypt your data.

Let’s see how can you encrypt and decrypt files and folders with PixelCryptor

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Free 6 Months Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 Genuine License Key

Kaspersky is one of the most popular anti virus these days also seems to be quite effective and better than other Antivirus while dealing with certain viruses and trojans.

Kaspersky products by chance got available for free through different hacks and tricks, there are many chances to get various products from Kaspersky for FREE you just need to act on the right time to get a free genuine license.

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Today, we have found a way to get 6 months FREE genuine license for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009.

Let see how can you activate your Kaspersky 2009 Anti-Virus Free Lisence for 6 months

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Track the run count of programs with XP run count editor

We recently posted about how can you delete your recent file list in windows with MRU-Blaster, today we have come up with cool free utility XP run count editor which lets you see the run count of all the programs which you run on your system.

XP Run Count Editor shows the number of time any application is run on your computer, with this small program you can know about the mostly used programs.

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Resize hundreds of images easy and fast with PicResizer

Resize hundreds of images in one go with easy to use PicResizer, this software could be very useful when you need to resize large number of pictures. 

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PicResizer supports saving all the new resized files in the same folder, it supports resizing of multiple images at once, you just need to drag and drop the image files over the PicResizer.

All the images will get resized into jpeg images automatically with %name which preserve the original file name

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Minimize any program to system tray with Iconize

Iconize is a cool free program which lets you minimise any running application on Windows.

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As shown in the image above you can select Minimize All to move all the opened applications into system tray.

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See the thumbnail view of images or media files in a folder with ThumbViewer – A thumb.db viewer

For all those who are not able to see the thumbnail view of images and media files in windows, I have a solution to this problem.

ThumbViewer – A thumb.db viewer – It’s a FREE software which lets you view the thumbnail cache used by windows explorer to speed up the display of thumbnails of the images in folders.

The thumbs.db cache stores all thumbnails created in a folder of the images even if the original image has been deleted.

ThumbViewer - A thumb.db viewer   

The thumbs.db which is automatically created in all the folders with images which stores the thumbnails of all the images.

Let’s see how can you use ThumbViewer – A thumb.db viewer to view all images thumbnails

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Deleted recently opened files list and protect your privacy with MRU-Blaster

We all open some files on various public and private computers which we don’t want let other come to know.

It could be a situation when you have opened some very crucial and confidential file and you don’t want any one to see the list of recently opened and get to know about that file and path where it is stored on your computer.

MRU-Blaster is a free program which lets you scans your computer for the list of MRU (most recently used) programs entries, cookies and internet cache files also.

MRU-Blaster  

MRU-Blaster can detect more than 30,000 most recently used items and present you with a list of items and lets you clean the traces which reveal that a file was opened, you just need to click the button Clean Now

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Let’s see what the additional features MRU-Blaster except for cleaning list of opened files.