HitWicket is another cool firefox addon which lets you monitor the live cricket scores on any cricket match going on. It is based on ScoreWatch Firefox extension and fetches the updates from CMDN.com in the status bar panel.
It will alert you about any fall of wickets even if you are running a screensaver it will pop up in that case, you can anytime configure the refresh interval of the scores
Hiding File Extensions in windows is a some settings which one need to toggle on and off, as sometimes it is necessary to see the file extension to recognize the file and program which can open the same in windows.
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But turning the setting of hide extensions for known files types on or off, you will need to manually open the windows explorer go to File Menu >> Tools >> Folder Options and then click the view tab and under view tab you will need to locate the setting which says hide extensions for known files types
Rather, avoiding this whole tedious process you can install a free shell extension which will work on xp, vista and windows 7 also. This shell extension is called FileExtToggle.
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One of our reader asked us how can he quickly toggle to show hidden files and folders settings in windows, as we all know the process to show hidden files and folders in windows is quite tedious.
The normal process to toggle show hidden files and folders on and off is through windows explorer in which you need to first navigate to File Menu >> Tools >> Folder Options and then click the view tab and then uncheck or check the settings show hidden files and folders
What if you can quickly toggle hidden files and folders in windows via right click context menu, HiddenFilesToggle is a free shell extension for windows which works on windows xp, vista and windows 7 also which will add a new entry to the right click context menu which lets you toggle hide files in windows
This option in the right click context menu gives you the ability to toggle the display of hidden files on and off. This extension is very useful for those who frequently have to change this setting show hidden files and folders.
This small shell extension makes possible to turn off show hidden files and folders directly from your mouse right click.
Ultimate Process Killer is a small free program which lets you kill multiple process running in windows, it will show up the list of all process running but the list is not live as you will need refresh to get the list of current running processes.
You can select any number of process in the list with the help of the checkboxes provided and press kill checked processes.
pkPdfConverter is a small free to use tool which lets you convert any pdf to plain text irrespective of the content inside the pdf document.
It also lets you extract images in separate pdf from the existing pdf document, you can even convert your pdf document into html format or extract all images out of your pdf and save them in a separate folder.
NetShareMonitor is a free to use application which allows you to watch your shared folder being accessed and you can also protect your shared folders from unauthorized access.
It will detect when ever a remote user connects to your machine to access your shared folders. It will provide the session information includes remote host address, remote user name, list of accessed files and time of connection.
IP Changer is a small little utility which lets you change the IP address of your computer in between four different configurations you specify.
As shown in the snapshot above, you can specify four different configurations at your end and apply any of the configurations any time just with some simple mouse clicks.
One of the most annoying this I had experienced in windows is when ever I play a game on my desktop or laptop after resuming back from the game. I was used to find my desktop cluttered and all the desktop icons scattered every where.
This was really frustrating for me, as I had to rearrange them on the desktop area for easy accessibility. DeskLock is such free software which lets you lock your desktop icons locations so that they can not move from the specified positions you had set.
You just need to make sure that this small utility is running in the system tray and irrespective of what ever you do the desktop icons will not move from their locations