You may have a lot of secret files in computer, songs, movies, documents, porn and many other things. The very basic method to hide these files is to use the Windows hide a folder option. However, most of us know how to un-hide hidden files in Windows. A Folder lock software is useful in such situations. They use strong algorithms to protect the target files with industry standard encryption technologies. Later a password will be asked if anyone tries to access the locked folder. Today we came across a few free folders locking software for Windows. Some of them can lock folders as a whole and some others can lock individual files like images, videos and executable programs.

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If we come across unknown file types in Windows ,normally we get a message box asking us to specify a program to open that particular file . Sometimes we will be forced to search internet for finding out a suitable program .So here is a Windows software that can identify file types and provide direct web link to softwares that can open them .

Openwith.org , the creators of this software , has a collection of thousands of file extensions in their database . Openwith.org software adds another option to your context menu .So when there is an unknown file type , right on the file .

And now select “How do I Open this “. Then the software will display few suitable programs that can open this file and provide direct download links .

Here the unknown file is Power Point Show . So here they provide two options , Openoffice and PowerPoint viewer .

Connect to internet and click on download . And as shown above , the software will be downloaded and could be used to open pps/target file .

Download Openwith.org to know about unknown Windows file types and to download a suitable solution to open them.

PC tools is famous for their anti spyware product Spyware doctor and Windows tweaking tool Registry mechanic . Registry mechanic can be used to scan and fix common PC registry errors .Apart from registry cleaning , the software could also be used to Defragment and optimize your Windows registry for improved memory performance and better program loading .

The latest version of PC tools registry mechanic is 8 . New features includes better scanning speeds and and improved tracking of registry errors .  As a part of the PCadvisor magazine promotions , PC tools is giving away genuine licenses of  registry mechanic 7 . Although  an older version , it is always a better than free registry cleaner softwares .

You can apply for  the PC tools registry mechanic 7 license here . Enter your name and email .Registry mechanic  full version serial  and further details will be sent to the submitted email address.

Features of registry mechanic version 7 promo edition

Technical support for 1 year .
Updates for one year Registry cleaning and fixing .
Registry compactor
Registry monitor

Download Registry mechanic  full version serial .

Deep freeze is windows software used as an alternative to antivirus softwares . Once installed , Deep freeze collects the data about the installed programs , registry entries etc. on a computer and never allows further changes in its configuration . All the changes made will be deleted and the old default system files would appear on a restart . Its very difficult to turn off freeze as its protected by a password that can be only accessed by system administrators .Deep freeze has became one of the favorite of internet cafe owners and home users, as here they don’t need any frequent updates and renewals .
I recently had a bitter experience with deep freeze , when i was trying update my phone software (N73) from a local internet cafe . I installed Nokia software updater and restarted my PC as per instructions. Shocked when i returned to the desktop !! all installation files were deleted and i lost my updater setup. Later i was testing some methods to avoid restart when deep freeze is installed and succeeded with this trick .
After installing Nokia Software updater (using this as a reference) , go to the Windows task manager . You can access task manager with the easy shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del .Move on to the processes and end process explorer . Now you will see a blank screen with only task manger ,displaying the current process running on the system . End process DF6Serv.exe and allied components .

On Windows task manager , select applications and click on button New task to browse for explorer.exe from windows folder . Now you have refreshed your registry and don’t need to restart your PC after software installation .

On the desktop, you can rename the My Computer, My Network Places, My Documents, and
Internet Explorer icons. Assuming you see these icons on your desktop, right−click them, and then click Rename. Other icons, like the Recycle Bin, aren’t so easy. No Rename command is available for them.

Now to Rename Recycle in Windows,
Go to start menu and select RUN . Enter regedit and open Windows Registry editor . In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT , search for Recycle Bins ‘s CLSID(Class ID) , 645FF040−5081−101B−9F08−00AA002F954E .

To rename the Recycle Bin icon to techknowl.com, set the value of LocalizedString in the key
HKCRCLSID{645FF040−5081−101B−9F08−00AA002F954E} to techknowl.com by double clicking default. Afterward, click the
desktop, and press F5 to refresh its contents. The value LocalizedString usually contains something
like @%SystemRoot%system32SHELL32.dll,−8964, which means that Windows XP uses the
string with the ID 8964 from the file Shell32.dll. Just replace all that with the new name techknowl.com.