On paper, it’s difficult to describe the point of Launchy. We can tell you let it lets you launch your applications quickly, but without a more thorough explanation, that simply sounds like something Windows – especially the later versions – can already do. Launchy can be a very useful little application though, especially if you don’t like the way Microsoft uses the start bar and search functions.
Designed for people who already know what they are talking about when it comes to the world of memory bandwidth and shader cores, GPU-Z is a tool for quickly finding out information about your computers graphic card. If you’re used to overclocking, its in-depth information and real time monitoring of your GPU could be very useful.
Jv16 is an all-in-one system maintenance tool for Windows. Its features are generally geared towards cleaning, repairing and retaining your registry and file system and it can quickly complete tasks that would otherwise take hours. The software was previously only available on a trial basis and cost $30 to purchase. However, the program has recently become freeware, so it’s time for us to take a look at what the software can do.
Sometimes we don’t need to know anything about our computers except how many resources they have available. Sometimes we need to delve a little deeper in order to install new hardware or software, or diagnose any problems. Rarely, we have a need to look at the full information about our computer or a part of it — from the GUID of our network card to the size of our processors Instructions cache. For those situations there’s the excellent – although unoriginally named – System Information for Windows.
SyncToy is a member of the XP ‘power tools’ suite that gives users of the now dated operating some additional functionality without charge. Although some of the power tool set hasn’t been updated for many years, SyncToy has had a more recent upgrade. We take a look at how you can use Synctoy 2.0 to give XP another useful feature.
Notebook Hardware Control lets you customize various aspects of your portable system in order to conserve battery life, cool down the system or monitor the hardware.
Picasa is a photo viewer and editor that also includes seamless integration with Google’s online album service. The end result is a program that you can use to take your pictures from your camera, make adjustments and upload to the web with just a few clicks.
Comodo System Cleaner is a cleanup utility that incorporates a registry cleaner, disk cleaner and privacy cleaner, allowing you to maintain all of the ‘deep’ parts of your system with ease.
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