I am sure most of us are very tired looking at the clouds and cartoon-like look of Windows XP. When everything is set up a restart is required. Go into the Appearance section to get the Windows Aero look. Here is a shot of the full desktop with Windows 7 start menu.

Then you obviously want to see to it you are installing to the correct portable USB drive. Starting OutUnlike PortableApps there is are no applications installed by default. Also notice the menu has a Vista interface look and feel to it. You are also urged to use sites such asportableapps.com, portablefreeware.com, and pendriveapps.com. When running the install wizard check that to select portable for the installation mode. Again see to it you are installing it to the correct USB drive that CodySafe is installed on....

Today we will look at few of tools available to translate text written in different languages. Then select which way to translate the information. The resulting translation side by side using Babel Fish. They offer translation from the site and no click translation directly through the Google Toolbar. They offer translation from the site and no click translation directly through the Google Toolbar. Both of these extensions work relatively the the same and both rely on Google Translate....

Installing FeedDemon is quick and easy following the installation wizard. you might also enter in keywords and do a search for a topic. Overall FeedDemon is a very nice RSS reader with a lot of customization and subscription options.

Searching through several menus to find commonly used applications and utilities can be quite annoying. Today we will look at a program that adds extra functionality for faster computing and increased productivity. Extensoft helps you avoid the annoyances by offering an unofficial Windows upgrade. This is a handy package of very useful, easy to access upgrades that can increase your productivity. Lets look at some of the extensions and some of their stand-alone utilities which are available for free....

Have you ever needed to email large files but your IT dept limits attachments to 10MB or lower? YouSendIt.com is a popular website for sending and receiving large files of up to 100MB for free. They now have an easy to use add-on for Outlook 2003 and above. This allows you to send up to 2GB files and various total usage amounts per month at different rates. After the trial you are downgraded to YouSendIt Lite which should be adequate for individual use....

Folderico is a free utility from Shedko software and is quite easy to use. Launch the program and browse to the folder you want to change the color of. Next choose Select icon to bring up the multiple choices of colors and styles to choose from. After you choose the look of the folder hit Apply. Now when you go to the location of the folder you will notice the change that was selected....

Today we will look at changing the messages that it displays and even completely disabling it. tap on Change Action Center prefs to turn messages on or off. tap on Start and go to Control Panel. Now in Control Panel select All Control Panel Items and then choose System Icons. The Turn system icons on or off window will open and here you change Action Center to Off. Notice you’re able to also turn other system icons on or off as well....

Being a big music fan I love to cover different audio software applications in search of the ultimate one. The download size of Xion is only 2.5MB and installation is a breeze. While installing there will be an option to enable automatic checks for new builds. When the player first start it definitely has a unique interface that can also be minimized. Just go to their site to browse the various skins and click one to download and install....

You want to watch a movie or television and are not sure what title to get? Search Overview key in in a general key in mood you are in to pull up results. Here is a comprehensive list of cool Netflix features. Im co-founder and CEO. What is your vision for Jinni? What do you see it as now and how would you like to see it in future years?...

Excel simplifies the process of presenting the data into single worksheets. Here we will show the steps to import an Access table into Excel. Next, browse to the Access database you want to get table information from and double click.

Today we will take a look at ScrambleOnClick which encrypts selected parts of a document. The way it works is simple. The easiest way forKeyboard Ninjasis use “Ctrl+C+C”. An alert notification will pop up advising you the copied text on the clipboard has been scrambled. Now just paste (Ctrl+V) over the text you don’t want seen. Here is the difference between text in a word document before and after it is encrypted....

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