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  Posted: Mar 10

Need a transparent Windows 7 menu? If you want your PC to use even more transparency effects, you can use a handy app to make your context menu transparent! Aside from the context menu, it will also make many other Windows 7 menus transparent! E.g. all explorer menus or application menus will be transparent.

Transparent Context Menu

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  Posted: Mar 10

Need a transparent taskbar in Windows 7, XP or Vista? Unfortunately, many of you can’t enable the Aero theme in Windows 7. I scoured the web for some solutions and found a few amazing freeware apps to make Windows 7 transparent – without Aero!

Transparent Taskbar in Windows 7

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  Posted: Mar 09

If you want to edit your hosts file in Windows 7, you might face the error “access denied”. This is very normal, because it’s a protected system file. A great freeware utility called HostsMan allows you to edit hosts file in Windows 7 through a comfortable editor.

How to edit hosts file in Windows 7
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  Posted: Mar 06

And another freebie! A free professional Windows 7 Firewall. I’ve been using this firewall on Vista for ages and now it finally supports Windows 7! I’m talking about Agnitum’s Outpost Pro (normally $40). They are now giving away a 6-month license for free, so get it while the supplies last!

Free Windows 7 Firewall

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  Posted: Mar 06

Recently I received a mail from someone whose disk usage increased in Windows 7 by 20%. Now that’s totally unacceptable! One of the best ways to find out what’s taking up all the space is to use a disk analyzer. Windows 7 does not have a built-in disk analyzer, but there are many free tools that you can use to analyze your disk!

Windows 7 Disk Analyzer

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  Posted: Mar 05

It’s weekend and that means it’s freebie time again! If you need a FREE Windows 7 HD Video Converter that would normally cost $50, then you are extremely lucky. If you don’t, well then download it anyway, you might never know when you will need a decent video converter to convert all your HD movies.
Best Free Windows 7 Video Converter

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  Posted: Mar 03

Opera 10.5 Final has been released. The new JavaScript engine (Carakan), new Vector graphics library (Vega) and the new rendering engine (Presto 2.5) make Opera 10.5 the fastest browser of the world! Run Firefox, Run!

Fastest Browser of the World

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  Posted: Mar 03

If you have been looking for a good and free Windows 7 HTML editor, you don’t have that many choices, but there are some really awesome editors that can easily compete with professional HTML editors like Dreamweaver. Here are the TOP3 free HTML editors that fully support Windows 7.

Free Windows 7 HTML Editor

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  Posted: Feb 26

ophcrack Windows 7 Live CD If you need to reset your admin password in Windows 7, you don’t need the ophcrack Windows 7 Live CD, all you need is another admin account. Luckily, there’s a hidden admin account. If you still need the Live CD, read this.
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  Posted: Feb 26

Wouldn’t it be great to have a virtual 3d desktop in Windows 7? Well, a desktop is virtual, but I am talking about an extension of your current desktop. How about multiple desktops that you can switch to with a simple shortcut? Yep, that’s possible! Here is the best free tool for your own virtual Windows 7 desktop in 3D.

Windows 7 Virtual Desktop in 3D

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