Desktop Sidebar for Windows XP

Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista® is a vertical bar that is displayed on the side of  windows desktop and contains gadgets.  Gadgets offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools and services. There are many great gadgets available for windows vista and windows 7.  (Read: Multiple desktops in windows and…

How to View and Analyze Multiple svchost Processes and Services

Multiple svchost processes or many windows svchost processes showing in task manager is a common worry among computer users. Svchost.exe is a common system process in Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems. These processes and its associated executable files for hosting services are contained within dynamically-linked libraries or DLLs.  Svchost processes are often referred…

Best Free Personal Firewall software Windows – Freeware

Firewall software is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private computers or networks connected to the Internet.Firewalls can be implemented in either hardware or software, or a combination of both. First let us check the features of Windows Firewall and then…

Windows Clipboard, Multi Clipboard Utilities and Clipboard Viewers

Multi Clipboard tools/software and advantages over Windows Clipboard and Clipboard Viewer. One of the most used feature of windows is Clipboard.Copy/Cut and Paste operations is done using the common Clipboard.Because all applications have access to the clipboard, data can be easily transferred between applications or within an application. The clipboard can be used for short-term…