Our Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts article spread like wild fire after being published. It was clear from the sheer number of visitors and comments it received that people liked the shortcuts mentioned and found them useful. Hence we thought why not figure out ways to have similar shortcuts on Windows XP too. If you are [...]
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Sometime ago, we wrote about CloseAll, a freeware app to close all the applications in a single click. The tool was good but the problem with it was, when you close all the apps, you can’t restore them back. You have to start them one by one. SmartClose is a nifty tool that closes all [...]
We’ve previously covered Jumplist Launcher, a tool to launch applications quickly via Windows 7 taskbar, and FSL Launcher to remove desktop clutter by arranging all the desktop shortcuts in an organized manner and then launch them. Although Windows 7 introduced the “pin to taskbar” feature to put frequently used program shortcuts permanently on the taskbar, [...]
You might have heard of RescueTime, the time tracking and productivity management software that comes in both free and paid versions. It tracks your activity on the computer and the internet, and helps you determine how productive you are in your work. The tool also offers free extensions for both Firefox and Chrome in order [...]
Right, so it seems that it’s Chrome day here at Guiding Tech. First, we showed you how you could solve the Xmarks Chrome sync issue. And now, we are back here with a Feature post on Chrome. The best thing about add-ons in Chrome is that trying them out is quicker and easier, than, lets [...]
If you’ve got a huge number of applications open and you want to close all of them for some reason, then doing that one by one would be time consuming. Of course you could just log off or shut down, but that’s not the point. There should be a way to quickly get rid of [...]
People use icons and shortcuts on desktop to launch applications and important files quickly. It saves time. But unfortunately, sometimes (in fact most of the times) it results in clutter. See the example of my own desktop (screenshot given below). You can see the pathetic condition of my desktop. My sheer laziness has caused it [...]
If you are looking for simple, visually attractive and effective web based to-do list app then TeuxDeux could be the one. This app is free from any clutter. Just select the day and date and enter your task by typing the task in the text box and pressing enter button. That’s it. It will show [...]
