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Display Calendar On Tray by Shortcut Key or at Mouse Hover Over the Clock

1 Comment | Posted in Desktop Enhancement

The standard way to display calendar on Windows is double-clicking the clock at the tray. If this isn’t enough, there are two options you can choose. First is to use the excellent calendar freeware Rainlendar that provides many customization features and many free calendar themes, and the second option is to use QuickMonth Calendar freeware.

QuickMonth Calendar enables you to display a small calendar whenever you hover mouse over the clock tray. Optionally, you can display tray calendar using your own shortcut key. How long the delay should be before the calendar is displayed can be adjusted as well as the position of the calendar.

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There is no theme customization ability provided like what you can get from Rainlendar, but the calendar theme changes everytime you change Windows theme. Moreover, if you change the taskbar location from bottom to top, left or other sides of the desktop, the calendar will still be displayed over the tray whenever you hover mouse over the clock tray or pressing the shortcut key. However, you may need to restart Windows after you change the taskbar location.

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Close Firefox Tab by Double Click

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Close Tab by Double Click imageThe close button is indeed available for each Firefox tab that you only need to click it once to close the tab. If you think it isn’t fast enough, then the combination of Ctrl + W as the keyboard shortcut to close tab can be used instead. But some users think these two aren’t enough yet, so a Firefox extension called Close Tab by Double Click is created.

Close Tab by Double Click is simply designed so that a Firefox user can close a single Firefox tab by double-clicking it. No other options available.

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Open Excel 2007 without Microsoft Office Excel

2 Comments | Posted in Office Apps

It is possible to open Excel 2007 spreadsheet without Microsoft Office Excel on your computer. In fact, this Excel reader comes from Microsoft themselves and it is released as a free tool to help users to simply open Excel 2007 without having to spend money on the Microsoft Office. Since it comes from Microsoft, this Excel opener is completely legal to download and use.

This Excel 2007 opener enables you to open, view and print Excel files without Microsoft Excel installed in your computer. Excel Viewer, the name of the application, also able to open and print Excel files that are created with Microsoft Office Excel 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 or Microsoft Office Excel 97.

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

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Hide Installed Program from Add/Remove Programs & Start Menu with Hide Programs Freeware

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Every program that you install will be listed in the Add or Remove Programs. Some applications may even not offer the option to not list the program’s name on Start menu. Hence, other users knows what programs you have installed and can uninstall programs without permission. If you want to prevent unauthorized uninstallation, the easy way is by hiding installed programs from Add/Remove Programs and Start menu.

Hide Programs is a free software that enables you to hide installed programs so other users won’t be able to find the name of the programs within Add/Remove Programs nor see the program groups in Start menu. There is no information about the Windows version this program was designed for, but according to Softpedia it works under Windows NT / 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista.

How to hide installed programs:

  • Download, install and launch Hide Programs.
  • Select one from the three tabs.
  • Select the programs you want to hide.
  • Click “Hide checked” button to hide the checked programs.

The programs you set to hide will be hidden once you click the “Hide checked” button.

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If you want to show the hidden programs, just launch the application again and click “Show checked” button.

Beside hiding installed programs, Hide Programs also remove the programs which cannot be uninstalled correctly to speedup loading Add\Remove programs list in Control Panel.

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Wallpaper Rotation Freeware – Portable

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It doesn’t have as many features as Wallpaper Changer, but it’s perfect if you want a more straightforward application to automatically rotate wallpapers on desktop. It can rotate wallpapers every Windows startup, every certain minutes or hours. It’s called Moody Desktop, a free portable wallpaper rotation for Windows user.

The position of the wallpaper can be set to stretch, center or tile and the order can be sorted randomly or based on the name. Moody Desktop also allows you to include the wallpapers that are located within a subdirectory. The main window of the program can be hidden to the tray as well.

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I couldn’t find which version this automatic wallpaper changer does support, but since it is released on 15/11/2008 and updated on 1/12/2008, then I assume it works for Windows XP and Vista. The installer is also available if the portable version isn’t your choice. The size of the installer is 71 KB and the portable version is 60 KB.

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Backup Outlook Express Email with Outlook Express Backup Free

2 Comments | Posted in Email Tools

Outlook Express Backup Free is a free software that enables user to backup emails from Outlook Express within a few clicks in an easy to use user interface. The restoration itself can be done through a wizard style operation. However, since it is a free version from a paid one, there are some missing features.

Features of Outlook Express Backup Free:

  • A few clicks to start the backup process.
  • Time stamp for the backup filename can be generated.
  • Double-clicking the archive will open the Restore wizard.
  • Backup large file even if it is over 4 GB.

Features of Outlook Express Backup Standard:

  • All the features of Outlook Express Backup Free.
  • Ability to backup IE setting, My Documents and Favorites.
  • High ratio compression for the email backup.
  • Email backup archive can be password protected.
  • Ability to schedule email backup.
  • Ability to backup email using a custom FTP server.
  • Ability to backup email to CD/DVD.

……..and the nag screen that pops up every time you start Outlook Express Backup Free surely doesn’t exist in Outlook Express Backup Standard…

Outlook Express Backup Free works under Windows 2000 / XP / Vista.

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