Disk encryption utilities

  1. TrueCrypt : TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted right before it is saved and decrypted right after it is loaded, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).

    Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files are automatically being decrypted on the fly (in memory/RAM) while they are being read or copied from an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the TrueCrypt volume are automatically being encrypted on the fly (right before they are written to the disk) in RAM. Note that this does not mean that the whole file that is to be encrypted/decrypted must be stored in RAM before it can be encrypted/decrypted. There are no extra memory (RAM) requirements for TrueCrypt. For an illustration of how this is accomplished, see the following paragraph.

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System Information for Windows

  1. System Information for Windows : SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that analyzes your computer and gathers detailed information about system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.   SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode
  2. Belarc Advisor : The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, network inventory, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.
  3. PC WIZARD : PC WIZARD is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It’s able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

    PC WIZARD is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

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Fastest way to remove all hyperlinks in Excel

The fastest way is you will need to create a macro to delete the hyperlinks in your Excel.

Step 1:  Create a new Macro. Go to View > Macros > Record Macro…


Step 2:  Enter a Macro name ”removehyperlinks”.

 Step 3:  Edit Macro. Go to View > Macros > View Macros… And then click on Edit button.

 Step 4:  Insert/Paste fomular code into your  Macro as following figure:

     ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Delete

After inserted the code, go back to the sheet of Microsoft Excel, Views > Macros > Stop recording…

 Step 5:  Run the Macro. Go to View > Macros > View Macros… And then click on Run button.

Result:

 

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Screen Capture Utilities

  1. FastStone Capture : Shareware. FastStone Capture is a powerful, lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web pages. You can choose to send captures to editor, file, clipboard, printer, email, Word/PowerPoint document or upload them to your website. Editing tools include annotating (texts, arrowed lines, highlights), resizing, cropping, sharpening, watermarking, applying edge effects and many more. It also allows you to record screen activities and sound into highly compressed video files. Other features include global hotkeys, automatic filename generation, support for external editors, a color picker, a screen magnifier and a screen ruler.
  2. PicPick : FREE. PicPick is user friendly and full of features for creating your image, suitable for software developers, graphic designers and home users.
    It is an all-in-one program that provides a full-featured screen capture tool, an intuitive image editor, a color picker, a color palette, a pixel-ruler, a protractor, a crosshair and even  a whiteboard.
  3. HyperSnap : Shareware. HyperSnap is the fastest and easiest way to take screen captures from Windows screen and full screen games, and text capture (TextSnap™) from places where normal text copy is not possible. HyperSnap combines the power of a first-class screen capture application with an advanced image editing utility – wrapped into one easy-to-use tool!
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Synchronize data between PCs, Laptops, or thumbdrives

  1. Allway Sync : It uses innovative synchronization algorithms to synchronize your data between desktop PCs, laptops, USB drives, remote FTP/SFTP servers, different online data storages and more. Encrypted archives are supported. Allway Sync combines bulletproof reliability with extremely easy-to-use interface.
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Clean Up Windows Utilities

  1. ShellExView v1.70- Shell Extensions Manager : Shell Extensions are in-process COM objects which extends the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components. For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you’ll see a special WinZip menu when you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the system.The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
  2. Driver Cleaner
  3. index.dat Cleaner
  4. system cleanup
  5. Eraser : Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
  6. Starter : Starter allows one to view and manage all the programs that are starting automatically whenever operating system is loading. It enumerates all the hidden registry entries, startup folders’ items and some of the initialization files, so that the user could choose to temporarily disable selected entries, edit them, create new, or delete them permanently.  Secondary purpose is to list all the running processes with possibility to view extended process’ information (such as used DLLs, memory usage, thread count, priorities etc.), and to terminate selected process.
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Extracting icons from files and libraries utilities

  1. MiTeC Icon Explorer : This tool allows to manage icon libraries, standalone icons and executable that contains icons as resources. MicroAngelo 16-bit format (icl) and 16-bit executables (NE) is no longer supported and Icon Explorer now creates 32-bit DLLs as icon libraries. 32-bit icons and 256×256 sized icons are supported. It has powerfull searching tool that searches specified path with directory recursion and examines any file if it contains any icon and then extract it. Icons can be saved as icons, individual icon images or bitmaps.
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Extract audio from video utilities

  1. Video mp3 Extractor : Video mp3 Extractor is easy to use tool to extract audio from Video AVI, ASF, WMV files. Output audio file is mp3, and you can listen extracted audio with your mp3 player without any additional conversion or modification. Video mp3 Extractor provides simple and fast method to rip audio from video and save as MP3.
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Backup Installed Drivers Utilities

  1. Double Driver : Double Driver is a very simple and useful tool which not only allows you to view all the drivers installed on your system but also allows you to backup, restore, save and print all chosen drivers.Double Driver analyzes your system and lists the most important driver details such as version, date, provider, etc. All drivers that are found can easily be backed up the application and easily restored at a later point in one go.
  2. DriverMax : DriverMax is a new tool that finds and downloads the latest driver updates for your computer. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Just create a free account, log in, and start downloading the updates that you need.

    You can also export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok) to a compressed file. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place!

     

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How to restore when hard disk corrupted?

When you are not able to restart your Windows, and most of the time is boot system files currupted, the “BEST” way to do is “Format“, but what about your data which not yet backeup?

Try below solutions before you format your hard disk (Windows XP installed):

  1. MBR : Insert Windows Installer CD > Press R to Recovery > Dos mode screen appear (Recovery Console), type “Fixmbr” after C:\Windows >Press Enter > Enter Y when warning message appear > Done.
    * MBR = Master Boot Record. 它是在硬碟的第0軌的一個記錄,其中包含了啟動電腦系統所需要的程式碼。
  2. NTLDR:  Insert Windows Installer CD > Press R to Recovery > Dos mode screen appear (Recovery Console), type “Fixboot” after C:\Windows >Press Enter > Enter Y when a notification message appear > Done.
    * If you able to logon to Windows, Right click My Computer >Properties >Advance > Startup & Recovery > Settings > Choose the system that you want to fix.
    * If you see “NTDLDR is missing.” message, normally this message appear when you hard disk installed more than one Windows, so it caused error when another Windows systems have been deleted or modified.

 

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