Disable and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service

Windows Vista has greatly enhanced its search algorithm where the search process is now not only faster, but users can also easily search for almost all kind of files, documents, pictures, videos, emails and contacts in Outlook 2007, and even commands or application programs’ executables. To achieve the fast searching speed, indexing service plays a pivotal role. Windows Vista starts to crawl and index files […]

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Disable Hard Disk Drive Turns Off or Hibernates/Sleeps into Power Saving Mode in Vista

Windows Vista comes with three preset built-in default power plans (in earlier Windows operating system known as power schemes). These 3 default power plans are “High Performance” which maximizes system performance and responsiveness, “Power Saver” which saves power by reducing system performance and “Balanced” which achieve a balance between the two by offering full performance during active use and saves power when computer is idle […]

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Download Process Explorer 11.02 to Know Which File or Directory Open

How to find out which program has a particular file or directory open or running? The new released Process Explorer 11.02 will tell you the information you require on which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. There are two sub-windows appear in the Process Explorer display. You can see a list of the current active processes on the top window. The list includes […]

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Disable and Prevent Thumbnail Cache (Thumbs.db) Creation

In Windows XP and Windows 2003, there are plenty of hidden Thumbs.db files that can be found almost everywhere in many folders that contains photos, images, pictures, graphics and some other documents. Thumbs.db is used as a cache to store preview thumbnails created so that Windows does not need to regenerate the thumbnails on every access or view of folder in Thumbnail or Filmstrip mode […]

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Where is Thumbs.db in Vista?

Thumbs.db is a file existed and used in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Mac OS X to store thumbnails cache of various graphics, pictures, photos or some documents and files such as those with JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, PDF and HTM extension when these files are viewed in Windows Explorer’s Thumbnail or Filmstrip view. Thumbnail preview of video files are also supported in Windows […]

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How to Turn Off and Disable Thumbnail Preview in Vista

Windows Vista creates and generates a preview thumbnail for almost every file which the file format is supported when the file is been viewed in Windows Explorer, regardless view type selected, including photos, pictures, videos, documents, etc. The Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons and Tiles view will show the thumbnails of the files, while Small Icons, List and Details view does not. However, […]

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Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG WiFi Radio Adapter Shut Off Randomly

On laptop or notebook computers that use Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG built-in Wi-Fi network adapter in Windows Vista, the WiFi radio signal may just suddenly turns off, shuts off or disable randomly, with the Internet or network cuts off. The wireless network connection may still appear as active and connected with Excellent signal strength in Network Center, but the network status will change to Limited […]

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Download AVG Free Edition 7.5.487a1130

AVG Anti Virus is a range of well-know antivirus protection tool for the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms. This protection tool is available free-of-charge to home users for life. This application has all features that you require in an antivirus program. For instance, the AVG Email scanner will do email scanning to include email attachments; the AVG Resident Shield will provide real-time protection when files […]

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Download IEPlus 1.1.1 to Enrich Browsing Experience

Now IEPlus 1.1.1 is available. It is an add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer which will bring you some special feature to make your web browsing and surfing become more convenience, more fun and more comfortable. It comes with features such as close tab when double clicked, super drag and drop, browse history, ads blocker, mouse gesture, extensible plugin system, URL shortcuts, etc.

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Eudora’s Debut To Be An Open Source Email Program

The pioneer e-mail client, Eudora, is now becoming an open source program after the owner Qualcomm Inc quit selling the product in May this year. This freebie email has been around for a while. It received strong reviews from computer magazines and has its loyal user or fan base. However, Eudora could not emerge to be a top popular email application as it was overshadowed […]

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ATI/AMD Catalyst 7.9 Drivers Released

ATI/AMD has released its latest version, Version 7.9, drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. The new release has brought in some new features, speed improvements and performance enhancements. The new release of ATI/AMD Catalyst introduces the Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64 bit) operating system. The Avivo Video Converter acts as a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting […]

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Free Download Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2

Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2 was released! This beta version is available in almost 35 languages and it is available for downloading now. Windows Live Messenger is the successor of MSN Messenger. This new generation instant messaging application is part of Microsoft’s Windows Live set of online service. The Windows Live Messenger 8.1 was released on 29 January 2007 while the Version 8.5 Beta […]

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