Software

Turn Off Monitor When You Lock Windows with Autohotkey

I had been using RedmondPies Turn Off LCD utility in a batch file to turn off my laptops LCD display *and* lock Windows for quite sometime. But it was still a lotta work to run the batch file every time I wanted to lock windows. So I went ahead and wrote this tiny Autohotkey script [...]

How to use an AHK Autohotkey script

In the past I have written Autohotkey scripts to Split Fn Key behaviour in Dell Studio 1555 and a Virtual Numpad for laptops that come without one. Here is a short tutorial on how exactly you use a .ahk extension file that is, an Autohotkey script. What is Autohotkey? Autohotkey is a free and open [...]

Sysinternals Desktops – Multiple Desktops to reduce clutter

Sysinternals Desktops is a free, extremely light-weight multiple dekstops utility that helps reduce clutter on your desktop by giving you up to 4 virtual desktops. I set about trying to find a de-cluttering solution when I found that my office computer’s taskbar looked more and more like this: The Desktops utility by Windows Sysinternals is [...]

ZeuApp – Download Free and Open Source applications faster

The process of downloading a single free software goes like this. Open a web browser – search for the software – go to the download page – get through redirects – click on download – wait – save it. Repeat this process for 10 software, you ought to get tired. ZeuApp provides a dashboard which [...]

7 Taskbar Tweaker – Windows 7 taskbar simplified.

When it comes to Windows 7 usability, some people love the improvements(?) in the taskbar, some don’t and some like only some features. Microsoft should have let us choose to enable or disable these features. That is where 7 Taskbar Tweaker comes in. It is very easy to use and lets you keep or change [...]