If you use Outlook to manage several types of emails such as IMAP, POP3, SMTP,LDAP, HTTP, and Exchange Server then you might need this tool someday which can help incase you have forgotten the password of any accounts setup in Outlook. OutlookPasswordDecryptor is a free portable tool that designed to recover lost outlook account passwords. Once downloaded, just unzip the file and launch the exe. It will automatically detect the Username, Outlook Version, and OS Platform being used. To start the recovery, just hit the "Start Recovery" button and the app will start to show the following info: Email Address, Username, Password, Account Type, and Server Name.
You can either save the result as HTML or TXT. OutlookPasswordDecryptor works on most Windows versions including Windows 7. It supports all versions of Outlook including the latest Outlook 2010.
I myself arrange my files by folders, meaning I have folders for office documents, personal docs, photos and etc. This way I can access specific files quickly and backup same files easily. But it is a lot easier if you can access frequently used folder as drive letter. For example, I can mount my office documents as X drive letter so every time I need a document all I have to do is directly go to X drive without the hassle of browsing sub folders. Virtual drive letter can be easily created using a free utility called vSubst. The app creates drive-letters for any folders on your harddisk. To create a virtual drive, just select the drive letter from the left side bar of its main interface. Hit Add and from the popup form, choose the folder path and then click OK to create the drive letter.
You also have an option to make the virtual drive persistent, all you need to do is click persistent button and the app will make some registry changes for you. vSubst works on all versions of Windows including Windows 7.
To share files over network in Windows 7 is easy, just move these files on your Public folder and it will be shared with everyone connected over the network. If you want to monitor which user has accessed your shared files then you can use ShareWatcher or a similar app called ShareMonitor. The latter is a portable lightweight application that allows you to monitor any access activity on your network shared files. When a user remotely opens shared files on your computer, application detects it and displays information such as username, time it was opened, duration, and others.
From the minimalist user interface, you can quickly stop the monitoring, set the check interval, clear the log, or save the log as .CSV or .XML format. Since this app is portable, you can run it from your thumb drive without installation. ShareMonitor works on most Windows OS versions including Windows 7.
To search for YouTube videos, you have three options. One is to go directly to the site and use the search form. Second is through Google Search but expect the result to be a combination of YouTube and Non-YouTube videos. Your third option is to search directly from your Google Chrome browser with the little help of an extension. Fast Youtube Search is a web browser extension for Google Chrome that allows a user to perform a search on Youtube directly in the Chrome browser. After installation, this Chrome extension put an icon at the right side of the address bar. When you click the icon, it displays a small form that can be used to enter the search phrase.
When typing-in search terms, Fast Youtube Search displays search suggestions beneath the search form. Tap the return key or use the left mouse button to select an entry. The Youtube page will always be opened in a new tab in the browser.
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is one of web feed formats that is commonly used to share recently updated web contents such as blogs. With this article, you will learn how to incorporate RSS with your VB or ASP.NET application. The sample code below contains a simple function that process the RSS feed from a sample URL. It reads the title, link and description of each RSS item from the sample URL and display it on a web page. First you need to import the following namespaces.
Right Click Context Menu is the shortest route to everything in Windows. From here you can perform several application tasks such as opening the selected folder for antivirus scanning or opening a file in certain windows program. If you think your context menu in Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer is cluttered than you expected then you can use Menu Maid to remove an entry from it. Menu Maid gives you power to remove unwanted entries without the hassle of editing your registry. The app has two tabs, the Menu Item for Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.
Using Menu Maid is simple. Just uncheck the checkbox besides the unwanted menu item. It is free and works on most Windows version.
Before sharing my videos to my friends and relatives, I usually burns it to DVD so they can easily watch from any media player including DVD players and PS3. If you need a free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs then you can try DVDStyler. The app not only burns video files on DVD, it also has an easy to use designer for creation of DVD menus. It supports most popular video formats such as AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGG, WMV and etc.
It works by transcoding your video files to DVD-friendly MPEG-2 format, then burning the results to your DVD. It is totally free and Open Source Software for Windows and Linux. Before you buy expensive DVD Authoring tool, why don't you give it try?