Clear DNS Cache On Windows 7 - How To ?

First, a little about why do you need to reset the cache DNS?

During call to DNS servers, the system saves the results on your local drive hard drive. This is done so that on consecutive calls information can be found locally, rather  finding it each time form DNS servers. This process is called caching, and storage of cached data cache, respectively.

DNS cache entry stores a matching domain names to their IP addresses. Clearing DNS cache forces a system to re-query domain information from the DNS servers.

Now  how to clear the DNS cache ?

Run the Windows command prompt cmd.exe . To do this, go to the Start menu >> All Programs >>  Accessories  >> Command Prompt . 

If UAC is enabled, then run the command prompt as an administrator .  To do this right click on the item Command Prompt  and select Run as administrator .

In the command window type the command ipconfig /flushdns  and press the ENTER key . This should clear the DNS cache from your system.

To see a list of all cached DNS records you can use command ipconfig /displaydns

IE 10 For Windows 7 - What was changed?

For several months, Windows 7 users were using Explorer 10 but a Release Preview version, now the final version of the browser for Windows 7 has arrived. The new Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 runs 20% faster than IE9, and provides support for modern web standards.

In terms of features, Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is almost identical to its brother for Windows 8. In terms of a new IE10 interface is virtually identical to IE9.

By default, the new product has the option "Do not track" that prevents monitor the actions of users on the Internet. Also IE10 for Windows 7 supports touch events API (Pointer Events touch API) and hardware acceleration via Direct2D and DirectWrite.

Other notable features of the new browser include auto-spell check, improved JavaScript performance, and support for 30 new standards, including HTML5, CSS3, and Web Application. Mobile PC improved battery life.

Finally, according to Ars Technica, IE10 for Windows 7 will continue to use the Flash update from Adobe, while the version of the same browser for Windows 8 includes an embedded version of Flash, which is updated through Windows Update.

Download the new version of IE10  is already possible . However, as an update to users, it will only come in the coming months. Members IE10 Release Preview receive this "important" update automatically via Windows Update (if you enable automatic updates.)

Download IE 10 for Windows 7

Command to disable hibernation in Windows 10/ Windows 7

In Hibernate mode all the information that is dealing in RAM is saved to the hard drive and the computer turns off completely. When turning on the PC again, all applications are restored to the previous state before hibernation.
You might want to turn Hibernation Off may be because of low disk space of something else, here is how this can be done :
Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories-> right click Command Prompt and then select Run as administrator.

This will display the command window. Now inside command window or DOS window just type :

powercfg.exe /hibernate off

and press enter. This command will disable hibernation on your system. To re enable hibernation you can use command:

powercfg.exe /hibernate on

Turn Off Windows 7 firewall through Command Line

In many situations you want to turn off Windows Firewall may be because of some software is not working because of blocked ports or to test some other things which requires a free communication. There can be several reasons for this.

In latest service packs  netsh firewall has been depreciated and you need to use netsh advfirewall firewall command.

To turn off the firewall use :

netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off

and to turn on the Firewall back use :

netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state on

No need to tell that you will be required to execute above commands in Admin mode.

There is a long list of such commands available at Microsoft website which show the conversion of commands  from depreciated netsh firewall to netsh advfirewall firewall. For  detail visit below URL :

netsh advfirewall firewall command examples

Batch File DateTime Changer for Windows 7, XP or Vista

Here is a small utility developed by me which you can use to change file date time attributes in an easy way. This small utility allows you to select multiple files from different folder. You can pick the files one by one of can simply drag and drop to the application to automatically add to the list. You can change File Creation, Access and Modification Date time by using calendars at the bottom of the screen. After selecting the dates you just need to press Apply button to modify all listed files date time in a go.

Features of Batch File DateTime Editor

• Comes as standalone executable, no need to install the application. just copy and run.
• Allow batch processing.
• Gives feature of drag and drop to select files in an easy way.
• Can modify creation, modification and access date time.
• Freeware.

Download – Batch File DateTime Attribute Editor

Panorama Viewer Software for Windows 7 and XP

WPanorama is a free software specially developed to view panoramic photos on your windows machine. It allows you to view panoramic images in an easy way, you can scroll horizontally or vertically on the screen. This software also comes with gorgeous 360° swiss panorama. There are many configuration settings which can be checked at the WPanorama website.

Features of WPanorama :
  - 360° continuous scrolling
  - Back and forth scrolling for non 360° pictures
  - Automatic detection of 360° panoramas
  - Horizontal and vertical scrolling
  - Multi-monitor systems support (the scrolling panoramas can span over
    several monitors)
  - Mini slide show (one sample of it included in the package)
    It is possible to display in full screen mode slide shows which aspect ratio
    is different from the one of the display
  - Mirror function for special interesting effects
  - Miscellaneous stretch filters
  - Variable scroll increment and speed
  - Extensive help with a "Question and answers" section
  - Direct access from the programs to the update on the Web

Download  WPanorama -  Panorama Viewer Software for Windows

bin to iso converter for windows7, XP

WinBin2Iso is a freeware utility which can be used to convert BIN CD images to ISO images. This utility supports files over 2GB without any problem. WinBin2Iso comes as a standalone utility and does not need to be installed before run and hence it is suitable to be carried on a small usb-stick or other memory device.

Operating systems supported by this utility are  - Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 98

Features of WinBin2Iso

• Very small program
• Low CPU usage
• Convert BIN CD and DVD images to ISO images
• support BIN and ISO files over 2GB
• Portable
• Multilingual

Download  WinBin2Iso  - bin to iso converter for windows 7

Advanced Memory Usage Analysis Utility for Windows 7, Vista and above

Not sure which program is eating up all that precious RAM? Here is one popular RAM analyzer utility named RAMMap which gives you detailed analysis of RAM usage in your system. This utility works on windows Vista, Windows 7 and all other versions of Windows OS.

Detailed analysis of Memory usage is presented in different tabs which are :

• Use Counts: usage summary by type and paging list
• Processes: process working set sizes
• Priority Summary: prioritized standby list sizes
• Physical Pages: per-page use for all physical memory
• Physical Ranges: physical memory addresses
• File Summary: file data in RAM by file
• File Details: individual physical pages by file

Download RAMMap – Advanced Memory tool for Windows

Windows 7- Disable Touchpad While Typing

This could be very annoying when you are in between typing some serious matter and suddenly the a touch on touchpad moves the cursor away or clicks something else unknowingly.  Touchfreeze is an open source utility which can be used to disable touchpad while you are typing text.

Download Touchfreeze – Free software to disable touchpad while typing

Image Preview and Conversion Tool for Windows 7, Vista and XP

SageThumbs is a very powerful shell extension which enables image preview for all popular images formats directly in Windows Explorer. It supports 162 image formats (224 extensions) via popular GFL Library. Apart from image preview it also comes with small utility functions like image format conversion, copy to clipboard and send by email.

SageThumbs can also enable thumbnails for  Adobe Illustrator (ai), Postscript (ps, eps) and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files, to do this you just need installed old Ghostscript library which is available at SageThumbs download page below.

Features of SageThumbs

• Extended thumbnail image view of Explorer folder
• Thumbnail image in explorer context menu (right-click menu)
• Extended info tips
• Support 162 image formats (224 extensions) via GFL Library
• Support additional 26 image formats via XnView plugins (if installed)
• Send by mail support
• One-click conversion to popular image formats support
• Wallpaper selection support
• Copy to clipboard support

Download SageThumbs – Free Image Preview and Conversion tool for Windows

PDF Merge Freeware for Windows7 Vista XP

PDF Merge is an open source freeware utility which can be used to merge one of more PDF files with ease. To use PDF merge you will require to have .Net framework 3.5 installed in your system. This utility comes wit ha very simple interface, you just need to select PDF files you want to merge using “Load PDF files” button. All the selected files will be listed in the interface of the application. After this click “Merge PDF” button, you will be  asked to choose the target file name where merged PDF files will be stored.  After this process of merging PDF documents will start. A progress bar at the bottom of the screen indicates the progress of the system.

Download PDF Merge – Freeware to merge multiple PDF files.

PNG to JPG Batch Converter Freeware

PNG to JPG is an open source utility software which can be used to convert PNG files to JPG files in batch. It allows you to select one of more PNG files from different folders and on click of a button all converted images can be saved to new folder selected by the user. PNG to JPG converter comes as an standalone executable. You just need to download the .zip file and extract it to some location to run.

Features of PNG to JPG Batch Converter

• Can convert PNG to JPG in batch
• Facility to set Jpg quality
• Standalone executable
• Works on Windows XP or above systems with .Net Framework 2.0 installed.

Download PNG to JPG Batch Converter from Google Code

Large Log File Viewer Utility for Windows 7, Vista and XP

SnakeTail is an open source utility for windows which can be used to monitor growing log files with and ease. Apart from monitoring log files you can also monitor Windows Event Logs (Without needing administrator rights) and even can search like a normal text file. SnakeTail also comes with facility find text with regular expression and higlight them. It also includes keyboard based navigation so that you can easily scan files here and there.

Features of Snake Tail

• Monitor “large” text log files
• Monitor Windows Event Logs (Without needing administrator rights)
• Multiple Window Modes supported (MDI, Tabbed, Floating)
• Save and load entire window session. Can load session file at startup when given as command line parameter.
• Sentence highlight with colors based on keyword match (Includes regex support)
• Quickly jump between highlighted sentences using keyboard shortcuts
• Tails circular logs where the log file is periodically truncated/renamed.
• Tails log directory where the latest log file is displayed (Includes regex support)
• Search in the entire text log file
• Tail new log files with a simple drag drop from Windows Explorer
• Filtering of Windows Event Logs using regular expressions
• Display simple process statistics in window title bar (RAM + CPU usage + TRX/Sec)
• Stop and start Windows service by right clicking in the tail window
• Change tail window background color
• Change tail window text color
• Change tail window icon

Download Snake tail – Utility to monitor log files on Windows

Free Facebook chat software for Windows 7, XP or Vista

FTALK is a free Facebook chat software for Windows 7, XP or Vista. FTALK has a minimalist interface and it is faster than desktop clients that I have seen before. Since we do not have to keep open the Web browser, FTALK is a good way to keep in touch with family or friends without having to be in your Facebook profile just to chat.

You can can also set notification options such as sound and alert system if you want to be notified. You can easily download free FTALK even so slight that only weighs 7.5 MB. FTALK can not have a lot of fancy features, but serves as a Facebook chat client lightweight with a simple interface and easy. FTALK can run on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Download FTALK - free Facebook chat software for Windows

How to play Android games on Windows 7, Vista or XP?

Have you thought about the possibility of using Android applications on your Windows machine? Yes, an android app player for windows is available now which you can use to run almost all Andoind applications on windows.

BlueStacks helps PC users to ride the Android momentum by enabling Android apps on x86-based tablets, netbooks and notebooks. BlueStacks completely eliminates the need to carry two devices. BlueStacks has used virtualization technology to seamlessly  integrate Android with windows giving end user ultimate user experience.

Bluestacks app player is currently in alpha mode and only supports Windows 7. Some of the features of free app player for Android:

• Play Android apps fast and full-screen
• Push your favorite apps from your Android phone to your Windows PC using BlueStacks Cloud Connect
• Run 10 pre-loaded apps "out of the box"
• Install up to 26 more of your favorite apps
• May not work fast on older tablets and netbooks
• Available for Windows 7 and it's free

Download Bluestacks  - Android App Player for Windows

Command line MD5 Hash calculator for Windows 7, Vista and XP

Continuing to my pervious article MD5 Checksum on Linux - How to ? . What if you want to calculate same MD5 has for a windows machine?

None of the Windows versions including Win7 , Vista or XP come with such tool to calculate MD5 hash for files. I have developed a small MD5 hash calculator named (MD5Sum) which you can use to calculate MD5 on windows machines. To use this utility, simply copy it to OS folder  which is usually “c:\windows” and execute below on command prompt.

MD5Sum myfile.zip

or in case the file exists in some other location

MD5Sum c:\mydata\xyz\myfile.zip

Download MD5Sum for Windows

Best free screen capture software for Windows 7, Vista and XP

Zscreen is an excellent screen capture software for Windows plateform. The combination of the screenshot function with the upload is very convenient and makes life considerably easier.

There is an integrated FTP module allows direct photo upload to the FTP server. The screenshots can be uploaded to Tinypic, Imageshack or other photo services (Imagehoster) uploaded - it is also possible to configure your own photo services manually or use the Twitter client.The handling of the freeware  is very simple. With the three different shooting modes, you can demand the active window, capture a selected area or the whole screen.

Zscreen also comes with  integrated editor where you can Edit and tag your images with text annotations. ZScreen also supports computers with multiple monitors, and can automatically add watermark images.

Download Zscreen – Advanced Screen Capture Software

HTC Home widget for desktop PC

Metro Home is a special version of HTC Home widget with dynamic interface in the Metro style available for PCs. It is a portable, customizable widget which displays the date and time, local weather information, and a weather forecast. It also displays slideshow of pictures similar to Windows Phone 7 Homescreen.  It picks slideshow images from Metro_Home\Widgets\WeatherClock\Pictures folder.

System requirements

• PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit operation systems). The program also may function with other Windows operation systems, but we cannot guarantee that.
• Internet connection (also possible through proxy-server)
• Installed Microsoft.NET Framework 4

Download HTC Mertro Home for free

Animated Desktop Background With Ozoko Desktop

As an alternative to traditional wallpapers has emerged a software whose name Ozoko Desktop , which provides a vast collection of animated backgrounds in flash format , to choose to give animation and lots of fun to your desktop.

Among the options offered to decorate, they are cartoons, digital and analog clocks, lights, speakers, particles, very realistic clouds to give the impression of a daytime sky, fireworks and more.

The program also offers the option to add interactive elements to the desktop. For example, a puppy is that if you give here can sit, lie down, roll over and play. There are also some fish which they can feed a hamster running on his wheel, a car that is controlled with a joystick simulator, a simulator of gravity, a spider that follows the mouse pointer, among others.

Ozoko Desktop can also take video directly from your webcam and display it in real time as wallpaper , either in full screen size or as a box in a corner.

From their website you can browse through all the options and download the hundreds of wallpapers and interactive features offered free of charge. Also, before downloading anything can be displayed in the browser, to get an idea of how it would look on our PC and whether we like it or not.

Download Ozoko Desktop – Free Animated Wallpaper for Windows 7, Vista

Path Environment Variable Editor for Windows

Event after tens of years of Windows OS development it seems Microsoft hasn't looked into improving the interface for managing “Environment Variables”. It is still ( Windows 7 ) very similar to  the interface available in Windows 98.

AndyHoffmann has developed a nice tool named PathEditor which you can use to manage Environment Variables easily.  This tool provides a grid interface to edit different path to be set into Environment Variable;

Download PathEditor  - Path Environment Variable Editor for Windows