Tools & Utilities
There’s no doubt about it, laptop/notebook battery life is still an issue nowadays and we need to learn how to optimize it specially when we’re travelling. Introducing Aerofoil, a tiny little program that in its simplicity, greatly increases your battery life. What Aerofoil is doing is actually detecting when the laptop is running on battery and switches off some battery eating features such as: Vista/7 Aero glass interface, the sidebar or muting the sound.
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I’m not a great fan of Windows native System Restore and i’ll probably never be, due to its buggy nature. However, the guys from Comodo managed to create a backup & restore application, similar to System Restore that is actually better and more reliable. Comodo Time Machine is a powerful system rollback utility that creates certain backup points and allows the user to rollback Windows to those specific points. Practically, this allows the user/administrator create system snapshots that he can save, for later rollbackin’.
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Airytec’s Switch Off is a nifty little utility that can restart/shutdown your computer or simply just lock it down. Of course, this isn’t its main advantage, the utility has also a web interface that allows you to connect from anywhere in the world via any computer or phone. The utility has a very intuitive interface and it’s rich with options, making it good for inexperienced users and advanced users or admins.
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Windows 7 is a great operating system no doubt, for many users, greatest than Windows XP. And speaking of XP, do you miss the classic start menu?
Zamzom wireless network tool is one of those tools you need to have it and you need it now. It’s not your average wireless tool and it can be used even by your average home user easily.
Zamzom Wireless Network features include:
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Rootkits were and still are a pain in the behind for many of us. A rookit is basically a piece of maliciouos software that allows an attacker to do stuff, bad stuff with your system. Fortunately there are many anti-rootkit applications out there, detectors and removers. Gmer is a nifty little software that detects and removes rootkits.
It scans for:
- hidden processes
- hidden threads
- hidden modules
- hidden services
- hidden files
- hidden Alternate Data Streams
- hidden registry keys
- drivers hooking SSDT
- drivers hooking IDT
- drivers hooking IRP calls
- inline hooks
You can give Gmer a test try, it doesn’t load as resident and eats almost no memory. For instructions, features and changelogs, please visit the developer’s website.
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Device Doctor is yet another driver update scanner, that, well, updates your computer drivers within some mouse clicks. What made us write about this, is that, as you probably figured it out, it’s completely free. The advantages of a driver updating software are obvious, keeping your computer updated at all times, with the latest driver releases, directly from the application. Of course, there are some drawbacks to any automated task, older drivers are not always found or some incorrect versions are slipped here and there, but overall, a driver update scanner is strongly recommended.
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MouseWrangler is a free utility that helps you perform commands using mouse gestures. Shortly, you can transform any command you want into a mouse gesture and perform it fast, using your mouse, of course. Some examples of possible mapped gestures are the opening of windows programs, certain keystrokes or common Windows tasks.
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