Category: System Tools

The Registry is a complex database that holds many of Windows and your applications most crucial settings. Unfortunately, it’s usually also full of redundant entries left behind by failed installations, incorrectly removed software and inadequate uninstall tools. And over time these will slow down your entire PC as Windows needs ever longer to load and […]

WizTree is a tool which aims to help you find which files and folders are grabbing the most disk space. If that sounds a familiar idea, then it should – there are lots of programs doing the same thing – but WizTree still manages to add a new ingredient: speed. Getting started here, for instance, […]

Doro PDF Writer is a simple tool which makes it easy to create PDF files from almost any application. As with many similar applications, the program works by installing a virtual printer driver. If you then want to create a PDF file of a web page, say, then simply open this in your browser, choose […]

Windows Explorer is fine for everyday file management needs, but it is less than ideal if you need to work with files more frequently, you’re going to need a more powerful tool. EF Commander is one such tool, designed to be a professional level replacement for Windows Explorer, providing you with a range of powerful […]

There was a time when looking for a universal remote assistance or remote control for friends and family meant recommending TeamViewer. But in recent years, the company has tightened its free-user restrictions to the point where it’s practically impossible to use without being accused of using it for professional or business reasons. And while the […]

OSFMount is a unusually powerful tool for mounting disk images in Windows with a drive letter. If you’ve downloaded an ISO file, for instance, this means you don’t have to burn it to a blank disc to browse its contents. Just use OSFMount and it’ll appear in Windows as a new drive, so you can […]

Go out and buy a new computer, turn it on for the first time and you’ll be amazed how quickly it boots and launches the installed applications. Your first thoughts will be that you were right to sell your old PC as this one is so much more speedy that you have become more productive. […]

If you have decided that you no longer want to use a particular program, you may well head to the Control Panel or the Start menu and run through the installer. In most cases you will find that this gets rid of the program in question in its entirety, but this is not necessarily the […]

One of the limitations of Windows Explorer is its inability to display the contents of more than one folder at a time. While it is possible to open multiple windows to get around this problem, this is something of an inelegant solution and goes some way to explaining the wide range of Explorer replacement tools […]

One of the most common reasons for wanting to keep the contents of two folders synchronised is to ensure that a backup copy of important files is also available. However, there are numerous other uses for synchronisation including using network storage to keep data synchronised between multiple computers. File syncing tools have a tendency to […]