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LOCKHUNTER - Taking Care of Some Stress

Every now and then, you will run into a problem either with a file on your computer or a file you have downloaded. This file is most likely locked by a process or blocked for no apparent reason. LockHunter is a freeware tool that can be used to unlock a file that is blocked so you can have full control over it. This tool supports both 32/64 bit and if you have a file that want to to delete and you get a similar error saying, "This file is currently opened already in (explorer)" and renaming/deleting is futile. With LockHunter you can browse for the "Locked" file and delete it from your desktop. From there, you can empty your recycling bin.

Here is the link:

LockHunter

GPU-Z

Click HERE to Download the Program!!!




GPU-Z is a great tool many should have! It is a program that will tell you all the information you need to know about your GPU or video card.

For example, this tool can tell you the temperature of your GPU, as well as the Core, Memory, and Shader Clocks. This is a great tool to have if you would like to know more about the specs of your Graphics Card!

Explaining in pictures are the best way to show you how the program is all about!!

CPUID- Hardware Monitor

With Hardware Monitor, you can view your temperatures of the components in your computer. You will most likely see the CPU and GPU temperatures. Depending on what CPU you have, one can display the cores you have in your system and display the temps of each one. The same can be said for the GPU card/s you may have.

I find this program very important since it will give you the Min and Max values that it reaches. So if you find out that your temperatures are exceeding your target value then you should seek help or apply thermal compound on your components. Usually depending on what computer you have you would want to keep your components fairly low. You should watch out for temperatures exceeding 70 degrees Celsius because if your computer isn't equipped with good quality fans, you can expect overheating and damages to your computer if your computer doesn't have a fail-safe feature. For example, if your computer is going to overheat, the computer's fail-safe feature would shut off your computer to protect itself from damages!

It's freeware so you should try it out and watch your temperatures!!

CPUID - Hardware Monitor

LOGIN SCREEN - Windows 7 BG Change

Ever wanted to change your login background for your computer or spice things up? Well with this program you can choose any picture you want as your background. Make a system restore point before making any changes!

(1) Open the program, and choose the folder where you store your pictures.

(2) Scroll and choose a picture you want as a background for the login screen and click apply.

(3) Wait for the changes to be made an close out when it is finished

(4) You can see if it works by doing (ctrl+alt+del) and then cancel out of it.

(5) Have Fun!

Windows 7 Background Login Changer

TWEAK: Add Recycle Bin & More

If you're like me, I'd like to keep my desktop as clean as possible. In order to do that I always like to keep the icons on mine to a minimal.

You can add Recycle Bin and many more to "My Computer" instead on having them on your Desktop.



(1) Type In regedit to enter the Registry Editor
(1b) Or you can do the "win + r" to bring up the "Run" command and type in Regedit.

(2) In the Registry Editor Window, open the folders to this location:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace"

(3) Right click on the "NameSpace" folder below, and choose New -> Key. It should look like this:



(4) Now enter the value for the new key with any of the below:

Recycle Bin - {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Control Panel - {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Run - {2559A1F3-21D7-11D4-BDAF-00C04F60B9F0}
Search - {2559A1F0-21D7-11D4-BDAF-00C04F60B9F0}
Flip 3D - {3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Internet Explorer - {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
Administrative Tools - {D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Network Connections - {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Printers - {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

(5) After you enter the values you should see the item in the "My Computer" space. If not you can hit F5 to refresh it to view your icon.

(6) If you would like compiled registry keys that adds the desired icon from above automatically here is the files: Useful Shortcuts from ASKVG

(6b) Delete the keys by deleting the entry in the Registry Editor

ANTIVIRUS - AVG Anti-Virus

This antivirus software is a great software to start as a beginner. It is very light on the system's resources, and stays up to date with the virus definitions. It does a great job on catching many viruses. So this software will help protect you from harmful sites and viruses. I recommend to also do virus scans in safe mode to ensure no viruses will attack your computer. Not much else to say but try it out since it is freeware and does its job well!

Grab AVG Anti-Virus Here!