Monday 9 January 2012

How To Stop Programs Creating Problem In Pen Drive Safe Removal

Transferring data through USB drive from one computer to another has become a common practice for computer users. You just need to plug the USB drive into your system and automatically your system will detect it and you may start your operations of copying, pasting, or deleting etc. But, you might have experienced that sometimes at the time of ejecting the USB drive from the computer, it gives an error message stating that the device can’t be ejected as it is in use. In such cases you either need to directly take it out which is not a correct way as it may corrupt the USB drive too or the other option is to wait and see that the process which is using it releases it for ejection. Although, in such a case, it can be hard to identify which processes might be using the USB device, and most of the casual users can’t even do this. Therefore, it becomes a bit tedious to individually identify and close each running process, which is using this particular drive.

For such cases we are here discussing a small utility which may serve your purpose and may prove helpful in such cases. Dev Eject is basically a small, easy to use and a helpful tool which can be used resolve this problem. The main functionality of this tool is that it allows the user to control the removable devices connected to the computer, and displays all the running process which may be delaying the safe removal of the USB device from the computer.
                         
                                                   Download Dev Eject

                                          

This tool can be easily downloaded from the link given below. After downloading it, you may easily install it in your computer in few simple steps. You may observe that now, whenever you have a problem closing a removable device or require viewing active processes, you can use this utility and you just need to open Dev Eject and click Locks or Eject option.

After clicking this option, you may see all the available process which needs to be closed before you are able to safely remove a USB device. It also provides a feature through which you may enable Dev Eject to start at system start up, and you may also set default click action for system tray icon (Open Settings or Short device list), enable a time frame for checking for updates and enable logging from Settings.

Create Bootable USB Pen Drive or External Hard Disk To Install Windows


In order to format your computer’s hard disk and reinstall the Operating System in it you need a bootable CD or USB Drive. The bootable CD is required to install the Windows on a computer. But today I have got a software named WinUSB Maker which will help you to convert a USB drive into a bootable USB drive so that you will be able to install Windows using it. The software will also help you to make a bootable CD and DVD for the installation of Windows. The software application can be used to burn and create the ISO images to a USB drive making it a bootable USB drive. The software supports external hard drive up to one terabyte and it is very simple and easy to operate.
                                                     
                                                                Download WinUSB Maker




This is the first window that will open when you will run the software for the first time after downloading and installing it. The software doesn’t require any installation and will run directly from the exe file which you will get after extracting the ZIP file. The user interface of the software is very simple and easy to understand for everyone. It has various options like Setup Folder Bootable Disk which will allow you to select a setup file, GRLDR Bootable Disk which will allow you to make a bootable GRLDR disk, Full drive backup will help you take a back up of whole drive, ISO Image Bootable Disk will allow you to make a bootable disk form the ISO image, DOS Bootable Disk will help you to make a bootable disk or drive which you can run from command prompt and Full drive restore will help you to restore the drive for which you took a backup using the Full drive backup option.
The software will detect the USB drive automatically. The Browse Setup Folder button will help you to browse to the folder or the drive or an ISO image according to the option you choose in the function using the radio button. There is also a Refresh button in order to refresh the software to detect any USB drive which you have connected recently. The button Make it Bootable will start the process which ever you will choose. The software is compatible with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server also. The application is compatible with both 32-bit as well as 64-bit version od operating system. The application only has one small prerequisite that it requires .NET Framework v3.5.

Remove Unwanted Logs, Temporary Files And Folders From Your Windows Computer

There are many application installed in your computer which may create temporary files, junk files and logs which need to be cleared at regular intervals otherwise it may hamper the performance of your computer and sometimes can also cause crashes. Today I have got an application named UnCleaner which will help you to delete these file automatically. The files which are detected by this application are Account temporary files, LocalApplicationData Log files, Updates Download files, Installer temp files, Narrator temp files, DataStore Log files, Shell cached icons, Shell cached files, Updates temp files, Offline web pages,cached wallpapers, Root Log files, Cached Folders, Recent files, Log files, temp files and many more.

The application is compatible Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server Family. The software is compatible for both 32-bit and 64-bit version of the operating System. The application also has a pre requisite that it requires an installed version of .NET Framework 3.5. The application can be used to delete large chunks of unwanted files with in seconds using the smart clean technology. The application will clean the temporary files for all the users including the protected and limited accounts. The application will only delete the unwanted files and will not harm the other files in any way. It can be installed and run for every user  login. The software will give you the option for File Analysis and it uses very less system resources.


                                                  Download UnCleaner
 This is the first screen which will open when you will run the software for the first time after downloading and installing it. The application will automatically start to look for the temporary files and show you the full data .


After the analysis is done the you will be able to see the Status, Total Size, Number of Files and Folders. The tool has various other buttons like Clean, Schedule, File Report and Refresh. The Clean button will clean all the files that it has analyzed after it runs for the first time. There is also a refresh button which will give you the current status of the temporary files after you have deleted them that whether they are getting generated in the system again or not.



The File Report button will open the above window to give you the list of all the files that it analyzed for cleaning. 

Schedule button can be used to schedule the process so that the application will run by itself on startup. This can be done by clicking the Schedule button and then the above window will open and you can click on Install button to install the scheduler.


All In One Tool For System Checkup, System Cleanup, System Speedup, Network Security And PC Performance


Today I have got a tool for you named Toolwiz Care, a freeware which can be used to speedup your slow PC’s performance. This application has a collection of tools which can help you to optimize your system’s performance in various ways providing you an overall improvement in your system’s performance. The application has System Checkup tools in order to detect any kind of problems, errors, registry errors, malware, spyware or virus in your system. It has System Cleanup tools in order to clean any type of malware, spyware or virus in your system and correct the errors in the system like fixing the registry. The application has System Speedup options to defragment your hard disk, check for the system startup time and reduce it. The tool also provides option to improve network security of the system locally as well as on the internet. The application also has various tools for the system to monitor and improve the systems performance.
                           
                                         Download Toolwiz Care.



This is the first window which will open up when you will open the application for the first time after downloading and installing it. The system has six icons i.e. Checkup, Cleanup, Speedup, Security, Tools and App Manager. Each of these icons indicate the various options, tools, checks and fixes that are bifurcated among them in order to enhance the performance of our system in every possible way. Under the Checkup option our system will be scanned for any virus, spyware, malware, registry errors, keys, log files, temporary files, junk files, dump files, cache files, history, services, windows options, tool option and many other things for any kind of anomalies. If any errors are found then there is also an option to fix them using the Fix button.


The Cleanup options has four sub options i.e. Registry Clean, Disk Clean, Privacy Clean and Disk Analyze. Registry Clean option will check your registry for errors and fix in case it has any. The Disk Clean option will help you to analyze and fix any problem that exists in your hard disk. The Privacy clean will help you to clean your private files like browser’s cookies, session history, temporary history and many more. The Disk Analyze option is used to analyze your hard disk for any type or error and fix them in case it has any.
 The Speedup option has for sub options i.e. System Optimizer, Startup Report, Startup Optimizer and Fast Defrag. The System Optimizer provides options to improve the system’s performance by improving the system response time, stability, GUI and command response, File security and speed Network security and speed and many more. The Startup Report gives you the report which include various statistics about your system’s startup time compared to other computers and which program is taking how much time at the start and what all can be removed and what can’t be. The Startup Optimizer will provide you the options to remove various services and programs from starting at startup in order to speed up your startup time. Fast Defrag option can be used to defragment your hard disk in order to improve the hard disk’s performance.


Security has four options i.e. Plugin Manager, Network Manager, Process Manager and Service Manager. The Plugin Manager gives you the list of all the installed plugins installed in your system and also it gives you the option to remove it. Network Manager option will show you all the connections that are currently running in your system and also to close anyone of them if you want to. Process manager option will show you the various processes running in your system and the option to disable it. The Service Manager option will show you the service that are currently running in your system and the option to disable any particular service.

Sunday 8 January 2012

Test Run Untrusted Or Unsecure Softwares, Applications or Downloads In Protected Zone[BUFFER ZONE]

Sometimes you install some applications which may corrupt your computer Windows OS and you will have to setup your system once again. But now there is a freeware software named BufferZone Pro which will allow you to test the software in a virtual zone before installing in the actual computer environment so that in case the software is malicious or some files get corrupt, it won’t harm your computer.

The application is a security suite which uses virtualisation technology to protect your computer’s operating system from any threat by isolating all the files and program from it. The application will help you in differentiating the process that is running in the virtual environment from the process running in the actual windows environment by enclosing the window with the red border indicating that the software will not make any changes. The application will automatically protect browsers, download clients and instant messengers. If you want to add an application to the protection list it can also be added to the list. You can also choose to run a software in the virtual zone or remove the software already running in the virtual zone by choosing the required option from the Explorer right click menu.

                                                                  DOWNLOAD BUFFER ZONE PRO


This is the first window which will open when you will run the software for the first time after downloading  and installing it. The software will show you the programs that are currently running in the virtual environment under the BufferZone Programs section.

    
The options pane will open when you will click on the border arrow on the left hand side of the window. The options pane will have options like Summary, Policy, Firewall, configuration and Help. The summary window is the default window that opens up when you will open the software for the first time which contains some statistics like Internet activities contained, Privacy threats prevented and System threats 
prevented.


The policy option will contain options to decide what programs and devices inside the computer to be put in the virtual environment  automatically. The Installer and Updates inside BufferZone Pro option makes the application put all the signed programs outside itself and the unsigned programs inside itself which can be controlled by the slider. The other option is the External Device Control which decides whether the external devices have to be monitored or not this can also be monitored with the help of slider.

The Firewall option will allow you to add the various programs and decide whether you want to enable or disable the Firewall.



The Configuration will let you to put a password for the application so that no one except you can open the application and add or remove any application from the BufferZone Pro.