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[How to] Use Windows 7 to create a Wi-Fi network without using router

Filed under Computer tricks, Free Softwares, Open Source, Windows 7 Tricks and Tips, Windows Tricks by on August 31, 2010 at 8:40 pm {3 comments}

If you have got Wi-Fi in your laptop and have Windows 7 installed in it then you can easily turn it into a Wi-Fi hotspot and share your net connection with other people in the range and Virtual Router is the easiest way to do so.

Virtual Router is an open source software which leverages the Wireless Hosted Network API which is a part of the new Windows Operating Systems (Windows 7 and Windows server 2008).

With this feature, a Windows computer can use a single physical wireless adapter to connect as a client to a hardware access point (AP), while at the same time acting as a software AP allowing other wireless-capable devices to connect to it. This feature requires that a Hosted Network capable wireless adapter is installed in the local computer. (quoted from MS library)

The program is really simple to use. After downloading and installing the software all you have to do is specify the network name and password to access this network. It uses the WPA-2 encryption to protect the wireless network from unwanted users.

The program requires only 20mb of RAM and is pretty simple to understand and use. Requires Windows 7 or Windows server 2008 to run.

Download Virtual Router | Virtual Router homepage

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Copy files quickly and easily with TeraCopy

Filed under Computer tricks, Free Softwares, Freeware, Security Tips, Windows Tricks by on August 29, 2010 at 10:02 am {no comments}

Sitting at home in front of your computer and wanting to format that sad hard disk of yours ?? Then first copy all your important data to a safe place. What?? Worried about that slow copy operation?? Don’t worry, use TeraCopy to speed up the process.

TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user with a lot of features:

  • Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
  • Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
  • Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
  • Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
  • Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.
  • Full Unicode support.
  • Windows 7 x64 support.

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Download TeraCopy (1.8 MB) (Freeware)

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Retrieve your closed chrome tabs with Sexy Undo Close Tab

Filed under Computer tricks, Free Softwares, Google Chrome, Internet tricks by on August 21, 2010 at 5:57 pm {2 comments}

Most of the users know how to retrieve closed tabs in Google Chrome. You can easily get back your recently closed tab using Ctrl + Shift + t . But what if you want to retrieve a tab which you closed around half an hour ago and it is not even coming in the history?? You will have to keep pressing Ctrl + Shift + t until you reach the tab you want. Or you can simply use the Sexy Undo Close Tab.

Sexy Undo Close Tab is a Google Chrome extension which can really come handy in such situations. It acts as mini history manager. It can even remember a month old tab and open it back for you any time. You can use this in incognito mode of Google Chrome as well.

So if you are a heavy chrome user and often need to reopen your closed tab then this one is for you. Just click on the icon of this extension and start typing the site name, you will see the list of tabs which you have accessed till now. Select the tab you want to open and done.

Get Sexy Undo Close Tab for your Google Chrome

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