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Blue Badge Patch for Windows 7 To Unlock Hidden Features

It has now come into light that Windows 7 Build 6801 which was released at PDC 2008 had some major features locked, However, Rafael from WithinWindows has released an patch dubbed "Blue Badge" for Windows 7 build 6801 allowing users to unlock these hidden protected features meant for full-time Microsoft employees only.

Windows 7 Patch

Once patched new Windows 7 features like the new Taskbar, gestures, panning, and Desktop Slideshow (Wallpaper Changer) will get unlocked.

Free VPN Clients To Access Restricted Content & Surf The Web Anonymously

If your ISP blocks access to certain websites and services or if you are looking to bypass country specific restrictions to use services like Hulu and Pandora, using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) would be the best solution, majority VPN services are paid but today I will be sharing two free VPN services which gets the job done.

AlwaysVPN is a new free VPN service currently in BETA offering secure anonymous connection through their servers via VPN clients for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux (Ubuntu / Debian) , the service seems to allow unlimited traffic as it does not mention any limits on how much traffic can be used, However, advertising is shown on top of every webpage browsed through the AlwaysVPN network.

Note : Not Free Anymore.

AlwaysVPN

Windows 7 Screenshots and Video

We have written quite a few posts about Windows 7 on this blog, Now, Windows 7 Build 6801 got leaked on torrent portals for public downloading soon after its release at PDC 2008, One of our readers managed to install it and sent these screenshots for publishing.

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SoliCall - Personalized Noise Reduction For Clearing Background Noise During Your Phone Calls

If you are looking for a free solution to get rid of unwanted background noise while talking with your PC microphone this post is for you, SoliCall the developers of unique patent-pending personalized noise reduction technology offers free software for personal use allowing users to reduce unwanted background noises during IM and VOIP calls, SoliCall’s advance algorithm works by identifying the speaker’s voice and extracting it from the audio signal delivering better quality clean audio as output.

SoliCall

Download DirectX 10 For Windows XP

Microsoft Windows DirectX 10 features heavily improved 3D rendering capabilities and several new features to deliver a new generation of visual effects with significantly improved game and 3-D application performance, Sadly, DirectX 10 is officially available for Windows Vista only and Microsoft has no plans to release DirectX 10 for Windows XP, However, guys at "Falling Leaf Systems" ported DirectX 10 on Windows XP starting the project named "Alky" with the aim to provide compatibility libraries for making DirectX 10 work on Windows XP with full support for application development API's, the Alky project is now closed but the source-code is made open-source for further development by community.

Directx 10 For Windows XP

The free DirectX 10 compatibility libraries provided by Alky project allow's developers to create DirectX 10 powered games and applications on platforms other than Windows Vista using Microsoft DirectX 10 SDK and API's, Windows XP users on forums and blogs are reporting successfully using Alky's DirectX 10 for Windows XP to port and play Directx 10 only games like Halo 2 and Shadowrun on Windows XP.

Extend Microsoft Window's Picture & Fax Viewer To Support More Than 200 Image Formats

Windows XP features embedded Picture & Fax Viewer for quick viewing of your images, However, the handy utility only supports common popular image formats like JPEG, GIF, and BMP making it necessary to install other multi-format image viewers like ACDSee or XnView, but not anymore free Windows Utility ImageXtender let you hack Windows XP standard Picture & Fax Viewer to support more then 200 known graphics extensions.

Imagextender Shell Picture View

You just need to install ImageXtender and it patches the default viewer to support the new image formats, the process of viewing images would remain the same allowing you to view all image formats in three different viewing modes - Preview, Thumbnails and Filmstrip.

KAVremover9 : Safe And Complete Uninstaller For Kaspersky Lab's Products


If you are having troubles uninstalling Kaspersky products using the standard uninstall method or want to completely uninstall Kaspersky from your computer without leaving traces, Kaspersky Labs provide KAvRemover - A simple to use free utility for complete removal of all Kaspersky Labs products safely.

Kaspersky Removal Tool

Firefox 3.1 To Support Private Browsing

Both PrivateInternet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome supports private web-browsing modes by default but Firefox needs some tweaking to make it work as a private web-browser, But not anymore as this feature is now available in pre-release versions of Firefox 3.1 and will be there in final release.

Firefox Private Mode

Creating Password Protected Hidden Folder Using Free Utility "My Lockbox"

If you are looking for a free, fast and easy folder hiding and locking utility for Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista - My LockBox would be the perfect solution, the single-click folder locking and unlocking utility efficiently hides folder of your choice instantly.

Lock Folder

Once locked, the folder can only be made visible by entering correct password using the hotkey enabled control-panel.

DriverMax - The Best Free Utility To Update Windows Device Drivers

DriverMaxIt is usually highly recommended to update your device drivers as hardware manufacturers often release new versions of their drivers for fixing bugs, adding new features, increasing device and system performance, improving computer stability, fixing compatibility with other devices and closing security holes, While most of the popular automatic Windows driver updation utilities are not free, we reviewed RadarSync as one possible free option which worked quite well for me, but failed on many computers as noted in user comments.

Developed by Innovative Solutions, A Microsoft Certified Partner - DriverMax would be the best free utility to download and install latest driver updates for your Windows XP and Vista computers, the community powered driver updater service currently supports more then 80,000 different hardware devices with 1,29,000 different driver versions.

DriverMax Driver Updater
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