Archive for January, 2010

Free JAR to EXE Converter

JAR 2 EXE converter is a freeware that helps you to easily convert any JAR file (MIDP application, such as Nokia Mobile Games) into an EXE file in Win32 NHAL Emulator which comes along with the software. You can run the midlets just like you would run exe files on a windows based computer.

Hide Sticky Notes Icon in Windows 7 Taskbar

I find the sticky notes feature in Windows 7 pretty cool and often handy. You can write the things you want to do on a particular day in it, your daily schedule, meeting time, etc. It sticks just like a sticky note, not on your wall but on your desktop.

How to Remove Ads in ICQ

I’m not quite sure if you are familiar with ICQ. Well, if you aren’t then it’s an IM client like Yahoo messenger, MSN, etc. Unfortunately, like Yahoo IM it also displays ads and banners. If you find them annoying then you can get rid of them using a software- ICQ-Banner-Remover

How to Repair or Fix the Windows 7 Bootloader

There may be several reasons for a bootloader to get corrupt. When a bootloader gets corrupt you won’t be able to load the operating system. Sometimes, when you install multiple operating systems you may get double entries or no entry for a particular operating system in the selection menu while booting. If you’re experiencing a similar problem in Windows 7 boot loader then you can fix it using the following tools.

How to Delete Windows 7 System Reserved Partition

Just few minutes ago I wrote about why a Windows 7 System Reserved Partition is created. Now, in this post I’ll tell you how to delete or remove the system reserved partition in Windows 7.

What is a Windows 7 System Reserved Partition?

If you installed Windows 7 Operating system on a new hard disk you might have observed that Windows 7 creates a 100MB system reserved partition. You may have wondered why this partition is created. Well, let’s know more about it:

Create your Own Fake Progress Bar

Fake Progress Bar is a small time pass app to keep you busy. You can create your own fake progress bar by playing with its settings. You can customize titles, icons, buttons, speed and progress messages. You can set it to go through multiple stages just like the windows progress bar that takes a lot of time during installations.

How to Fix MBR in Windows 7

MBR refers to Master Boot Record. It’s the first sector of hard disk that helps the BIOS to find the operating system location on your hard disk. Sometimes MBR may get corrupted. If such a thing happens your computer won’t be able to load Windows. You’ll end up receiving errors like- Error loading operating system, Missing operating system, Invalid partition table, etc.

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