Windows Essentials 2012

Microsoft

Windows Elapsed Running Time

AMPsoft

Something as simple and silly as keeping your PC on continuously can become an interesting piece of information if you constantly forget to turn it off. Even though today's machines are already designed to work well even if they've been on for days (or weeks) the truth is that it's always good to give them a break, or the very least restart your computer so it will have time to install updates. Windows Elapsed Running Time is a light tool that stays on your system bar and shows you just how long your computer has been on. The program has a lot of different viewing option: as a day counter, or by the hour. You can also choose to show exactly how long your system has been running on the program bar itself so it's even easier to keep track because you'll always have it in sight.

Windows Error Lookup Tool Portable

Gunner Software

When your Windows system lets you know that some error has occurred, it'll normally display a numeric error code, with no additional explanation for what went wrong. If you want to find out what these codes mean, you should try out a tool like Windows Error Lookup Tool. This program enables you to search for your error messages using a speedy, easy-to-use interface. It will then show you what error has occurred with an explanation in plain English. You also have the option of keeping track of your errors so that you can follow the process that is causing them. Windows Error Lookup Tool isn't complicated for anyone to use; just open the program and insert the error code that you need to translate, and the program will tell you what it means no matter how the number is formatted.

Windows Enabler

Stephen Hewitt

Surely you've encountered the problem of wanting to perform some function, such as maximizing or minimizing a program, and you've found that this function is blocked incomprehensibly. Don't worry, you can now make use of that function quickly and easily. Windows Enabler is a free application for Windows that allows you to use functions that are hidden or blocked in your favorite applications with one simple click. The application runs as a small icon in the system tray. Its operation is simple. If you click on the icon, it will change to show the word 'ON'. From that point, you will be able to access the functions you want normally, as if they were active from the beginning. Similarly, you can turn the functions back off again by clicking the icon in the system tray. All of this makes Windows Enabler a very useful application that deserves to be part of your team.

Windows Error Lookup Tool

Gunner Software

THow many ties has Windows crashed and it has given you an error code you din't know what it meant? Now, and thanks to this application you will be able to know what has happened exactly. Just rn Windows Error Lookup Tool and ener the code given in the rror. The application will tell you what it means. Windows Error Lookup Tool is an interesting application because it can help you solve those problems that make your PC crash.

Windows Double Explorer

IT-Nonstop

Copying, pasting, cutting, duplicating, moving,... those are actions you are doing everyday at anytime and if you are not used to hotkeys and shortcuts you'll lose a valuable time. A good way to save time is using a two-window file explorer like the one we offer you today. Windows Double Explorer is that free file explorer featuring two windows you need to improve your performance and deal with files in an easy and comfortable way.

Windows Desktop Search

Microsoft

Windows Desktop Search brings lightning-fast searching to the entire contents of your PC. The first time you launch it, it will index all of the files contained in your computer. It was built to replace the traditional Windows search tool. You no longer have to wait for several uncomfortable minutes before the results appear on your screen. Windows Desktop Search is instantaneous. The program adds a search field to the task bar, so you don't even have to open anything to perform your search. The search results update as you add more characters to the field. And, Windows Desktop Search will recognize advanced search parameters to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Just like with Google or Yahoo, you can use AND to find a file with two terms, NOT to exclude a term, OR to indicate one of two terms... and much more. Never lose a file again thanks to this phenomenal application that will optimize your Windows file searches.

Windows Defender

Microsoft

Windows Defender (aka known Microsoft AntiSpyware) is a Microsoft tool which will analyze the system searching for malicious software in your computer. It also protects your system in real time, avoiding this kind of software to be installed. Windows Defender is an easy to use tool which offers an intuitive interface and several options. Plan analyses eachcertain time, configure the advices and warnings and choose the elements to be analyzed by Windows Defender. The most interesting setting is the Software Explorer which will show you know the characteristics of the programs being run, included in startup or net applications. And now you can access a new community of users created by Microsoft which will let you know more about Spyware.

Windows Data Recovery Software

Aryson Technologies

Data loss due to file corruption or accidental erasure has always been a problem affecting practically all PC users. The helplessness of knowing you have forever lost important documents can now be avoided with Windows Data Recovery Software, a tool that lets users recover damaged or deleted files from both the computer's own internal hard drive and from external storage devices. Thanks to the intuitive menus and the self-explanatory steps to follow practically anybody can make use of the functions in Windows Data Recovery Software with no need to use external guides or tutorials, as to recover any lost info you simply select the drive where it was initially saved, let Windows Data Recovery Software do a short scan, and tap the file you're looking for to extract it. This version of Windows Data Recovery Software solely lets you preview your lost files; to be able to recover them you'll need the full version.

Windows Calculator

Microsoft

Windows Calculator is the official calculator application for Windows 10 and 11. Windows Calculator's app is one of the most complete that you can find for Windows since it not only offers several calculator modes but also has a multitude of converters. In calculator modes, you find standard, scientific, programming, and graphing. With the scientific one, you have more advanced options, such as the possibility of using parentheses and visualizing complex calculations more comfortably. The programming calculator can easily convert to decimal, hexadecimal or binary. Finally, you have the graphing calculator to represent functions. As for the converters, you can use the currency, distance, volume, temperature, weight, energy, area, velocity, time, data, pressure, or angle converters. In the case of currencies, the exchange rate is updated daily to provide the most accurate information possible. Finally, you can also use the difference calculator between two dates. This app is included by default when installing Windows, but you do not always have the latest version installed. By downloading the Windows Calculator APK from here, you will have the guarantee of having the most updated version— with the latest changes and advanced features— to get the most out of one of the best options on the market.

Windows Christmas Tree

Drive Software Company

Windows Christmas Tree is a small app of just a few kilobytes that will put a Christmas tree in the bottom right corner of your desktop. The tree, which also isn't very big, is decorated with fading lights to give the app even more of a Christmas touch. Also, within the few options that the program offers, you will find the ability to increase its transparency, so you can make it completely solid or lightly transparent, depending on which you like best. Another feature that the program offers is that it will always stay on top of the other program windows, or inversely, you can give it a lower priority and it will go to the back whenever a window is placed on top of it. Windows Christmas Tree is a very charming app that, while it doesn't contribute anything really amazing, will definitely add that Christmas touch to your computer screen.

Windows Corporate Barcode Maker Tool

Barcode Generator

Windows Camera

Microsoft Corporation

Windows Camera is the official Windows camera application. With it, you can view any camera that you connect to your computer on the screen, as well as your laptop's webcam if it has one. Windows Camera lets you check that your camera is working properly. In addition, you can also record videos with sound, as well as take photos. This is very useful if, for example, you want to record a lecture or a video that you then want to send to someone else without using your smartphone. In both cases, you can use HDR mode to even out dark and light areas. The recordings can be paused and resumed as many times as you want. The app merges all the parts into one, so you don't have to use an additional program. If you want to take a picture, on the other hand, just click on the screen or use the timer. Thanks to this, you can wait 2, 3, 5, or 10 seconds (depending on what you choose) before taking a photo from your PC. From the app, you can also sync content directly with OneDrive to make sure you don't lose it. If your camera supports it, you can also use Windows Camera to digitize documents simply by taking a photo. You can also enjoy electronic stabilization if you're using the laptop in an unstable place. So if you want to use a camera on Windows, don't hesitate to download Windows Camera.

Windows Business Cards Printing Tool

tradelabelsoftware

Business Card Creator Tool makes high resolution business cards by choosing different categories of templates such as business, computer, education, medical, real estate, tour and travel etc. Software has basic user interface that helps the novice users to operate it easily without technical expertise. Software allows the user to create a new card or modify the existing one. There are some following steps that help you to create the amazing cards by using business card designer software- Step 1: Make a new business card by clicking on any one of the three options, Start with Template, Create Card by using Wizard or Create Card with Blank Format. Step 2: Select the template category, card type, size, dimensions along with the background and colour. Step 3: Click on User Details option add the various information like name, title, company, address, state, country, phone number, email etc. Step 4: Double click on the text and set the properties like font, alignment, colour, gradient, border etc. Step 5: Customize the business card with the help of several designing tools like text, line, signature, library images, picture, barcode, watermark, shapes etc. Step 6: Make large number of business cards with different barcode and text values with the help of advanced Batch Processing Series option. 1) Make a new text or excel file and add the card information in it. 2) Click on Batch Processing Series option, give a name and import the card details from this text or excel file. 3) Double click on the text which you want to change, set the data source to batch processing series, add the series and click OK button. Step 7: Export the created card into jpg, gif, tiff, bmp, PDF and other file formats. Step 8: Choose Send Mail option to mail the designed card to particular email address as per your need. Step 9: Choose Print option, set all the attributes and then click Print button. To avoid the printing errors, click on Print Preview option and correct the mistakes

Windows Backup BKF Repair

Aryson Technologies

Windows Backup BKF Repair is a program that lets you recover and repair BKF files. This tool lets you restore various backup files on your hard drive that have been damaged. From the very first moment with Windows Backup BKF Repair you'll see how intuitive it is to use. You just have to find the BKF files on your computer and the program will start the process of recovering and repairing them. Windows Backup BKF Repair is a great tool to easily restore .BKF files from Windows NT, Symantec, or Veritas without trouble.

Windows Auto Dark Mode

Armin Osaj

Windows Auto Dark Mode is an app that will allow you to switch between day mode and night mode automatically and vice versa. In this way, the content displayed on the screen will not be too dark during the day or too bright at night, and you won't have to change it manually every time you notice this problem. The way Windows Auto Dark Mode works is quite simple. By default the application can be configured to alternate between day mode and night mode at dawn and dusk respectively. As a result, you don't have to worry about anything else. Alternatively, you can set a schedule for each mode. For example, day mode can be set to start at seven o'clock in the morning, and night mode can be set to start at seven o'clock in the evening. In the Windows Auto Dark Mode options menu there are a couple of very useful options. The first of these will allow you to prevent the change between day and night mode while you are playing a game, so that the change will take place as soon as you close the game. And the second option allows you to enable keyboard shortcuts to force night or day mode. Thanks to this option, if there is a particularly dark or particularly bright day, you can customize the appearance of your PC with a single keystroke. Windows Auto Dark Mode is a very useful program that, in one way or another, already comes as standard on Android and iOS devices. With this program, you can simply bring this support that we are so used to on cell phones and tablets, to our desktop and laptop computers.

Windows App

Microsoft

Windows App is a Microsoft app that allows you to access Windows remotely. With Windows App, Windows is hosted on a virtual machine on a Microsoft Azure cloud server, so you're not dependent on your device's operating system. Windows App replaces Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, and it's ideal if you use Windows on several different devices. You can keep your various services and apps synced and available at all times. In addition, you can use it on any device regardless of the operating system it's running. Windows App also allows you to use multiple monitors at the same time, as well as customize the screen resolution, scaling, taskbar, and other elements. The cloud server takes care of managing all the peripherals you connect, whether they're keyboards, mice, webcams, printers, or external storage devices. In order to use Windows App, you must have a Microsoft account. You can also use multiple Microsoft accounts with different sessions. By logging into your account, you can view all the active sessions, as well as useful information like the number of cores, RAM, or available storage on each virtual machine. It also shows whether it's ready to connect or when it was last connected. Along with shortcuts to your Windows virtual machines on the cloud, you can also quickly access Microsoft apps such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Microsoft Teams. Download Windows App and enjoy Windows on the cloud.

Windows and Internet Cleaner

NeoImagic Computing

Windows Anonymous Browser

Sam Heather

If you are worried about certain webpages tracking your IP address, the best way to avoid this is using Anonymous Browser, an application that lets you visit any webpages and hides your true address, so you can browse in complete anonymity. It's easy to use, you just have to insert the webpage you want to visit and you can start browsing immediately. The interface is pretty sober, with just a few buttons to go to the home screen and refresh the window. The only drawback is that it has many ads on the upper part of the screen, although they are not too bothering either.

Windows Aero Messenger Skin

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Windows Access Panel

Ritesh Kawadkar

Windows Access Panel is a simple application to access the controls, settings, and built-in applications in Windows more easily. Unlike the traditional Control Panel, this application only has links to tool such as the disk defragmenter, disk cleanup, security center, firewall, system restore, and registry editor. All the applications are organized into two different tabs: basic and advanced. This helps you get an idea of how sophisticated and significant they are. Having a fast and organized way to access these essential applications makes Windows Access Panel a great alternative to the traditional Windows Control Panel.

Windows 95

Felix Rieseberg

Windows 8 Wallpaper

Microsoft

As long as we read more about Windows 8, we expect more about it. Today we have seen its future wallpaper. Windows 8 Wallpaper keeps blue as its identifying colour and mixes several tones of the colour to create a really impressive wallpaper. We can see many different marine items such as fishes or bubbles over the background. It isn't the first time Microsoft wallpaper is inspired on fishes and the sea, in fact, in Windows 7 we saw a goldfish as main character of the wallpaper. If you are looking forward to installing the next operating system by Microsoft, now you can dress up your desktop with its wallpaper.

Windows 8 UX Pack

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Windows 8 UX Pack is a tool that will allow you to change the look of Windows 7 (essential for use)and give the "look" of the eighth version of the Microsoft operating system. The options you have when running the application are as follows: change the theme, choose from Aero Lite and Metro, choose the wallpaper for the home screen, choose between Metro and M3, select the normal screen, and enable or disable certain options in the task bar. After choosing the options you will only have to click "install," and within a couple of minutes your operating system "disguised" as Windows 8. Taking this program out of your system is easy because the program has an interface that is specially designed for this. You can try it for a while, and if you don't like it you can remove it. By disguising Windows 7Windows 8 UX gives a new look to your computer.

Windows 8 Transformation Pack

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Windows 8 Transformation Pack is a desktop wallpaper that can change the appearance of a computer with Windows 7, Vista or XP into one with Windows 8. Installing it into your computer is very easy. All you have to do is select the style you want and wait a few seconds. In the same way, if you become tired of the style you have, you make return to the style you had before.

Windows 8 USB Installer Maker

W8 Maker

As you might have guessed, Windows 8 USB Installer Maker is a Windows 8 installer that uses an ISO image to boot the system from a pendrive or other USB device. This tool modifies your extractable memory device in three steps to turn it into an installer: it converts the format of the pendrive to NTFS, extracts all of the files to the USB (and takes its time doing so), and writes the MBR (master boot record). And what do you have to do? First, connect your flashdrive to your computer and run Win8USB.exe (you'll need administrator privileges to do so). Once there, select the pendrive and make sure that it has NTFS formatting. The next step is to look for the ISO file and click 'create'. Once the process has started, you'll need to have patience because it's quite slow, since it has to unzip all of the installation files into the USB. If you notice that the device isn't responding, that's normal, just verify that your pendrive is active so make sure that it's still copying the files. Finally, a window will pop up and let you know that it's finished, and all you need to do is restart your PC and modify the BIOS boot drive (choosing the pendrive) to complete your Windows 8 flashdrive installer.

Windows 8 Upgrade

Microsoft

Windows 8 Upgrade is a small application which will allow us to check, in less than five minutes, if our computer can be easily upgraded to Windows 8, something quite possible if we already have Windows 7 installed. Using this application is very simple. We just have to run the assistant and wait a few minutes for it to analyse our whole computer, a process that will take shorter or longer depending on different factors like the size of our hard drive or the state of the Windows registry. Once this analysis is finished, the program will show us the number of applications and devices that are compatible and those that aren't. Looking at this in a detailed way we will be able to know exactly which programs will need upgrading if we finally decide to change to Windows 8. If after this step our computer turns out to be compatible with Windows 8, we will get to a screen from which we will be able to acquire the operating system update with just a click. Furthermore, differently to other previous versions of Windows, this one has a more reasonable price. Windows 8 Upgrade is a light but very useful tool, thanks to which installing Windows 8 turns to be a piece of cake.

Windows 8 Theme

N/A

We still don't know how the future Windows 8 will look like. In fact, we don't know the name of the next Microsoft Operating System, but people is usually wondering about next releases and they like to do predictions and bets. Here is the evidence, Windows 8 Theme is a theme for Windows Seven that tries to emulate the look of the future Windows. Windows and taskbar turn into a transparent look, leaving apart the characteristic reflections of Windows 7. At the same time, buttons and text fields are more discreet, sometimes are impossiible to see. The theme includes two wallpapers: a photograph and a probable Windows 8 logo. By this way, Windows 8 Theme becomes a good theme for all thoseusers who want to be the first to try future Windows versions. In a near future we'll check if they are in the correct way or not.

Windows 7 Wallpapers

Microsoft

Windows 7 Wallpapers is a pack of wallpapers containing the new designs for the future Microsoft OS: Windows 7. The pack includes all the wallpapers that will be installed by default in Windows 7. Not only does it include the global wallpapers but also some regional ones. The pictures are 1920x1200, so they are big enough to fit any screen resolution, standard or widescreen. All of them are based on nature: plants, animals, water and landscapes. If you are tired of your wallpapers and you want to be the first of your friends who have the new upcoming wallpapers, download Windows 7 wallpapers and enjoy them.

Windows 8 (64 bits)

Microsoft

The evolution of the Windows Operating system has been slow but correct! All but Windows ME or Windows Vista, have been versions of Windows have been truly functional and have been great additions to the previous versions, with great security and hardware added on to the existing software. Windows 8 has come to revolutionize the world of Windows and adapt to the new necessities needed today in age. The main change that you will see is its new Metro interface, similar to the one on Windows Phone, and the one which Microsoft wants to use for new devices like tablets. The new interface of Windows is totally interactive, and converts every application to widgets, with which we will be able to directly interact with them without having to open the corresponding program. The inclusion of this interface does not mean that Windows 8 will not be used like Windows 7, Vista, XP, ect. The classic Windows desktop will be available like another application. Now it will be a state from which to run more complex applications or prepared for previous versions of Windows. Another interesting thing from this version of Windows 8 is the compatibility that it has with online accounts. To begin a session on Windows you will be able to use your Windows Live account. On top of that, other services like Skype and Facebook will be available to use as applications like Windows Photos and Windows People. The new Windows Applications will execute in a new screen, although there are ways to make the screen formatted so you can have more than one application running on one screen dividing the screen into smaller spaces. Also these applications will be connected to each other using the API system. So some functions like the share feature and searching can be used globally. The new applications can be installed from the new Windows Store, a similar to the Mac App Store, Ubuntu Software Center and the Android Market. Another different change that is very attractive to Windows 8 is the low resource consumption. This makes the program more compatible with even more devices (if available). Also, the start up of this program has had a great change in speed, making it start up almost instantly. So Windows 8 is the logical evolution of the program and the groundbreaking software that we have been waiting for!