Change Your Connection Settings with Net Profiles

If you are a laptop user like me, who needs to configure network settings every now and then to connect to your internet at your home place and at your office, you will definitely love this application called net profiles

Net Profiles is a freeware which help you configure the internet connection with a single mouse click, it allows you to switch in between the various network profiles you create through the application.

Net Profiles saves your network settings as profiles,you can easily activate different profiles to change the network connection settings.

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As shown in the image above you can create a network profile, after selecting your network card you need to specify IP Settings and click Save button.

Automatically change your profile via program shortcuts,

Some other features includes:

  • specify mapped drive which you can connect on a particular profile,
  • change your default printer
  • change the default homepage for internet explorer, Firefox, Opera etc
  • Proxy settings for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.
  • Run a user-defined list of programs when a profile is activated.
  • Maintain separate desktop wallpaper for each profile.
  • Change screen resolutions and color quality when profiles are activated.
  • Can be easily translated into other languages using the enclosed XML language file.

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You can also place the shortcuts for different profiles you have created on your desktop with which you can directly activate the network profile by clicking the shortcuts.

[ Download Net Profiles | Application HomePage ]

Temporary Data Cleaner Programs

There are several utilities available today for cleaning junk files from windows, these small nifty programs removes temporary unused files which degrades your computer performance over time.

CCleaner has been our favorite for a long time to remove system junk data and make it faster.

CCleaner

 

One of the most popular and our favorite utility for temporary data clean is CCleaner, it is a great utility which removes the following junk files.

CCleaner-temporary-files-removal

  • Temporary Internet Files
  • Cookies
  • Windows History
  • Recently Typed URL
  • Run History etc.

CCleaner is one of the best program to remove the temporary junk data from a windows based computer. 

But recently, a new utility has been released which is also freeware called iSysCleaner Pro

The main difference in between CCleaner and iSysCleaner Pro is that iSysCleaner Pro is cleans installation files while CCleaner does not

isyscleaner pro

iSysCleaner Pro removes all unused files from your system with few clicks and faster - free up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet History and Cookies etc.

It also clean up your computer with all the files which CCleaner removes and also deletes the following files.

  • Windows and Office recent files
  • Windows Updates uninstallation files
  • Windows Error Reporting files (only for Windows Vista)
  • Third party applications junk files
  • Flock Browser cache and cookies

Note: It also lets you define your own search script

[ Download CCleaner | Download iSysCleaner Pro ]

Change your network connection settings with a shortcut on your desktop

If you are a laptop user like me, who needs to configure network
settings every now and then to connect to your internet at your home
place and at your office, you will definitely love this application
called net profiles

Net Profiles is a freeware which help you configure the internet
connection with a single mouse click, it allows you to switch in
between the various network profiles you create through the
application.

Net Profiles saves your network settings as profiles,you can easily
activate different profiles to change the network connection settings.

As shown in the image above you can create a network profile, after
selecting your network card you need to specify IP Settings and click
Save button.

Automatically change your profile via program shortcuts,

Some other features includes:

specify mapped drive which you can connect on a particular profile,
change your default printer
change the default homepage for internet explorer, Firefox, Opera etc
Proxy settings for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.
Run a user-defined list of programs when a profile is activated.
Maintain separate desktop wallpaper for each profile.
Change screen resolutions and color quality when profiles are activated.
Can be easily translated into other languages using the enclosed XML
language file.

You can also place the shortcuts for different profiles you have
created on your desktop with which you can directly activate the
network profile by clicking the shortcuts.

[ Download Net Profiles | Application HomePage ]

Make your pen drive bootable with MakeBootable

Many times, when you are facing a critical windows problem and you need the bootable cd urgently to repair your windows but some how you don't get it.

MakeBootable is a free software which lets you convert your pen drive into a  bootable media, After making your pen drive bootable with makebootable you can use your pen drive like a windows xp bootable cd.

Makebootable is so easy to use, as it make your normal USB pen drive a bootable media in one click.

make-bootable

But there is a limitation, you will need to format your pen drive with fat file system in order to make your device bootable.

Convert to FAT and use MakeBootable

1. Backup the existing files on the drive.

2. Perform a FAT format

3. Now Run Makebootable.exe to make your USB portable device bootable.

After making your pen drive bootable, go to your BIOS and select USB Device as First Boot device in the boot device priority

We hope you like this small trick, Let us know your idea trough comments.

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