Monitor Start-up Items in Windows

License: Freeware / Portable| OS: Windows | Language: English | Size: 458KB |

Many of the application while installing on Windows by default adds an entry to the start up. The problem with this is that Windows start up will be delayed. SterJo StartUp Monitor is freeware app for Windows which constantly tracks the creation or modification of the startup registry and notifies if some changes appear. If any application tries to add a startup registry on your system then the software will display the application with the following information: Section, Product Name, Product Description, Company, Version and Process Path.

Change Windows 8 Start Screen and Logon Screen Background Wallpaper

License: Freeware | OS: Windows8 | Language: English | Size =108 KB |

Windows 8 start menu and the logon screen has the same color background and this option is not changeable in the developer preview build, although you can do it with registry and other tweaks. Windows 8 Start Tweaker is a freeware app for Windows 8 which lets you change the start screen background wallpaper as well as the logon screen background color.

QTranslate - Translation Tool for Windows

License: Freeware | OS: Windows | Language: English | Size =332 KB |

QTranslate is a freeware tool which allows you to translate text. With this small utility, you simply select the text you want to translate and then press hot key (Ctrl+Q) to show translation in the popup window or even use the double Ctrl click to show the translation in the main window. The program also has the ability to speak text (Ctrl+E) if you want it to read out.

Customize Windows 7 Logon with Logon Assistant

Windows 7 by default does not provide any option to customize and tweak the logon screen. Logon Assistant is freeware tool for Windows 7, which is portable as well, and allows you to customize the look and feel of Windows 7 logon screen. The utility comes with lots of tweaks to change logon screen. Some of the tweaks include logon message and text, change branding, remove shutdown option, last logon details etc.

How to Automatically Logon to Windows 8

We have covered the various logon methods available in Windows 8 including the picture password and PIN Logon. You can also set to automatically logon to Windows 8 when you boot Windows. This feature was available in Windows 7 as well. To automatically logon to Windows, you need to permanently set the password. This has the disadvantage that anyone can easily log into your PC without typing the password.

Windows 8 Start Menu Gadget - Switch Between Windows 8 & Windows 7 Start Menu

We had covered tools like Metro Controller, Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle and Metro UI Tweaker to switch between the Windows 7 style start menu and Windows 8 style start screen. We have another app, this time a desktop gadget for Windows 8 which lets you switch between the two start menus. This gadget lets you switch between the start menus with a single click.

How to Create a Picture Password in Windows 8

Windows 8 has many new features including the Metro UI start screen and new Windows Explorer. It can be also noted that the Windows 8 is also touch optimized as we have already seen it in the demo from Microsoft. One of the new features added for touch optimized devices (also available for normal desktops) is the Picture Password.

How to Create a PIN to Log into Windows 8

Windows 8 has many new features and one of them is the way you can log into the OS, we have already covered how to use a picture password to log into Windows 8 if you are using touch enabled device. There is another option in Windows 8 to logon using a PIN. The PIN logon is similar to PIN in credit cards and other bank accounts. You can specify a PIN for logon for your account instead of a password. PIN is a better way to logon for a touch enabled device. To set a PIN, open the new control panel and select Users.