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Download Acronis True Image WD Edition for Free
2009-09-16 12:36:00
Western Digital is offering a free download of Acronis True Image WD Edition software to all owners of Western Digital hard drives. FYI, this special edition is based on the award winning Acronis True Image Home 2009 backup, restore and disaster recovery program. Using the Acronis True Image WD Edition software, you can completely clone your current system drive ...
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How to Add Emoticon List in Facebook Chat Window?
2009-09-15 11:52:00
Do you chat a lot with your family and friends on Facebook ? While you find chatting using Facebook Chat is fun (sort of), but do you notice that something is really missing in Facebook chat? They don’t provide you with emoticons and smileys! Okay, Facebook do support emoticons (it’s hidden!). You need to memorize all ...
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Hide The Tab Bar in Firefox [Firefox Add-On]
2009-09-14 18:39:00
Hide Tabbar is a Firefox extension that enables you to hide the tab bar in your Firefox browser, by just pressing a hotkey or auto-hide the tab bar after a time interval. To get back the tab bar, simply press the hotkey again. Using Hide Tabbar is dead simple. First, you need to first go to ...
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Make Firefox Runs 3 Times Faster with SpeedyFox
2009-09-14 17:37:00
Have you been complaining about the speed of Mozilla Firefox that is getting slower and slower after using it for quite sometime? You notice that it takes hell lot of time to load during startup and browsing the histories is way too slow. Well, all this is happening because of fragmentation of databases. And worry ...
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Download Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 Free 3 Months License
2009-09-12 18:54:00
Panda Security and Web of Trust (WOT) is currently running a promotion which offers you free full version copies of the latest Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 with license key valid for 3 months. The new Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 is the latest generation of antivirus solution. Chat, share photos and videos, bank and buy online, read ...
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How to Show Only Icons in Windows XP and Vista Taskbar?
2009-09-12 17:46:00
In Windows 7, the new taskbar aka Superbar is re-designed to look cleaner where the Superbar shows only icon for each application’s running window. In Windows X P and Vista, we have the text label of the running application displayed next to the icon, in the taskbar. If you want to have the same feature as in ...
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Google in ASCII Art
2009-09-09 15:29:00
Found something interesting to share with you guys. Try perform a search query for ascii art using Google , you will notice that the Google logo itself has turned into an ascii art. Try and see for yourself! P.S. : I’ve tried the same on Bing. Well, apparently the Bing logo didn’t change. Still the same Bing logo. ...
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Turn Off Monitor Display to Save Energy with Monitor Off Utility
2009-09-09 15:03:00
Do you know that you can save a lot of energy  by simply turning off your monitor when you’re away? For personal computer, you can put your monitor to sleep by simply press on the button on your monitor. For laptop user like me,  how can you do the same? Monitor Off Utility is a freeware ...
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Set Random Theme on Gmail
2009-09-09 03:50:00
Currently, there are 35 nice themes (including 4 new themes added on 3 Sep) for you to pick from, to dress up your gmail. The four new themes are Orcas Island, High Score, Turf and Random . The fourth theme is a bit different from the rest of the themes. It is not actually a theme. By ...
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Reorder Taskbar Tabs in Windows XP and Vista with Taskix
2009-09-08 13:50:00
Taskix is a freeware Windows utility that enables you to change the default order of the taskbar tabs in Windows X P and Vista . To reorder the taskbar tabs, you simply need to drag-and-drop a particular tab to your desire position. Besides that, this lightweight utility also gives you the ability to scroll tabs with mouse wheel ...
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The Best Collection of Clock Screensavers For Your Desktop
2008-06-10 08:00:00
If you are tired and boring of the default screensavers on your Windows or Mac OS, you might want get something fresh for your desktop and I may able help you, let us check out these creative and unusual clock screensavers. Trust me, you?ll love them. PolarClock Clock and calendar screensaver for Windows and Mac ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Best Collection of Clock Screensavers For Your Desktop ", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/the-best- collection-of-clock-screensavers-for-your -desktop/" });
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How to Give Your Windows XP Folders Background Images?
2008-06-09 04:05:00
Most of you know how to customize your Windows desktop background ( Piece of cake, right? ) and some of you may even know how to add wallpaper to your USB drive. But how about giving your windows folder a background image? To be honest, I never came across people who has background image on ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Give Your Windows XP Folders Background Images ?", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/how-to-gi ve-your-windows-xp-folders-background-ima ges/" });
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Detect Broken and Duplicate Links in Your Browser?s Bookmarks List
2008-06-08 04:20:00
I am sure that you collect bookmarks on your web browser. Over time, these bookmarks list keep on increasing and you may not even aware that some of your bookmarks may be duplicate of each other or may have turned into dead links. I have hundred of bookmarks on my firefox browser. And if you ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Detect Broken and Duplicate Links in Your Browser ’s Bookmarks List ", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/detect-br oken-and-duplicate-links-in-your-browsers -bookmarks-list/" });
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Sexy and Gorgeous Firefox Wallpapers
2008-06-07 06:00:00
While waiting for the announcement of Firefox 3 Download Day which is expected to be on this month of June, let us check out this sexy and gorgeous Firefox wallpapers. Trust me, It will make your nose bleeding non-stop! LOL! More sexy foxes after the jump! If you love this wallpapers, just go ahead and download them! Download ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sexy and Gorgeous Firefox Wallpapers ", url: "http://mytechquest.com/firefox/sexy-and- gorgeous-firefox-wallpapers/" });

Convert Your Image to Icon Directly from the Web With Bradicon
2008-06-06 14:30:00
If you couldn?t find just the right icon file from the icon search engine, you can consider creating your own custom icons by converting your image file into an icon. Bradicon is a free online image to icon converter that quickly converts most of the major images formats ( JPG, PNG, BMP or GIF ) into ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Convert Your Image to Icon Directly from the Web With Bradicon", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/convert- your-image-to-icon-directly-from-the-web- with-bradicon/" });
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Laptop Alarm : Sound the Alarm to Prevent Your Computer from Being Stolen
2008-06-06 06:22:00
Everyone would agree that prevention is always better than the cure. The same apply when it comes to protecting your laptop computer from being stolen when you?re away. It?s will be too late to locate and recover your laptop once it got stolen. Such attempt has near to zero success rate. Even if you have ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Laptop Alarm : Sound the Alarm to Prevent Your Computer from Being Stolen", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/laptop-al arm-sound-the-alarm-to-prevent-your-compu ter-from-being-stolen/" });
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ICONLook : Search the Web for Icons
2008-06-05 06:00:00
Whenever you need nice sound effects, you can search for one in FindSounds. When you need some icons for designing your desktop, your site or for whatever purposes, ICONlook is a good search site where you can find and download your desired icons. To use ICONlook, simply enter a search term and click ?Look?. ICONlook will ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ICONLook : Search the Web for Icons ", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/iconlook -search-the-web-for-icons/" });
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Quickly Adjust the Volume of Your Speaker with just a Mouse Scroll
2008-06-04 15:38:00
Just admit it, everyone always seeks for the fastest way to get a particular task done. Everyone wants to shut down their computer fast, quickly reject their USB drives and more. The list is endless! How about the fastest way to adjust the volume of your computer?s speaker? Even if you have a volume control on ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quickly Adjust the Volume of Your Speaker with just a Mouse Scroll", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/quickly-a djust-the-volume-of-your-speaker-with-jus t-a-mouse-scroll/" });
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Password Protect Your Images with LockImage
2008-06-03 16:23:00
If you have images on your computer that you don?t want others to look at, you can choose to store it inside a locked-folder on your computer using any of these free folder lock application, or you can password-protect the images instead. LockImage is freeware Windows application, that protects your images with password. Your images will ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Password Protect Your Images with LockImage", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/password- protect-your-images-with-lockimage/" });
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May 2008 Monthly Highlights
2008-06-03 10:55:00
Time fly so fast and now we are in the month of June. Before I proceed with new blog posts, let me give a little shout to the My Tech Quest’s top 5 most popular posts for the month of May 2008 . 4 Free Software Update Checker that Keep Your Windows Software Up to Date The Ultimate List of Free Licensed Software for You to Grab How to Remove Infected Autorun.inf File from Your Pen Drive? USB FireWall : Track and Destroy “Autorun.infâ€� Virus in Your USB Drive Disabling Writing to USB Storage Devices to Combat Data Theft The traffic for this month has dropped drastically as compared to April’s traffic. Reason? Because the traffic from Stumble Upon (SU) which contribute the most traffic to my blog, has dropped. I know I shouldn’t rely on SU or any other social bookmarking sites for traffic. Instead my blog must get more traffic from the Search Engine ,which is terribly low so far! Please teach me SEO!!! So you know what, this blog seriously needs Search Engine Opti...
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Find Free Quality Sound Effects Online with FindSounds
2008-05-31 07:00:00
Where do you normally look for when you need nice sound effects for your computer and also flash project? There are all kinds of sounds you can download online and one of the sites that you can look for these sounds is Find Sound s.com. FindSounds is a free web service where you can search for sound ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Find Free Quality Sound Effects Online with FindSounds", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/find-fre e-quality-sound-effects-online-with-finds ounds/" });
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How to Recover Lost Wireless Network Key?
2008-05-30 14:00:00
Sometime we tend to forget certain things, this may include your hard-guessing wireless network key or Wi-Fi password. To help you recover your forgotten Wi-Fi password, let me introduce you to Wireless KeyView. WirelessKeyView is a lightweight Windows application that recovers all wireless network keys ( WEP/WPA ) stored in your computer by the ‘Wireless Zero Configuration’ ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Recover Lost Wireless Network Key?", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/how-to-re cover-lost-wireless-network-key/" });
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WebMail Notifier : Alert You of New Incoming Email Messages from Your Multi
2008-05-30 05:00:00
How often do you check your email account for new incoming email messages? If you have multiple email accounts, do you aware how much time that you?ve wasted just to log in the email account and find out that there is no new messages in your inbox? Stop wasting your precious time by applying this ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WebMail Notifier : Alert You of New Incoming Email Messages from Your Multi ple Email Accounts [Firefox Extension]", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/webmail- notifier-alert-you-of-new-incoming-email- messages-from-your-multiple-email-account s-firefox-extension/" });

4 Free Software Update Checker that Keep Your Windows Software Up to Date
2008-05-29 04:43:00
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How to Trace and Recover Stolen PC?
2008-05-24 08:50:00
No one ever wanted their computer to get stolen, but what if this do happen to your computer? It is near to impossible to recover your stolen computer because you have no idea where to search for it ( unless you?ve installed a tracking device in your computer ). I don?t know whether there are ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Trace and Recover Stolen PC?", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/how-to-tr ace-and-recover-stolen-pc/" });
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Wireless@KL : FREE Wireless Broadband Internet Access Service
2008-05-23 10:00:00
This is a totally great news to all Kuala Lumpur (KL) residents. Now, you can enjoy FREE wireless broadband internet access service with speeds of up to 512 kbps anytime, almost anywhere in KL. This is an excerpt from Wireless @KL’s website The KL Wireless Metropolitan Project or Wireless@KL is a FREE wireless broadband internet access service that ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wireless@KL : FREE Wireless Broadband Internet Access Service", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/wireless kl-free-wireless-broadband-internet-acces s-service/" });
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View Content of ZIP and RAR Archive Files before Downloading Them
2008-05-22 07:00:00
Have you ever downloaded an archive file from a website only to find out that the file was not included or have you downloaded a wrong archive file simply because you didn?t know what?s containing inside the archive file? Things could be much better if you can actually preview the content of the archive file ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "View Content of ZIP and RAR Archive Files before Downloading Them", url: "http://mytechquest.com/internet/view-the -content-of-ziprar-archives-file-before-d ownload/" });
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Windows Vulnerability Scanner
2008-05-21 14:00:00
Windows system will never free from security issues. While this security issues will always haunted Windows users, what we can do is to make our system less insecure ( or more secure ) by updating our system with the right patch. Windows Vulnerability Scanner is a must-have Windows application that checks your Windows OS for Windows ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Windows Vulnerability Scanner", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/windows-v ulnerability-scanner/" });
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Disabling Writing to USB Storage Devices to Combat Data Theft
2008-05-16 03:00:00
In my previous post, I?ve talked about disabling your USB ports to prevent data theft when you are not around. By disabling the USB ports, any USB storage media like USB pen drive and external hard drive will not be detected by Windows but still allowing your USB mouse and keyboard to function. Other than ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Disabling Writing to USB Storage Devices to Combat Data Theft", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/disabling -writing-to-usb-storage-devices-to-combat -data-theft/" });
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The Ultimate List of Free Licensed Software for You to Grab
2008-05-14 22:00:00
This is not really an ultimate list of free license software. Sorry for the misleading. So here I’ve highlighted four seven free licensed software that you would love to have them on your Windows desktop. They are Kaspersky Internet Security, System Mechanic, PC Tools File Recover and iolo Antivirus. Thanks to Raymond for ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Ultimate List of Free Licensed Software for You to Grab", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/the-ultim ate-list-of-free-licensed-software-for-yo u-to-grab/" });
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