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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/" });
More About: Windows , Interesting , Tips and Tricks

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/" });
More About: Windows , Tips and Tricks , Freeware

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.inf” 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/" });
More About: Security , Windows , Tips and Tricks , Freeware

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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Securely Erase Your Sensitive Data Without Leaving Traces Behind With Erase
2008-05-14 02:30:00
If you thought that by locking your private files and folders with folder protection tools and disabling your USB ports to prevent people from copying your files into their USB drives are enough to protect yourselves from data theft, then I can tell you that what you?ve done were far from enough. So what else ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Securely Erase Your Sensitive Data Without Leaving Traces Behind With Eraser", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/eraser-er ase-your-sensitive-data-securely-without- leaving-traces-behind/" });
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Disable USB Port to Prevent Data Theft When You?re Away
2008-05-12 04:56:00
Some of you may prefer not to turn off your computer when you?re away. Leaving your computer unprotected may result in data theft, because people can easily stick their pen drive into your USB port and copy data off. The next thing you know, your half-naked pictures are spreading wide throughout the Internet. Or maybe ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Disable USB Port to Prevent Data Theft When You?re Away", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/disable-u sb-port-to-prevent-data-theft-when-you%e2 %80%99re-away/" });
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USB FireWall : Track and Destroy ?Autorun.inf? Virus in Your USB Drive
2008-05-11 01:07:00
In my previous post, I?ve talked about Autorun Eater, a freeware Windows application that automatically removes ?autorun.inf? virus from your USB drive. Thus, blocking such malwares from spreading over your Windows. USB FireWall is a freeware Windows application that works much the same like Autorun Eater. USB FireWall works as background process and detects automatically when ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "USB FireWall : Track and Destroy “Autorun.inf” Virus in Your USB Drive ", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/usb-firew all-track-and-destroy-autoruninf-virus-in -your-usb-drive/" });
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How to Remove Infected Autorun.inf File from Your Pen Drive?
2008-05-07 12:05:00
I always try to avoid using my pen drive on the computer in my campus. From my past experience, almost every time after bringing back my pen drive from the computer lab, my anti-virus will detects a virus in my “autorun.inf” file. Some of you might have this kind experience. Once your USB drive is ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Remove Infected Autorun.inf File from Your Pen Drive ?", url: "http://mytechquest.com/windows/how-to-re move-infected-autoruninf-file-from-your-p en-drive/" });
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April 2008 Monthly Highlights
2008-05-03 06:18:00
This is the first time for me to highlight the popular posts on My Tech Quest since the migration from Blogger. So here you go the Top 5 Posts for last month, April 2008 . Watch Star Wars Episode IV in Your Command Prompt for Free (16,835 Views) How to Lock/Hide Your Folder in Windows XP without Using ...
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Magic Pen : Physic-based Crayon Game
2008-05-03 06:00:00
It’s game time! But before playing, you might want to recall a few basic physic knowledge that you?ve learned back in the school? Inertia? Gravity? Friction? Do this sound familiar to you? Why, you ask? Because we are going to apply it in this game. Magic Pen is a fun but challenging physic-based crayon drawing game ...
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Completely Remove Programs Without Leaving Traces Behind With Revo Uninstal
2008-05-02 06:00:00
The Windows Add/Remove Program utility is probably the worst uninstaller around. It is slow at loading all your installed applications and the uninstalling is never clean, leaving traces behind, such as registry entries. Every windows users seriously need a better uninstaller than the default one. One of the alternative is the Revo Uninstaller. I came ...
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Keep Your Wallpaper Fresh Every Time Your Windows Starts with WallChanger
2008-05-01 06:00:00
How often do you change your desktop wallpaper? If you do it frequently, it must be tedious for you to change the wallpaper manually from the Display Properties. That?s why most people rather choose to face the same old wallpaper on their desktop everyday than to change their wallpaper. How would you like if the ...
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How to Find Out if Your Friends Have Read Your Email?
2008-04-30 06:00:00
Have you ever wondering whether the emails that you sent to your friends has been read by them? You are curious to find out, aren’t you? But how, without the need to ask your friends ( are you serious? ) whether they have read the email or not? SpyPig – I Know You’ve Read My Email Forget all the guessing, because SpyPig is here to let you know. SpyPig is not an ordinary pig from the farm, it is a simple email tracking system that will notify you via email once your friends open and read your messages. Interested to try out? To start using SpyPig, you need to enter your email address, recipient’s name, message title, select your SpyPig tracking image and finally embed the tracking image into your email message. For firefox user, you need to drag and drop the tracking image instead. You should choose a blank image instead if you don’t want your recipients to aware it. That’s will make you a true spy! Lol! How does it works? SpyPig works by using a tracking image whose ref...
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Make Your Windows Visible Again After System Crash
2008-04-29 07:22:00
When was the last time your Windows Explorer crashed? You probably have experienced this sometimes after crashing Windows Explorer that you cannot get access to your programs that was minimized to the system tray. Then you have no other choice other than to quit the windows applications that you?re unable to access and kiss goodbye ...
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