KDE is desktop environment originally designed for UNIX. But now it’s available for Windows too. Download the installer from the Windows KDE site, using the installer you can download various binary files that you will need to run all the KDE packages.
KDE is totally free and open source, so you can built all the applications like Amarok, Koffice, Kopete, K3b, etc.. the way you want from their source code. If you are not much into coding stuff you can download the pre-compiled applications created by the volunteers which are easily available on internet.
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Windows media player usually play only common formats like wmv,mpe, etc. hence you need different players and codec packs to run all those files which windows media player cannot. However, the Windows Media player 12 Version in Windows 7 operating system have included some audio/video extension support but still unable to play some files. Shark007.net has released a codecs pack for Windows 7 called Win7codecs using which one can play all the major file formats on Windows 7.
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MSconfig (Microsoft system configuration) is windows default startup management utility. Just by typing “msconfig” (without quotes) in Start > Run window the System configuration utility can be launched. Then you an disable unwanted Startup programs like MSN messenger, Nerocheck, Quicktime start applications, etc making your PC boot faster. If your disabled item list in startup tab is big then it takes-up quite some space making management harder, free utility MSConfig Cleanup bridges this functionality gap by cleaning MSConfig disabled items list. Read more…

Some processes in windows consume lot of resources making the other processes slower. Process Manager for Windows is a free program using which u can set the priority levels of the open windows on your desktop by just right clicking on that task in the taskbar. It also includes an option to hide/Unhide particular process(or all processes) on the taskbar.
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Some files left by viruses, trojans or files with corrupt filenames are difficult to delete in Windows. Such Files which are hard to delete can now be deleted using DeleteDoctor. Can also delete files like the “index.dat” files, which store Internet history, by scheduling them for deletion upon system restart. Very simple and easy-to-use program, simple select the file you want to delete or just darg-and-drop and choose the deletion method.
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