How to Get Good Old Classic Start Menu Back in Windows 7

What? There is no Classic Start menu in Windows 7? That's the most common question which Windows 7 users ask us. Actually Microsoft has completely removed Classic start menu from Windows 7 and you are forced to use the new Vista like start menu.

Although the new start menu is much better than the classic one, lots of people still prefer the Classic one. So what to do? Here is the solution.

"CSMenu" is a small application for Windows 7 which can bring the Classic start menu back in Windows 7. You just need to install it and run the application. There is also a portable version available so you can run it without installing.

Following is a screenshot of CSMenu in action:



You can Pin its shortcut to Taskbar so that you can use it similar to Start button.

You can also hide default Start ORB using "Start Killer".

You can give it a try using following link:
Download CSMenu (Classic Start Menu for Windows 7)

NOTE: When we install it, it didn't create its shortcut in Programs menu or Desktop. If you also face this problem, you can run its EXE file from "%programfiles\CSMenu" folder.

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Monitor ES – Power Off Monitor When You Lock Your Computer

Monitor ES is one such free utility which lets you to save a good amount of energy and money by doing some amazing tweaks on your computer including the following ones

• Automatically turnoff monitor


• Automatically pause all media programs


• Automatically IM away status message


• Hot key supported


• Customize options


• Auto Start with windows

One of the most important features of this small program is it allows you to turn off your monitor automatically when you lock your computer, this could save a good amount of energy. Moreover you can turn off the monitor display by pressing the hotkey "CTRL+F2"

It supports the pause and play back of following media players including 
Winamp , AIMP , Windows Media Player and messengers included is Gtalk.

Download Monitor ES

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Get Colors used in any Image Online with ColourGrab

If you find any interesting image online which has a great color combination and you want to use it in your theme, but then you will need a software or a color picker installed to get the color from the image. ColourGrab is a free online service which can provide you with the most used colors in any image hosted online. You need to type a URL of any online image below and the system will tell you the most used colors from that image.



The image should be hosted online and the service does not offer to upload the image from your local folder. Once it analyses the service provides you with the most used color codes in the image.



The application also provides you with the download link for Adobe® Switch for the color scheme for developers. ColourGrab is a simple yet useful service to quickly get the color code from any image.

ColourGrab

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Metacafe Video Downloader

Metacafe Video Downloader is a free application designed for downloading and saving videos from Metacafe to your PC, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Mobile Phone with one-click. You do not need any video players to play flash video, you can just play it on the default media player classic and no extra codec or players needed. You only need to have the URL of the video you want to download.



Enter the URL of the video into the program and press add, and the file will be downloaded into the selected folder. You can save the downloaded video into various formats: .avi, .mpeg, .flv, .wmv which makes it much more easier to use.

Features of Metacafe Video Downloader;

• Easy to use


• Get the size, length of a file before downloading it


• Clean, simple interface


• Download several files at the same time


• Save Metacafe video as an .avi, .mpeg, .wmv, .flv file

Metacafe Video Downloader is a small, fast, useful, practical and powerful application which will work will all versions of Windows.

Download Metacafe Video Downloader


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