Special Effects Software for Windows

No Wonder that, Windows 7 brought many visual effects and eye soothing appearance but Mac and Linux have their Exposé and Compiz. This makes working even more enjoyable so, here the list some software to bring those special effects on Windows Computer.

Multiple desktops with 3D rotation, Gelatinous windows, Transparencies, Animated backgrounds… All this is also possible in Windows, but only after you install a few customization utilities. Here the top five.

5. Bring Exposé to Windows with Switcher

Exposé is one of the most envied Mac features for Windows users who use the old shortcut Alt + Tab. What makes Exposé more elegant: obscures the desktop and displays miniature windows for you to choose one quickly. For Windows, there are several alternatives; Switcher is the best.

Three Thumbnails schemes are available, and both the keyboard shortcut and the switcher style effects can be configured if required. Now you can say goodbye to Flip 3D , the system that Windows uses to switch between windows.

Download Switcher

4. Nimi-Visuals, windows that follow the laws of physics

Today, the windows of Windows meekly obey orders with little else. Why not go further and make the windows follow the laws of physics? That is what Nimi Visuals makes possible, a supplement that covers eleven effects for windows.

Among the most dramatic effects of the windows Nimi Visuals are gelatinous, the streaks of light, inertia and collisions. In some cases, as when the active windows-bounce effects are useful because they help to pay more attention to what happens in Windows. And all in less than 200 kilobytes.

Download Nimi Visuals

3. DreamScene Seven- Set video as desktop background

If you are bored using static wallpapers and want to try something new then setting a video clip as wallpaper will not be a bad idea. Presently there is no default option in windows 7 to perform this task efficiently. DreamSceneSeven is a freeware application that helps you in doing so.

2. DeskHedron

Hundreds of files, folders, windows … Sometimes, a desk is not enough. So why not use more than one? Already there are utilities that increase the desktop , but it is difficult to know which is which. To facilitate the transition from one to another there is nothing better than a 3D representation, as provided
DeskHedron .

DeskHedron represents desktops as semi-transparent side of a prism. So, if you use four, you’ll see when you press the shortcut Control + Shift. + Z be a cube, if you created eight, eight-sided prism, and so on. And being semi-transparent, you can see what’s inside the other sides without turning the whole polyhedron.

Download DeskHedron

1. Okozo Desktop: Live Wallpaper or Interactive Background

Imagine you are able to move clock hands or a mouse following mouse arrow on desktop background. It will be fantasy and Okozo Desktop is here to turn that into reality.

Download Okozo Desktop

Fill out Captchas automatically

Sophisticated Download Managers are jDownloader and Mipony are used to download files from File hostings like Megaupload, Rapidshare, Fileserve, etc. But the you have to pass through annoying Captcha so, here is a plugin for these software to bypass Captchas or fill them automatically.

Captcha still remains problem because Instead of checking whether you are human, some actually does an eye test! and Moreover time is wasted on identifying and filling out.

Captcha Trader is most accurate captcha filling service which is based on Credit system.
How to install Captcha Trader Plugin

Create account on CaptchaTrader and after successfully verifying account, you get 100 Credits. 10 Credits are spent on cracking one captcha means only 10 captchas can be filled out for free.

To get more, you can earn credits by solving out captchas or buy credits which is cheap i.e 1000 credits for 1$.

Plugin is available for jDownloader, Mipony, PyLoad and FritzLoad and installation manual comes with the plugin package for respective program.For jDownloader - Download plugin and unzip the contents into installation folder - \jd\captcha\methods

Open the file with Notepad captchatrader.properties and modify it this way:

username = your user name at CaptchaTrader

password = your password at CaptchaTrader

That’s it! Now start jdownloader , put in all the files you want to download and watch the “magic”. Time 12-13 seconds and even the most difficult captcha will be overcome by the program automatically without you having to lift a finger.

How to increase Maximum File Transfer size of USB in Windows 7

In Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2, the maximum transfer size of USB is set to 64 KB. It means at one instant, maximum file size to be transferred from Windows 7 Computer to USB Devices is 64 KB. To override that restriction, Microsoft released a hotfix to increase the maximum transfer size from 64 kilobytes (KB) to 2 megabytes (MB) in the Usbstor.sys driver. 

Download Update kb2581464 from official website. Select the Windows version (32 or 64 Bit) and enter email address to request download link on email.

--Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press Enter.

--Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\usbstor\054C00C1

--Click Edit, point to New, and then click DWORDValue.

--Type MaximumTransferLength, and then press Enter.

--Click Edit, and then click Modify.

--In the Value data box, type a value to specify the maximum transfer size between 64KB and 2MB. For example, you select Decimal and type a value between 65535 (64K) and 2097120 (2M).

--Exit Registry Editor.

Restart the computer and changes are made now! Try connecting USB Pendrive or something and you will notice changes immediately when transferring file.