Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Every month we take a look around some of the most interesting windows-related web sites. We collect the best free stuff and write tips to help you get more out of Windows. Below you’ll find wallpapers, icon packs, fonts, screensavers, and freeware we’ve found over the last 30 days. We’ve also put together our most popular windows guides.

Enjoy the overview of stuff you shouldn’t have missed in September 2008.

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Desktop Wallpapers (More Wallpapers)

Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpapers (More Wallpapers)

Icon Packs (More Icon Packs)

World Flag Icons

Wraith Dock Icon Pack

A set of dock icons for the master skin Wraith. Includes 15 icons in 256×256 png format.

iFirefox

iChad – Special Edition Black

Special Apple® Leopard Edition in Black of the popular iChad icon series.
This pack contains 100 (one hundred) 512×512 px icons in their .icns package goodness!
This represents almost all of the default programs included with Leopard and many of the common additional programs.

iPhone Flag Icons

Starbucks Address Book

Web Application Icons Set

The icon set contains PNG files, size of 24px, 32px and 48px. .ico files also included.

Aquanox mini Icon Set

iLeopard Icon Pack SE

Format: *.jpg
File size: 43.0 MB
Resolution: 512*512 px – 96 dpi
Total icons: 225 original Leopard icons.

HP Dock Icon Set

1024, 512, and 256 px PNG Icons.

Radium Icon Set

Stilrent Icon Set

20+ Application Icons in PNG format.

Green Icon Set

Black Elegant – Icon Set

Pack of black, sleek icons in PNG and ICO formats.

Adobe icon set

Adobe icon set in 256×256 png format.

Vista Main Icon Pack for XP

The major icons used in Vista. There are 49 ICON files and 49 PNG files.

Vista Icon Pack for XP “vs. 1″

There are 42 icon files and 42 PNG files.

Vista Icon Pack for XP “vs. 2″

There are 23 icon files and 23 PNG files.

Fonts (More Fonts)

Video Game Fonts

Music Band Fonts

Screensavers(More Screensavers)

24 CTU Display 3 (Widescreen)

A screen saver based on the one used at CTU on the show 24.Supports a widescreen resolution of 1440 x 900 and greater.

Ice Crystal

Fire Screensaver

Glowing Vista ORB Screensaver

Animated Glowing Vista ORB Screensaver.

Live 3D Earth 1.8 ScreenSaver

Realistic 3D Earth model will rotate on your desktop with photo-realistic colourful graphics and music (You can add/modify your own playlist.) Best for 1280×1024 resolution.

Glowing Windows Flag SCR

Animated Glowing Windows Flag Screensaver.

Heart on Fire

Windows 7 Screensaver

Windows 7 Style Screensaver, the upcoming new OS from Microsoft.

Freeware (More Freeware)

• Recuva Recovers Lost Data on Your Drive
• Compress Your PNG Files from the Right-click Menu
• List of Freeware Vista Tweaking Utilities
• Vista Visual Master – The Complete Windows Vista Customization Package

Tutorials & Guides (More Guides: XP | Vista)

• Take Charge of Automatic Updates: Set to Download Only
• Block Drives, Folders, and Files from Other Vista User Accounts [How To]
• Disable the Startup Sound in Windows Vista [How To]
• Slow Computer? Test Your Computer’s RAM in Vista

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