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HEARTILY WELCOMES TO ALL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS OF DEPARTMENT OF POST : INDIA

Monday 30 July 2012

To Track and Trace Speed Post, Mail Service, Premium Services & PIN Code:

Click here: PIN Code Search for any Area In India


For All Over World City Names with ZIP Code:

Click here: Postal & ZIP Code in World Countries

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Sanchay post Ver 7.0-Patch for Upgradation to Version 7.0 (18/07/2012)




Patch For Upgradation for Sanchay post 7.0 and New DB Analyser Released on 18.07.2012.

Upgradation Patcth Downlaoad Link 1 or
Use Alterantive BOX DOWNLOAD Link 2.

Friday 27 July 2012

eMO latest Installation - Error in eMO Communication


When the eMO application is installed for the first time in new site, bulk payees will not be updated and while running the communication, the following error may come.


Solution from PTC: Run eMOBulkPayees23042012.exl script file using script tool.
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Thursday 26 July 2012

IPSWebClient


IPSWEBCLIENT

The International Postal System Web Client ( IPS Web Client ) designed to faciliate data entry of booking, attempted delivery and final delivery particulars of International Registered, EMS articles and International Parcels.

The list of undelivered International Inbound articles sent by various Office of Exchanges in india and list of delivered articles at delivery post offices in the month of       May-2012  ,    June-2012 and July-2012 and whose delivery information’s are yet to be updated by respective delivery post offices through IPS web client in ZIP format is enclosed at below mentioned link for kind perusal and necessary action please. --


DATA UPLOADED HERE AS ON 25 JULY 2012 AT 19.33 HRS


Kindly find below 04 download links to see the lists of Undelivered / Delivered International IPSWEB articles. Please open all the below mentioned list in Excel-2007 and above format. 

1. List of Undelivered International Inbound articles from May-12 to July-12 

   
( Pincode Office wise List of Undelivered International Articles, Please enter delivery particulars at the earliest. Copy and Paste all the data in Excel 2007 - Use filter option to select articles pertaining to your Circle / Region/ Division)

2. List of Delivered International Inbound articles from May-12 to July-12 in zip Format
     ( Pincode Office wise List of Delivered International Articles, whose delivery details are already updated - For Monitoring Purpose)

3. Dashboard : Summary : Undelivered / Delivered articles monthwise 

    (Summary in excel format showing number of undelivered articles against delivery P.O. - For Monitoring Purpose)


4. Attempted Delivery for the month from May-12 to July-12
     ( Pincode Office wise List of International Articles, whose attempted delivery details are already updated - For Monitoring Purpose)

Monday 16 July 2012

Software and Hardware Probem Solving Tutorial





COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TROUBLESHOOTING 

CHAPTER 1  -    HARDWARE TROUBLE SHOOTING.

                The following are the some of the remedial action that can be taken during the problems listed.

PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While switching on the system, error is shown as “KEY BOARD MISSING”
Check whether the cable from key board is connected to the system in the backside.
2)      When switching on monitor light glows, but no symptom in the PC.
Check whether the power cable is connected to the system. 
Check whether there is power supply in that point.
3)      When switching on the computer, system starts. But no symptom in monitor.
Check whether the power cable is connected to the monitor.
Check whether there is power supply in that point.
4)      When switching on the system, system starts. Monitor light glows.  But no display.
Check the brightness, contrast settings of the monitor.
5)      After switching on, the computer restarts automatically, frequently.
Check the power supply for consistency.  There may be heavy fluctuation.
6)      Mouse movement is very jerky.
There may be heavy dust accumulated under mouse ball.  Turn the mouse upside down. Take off the cover & the ball . Clean the ball with soft cloth.  Put the ball back & replace the cover.
Use a good mouse pad with smooth surface.
7)      Key board keys are not working properly.
Paper bits/clips may be accumulated inside the key board preventing the keys to function properly.  Turn the key board upside down. Shake out any paper, paper clips that can be inside.
8)      In Printer, consistently faded or light characters are printing.
Replace the ribbon with new one.
9)      A small, blank line is printed consistently.
Print head pin defective. Replace print head.
10)  Print head gets struck on one side while printing.
Dust may have accumulated in the print head moving rod.  Clean it with 3-in-1 oil.
11)  Printer is switched on. Even after print command is given, no print out.
Check whether the ‘online’ button is switched on.
Check whether the printer data cable is connected to the system.
12)  In laser printer, if printing is light and dark and in some places disappearing.
Ink may have become dry.  Take out the Toner out of the printer, shake it gently and put it back in the printer. 
If the problem still persists, refill / replace the toner.
13)  UPS output stops immediately after power off.
Batteries are not charged properly.
Fill with distilled water, in case of maintenance batteries.
Identify the defective battery and replace, in case of Sealed Maintenance Free batteries.
NOTE:  THE ABOVE LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE.   
               
CHAPTER 2   -    SOFTWARE TROUBLE SHOOTING.
                The following are the some of the remedial action that can be taken during the problems listed in the DEPARTMENTAL SOFTWARE..

POINT OF SALE:

PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      When the Point of sale is started, it shows error “ERROR NO.52”
It denotes that software is unable to link to the server.
Check whether the server is on.
Check whether the system is connected to the network.  For this, check the task bar. If this icon is present, then it shows that network link is not available.
Log off and again logon to the domain.
Check whether the network cable is connected to the system.
2)      User name of counter PA not appearing after shift begin.
Ask the supervisor to check the work allocation.  The time may be given wrong.  Ask him to modify it.
3)      In transaction screen “OK” appears instead of “PRINT”
Supervisor to log on. 
Under Tools menu, click on “Receipt printing”
4)      While doing transaction, against the weight column , the system shows “NotOK” and not responding.
Go to Tools menu, remove the click before “Weighing machine”


POSTMAN

PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While clicking the “Post sorting” option, it shows error message “No beat is allotted to you”
Ask supervisor to give beat allocation to your user name under Tools Menu.
2)      While clicking the MO Returns option to take returns of MOs by Postman, “Cash Is yet to be issued to postmen” message appears.
Ask supervisor to submit the MO amount to treasury under menu, Treasury-> Submit-> Cash to Postman.
If already submitted, then ask Treasurer to give cash through Treasurer software.
3)      While invoicing VP articles for delivery, VPMO commission is calculated wrongly.
Ask supervisor to check the current configuration under menu “Configuration -> MO commission configuration.



DESPATCH:
PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While fetching the articles from counter/Spl journal/BOs, it shows error message with words “Unconfigured article type”
Ask supervisor to configure bag types correctly under menu “Master -> Bag type”
2)      While viewing the delivery abstract both side, there is a huge difference of articles between receipt side and dispatch side, after autosorting.
Pin range allotment is not complete.  Ask supervisor to go to menu “Master -> Allot Pinrange” and rectify.


TREASURY:
PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While viewing SO Daily account / HO summary, out of account transactions are shown.
It means the supervisor of the concerned branch has not verified the accounts in respective software.  Ask him to verify.

SUB ACCOUNTS:
PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While printing BO slip, it shows message “printed in file ….” without printing through printer.
Check the printer icon in the menu bar for any red circle. It means the printer is disabled.  Click the icon. The red circle on the icon will disappear.

SB CASH:
PROBLEMS
PROBABLE SOLUTION
1)      While trying to login as PA, it shows error message as “You have not assigned any role”
Ask supervisor to assign the counter to your name under the menu “Master->counter assignment”

The above items are not exhaustive.
                If the problem persists even after trying the above suggestions, contact the  Sys Admin or designated technology person of your office / division.

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Saturday 7 July 2012

Free computer software for free


Office Suite
  1. OpenOffice.org – OpenOffice.org is a viable alternative to Microsoft Office – even for professional use. It can do just about anything Office can.
  2. AbiWord – A lightweight version of Microsoft Office. Simple, straightforward interface; easy to use.
  3. Jarte – A word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad. It can be run directly from a USB flash drive.
  4. Notepad++ – A free source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.
  5. EditPad Lite – A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.
Security
6.      ·  avast! 4 Home Edition – A complete antivirus solution that is able to find computer viruses, create and check the integrity of programs installed, test executed programs and opened documents, to test and check email and other functions.
7.      ·  AVG Anti-Virus – A free security solution that is easy to use, has low system resources, automatic update functionality and ability to protect as files are opened and programs are run.
8.      ·  Comodo Firewall – A free firewall that constantly monitors and defends your PC from internet attacks. It is a fully functional product that comes with continual updates that are free forever!
9.      ·  McAfee SiteAdvisor – A plugin for Firefox and IE browser that shows safety rating as you browse the Web.
10.  ·  SpyCatcher Express – A free anti-spyware program that allows novice PC users to remove aggressive spyware, stops next-generation, mutating spyware, blocks reinstallation of aggressive spyware and removes spyware safely and automatically.
11.  ·  StartupMonitor – A small monitoring program that keeps a constant eye on your system’s startup entries. When ever a change is made, you will be notified and given a choice to either allow the change or not to change.
12.  ·  SuperStorm Freeware – This software allows you to hide your confidential files and folders in a wide variety of media files such as pictures, audio, video, executable programs among many other file types.
13.  ·  Windows Defender – A free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software.
14.  ·  HijackThis – A malware remove tool that makes a detailed log of what’s going on in your Registry and gives you the opportunity to remove things that might be suspect.
15.  ·  Zone Alarm – This software lets you block uninitiated and unwanted traffic, even while your PC is unattended or while you’re not using your connection.
Desktop management
16.  ·  Google desktop – A desktop search application that gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web.
17.  ·  Yahoo Desktop – Yahoo Desktop enables you to search and instantly find information, preview it in its native format, and take action on it immediately.
18.  ·  TweakUI – This software reduces the Windows annoyance without having to meddle with the registry. It gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
19.  ·  Pretty run – A small program that can search your start menu, desktop or any other folder for shortcuts.
20.  ·  RoboForm – RoboForm memorizes and securely stores each user name and password the first time you log into a site, then automatically supplies them when you return.
21.  ·  AutoHotkey - This open-source utility can automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write macros by hand or use the macro recorder. You can also create hotkeys for keyboard, mouse, joystick, and handheld remote controls.
22.  ·  Keepass safe – A password manager which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk.
23.  ·  Clipomatic – A clipboard cache program that remembers what was copied to the clipboard and allows you to retrieve it, even after you’ve copied something else to the clipboard.
Browser
24.  ·  Firefox – Firefox includes tons of useful features such as tabbed browsing, built-in and customizable search bars, a built-in RSS reader and a huge library of extensions developed by thousand of developers.
25.  ·  Opera – Opera introduces Speed Dial which vastly improves navigation to your favorite sites. In addition, there’s Fraud protection, an anti-phishing detection keeps browsing safe and secure.
26.  ·  Crazy browser – A browser that allows users to collect tabs into groups and then load an entire group at once. This feature is very useful for research, as you can summon a set of related sites as needed, without manually opening each one.
Fun and Games
27.  ·  Banshee Screamer Alarm – A snoozeable alarm clock designed to wake you up. Play MP3s, execute programs, or shut down your computer at the time you set.
28.  ·  BZFlag – An online multiplayer cross-platform open source 3D tank battle game. It runs on Irix, Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and many other platforms. It’s one of the most popular games ever on Silicon Graphics machines.
29.  ·  ConWare IconArt – An easy-to-use icon & cursor editor that allows your to design your own, edit previous icons, create cursors, capture icons from programs and DLL files or import an image for your icon.
30.  ·  Google Earth – Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.
31.  ·  Tux Racer – Getting bored and sick of the Windows game? Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux Penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title!
32.  ·  ZSNES – A Nintendo emulator on your desktop. ZSNES is built to run on Windows, DOS, Linux and FreeBSD Unix and it is by far the best SNES emulator available.
33.  ·  Cartes du Ciel – A sky map that allows you to find out what constellations and planets are visible tonight.
Graphics Editing
34.  ·  GIMP – A complete image editing software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter.
35.  ·  Paint.net – A free image and photo editing software that features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
36.  ·  Google sketchup – A powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool that combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design.
37.  ·  IrfanView – A fast and compact image viewer/converter that is simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
Video and Audio
38.  ·  Audacity – A complete recording and sound editing software that is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
39.  ·  Media Monkey – A music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the Web.
40.  ·  CDex – An application that records audio tracks from CDs and saves them to a disk as regular WAV files or as encoded sound files.
41.  ·  iTunes – One of the highest downloaded digital-jukebox software. Comes with the iTunes Music Store that offers music at 99-cents-per-song.
42.  ·  Winamp – A multimedia player that supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide.
43.  ·  VLC – A highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
44.  ·  QuickTime Alternative – This application let you play QuickTime or Real videos without Apple or Real’s bloated, in-your-face proprietary players.
PDF creator
45.  ·  PrimoPDF – A free tool for high-quality PDF creation, comprising a user-friendly interface that enables printing to PDF from virtually any Windows application.
46.  ·  PDF creator – A simple PDF creation tool for those who just want to skip the technical steps and produce a PDF file. If you know how to print, then you know how to use this software.
47.  ·  doPDF – Using doPDF, you can create searchable PDF files from virtually any application. You can search for text within the created PDF file, and search engines will also index the text from the PDF.
Virtual Server
48.  ·  VMware Server – VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility.
49.  ·  LogMeIn Hamachi – A VPN that allows you to access your home PC from work (or vice versa) as though you’re sitting right in front of it.
50.  ·  OpenVPN – OpenVPN is a tried and true VPN solution. It is totally secure and infinitely configurable. You can install and run this software without relying on a third party.
Instant Messaging
51.  ·  Windows Live messenger – The next generation MSN Messenger. It comes with everything that were already available in Messenger, and a new i’m Initiative that makes helping your favorite charity as easy as sending an instant message.
52.  ·  Pidgin – A multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once. Pidgin can work with: AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo!, MySpaceIM and many more.
53.  ·  Trillian – A fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC.
54.  ·  Skype – A software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world.
Download manager
55.  ·  Download Accelerator Plus – A download manager that can enhance your download experience. Features include a search tab, security check for every site and application you download, more speed per connection, resume broken download and preview file when you download.
56.  ·  Internet download manager – A tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages.
57.  ·  Getright – As a download manager, GetRight supports BitTorrent downloads too. In addition, you can use GetRight to schedule your downloads for later; it can dial your modem (if needed), download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it is done.
58.  ·  DownThemAll – A powerful yet easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension that adds new advanced download capabilities to your browser.
59.  ·  Flashgot – A Firefox extension that allows you to handle single and massive downloads using the external download managers of your choice.
File Management
60.  ·  Eraser – An advanced security tool for Windows that allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
61.  ·  Restoration – An easy to use and straight forward tool to undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows (we were able to recover photos from a Flash card that had been formatted).
Torrent Manager
62.  ·  Azureus – A popular torrent manager that allows you to install plug-in and tweak your own settings.
63.  ·  ÂµTorrent – A very, very tiny BitTorrent client that packs enough features into that small package to compete with beefier applications like Azureus.
64.  ·  Bitcomet – A bit torrent manager that allows videos files to be previewed while they’re still being downloaded, and there’s a built-in chat tool that lets users chat with other peers in the swarm.
Backup Program
65.  ·  Cobian Backup – A multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network.
66.  ·  Back4Win – A backup program that uses industry standard ZIP compression to ensures that your data will be accessible regardless of which PC operating system. Does not have 4Gb and 65535 file limit of other ZIP backup programs.
67.  ·  DriveImage XML – This software allows you to backup logical drives and partitions to image files, browse these images, view and extract files, restore these images to the same or a different drive and copy directly from drive to drive.
68.  ·  JaBackup – JaBackup allows advanced automation features. You can schedule backup tasks by the second or minute, or on a hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
69.  ·  Xdrive Desktop – Xdrive gives you 5GB of online storage space to store and backup your files. The Xdrive desktop software allows you to backup and synchronize your data with the web server with few mouse clicks.
70.  ·  Gmail Space – Use your Gmail account as storage by uploading and downloading files through a browser-based interface.
File Compression
71.  ·  7-zip – This software compresses files in new 7z format with LZMA compression. It supports multi formats, including 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS.
72.  ·  Winzip – Using WinZip, you can quickly and easily compress and decompress files, folders, and entire folder trees to save storage space and reduce e-mail-transmission time, as well as encrypt and decrypt your sensitive documents.
73.  ·  AutoUnpack – This is designed to unpack your compressed file in a single quick step. You merely point to a folder containing your ZIP or RAR files and choose an output directory. Press one button to start a process that ends with your archive perfectly unpacked, or let the program automatically unpack that directory every set number of minutes.
74.  ·  ExtractNow – A simple program allows you to extract more than one archived file at a time, with one click of a button, making extracting files quicker and easier.
System Optimization and Diagnostic Tool
75.  ·  CCleaner – A system optimization and privacy tool that removes unused files from your system and allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.
76.  ·  Security Process Explorer – An enhanced task manager, that provides advanced information about programs and processes running on the computer. It displays all the standard information, including file name, directory path, description, CPU usage etc. as well as a unique security risk rating.
77.  ·  CPU-Z – This mini software allows you to find out everything about your computer. You can find information such as processor name and vendor, core stepping and process, processor package, internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, partial overclock detection, and processor features including supported instructions sets.
78.  ·  EULAlyzer – This takes your EULA agreement and analyze it in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you’re about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or more. It is great for picking out privacy issues.
79.  ·  Process Explorer – An advanced process management utility that picks up where Task Manager leaves off. It will show you detailed information about a process including its icon, command-line, full image path, memory statistics, user account, security attributes, and more.
80.  ·  Auslogics Disk Defrag – This software was designed to remedy system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. It is fast, simple to easy and what’s more, it is effective.
81.  ·  SmartDefrag – SmartDefrag boasts a system checker that continually defrags the files that you use the most, and does it without becoming a persistent drag on your system resources. The “Install It and Forget It” feature works automatically and quietly in the background on your computer and it only eats up 14MB of RAM, so it’s possible to run it smoothly on older machines.
82.  ·  Local Cooling – Fight global warming from your desktop! Local Cooling automatically optimizes your PC’s power consumption by using a more effective power save mode.
83.  ·  Belarc Advisor – Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and analyzes elements such as whether antivirus software is up to date, or whether all the security flaws in Windows have been patched.
Email Client
84.  ·  Thundrebird – Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry’s best implementations of features, such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search.
85.  ·  Eudora – A robust e-mail client whose features include multiple address-book-formatting options and the ability to filter, redirect, and forward mail. It supports QuickTime- and HTML-enriched e-mail, letting you include stylized, formatted text and in-line graphics in your messages.
86.  ·  Opera Mail – Opera Mail is integrated with the Opera browser, and lets you send, receive, sort and search your e-mails quicker and easier than with conventional e-mail programs.
87.  ·  Sylpheed – A surprisingly versatile email client. ‘Surprisingly’ because it has a friendly, easy to use interface to its many useful features.
88.  ·  PopTray – The premier pop-up mail checker for standard POP3 and IMAP mail accounts, including Gmail, and it can be coaxed to work with HTML-only mail such as Hotmail by following the instructions at the PopTray site.
Photo Organizer
89.  ·  Google Picasa – A free software that helps you locate and organize all the photos on your computer, edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks and share your photos with others through email, prints and on the web.
90.  ·  Xnview – A fast multi-format graphics browser, viewer, and converter. It has an Explorer-like browser that allows quick and simple browsing of directory contents.
91.  ·  FxFoto – This software provides a single tool for automatically organizing, enhancing, annotating, e-mailing, printing, uploading, and archiving your digital photos.
92.  ·  Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0 – This software makes it easy to find, fix, and share your digital photos. Instantly fix photo flaws in just a click or two.
93.  ·  Jalbum – A gallery software that makes web albums from your digital images.
Video Converter
94.  ·  Free FLV Converter – This free software let you search youTube and dailyMotion videos without opening your browser and you can even watch the videos using the built-in video player.
95.  ·  Free Video To iPhone Converter – Convert video files to Apple iPhone MP4 video format. Convert the whole movie or select a partition from the movie to convert (trim video).
96.  ·  Any Video Converter – An all-in-one video converting freeware with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed, and excellent video quality.
97.  ·  iPod Video Converter – Free iPod Video Converter provides an easy and completed way to convert all popular video formats to iPod video.
FTP client
98.  ·  Filezilla – A full-featured FTP client that supports Secure FTP, SSL, and other protocols in a slick interface, complete with a tree-structured site manager that lets you store settings for multiple sites.
99.  ·  SmartFTP – An FTP client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. SmartFTP offers secure, reliable and efficient transfers that make it a powerful tool.
100.                      ·  FireFTP – FireFTP turns your browser into an FTP client, with a two-pane file manager for uploading and downloading.
EyeCandy
101.                        ·  Yahoo Widget – A small, specific applications that you can run on your Windows or Mac OS desktop. You can download tons of useful widget from the widget gallery.

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