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Spell Checking! Something that Notepad really lacked. Off course! Typing directly in your word processor will provide you a spell checker. But applications like notepad are useful when typing some quick notes. Not just notepad, some of your favourite programs may not have one.

Here\’s a nifty little tool that lets you \’Add\’ spell checking features to your favourite applications.
It\’s called Tiny Spell Checker!

Tiny Spell checks your typing on-the-fly and alerts you with beeps(which can be disabled) when a word is misspelled.
It does not underline misspelled words. Instead, a little box appears that displays the misspelled word. Clicking the small box will provide a list of legible words (image below).

Tiny Spell can also check the spelling of every word you copy to the clipboard. It uses an American-English dictionary with 110,000 words. Users can add their own words to this dictionary.
Tiny Spell sits in the system tray from where you can control all options. It is Free! A paid version is also available.

[Download TinySpell]

Hard Disk storage getting cheaper and size bigger only compounds the problem. More the files, more the chances of their clones.
And the biggest problem is finding those duplicates, forget removing them. Windows Search is anyway out of the picture here.

There are a lot of software tools available to find duplicate files. What I was looking for was a free and simple utility to find duplicate files that gives me the option to delete them easily. And I think I got one.
It\’s called Duplicate File Sweeper.

Using it is very easy. To scan a location for duplicates, add that path by clicking the Add Path button. Browse and select the folder you want to scan.
Click \’Start Search\’ and the program will scan for duplicates in the folder provided by you.
Duplicate files, if found, will be listed below from where users can choose to delete them.

Duplicate File Sweeper works with Windows XP and Vista. It is Free!

[Download Duplicate File Sweeper (927 KB)]