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A an IT person, keep that desktop clutter free and organized. It will make your computing experience an enjoyable one.

If you are going to save files and program shortcuts to your desktop, use a program to auto arrange your shortcuts and hide them when not in use. In order to do this you will have to download and install a small program called DesktopOK.

There are two things that you can do with DesktopOK. One, you can move your icons around on your desktop in groups or you can even forms shapes with the icons, etc… Once you do this, use DesktopOK to save the arrangement. That way if your icons get all messed up again, you can pull up DesktopOK and restore the arrangment.

The second thing you can do with DesktopOK, which is sort of hidden in the program, you can tell DesktopOK to hide your desktop icons after a period of time. You will need to start up DesktopOK, by double clicking the DesktopOK icon in the system tray. Once it is up, click on Tools, then click on Use This Feature to activate the icon hiding. You can then, if you want, click on Hide Icons When Mouse option to set a time limit. For example, after 10 seconds my desktop icons will hide when there is no mouse activity on the desktop. After the icons go into hiding, you can make them appear by simply clicking on the desktop.

In the end, I will tell you that DesktopOK has really become a favorite program of mine that allows me to manage (and customize) my icon arrangments on my desktop; plus, I always have a good view of my background wallpaper image when the icons go into hiding.

If you are looking to reduce the payload of troubleshooting utilities on your flash drive and want to get back to the K.I.S.S. principle, then take a look at the IOBit Toolbox.

Obit Toolbox is FREE portable software that system administrators and computer geeks will take along to solve PC problems anytime and anywhere. With more than 20 dedicated tools,IObit Toolbox allows you to display/diagnose PC information, enhance PC security, optimize PC performance and repair PC problems.

Folks, I was quite impressed with, not only the attractiveness of the interface (especially for a portable app), but was impressed with the actual selection and performance of the tools. There are more than 20 dedicated tools in this package and is a good application to have on any PC (or Flash Drive). The only negative I could come up with is that one of the tool selections is a prompt that takes you the IObit website to look at one of their Security apps called IObit Security 360. If you make that selection you will be directed to a site where you will be informed that IObit no longer is developing that application; otherwise the IOBit Toolbox is a great portable suite of troubleshooting, maintenance and optimization tools.

List of Tools Available in IOBit’s Toolbox:

Disk Cleaner: Analyzes unnecessary files in hard disk and cleans them up to enlarge available disk space.

Registry Cleaner: Registry Cleaner will clean up your registry database and free your system of unneeded ballast.

Privacy Sweeper: Erase your activity history and surfing traces.

Uninstaller: Helps you to uninstall programs in your computer.

File Shredder: File Shredder makes sure that no data thief can get his hands on your sensitive data.

Smart RAM: Monitors and Optimizes memory usage to increase available physical memory.

Registry Defrag: Registry Defrag determines how heavily fragmented the registry is and whether an optimization is necessary.

Internet Booster: Analyzes your internet and optimizes it.

Startup Manager: Optimize startups to accelerate your PC startup and improve your system performance.

WinFix: Analyzes your windows operation system and helps you to fix problems.

Disk Check: Disk Check performs analysis of your disks and their file systems.

Shortcut Fixer: Searches your system for non-effective shortcuts and references and fixes them.

Undelete: Undelete will restore deleted files after you have emptied the Recycle Bin.

IE Helper: Manages Internet Explorer add-ons, system context menu, and restores hijacked settings.

Process Manager: Manages running processes and displays the performance of your system.

Security Holes Scanner: Scans and fixes security holes automatically.

Cloned Files Scanner: Searches for cloned files in your system which may waste your disk space.

Empty Folder Scanner: Helps you to find empty folders in your computer and deletes them.

Disk Explorer: Analyzes your drives to show disk usage of your files and folders.

System Information: Collects and displays detail information of your system.

System Control: Helps you to change operation system settings.