Use Keyboard Simulator to simulate automatic typing on keyboard easily and quickly. The Keyboard Simulator accepts command line arguments, can simulate almost every key on keyboard and can be used in batch (.bat) files easily. The Keyboard Simulator Utility works on all versions of Windows including Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and other Windows Versions running on either 32 or 64 bit Intel Architecture.  The Keyboard Simulator Utility is free to download and try out. Minimum version of .NET 2.0 must be installed on your Windows computer in order to use and automate keyboard typing on your windows computer.

Download the Keyboard Simulator Utility now and give it a try. Once the installation completes, the Keyboard Simulator setup opens up an information page which displays example usages of the software utility. The setup also installs a new command named as KSSleep which can be used to simulate delay in milliseconds from batch files. The information page also allows you to download sample batch files which can give you a quick start in using the Keyboard Simulator utility from batch file. Extra Commands for batch files can be added on request to provide you complete keyboard, mouse and application automation.

The Keyboard Simulator Utility accepts command line parameters and is primarily intended for usage from a batch file(s). The KSSleep command allows you to add delay in between consecutive batch file commands. In case you would like a automatic typing software utility with a graphical user interface and system wide shortcut keys support, then the Auto Typer Utility would be the best for the purpose. The Auto Typer utility allows you to assign multiple keyboard shortcuts and can be used with non-english languages as well. Yes the Keyboard Simulator Utility can be used to automate typing of non english sentences / characters as well. In case you just need to automate single key on your keyboard, then the Auto Keyboard utility might be your first choice. Unlike Auto Typer and Keyboard Simulator utilities, the MurGee Auto Keyboard utility provides the functionality to simulate selected key multiple times on keyboard with a system wide shortcut key combination as trigger.

Mouse Bot here referred to is a software download for Windows. There are bots of programs which can be considered as bots. There are lots of Mouse Bot software downloads presented in this post. Every mouse bot presented here can do some sort of automatic mouse tasks. In case you are doing any repetitive task on your windows computer, you can automate your task including single mouse click, double mouse click, right click, etc. You do not need any kind of hardware to connect to your windows computer, all you need to do is select the best mouse bot according to the task in hand, download the appropriate bot, install it and use it. Yes using any of the Mouse Bot programs listed in this post is really easy, quick & free to download and try. Whether you want to bot your mouse cursor in Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000 or any other Windows version running under 32 bit or 64 bit architecture, you can find an appropriate mouse bot for your software, game or application.

Do you want a bot to click mouse automatically at a fixed location or wherever your mouse cursor is present ? Simplest and easy to use Mouse Bot is MurGee Auto Clicker which is easy and yet a sophisticated Mouse Bot. The Auto Clicks can be started and stopped with keyboard shortcut / hotkey, with actual mouse click or by clicking on the button of the software. This Mouse Bot can be launched multiple times, allowing you to configure multiple keyboard shortcut keys to bot the mouse clicks at multiple locations on screen. Every instance of this bot displays icon in system tray with informative tooltip.

Another Mouse Bot which can auto move your mouse cursor and hence keep your Windows Computer active is Auto Mouse Mover. This Mouse Bot does not clicks mouse and instead simulates mouse movements only. In case you are wondering what good a mouse bot would be if it does not clicks then think of this Mouse Bot’s purpose as to keep your Windows Computer active. Yes this Mouse Bot is sophisticated enough to detect whether you are using your windows computer actively or not. This Mouse Bot has lots of configurable options, out of which idle activity monitor option directs this mouse bot only to move the mouse cursor only when you are not moving mouse or typing on computer using keyboard. Yes there are other configurable options which direct the bot to continuously move the mouse cursor at configurable intervals or to start / stop the mouse movements on the press of the configured keyboard shortcut.

How about a Mouse Bot which can be programmed without any programming knowledge ? Yes this post presents another Mouse Automation Software which can bot the mouse movement and clicks of every type. The Mouse Bot presented here can be used to create macros which store mouse movements and clicks and other windows actions such as keyboard typing, opening of applications / websites, etc. This easy to use and yet sophisticated Mouse Bot is named as Auto Mouse Clicker. This small and free to try Mouse and Keyboard Bot can let you bot almost everything on your Windows 8, Windows 7 XP desktop and laptop computers.

There are many other Keyboard & Mouse Botting Software downloads available at MurGee.com for Windows Computers. All these applications have been tested well on Windows 8, Windows 7 and other Microsoft Windows versions. Give rest to your fingers and let the mouse bots do the automated tasks for you. Use any of the above listed Auto Mouse Bot program to save yourself efforts & time. These Mouse Bots can add accuracy to your tasks and yes there are mouse bots which can add random delay in between mouse clicks to simulate human clicking.

There are two types of software downloads available for Windows 8. This brand new operating system by Microsoft supports current applications and has even a compatibility settings for older versions of Windows including Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP , etc. On a price level there are many types of software downloads available including freeware, shareware, open source and other types of software downloads. Windows 8 introduces new application types known as Metro Applications and this post will further talk about other types of software downloads available for Windows 8.

The very first type of software downloads are traditional desktop software which are distributed by software vendors and even by microsoft. These software downloads are typically distributed using a setup or even a portable software download which does not requires administrative access and can be run simply by accepting the applicable software licence. Whether you are downloading a freeware or shareware software application, it is your responsibility to scan the application with possible antivirus and possibly get the latest version of the software application from vendor website. Windows 8 has inbuilt smart screen filter functionality which warns users in case authenticity of the software cannot be determined. You can even use online virus scanners before installing any software application from a third party vendor.

Metro Software Downloads for Windows 8 are totally different types of applications introduced in Windows 8. Metro applications are distributed using Windows 8 App Store exclusively. Microsoft requires developers of Windows 8 Metro applications to register with Microsoft, send their Metro applications for testing and other checks before actually an application appears on Windows 8 app store. Metro Software downloads for Windows 8 are different than desktop applications, however they will continue to evolve and future Windows 8 computers will see Windows 8 Metro Software Downloads for lots of purposes.

Currently Windows 8 is available Software Developers and to general public as well. Windows 8 consumer preview is the name given to the current latest version of the Windows 8 which is available for free download from Microsoft. You can download Windows 8 for Free from Microsoft’s website and try it out on a Virtual Computer or you can even install it on your hard disk. Metro Applications are available from Windows Application Store and other traditional software downloads are available from software vendor’s websites and from microsoft as well. Financially speaking Windows 8 software downloads are still freeware, shareware, trialware, etc irrespective of whether you are looking for Metro or Desktop Software downloads for Windows 8.

MurGee Mouse Mapper allows you to map selected mouse click(s) to simulate keyboard keys. You can even configure the Mouse Mapper to open or launch application / document. Combined Mouse and Keyboard Actions can be mapped with mouse click using MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker. This Mouse Mapping Software can be used to map Left, Right or Middle Mouse Clicks easily and quickly. You can Minimize the application or hide it to system tray while mouse to keyboard and mouse to application mapping actions still remain active. Whenever you want to remove the Mouse to Keyboard mapping, you can simply close the Mouse Mapper application by pressing the close button or by pressing Alt+F4 while the Mouse Mapper has input focus.

MurGee Mouse Mapper for Windows

The above screenshot displays selective mapping of mouse clicks to keyboard typing and launching application. Simple Keyboard Text can be mapped with Mouse Clicks and every type of keyboard actions can be assigned to mouse clicks as displayed above. Whether you want to press single or multiple Ctrl+C, Enter, Tab, Function Keys or even complex keyboard and mouse actions with delays in between, this Mouse Mapper can be used to simulate or automate almost everything with Mouse Clicks.

System Wide Keyboard Shortcuts / HotKeys are ways to automate actions with the press of configured keyboard keys. This Mouse Mapper provides similar functionality and irrespective of the application , window or game which has current focus, this Mouse Mapper can be used as a trigger to start the configured actions. In case you simply want to simulate multiple mouse clicks with a single click, you can use MurGee Auto Clicker which has similar functionality. On the other hand if you want to simulate complex keyboard and mouse automation, you can create an .mcs file with MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker and assign it to any of your Mouse Clicks. Simple combination of Keystrokes can be assigned with this Mouse to Keyboard mapping software easily and the software works on almost all 32bit and 64 bit versions of Windows including Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, etc.

Computer Monitors do consume electricity and operating systems do try their best to save power. Windows has the functionality to send the monitor to sleep mode or low power state without cutting off the AC power to the computer or monitor. Sending Monitor to low power state is also termed as turn off monitor. Whether you do have Windows running on Desktop or Laptop and irrespective of number of monitors connected to your windows computer, you do have lots of ways to save power consumed by the monitor(s).

Monitor Power can be a really costly when you do have CRT monitor(s) connected to your windows computer. LCD or LED Monitors are said to consume less electricity as compared to CRT Monitor. Power Settings of a Windows Computer allows you to send all connected monitors to sleep mode when windows computer is left inactive or idle for configured number of minutes. All the Monitors sent to sleep mode using this power saving functionality wake up or come back to full power mode as soon as any key on keyboard is pressed, mouse movement is done or any currently running software wakes up the monitor.

In low power mode, the computer monitor does consumes electricity so that it can be turned on again by the operating system as and when required. In case you would like to cut off the AC power to the Monitor when not in use, you would have to use an electronic switch. The Electronic Switch can be used to Turn On or Off the power going to the Monitor. Now with the advent of sophisticated systems, you can get an electronic switch controlled by computer software or you can use traditional manual switches.

Software controlled switch can be used just like manual switch to turn on or off the power to the specified electronic equipment. There are many types of software controlled switches and yes good technical knowledge is required to understand them and select the best possible software switch to control the equipments. Power Usage of the Electronic Equipment, Current Type (AC or DC) , Current Max Value, Voltage consumption, Number of Electronic Equipment to control and lots of more factors play an important role in deciding the appropriate software controlled electronic switch. These Software switches to control electronic equipments like Single or Multiple Computer Monitors, Modems, Printers, etc are often used for Home or Industrial Automation.

We provide hardware and software solution to control electronic equipments using single or multiple software switches, timer based switches, lan controlled switches and much more. Whether you wish to save Monitor Power, Computer Power or Electricity consumed by an Electrical Equipment. Whether you are using Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or even Windows 8, we can provide you the best possible solution for controlling electronic equipments using software controlled switches. Please do write to support@jholu.com to get full computer controlled software solution.

Multi Location Auto Mouse Clicker is presented in this post. The software presented here can be used to specify single or multiple spots on the screen and optionally define separate keyboard short-cuts for them. The software is really straight forward and can be used to automate mouse clicking simultaneously at multiple locations. You can hide the application in system tray and every system tray icon displays a small information about the parameters configured in the software. Have a look at the given below screenshot where two instances of the same application have been launched and configured. Each instance of the application remembers it’s parameters like where to click, whether to click where mouse cursor is present or to click at a fixed location, what time delay should be between clicks, whether random delay between mouse clicks should be added, whether mouse cursor should be changed while clicking, etc.

Launch Multiple Instances of the Auto Clicker

Download and try out this easy to use and free to try Auto Clicker with configurable multiple click locations. All you need to do is launch the same software again from the desktop shortcut or from programs menu and specify the new location on screen where you want the software to do automatic clicking. In the above screenshot, two instances of the Auto Clicker have been launched. Launching the same application multiple times is termed here as an Instance of the application. Every instance adds an icon in System Tray and remembers it’s settings. The above screenshot also displays the mouse click location selector screen which can be used to specify where on the screen, the automatic mouse clicks must be performed.

The above software is not a mouse click scripting software and it is just a simple software that can be helpful when you want to click at specified location multiple times.  In case you are looking for a software that can store multiple mouse locations in it and then execute them on a command, then the MurGee Auto Mouse Click software utility can be a really handy software to start with. Yes there is another advanced keyboard and mouse automation software that can help you to create a script with multiple mouse locations, keypresser, text speaker, file launcher, lots more and can be found at MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker page.

Whether you want to share files and folder between multiple windows versions or computer or between Windows & Mac, now there are free and paid multiple options. To name a few options you do have Google Drive, SkyDrive from Microsoft, DropBox, Google Docs, etc. All these data sharing software applications provide online storage space for free and chargeable as well. Microsoft’s SkyDrive and DropBox offer windows and Mac software installers which you can install on your Windows or Mac operating systems respectively and share data in between them.

Free Online Storage Space

SkyDrive adds an icon to Windows Explorer labelled SkyDrive which when clicked opens up a typical windows explorer style files and folder view. You can store files in this virtual drive and access it from anywhere else. Skydrive also offers web based file upload and download and yes for start it is free to use and works fine. Microsoft released a new tool along with Windows 8 development blog but this new SkyDrive App works on earlier versions of Windows as well. Windows 8 has a SkyDrive Metro Application as well which can be used to view and download files and folders from remote drive. In order to use the Windows 8’s SkyDrive Metro Application, you must sign in on Windows 8 using your hotmail account. In case you do not want to use the SkyDrive Metro application, you can sign on to your Windows 8 computer using other sign-on options and instead use Web based file download and upload methods. Using Web interface when you download multiple files or folders, the SkyDrive automatically creates a zip file with the files / folders selected to download which you can later extract it using WinZip or Windows Explorer.

Google Drive is a new online storage drive said to be offered by Google shortly. Currently Google Docs allow you to upload files / folders to max 1 GB and in order to enjoy all the features of Google Docs to upload and download files / folder, you must use Google powered Chrome or instead you can download an applet for your Internet Explorer to upload folders. As Google Docs is a web based file backup option, you can use it on Mac, Windows or any other operating system. The news about Google Drive has been in internet with the name GDrive and now all those news and rumours are going to be actually true. Google Drive will definitely offer better options than current software applications offering online storage.

SkyDrive / DropBox synchronises data between computers, or in other words it is not exactly online storage space. Yes you can store data to your SkyDrive, but in case you do have a prepaid internet connection or a low speed internet connection and you do intend to use SkyDrive  DropBox on multiple Windows computers, you must take care of what you store on these virtual drives as these software utilities will synchronize data and yes it will cost you bandwidth. Windows Live Mesh is another software that offers data from SkyDrive and works on Mac and Windows operating systems. Windows Live Mesh is available in english for Mac users. This data (files / folders) synchronisation is done automatically between Mac Computers, Windows Computers or between Windows & Mac Computers. In case you are looking to automate file / folder automation on Mac, do visit Mac Automation Software utilities page or visit Windows Automation Utilities post in this website. As with any automation, before using any of these files and folder sharing programs on either on Windows or Mac or any other Operating System, do make sure to understand how they work, what downloads / uploads these data automation software utilities can do for you and of-course read their terms and conditions of these file and folders sharing programs.

Windows is the most popular operating system and yes automation software applications are needed whenever you need some tasks on your Windows to be done automatically. Software Testing, Automation of Repetitive tasks, Stress testing and other lots of applications requires Windows Automation. Microsoft does provides support to the applications so that other developers can create software utilities which can automate various tasks of software applications. There are lots of elements that compose an application like windows, controls, menus, etc. True Automation of a Windows Application can be done provided that the application has been built taking into consideration the automation requirements. Yes many times Windows applications are complex and undergo so many version controls and with tough competition, often developers skip the Automation part and users are left with their own understanding of application to automate them.

Interaction with Windows applications can be done with Keyboard, Mouse, API, and other supported hardware or software objects. Many times you may find that interaction with an application using only keyboard and mouse. Flash games and other applications often do not compose of windows with controls to interact with. Decision of selecting an automation software for windows requires thorough understanding of the application you wish to automate. Simpler the task you wish to automate, a simpler windows automation software you can use. When automating a complex task, you must break it down to simpler tasks which can be tested independently. Once you have created a script requirement for your windows task to be automated, you are ready to go. Windows Automation Software utilities do not have mind of their own, they will just do whatever has been asked. You do need to take care of any error messages, popup or anything else and testing of the automation script is a must and thorough testing of the task with selected windows automation software can only achieve the results you wish to achieve.

Windows Automation Software applications can even be described as Software Vs Software, the only difference here is that there is no competition. The Software to be automated and a Windows Automation Software together to save time, efforts and money. In case you are reluctant to download a software application from internet, you must understand that Microsoft cannot provide every type of software. They just provide utilities  in accessories and other system utilities which together can be useful to a wider audience. Yes with increasing virus spreading on internet, you do have to be careful in software selection. It is always best to download any software from the software author’s website and once the download is complete, do an antivirus check with installed AntiVirus software or use online virus checking websites which allow you to upload a file and get it scanned with multiple antivirus software applications.

In case you task can be automated with Keyboard & Mouse Actions, you might wish to consider a Keyboard & Mouse Automation Software Utility by MurGee.com titled Auto Mouse Clicker. This Windows Automation utility is free to download, has been checked with almost every antivirus and provides Windows Automation functionality using simple and easy to use graphical user interface. In order to automate your applications, games or any other 3rd party software application, this software download offers lots of automation features including automated typing on keyboard, automatic mouse clicking, launching of applications, opening of documents and much more. This Windows Automation Software works on Windows 8 as good as it works on Windows 7, Vista , XP, Windows Server and other Microsoft operating systems. This cheap or inexpensive windows automation software does not requires any learning curve and is bundled with tutorials, examples and lots of screenshots to get you started within no time.

Now you can count all types of mouse clicks with the Mouse Click Counter software utility presented here in this post. This Click Counter application can be used on Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista , XP and other Windows Computers. This Click Counter is free to download and try and the trial versions of the software is fully functional with only a time limit. You can even suggest new features to the software and get them implemented  in this Click Counter. Whether you want to count mouse clicks for a graphical application, in a game or just want to know how many clicks and what types of clicks you actually perform on your windows computer. This Mouse Click Counter can be even used as a time tracking software to know actually how many clicks you or your employees have made.

Mouse Click Counter Utility for Windows

Download and try out this Click Counter software utility on your Windows Computer and know for yourself, how many clicks you make every minute or even in an hour or in the whole day. This Mouse Click Counter displays Left, Right and Middle Mouse Clicks separately to give you an actual idea of the mouse activity you have performed on your Windows Computer. You can even add this Click Counter utility at Windows startup using a simple check box provided on the software user interface. When the Click Counter starts with Windows, it starts hidden in system tray. The icon in system tray can be right clicked to open a menu with option to exit the software, open the main screen of the Click counter and even get the registration key.

Apart from giving you number of clicks that have been made manually or using some Mouse Automation Software on your Windows computer in any application, document, graphical application, non full screen game and other windows programs, you can even switch on the logging of clicks count. The Mouse Click History or Log can be enabled from the main screen of this Mouse Click Counter software. In order to view the log of mouse clicks in a chart, you need to have internet access and click on the View Log button to open a graphical representation of the mouse clicks performed on your windows computer, since the application was started. A Bar chart displays three different lines for the count of left, right and middle mouse clicks.

A simple and easy to use Windows 8 Start Menu alternative is presented in this post. The best part about this Windows 8 Start Menu alternative is that while running, it does not occupies any memory apart from standard memory consumed by Windows Explorer. This Start Menu Alternative is relocatable and configurable. You can drag this start menu at any location on the taskbar and it can be invoked by right clicking on the taskbar icon in contrast to traditional start menu which was invokable using left mouse click. This Start Menu alternative when running will not consume CPU cycles and no process will be visible (as there is no process running for this Windows 8 Start Menu alternative) in the Task Manager. The technical name of this start menu is Jumplist Software. It comes with a configurable software which can be used to customize how your new start menu alternative works on Windows 8. This Start Menu alternative for Windows 8 works on Windows 7 as well.

Jump List Software as Windows 8 Start Menu alternative

Microsoft started offering JumpList shortcuts from Windows 7 and yes it can be really time saving instead of finding desktop shortcuts or looking into long list of programs menu. Using Windows efficiently is all about using keyboard and mouse in best possible way. When interacting with Mouse, Left and Right buttons of the Mouse provide useful functionality. Left Click on Windows Explorer is used to select single or multiple files or shortcuts in Windows Explorer, whereas Right Click in Windows Explorer provides related functionalities such as renaming, deleting file, etc.

This Windows 8 Start Menu alternative extracts the power of right click on icon on the taskbar. The Menu displayed on the right click of the taskbar icon of this Jump List Software can be really handy to launch applications, open documents, open up browsers, etc. Grouping of shortcuts displayed in the menu further provides full control over the items displayed in the menu. Download and try out this Windows 8 Start Menu alternative and utilize full power of Windows 8 or of Windows 7 as well.