Archive for September, 2011

Six cool tips for Win7

September 27th, 2011 admin


 

1. Protect your MP3 files

Along with many good new features, the Windows 7 beta also includes a nasty bug. Its version ofWindows Media Player 12 will automatically add missing metadata, including album art, and this can overwrite the first few seconds of the file. Oops. Installing an update may fix this (seehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/961367) but it would be a very good idea to back up your MP3 files, too.

2. Fix the taskbar

The new Windows 7 taskbar acts as one big quick launch toolbar that can hold whatever program shortcuts you like (just right-click one and select Pin To Taskbar). And that’s fine, except it does consume a little more screen real estate than we’d like. Shrink it to a more manageable size by right-clicking the Start orb, then Properties > Taskbar > Use small icons.

If you’ve no problem with the taskbar size, but find the way it combines icons to be confusing, then right-click the Start orb, click Properties > Taskbar and set “Taskbar buttons” to “Combine when taskbar is full” for a more familiar XP and Vista-style look.

3. Keyboard shortcuts

Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts.

Alt+P
Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane

Windows Logo+G
Display gadgets in front of other windows

Windows Logo++ (plus key)
Zoom in, where appropriate

Windows Logo+- (minus key)
Zoom out, where appropriate

Windows Logo+Up
Maximise the current window

Windows Logo+Down
Minimise the current window

Windows Logo+Left
Snap to the left hand side of the screen

Windows Logo+Right
Snap to the right hand side of the screen

Windows Logo+Home
Minimise/ restore everything except the current window

4. Customise UAC

Windows Vista’s User Account Control was a good idea in practice, but poor implementation put many people off – it raised far too many alerts. Fortunately Windows 7 displays less warnings by default, and lets you further fine-tune UAC to suit your preferred balance between security and a pop-up free life (Start > Control Panel > Change User Account Control Settings).

5. Burn images
Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years – the ability to burn ISO images to CDs or DVDs. And it couldn’t be much easier to use. Just double-click the ISO image, choose the drive with the blank disc, click Burn and watch as your disc is created.

6. Speedy video access
Want faster access to your Videos folder? Windows 7 now lets you add it to the Start menu. Just right-click the Start orb, click Properties > Start Menu > Customize, and set the Videos option to “Display as a link”. If you’ve a TV tuner that works with Windows 7 then you’ll appreciate the new option to display the Recorded TV folder on the Start menu, too.

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Recover MS Word and MS Excel password Easily

September 27th, 2011 admin

Free Download

To install this software, extract all the files from the WinZip archive to your hard drive, then double click on the filecalled FreeWordExcelPasswordWizard.msi (204Kb). Don’t double click on the Setup.exe file as this is used by theinstaller, and will simply display an error message (in Italian).

Forgotten your Microsoft Word password or Microsoft Excel password and can’t open your file? Try Free Word / Excel Password Recovery Wizard before spending any money on commercial software.

Free Word / Excel Password Recovery Wizard offers the same functionality and performance as expensive commercial Word password / Excel password software, but is a completely free download.  Unlike other supposedly “free” downloads, it is a full product, not a demo version or shareware. It contains no spyware or other malware.

It’s an easy to use software runs on any Windows 9x and later PC and recovers file open passwords (not sheet passwords though) for Word / Excel 97 to Word / Excel XP 2003 files.  It works by trying words from a large dictionary (included with the download) against the file, then tries character combinations to find most common file open passwords.

Coming soon – updated version of Free Word / Excel Password Recovery Wizard with several new features, and also supporting Office 2007 password recovery.

Requirements:

- .NET Framework

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Test your Internet Connection Speed for free

September 27th, 2011 admin

If your Internet connection seems slow, the first step is to benchmark it using an Internet speed test site. An Internet speed test can give you an accurate indication of how much bandwidth is available to you at the current time.

Whether you have high speed broadband or a dial-up Internet connection, an Internet speed test can help determine if you’re speeding along the Information Superhighway as fast as you should be.

Check out the Top 3 Internet Speed Test Sites listed below:

1. Speedtest.net Internet Speed Test

Of all the Internet speed test sites out there, this one is the winner by a landslide! It’s fast, free and graphically appealing with a speedometer-like display. A huge list of worldwide test locations are available making for very accurate results. The nearest one is automatically calculated based on your IP address which is very handy.

Speedtest.net also keeps a log of all the Internet speed tests that you perform and creates an attractive results graphic you can send to your friends or post online.

Speedtest.net is operated by Ookla, a major provider of speed test technology to many sites, likeSpeakeasy.

2. AuditMyPC.com Internet Speed Test

Another great Internet speed test site is this one hosted at AuditMyPC.com. While there are no multiple server locations to choose from, the results are very easy to read and have been fairly accurate based in my tests.

Like most other bandwidth speed test sites available, this site tests both download bandwidth and upload bandwidth.

3. CNET Bandwidth Meter Speed Test

The CNET Bandwidth Meter Speed Test is an Internet speed test like most others and I’ve found it to be fairly accurate.

This site differs in its ability to rank your connection next to others from the same ISP. I highly recommend this Internet speed test in addition to the others on this page based on this feature.

One important thing to note about this Internet speed test is that it only tests the download bandwidth for your connection. Most internet speed test sites test both the download and upload bandwidth for yourInternet connection. Still, this is a great tool considering the comparison features.

4. Broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk – Broad Speed Checker

Broadband Speed Checker

Start the speed test by clicking on the big button in the center of the page. The check will start bydownloading a file and will measure your download speed. Once the download has finished, the broadband speed test will try to upload a file and will measure your upload speed.

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How to convert .pdf to .doc file using Free PDF to Word Doc Converter?

September 27th, 2011 admin

If you want to convert pdf file to doc file, this post will show how to convert .pdf to .doc with free PDF to Word Converter software.

1. First, download PDF to Word Converter from here. Open to install.

Free PDF to Word Converter

2. Click the left-top Browser button to open the source PDF file. The input PDF file and the output Doc file’s paths will be shown in the edit boxes.

3. Select the options you want to use, in the “General Options” group.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter

 

4. If you want to open the output doc file automatically after conversion, check the  “Open Document for editing” checkbox. Select the doc reader which can be Windows WordPad or the default Windows program such as MS Word, OpenOffice DocWritter.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter

5. Now, click the “Convert to Word Document” button to start converting PDF to Word now!

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Booth Babes of E3 2011

September 27th, 2011 admin

E3 Babes

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011, commonly known as E3 2011, was the 15th Electronic Entertainment Expo held. E3 is an annual trade show for the computer and video games industrypresented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The event took place June 7–9, 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. E3 is used by many video game developers to present their upcoming games and game-related hardware. E3 2011 was broadcast on the G4 channel.

The main highlights of the 2011 show included a demonstration of Sony’s newest handheld gameconsole, the PlayStation Vita and the official introduction of Nintendo’s newest home console, theWii U.

If you thought a prerequisite for manning a booth at an electronics expo was a passing knowledge of the electronics and games you were promoting, you were wrong.

In the above video Chloe Dykstra puts a set of “booth babes” from the E3 2011 conference to the test by asking them simple questions about video games both new and old. If you’re a gaming fan and you can watch this video without laughing out loud you’ve got an iron will (or you’re shaking your head in disbelief that someone could work a gaming convention and not know the answers to these questions). We won’t lie, we were shaking our head when the one model admitted that she’d worked at GameStop for a year and still didn’t know any of the answers.

What questions would you put on list? How about “Finish this sentence: ‘Your Princess is in another…’”, “Dimension?”.

The Master continues his quest to find the top booth spokes women of all time.

In this video you will see…

How to wear a gauntlet
How to challenge the master
How to represent products…

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DirecTransFile – Easy File Transfer Directly to the User

September 27th, 2011 admin

DirecTransFile

The problem to transfer files meets often enough: to transfer photos or movie to friends, to get files from office computer and so on.

However this trivial task comes across set of restrictions: usage of internet storage servers often limits maximum volume of files. Some servers require registration or fee. In addition, sending of huge files on the server wastes much time. Transferring files through instant messaging servers can reduces downloading speed to level of dial-up connection. In addition you need to install software, create account etc. Usage of peer-to-peer networks is inconvenient in some cases. There is inconvenience with packing of files into folders, protection from search and registration. Besides, in case both users are behind NAT the sending can be impossible.

DirecTransFile software has been created to bypass restrictions, specified above:

  • It doesn’t use web-technologies – the software can transfer files directly between users, without server participation. It allows to transfer files as fast as possible.
  • It doesn’t bind to web-browser – the software can transfer many files, it works without registration and resumes broken downloads of files.
  • It doesn’t use protocols of peer-to-peer networks – the software allows you to traverse NATs, it doesn’t publish file names throughout internet and allow more conveniently to work with folders.

DirecTransFile has benefits in comparison with similar products:

  • Support of folders – the software can transfer folders and subfolders of files.
  • Non-disclosure of information – information about files list and files content isn’t transferred to the server.
  • Content protection – cryptographic protection can be used for security of private data.
  • Portable software - it doesn’t require installation and works without additional components like .Net Framework, Java Runtime etc.
  • Immediate distribution – you don’t need to upload your data to files storage.
  • Fast data transfer – the data is transferred from user to user throughout direct connection.
  • Support of national symbols – the software supports use of space characters and national symbols, for example hieroglyphs, in names of files and folders.
  • Anonymous usage – user not needs to disclose private information. The  e-mail, name, country etc are not collecting. Registration isn’t required too.
  • Traversable – in case both users  can’t create direct connection (they are both behind NAT) they can send/receive files through DirecTransFile server.
  • Conveniently – share marker is line as short as “AAA-BBB-CCC”. This string is possible to transfereasily through SMS, say by voice or another way.
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