freeware and open source soft

SetConfig Application has encountered a problem and needs to close - problem solved here

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:02:00 +0000

Another error solved. Well, not now, some time ago but it has started to be very annoying because we still have it.

ERROR:
Set Config Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience.

This usually appear when windows starts and there are some problems with some drivers, in most cases HP printers.

I've recently have that error again and wanted to share the solution with you here, to help you get through it.

I've installed an HP LaserJet 1010 Series Driver and at the end, the program said that did not finished successfully but the printer works fine.

But at every windows restart, the error appears without shame :-).

From their official page, the error may occur for the following models of HP Printers:

LaserJet 1010/1012/1015 Series
LaserJet 1150
LaserJet 1160
LaserJet 1300 Series
LaserJet 1320 Series
LaserJet 3015/3020/3030/3380 Series
Color LaserJet 2550

SOLUTION:

Here are some links from different versions of HP Printer Drivers who nows about that and have removal tools.

HP LaserJet 1300 Printer series - SetConfig.exe Removal Tool

HP - SetConfig.exe Removal Tool

gswin32c.exe ERROR - CutePDF Writer Error - problem solved with GPL Ghostscript 8.15

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:07:00 +0000

This little free software, very useful (see details here), needs to run another soft called GPL Ghostcript (an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - displays, print and convert PostScript and PDF files).

See details for GPL Ghostscript at the bottom of the article.

I encountered an error last week which caused some trouble in printing PDF files.
Looking for some additional options for professional printing i've installed another free software which also requires ghostscript.

I did installed the ghostscript included with that software and didn't look up what version is.
After that, i tested that program but didn't helped much and tried to come back to CutePDF Writer.

It was impossible to run it again.I get the error gswin32c.exe ahs encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the incovenience.

I tried to uninstall everything, delete the registry with all possible garbage related to GPL Ghostscript. But not a chance.

As it comes the GPL Ghostscript 8.15 it has no uninstaller and when uninstall CutePDF Writer it does delete the Ghostscript files.

You can manually clean the registry from:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GPL Ghostscript

SOLUTION:
After cleaning download and install the latest version of GS "gs901w32.exe" off Ghostscript Last version (on 06/04/2011)

This will solve that problem. Yes, it's that simple.

You can check just to be sure next registry values:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\GPL Ghostscript\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GPL Ghostscript (for 64 bites system)

GS_DLL (it's value is the path to --> gsdll32.dll - which must be the same with the place is installed the Ghostscript)
GS_LIB (it's value is the path to the Ghostscript instalation folder)

TIP!: As an advice, try to be carefull everytime you install something and it doesn't have that protection to announce you that you already have a newer version.

The Support Team from Acro Software Inc. were very promt to answer the problem and it is a good thing that support is offered for free software.

Details for GPL Ghostscript are here:

GPL Ghostscript official page or
Sourceforge.net page.

CutePDF Writer - FREE PDF virtual printer

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:32:00 +0000

Few month ago i've started to use (along with doPDF) that tiny free virtual printer.
I saw that has few things that are "printed" more friendly than the first one. But it has also it's limits, depending on what you need to print.

For example, some pictures that will be in the final pdf, if will be imported in Illustrator or Corel Draw, there will be not one image. It will be breaked apart in more tiny pictures grouped as one object. In CorelDraw the option that allows to transform everything in bitmap can save that thing but in Illustrator it is not a reasonable way to import that.

Leaving that little problems away, maybe in the future there will be some free virtual pdf printers which will solve that printing problems, it is more stable than doPDF in some cases.

Until now i can say that working with both of them helped a lot than using just one.
Being free and not complex programs they can help us in a lot of office work if we need to preview some documents before printing.

That's THE BIG HELP with virtual printers. They let us see the way it will be printed our documents, before we waste lot's of paper and ink.

It has more options than it's "mate" and that can be set as default options. Very helpful with daily jobs.

You can see them in the picture above.

Note: 5/5

Licence: FREE for commercial and non-commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
It is AdSupported - but you have the option to not install that other stuff so it is your chioce.

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Additional software to run: GPL Ghostscript (here is v. 9.01)
Size: 3.6 MB normal

DOWNLOADS:

CutePDF Writer

or go to author's page

Internet Explorer 8 FIX: CTRL+F bar is not working – how to make it work

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:35:00 +0000

(also apply to missing FAVORITES, FEEDS and HISTORY tabs)

It happens that normal functions to not work suddenly and we can’t know the reason why. But there is a simple way to solve that bug.
This is one of those moments.

When you try to search with CTRL+F in the page (Find on this page), in Internet Explorer 8, the search bar will not display. Or hiting the FAVORITES center button does not result in showing corresponding tabs.

It may be a problem with Core Component oleacc.dll, it can be corupted or that module is not registered in the system. So, it must be re-registered.
You don’t need to reinstall Internet Explorer 8.
Do the following:

Close all Internet Explorer 8 windows.

Atention! – If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you must run the following command from an elevated Command Prompt (How to run elevated command in Windows Vista and Windows 7).
In a few words, right click and choose Run as administrator for that command.

Returning to our problem, all you have to do is to hit:

Start --> Run --> and type the following command

regsvr32 oleacc.dll

Hit Enter and you would see a message like: DllRegisterServer in oleacc.dll succeeded

Open Internet Explorer 8 window and test your options.
All will work fine now.

If in any case still not work (till now in all cases was the right method to repair), please feel free to write to us here or send us a message through the contact form.

Free useful tips: How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 (XP & Vista and Windows 7)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:32:00 +0000

I will start add here (till new interface will arrive, still working) tips & tricks, technical info or how to stuff, you name it.
Almost all things i have been through and found that usefull.

I am not responsable for any way of misunderstanding or bad functioning for any information. I tested almost all of what i will write and i will tell any problems or good things that i encounter. So in principle i first test and then write here.

So, let's begin.
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Let’s say you have problems with IE 8 and want to get rid of it. It is an easy step, but take care of following things:

If you remove Internet Explorer 8, your previous version (6, 7) will be restored with their last customisations (homepage, favorites, add-ons ...).

! Important:
If you remove Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7, beware that it is a part of Windows 7 and therefore you will need to install a third-party browser to be able to browse on internet!
You cannot uninstall Internet Explorer 8 if it is set as not removable. This it occurs if you install Internet Explorer 8 before installing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Windows XP. If this has happened, then you must uninstall Service Pack 3 (SP3) then uninstall Internet Explorer 8. More about this on official site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950719/ 950719 - You cannot uninstall Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3.

To uninstall your Internet Explorer 8 and come back to Internet Explorer 7 or 6 you can easily do the following steps:

First you must be logged on to windows as an administrator
Cose all programs.
(don’t forget that after uninstall, restart windows)

Windows 7
Click Start - then click on Control Panel.
Under Programs, go to Uninstall a program.
In the tasks pane, click Turn Windows features on or off (to have them in the list).
In list of windows features, uncheck the box next to Internet Explorer 8.
Next you will receive a warning message in a little window. Click Yes.
You’re done! (restart windows).

Windows Vista
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a Program under the Programs category
In the Tasks pane, go to View installed updates.
In the list of installed updates, double-click Windows Internet Explorer 8.
In the Uninstall an update dialog box, click Yes.
Follow the next instructions to uninstall and then restart your computer.

Windows XP
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs
In the list, click Windows Internet Explorer 8, and then click Remove.
Follow the next instructions to uninstall and then restart your computer.

So, if you done this right, you have now uninstalled Internet Explorer 8.

You can check to see your version for current version of Internet Explorer, by clicking on About from Help menu and see what version you have.

That's it.

how to, technology, solutions, tips and tricks

Yahoo Multi Pack (PART II) - Yahoo Messenger and many tools for it (including multimessenger)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:30:00 +0000

GO TO PART I

6. Yahoo! Toolbar 8.1.0.51 Build 2009.9.20.2 (for IE 5.5+ - 28th sept 2009) - ad-supported

This software will be installed as an addon to IE 5.5+.
I am not a fun to installing toolbars and lots of addons because of their needs of memory resources and for lots of bugs that can they provoke.
But is your choice and not mine.
It depends of every experience. If i see some unusual stuff i will tell them.
It includes a search box, bookmark support, spyware removal and anti-spy and a popup blocker, check your yahoo e-mail and more.

I marked it as ad-supported because at instalation it will try to change the homepage for browsers installed and will try to change the search engine also.

Note: 4/5 (adware - not a bad thing, but it exists and you must know)

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 3.5 MB

DOWNLOADS:

Yahoo! Toolbar 8.1.0.51 Build 2009.9.20.2 (for IE 5.5+)

or go to
author's page 1
author's page - home

7. Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5.2 Build 10A50 (23rd oct 2008) - ad-supported

It used to be called Konfabulator and it is an widget engine who let's you personalise your desktop with things you like (wifi signal, calculator, calendar, weather ...etc).
Widgets are among us from a long time already so you know what they do, they ease our work or needs. It is up to our computer performance and memory if they are present on desktop every minute. But let's not think about that. I think at the minimum configurations from today it is no problem to run such thing.

Widgets have a nice design and are fully personalisable. They are open formats and if you want you can learn and create your own. You can change the look, feeling, functionality and others so it matches to your personality.

So, what are you waitin'?

Let me know about problems, i didn't find any till now.

Yes it's ad-supported too, but you can choose whether to make or not their default search engine and homepage, so it's not so bad. As long as we have choice we must understand that free software must be suported some way.
Nothing can be free without some support.
What is wrong is... when we don't know.

Note: 5/5

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows 2K / XP / Vista
Need instalation: YES
Size: 15.1 MB

DOWNLOADS:

Yahoo! Toolbar 8.1.0.51 Build 2009.9.20.2 (for IE 5.5+)

or go to
author's page 1
author's page - home

8. Yahoo! Mail Checker 1.0 (15 mar 2006 last update)

Install it and it will keep you informed with your e-mails when they arrive.
You have the following options:

- autostart with windows
- save password
- minimize to system tray
- automatic login

Note: 4/5 (not updated recently)

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 244 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Yahoo! Mail Checker 1.0

or go to author's page

9. Yahoo Auto Reply 3.0 (17 apr 2006 - last update) - ad-supported

This still a simple application.
Unpack files in self extracting archive (make sure you make a new folder, there are 3 files),
Use the options in the screen and make your answering machine work for you.

I marked it as ad-supported because it displays some commercials while its running.

Note: 4/5 (not updated recently)

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 423 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Yahoo Auto Reply 3.0

GO TO PART I

Yahoo Multi Pack (PART I) - Yahoo Messenger and many tools for it (including multimessenger)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:09:00 +0000

Yahoo Messenger pack

As many of my friends and readers requests, i added a pack with some explanations to yahoo messenger and related software.
I wanted to make a pack with most useful programs. I did not added arhive reader, sniffer or password recovery from some reasons, maybe i will add sometime.

As advice, you'll have to know that former versions of yahoo messenger does not work properly from some reasons. It is possible or it is mostly intended that last version of yahoo messenger to be promoted and not be functional with other versions. So, from what i see, having older versions of messenger, like 8.x and in some cases 9.x, will bring you errors, like having login problems, crashes, incompatible with other services ... etc.
For best performance you need to have the same version like most of your friends in list. Not always is best to upgrade to last version untill it takes some time to test it and bug fixed.
It's your choice, but take notice about that words.

It is recommended that you uninstall or disable old patch before new instalations.

I recommend now, Yahoo Messenger 10 and Multiple Instance Yahoo! Messenger 1.0. This is tested and has no crashes as other do. I reffer as crash, at forced logoff which i did with other multi messenger softwares. This two combinations works well at the people i know.

Being many softwares i will add at every ones end, the description and download link.

Ok, let's see what we have:

PART I
1.Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.1258

2. Patch It Multi-Yahoo! 2.0
3. Y! Multi Messenger 8.x and 9.x
4. YMulti Messenger 8.x
5. Multiple Instance Yahoo! Messenger 1.0

PART II
6. Yahoo! Toolbar 8.1.0.51 Build 2009.9.20.2 (for IE 5.5+)
7. Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5.2 Build 10A50
8. Yahoo! Mail Checker 1.0
9. Yahoo Auto Reply 3.0

PART I

1. Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.1258

This is worthless to comment, right? :-). Last version for yahoo messenger in that moment.

Note: 5/5

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 16,4 MB

DOWNLOADS:

Patch It Multi-Yahoo! 2.0

or go to
author's page 1
author's page - home

Next 4 software are useful patches that allows you to run multiple instances of yahoo messenger.

2. Patch It Multi-Yahoo! 2.0 (it's last update was in 2005)

It will install a patch in C:/... and then you run and activate patching.

Note: 4/5 (it was not updated for a long time)

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 85 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Patch It Multi-Yahoo! 2.0

or go to author's page

3. Y! Multi Messenger 8.x and 9.x (6th april 2009 - last update)

It allows multiple messenger instances.
It has no longer having installation file. It is just a patch with an option to enable / disable the patch.
It is recommended to uninstall previous versions and delete any old Y!Multi Messenger.exe files in the c:\program files\yahoo\messenger folder as well (or anywhere it is located in your system folder).
You will need to have an aditional file named RaveButtons.ocx file to use this program (you have the link in the instructions file in the downloaded archive).

Note: 4/5 (it has additional files to work, but no installation)

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: NO
Size: 43 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Y! Multi Messenger 8.x and 9.x

or go to author's page

4. YMulti Messenger 8.x (8th may 2007 last update)

This is the same program like in above description (from point 3.) and is only for Yahoo Messenger 8.x.

Note: 5/5

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: NO
Size: 9 KB

DOWNLOADS:

YMulti Messenger 8.x

or go to author's page

5. Multiple Instance Yahoo! Messenger 1.0 (22nd Jan 2008)

This is just the simplest way.
Download and double click. It will ask you and will patch it instantly.

Note: 5/5

Licence: free

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: NO
Size: 21 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Multiple Instance Yahoo! Messenger 1.0

or go to author's page

GO TO PART II

Izarc - Archiving tool (many formats)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:25:00 +0000

This is a very good free archiving software who helped me along past years.
It supports many formats as: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO

It has a modern interface with drag & drop files capability, it can work with your preffered Antivirus scanner (you can choose to scan archives when you open it), it supports archive encryption, you can open CD image files like BIN, CDI, ISO and NRG, convert image files from one to another (BIN to ISO, NRG to ISO) and many other functions.
I will enumerate some of them here, the most of us need few from them daily or from time to time.

- it integrates in windows context menu
- it has repair broken archives function (for lucky ones :) )
- search in archives
- add, delete, extract files from an existing archive
- test and convert archives
- CD / DVD images support (ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, IMG, C2D, PDI, CDI)
- convert CD images
- full drag & drop capability
- create multiple archives spanning disks (you can choose size of them)
- self extracting archives
- automatic installation of most programs contained in archives
- e-mail archives
- create and merge multi-volume sets
- UnSFX the .EXE files to normal archives
- multilanguage support
- encrypt files (AES 128, 192 and 256 and PKZip 2.0)
- EXTRACT MULTIPLE archives in their own folders
- Zip encryption
- view / write comments
- supports both long and short 8.3 filenames
- UU/XX/MIME Encode/Decode

Note: 5/5

Licence: free for personal or commercial use (you can donate to help improving or not)
License page

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Size: 4.0 MB normal
Size: 3.6 MB portable

DOWNLOADS:

IZArc

IZArc2Go - portable

or go to author's page

File Renamer - Renaming your files very easy

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:54:00 +0000

I found very useful this program for renaming files or folders.
I tried many of them and this one was the best choice until now, for me.

Let's see what it does:

First you have to choose files or folders you want to rename. Optionaly you can filter the results from the interface, for show files with specified extension.
Next box is for the strings you want to use for replacements. A good thing is that will remember next time you open it, the last string you used. You can also add more file extensions to be in the list.

For adding files there are two ways. You can use Choose Files button or just drag&drop files directly in the interface from windows.
You can select individual files from open dialog box, remove or add individual files from file list.

One other nice thing is it has "infinite undo" function. So if you want to redo, you can do a lot of steps back.

For the one who want to go deeper or to automate some actions it has the option to make your own scripts for more complex renaming options.

About the options available for renaming:

- numerate files
- batch rename
- replace, modify strings
- change dates
- modify file attributes
- change case
- auto create names...
- positioning place for replacing strings or values
- you can add a link in Send To context menu to right click on files and send them directly to File Renamer and so on.

So, you can forget about manual renaming and have less time for this simple operations.

I haven't seen any bugs yet.
If i'll find i'll write it here.

Have good use and share your opinions and experience with it.

Note: 5/5

Licence: free for personal or commercial use (you can donate to help improving or not)

Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: NO
Size: 419 KB

DOWNLOADS:

File Renamer

or go to author's page

Unlocker - Locked files or folders in windows? This is the solution - the best till now!

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:06:00 +0000

This is a cool, simple and very useful solution to delete the annoying files that don't want to stop or to be deleted.

It answers the next errors:
- Cannot delete files or folders: Access is denied
- There has been a sharing violation.
- The source or destination file may be in use.
- The file is in use by another program or user.
- Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

In action:

It works as an extension in explorer, allowing us to get rid of error messages such as error when trying to delete files or folders, when the file are currently used by other softs.
This application removes file-access restrictions, killing the process

Note: 5/5

Licence: free for personal or commercial use (you can donate to help improving or not)

Compatible: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista
Size: 237 KB

DOWNLOADS:

Unlocker

or go to author's page

Faststone Image Viewer - free viewer (very complex tool)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:22:00 +0000

This is another soft i use from some years and i am very satisfied with it.
It has a lot of functions that can help us to identify the quality of an image.

You can quickly see image filename, location, type, size (units), resolution, attributes, print size, dpi, EXIF, Histogram, jpg comment
It is a very flexible program that allow us to do many things.
It uses less resources and don't load any craps into memory.

It has a menu in every side of the screen. Just reach with the mouse at the end of the screen (up, down, left or right) and it will appear that menu. When move the mouse away it dissapear.
This was the first thing that made me love it's easy use.

Next in it's menu we can find:

- batch convert or rename
- screen capture
- remove metadata from files
- shortcut for editing with external programs
- copy or move to folder directly from context menu
- print, email
- rotate, resize, resample, crop board and draw board (last to let us to cut picture or to draw on it)
- dual monitor configurations
- and not last the effects we can apply to that picture
- enhance colors, sharpen, blur, count colors
- grayscale, sepia or negative
- border effects, drop shadow, frame mask, obscure (some automatic blur), bump map, edge detect, lens, morph, red eye removal.

You can customize its layout, themes and look.
It can compare photos, make slideshows, tag files (you can search after tags then), favorites, cahce thumbnails for easy later use.
You can also scan files directly from your scanner.

It has a normal version and a portable one. Use as you wish, from your stick or installing it localy.

Some screens from menus:

Compatible: Windows All
Size: 4.8 MB - normal
Size: 5.1 MB - portable

Note: 5/5

Licence: free for personal use (for commercial use you must read on developers page)

DOWNLOADS:

Faststone Image Viewer

Portable FastStone Image Viewer

or go to author's page

doPDF - FREE PDF converter

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:56:00 +0000

This one i use from almost 2 years and it was usefull almost all the time.
I say almost because there are minor bugs that i have encountered. Some of them i solved with option embed fonts some just verifying the source file.

What is doPF?
It is a free tool to create PDF files from any application. It acts like a virtual printer.
It is very easy to install, a small file and not any hidden process.
After installation it will appear in your Printers and Faxes list.
The PDF file resulted from it can be viewed on any computer with any PDF viewer installed.

You can:
- customize resolution (from 72 to 2400 dpi)
- use predefined size of pages or custom ones
- change units
- change page orientation
- remember saved locations
- automaticly open pdf after converting it

Using low computer resources it is a great step for it.

Compatible: Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / Vista64 / 7
Size: 3.7 MB
Licence: free for personal and comercial

or go to author's page

PDF TOOLS Online (Converters - pdf to word and excel, PDF creator, editor)

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:15:00 +0000

Here you got some online utilities for transforming, managing, editing and creating .pdf files.
In my opinion there is not a place for secure documents but for all simple documents you can try use this tool to help in your needs.

PDF to Excel, PDF to Word

Just upload a file and enter your e-mail. Yes that's it. Then wait in your e-mail the converted file.

PDF to EXCEL online
PDF to WORD online

Primo PDF

This acts like a virtual printer. You can print to .pdf files as you can print to a normal printer.
In the latest version, the software have an icon, that you can drag&drop files onto for easy conversion.
Save it to the same folder or a new one created by you.
It includes and a password protection feature. You can restrict reading, editing or printing the PDF file.

PRIMO PDF - virtual printer on your computer (this one require installation)

Primo PDF Online
Create PDF online without installing a thing. Upload file or enter an URL, provide your e-mail and wait for the e-mail with converted file.

PRIMO PDF online

PDF Hammer - edit online pdf files

Click on Start PDF Hammer.
Edit pdf files online, without installation.
Upload your file, from your browser, edit it, and then save the files on your computer.
You can view the pages of file as you edit them.
It also lets you to combine multiple pdf into one file, edit pdf, protect wiht password and update pdf metadata.

PDF Hammer - edit online the pdf files

PDF Download

It's an extension for Firefox 2&3, Flock 1&2, Internet Explorer 7&8 and Google Chrome & Safari.
It lets you create, control and convert online PDF Files.

Browser extension for print or download in .pdf format

KMPlayer - free multi-format media player

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:32:00 +0000

I am using it from almost two years and i like how it works and do it's job :).

A fresh alternative to all players who mess up your computer.
It doesn't need codecs or anything else installed.
Yes it is a fully stand alone player which can handle both audio and viedo, and support a wide range of codec and file formats.
You'll never need to use something else to watch or listen.

It has minor ad-suport option but you have the option to not install them. So it is visible not like other players and programs who install without notify.

KMP is fully customizable with skins and color schemes. There are a lot of configuration options who let you choose what you need.
It includes frame capture and a frame forward feature.
It has an extra feature to play Incomplete - Damaged AVI file, locked media files while downloading or sharing and so on.

You can see full details in the download page such as:

Supported Files or Devices,
Built-in Codec/Filters,
Plugins,
What's New in This Release.

Compatible: Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
Size: 14.2 MB
Licence: free

.NFO Viewers

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Who haven't got problems trying to open some microsoft windows files called System Information or to see .nfo files corectly? ... Not all of us of course, but there are a lot of people who want to read these files properly.
Here we are with the solution, NFO viewers.
These programs allow us to see and read properly info files, System Information and txt (you can also open other files as well).
NFO files are usually accompany other files, such as softwares, and contain information about that files. They can be viewed with text editors or NFO viewers.

Details: NFO is short for iNFOrmation
All the programs are simplistic and usefull to use.

Here are two NFO viewers and one NFO viewer and editor.

NFO Viewer

Nfo Viewer is a program that you can view the (.nfo) files you download from the internet you can add a file association for (.nfo) files from the menu in this program, and the next time you double click on (.nfo) files will open the nfo in the viewer and you can also modify and save it again or change the background color and text color. View screenshot.

Compatible: Windows XP, Windows 2000, All Windows Server and Media Center 2005, Vista.
Size: 663 KB

DAMN NFO Viewer

The same with this one. If you are tired to use notepad and want to see other files even .nfo, system info or other text file formats use that viewer.
It has posibility to:
- Change colors of font and background
- Change the font
- Underline the links
- Hyperlinks / Email addresses autodetection
- Shell integration
- Smart line breaks handling
- Unicode support
- Copy-on-Select (when this feature is on, text gets copied to clipboard automatically after you have finished selecting it)
- Direct Scroll mode
- Drag&Drop support
and more.

Compatible: Windows All
Size: 263 KB - normal
Size: 126 KB - portable

NFOpad Viewer (and editor)

It looks like windows notepad but with multiple settings.
- Change fonts and colors
- Close program on ESC key
- Copy to clipboard
- Show recent files
- Save settings in Registry or a INI file
- URL and E-MAIL options
- Shell integration with .nfo, .txt, .diz files
- Find and replace, go to
- Insert Time and Date
- Reopen file

Compatible: Windows All
Size: 167 KB

DOWNLOADS:

NFO VIEWER

or go to author's page

DAMN NFO Viewer

DAMN NFO Viewer portable

and

NFOpad

or go to author's page

Capture .NET 7.0

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:23:00 +0000

As they say it is "The Swiss army knife of PC Tools"

This is a very simple soft which does not require instalation and have some usefull tools.
The free version of it offers a

World Clock, Alarm Clock and Timer
Calendar
and a virtual ruler (points, px, cm, inch). Over this face functions does have a lot of other tools:
- capture screen function (for different ways of selection and small editing options) and saving as .jpg, .png or .tif file;
- color picker from windows desktop or programs (very useful for everybody needs exact colors). It present the color in different formats;
- privacy eraser: you can delete directly from here a lot of tracks left after navigating web (passes, cookies, recent files, temps etc). All can be deleted at one click;
- windows spy: visualising Handler type informations associated to the windows and objects from desktop. Just drag the virtual target on the desired file and you'll have the information;
- Font Manager: very useful for viewing fonts and charmap;
- Converter: pictures (.jpg, .bmp, .tif, .png, .gif), chm to html files, convert text in lowercase, uppercase ... styles;
- BackupExpert: exactly what it says, backups at regular times
- Post It
- System Tweak: windows hidden function, available at one click

I was very satisfied when i found that software. It is so simple and so full of everyday needs.

Use it or try it and evaluate its power.

Requirements:
· .Net Framework

----or go to authors page

FREE Tool for backgrounds and other elements

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:58:00 +0000

The first soft i will present is not a local software, it is a tool which can use anywhere if you are conected to the internet.
It is a site which help us make in easy steps elements for graphics, websites etc.
I just found it again a few days ago and was very usefull for some design of my own.
It is not a commercial, i just presented here as i will do from now on with every thing i will find usefull.

All you have to do is choose in some steps the details you want and voila it's done, the button, texture, menus etc.
If you want, you can create an accound for free and save your work.
As they say:
1.Make your design
2.Download or Host it on GRSites
3.Paste the HTML Code in your Web Pages

Use it very fast and very simple.

DOWNLOAD from: http://www.grsites.com/

Intro

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:58:00 +0000

I think, we all want to use more programs with less consumption of resources and to have no adware or other unsolicited software included. In recent years free software, are proving to be at the height of our requirements and very diverse.
But, when so many of them appears, other unknown quantity interfering, namely: which is better, wich is more stable, more „clean” etc.
We are always trying to find the right solution, suitable for our requirements. Maybe, what i’ll present in this blog will be useful for you too.

technorati

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:31:00 +0000

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Thank you for sending your opinions.

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Thank you for your comment or requests and we will reply as soon as possible.
Usualy it takes up to 24 hours.

Go back to the main page and take the advantage of free useful software.

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Have a smile when you find what you need, be confident when you don't.
There is always a solution, almost for everything.

Bests,
freeware style team!

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Contact

noreply@blogger.com (dON) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:00:00 +0000