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I’ve seen this mentioned on several sites lately. DVD Flick is an open source DVD authoring tool: DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back …
I read about this on Pirillo’s Picks… Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu. – Send To Toys Control Panel Applet allows you to manage the Send To system menu content, and configure the various Send To Toys settings. – “Add to Send To menu” and “Remove from Send To …
From PC Magazine: Most software is expensive and bloated. Yet free software typically does one task and does it with precision and elegance. Among the thousands of free apps available on the Web, how do you find the best, most reliable ones for your needs? To produce this story, we asked PC Magazine staffers to …
From PC Magazine: Settle down now, pardner. If Windows XP finally has you mad enough to buy a MacBook, this is the story for you. We’ve got 11 hacks here that can get your computer running faster, increase your productivity, and make Windows XP just a little less annoying than it was before you read …
This week I received the following press release from Paragon Software: Paragon Software Group Launches New Deployment Manager Vista Compatible Version Exclusive, new Multicast technology dramatically reduces the time and cost of deployment for PC Manufacturers January 2007 – San Jose Paragon Software Group, the leading provider of innovative, reliable technologies and software solutions in …
The other day I was trying to install Windows XP SP2 on a computer that had SP1 installed. I’m not sure how it got to SP1 (upgrade from XP, upgrade from Win98, etc), but I kept getting to a certain point that was telling me “Access Denied”. As I researched this it turns out it …
I can’t remember how I got there, but the other day I actually ended up browsing around the Windows Marketplace web site. Windows Marketplace is one of Microsoft’s sites. It is essentially just a fancy shareware site (there is also hardware) where the software passes some basics test that it works with Windows. The reason …
The latest issue of the Windows Secrets newsletter mentions a handy SendTo extension. When you right-click on a file, there is a menu item called Send To that has a few options (floppy disk, desktop as shortcut, etc). If you’ve used these options, you’ve probably wished for more options. This extension gives you those options. …
This PC Magazine tip explains how to open a window maximized… You can tweak the properties for any shortcut to specify the way you want it to open—Normal, Minimized, or Maximized. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties from the pop-up menu. The drop-down list labeled Run is the one that controls this setting. Change it …
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer? It is possible to run Internet Explorer in standalone mode without having to over-write previous versions thanks to Joe Maddalone who came up with a way of achieving that in November 2003. Basically, Internet Explorer is run by exploiting a known workaround to …