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List of Best Free Digital Image Stitcher – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:28:01 +0000

I use an impressive $59 commercial product called PhotoVista Panorama to stitch together my digital images into panoramas. I’m very happy with it but must admit to feeling a little despondent when I discovered this utility that works just as well and is free. It’s called AutoStitch and is the product Matthew Brown, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia. No, it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of PhotoVista but the stitching to my eye, is actually better. The way it automatically aligns haphazard mosaics of photos without any human intervention borders on the miraculous. The author is currently looking for a commercial backer but in the interim, the product is free for personal use.

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html (1mb)

List of Best Free PDF Writer – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:27:24 +0000

The top choice here is PDFCreator, an open source program from SourceForge that works by setting up a pseudo printer in your system. To create a PDF you just select the PDF “printer” and write to it. This means you can create PDFs from Word, Excel or indeed any program that allows you to print. A good second choice is CutePDF Writer a which is cut-down version of the commercial CutePDF product. It works in a similar way to PDFCreator and it’s free for both personal and commercial use.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473 (2.6MB)
http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp (1.04MB)

List of Best Free File Comparison Utility – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:26:46 +0000

WinMerge is a free Windows utility that compares two files and identifies the differences. The differences can then be merged from one file into the other. This is the sort of product that is ideal when you have several different versions of a file and are not sure of how they differ. The product is geared to text files so it won’t be much use to you with Word Processing or other complex formatted documents But for text reports or computer programs, WinMerge is ideal.

http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/ (514kb)

List of Best Free Paint Program – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:26:08 +0000

Although they overlap in function, paint programs are really a different class of product from digital editors such as Photoshop and The Gimp. Paint programs are specifically designed to facilitate freehand drawing. They are ideal for sketching, painting, creating animations and special effects. Most folks have dabbled with Microsoft Paint (aka Paintbrush for Windows), which comes free with most versions of the operating system. In fact MS Paint is probably responsible for the generally bad reputation of paint programs. Early versions could only produce crude two dimensional drawings with jagged edges and no color gradients. Its free availability also encouraged untalented amateurs to produce works that could only be described as abysmal. Past reputation aside, the latest XP version of Microsoft Paint is actually a very capable and resource efficient product and deserves to be more widely used. In the hands of a good pixel artist it can give excellent results.

My favorite free paint program is however, not Microsoft Paint but Project DogWaffle. This is a commercial product but the developer offers an older version (V1.2) as freeware. The free version is surprisingly full featured. It has a comprehensive set of tools including fully customizable brushes, lots of filters and effects, multiple color selection options, a good set of color gradients, animation aids and more. On the downside the program runs slowly on older PCs, has limited layer support, has a clunky cut and paste mechanism and only handles .BMP and Targa files. Like all graphics editors, you’ll need to invest a bit of time to learn how best to use DogWaffle but those with artistic skills will find the effort well rewarded.

http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/index.html Freeware, all Windows versions, 4.5MB.

List of Best Free Time Correction Utility – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:23:53 +0000

A lot of folks have difficulty getting time correction software to work on their PC. If that’s you then you should try Dimension 4, a free utility that gives you the choice of connecting to a time server either by standard TCP protocol or by the more common (and more problem-prone) SNTP protocol. If you haven’t yet
got a time correction utility, this is the one. It’s free, itâ€™s easy to use, and it has every function that you could conceivably want. Because it works from both the
command line and Windows, it’s ideal for batch files, too.

http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ (294kb)

List of Best Free Startup Manager – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:23:13 +0000

Everyone needs a startup program utility so they can exercise control over what third party programs start automatically with Windows. There are several fine choices: The first is Mike Lin’s Startup Control Panel [1]. Itâ€™s small, and easy to use yet has powerful features including the ability to edit or add entries. A second and equally good choice is Nir Sofer’s StartupRun [2]. Unlike Startup Control Panel it lists all startup programs in a single list rather than in tabs according to location. It also has a lot more information on each program and has extensive editing features as well which means that it’s definitely not for Newbies. Then there’s Starter [3]. It combines many of the strengths of the other products and additionally includes a first rate process viewer. As a bonus, it can be run directly from the executable without installation which makes it a handy item to have on your toolkit CD or flash drive. Folks you are truly spoiled by choice here, each one of these products is a winner. NOTE: It appears Starter has become so popular that the author’s website has exceeded its download limit so I’ve given an alternative [4] download link.

[1] http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml (59KB)
[2] http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/strun.html (68KB)
[3] http://codestuff.netfirms.com/products_starter.html (466KB)
[4] http://www.snapfiles.com/get/starter.html (468KB) <= Alternate Starter download site

List of Best Free Wi-Fi Network Finder Utility – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:22:12 +0000

NetStumbler is a free packet sniffer utility used to locate Wi-Fi networks. It’s one of the first tools of its kind and arguably still the best. So much so that it is the standard product used by war-drivers in their perpetual search for free bandwidth via unsecured Wi-Fi networks as well as road- warriors looking to connect their laptops back to the office. Basically it’s a wireless packet sniffer that lists all networks available at a given geographical location. For each network it displays over 20 different parameters including the signal strength, noise level, encryption method used, GPS coordinates and more. It’s a great product with a couple of caveats: first, it only works with specific wireless card chipsets and if yours is not one these then you are out of luck. However, most Centrino-based laptops work fine including many Dells and IBMs. Second, the program won’t connect you to a network; you have to do that by other means. That said, NetStumbler is a valuable product for any laptop user who accesses Wi-Fi systems while on the road. It’s also a standard tool in trade for IT security workers who need to audit Wi-Fi security.

http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ Freeware, all Windows versions, 1.3MB

List of Best Free NFO Viewer – Download Freeware

Webmaster Blog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:21:30 +0000

Many freeware files are distributed with descriptive NFO and DIZ files as part of the distribution package. These are just plain text files so you can view them with Notepad or other text editor but often the formatting is lost. Try this tiny little viewer that’s built for the job. It’s free and once associated with the NFO and DIZ file types, works seamlessly, a true “install and forget” product.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/DAMN-NFO-Viewer.shtml

Tip 1 for Glary Utilities Startup Manger that auto-startup programs to speed up your PC bootingï¼

glary — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:27:59 +0000

Glary Utilities is a freeware to speed up your PC by repairing registry and offering multifunctional optimization tools. Startup Manager, one tool of Glary Utilities, is a nifty assistant to efficiently manage programs that run automatically when Windows starts up. Too many programs loaded during PC booting would delay the startup of windows even further because of the extra system resources required to load the other programs simultaneously. Glary Utilitiesâ€™ startup manager provides a better way to deal with startup programs by loading them in sequence instead of in jam.

Unlike common startup managers that can usually enable or disable specific program to auto start up, the startup manager of Glary Utilities (latest version 2.14.0.711 http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html) makes a considerate improvement in presetting how many seconds a specific program could start up after booting up of the windows. The tip reveals these unique features of startup manager:you are the boss to determine which and when a program could automatically start up.

We will focus on the three key features:

1.Enable or disable a specific program to start up

2.Delay start up programs with intervals preset by users

3.Provide objective reference to the users on the safety and necessity indexes of a specific program by rating bar

Four steps to run Startup Manager in Glary Utilitiesï¼š

Run Glary Utilities;
Click â€œModulesâ€;
Select â€œOptimize and Improveâ€;
Choose â€œStartup Managerâ€.

Now letâ€™s show you how to operate and preset Startup Manager?

Firstlyï¼Œthe upper location of the interface lists all the programs which start with PC boot. You can use the checkbox to tick/enable or untick/disable a program. You can delete the specific entry by selecting it, right-click and choose â€œDelete this Entryâ€.

Secondly, we canâ€™t help highlighting the precise delay startup function. Programs can be dragged into the delayed startup location where they will be executed in sequence according to the delay interval preset by the user. The delay interval is set in seconds, the default being 30 seconds and the maximum interval is 180 seconds. You could click the column of â€œDelay timeâ€ to preset the intervals as your like.

Thirdly, many users of Glary Utilities donâ€™t know the exact function of the rating bar right behind each program when they run Startup Manager. We need to clarify that it is one of the most distinguished features of startup manager that can directly indicate the risks and necessity indexes for each auto-startup program. The rating bar can kill two birds with one stone. Why? First, the longer the green bar is, the safer the program is. Second, the longer the green bar is, the more necessary it is when PC boot. Although specific program is safe, the rating bar might display longer red bar because it is quite unnecessary to start up when windows boots. The judgment of the rating bar comes from thousands of usersâ€™ feedbacks. Any user can submit his/her comment by clicking â€œComment itâ€ at the bottom of the interface. Of course, engineers of Glary Utilities will verify check thousands of comments carefully. Those meaningful comments would be stored into the database. Any user could review the previous comments of other users on specific program by clicking â€œMore Informationâ€at the bottom of the interface.

This is the tip 1 for Startup Manager, one tool of Glary Utilities. There are a series of tips to come. We wish the clarification could provide helpful guidance to millions of our users. We always welcome feedback and contributions from our friendly users. Any user can help to improve Glary Utilities by contacting our support center or even publishing a new topic in the newly released Glarysoft forum at http://forum.glarysoft.com/ .

Technical support is provided 24 hours per day, seven days per week. We can do it better with your active participation. For more information, please visit: www.glaryutilities.com .We wish you will like the ever-improving Glary Utilities.

Peter John
E-mail: article1@glarysoft.com
Glaryutilities.com

Download Antivirus Protection For Windows XP – ESET NOD32 ( With username and password )

Webmaster Blog — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:13:11 +0000

Antivirus protection is spelled “NOD32.” Built on the award-winning ThreatSenseÂ® engine, ESET NOD32 Antivirus software proactively detects and eliminates more viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available.

It’s the ideal antivirus for Windows XP, and also runs smoothly on Windows legacy systems, MS-DOS, file servers, mail servers, and more.

No matter what your system, there is no better antivirus protection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was awarded the “BEST Antivirus Solution” in 2006 and 2007 by AV-Comparatives. Compare antivirus solutions here to learn more, or check out the latest virus bulletin.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides:

Proactive Protection: The award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late.
Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives.¹
Lightweight Design: Requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
Fast Scanning Speeds: Highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates. It runs quietly in the background.

Download – http://rapidshare.com/files/161432781/ESENOD32_27_Years_by_kero.rar ( 18.8 MBs )

Steps :

1. Note: Disable UAC first if you’re using Vista!
2. Uninstall NOD32 completely! That includes previous fixes and everything related!. I recommend using Your Uninstaller! to remove it. If you didn’t get this pre-cracked version working on the first try then uninstall it!
3. If it asks you to restart after uninstalling do not restart yet! Let Your Uninstaller! remove the registry keys and everything. After that restart manually from the start menu!
4. Install this version. When asked check set update parameters later.
5. If the setup asks you to restart after installing DO NOT RESTART! Click No instead!
6. Restart manually from the start menu
7. After restarting click Update in NOD32. After it updates it should say you have got 24XXX Days remaining! If it doesn’t then you have not followed this guide correctly!

Enjoy