The software collection at Nirsoft is held in very high regard by the majority of Windows users. Nir Sofer’s latest program is NetworkTrafficView, a network traffic monitoring software that captures network packages that display statistics and information about a computer’s network traffic in its interface. The network software works best with either the freely available [...]
DVD Slim, DVD Covers Creator
Unless you happen to have access to a full blown – some would say bloated – DVD burning suite like Nero Burning Rom you likely do not have access to a DVD cover creator for your self created DVDs. While it is not always necessary to create custom covers, for instance by alternatively writing directly [...]
VocabTest, Free Vocabulary Test
I remember the Latin and English vocabulary tests when I was in school. Always disliked learning for those tests, as it was one of the most boring activities for me. Back then I did not have electronic aids like computer vocabulary software to assist in the learning. While there were a few programs for the [...]
How to Run Portable Google Chrome from a USB Flash Drive
It just takes a quick download, a few steps and one USB flash drive to run Google Chrome with your personal extensions and settings on any Windows computer. This article will demonstrate how to setup portable Google Chrome on a flash drive and take it to any PC to use. The first step is to [...]
Google Pushes Product Offline Modes, But Only For Chrome
Hypothetically, what would you say if Microsoft would enable an offline mode for Hotmail or Office Live 365 but only for Internet Explorer? Chance is, a lot of users would cry foul play and demand that Microsoft would enable support for other web browsers as well. If you look at Google these days, you might [...]
Colortypist, Realtime Desktop Wallpaper Color Selector
The Windows operating system offers extensive options to set a custom wallpaper or custom color as a solid background color. The capabilities have been expanded in Windows 7, for instance with abilities to rotate wallpapers automatically. The option to select a single color for the background has been available for a long time. Users can [...]
What’s The Difference Between A Codec, Container And Video Format?
Do you know that video codecs, video containers and video formats are three different things? If not, then this guide might be for you. I’m trying to keep it as simple as possible, which means that this will not be as detailed as it could be. Afterwards you will be able to distinguish between codecs, [...]
Convert Img To Iso
The img file format is a common disk image format that is supported by the majority of CD and DVD burning and disk mounting programs. Sometimes though you might want to convert the img format to Iso, for instance if the program that you are using for a specific task is not supporting the img [...]
How To Extract Images Or Text From PDF Documents
PDF documents can contain all kinds of media besides text. You may encounter images for instance or forms in them among other elements. Depending on the pdf viewer, you may be able to save those elements separately or not at all. This tutorial is going to show you how to extract images or text from [...]