It is always a good idea to check the computer hardware thoroughly after it has been purchased. It does not really matter if a fully manufactured PC has been purchased or a single component like a processor or video card. A friend of mine for instance bought a new PC recently with a hard drive [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Subtitle Search Aids In Finding Movie Subtitles
We have reviewed our fair share of subtitle downloaders in the past from applications like Subs Grabber and Sub Downloader to sophisticated programs like Renaissance that can scan a local directory for movies and find subtitles on the Internet for them. Subtitle Search is another program for finding and download subtitles from the Internet. It [...]
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Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer
One of the new features of the Windows 7 operating system is the taskbar preview feature which will display a thumbnail of taskbar items whenever the user moves the computer mouse over the icon in the taskbar. Windows 7 will then display thumbnails of the program windows plus additional information that include the title of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Integrate Youtube, DailyMotion And Soapbox Into Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center can be extended with plugins to add new features or services to the entertainment software. The MacroTube plugin for Windows Media Center integrates the three popular online video services Youtube, Dailymotion and MSN Soapbox into the program. The developer provides a 32-bit and 64-bit version of the program so that both 32-bit [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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DVD Burning Software ImgBurn Updated. Turns Adware
Ever since we discovered the DVD burning software ImgBurn we never looked back and used it for all our CD and DVD burning tasks as it came really close to the perfect program for that. ImgBurn was recently updated by the developer. The new version is available at the developer’s websites. Regular users of ImgBurn [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Manage Windows Explorer New Handlers
The New menu in Windows Explorer displays a list of file types that can be created by selecting them from that menu. Several new handlers are available right after installation of the operating system including the creation of text documents and shortcuts. Other programs that get installed may also add new handlers to the Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatically Move Files Into Directories
Dir Split is a very specialized tool that can move files that reside in a directory on the local computer system into subdirectories. This can for instance be useful if a large amount of files need to be split because of their size. Dir Split is however not as sophisticated as Move Out which moves [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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List Newest Files Of A Drive Or Folder With Drive Sort
There are many programs that can display the largest files of a hard drive or folder in Windows. Folder Size, Treesize or Fosix are just three of the programs that we have reviewed in the past that can display the largest files of a folder or hard drive. Drive Sort on the other hand can [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Document Management Software Benubird PDF
A proper document management software is not included in the Windows operating system. It does offer a basic location for all documents in the My Documents folder or the more advanced Windows 7 Libraries but they offer, in the end, nothing more than a listing of documents that are linked to in those folders. Document [...]