Dave's Tech Blog
Free Software
Free Video Converter / Transcoding Software – xviD4PSP (FREEWARE)
Jan 5th
A one stop shop for transcoding videos to play on your hardware. Don’t let the name confuse you, this program works for just about anything, the Xbox, PS3, PSP, cellphones, iPods, even the AppleTV. It does a great job, it’s easy to set up, and it’s free! Dowload from http://www.winnydows.com
Windows: Access Every Windows 7 Setting at Once (FREEWARE)
Jan 4th
For everyone who made the big switch to Windows 7 here is the ultimate Desktop Tool.Windows7 in a Box .Windows7 in a Box was designed to help guide you through the brand new operating system from Microsoft .Everything from Theme settings to Parental Controls.Sits on your desktop,easy to navigate,and puts an end to all the frustration of endless searching for settings.Spyware,Adware,and Malware free.Windows7 in a box can make the complete novice seem like a pro in just seconds.No need to install anything.Sits on your Desktop or wherever you place it(it even runs off of a thumb drive).Just locate what your looking for and click! It cant get any simpler than that.
http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm (you will need a program called WINRAR to open this file)
Back Up Your Computer to an Image File (FREEWARE)
Jan 1st
Absolutely free! No strings! The only free XP and Vista compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options.
- Create a disk image whilst running Windows using Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).
- Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD.
- Built in scheduler.
- 32 bit and native 64 bit versions.
- Industry leading compression levels and speed.
- Linux based Rescue CD with Network access and full GUI. Only 6.5MB in size!
- Built in CD/DVD packet writing engine. Supports packet writing to DVD DL media with Windows Vista.
- HTML log files.
Panoramic Photography Software (ICE) (FREEWARE)
Dec 31st
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. The application takes a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location and creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all the source images at full resolution. The stitched panorama can be saved in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom. Click here to download ICE for free http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/
WinDirStat – Display your hard drive utilization graphically (FREEWARE)
Dec 31st
WinDirStat is a free hard drive space scanner that displays the hard drive usage graphically so the user can identify large files on the drive quickly.
Download it free from http://windirstat.info/
WinCDDemu Open Source CD/DVD Image Mounting Software (FREEWARE)
Dec 29th
WinCDEmu is an open-source software that allows mounting CD/DVD images by clicking at the image files in Windows Explorer. It supports all Windows versions from WinXP to Windows 7, is open-source and completely free.
Visit wincdemu.sysprogs.org for this free download or click here to download from sourceforge.net.
