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GIMP – A Powerful Yet Free Photoshop Alternative

Posted by Mike On March - 16 - 20103 COMMENTS

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
4 out of 5

GIMP screenshot 220x220 GIMP A Powerful Yet Free Photoshop Alternative

PROS: Free, feature-filled graphical editing
CONS: Not made by Adobe?
VERDICT: Almost all of the tricks at none of the price. Unless you are a professional, GIMP will be a great all-inclusive tool for you.
PRICE: Free
VERSION REVIEWED: 2.6.7
DOWNLOAD: GIMP

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FlashHacker, Watch FullScreen Flash Videos without Interuptions

Posted by Thomas On March - 12 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Flash Hacker FlashHacker, Watch FullScreen Flash Videos without Interuptions FlashHacker, let you watch Full screen Flash videos on one monitor while working on the other one. If you have a Dual Monitor System you might have experienced that even though you can show Flash Videos (on YouTube etc) in full screen, the slightest movement on your mouse, or a Pop-Up message from your Email etc. causes Flash to automatically turn off Full Screen View.

Now there is a solution…

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Create Photo & Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker

Posted by Rich On March - 11 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

1 26 2010 11 38 16 AM Create Photo & Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker Windows DVD maker comes bundled with Windows 7 and makes great photo and video DVDs with minimal effort. If you’d like to create a photo and video DVD to capture and store memories to share with friends, this guide will show you how.

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ImgBurn, Free CD/DVD Burning and Backup Tool

Posted by Thomas On March - 9 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
4+ out of 5

screenshot ezmodepicker ImgBurn, Free CD/DVD Burning and Backup Tool

PROS: The program is simple and very easy to use. It has all the necessary functions you would expect and a few more. ImgBurn is not just for the Novice User, but also for the Experienced Tweaker.

CONS: No direct MP3 to CDA conversion

VERDICT: Get it while it’s free :)
Some day they’ll discover they can make money on it.

PRICE: Freeware

VERSION REVIEWED: 2.5

Download Link in the Article

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Windows 7 Codecs Pack Helps You Play All Types of Videos

Posted by Rich On March - 8 - 201018 COMMENTS

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
4 out of 5

7 codec pack01 Windows 7 Codecs Pack Helps You Play All Types of Videos

PROS: Helps you watch videos of all types without having to install different codecs each time. the relatively small and efficient download.

CONS: If not installed correctly, you can add lots of stuff that you will never use. In another program is lightweight, I don’t like installing programs are never use on my PC.

VERDICT: If you try to play video with Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center and you either yet no sound, no video, or nothing at all, this codec pack will likely fix that problem. Thus, I recommend this program to all Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center users.

PRICE: Free

VERSION REVIEWED: 2.2.0

DOWNLOAD: Windows 7 Codecs Pack

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Really Take Control over Your Right-click Context Menu [How To]

Posted by Thomas On March - 5 - 20107 COMMENTS

In a Previous post we showed you how to add CopyTo and MoveTo functions to the Context Menu (Read it Here).

One of our readers asked:
“Where would one find the values associated with different functions?
What other kinds of functions could be added in this manner?”

Well, Alan – I think I’ve just come up with an answer.

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