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Smart Diary Suite 4

Ashraf November 24, 2008 19
Smart Diary Suite 4

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 24, 2008 is Smart Diary Suite 4.
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  • Password protection.
  • You can schedule tasks, events, write notes, and make diary entries.
  • Good clean interface.
  • Spell check for diary and note entries.

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  • Too many features ‘disabled’ in Home edition (Home
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SpellQuizzer

Ashraf November 22, 2008 7
SpellQuizzer

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 22, 2008 is SpellQuizzer.
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  • You create your own spelling lists.
  • You can make audio or visual ‘reminders’ to help the person using the list remember what word you want them to spell.
  • You can import/export lists.
  • Self-explanatory interface.
  • You can password
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Wondershare Photo Collage Studio

Ashraf November 21, 2008 0
Wondershare Photo Collage Studio

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 21, 2008 is Wondershare Photo Collage Studio.
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  • Comes with many predefined collage templates and collage layouts.
  • Has predefined templates for calenders, greeting cards, posters and
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Daniusoft Media Converter

Ashraf November 20, 2008 8
Daniusoft Media Converter

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 20, 2008 is Daniusoft Media Converter.
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  • Very easy to use.
  • You can convert to almost any format.
  • Program can shut down computer automatically if you want to leave
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PDF to Image

Ashraf November 18, 2008 0
PDF to Image

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 18, 2008 is PDF to Image.
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If you are getting “File not found: pdf2image.dll” error, try the following:

  • If you are a Vista user, Run as Administrator (this fixed the problem for me).
  • If you are a non-Vista user, or if the above
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mgLaunch ***May contain Trojan!

Ashraf November 17, 2008 4

Giveaway of the day for November 17, 2008 is mgLaunch. ***Warning: May contain Trojan!
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I scanned mgLaunch.zip before upzipping it. Kaspersky picked up a trojan!

This may be a false positive, but it may not be. I am not willing to take the risk and I suggest you do [...]

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eReminder

Ashraf November 14, 2008 4
eReminder

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 14, 2008 is eReminder.
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When installing eRemindar, you have to choose Professional version. Registration for any other version will not work!.

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  • Has a desktop widget
  • You can add “notes”
  • Has a predefined holiday list for Canada/USA
  • Outlook Integration
  • You can
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Color Picker Pro

Ashraf November 13, 2008 0
Color Picker Pro

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 13, 2008 is Color Picker Pro.
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  • Supports multiple format color codes.
  • Has a “zoomed” in box to show you exactly where you are pointing.
  • Has option to click + drag capture, or automatic capture.
  • Can set it to capture more then
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Secure Evidence Scrubber

Ashraf November 12, 2008 0

Giveaway of the day for November 12, 2008 is Secure Evidence Scrubber.
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When you run Setup.exe, it places SecureEvidenceScrubber.exe into your C: folder. If you have some security software like Threatfire, you might get a prompt that this might be malicious software. The security software is right in prompting [...]

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SnapLogger

Ashraf November 11, 2008 0

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 11, 2008 is SnapLogger.
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  • You can set the time interval, in seconds, between each screen shot.
  • You can set the program to stop taking screen shots if your computer has been idle for X amount of minutes.
  • You can set it
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ImagePut

Ashraf November 10, 2008 4

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 10, 2008 is ImagePut.
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  • Has built in screen capture tool.
  • Supports multiple free image hosting services.
  • Can upload in bulk.
  • You can save images to make an album.
  • Has a built in image editor.
  • Has advance album displaying tools/skins.

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List Management Software

Ashraf November 8, 2008 0

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 9, 2008 is List Management Software.
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  • You can remove lines that contain words that you specify.

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  • Only works with simple text files.
  • What is the point of this software?

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Easy Calendar Maker

Ashraf November 8, 2008 0
Easy Calendar Maker

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 8, 2008 is Easy Calendar Maker.
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  • Can create custom calendars (duh =P).
  • Can display monthly, yearly, or month + 3 next month calendars.
  • Supports 5 different languages.
  • Comes with 5/6 single-month calendar templates.
  • Easy but ANNOYING customization.

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Uconomix Encryption Engine

Ashraf November 6, 2008 0

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 6, 2008 is Uconomix Encryption Engine.
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For anyone getting the following error while trying to install this on Vista:

It is because you have to run the Setup.msi as administrator. You may notice that right click + Run as Administrator is not an [...]

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NoteFrog

Ashraf November 5, 2008 0

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 5, 2008 is NoteFrog.

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  • You can search your notes.
  • You can password protect your notes.
  • You can export notes in .rtf format.
  • Fine text/replace text option.
  • Has an “Insert Today’s Date” button.

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Beyond Sync Pro

Ashraf November 4, 2008 2

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 4, 2008 is Beyond Sync Pro.
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  • Multiple sync methods.
  • Supports sync between desktop-network folders or desktop-external media.
  • You can schedule a sync to occur at a specific time.
  • Backs up/copies entire folder if desired.
  • Has a ‘byte to byte’ file validity
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CaptureIt

Ashraf November 3, 2008 7

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 3, 2008 is CaptureIt.
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EasyCapture is 99.9% identical to CaptureIt (I have only found one difference – more on that below), but EasyCapture is freeware! (thx KSP797)

If CaptureIt does not register correctly, try the following:

  • Uninstall via RevoUninstaller (or normals windows uninstaller
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Kid’s Coloring Book Creator

Ashraf November 2, 2008 0
Kid’s Coloring Book Creator

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 2, 2008 is Kid’s Coloring Book Creator

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  • Has built in instructions on how to work the program.
  • Very user friendly GUI.
  • You can transform multiple images at once.
  • You can control how much black/white you want in your image.
  • Program is
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Smart CD Catalog 2.53

Ashraf October 31, 2008 5

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for October 31, 2008 is Smart CD Catalog 2.53.
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  • Small learning curve.
  • CDDB online database support.
  • The program is not very resource intensive, relatively speaking.
  • Scans disks and records information, about what is on the CDs, fairly quickly.
  • Has a built in system
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WinUtilities

Ashraf October 30, 2008 13
WinUtilities

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for October 30, 2008 is WinUtilities.
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  • Has almost every tool in the book needed to clean/maintain your computer
  • Almost no learning curve
  • Automatically Creates system backups before doing any changes to registry.
  • Has an option to recover deleted files and to ‘securely’ delete
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Sax2

Ashraf October 29, 2008 1

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for October 29, 2008 is Sax2.

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For anyone getting this error:

The application has failed to start because MFC71U.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

Download the .DLL file from here and place it in your C:/Windows/System folder.

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Reminder Commander 2.20

Ashraf October 28, 2008 7

{rw_text}Giveaway of the Day for October 28, 2008 is Reminder Commander 2.20.

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  • The ability to remind about an event on a preset designated time.
  • Email reminders.
  • The ability to create multiple reminder lists.

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  • Adding/Removing reminders is not as easy as it could be.
  • Cannot
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