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Windows 8 Skype App
Block Java-Drive-By’s and Exploits with ExploitShield
Convert PDF To Flash Using FlipPDF To Flash Converter
Free Windows 8 Stock App: World Stock Indices
Calme 2013: Free Calendar Maker To Create Calendars And Planners
Label 59: Free Online Presentation Maker With Labelling
NirLauncher: Over 150 System Related Tools And Applications
Ace Media Player: Free Media Player Similar To Window Media Player
4 Free Word Viewer Software For Windows
4 Free Instant Messaging Client For Mac

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 07:00 PM PST

Skype is a free Windows 8 Skype app available under the 'Social' section of Windows 8 App Store. Using Skype for Windows 8, you can make Skype video calls, or send instant messages to all your contacts, from within the app. Yup.. the very popular online video calling service is now available as a Windows 8 app for free. No matter if you are on previous versions of Windows, Mac, Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad, Android device, tablet, or the very new Microsoft's Windows 8, you can keep connected to your Skype contacts all the time.

You can call your friends or family covering the globe, on their landline number or mobile at very low call rates. You can call anyone via Skype, or just talk Skype-to-Skype at zero cost. You can also catch up with multiple people via Skype's group video calling feature. Share screen, photos, or other important projects with others, everything via Skype. The availability of Skype on all the platforms including the very new Windows 8 OS has made staying in touch with all your friends, family, relatives, business clients, all your contacts, easier than ever.

This Windows 8 Skype app lets you view all your recent activities including messages you did, call you just made, how many minutes did you talk, time duration of a call, time at which you sent a message, etc. You can also add contacts to your favorite list so that you don't have to browse through the entire 'People' category, the next time you want to call or message the same person. Well.. I would say, people with whom you are in regular touch, you must add them to your favorite list. You can also add a new contact to the 'People' list, or just save number to it.

In addition, you can also make a call or message multiple people at one time. However, make sure that you have enough Skype credits to send an SMS or to call anyone. Skype-to-Skype is free, though. Lets check how to call multiple people or create a conference video call on this Windows 8 Skype app below.

Also, check out our post on Android Tango App, Video Chat Apps For iPad.

How To Call Multiple People Via This Windows 8 Skype App:

Click on one contact that you want to add in your conference all.
Now, click on '+'(Plus) button given with the green calling button.
This will open the entire contact list, just select the ones you want to include in your conference call.
Now, click on 'Add' button.
You can now call or chat via messages, right away.
There you go..

Skype Windows 8 app comes up with a beautiful tile-based interface. As you open the app, you will find three different columns: Recent, Favorites, and People. The 'Recent' list will of course be empty if it's the first time you are opening Skype as Windows 8 app. To add contacts to your favorite list, just click on '+' (Plus) button given at the top of the favorite list. While, to add more contacts or save numbers, right-click anywhere on the screen → a horizontal panel at the bottom will get opened consisting of two options: 'Add Contact', and 'Save Number'. Select one and proceed with further steps. Else, you can also open a contact → right-click on the screen → and click on 'Favorite' button to add the currently opened contact to your favorite list.

To remove a contact from your contact list, you need to open the contact → right-click on the screen → click on 'Remove' button given in the horizontal bar.

If you want to make a call on a new number, move the cursor to the telephone icon given at the top of the screen, on the home page of the app. There, you will also find link to 'buy Skype credit' and to 'get a subscription'. Also, there are many more video calling settings that you can adjust according to preferences. To open these options, press 'Win+C' → this will open up the Charms Bar → click on 'Settings → click on 'Options' → now, adjust settings accordingly. Let me quickly point out the main features of this Skype app for Windows 8.

Features Of Skype App Windows 8:

Lets you make calls, send messages, from within the app.
Lets you add unlimited contacts to the 'People' list.
Lets you call multiple people at one time.
Lets buy Skype credits from within the app.
Lets you add contacts to your favorite list.
Lets you call on new unsaved numbers, from within the app
Lets you adjust Skype settings according to your preferences.
It's a free Windows 8 app.

Note: You need to merge your Skype account with Microsoft account to sign into Skype using it as a Windows 8 app.

Do not miss out more Windows 8 apps: Piano App, Drawing App, Origami App.

How To Install Skype App In Windows 8

Open this link in Windows 8's Internet Explorer 10.
Click on 'View in Windows Store'.
You will soon be directed to the App Store, opening the Skype app.
Just proceed with installation.
Its done..

In short, Skype is an excellent Windows 8 app from where you can access all the Skype activities, from within the app, without touching the browser. Go ahead and download Skype in Windows 8 now.

Windows 8 Skype App was originally published at I Love Free Software

Block Java-Drive-By’s and Exploits with ExploitShield

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 06:00 PM PST

ExploitShield is an anti-exploit utility which you can use in order to protect yourself from exploits that could infect PC with malware, even without you giving permission to install anything, which is how malicious code tends to operate.

Very popular way of how infections are being spread is with the help of the so called Java drive-by attacks, when various different tricks are used so that virus is installed to your system without you even knowing about it. ExploitShield can help you out and protect you against such attacks.

Similar software: Free Facebook Phishing Protection.

Browsers are not the only set of applications which are supported and where exploits can be blocked; you can also prevent infections caused by exploits on Adobe products like Flash, Acrobat, Microsoft’s Office, and Windows Media Player. All of these applications are known for having vulnerabilities which can, if you’re running them, cause your systems defenses to be breached and for you to become infected with malware.

Key features of ExploitShied are:

Good browser support: works with Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, IE
Protects from plugin vulnerabilities: Java, Flash, scripts and so on
Tray agent for quick access to the main application menu
Work automatically, doesn’t require any kind of additional configuration
Real-time logs of blocked exploit attacks with notifications

Even though ExploitShiled can be used with other applications, browsers are where it can come in handy the most. Websites are a very popular method that hackers use in order to take advantages of various exploits in plugins, addons and codecs that we have installed into our browser for viewing multimedia and for example view PDF files.

How to use ExploitShield: Free Exploit Detection and Protection:

Like we already mentioned before, you don’t have to go though any kind of special configuration in order to use ExploitShield. The application is gonna run in the system tray and there it will monitor if you run a protected application.

Double clicking on the tray icon is gonna open up the main application window, which can be seen on the image above. The only thing that you can do is open up the Logs tab to check on the status of the exploit protection. Each time that you access a website that tries to forcefully install something or infect your computer, you’re gonna see a report of it not only in the Logs tab, but also in the form of a pop-up window.

This is how you’ll be notified that an exploit has been blocked by ExploitShield, name of the .exe or in other words the virus which has tried to install itself onto your computer is also gonna be detected.

Of course, Exploit Shield is not a replacement for an antivirus, so make sure you have a good free antivirus also installed.

Conclusion

This small and very lightweight exploit shield is gonna protect you from all kinds of dangers which exist out there. Drive-by infections are on the rise, and if you do not know how to protect yourself from them, then this exploit protector is just the thing for you. While in testing ExploitShield is free, try it and see how it goes. Free download.

Block Java-Drive-By’s and Exploits with ExploitShield was originally published at I Love Free Software

Convert PDF To Flash Using FlipPDF To Flash Converter

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 02:00 PM PST

FlipPDF to Flash Converter is a free converter which helps you to convert PDF to Flash files effortlessly. This Free PDF To Flash Converter can convert the PDF Files into macromedia flash(SWF) files, which ultimately helps you to convert your PDF files into animated eBooks. This PDF Converter is very easy to use and the UI is designed in such a way that even the non-professionals without any sort of technical knowledge can easily use the software.

Let's have a look on this Free PDF To Flash Converter:

Here, you can see the following options :

Batch Convert Mode: To batch convert the PDF files into SWF format.

As it can be seen in the image above, for converting files in this mode, browse and select the files which you wish to convert and hit the convert button at the bottom of the window.

Hot Directory Mode: As soon as any PDF file comes to the server it will be converted into the flash file.

Here you need to specify the input and output directory. This conversion process takes place in the background.

Command Line Mode: User need to use the commands in the command line mode to convert the PDF file into Flash file.

Additional benefit in converting any PDF file into a flash file is that it enhances the ease of sharing the files on websites, blog, etc, and you can even easily burn in to a CD.

Download and Installation of this Free PDF to Flash Converter:

This free PDF to Flash converter can be downloaded from here. After downloading the setup you just need to click on the setup and start the installation. During the installation just follow the instructions on the installation wizard. It will get installed on your Windows computer.

Final Verdict:

FlipPDF to Flash Converter is very useful to convert the PDF files into Flash files which in turn helps to read the files on system where Acrobat Reader is not installed. Also, conversion of PDF files into Flash files makes the file interesting and more attractive which can be easily shared on websites and exchanged through emails. Download and try this free PDF to Flash converter. You may also read out featured post on free PDF to Flash converters.

Convert PDF To Flash Using FlipPDF To Flash Converter was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Windows 8 Stock App: World Stock Indices

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PST

World Stock Indices is a free Windows 8 stock app available in the Finance section of the Windows 8 Store. This Windows 8 stock app does not lets you track individual stocks, but is instead focused on showing movement of stock exchange indices around the world. You can track how are stock exchanges around the world performing and keep an eye on all of them together here.

Using this stock Windows 8 app, you can find the major stock indices of the world; grouped according to region. You can also view the stock and finance related news of that region. Financial charts of the stock indices are also displayed in this stock app for Windows 8 to analyze the growth and fall. This Windows 8 stock app is useful for business related people and global investors around the world as they can view the stock indices of all over the world at any point of time.

How To Use World Stock Indices:

Just install this Windows 8 Stock app and you will find it in the Windows 8 Start Screen. Launch the app and then the stock app will load all the charts of stock market indices grouped according to region wise. The regions are: North America markets, Euro markets, Latam Markets, and Asia/Pacific. Under each region, the famous stock markets are displayed in a chart form like shown in below screenshot.

Below each chart, the name of the market and its stock quotes are also displayed. You can check whether the stock value is increasing or decreasing indicated in numbers as well as in the graphical form.

Click on any of the stock markets that interest you and have a detailed look at it. You can also see the news related to the stock market on the right side that you have chosen. You can also navigate to next stock market or previous stock market details by just clicking on the arrows that are available as shown in below screenshot (highlighted in red). But you can just navigate to only the stock markets of that region. If you want to view stock details of other regions then you have to go back again.

Features Of This Windows 8 Stock App:

Let's have a brief look at the features of this Windows 8 Stock app:

The main page contains the popular stock markets grouped according to region.
Snapped view of the stock values available below each market in the main page itself.
You can view the detailed graph and news also.
A detailed graphical form of the market, from the past few months will be displayed.
This Stock app is available for free!

How To Install World Stock Indices:

To install World Stock Indices, just click here. Open this link in Internet Explorer of Windows 8 and click on View in Windows Store. Then the app will open in the Windows 8 Store automatically and there you can click Install button to install the app.

The verdict of this Windows 8 Stock App is that it is easy to use and useful too. You can just view the details of some popular stock markets and news; nothing more than that. So, install the app to track stock market indices from around the world.

Free Windows 8 Stock App: World Stock Indices was originally published at I Love Free Software

Calme 2013: Free Calendar Maker To Create Calendars And Planners

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST

Calme 2013 is an amazing and of course free calendar maker using which you can make monthly planners and calendars effortlessly. This free calendar maker provides various planners and calendars, which can be altered according to your preference. It even provides different formats of planners and calendars along with the option of selecting pictures from the system. This application provides yearly, half-yearly or monthly planners and variety of picture calendars to choose. You can display and organize holidays in your planner or calendar.

Are you looking for a tool that can create customized new year calendars or planners? Then this tool is the thing you need. Calme 2013 helps you to be creative and further let’s you create your own customized calendars and monthly planners.

More About Calme 2013 :

Calme 2013 is a free downloadable application which provide Planners and Picture Calendars from the year 1600 to 2013. This free calendar maker provides you an option to enable either US Federal holidays or other holidays. This application helps to create calendar or monthly planner your own style from the provided options. Picture Calendars are the best part of Calme 2013 application, where you can add your family or friends pictures to new year’s planner or calendar.

Features of Calme 2013 Free Calendar Maker:

Once you download and open this free calendar maker, you can choose from several options like Calendar, Format, Margins, Font, Colors, Print Preview, and Main Menu. 'Date' option helps you to select year and another icon will help to set current date. 'Holidays' option will let you add different countries holidays in your calendar. This tool provides various fonts to choose from and also styles like bold, italic, plain, or bold italic. The image below will help you understand about the effectiveness. Calme 2013 also provides zoom in and zoom out option for your convenience. Another feature, which is 6-months calendar provides you an option to select these six months by first half of year or second half of year.

Also, Calme 2013 helps you to select the ' Media ' , which will let you to set up pages of your customized calendar or planner in which you can select Paper Size & Source, Margins, and Orientation. This application not only let’s you create customized calendars, but also let’s you print your creation directly with the help of print option.

Picture Calendar helps in adding family or friends pictures to your personal new year’s planner or calendar. To add pictures to Calendar, you can simply click on 'open image or just drag and drop pictures to your personal calendar. Once Font, Style, etc are set then save the file with an extension of '.cme ' as shown in the below screenshot. Now, you can print picture calendar by setting up page.

Conclusion:

Calme 2013 is a wonderful calendar making application which will help you in making beautiful calendars or planners for personal use. Download and try this free calendar maker to create your own customized calendars in the best possible way. You may also check out some other free software to create calendars.

Click here to download Calme 2013.

Calme 2013: Free Calendar Maker To Create Calendars And Planners was originally published at I Love Free Software

Label 59: Free Online Presentation Maker With Labelling

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:00 AM PST

Label 59 is a free online presentation maker which you can use to create presentations with interactive labels that reveal information as the mouse hovers over them. To use Label 59 you have to register on their website first. Presentations that you create can be exported as either a Flash file (the SWF format), which can be played on computers or you can generate HTML5 code for use in web browsers.

In the image above you can see the interface of this free online presentation maker. This is what waits for you after you’ve registered and logged in to the Label 59 online presentation maker. At the top you can see a toolbar that only has one option and that is to create a new presentation. When you create a presentation a lot more tools and options become available in that empty toolbar at the top, as well as in the right sidebar, which isn’t visible here.

Key Features of Label 59 Presentation Maker:

Create interactive presentations with images online for free.
Supported image formats include JPG, GIF, and PNG.
Add text and interactive labels: markers, connectors, arrows.
Limited with the number of slides that can be used – 10 maximum.
Preview presentations as they are being created with Live Preview.
Supported output formats of the presentations are SWF Flash or HTML5.

Created presentations can be either played as a standalone SWF Flash application, which can be played on pretty much every computer where Flash player can be installed, or as HTML5 which will work on any modern web browser.

How to Create Presentations Online with Label 59?

Start by clicking on the Create Presentation button which is gonna activate the full set of tools that you need for creation of presentation, it might take some time, so be patient.

Now you need to click on the Add image button to start uploading images that you want to use in your presentation. Change the Header text of the slide, and then select the Marker to add a label on the image.

You can also use other elements like for example Connector, Arrow, Text Block, if you need to add those to your presentation. Arrange them to your liking and then edit their values in the right sidebar like we did it, as shown in the image above. New slides can be added by clicking on Slides and then clicking on Add. When you’re done setting up everything, click on the Publish button.

Depending on what format you’ve generated the presentation, open it up in your web browser or using the Flash player, and enjoy watching your own presentation. Selected text will for example only appear when you hover your mouse cursor over it.

Conclusion

Label 59 is a very useful online presentation maker which you can use to create something a bit more different and add interactivity to your presentations. It’s free for up to 10 slides with upgrades possible where you have no restrictions whatsoever. Created presentations can be easily exported and viewed/played pretty much everywhere. Try it and see how interesting Label 59 is. You may also try some free online presentation software reviewed by us.

Label 59: Free Online Presentation Maker With Labelling was originally published at I Love Free Software

NirLauncher: Over 150 System Related Tools And Applications

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST

NirLauncher is a very large collection of various tools developed by NirSoft website for your Windows computer.

There are over 150 tools in the NirLauncher pack, which you can use to change settings, edit config files, access important system information and a lot more. Here’s a full list of available tools and what they do.

NirLauncher: Password Recovery Utilities

Asterisk Logger: Show passwords hidden with asterisks.
Bullets Pass View: Reveal passwords hidden with bullets.
ChromePass: Recovers forgotten Chrome passwords.
DialPass: Recovers forgotten dial-up passwords in Windows.
IE PassView: Password recovery for Internet Explorer up to version 8.
LSASecretsDump: Use it to dump LSA secrets from the registry.
LSASecretsView : Viewer for LSA registry secrets.
Mail PassView: Email password recovery.
MessenPass: Instant messenger password recovery.
Network Password Recovery: Recover network passwords.
OperaPassView: Password recovery for Opera.
PasswordFox: Same thing as above only for Firefox.
PCAnywhere PassView: Show passwords hidden in PC anywhere.
PstPassword: Password recovery for .PST Outlook files.
Remote Desktop PassView: Microsoft Remote Desktop password.
RouterPassView: Recover passwords from router config files.
VNCPassView: Retrieve passwords stored in the VNC utility.
WebBrowserPassView: General browser password recovery.
WirelessKeyDump: Create a dump of all wireless keys in Windows.
WirelessKeyView: Recover WEP/WAP keys saved in Windows.

NirLauncher: Network Monitoring Tools

AdapterWatch: Display information about network adapters.
CurrPorts: Monitor currently active TCP/UDP ports in Windows.
HTTPNetworkSniffer: HTTP request/response monitoring.
NetBiScanner: Scan network computer using the NetBIOS protocol.
NetResView: Shows all networks resources available on you LAN.
NetRouteView: Router viewer to view Windows network routes.
NetworkTrafficView: Check detailed network traffic statistics.
PingInfoView: Pinging utility to ping multiple hosts and IP addresses.
SmartSniff: TCP/IP data packet tracker and viewer.
SniffPass: Sniff and capture passwords transmitted through network.
SocketSniff: Monitor the WinSock activity of a selected process.
WakeMeOnLan: Turn on computers over network/LAN.
WifiInfoView: Displays wireless network information.
Wireless Network Watcher: List the devices connected to your WiFi.
WirelessNetView: Monitor activity of wireless networks around you.

NirLauncher: Web Browser Tools

BrowsingHistoryView: Browsing history viewer for major browsers.
ChromeCacheView: Cache file viewer for Google Chrome.
ChromeCookiesView: Viewer for cookies stored in Chrome.
ChromeHistoryView: Browsing history viewer for Chrome.
FavoritesView: Access and view favorites saved in a browser.
FirefoxDownloadsView: Shows Firefox Downloads.
FlashCookiesView: Browse flash cookies stored on your computer.
IECacheView: View Internet Explorer browser cache files.
IECookiesView: Show cookies saved in Internet Explorer.
IEHistorView: Check on Internet Explorer browsing history.
MozillaCacheView: Browse and view Firefox cache files.
MozillaCookiesView: Access and view Mozilla Firefox cookies.
MozillaHistoryView: List the website that you’ve visited with Firefox.
MyLastSearch: Tool to view last searches made in search engines.
OperaCacheView: View the cache files in the Opera web browser.
SafariCacheView: Cache viewer for the Safari web browser.
SafariHistoryView: View Safari browser history and visited websites.
URLStringGrabber: Retrieve URL strings of websites from IE.
WebCookiesSniffer: Manage and track website cookies on your PC.

NirLauncher: Video/Audio Related Utilities

InstalledCodec: Listed codecs and drivers installed on your system.
RTMPDumpHelper: RTMP stream downloader.
VideoCacheView: Retrieve videos from browser cache.
Volumouse: Tool to adjust the system volume with the mouse wheel.
WebVideoCap: Capture flash and RTSP streams from your browser.

NirLauncher: Internet Related Utilities

CustomizeIE: Edit Internet Explorer toolbars and menus.
DNSDataView: Fetch DNS records of domains; MX, NS, A, SOA.
DomainHostingView: Display hosting information about domains.
DownTester: Internet download speed tester.
FastResolver: Resolve host names into IP addresses and vice versa.
HTMLAsText: HTML to Text converter.
IPInfoOffline: View country information from IP addresses.
IPNetInfo: Explore IP address information.
MACAddressView: Lookup tool for Mac addresses.
SeqDownload: Image sequence download and animation creation.
SitesShoter: Create website screenshots and save them into files.
WebSiteSniffer: Download website files automatically at once.
WhoisThisDomain: Retrieve WHOIS information about a domain.

NirLauncher: Command Line Utilities

BluetoothCL: Tool to list all the available Bluetooth devices.
NirCmd: Run several useful tasks from the command line.
WhoisCPL: Get Whois website info through the command line.
RunFromProcess: Run programs from other processes.
RegFileExport: Tool to export offline registry files to a .reg files.
WhosIP: Find out detailed information about an IP from the CMD.
WirelessNetConsole: View information about wireless networks.

NirLauncher: Desktop Utilities

WinLister: This tool will list opened windows.
SpecialFoldersView: Quick folder access and browsing.
ShortcutsMan: Lists both desktop and start menu shortcuts.
OpenWithView: Enable and disable items from the Open with menu.
MyUninstaller: Alternative application uninstaller for Windows.
InsideClipboard: Displays the content of the clipboard.
FileTypesMan: File types manager for Windows.
CustomExplorerToolbar: Explorer toolbar editor, add copy, cut.
Clipboard: Free alternative clipboard manager for Windows.

NirLauncher: Outlook/Office Utilities

OutlookStatView: Display statistics about Outlook emails.
OutlookAttachView: Multiple attachments extractor from Outlook.
OutlookAddressBookView: View contacts from the Outlook address book.
OfficeIns: List all the installed Office add ons.
NK2Edit: AutoComplete editor for Microsoft Outlook.

NirLauncher: Programmer Tools

HeapMemView: View content of memory blocks allocated in heaps.
GDIView: Lists GDI handles opened by processes.
DLL Export Viewer: List DLL exported functions with addresses.
DeviceIOView: View data transfer between programs and drivers.

NirLauncher: Disk Utilities

SearchMyFiles: Search files, alternative to Windows search tool.
NTFSLinksView: Lists symbolic NTFS links in a selected folder.
DriveLetterView: Drive letter editor, change drive letter.
DiskSmartView: Reads and report disk S.M.A.R.T info.
DiskCountersView: Shows disk read/write counters.
AltStreamDump: Dump a list of alternate NTFS streams.
AlternateStreamView: Find hidden alternate NTFS streams.

NirLauncher: System Utilities

AppCrashView: Detailed reports on application crashes.
WinCrashRepor: Same as above only for Windows.
ActoveXHelper: View ActiveX details on your computer.
BatteryInfoView: Shows battery information, for laptops and notebooks.
BlueScreenView: Read what caused blue screen of death.
ShellMenuView: Enable or disable static items in context menus.
ShelExView: Lists details about various different shell extensions.
BluetoothLogView: Read logs on Bluetooth activity.
BluetoothView: Check on the activity of Bluetooth devices near you.
BulkFileChanger: Change file create, access, and modified times.
CleanAfterMe: Cleans system files and registry.
CurrProcess: Show all the currently running process on your PC.
DevManView: Alternative to the standard device manager.
DriverView: Displays all the devices attached to your computer.
FolderChangesView: Monitoring tool for folder/drive changes.
MonitorInfoView: Tool to gather information about monitors.
MUICacheView: Modify and delete MUICache items on Windows.
MultiMonitorTool: Manage and modify multi-monitor setups.
MyEventViewer: Alternative to the Windows event viewer app.
OpenedFilesView: Lists all the opened files on your system.
Password Security Scanner: System wide password analyzing tool.
ProcessActivityView: Show what change process is making to files.
ProcessThreadsView: Show created threads for any given process.
ProduKey: Displays installed Office/Windows keys.
RecentFilesView: Displays a list of recently opened files.
RegFromApp: Creates registry files with changes made by an app.
RegDLLView: Displays a list of registered DLL files.
RegScanner: Find tool for the registry, find value and keys.
RunAsDate: Start applications at a later date, app scheduler.
SearchFilterView: Check on search filters installed on the system.
ServiWin: Displays information on installed drivers and services.
ShellBagsView: Displays the list of saved folder settings in Windows.
ShellMenuNew: Edit the list of New documents in context menus.
SysExporter: Export data saved in lists, tree-views, combos etc.
URLProtocolView: Modify the system URL protocols.
USBDeview: Lists all the USB devices that you used in the past.
USBLogView: Record details about plugged in USB devices.
UserProfilesView: View information of user profiles.
UserAssistView: UserAssist entries decryption and viewer.
WhatIsHang: Get information about programs that freeze.
WhatInStartup: Edit and remove programs from the startup.
WinPrefetchView: Prefetch file viewer, view prefetch files.
WinUpdatesList: Lists all the installed updates and hotfixes.

NirLauncher: Other Utilities

TableTextCompare: Compare tab or comma delimited .csv files.
CSVFileView: Viewer and converter of CSV files.
DotNetResourceExtract: Extract resources from .NET apps.
ExifDataView: Displays the exif data stored in .jpeg images.
HashMyFiles: MD5/SHA1 hash calculator utility.
HtmlDocEdit: Simple and lightweight HTML editor.
IconsExtract: Extract icons and cursos from EXE, OCX, DLL, CPL.
LiveContactsView: View details about your Messenger contacts.
MetarWeather: Decode and display Metar weather reports.
ResourceExtract: Extract resources from executable files.
SkypeLogView: View Skype log files.
WebCamImageSave: Capture and save images with the webcam.
WinFontsView: Display samples of all the installed fonts.

Conclusion:

This massive list of tools are all standalone applications including the NirLauncher itself. They all do their job as advertised, so browse through the list of tools available in NirLauncher and see if there’s something for you. You may also try Cloud System Booster, Argente Utilities, and PC Brother reviewed by us.

NirLauncher: Over 150 System Related Tools And Applications was originally published at I Love Free Software

Ace Media Player: Free Media Player Similar To Window Media Player

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST

Ace Media Player is a free media player for Windows which comes with support for a large number of video and audio formats. It can play practically every format that you can think of, and best part is, it’s very small and lightweight, with only around 5 Megabytes in size. When it comes to features Ace Media Player is very similar to Windows Media Player, which makes it a great free alternative to Microsoft’s Window Media Player.

You may also try Danjukebox, Mcool, and Boom Player reviewed by us.

As you can see from the screenshot above the interface of Ace Media Player is very simple. At the top is the classic menu for opening media file, while down below you can see an extended player controls for adjusting things like framerate, video, and so on. Large empty area in the middle is where the videos or perhaps songs that you want to view or listen are gonna be played. Slightly simpler media player controls can be found down below.

Key Features of this Free Media Player are:

Small, lightweight, and very easy to use, perfect for beginners.
Support several formats like MP4, AVI, MKV, WMV, WAV, SWF, FLV, WMA etc.
Alternative to Windows Media Player, if you’re having problems with it.
Turn off audio in video files or you can even turn off video and listen to the audio.

Viewing videos is very easy with Ace Media Player. Large number of formats that you can open with it, means that you won’t have to use other players, at least not when it comes to format support. Some important features that should be there are missing, like for example support for subtitles isn’t there. If you need translations when watching movies, then you should try AllPlayer reviewed by us.

How to Watch Videos with Ace Media Player?

To open a video file that you want to view, select File >> Open or click on the open icon in the top left corner of the application window. Video should start playing right away as you open it up.

You can use the controls at the top to pause, rewind, change aspect ratio and find out codec information about the video file that you have opened. Position indicator is available in the bottom right corner of the screen for quick jumping to a certain part of the video. By selecting Tools >> Customize, you can select which toolbars are gonna be visible, adjust actions, and some other minor program options.

Do the same thing when you want to play music, and if you want to only hear audio while playing a video file, open File and remove the checkmark next to Video. To remove audio do the same.

Conclusion

Ace Media Player might seem a bit rudimentary, and to an extent it really is, but if you are not a demanding user, then it’s more than enough. It works just fine with both audio and video files. Try it absolutely free.

Ace Media Player: Free Media Player Similar To Window Media Player was originally published at I Love Free Software

4 Free Word Viewer Software For Windows

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 07:00 AM PST

Here, is a list of 4 free Word viewer software for Windows.

Microsoft Word is a feature-rich word processing software, which is being used widely all over the world. You often create and edit documents in Word and save them for later use. However, it’s not necessary that every machine on which you intend to open that document, has Microsoft word installed on it. Also, if you are using an older version of Microsoft Word, you won't be able to open Word documents in latest .DOCX format. A Word Viewer comes handy in these situations since it lets you open and read Word documents in all formats, without having to install the whole Microsoft Word application. Another good advantage of using these Word Viewer applications is that they are very lightweight and don't slow down your computer speed, when in use.

Here, we are going to discuss about 4 such free Word Viewer, which lets you open and view Word documents, when you don't have Microsoft Word or any other word processing software installed on your system.

Microsoft Office Word Viewer:

Microsoft Office Word Viewer is a free software to open, view, copy, and print Word documents, when you don’t have Word installed on your PC. The app has been developed by Microsoft and is available for free on its official website. It provides a user-friendly interface to allow users to easily open and read all kinds of Word documents. However, it’s not a multi-window Viewer. You can open just a single document at a time. The document will be opened in its original layout, clearly displaying all the images inserted in the document.

Microsoft Office Word Viewer supports various Word document formats, including All Word documents (.DOC, .DOCX), XML files, Web Pages, Document Templates, Rich Text Format, and Text Files.

Works With: Windows

Price: Free

Download: Click here to Download Microsoft Office Word Viewer.

Word Reader:

Word Reader is a free Word Viewer application that lets you view Word documents in all formats. It's a handy and lightweight tool, which allows you to open and view Word documents, without prior installation of Microsoft Word. The supported formats include .DOCX (MicroSoft Word 2007-2010 format), .DOC (MicroSoft Word 97-2003 format), .RTF (Rich Text Format), .TXT (Plain Text Format), and .HTML ( Hyper Text Markup Language format). When you open any file in Word Reader, it creates a quick link for it, which you can click to directly open the document, without browsing for it again. It also shows some convert file and PDF document viewing features on its interface, but those are available only with the paid version.

A very good thing about this Word Viewer is that it opens each Word document in separate resizable window, allowing you to compare two or more documents at the same time. Word Reader offers previewing any Word file, WordPad file, or Notepad file in its original layout, but it can't open images in the file. It blackouts the document area which contains images.

Word Reader also provides some other interesting features, like for example, you can zoom the document, increase the font size, search for any text in the document, or even print a hard copy of it. Word reader is currently available in many languages, including English, German, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and French.

Full Review: Click here to read full review.

Works With: Windows

Price: Free

Download: Click here to download Word Reader.

TextMaker Viewer 2010:

TextMaker Viewer 2010 is a free software that allows you to view contents present in most popular word processing formats, including DOC, TXT, RTF, PDF, and HTML. It’s a handy and lightweight tool which supports a wide range of word processing formats for preview. The supported formats includes .docx, .docm Microsoft Word 2007, .doc Microsoft Word 6.0 up to Word 2007, .sxw OpenOffice.org/StarOffice Text, .dotx, .dotm Microsoft Word 2007 templates, .dot Microsoft Word templates 6.0 up to 2007, .txt Text files (DOS, Unicode, Windows, UTF-8), .rtf Rich Text Format, .htm/html HTML documents, .psw Pocket Word (Pocket PC), .pwd Pocket Word (Handheld PC), .tmd TextMaker 6.0 up to 2008, and .odt OpenDocument Text.

TextMaker Viewer provides a minimalistic interface where you can open any Word document either by browsing, or through easy drag and drop method. It lets you open documents in multiple windows, or export any of them to a PDF file. Moreover, you can zoom in or zoom out the document, search for any text within it, turn on horizontal rulers, or anytime switch to full-screen mode. You can also print a document if you want.

With all the amazing features listed above, this free Word Viewer is really useful and you should give it a try.

Works With: Windows

Price: Free

Download: Click here to download TextMaker Viewer 2010.

DocX Viewer:

DocX Viewer is another free Word Viewer that lets you open and view .DOCX files, when you don't have Microsoft Word or any other word processing software on your system. It's a handy and completely portable application which does not need to be installed on your system. You can take it anywhere in your pen drive, to easily read Word documents saved in latest Word document format. This application has been built keeping in mind specially those people who are still using the older version of Microsoft Word, and not able to read latest DOCX files. DocX Viewer allows such users to open and read these DOCX files, and even allows editing the document by letting them paste the document text to their old edition of Microsoft Word.

DocX Viewer is a convenient tool to open and read DOCX documents. It provides a minimalistic interface, which displays Word documents in their original layout. The only drawback it has is that it can not open any Word file, other than .DOCX file.

Full Review: Click here to read full review.

Works With: Windows

Price: Free

Download: Click here to download DocX Viewer.

4 Free Word Viewer Software For Windows was originally published at I Love Free Software

4 Free Instant Messaging Client For Mac

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST

Here, are 4 free instant Messaging client for Mac that support multiple services. If you need an all in one solution which enables you to interact with different instant messaging services then download and try out any of these free software. If you believe that there are better software than the one’s listed below then please let me know in comments at the end of this article.

Adium: Text Chat on All IM Networks

Adium is the most popular instant messaging client for Mac. It supports an amazing amount of chat networks. There are lots of instant messengers for Mac, but for me and quite a bit of people, Adium is simply the best. This free instant messenger for Mac is free, fast, and open source.

This free app is amazingly customizable: you can change the theme, enable transparency, etc. Each part of the application is theme-able separately; this lets you change the way each and every component of the application looks, like buddy list, chat window, etc. These feature enable you to completely change and customize Adium according to your taste. I loved the fact that this app has a minimalistic and a clean interface which just looks amazing.

There are lots of third-party plugins that are available for this free instant messaging client for Mac. This lets you add more features to this amazing application. There is a whole section in the application preferences which is called Xtras Manager. There is an amazing site which is dedicated to Adiun Xtras and has a huge range of third-party plugins. To view this site just follow this link. You will be amazed by the range of the plugins and the customizability of this free instant messaging client for Mac. The screen shot below shows that all kind of plugins are available for this application on the site stated above.

The amount of protocols supported by this app is huge. This includes Xmpp, MobileMe, IRC, FaceBook, Novell Groupwise, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Lotus Sametime, SIP/SIMPLE, Twitter, AIM, MySpaceIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Yahoo! Japan, and Jabber.

The only downside of this application is that it does not offer the option to have video or voice chat. This is a little frustrating but expect for this it is a superb text messenger for Mac OS X.

In simpler words this is a free and highly customizable all-in-one multi protocol messenger for Mac.

Complete Review: Click here
Works with: Mac OS X 10.6.8
Price: Free
Download: Click here

Nimbuzz for Mac: Text Chat + Voice Chat

Nimbuzz is another free instant messaging client for Mac that enables you to connect and interact with popular messenger services like Google Talk, Facebook, MSN, and Yahoo !.
This is a well established IM across all the mobile platforms, from simple feature phones to smart phones (Android app). Nimbuzz has started a move to computer with first its Windows version and now with Nimbuzz for Mac.

The interface of this application is simple and easy to understand. And as always it’s Mac versions looks better than the Windows one. This is a really nice instant messaging client and its better than all other IM for Mac, expect Adium obviously :P . One thing that is a downer is that this app does not have the customizability like Adium. What it lacks in customizability, it gains in features.

This free instant messaging application allows you to send files between the computers. The files are automatically uploaded to its server and a link is sent as text; so there is no need for the messaging protocol that you are using to support file transfer. Nimbuzz for Mac offers the ability to make VoIP calls and also supports Growl. So now you can make low-cost international calls with Nimbuzz directly from you Mac.

Works with: Mac OS X 10.5.5
Price: Free
Download: Click here

Trillian for Mac: Text Chat + Facebook, Twitter Integration

Trillian is another option if you are seeking for a simple and easy to use instant messaging client for Mac. Trillian, like others, had a Windows version since a long time and is now available for Mac OS X. As always, the Mac version looks more refined and pleasing when compared to its Windows counterpart. The look of this application is quite clean and simple.

This application has a nice user interface and this makes it easy to mange your contacts in this free instant messaging client for Mac. One thing that this application does different and is a particular feature of this application is its ability to connect to Facebook and Twitter. In this manner you can see all your news feed and tweets in its simple interface.

Each of these services has a different interface, which is again a good as well as bad thing. Also when any updates happens on your social networks, Trillian will automatically display a pop-up. To access these windows just click on the respective icons located in the status bar. You can see in the screenshot below that how the interface looks of the social network part of this app.

I would say that this add-on to the application is quite useful and ends the cycle of constantly opening up the browser to get the updates. In total this is simple and centralized solution for most of your social networking needs.

If you would like a simple and easy to use messenger for Mac then this is a good alternative to Adium

Works with: Mac OS X 10.6.6
Price: Free
Download: Click here

Instantbird: Text Chat

Instantbird is again an open source muti-protocol instant messenger. With this free application you can connect with different IM service from single and simple interface. This application looks and feels quite basic as compared to all the other instant Messaging client for Mac mentioned in the post above. Also this app gives you the ability to access your Twitter timeline but the interface is fairly basic as seen below. The interface is a just like that of a standard chat windows which is too simple for my taste.

This application supports most of the common instant messaging services which include the following: AOL, Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Yahoo, IRC, ICQ, and XMPP. The application uses the rendering engine of Mozilla to display everything and the libpurple from Pidgin to connect to the all the different network. In total this is a simple and lightweight messaging client that provide you with the ability to connect with different service. So go ahead and install this application if want something which is simple and lightweight.

Works with: Mac OS X 10.6.6
Price: Free
Download: Click here

4 Free Instant Messaging Client For Mac was originally published at I Love Free Software

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