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Find Duplicate Files with Duplicate File Finder

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:30 PM PDT


Duplicate File Finder, as the name of the application suggests it is a free tool which you can use in order to find and delete duplicate files present on your Windows system. People usually don’t have a lot of duplicate files on their computers, but in some situations, you could end up with several copies of the same file, which could end up even costing you money, in extreme cases at least.

Duplicate Finder default window

What we are testing here is the free edition of Duplicate File Finder, which doesn’t have all the functions that the paid version has. For example all the tabs that can be seen on the image above next to the tab Locations, can’t be used in the free edition, which means that in order to enjoy things like advanced filters, file and folder exclusions you’re gonna have upgrade. Even without these options Duplicate File Finder can be very useful, mainly because it has very good duplicate file search engine, which is gonna search for:

  • Files based on their size and signature – the byte by byte search
  • Duplicate files based on name, extensions, dates and more
  • Music duplicates which are very common
  • Even something called non-duplicate unique files

Not checking if you have duplicate files could cause a lot of problems, in the end, if you’re not informed enough, it could even cost you money, not to mention that you’ll have problems with Windows running properly.

Similar software: Anti-Twin, Search My Files, Bytessence.

How to find and delete duplicate files with Duplicate Finder

Some of you are probably now wondering how can someone end up losing money if they’re not checking for duplicate files on a regular basis. Well it could actually happen very easily. Users who aren’t very familiar with the ins and outs of computers, at least the basics, are gonna come across the Windows message that there’s not enough disk space, they might set out to buy a new disk, or the very least take their computer to a PC repair shop which isn’t really necessary.

Duplicate Finder found duplicate files

All that you have to do is click on Add Path under the Location tab, these are the locations where Duplicate File Finder is gonna look for duplicate files. Search options in the upper left portion of the screen also have to be configured, these are the options which were mentioned in the introduction above. When everything is ready, click Start Search and results should come up in a few moments.

Duplicate Finder image preview

Very useful feature of Duplicate File Finder is that with images you have a preview so that you can see if images really are the same, if they really are duplicates before you decide to delete them. Deleting is the last step, mark all the files from the list that Duplicate File Finder found and at the top select Delete Files, or don’t, you can also Move them if that suits you better.

Conclusion

No matter what you decide to do with the files, you can do it, the main thing is that duplicates are located and taken care of. Depending on the size of your hard drive, and depending on how much files you have, it’s highly likely that a duplicate set of files sneaked past you somewhere, download Duplicate File Finder for free and find all duplicates.

Find Duplicate Files with Duplicate File Finder was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Free Job Seeking and Management Software: Gederedem

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT


Gederedem is free seeking job software which can be used to keep a track on the job offers, agenda, meetings, etc. Overall an effective software which helps you to keep a track of all your job search related data. This free software for job seeking purpose can help you to create an id and title making a sheet where you enter all the relevant information regarding the job. Once you start entering the details there will be a sheet in front of you and it becomes convenient for seeking job.

Installing Gederedem

It is a small file and does not take much space. To install this free seeking job software, you need to go here and click on the download button. It hardly takes 2-3 minutes and the software will be ready to use. Once the download process is finished you will get a java file. In order to use it you need to open the file and run it on your computer. If you are interested to try a contact manager for managing all your employers, you can try Chaos Free, Combine & Follow Social and DayViewer.

Interface of Gederedem

Gederedem has a very plain and simple interface. With very few options and only a plain screen, Gederedem brings up a very straightforward program to be used. It is so simple that a person less aware of using computer and programs on it can simply use it.

Using Gederedem

Before starting with the free software for job seeking purpose, the initial step is to create your own unique id. After you have created one and click on the OK button the software opens and you are provided with a blank screen with some headings namely:

  • ID
  • Title
  • Enterprise
  • Publication date
  • Delete

To use this software and keep a track of all the things which you require you need to key in the details in the respective cells. In all the above fields you need to insert the respective details of the job you are creating. In the ID field you can enter the ID no, the title field needs to be filled by the title about the description related to job, the enterprise field has to be filled by the enterprise name. Then in the next field named ”publication date” you need to enter the relevant date for the Job and lastly there is the delete field in case you wish to delete an input. At the top there is only the field and edit option. If you want to exit the software then you need to go in the files menu and to add another job offer you need to go in the edit option.

When you have all these data inserted and saved it makes it easier for you to keep a track of the various activities related to your job search and be an effective reminder for the upcoming saved job related activities. Download Gederedem job seeking software free.

Free Job Seeking and Management Software: Gederedem was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Take Notes on Android by Writing on Android Screen: Handrite Note

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT


Handrite Note is a free Android app to create notes on Android in your own handwriting. This Android note app is a simple app that provides you simple user interface to create notes with advanced options. The app allows you to write with your fingers in your own handwriting. This makes it easy for you to write and save the notes quickly.

The app is designed with a book shelf type interface in which you can save and keep note file. The note files look as if you have really kept all your notes in a book shelf. Drag the book shelf up or down to manage all your note files which you have saved. On top of it, all the notes are saved in the SD card. You can easily browse the notes directly from your SD card itself.

Handrite

Handrite Note app is one of the popular apps in Google Play Store to create notes with ease on Android. You don't need any unique sign-up with the app. Just launch it and get started with it. Tap on the plus (+) button and create a fresh note. The app even brings multiple color pens to customize your handwriting by creating a colorful note. Color pens are best way out when you want to highlight something important while creating notes on your Android phone. You can even multi-select the note files and then manage them all together.

Why I Like The App?

Handrite Note app allows your create notes using your original handwriting on Android. This makes your note taking easier and faster. Also, the intuitive interface of the app makes it even easier to browse notes. Also, all the notes are saved on your SD Card. So less internal space on your Android phone does not matters for the app while creating and saving notes. On top of it, the multiple pens provided by the app makes your notes even better by highlighting content which you know is important.

Also, check out Catch Notes Notepad app for Android.

Features Of Handrite Android Note App:

  • Create unlimited notes on your Android phone.
  • Write notes using your fingers in your original handwriting.
  • Creating notes with Handrite notes Is easier and faster.
  • Book shelf like browsing between different sets of note files.
  • Multiple color pens to write in multiple colors.
    Pen Colors Handrite
  • Adjust the width of pen.
  • Adjust the text size.
  • Enter title and label of the notes which you create.
  • Multi-select notes and then manage them all together.
  • Search any note with their tile name.
  • Sort the list of notes according to the time, last modified time, and by name.
    Handrite Options
  • Simple and easy to use.

Install Handrite Note App:

Hit here to download and install Handrite Note from Google Play Store. You can also scan the QR Code below with a Barcode Scanner app.

Handwrite QR CodeDo use Handrite app and replace hard notes to jot down things when you are in office, or on your way, or when you are at home. The good part of the app is that you can work offline. The app does not require ant internet connection to run on your Android. The app just simply lets you create notes of any type with ease.

Do not miss out the post on Note Everything app for Android reviewed by us. We have also reviewed on email clients for Android.

Take Notes on Android by Writing on Android Screen: Handrite Note was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Backup and Restore Icon Positions on Desktop: DesktopSaver

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT


DesktopSaver is a free software that keeps track of the position of your desktop icons over time and helps to place them back to their previous position.

desktopsaver

You might arrange various icons on the desktop in a particular manner but sometimes this arrangement gets disturbed due to some application crash, resolution change, or by mistake. You can right click on the desktop and choose the "Arrange icons by" option from the context menu to arrange the icons again but this arrangement won't place the icons to the position of your choice. You can manually drag and place the icons back to the desired position; but again it takes time and you won't necessarily remember all the previous positions.

Here comes this useful application which tracks the position of the desktop icons over time, saves the changes in separate profiles and keeps a history for you so that you might restore your previous arrangements whenever you want. Another similar program we reviewed earlier is Icon Restorer.

Reposition Desktop Icons using DesktopSaver:

DesktopSaver is a lightweight application which sits in your system tray as soon as you install it. It tracks the position of different icons on the desktop and provides various context menu options to save these arrangements as desktop profiles and reposition the icons back to their previous locations on desktop.

Also check our reviews on My Cool Desktop to arrange desktop icons in various shapes.

Features of DesktopSaver:

As you right click on the system tray icon of DesktopSaver, you will see various options which you can use to create desktop profiles, choose previous arrangements from history, set a particular arrangement to run at Windows startup, etc. Lets have a look on the important features in detail:

  • Save History: As you launch the application, it tracks the initial setup of all your desktop icons and saves it as "Initial history". Now as you reorder them, move them to a different location on desktop screen, add new icons, or remove any of them, it will keep track of all the changes and add them on top of its context menu list as separate history items.
    desktopsaver history
  • In order to arrange the icons to their previous positions, you just need to select the history item from the list to reposition them back to a certain point of time.
  • Clear history: This option lets you delete all the history items from the list.
  • Create new named profile: DesktopSaver not only saves the positions of different desktop icons at a certain point of time, but also offers you to save any arrangement as a separate desktop profile with a specific name.
    desktopsaver create profile
    Each profile that you create will be added to the context menu list with its name. You can simply click on the name of the profile to arrange the icons as per the profile.
  • Overwrite named profile: You can overwrite a particular named profile with the current setting of your desktop icons.
  • Delete named profile: You can delete a named profile if you don't feel like using it anymore.
  • Set profile to auto-load at startup: If you want your desktop icons to be arranged in a specific manner when you log on to Windows, you can create a named profile for that arrangement and choose the "set profile to auto-load at startup" option from the context menu list to place icons at the desired positions.
  • Options: DesktopSaver provides some other options also like run at startup, disable history, set poll intervals, etc.

desktopsaver options

DesktopSaver is a good software which helps you to reposition icons on your desktop quickly and automatically.

Download DesktopSaver for free.

Backup and Restore Icon Positions on Desktop: DesktopSaver was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Create a Virtual Sandbox Environment for Application Testing: TimeFreeze

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT


TimeFreeze is a free application which you can use in order to protect your Windows system from being infected by files and applications, suspicious files and applications, which are pretty much all the files and applications that you download from file sharing sites or torrents. TimeFreeze is basically a sandbox utility which is gonna create a virtual snapshot of the system and allow you to run potentially dangerous files and apps in that virtual environment, in other words a sandbox.

Time Freeze default window

This free sandbox application is very small, only around 3MB in size and after a short one step installation wizard and a mandatory Windows restart you should be able to run TimeFreeze and see the window which can be seen on the image above. Next to creating a safe virtual environment for application testing, you can also protect and block access to files and folders, which is what the File Locker component of TimeFreeze does, located at the bottom of the main window, see image above. With Time Freeze you can do the following:

  • Create a virtual environment, a sandbox, for testing applications
  • Block access to files and folders – to stop nosy people invading your privacy
  • Prevent system virus spreading in case of infections
  • Tray agent and a floating toolbar for quick access

Sandbox applications are very popular way of how you can prevent your system from being infected and with TimeFreeze the entire system can be used as a sandbox. Using TimeFreeze isn’t complicated, in just a few clicks you can activate a virtual environment where you can run applications carefree, without worrying about infections.

Similar software: Rising PC Doctor, Comodo BOClean, A-Squared.

How to create a virtual sandbox system wide environment and protect files and folders with Time Freeze

The only thing that you have to do in order to start using the virtual environment that TimeFreeze offers would be to click on the Start TimeFreeze button which can be seen on the following image.

Time Freeze setting up sandbox

Make sure that you restart you computer after installation, otherwise you won’t be able to start the TimeFreeze services. Once that you click on Start TimeFreeze button, the sandbox protection should be activated and now every application and file which you run are only gonna be able to interact with the created virtual environment, the created virtual system.

Time Freeze File Locker setup

To use the File Locker, you’re gonna have to open up the folders and files that you don’t want protected and click on the Start File Locker button. After you do that they can’t be accessed or manipulated. They can’t be accessed not only by other users, but viruses as well, which means that virus spreading is protected.

Conclusion

TimeFreeze is a very useful tool which you can use in situations when you’re not sure if files and folders that you have to run are safe or not. Even if an infection is present the only thing that’s gonna get infected is gonna be the sandboxed environment, which is purged each time that the TimeFreeze services are stopped. TimeFreeze is completely free, try it out and see for yourself how useful it can be.

Create a Virtual Sandbox Environment for Application Testing: TimeFreeze was originally published at I Love Free Software

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RSS Bandit: Free RSS Reader For Windows

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT


RSS Bandit is a free RSS reader application for Windows. It is open source, fast, light weight, very capable desktop news aggregator with ability to get RSS, Atom news feeds, and podcasts. The best part is that it integrates with Google Reader, so you can directly pull your feeds from Google Reader and read them in RSS Bandit.

Interface of this RSS reader is like an email client. The interface as shown below is divided into three sections, which make navigating through the application easy. It has been received quiet favorably. Let’s checkout its features and see how it will serve your daily RSS needs.

RSS bandit interface screenshot rss reader

The application is easy to use, and provides the ability to checkout all news feeds from your Windows desktop in an easy to use interface. The feeds area is simple to navigate, so that you can select the source of your choice with ease. When you click upon a feed to read it in more details then a tab will open up showing the whole web page.

In this manner after you are done reading the main article that you selected, just navigate to the feed details tab again and continue reading other news feeds in a similar manner. The feeds are presented as virtual folders which are easy to manage and navigate through.

To checkout more RSS readers for Windows click here.

To checkout more RSS readers for iOS click here.

To checkout more RSS readers for Android click here.

How to install and configure RSS Bandit RSS reader:

There is nothing special about installation of this RSS reader, just keep on clicking next, and it will be over in a while.

Run this RSS reader by double clicking on the desktop icon or launch it from the start menu. You will see the interface as shown in the above screenshot. Every aspect of this software has been created in such a manner that for most of the users it will be really easy to operate. It looks quiet a bit like old version of MS-outlook.

To see whether the software is working in background just check out the system tray for its icon. If its there as shown below then its  working.

RSS bandit system tray icon

This RSS reader comes with some basic RSS feeds pre-subscribed, and the total feeds subscribed are presented in categories as folders in which you will find all your feeds. This makes it really easy to go through the articles of your interest. You can add your new feeds to these folders or create your own folders according to your need.

RSS bandit new feed listing

How to add a New Feed to RSS Bandit:

RSS Bandit comes preloaded with quiet a bit of RSS subscriptions already, which are grouped into various categories. To add a new RSS feed just click on Files -> New Subscription. A wizard will come up, which will guide you through the whole process. Here it will ask you what feed do you want to add and in which folder would you like to keep it in.

RSS bandit add feed

Features of RSS Bandit:

  • You can sync multiple RSS Bandits installations via WebDAV or FTP. So, you can use the RSS Bandit from multiple computers and all of them will be in sync.
  • The software allows you to post comments on RSS feeds, this only working on the sites which allow or support this feature.
  • Ability to import and export subscription, so that you can migrate from one computer to other without any problem.
  • There are simple keyboard shortcuts for the main functions of this RSS reader. Click here to read the list.
  • Download podcasts automatically and listen to then as required.
  • Google Reader integration: You can use your google reader account and link it to RSS Bandit, and read the subscribed feeds from your desktop. The articles that you read here will be marked in your Google Reader, further you can subscribe and unsubscribe directly from within RSS Bandit and the changes will be reflected in Google Reader.
RSS bandit how to sync
  • You can even connect your Facebook accounts to RSS Bandit and use it to read news feeds and comment on status updates etc. The process is same as above, but this time select Facebook and click next.

Verdict:

The software offers most of the features that anyone would like and more, so no problem with that. It is really fast and easy to use. The only thing that I did not like was the fact the interface does looks kind of dated, but again because the interface is light and simple, the software keeps running without any problem and does not hog the memory. So i guess its a fair trade off.

Download RSS Bandit Free.

RSS Bandit: Free RSS Reader For Windows was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Download DX-Ball for PC Free

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 09:30 AM PDT


DX-Ball is a famous and classic breakout game available for PC Download. DX-Ball is mainly about breaking bricks. This game was designed in the 90's, and was a hit for a long time. I still remember playing this game in my childhood and really enjoyed it playing for this review as well.

This game is very simple to download and play. If you want to play a complicated 3D brick game, then read Against the Wall Review.

dx ball

About DX-Ball for PC:

DX-Ball is a legendary breakout game from the 90's. It doesn't have any special controls also; just a mouse is sufficient.

This breakout game is based on the famous "Megaball" for the Amiga, developed by Ed and Al Mackey. You can even check for cheat codes by going through Cheatbook Database.

Every Windows Operating System starting from Windows 95, can support this game. I'm actually writing about this game because I hate it's simplicity. When I go home, my mom and dad keeps playing this game and I don't get any chance for playing other PC Games. They both compete for high scores and this is a never ending competition.

In this breakout game, you have to just move the mouse so that the ball doesn't fall off. The ball keeps bouncing on the paddle and breaks the bricks. While breaking the bricks, you get upgrades. Some of the upgrades are good and some are bad.

dx ball mode

Upgrades:

The upgrades are shown in the above screenshot. The functions of these upgrades are:

  • Expand Paddle: The paddle size expands so that it's easy to bounce the ball back.
  • Thru Brick: This upgrade makes the ball go through the bricks and breaks them on it's way.
  • Set-Off Exploding: This is like a bomb. It explodes all the glowing bricks.
  • Fireball: This upgrade sets your ball on fire.
  • Shooting Paddle: This gives a special power to your paddle. It gives you two guns at both ends of paddle; which can be shot at the bricks to break them.
  • Grab Paddle: Grab paddle is like a gum on your paddle. It doesn't allow the ball to bounce. It catches it and then you have to click to bounce it back.
  • Shrink Paddle: This is a bad power. It just reduces your paddle size. So, stay away from it.
  • Extra life: Normally you get three life's in the beginning. The number of life's can be increased by this. But all the power's will be gone and you have to start fresh.
  • Level Warp: This power makes you jump right into the next level.
  • Zap Bricks: There are some bricks which can't be broken and comes in between while trying to break other ones. This power makes those tough bricks to normal ones.
  • Slow Ball: After you catch some powers, the ball tends to move faster. If you are lucky enough you will get this power to slow down the ball.
  • Multiply Exploding: This turns the bricks surrounding the glowing bricks to glowing bricks. So that when the ball strikes at least one of them, all the bricks explode in chain sequence.
  • Split Ball: This is one more amazing power. The ball splits up into three and the breaking rate is faster now.
  • Kill Paddle: This power ends your paddle life. Never try to catch this one.
  • Shrink Ball: This doesn't make much difference. It just reduces the size of the ball.
  • Fast Ball: This makes the ball to cruise faster. So, better don't take this upgrade.
  • Super Shrink: This reduces your paddle size. It will be tough to make the ball bounce on the paddle with such small area.
  • Falling Bricks: This also doesn't make much difference. After taking this, every time when the ball hits your paddle the bricks start coming down step by step. But up to a certain level only.

The fun part is whatever upgrade you take, your score increases by hundred points. But make sure you don't catch the Kill Paddle because you will loose a chance.

dx ball play

Yes, everyone knows about this game. But a classic is always a classic and it’s worth reliving those memories.

I'm still feeling nostalgic while writing about this game. Are you? Then Download DX-Ball here and start playing friends.

Download DX-Ball for PC Free was originally published at I Love Free Software

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5 Free Software To Create Backup On Another Computer

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT


Here, are 5 free software to create backup on another computer. There are tons of software available to backup your data on the same computer, or even in the cloud. However, backing up data in the same computer is quite risky, as and hard drive error could wipe out everything. And cloud storage has limits on the volume of data which you can store.

One of the best way to backup your complete data is to create backup on some other computer. This ensures that any problem on your main computer does not impacts your backup, and you can store much larger volume of data on your backup computer. Of course, you might not be able to access data anytime anywhere, like you can with cloud storage; but I feel that is alright.

So, let’s check out five of the best free software to create backups remotely.

CrashPlan

CrashPlan
CrashPlan is another free backup service which lets you create backup of all your valuable data on other computer. This free backup service basically lets you create backup on any other computer that you own, any external drive, or to your friend's computer. CrashPlan starts working as soon as you launch it. In addition this free backup service comes with a smart backup system to backup your data. As you are allowed to choose the important files and backup them first, and even comes with a feature to control backup depending on the destination. CrashPlan let's you backup files without any limitation or restrictions on the file size. This free backup service even comes with a capability to automatically update and create the backup of any changes that you make or any new information that you add. Download CrashPlan for free.

Read more about CrashPlan or try it here.

Toolwiz Remote Backup

Toolwiz Remote Backup 2012 default window

Toolwiz remote backup, from the name itself it's very clear that this is a free LAN remote backup software to create backup on other computers within the local network. Apart from data backup and recovery, this free backup software even allows you to easily access your valuable data within a computer that is no more functional. This free remote backup software comes in handy when you have multiple computers on a local network. Toolwiz Remote Backup basically protects all your valuable data from getting lost due to hard drive failure, human error, etc. Try Toolwiz Remote Backup for free.

Read more about Toolwiz Remote Backup or try it here. You may also check out some other free software for full system backup.

Cobian Backup

create backup

Cobian Backup is also a free backup software which allows you to backup all your important files and keep them safe. This free backup software basically makes a copy of all your important file and further allows you to save them to any of your desired location. The backup destination can be a USB drives, a file directory, or network drives. You can also backup to a FTP server. If you are trying to create a backup on some remote computer, then it is best to use “FTP Server” as the backup destination. Of course, in that case, you will need a FTP server to be setup on remote computer, but that can be easily done (check this tutorial). Using Cobian backup when you choose network drive as the backup destination, this software will automatically encrypt your important data before the data is sent to the network drive. This tool even let's you choose the type of the encryption among AES 192, AES 128 or AES 256. So this way, you can create backup of your important data on other computer. Try Cobian Backup for free.

Read more about Cobian Backup or try it here.

FileFort

 FileFort

FileFort is a totally free backup software to create backup of your important data to other computer or to any other external storage device. This free backup software supports storage media like CD, hard drive, FTP location, and network folder. For this software also, it is best to use FTP server as a backup location, and setup FTP server on remote computer as I mentioned for Cobian Backup above. In addition, this easy to use backup software automatically backups your important data at scheduled times. This free backup software basically makes the backup process painles, so you won't face an issue while using this backup software. For backing up all your important data, you need to simply choose the data which you wish to backup, define the backup destination,  now you can schedule this software to automatically backup your data at the scheduled times.

Read more about FileFort or try it here. Also, check out some best free registry backup software.

FileSync

 The backup interface for FileSync.

FileSync is a completely free backup software that let's you create backup on other computers or external hard drives. This user-friendly backup software can be used to transfer any number of files. Source location and destination location for backup can be any drive connected to the computer or networked  to a computer. File Sync can be used to copy data within a computer to another computer,  to easily backup data onto a network drive or folder that is shared, to synchronize multiple systems, etc. FileSync is developed by Void Realms company, who are makers of many other smart programs to help users in many ways. Try FileSync for free.

Read more about FileSync or try it here.

5 Free Software To Create Backup On Another Computer was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Free Screenshot Capture Utility with Automatic Uploading: Grabilla

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT


Grabilla is a free desktop capture and recording utility and a screenshot host which you can use in order to create screenshots, record the desktop, you can even record desktop with sound if you happen to have a microphone connected to your computer while recording and on top of that created screenshots can be automatically uploaded to the Grabilla website.. This free screenshot utility is easy to use, you get the screenshot area indicator and automatic image uploading to Grabilla’s own image hosts.

Grabilla default window

What you see on the image above is the Grabilla’s default interface where you’re gonna be selecting what kind of screenshot exactly you’re interested in making. Application can create three different types of desktop screenshots, all of which can save your image to the computer locally and upload it online automatically. Some of the more interesting features found in this free screenshot utiltiy would be:

  • Fullscreen, application window and adjustable screen area screenshots
  • Automatic upload of images to the Grabbilla website – optional
  • Screenshot size in pixels, height, width, when doing adjustable area screenshot
  • Alternative actions – when screenshot is taken perform something else instead of the default action when a keyboard key is pressed
  • Recording desktop video as well

Be careful when you’re doing screenshots because if you use default settings of Grabilla and if you take a screenshot it’s gonna be automatically uploaded to the web, which could be a problem is you’ve taken a screenshot of something personal. Turn off automatic uploads in the settings and have your images and videos saved locally only.

How to create screenshots and record videos with Grabilla

When you start Grabilla you’re gonna be able to create screenshots right away, there should be the classic plus sign mouse pointer which if you left click somewhere on the desktop you’re gonna be able to determine the size of the screenshot that you want to make.

Grabilla image uploaded

If you left the option activated, image is gonna be uploaded to the Grabilla website automatically, and it’s gonna open up in the browser with links for you to share. Same thing is gonna happen if you save an application window or the entire desktop. To save an image only locally, you’re gonna have to open up settings by clicking on gears icon and selecting to only save to file, without online uploads. You can set online uploads as an alternative action, so that when you hold down Alt and create a screenshot it’s gonna be uploaded and when you don’t hold it, it won’t.

Grabilla recording video

If you want to record video, on the main Grabilla window put a check mark next to Video Mode and select an area that you would like to record. Window will pop out where you’ll need to select the video quality after which recording will begin.

Conclusion

Grabilla is a very useful application and a service which is gonna take your screenshot and upload it online automatically, you just have to pickup the links and share it with the people for whom the screenshot was intended. Everything worked fine, both application and screenshot hosting are free, try it and see how useful they are.

Free Screenshot Capture Utility with Automatic Uploading: Grabilla was originally published at I Love Free Software

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Free Folder Space Calculator to Analyze Disk Space Used: DirSpace

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT


DirSpace is an effective, free folder space calculator that scans a selected disk and provides information about the total disk space used and the amount of files present in it. The tool is available for free and promises to perform pretty well as compared to the other similar paid software. This free hard disk space manager is very helpful for the people who face disc related problems resulting of which their systems slow down. Through this, you can spot the application or files that are huge in space and are making your system slow. Therefore with the features this free folder space calculator comes with make it a handy tool to help people out solve all their storage problems.

Installation Of DirSpace

The installation of this free hard disk space manager is simple and finishes within minutes. In order to download the file you need to go here and click on the download button. Doing so would download an .exe file on your system. Further, you would be required to click on the  .exe file and the installation process will start. If you are interested to try some free disk space manager, you can try DiskBoss, Folder Size and Q-Dir.

Interface of DirSpace

The interface of this free folder space calculator is similar to any windows scan software and is very user friendly. It has very few options and all the actions completed will be visible on the main window of the software.

Using this folder space calculator

Using the free folder space calculator is very easy and anyone who is comfortable with computer applications would not have any difficulties. DirSpace has a utilitarian window that helps you select a disk or folder that you want to scan. The results will provide you the size, name and all the information about the folder. It has limited options but is very useful for scanning drives at a faster pace. Moreover the presentation is very simple and you can sort the results very easily. Once you sort the results according to your choice you can export them in any format of your choice. Using this software you can also flag folders easily. In its results DirSpace shows the file size in both bytes and megabytes. You can find all the monster files without much hassle and by following a simple process using this free hard disk space manager.

At the top you will see a root directory option where you can enter the drive name or the folder name that you want to scan. Then at the right side you will see a scan tab, click on it and the software will start scanning the selected drives. You don't need to make any changes in the software so you won't find any options or settings tab. Once the results are shown in the screen you can select the files from the column and open them in windows explorer. DirSpace doesn’t help you to delete any file but you can use this for having a look at the files that are wasting the system space.

Free Folder Space Calculator to Analyze Disk Space Used: DirSpace was originally published at I Love Free Software

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