Category: Windows 7

The pictures you snap with your digital camera are high resolution pictures – very fine in detail and quality, but very large in file size. You cannot transfer such large files on the Internet easily, therefore it is the usual practice to reduce the image file size before sharing them online. The RIOT (radical image optimization tool) is a free software that can help you easily reduce the file size of your pictures. It supports JPG, PNG and GIF image types.

The HTML5 is the next version of the HTML markup language and it supports the playing of videos without requiring any external plugins like Adobe Flash or Microsoft Media Player etc. If you also want to take the advantage of the new HTML5 video standard, and share your videos in the HTML5 video format then first thing you have to do is convert your videos in this format. You can use the freeware Easy HTML5 Video to easily convert any of your videos into the HTML5 format.

I turn on my computer early in the morning and let it run all through the day. I usually have no idea about how much or how long I use my PC everyday. If you are also like me, then a free software called PC On Off Time can tell you exactly how long you use your PC daily. It can also show when you rebooted due to an unexpected shutdown and if the PC was in standby mode.

Usually you have to click on an inactive window and bring it to the focus before you can do mouse scrolling with your mouse wheel. But thanks to the freeware WizMouse, now you can scroll a window without bringing it into focus first. When WizMouse is running, your mouse wheel input is sent to a window which is under the mouse cursor – no matter whether it is inactive or in foreground.

If you are watching videos online or listening to the music while at work and your employer catches you red handed, then you may end up losing your job. What if you could instantly close all the web browsers and media players, as soon as you see your boss coming around in your direction? That could save your embarrassment and sacking. Good news is that this is possible. You can create a batch script to close all the popular browsers and media players at the click of a button.

When it comes to video editing, the first thing that we all think that it requires costly software and heavy duty hardware. But contrary to the popular belief video editing can done on any regular PC using a free video editor called Machete Lite. It is a video editor that lets you trim, cut, crop, delete, join and extract video files. It supports the AVI and WMV video containers and can make use of any installed video codecs like DivX or XVid etc.

If you always wanted to find the angle at which a road turns in your city, then you need Google maps and MB-Ruler. MB-Ruler is a freeware for Windows which lets you measure distances and angles on your screen. It is like having a virtual ruler and protractor on your computer screen. It also comes with a coordinate system using which you can find the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates for any point on your screen.

Inkjet printers are cheaper compared to the laserjet ones, but the replacement cartridges are not so cheap. Sometimes the printer cost is same as the replacement ink cartridge cost. For example, my Canon PIXMA printer came in about $100, but the cartridges together cost about the same amount. Sometimes I wonder why not buy a new printer instead of cartridges. When the ink is so costly, it is only natural that we want to save the printer ink used per print and make it last longer.

Nullsoft Winamp has stayed the most popular audio player for Windows users since the late 1990s. The reason for its popularity is its unique interface and ability to play all sorts of audio files, video files and online streams. You can bookmark online radio stations in Winamp if you listen to them frequently. But there is no option to backup the bookmarks in Winamp. But backing up the Winamp bookmarks is very easy.

Many programs offer them to react differently when you run them with different parameters. For example, Firefox (firefox.exe) opens up the profile manager if you use the parameter -ProfileManager to run it. Usually, you have to use either the command prompt window or the Windows Run dialog to run a program with parameters. But with the help of free RunWithParameters program, you can run any program with parameters by just a single click.