Category: Windows 7

When it comes to editing pictures and removing background from images, the first thing that comes to mind is Adobe Photoshop. But not everyone has this costly piece of software. There are some alternatives like Gimp, but not everyone is comfortable working with these complex programs. If you want to remove the background from images, then you can do so easily using the free online service called ClippingMagic in just three steps.

When someone says mixed tape, it takes me back to 90s when these kind of tapes were very popular. People spent hours recording songs on their tape recorder from sources like radio or other cassette tapes and put a lot of effort in the mixed tapes. Although mixed tapes are no longer that much popular, but these days you can create a mixed tape in a few clicks on your computer. All you need is a collection of MP3 songs, a blank CD and the Random MixTape Maker software.

Many of the websites offer you to download forms, brochures and booklets in the PDF formats. But the problem is that most of us cannot edit PDF files as the PDF editor programs are very expensive. What we can do is convert the PDF files into editable Doc or Docx files and then edit them using Microsoft Word or Libre Office. The freeware program PDFMate PDF Converter allows you to convert PDF files into many formats including Doc, Docx, HTML, text, SWF, Epub and more.

If you contact the customer support for some software, the first thing they ask is what kind of computer you are running, your installed Windows version, your system memory etc. All this information is hidden in deeply buried settings in the Control Panel. But now you can use the portable freeware application called System Spec to view your system information at the click of a button.

Many of the popular editors like Notepad++, LibreOffice and Microsoft Word all have a feature to change the text case if required. But you do not always use these tools to edit documents. What if you are using Windows Notepad and want to change the case of a sentence or word? In that case, a freeware program called Case Changer may come handy. It can change the case of text to uppercase, lowercase, sentence case and toggle case.

Recently I had to fill up an online form and one of the requirements was to upload my picture of 300px by 400px dimensions. How could I measure the picture inside my computer with that much accuracy? So I found out a free tool called Ruler for Windows. Using this tool, you can measure anything that appears on your screen in terms of pixels without any difficulty.

Earlier this year many Java related vulnerabilities were discovered by security researchers. Some of them were so severe that many security companies like avast!, ESET, Trend Micro etc., advised everyone to either completely uninstall Java from Windows or disable it from their web browsers. A better and more secure way to run Java based apps is to use the portable Java called jPortable. This way you do not have to install anything on your system and you run Java only when required.

The files that you have deleted using Windows delete function can be easily recovered using various freely available tools, unless you securely delete them using a tool like Blank and Secure. It is a freeware utility that can be used to wipe out the free disk space on your hard disk as well as delete the files securely. It can overwrite the contents of the files multiple times so that nobody can recover them even with the help of the recovery tools.

After watching movies like the Harry Potter series, I often dream about having a magic wand using which I can make my spoon stir my coffee or tea on its own. But magic is only seen in movies and books, so the closest I could come to the wand is Ghost Mouse. It is a freeware software using which you can record and play your keystrokes and mouse clicks. When you play the recorded events, it appears like things are happening magically.

When you want to work in the late hours without getting sleepy, you drink coffee. The caffeine inside the coffee (or tea) keeps you awake, alert and prevents you from sleeping. How about you give a little bit of caffeine to your computer too, to prevent it from dozing off. Yes, a freeware program called Caffeine can prevent your PC from sleeping, shutting down or hibernating. It keeps PC awake by generating random keypress events, making Windows think that your PC is not idle.