Category: Windows 8

Although the optical media (CD/DVD) is very handy for long term storage of your files but once the disk surface gets a little scratched, it becomes harder to read data from it. If you try to copy files from such a scratched or damaged disk, then Windows just keeps trying to read data from the unreadable sector of the optical disk and hangs the whole file copying process. But if you use a special software called Unstoppable Copier, then you can copy all the readable files from your disk without any problems.

If you want to print many files on your printer, then you have to print them one by one. You give the command to print one document, wait for the printer to process it and then you can print the next document. This can take a very long time especially if you have an inkjet printer. But if you use a free software called Print Conductor then you can save your valuable time and print all the documents in one go – without having to open them or waiting for the files to be printed.

Sometimes we take pictures of moving persons or objects and they come out as blurred or out-of-focus. Pictures can also become blurry because of unsteady hand while holding the camera. Usually the photographers tell you that there is nothing they can do for blurry images. But SmartDeblur can improve and fix the blurred or noisy images for you. It can remove many different types of blurs like Gaussian blur, complex motion blur and out-of-focus blur.

Pictures taken with digital cameras are often very large in size and dimensions. If you start to resize them one by one, then it can take many hours. But if you use the free Fotosizer software then all your photos can be resized in one go at the click of a button. Fotosizer is a free application for Windows that allows you to batch resize pictures, apply simple effects to them, rotate the pictures and more.

There are many tools available on the internet that allow you to create the disk images for the CD/DVD disks. For example, you can use the ImgBurn tool for creating ISO disk images for optical disks. Similarly, if you want to create the disk images for the USB mass storage devices (like USB keys, MP3 players etc.), then you can use the free USB Image Tool.

The PC manufacturers often push free or trial software in brand new computers. This is why, when you buy a new notebook or PC, it comes packed with all kinds of bloatware (also called crapware) that you never really use – like trial versions of antivirus products and OEM utilities. You can manually remove them one by one, but you may miss a few of them. A free program called Decrap can help you remove such unwanted bloatware from your new PC.

Most of the digital photo cameras today save pictures in very high resolution formats. The high resolution pictures contain more data, have better quality and give great print results. But there is only one problem with high-res pictures – they are very large in filesize. Such huge pictures take a longer time to be uploaded on the internet and consequently it is not so easy to share them with friends. You can make use of the free Caesium software to reduce the file sizes of your pictures.

Microsoft Office comes preloaded with various types of useful add-ons. In addition, some of the add-ons are installed by third party software to add more features or functionalities in Microsoft Office. But loading so many add-ons can make Office to act sluggish at times. To load Office faster, you can disable the add-ons that you do not use so frequently. If you want to quickly toggle on or off these add-ons, then you can make use of the free EnableDisable for Office software.

If you have taken the pictures of some special occasion like birthday party, wedding anniversary, graduation celebration or some other kind of event, then you can convert them into a movie using the free software called PhotoToFilm. You can use this software to create a video in which all your pictures are displayed one after another and a background music is played.

IDPhotoStudio is a simple to use photo duplicator and printer. Although it is advertised as a passport or identity card photo duplicator, but it can be used for duplicating all different kinds of pictures. For example, you can print a number of postage stamps or tickets to your concert on a single paper sheet by using this nifty software.