Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Restore accidentally deleted files

Gosh! Did you accidentally delete files from your computer? Or maybe it was deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses ? Did you by any chance empty the recycle bin ? No worries! All these files can be recovered by a freeware data recovery program called Recuva , pronounced ‘recover’ You can download it from here -http://www.recuva.com/ . The program can also be used to recover other files that have been deleted by mistake from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players.Runs on Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98.Now is this not cool?
Another very important feature of this software is that it has a secure deletion option that allows you to permanently delete files that were found during the scan, so that future recoveries are not possible.

You definitely do need this freeware!




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Monday, May 25, 2009

Smart Installer Pack

Bought a new computer? Or maybe just formatted your computer? Cool .Now you have to download or reinstall all your fav applications ! Well, it is indeed tiresome to hunt all over the net for your applications. No worries! I came across a free software pack which contains all the necessary applications bundled in one package. You can download them all at one shot and after that you can install then one by one. Above all it’s totally free! It's easy to use and the installer comes in a convenient executable file.

You can decide what software to install.

The following softwares are included in the pack:

Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Widgets, Skype, Google Earth, Winamp, Firefox, Bittorent, Gmail Notifier, Rocket Dock, Codecs Pack, Adobe Flash Player,Apple QuickTime, SunJava, Adobe Reader, WinRar, Open Office, Daemon Tools, ThunderBird, Gimp, Picasa, Avira Antivirus, Google Chrome, CCleaner and KmPlayer.

Well..awesome.Save time, just download this Smart Installer Pack and click on the preferred icons !You're done! That's it!

You can download the pack from here -

http://www.smartinstallerpack.com/


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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

View Two Word Documents Side By Side - Word 2003

Do you have a couple of rather similar word documents that you need to compare? Microsoft Word 2003 comes with a built-in document comparison tool where you can view and edit two documents side-by-side.
1. Open both the documents that you want to compare in Microsoft Word 2003.
2. Select Window > Compare Side by Side With.


3. If you have both the two documents open, the menu item will mention both the document’s file name. If not, a dialog box will appear and allows you to choose the documents to compare.

4. Now both the document will appear side by side.

5. When you scroll down one document, the other document will scroll down as well.




4. A Compare Side floating tool bar will appear. If you want one document to scroll while the other doen not scroll, click the left button (it looks like two documents side-by-side)

5. View or edit your document .When done, click Close Side by Side.

Wasn't this cool?No more messy editing or viewing two similar word documents!


Copyright © 2009 Laila Rajaratnam. All Rights Reserved

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Transfer pictures from iPod or iPhone to PC

Do you want to transfer your photos from your ipod or iphone to your PC? No worries!
This free ware program Pod Photo Transfer 2.1 (http://www.podphototransfer.com/)does the job for you!It is free image recovery image software that lets you easily transfer pictures from any iPod or iPhone back to your computer.

Pod Photo Transfer 2.0 supports all iPods and iPhones

The iPod export button transfers all images to your computer while keeping them organized in photo albums.You can easily preview pictures on any iPod or iPhone before saving it to your computer.It can also recover the dates that images were taken and use these for automatically generated file names.

This Pod Photo Transfer 2.1 is guaranteed to recover the highest resolution images from any iPod or iPhone to your PC!

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Transfer music or videos from IPod / IPhone to PC

Want to transfer your music videos and playlists from your iPod or iPhone to your PC without messing iTunes? Well, a new software has been published which makes this job so very, very easy!You can download the songs straight to your PC and then import it to itunes!

Download the software Pod to PC and install it in your computer, they have versions for windows and Mac.

To get your songs and videos off your iPod or iPhone to PC :

  • Open Pod to PC.
  • You will get a warning not to have iTunes running at the same time as Pod to PC.
  • Next the main screen appears , which lists the playlists on your phone.
  • A gold star by a song specifies that you do not have the song in iTunes. while a blue check mark means that you already have it.
  • You also have another tab that allows video previews of any unprotected videos.
  • Check the boxes next to the songs you need to transfer and click Transfer.
  • Your songs are saved to the desk top.

This screen shot is taken from the Pod to PC software site.



Next, close Pod to PC.

  • Open iTunes.
  • Go to File, select Library, then Import Playlist.
  • Open the playlist.
  • ITunes will add the new songs to the library. And they'll show up in the main library.
Check out IPod / IPhone to PC Music Transfer too.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Amazon's free 770 MP3 songs!

The Amazon’s MP3 store which offers DRM-free music downloads compatible with PCs, portable players, cell phones and GPS devices is offering 770 MP3 songs which you can download for free.

First you have to install the Amazon MP3 Downloader application, which, also automatically adds the new tracks to your iTunes or Windows Media Player library.

As for the freebies, you will find singles from known artists as well as many from unknown artists too.

Do keep visiting Amazon’s store daily to check out the Daily Deal. They sometimes have a complete album for just about $2 to $4. Like for instance ,last month, Amazon had U2’s ‘No line on the horizon’ which is their new album for $3.99.

To access their store you have to be a registered member, but then that’s no big deal as their registration is free. You can also subscribe to Amazon's Twitter feed to keep track of their daily deals.

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