Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Interesting Internet Finds June 26, 2011
In the course of going through the more than 200 news feeds in my Google Reader, I often run across things that I think might be of interest to other user group members.
The following are some items I found interesting in my Google Reader feeds during the week ending June 24, 2011.
How To Change The Default Picture Save Location In Microsoft Word
Use Windows 7 and MSWord 2010? If so, this should be of help.
How To Protect Your Files From Prying Eyes On Dropbox | PCMech
If you want a little more security in Dropbox, without fooling with encryption apps, this might work well for you.
How to Revive a Dead Laptop Battery | PCMech
If you have a completely dead laptop battery, this might just be worth a shot.
Get More From Your Kindle: Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Free Books - How-To Geek
Have a Kindle? If so, be sure to read this.
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The above are only some of the things that might be of interest to other user group members in the past week.
If you would like to see more, you can get access to them on my delicious bookmarks page: http://www.delicious.com/sefc.ug.
If you use delicious.com also, join my network, so you can see what I have saved, and I can see what you have saved.
The following are some items I found interesting in my Google Reader feeds during the week ending June 24, 2011.
How To Change The Default Picture Save Location In Microsoft Word
Use Windows 7 and MSWord 2010? If so, this should be of help.
How To Protect Your Files From Prying Eyes On Dropbox | PCMech
If you want a little more security in Dropbox, without fooling with encryption apps, this might work well for you.
How to Revive a Dead Laptop Battery | PCMech
If you have a completely dead laptop battery, this might just be worth a shot.
Get More From Your Kindle: Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Free Books - How-To Geek
Have a Kindle? If so, be sure to read this.
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The above are only some of the things that might be of interest to other user group members in the past week.
If you would like to see more, you can get access to them on my delicious bookmarks page: http://www.delicious.com/sefc.ug.
If you use delicious.com also, join my network, so you can see what I have saved, and I can see what you have saved.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Did Add or Remove Programs Disappear? | Windows 7 Tutorials
via 7tutorials.com
Have you moved up to Windows 7 and now are looking for the Add/Remove Programs applet?
If so, click on the link above and read the article. Learn about the other options also.
It took me a while to figure this out on my own, when I got my Windows 7 PC, but this detailed explanation makes it really easy.
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Did this help you? If so, check out http://www.7tutorials.com for like items, and let me know what you think.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Use Binder Clips to Mend Broken Keyboard Feet | Apartment Therapy Unplggd
via unplggd.com
This is not really a freeware issue, but is low cost.
I know that I will be using this DIY (do it yourself) tip, as those little keyboard feet are constantly breaking off. This happens primarily at work, so the material is readily available.
Just click on the link above to read the full article to find out how to do this.
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Is this something that was helpful? If so, let me know and subscribe to their feed for more useful information.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Breaker Notifies You When It Is Time To Take Break While Working
Do you forget to take a break when using your PC? If so, try this piece of software out.
Click the link above to read the whole article.
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Do you use some other kind of timer system to remind you to take a break. If so, drop a comment and let me know about it.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
How to Set the Default Zoom Level in ANY Web Browser
via friedbeef.com
Something I have not thought about, but computer user group members, and many other browser users, should find of interest.
Great tips! Click the link above to read the article.
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Do you use default zoom settings in your browser? If so why?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
How To Repair Scratched and Damaged Photographs or Scans - How-To Geek
via howtogeek.com
Useful tips from howtogeek.com for repairing damaged photos or scans using Photoshop, GIMP, and Paint.net.
If you use any of these applications check it out.
Click on the link above to read the whole article.
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Try these tips out and let me know if they helped you.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Best Free Online Applications and Services
Two pages of free online applications and services from one of my favorite free software resources. Some have reviews, some not. As they are all online, they should be available regardless of operating system.
You should be able to find something of use to you amongst all of this.
Just click the link above to read the whole thing.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Opera Browser Setup for Slow Connections
The main topic at the April 28, 2011 Freeware SIG session was inspired by a posting on Lifehacker.com, as the internet connection where we meet is usually very slow.
As usual, the session started off with a short slide show presentation of the main topic, and then we branched off into other items of interest to those in attendance.
As usual, the session started off with a short slide show presentation of the main topic, and then we branched off into other items of interest to those in attendance.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Allow your data to be moved with Delicious
Delicious is moving to a new home
Yahoo! is excited to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, they have firsthand experience enabling millions of users to share their experiences with the world. Delicious will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS.
To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS.
Reasons to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks
As soon as you let Yahoo! move your Delicious account, you will:
- Enjoy uninterrupted use of Delicious.
- Keep your Delicious account and all your bookmarks.
- Keep the same look and feel of Delicious as you have today, and enjoy future innovations for the product.
It's easy to have Yahoo! move your account to AVOS. When you do, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.
What happens if you do not move your bookmarks?
- Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011.
- After that, you will no longer be able to use your existing Delicious account and will not have access to your existing bookmarks or account information.
I just went to sign in to my Delicious.com and got the message above.
As some of you know, I frequently bookmark items of interest to computer user groups at: http://www.delicious.com/sefc.ug/usergroup.
I have decided to go ahead and transition to the new AVOS, to keep things going.
Do you use Delicious.com? If so, what do you think of all this?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
How To Find Creative Commons Content With Google
via makeuseof.com
Don't plagiarize use Creative Commons content. Click on the via makeuseof.com link and read the article to see how easy it is to find content you can legally use for your blog, website, or whatever.
Do you currently use Creative Commons content? If not, why not?
Monday, April 25, 2011
NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers - Yahoo! News
via news.yahoo.com
I secure my wi-fi router, and this article reinforces the reasons why you should too.
Do you secure your wi-fi router? If not, why not?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Important Warning: Be Careful Downloading Open Source Apps via Search - How-To Geek
via howtogeek.com
If you download open source software, make sure you read this whole article -- just click the link above-- and be careful what you are doing.
Found via the How-To Geek blog.
Monday, April 11, 2011
March 24, 2011 Freeware SIG Session
There was no PowerPoint presentation for this session, nor was there a handout. This post will have all the links referenced during the session.
The session was opened by informing all that IE (Internet Explorer) 9 and Firefox 4 (both full and portable versions) were released during the week. Also advised that IE 9 does not work on MSWindows systems lower than Vista, so if XP is being used you will have to stick with IE 8, but make sure to keep updated.
The main portion of the session for the evening dealt with some freeware for working with text.
The three shown were:
The session was opened by informing all that IE (Internet Explorer) 9 and Firefox 4 (both full and portable versions) were released during the week. Also advised that IE 9 does not work on MSWindows systems lower than Vista, so if XP is being used you will have to stick with IE 8, but make sure to keep updated.
The main portion of the session for the evening dealt with some freeware for working with text.
The three shown were:
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Press Release: Get Access to Texts Copied Earlier to Clipboard by Pressing the Idle Caps Lock Key
When you press the Caps Lock key, you will see a menu of saved texts. Select a text with the keyboard or with your mouse and it will be pasted to the current application. You can add up to twenty permanent predefined text clips (or "Stickies") to this menu. Clipboard History offers also advanced features like text filtering and fixing of multiline browser links.
Along with Clipboard History, Outertech has updated all its current applications.
Linkman 8.0 (short for Link Manager) is a bookmark manager designed to handle large numbers of links. Let's face it - browser bookmark systems were designed with the casual internet user in mind. But for some of us, links and bookmarks are part of our daily work lives. Things get pretty unwieldy with thousands (and for some folks, even ten thousands!) of bookmarks. Linkman integrates with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Opera, and supports bookmark synchronization between browsers and among computers.
Cacheman 7.10 (short for Cache Manager) is a Windows performance optimization tool. The computer cache is a special high-speed storage method. Requested data can be retrieved faster from a local cache than from its original location. Cacheman tweaks cache components for a faster computer. You can use Auto-Optimize to get the best tweaks for all cache parameters. Cacheman also allows you to reduce lag in computer games, by giving more power to the chosen game, and less to the background programs that would otherwise slow it down.
System requirements for all apps: Windows XP, Vista or 7, 32 or 64bit.
Links:
Clipboard History page: http://www.outertech.com/clipboard-history
Linkman page: http://www.outertech.com/bookmark-manager
Cacheman page: http://www.outertech.com/faster-computer
Download page: http://www.outertech.com/en/download
Screenshot gallery: http://www.outertech.com/en/screenshot-gallery
Company page: http://www.outertech.com/Company:
Incorporated in 1999, Outertech is a software development company based in Coburg, Germany. Our mission statement: "To make computers more stable, more useful, faster, and easier to use." Outertech's lead product is Cacheman (short for Cache Manager), an award-winning Microsoft Windows performance optimization program initially developed in 1996 as the very first Windows optimization software ever. Cacheman is currently available as version 7 for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Linkman (short for Link Manager) is another major Outertech project, an outstanding bookmark manager that integrates with the Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Opera browsers. Initially released in 1997, Linkman's XML databases have been praised for 14 years of bookmark data security. Version 8 was released in March 2011.Contacts:
Thomas Reimann
E-mail: distribution@outertech.com
Phone: +49(0)9561 9762733
Fax: +49(0)9561 6756257
Have not personally checked this software out, but I thought it might be of interest.
I have seen this on ZDNet, CNet, and other reputable download sites for freeware.
If you have used this, let me know what you think of it.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Print to PDF or Image on Windows
via cybernetnews.com
I have talked about the Bullzip PDF Printer a few times at the BRCS Freeware SIG, and have it installed on my Vista notebook.
This cybernetnews.com post details quite a few options that I have not yet used, and did not even know were available. I will have to check into these other options. I normally just use it when I don't have a printer hooked up to the notebook, which is most of the time.
If you need a good PDF printing utility, I recommend this.
Check it out and let me know what you think. Either comment on this post, or get with me at the BRCS Freeware SIG session.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
How to Secure and Encrypt Your Web Browsing on Public Networks (with Hamachi and Privoxy)
via lifehacker.com
Another informative post from Adam Pash at Lifehacker.
A free way to keep yourself secure using public wi-fi.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know
via howtogeek.com
With the release of IE9, this should be required reading for MSWindows computer user groups.
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