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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/11/2012 3:03:02 PM EDT
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Any sort of LiveCD program is badass.
http://hammerheadcombatsystems.org/2012/02/27/using-a-live-cd-operating-system/ |
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Posted: 7/22/2012 5:17:58 PM EDT
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This is one of my favorite Windows programs. Makes life on Windows just a little bit easier
 https://code.google.com/p/altdrag/ Just hold down the alt key and left click anywhere in a window to move the window, or right click near the edges to resize. So if you right click at the to or bottom towards the middle, you'll be able to drag and resize vertically. Same on the left or right sides to resize horizontally. Click near the corner to resize diagonally. It's a shame this functionality isn't built into the window manager, as it should be. |
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Posted: 8/27/2012 2:32:50 PM EDT
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IL, USA
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Posted: 11/25/2012 7:56:14 PM EDT
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Lots'o'links here. I appreciate the post Jim!
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Posted: 11/25/2012 10:19:40 PM EDT
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The original post is a little (okay, a lot) stale at this point...but many of the programs are still useful and/or still developed.
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Posted: 11/28/2012 11:56:25 AM EDT
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Glad I visited this sub forum. I had forgotten about OpenOffice...loaded on kid's laptop and notepad.
No freeloading so here is my contribution http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html Yeah, I know most systems come with MovieMaker, but the versions I have seen are all over the board. Some you can take snap shots, some you can't. No free plugins either. You can add [free] plugins to NCH. I have one for RGB adjustment. Email me if you want the plugin as I cannot find link. |
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Posted: 11/29/2012 2:18:50 AM EDT
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OpenOffice is good, but it has since forked, the modern equivalent is http://www.libreoffice.org/ .
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Posted: 11/29/2012 11:14:41 AM EDT
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Thanks.
Yes, I just discovered this after looking more into it. I installed Ubuntu last on my kids problem child laptop (Vista) and wow. I am impressed. Still testing it out. Might make the switch on my one system. |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:37:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
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Great software.
Might be nice if it were to update, since I couldn't run some of the programs due to the 64 bit system on Windows 7. Thanks KS for your help in providing the thread! |
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Posted: 7/9/2013 10:29:34 PM EDT
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What's the word on anti-virus here in 2013? McKafee is about to run out.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 7/10/2013 8:46:49 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By vern23: What's the word on anti-virus here in 2013? McKafee is about to run out. Microsoft Security Essentials, its pretty good and its free. Make sure when you remove McAfee you run the removal tool afterwards, McAfee likes to leave bits of itself behind. http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe |
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Posted: 7/10/2013 8:52:30 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By vern23:
What's the word on anti-virus here in 2013? McKafee is about to run out. Avast free |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2013 9:01:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Angry-American:
Microsoft Security Essentials, its pretty good and its free. Make sure when you remove McAfee you run the removal tool afterwards, McAfee likes to leave bits of itself behind. http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Angry-American:
Originally Posted By vern23:
What's the word on anti-virus here in 2013? McKafee is about to run out. Microsoft Security Essentials, its pretty good and its free. Make sure when you remove McAfee you run the removal tool afterwards, McAfee likes to leave bits of itself behind. http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe +1. MSE has been the best. it has caught things that AVG never saw. |
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Posted: 1/7/2014 3:28:35 AM EDT
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Any windows 8 programs?
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CA, USA
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Posted: 2/17/2014 11:28:53 PM EDT
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nicely done!
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Posted: 4/7/2015 7:38:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sharky30: since M$ didn't put native support in Windows 7 for having different wallpapers on different monitors http://dualmonitortool.sourceforge.net/download.html it looks to be pretty basic, but it worked great for setting 2 separate wallpapers I use it to get tool bars on both monitors. Lately I use the hell out of Bulk Image Resize Manager and PDF Split & Merge 2.24. |
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Posted: 9/10/2015 4:06:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryGreat tool |
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Posted: 10/29/2015 3:55:47 PM EDT
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Move Mouse
Jiggles the mouse or send a keystroke every 30 seconds as a keep-alive. Easily configurable. Great for keeping my MS Lync session from showing me as inactive  |
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Posted: 2/28/2020 3:42:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/3/2021 9:01:49 PM EDT
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I was surprised to not see Notepad++ on the list. It's an amazing text/hex editor. You can donate but they don't nag you.
I'm not sure how many of those are still around, but on every new system I build, it gets these as must-haves:
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MN, USA
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Posted: 11/26/2021 12:48:01 PM EDT
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Gimp is still the best Photoshop replacement
Audacity for all things audio Handbrake for video conversion Virtualbox for VMs Netbeans or visualcode for programming Mysql and postgres are free databases that are ANSI SQL |
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USA
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Posted: 2/16/2022 8:50:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SteelonSteel]
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[good info!
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USA
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Posted: 4/2/2022 7:56:58 PM EDT
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Nice to see that you all know your stuff -
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Posted: 1/4/2023 11:01:31 AM EDT
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I will add to this list, most probably already know, but you can use the chrome os recovery tool and turn an old laptop into a chrome book. It works really well and will work with almost any old laptop.
The only downside is no playstore access but for Google docs, browser, etc it does a great job of getting some use out of an old laptop. |
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Posted: 1/4/2023 7:17:01 PM EDT
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Sometimes I found finding safe versions of the opensource s/w can be an issue then I found patch my pc Home edition (free)
It is a good location to get common open source items + it lets you keep said items patched. The company also provides patch management to many big companies to deploy updates to their network. |
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