Favorite Files

1. Autoruns
2. Avidemux for Windows
3. CD Art Display
4. Diskeeper 2009 Professional
5. DVD Flick
6. DVD2AVI
7. DVDFab HD Decrypter
8. FastStone Image Viewer
9. IE Tab
10. ImgBurn
11. Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)
12. SpywareBlaster
13. Vista Codec Package
14. Winamp 5 Full
15. WinContig

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - FastStone Image Viewer

   3.5 (Jan 16, 2008)

   A must have for every computer.
   what I love about this software are the quick and easy keyboard commands, how it give complete image management of png, jpg, gif and more, the ability to open a window from within the application, the slide show, the ability rename multiple images, simple drop & drag from one directory or drive to the next, there are so many more features inside FastStone Image Viewer, so much more most indeed.
   
   • Double click on a thumbnail image or single click on this icon to switch to a Full Screen view of the image
   
   • In Full Screen, move your mouse pointer to the bottom border of the screen where a control bar (see next figure) will pop up to provide fast access to major program functions. (Note: Moving your mouse pointer onto this control bar will enable the mouse wheel to be used for zooming in/out on the image)
   
   • In Full Screen, move your mouse pointer to the right border of the screen where an image properties window with EXIF metadata will pop up
   
   • In Full Screen, move your mouse pointer to the top border of the screen where a thumbnail browser window will pop up to provide fast access to other images in the same folder and other program commands
   
   • In Full Screen, move your mouse pointer to the left border of the screen where a panel will pop up to provide fast access to file and image editing functions
   
   • In Full Screen, move your mouse pointer to the right-bottom corner of the screen where the Windows Taskbar will pop up to provide fast switching to any other programs being run (Windows XP only)
   
   • When the mouse cursor becomes a magnifier shape , it means the displayed image has been formatted to fit within the current available window or screen area. Now you can press and hold the left mouse button and the image will be viewed in a magnifier. With the left mouse button being held down, moving the mouse around will move the magnifier across the image. The Magnifier zoom ratio and Magnifier size (See Magnifier tab in the Settings) determine the magnification level of the image within the magnifier and the size of the magnifier area
   
   • When the mouse cursor becomes a hand shape , it means the displayed image is larger than the current available window or screen area. Now you can press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse around to pan/scroll the image within the current window or screen area
   
   • When Normal (Pan) mode is selected, pressing and holding the Ctrl key will change the mouse cursor to a cross shape . Now you can use the mouse to SELECT and ZOOM (select a rectangular area of the image by using the left mouse button to click and drag, then release the button to zoom in on that area of the image)
   
   • When Rectangle, Circle or Freehand select mode (, or respectively) is selected, pressing and holding the Ctrl key will change the mouse cursor to a cross shape . Now you can use the mouse to define a selection area. By clicking your right mouse button with the mouse cursor within the selection area, a pop up menu will appear that allows you to zoom, copy, cut, crop or delete the selected area or to even save the selection into a file
   
   • Scrolling your mouse wheel will display the next or previous image
   
   • Holding the Ctrl key, the mouse cursor will become a cross shape - scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out on the image
   
   • Holding the s*** key, the mouse cursor will become a circle shape - click the left mouse button to zoom in or the right mouse button to zoom out on the image
   
   • Press Spacebar, Right arrow or PgDn key to go to the next image
   
   • Press Backspace, Left arrow or PgUp key to go to the previous image
   
   • When the displayed image is larger than the current available window or screen area, press Arrow (Up, Down, Left, Right) keys to pan/scroll the image within the current window or screen area
   
   • Press Home key to go to the first image
   
   • Press End key to go to the last image
   
   • Press 1,2,3,... or 0 key to zoom the image to 100%, 200%, 300%,...1000%
   
   • Press A or / key to display the image in actual size
   
   • Press B or * key to display the image in best fit within the current window or screen area
   
   • Press + key to zoom in on the image
   
   • Press - key to zoom out on the image
   
   • Press C key to start the copy to folder function on the current image file
   
   • Press M key to start the move to folder function on the current image file
   
   • Press D key to pop up the Draw Board window to add text, lines, rectangles, ellipses, highlighted areas and watermark(s) to the image
   
   • Press E key to edit the image with the first External Program (user defined)
   
   • Press I key to display a window with the image properties
   
   • Press S key to pop up the Slideshow Options window to configure a slideshow
   
   • Press T key to pop up the JPEG Comment window to edit the image description/comment (for JPEG images only)
   
   • Press L or < key to perform a rotate left
   
   • Press R or > key to perform a rotate right
   
   • Press H key to perform a flip horizontally
   
   • Press V key to perform a flip vertically
   
   • Press W key to open Windows Explorer at the current directory
   
   • Press X key to pop up the Crop Board window to perform cropping on the image
   
   • Press Ctrl+R key combination to pop up the Resize/Resample window to resize the image
   
   • Press Ctrl+H key combination to pop up the Histogram window for the image
   
   • Press Ctrl+Z key combination to undo the last change made to the image (multi-level undo)
   
   • Press Ctrl+Y key combination to redo the last change made to the image (multi-level redo)
   
   • Press Enter or F key to switch between Full Screen/Browser View or Full Screen/Windowed View
   
   • Press mouse wheel button to switch between Full Screen and Browser View
   
   • Press Esc key to exit from Full Screen or to exit the program when in Browser or Windowed View
   
   • To sort images by Filename, Type, Dimension, Size or Date in Browser View, change Browser Style to Report View and left click on the appropriate column header

2. 
   Review - FastStone Image Viewer

   3.3 (Oct 24, 2007)

   Oh how this Application has continued to impress me.
   
   the utilities that it has, and the ease of it use, gets it for me. How it is so easy to manage library's of digital images and organize them. How it integrates with the Windows Operating system.
   
   the continued updates, and the future direction of this application is why it deserves a five star, Oh and by the way did I mention that it is FREE!

3. 
   Review - K-Lite Codec Pack Full

   3.5.2 Beta (Oct 22, 2007)

   K-Lite Codec Pack will not play nice with Apple Quick Time and Itunes (?) Keeps crashing ...on Vista
   
   they should have a work around for this
   
   But it is nice to see them make a few teaks here and there...

4. 
   Review - Vista Codec Package

   4.5.1 Beta 2 (Oct 5, 2007)

   With Vista Codec Package installed, you won't need to install any other codec or filter..
   
   With Vista, this has proven over & over again.

5. 
   Review - FTP Voyager

   14.1.0.3 (Oct 3, 2007)

   Yea I agree FTP Voyager is a great app, but it has seem to get bloated over the last updates and the price has made me make the move.
   
   http://filezilla-project.org/
   
   File zilla is a great FTP, open source and Free!

6. Comment - Google gets social with new iGoogle

   14.1.0.3 (Jun 28, 2008 - 3:54 PM)

   People, lets think for a moment here . . . .
   Lets vision a new web portal, lets see what will unfold. I love my google search engine, I love the google services, I love my google widgets. BUt what I love more, is the way that they show U something new very Subtlety.
   
   If it is new, Let me get a crack at it.

7. Comment - CEA Attacks RIAA 'Audio Flag' Demand

   14.1.0.3 (Aug 11, 2006 - 12:26 AM)

   Ditto >> GO CEA!!!

8. Comment - Google to Expand News Site

   14.1.0.3 (Aug 4, 2006 - 11:48 AM)

   Google Good News ;-)

9. Comment - EU Again Warns Microsoft to Obey

   14.1.0.3 (Mar 12, 2006 - 6:00 AM)

   Oj did it and got away so did R. Blake.
   B. Galtes has mula and will bend and twist the laws, dont rule him out.....
   
   its a shame how long this has been alowed to continued, but leave it to bill, & he;ll fix it..

10. Comment - USPTO Rules Second NTP Patent Invalid

    14.1.0.3 (Feb 25, 2006 - 6:47 AM)

    thanks for the info, but what is the 2nd patent, or the 3rd for that matter...
    
    the news is suppose to be informal, not just passing the buck, please be e-laberate and descriptive, & do not rush the details without the info....
    
    this info can be useful for those in the know-what-is, but I came here to be infromed, so please dont skimp on the details
    
    thanks :-)