Sweet Home 3D aimed at people who want to design their interior quickly, whether they are moving or they just want to redesign their existing home. Numerous visual guides help you draw the plan of your home and layout furniture. You may draw the walls of your rooms upon the image of an existing plan, and then, drag and drop furniture onto the plan from a catalog organized by categories. Each change in the 2D plan is simultaneously updated in the 3D view, to show you a realistic rendering of your layout.
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2011/12/24
Sweet Home 3D
This is a free interior design application that helps you place your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview!

Sweet Home 3D aimed at people who want to design their interior quickly, whether they are moving or they just want to redesign their existing home. Numerous visual guides help you draw the plan of your home and layout furniture. You may draw the walls of your rooms upon the image of an existing plan, and then, drag and drop furniture onto the plan from a catalog organized by categories. Each change in the 2D plan is simultaneously updated in the 3D view, to show you a realistic rendering of your layout.
Sweet Home 3D aimed at people who want to design their interior quickly, whether they are moving or they just want to redesign their existing home. Numerous visual guides help you draw the plan of your home and layout furniture. You may draw the walls of your rooms upon the image of an existing plan, and then, drag and drop furniture onto the plan from a catalog organized by categories. Each change in the 2D plan is simultaneously updated in the 3D view, to show you a realistic rendering of your layout.
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A Free application to Transfer Music and Video Files From An iPod/iPod Touch/iPhone to a PC
I came across this application, that is FREE, called Sharepod, that may be of some usefulness to those who are iPod, iPod Touch or iPhone users. Sharepod helps solve one of the most common dilemmas that is out there; and that is an EASY method to transfer or backup your iTunes music library to your Windows based PC.
SharePodis easy to use and works! Heres some of the main features:
If you are an owner of any of these devices, I would make this software a must-have on your computer. As a computer guru, I am often asked, “Is there a way to transfer or backup my music on my iPod?”.
SharePodis easy to use and works! Heres some of the main features:
- Add & remove music and videos from your iPod
- Add, remove and edit playlists
- Add & remove album art
- View and backup photos
- Copy music, videos and playlists from your iPod to PC
- Import music/videos into your iTunes library, including playlists and ratings
- Tag editing
- Drag n’ drop to and from Explorer
- Simple, clean interface
- Quick to load and use with no unnessary complicated features
- Support for iPhone and iTouch
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Get Yourself a nice Free Desktop Alarm Clock !
Hello, today I want to introduce to you a collection of very beautiful clock for your desktop. Windows already has its own system clock, right there on the bottom right corner of your interface.
So, why would you want another clock ?
The answer is that Vector Clock is not just any clock. It's a fully scalable desktop alarm clock
that can be placed anywhere on your screen, rotated with total freedom, resized to any scale and
set in 3D perspective view without losing any quality. Plus, it doesn't require installation and it's FREE.

Vector Clock is customizable. There are detailed Clock Options in the
settings. It also nicely integrates with Your desktop - You can choose to pin the clock
to desktop, use it as a normal window, keep it on top or even force it to foreground
(when in click-through mode). Plus some other options, such as "hide on mouse over",
"start with Windows" and "clock transparency" configuration.
Alarm function let You set up message and sound to play on due time (wav, mp3, midi).
You can use it also as a simple countdown timer - after checking on the "Now plus" option, clock
will compute a future alarm time based on delay you define (eg. after 5 minutes).
Time Zones allows You to set each clock into the different Time Zone (eg. New York, Paris, Tokyo).
This way, You can have a handy World Clock on Your desktop.
Date on each clock indicates, if there is yesterday, today or tomorrow. Clock in time zone automatically
computes shift of Daylight Time Saving (DST). Time zone labels can be customized.
It is portable - each clock is just 1MB single EXE and you can put it on the
USB stick to carry it around. No installation is required - just put it wherever You want
(eg. on desktop) - and run it. For bundle of more than one clocks, a convenient installer and uninstaller
is included, which lets you choose whether to install clocks as a native Windows App or as a
Portable App (on external drive for example).
So, why would you want another clock ?
The answer is that Vector Clock is not just any clock. It's a fully scalable desktop alarm clock
that can be placed anywhere on your screen, rotated with total freedom, resized to any scale and
set in 3D perspective view without losing any quality. Plus, it doesn't require installation and it's FREE.
Vector Clock is customizable. There are detailed Clock Options in the
settings. It also nicely integrates with Your desktop - You can choose to pin the clock
to desktop, use it as a normal window, keep it on top or even force it to foreground
(when in click-through mode). Plus some other options, such as "hide on mouse over",
"start with Windows" and "clock transparency" configuration.
Alarm function let You set up message and sound to play on due time (wav, mp3, midi).
You can use it also as a simple countdown timer - after checking on the "Now plus" option, clock
will compute a future alarm time based on delay you define (eg. after 5 minutes).
Time Zones allows You to set each clock into the different Time Zone (eg. New York, Paris, Tokyo).
This way, You can have a handy World Clock on Your desktop.
Date on each clock indicates, if there is yesterday, today or tomorrow. Clock in time zone automatically
computes shift of Daylight Time Saving (DST). Time zone labels can be customized.
It is portable - each clock is just 1MB single EXE and you can put it on the
USB stick to carry it around. No installation is required - just put it wherever You want
(eg. on desktop) - and run it. For bundle of more than one clocks, a convenient installer and uninstaller
is included, which lets you choose whether to install clocks as a native Windows App or as a
Portable App (on external drive for example).
2011/12/19
The Simplest Way to Print A List of Filenames In A Folder
Have a large listing of music files, movie files, picture files, etc…? I bet there has been the occasion that you wished there was a simple way to get a printout of those listings. There is and it is with Directory List and Print.
Directory List and Print requires no installation (is a portable app) and is a must-have on your flash drive. There is a FREE version, as well as a Pro Version. I have found the FREE version to be sufficient in most cases.
Features:- Selection of directories to be listed by a tree structure.
- Selection of directories by entering the path as a text string.
- Drag & Drop of directories (or a file) from Windows Explorer.
- Integration of “Open in Directory List & Print” in the directory context menu of Windows Explorer.
- Direct selection of important system directories as “My Documents” etc.
- Listing of sub-directories and/or files and looping through sub-directories (recursion).
- Update file list automatically or manually.
- Display of last modification date.
- Display of last modificatione time.
- Display of file size.
- Display of file name with or without directory path.
- Display of file names with or without file extensions.
- Indication of number of entries of files and directories in the list.
- Print directory listing, direct printing of corresponding list.
- Export list into other programs by copying to the clipboard. The corresponding data will be organized in columns and separated by tabs so that the list can be pasted directly into Excel ™ as a table.
- Open the list directly in Microsoft Word™ and Excel™.
- Support for connecting and disconnecting network drives.
- Automatic saving of display options when exiting the program.
- Start program with a directory path as a parameter.
- Portable Application, no installation necessary.
A Very Small Program You Can Use to Take Advantage of Your Scanner
Scanners are excellent devices to electronically archive documents, receipts, news clippings, articles, etc… ; however, the software that ships with these devices are often difficult for the end-user to understand.
To help you get over the hump in scanner usage I found a very small software utility called WinScan2PDF (40K) that gives you the ability to scan documents and save them on your computer as a PDF file (Adobe Portable Document Format).
Due to the small file size of WinScan2PDF, I carry it around with me on my flash drive and have found it very useful when I need to quickly scan or copy a document. Talk about easy to use… Simply select the source (which will be your printer/scanner), click on “Scan to PDF” and the scanning process will initiate; and, following the scanning process you will be given opportunity to save the file as a PDF file. Very handy utility…
Liberate Your Flash Drive with LiberKey
Managing apps on a flash drive can be a real challenge even for the polished IT professional. Flash Drives have given us the liberty to transport files from PC to PC and the ability to run apps (software applications) directly from these little buggers. Again the problem that occurs is the ability to manage and organize what we place on these drives. I can remember when flash drives first came out and developers started creating portable apps. These apps were far and few between; however, today the portable apps available number into the hundreds. You literally can create a computer on a stick…
To help manage what you place on your flash drive and to help you decide what apps to install, I use a portable menu management utility called LiberKey.
The abilities of LiberKey are phenomenal and will, in a sense, take complete charge of your drive. The most important feature I like about LiberKey is after I select the apps I want I can go back at anytime and have LiberKey update the apps to the current version. As a matter of fact, being big on flash drive usage, this feature alone is worth its’ weight in gold. I do not know how many times I have installed a portable app on my flash drive and never take the time to perform updates.
LiberKey is FREE; is host to over 292 applications that you can select from; plus, if you are not in the mood to specifically select what apps you want to install, you can actually take the lazy man’s way out and download a complete suite of apps in a batch.
A FREE Full-Fledged Disc Burning Tool
I do not know about you, but I like simple; especially when it comes to disc burning software. In my book, the disc burning software package that meets the criteria for being simple, is Burnaware Home.
I have often found that the majority of software that is designed to burn discs is overladen with bells and whistles that is often very confusing to the end-user; especially, us folks at home who only want to burn the occasional disc.
I have found Burnaware to be one of the easiest burning software packages to work with that uses minimal system resources to get the job done. The initial interface that you work from is a series of icons where you simply point and shoot. It does not get any easier than this.
BurnAware Home easily handles such tasks as data backup to various optical media, creation of fully configurable bootable discs, creation and writing to multisession discs, conversion of popular audio formats and creation of Audio CDs, creation of DVD discs that can be played on home DVD players and popular consoles, as well as disc image burning and grabbing. Extras include the ability to create disc copies directly to another drive, extract files from sessions and music tracks from Audio CDs.
The only negative I can say about BurnAware is that during the installation routine it will prompt you to install the ASK browser toolbar. You can opt out of this by unchecking the boxes during the install.
The software supports the most popular Windows versions, including NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64-bit) and does not require the .NET framework to operate.
2011/12/18
Make Windows Virtual Desktops with Dexpot
Today, let's make more workspaces with only one physical monitor with Dexpot. It's very convenient!
Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20 monitor workspaces. Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word processing or switch to Desktop 4 for a game of Solitaire.Different icons, wallpapers, start-ups, and much more can be configured for each desktop.
First, download Portable Dexpot here.
After extract, you run file dexpot.exe to start the program. Please view the video for instruction to use
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Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20 monitor workspaces. Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word processing or switch to Desktop 4 for a game of Solitaire.Different icons, wallpapers, start-ups, and much more can be configured for each desktop.
First, download Portable Dexpot here.
After extract, you run file dexpot.exe to start the program. Please view the video for instruction to use
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2011/12/13
Recuva - a free program to recover and restore accidentally deleted pictures, photos, and files
Sooner or later you will be desperate to find out how to recover deleted files, because accidentally deleting your precious pictures, photos, and files is bound to happen to anyone. I hope that you do not encounter this dilemma, however if you do, you may possibly have a chance to recover deleted files. One way is to get a professional IT guy that specializes in file or data recovery, which in itself can be very expensive. Maybe you are recovering files from a crashed hard drive and haven’t actually deleted anything or maybe you want to recover deleted pictures from your digital camera. This article is about how to recover deleted files free using software but if you have a crashed hard drive then this is a different story altogether.
Firstly we need to know what has happened to our deleted files so that we can learn which action is best to recover deleted files.
Even when you have deleted a file from the recycle bin it is not really gone. Windows simply marks the file as deleted, and waits for the space to be overwritten by another file needing the space, for it really to be deleted. If you didn’t format or defrag the drive the file may possibly be there for years to come. This is what happened with my D drive.
People often have to buy a program that will recover deleted files and photos, because that’s how desperate they are to retrieve their precious data..
Well this is your lucky day because you have actually hit the jackpot by finding this fantastic free program called Recuva. I know I was ecstatic when I found it and actually re
covered my irreplaceable family photos that I had accidentally deleted from the recycle bin. I seriously thought that it would not work, because after all, it is a free program after all.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAsPS4nwjqc&w=420&h=315]
Firstly we need to know what has happened to our deleted files so that we can learn which action is best to recover deleted files.
What does Windows do with deleted pictures, photos, and files?
When you delete a file from your computer, providing it is not a huge file, it is sent to the computer recycle bin. There is usually an icon on your desktop that will allow you to open your recycle bin and see the file in there. If you have gone to that extra step of deleting the file from the recycle bin, then this is when we are faced with this situation of trying to figure out how to recover deleted files. Here is a basic tutorial on how to recover a deleted file from your recycle bin.Even when you have deleted a file from the recycle bin it is not really gone. Windows simply marks the file as deleted, and waits for the space to be overwritten by another file needing the space, for it really to be deleted. If you didn’t format or defrag the drive the file may possibly be there for years to come. This is what happened with my D drive.
People often have to buy a program that will recover deleted files and photos, because that’s how desperate they are to retrieve their precious data..
Well this is your lucky day because you have actually hit the jackpot by finding this fantastic free program called Recuva. I know I was ecstatic when I found it and actually re
“Recuva (pronounced “recover”) is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!” Quoted from the Recuva website, it just sounded too good to be true.
When can you use Recuva to recover deleted files free?
- When you have recently accidentally deleted a file, photo, or picture from your computer you can use Recuva to recover deleted files.
- You can recover deleted pictures free when you haven’t used your computer too much and overwritten the deleted file.
- When this program says “No overwritten clusters detected” and that the file is in Excellent state after scanning your drive.
When can’t you use Recuva to recover deleted files free?
- When you have been formatting a hard drive you will not be able to recover deleted pictures free because the files would have been overwritten.
- Sometimes if you have defragged your computer. In my tests, after defragging my hard drive I could not recover deleted pictures free as they were then damaged. At this point you would need a professional data recovery service.
- If the program says the file has overwritten clusters. If you are trying to recover deleted pictures free using Recuva and you see the files have a red dot next to it, that’s not good.
Recover deleted files – What are the results from my tests with Recuva?
- I have two hard drives and scanned both. One is C drive and one is D drive. C drive is the main hard drive and D is storage. Nearly all the files that showed up were available for recovery.
- D drive had very old files show up. Half the stuff I could hardly remember because I had been storing files on there for a few years.
- C drive had less as I had recently formatted it, but all the recent deleted filed were available. Therefore I could recover deleted files easily, well the ones available.
- Then I decided to defrag C: and then scan it again. This definitely reduced the number of files that were in Excellent condition to recover. It probably overwrote 75% of files by defragging.
- I was amazed at what it actually recovered. It had every little thing that had been stored in my internet history, cookies, and other stuff that you thought would have been gone. It was almost scary how much detail this program went in to. All this from a free program.
Notes on how to recover deleted files:
- Files that has Excellent state and with the comment No overwritten clusters detected can be recovered.
- You should always recover deleted files to another hard drive as you might overwrite the file your are trying to recover.
- You can also recover deleted files and photos from your camera storage card! How great is that?
- This program is totally free and is made be the same guys that made Ccleaner. Their programs do no nag you to upgrade and they have no spyware contained in them. All they have is a donation button on their site. So if you find this free program handy then go and give these guys a donation.
- You can also try The World Leader in Data Recovery Software! No Recovery, No Charge!
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2011/12/06
Print E-Mail Messages
Need to print a message in one of your Gmail folders or inbox? Instead of clicking "File" - "Print" from your web browser, you may have missed a "Print" link - it's near the top-right of the page, to the right of the subject text. Click it to get a pre-formatted e-mail page that removes most of the clutter, making for cleaner printouts.
Show Unread Message Count as an Icon
SUMMARY: Glance at your web browser's Tab Bar to see how many new messages are in your Gmail Inbox.
Do you keep a web browser tab or window open all the time waiting for an important message in your Gmail Inbox? One way to more easily see at-a-glance whether or not new mail has arrived inside your Inbox is to place the number of new messages directly in the browser / tab icon - see the below screenshot for an example:
While browsing another website in one tab, you can see that two new messages have appeared in a Gmail account via its icon in another tab
1. Click the gears icon at the top right of the Gmail window, selecting "Labs".
If this option is not available, click "Mail settings", and then when the "Settings" page appears, click the "Labs" link.
2. When the Gmail Labs page appears, scroll down to the section "Unread message icon" and click the "Enable" radio button.
Enabling the Unread message icon feature in Gmail
Note that this only counts mail marked as new in your Inbox. New mail that has been filtered away from your Inbox via archiving will not be counted.
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Get Rid of Boot Malware with Microsoft’s System Sweeper
Have you ever booted up your PC only to get a black screen? When this happens, something’s clearly wrong, so you’ve probably tried a number of steps to get your PC running again. But what should you do if those solutions don’t help? Try using Microsoft’s System Sweeper to get rid of the malware that’s messed with your system’s boot files.
System Sweeper is a boot-up recovery tool that performs an offline scan on an infected PC to identify and remove rootkits and other advanced malware—without booting into Windows. You can also use System Sweeper if you cannot install or start your antivirus solution, or if the installed solution can’t detect or remove malware on your machine. Based on Microsoft Security Essentials, System Sweeper should get PCs back on track; however, it’s important to remember that System Sweeper is not a replacement for an antivirus solution that provides ongoing protection.
Let’s take a look at how to run System Sweeper when you cannot start your PC and quickly get rid of malware.
Step 1: Download System Sweeper. Go to Microsoft Connect to obtain the beta version of the program. Make sure to choose the right version (32-bit or 64-bit) depending on what your infected system is running. The supported web browsers are Internet Explorer 6 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 2 or higher.
Step 2: Create a bootable recovery CD or USB thumb drive. System Sweeper can be installed on both a CD and on USB flash memory. You should first get a blank CD or a reformatted USB thumb drive with at least 250 MB of space. Then, go to your Downloads folders, and run the “mssstool32” or “mssstool64” files depending on which architecture you have. System Sweeper will download the latest antivirus signature files onto the disk, and then burn them onto either the bootable CD or USB thumb drive.
You should then insert the CD or plug the USB key into the computer you’re trying to clean up, and make sure to boot from the CD/DVD drive or the USB port. To do that, go to the BIOS of the machine by pressing DELETE, F2, F12 or another special key repeatedly right when the PC is turned on. Then, go to its boot section, make sure that the “Boot Priority” is set to either CDROM (DVD) or USB, and restart the PC.
Step 3: Use System Sweeper. Your PC should ask you to “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD”—follow this advice and wait until the recovery environment is loaded. Once System Sweeper appears on the screen, hit “Start full scan” to scan all of the hard disks for viruses and malware.
Once you’ve completed these steps, you can let System Sweeper run its course, but keep in mind that it might take a while depending on the amount of data. It will be worth the wait to enjoy a clean and bootable PC again.
You Can Check A Suspicious Website for Malware In Your Browser
If you open up your web browser and type the following in the address bar;
AND, after the “equals sign” type the web address of any site, that site will be checked against Google’s updated lists of suspected phishing and malware pages. It is a handy and quick way to help verify your suspicions of a potentially bad site.
This is all part of Google’s Safe Browsing Service. The goal of this service is to:
- Warn users before clicking on links that appear in your site when they lead to malware-infected pages.
- Prevent users from posting links to known phishing pages from your site.
- Check a list of pages againest Google’s lists of suspected phishing and malware pages.
For example if you wanted to get a report on For our pc, you would type the following in your browser’s address bar and hit enter.
You will then get the following diagnostic report from Google:
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for whatsonmypc.wordpress.com
What is the current listing status for 4ourpc.blogspot.com?
This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-09-09, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days.This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS13768 (PEER1), AS16805 (LAYER3), AS22576 (LAYER3).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, 4ourpc.blogspot.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
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EncryptOnClick - A Safe and Easy Way to Keep Your Data Under Lock and Key
I have to question the safety of my file data when I save that data to an online file service. I know that these online services tell us that they would never do anything to compromise our data and that our data is safe in their hands. If you are like me, when it comes to any sensitive files that I store online, I will take a few moments to encrypt those sensitive files to practically eliminate any possibility of those files from ever being compromised. This gives me some sense of satisfaction that my files are safe; plus, I am taking advantage of backing up those files off site (away from my main computer).
The encryption utility that I use, that can be installed on your PC or used as a portable application is called EncryptOnClick.
EncryptOnClick is like hiring your own highly experienced data security guard who ensures the files you want to keep safe and out of view from others, stay that way.
I think what sells me on this application is its’ simplicity, that it uses a very secure encryption and decryption method (256-bit AES encryption), that it can encrypt multiple files in a batch, that it has file compression built in to reduce the file size during the encryption, that I can carry it around on my flash drive and that it is FREE!
An Online Lightning Fast Virus Scanner
An Online Lightning Fast Virus Scanner
To add another tool to your arsenal in the fight against malware, be sure to visit BitDefender’s QuickScan.
BitDefender’s QuickScan is an online tool which uses a technology they call .in-the-cloud. scanning technology which is capable of detecting active malware in less than a minute.
The benefit of this technology is that the scanner uses online scanning engines that only uses a fraction of system resources needed to perform the scan; PLUS,the entire database of signature updates, etc… is maintained online by BitDefender.
One thing I do want to point out here and this is important:
BitDefender’s QuickScan is a tool that is designed to “detect” malware that is already existent on your PC, which is already active in memory or present in files that are run at system startup. In other words this tool is used, as a second opinion, to determine if your system is infected or you have suspicion that your system is infected. It is not designed to provide real-time protection; but, again it is another tool to add to that arsenal in the fight against malware. Thank you BitDefender for helping keep us safe…
Pingdom
If your page loads seem slow and you are looking for a way to analyze and ultimately optimize the performance of your website then take a look at the online application called Pingdom Tools. One of the tools that is available is called Full Page Test that will give you a full scale analysis of where your site stands.
Feature Overview:Examine all parts of a web page – View file sizes, load times, and other details about every single element of a web page (HTML, JavaScript and CSS files, images, etc.). You can sort and filter this list in different ways to identify performance bottlenecks.
Performance overview – We automatically put together plenty of performance-related statistics for you based on the test result.
Performance grade and tips – See how your website conforms to performance best practices from Google Page Speed (similar to Yahoo’s Yslow). You can get some great tips on how to speed up your website this way.Trace your performance history – We save each test for you so you can review it later and also see how things change over time (with pretty charts!).
Test from multiple locations – See how fast a website loads in Europe, the United States, etc.
Share your results – We’ve made it easy for you to perform a test and share it with your friends, work colleagues or web host.
DesktopSnowOK
Add A Touch of Snow to Your Computer’s Desktop
With winter at our doorstep snow will be on the way (which it already has in my region) you need to prepare yourself and get into the mood. To help you along with this, I found a very small software application called DesktopSnowOK .Simply download, unzip, run, adjust for how much snow you want falling and your desktop will become a winter wonderland.
DesktopSnowOK is a lightweight portable Windows program for 5 or more snow flakes on your windows desktop.
Features:Installation!
“DesktopSnowOK” does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from the desktop, and can be carried on a small usb-stick or other memory device. It’s a small fun program for all Windows-NT systems.
- Very Small
- Low CPU usage
- 5-64 snow flakes
- Adjustable speed
- Several flakes textures (bitmaps)
- Optional transparency
- Optional deactivation by mouse movement or keyboard input
- Optional translation feature
- Portable
PC On/Off Time
FREE Time Tracking Tool Shows Times Your PC Has Been Active (for the past 3 weeks)
An easy way to tap into this information is to use the small portable application called PC On/Off Time. No installation is required and no running in the background is required. Simply download and run.
What this graphic display will tell you is this:PC On/Off Time graphically displays the usage time for your computer for the last 3 weeks without having to start any logging (uses Win 7/Vista/XP/2000/2008 built-in feature). It displays the hours of operation, in a simple overview, so you can see at what times the computer was on or off. You can also connect to a network PC and create the report.
A grey fade-out indicates that the computer switches into standby mode. (Windows 7/Vista or higher)
A red bar indicates that the computer was shut down unexpectedly (Windows event ID: 6008) with a following reboot.
In answer to the second part of the question; “What could you use this information for?
PC On/Off Time could be used as a troubleshooting tool. For example, I recently experienced an issue where my PC would abruptly shut down. This tool would have been helpful to determine the number of times this occurred and the date/time.
PC On/Off Time could be used to monitor the usage time that your children are on the the computer.
PC On/Off Time could be used to monitor computers on a network you are managing. For example, you may have a rogue user who is showing up at work after hours to use a PC for personal gain.
PC On/Off Time could be used a a timesheet tool to document time spent on a special project.
PC On/Off Time could be used as a forensics tool to generate a graphical report, as supporting documentation in a criminal case.
Can you think of any other uses for this tool? I would love to hear your comments.
PointerStick - A Virtual Pointer Stick To Help You Make Presentations
When conducting projector based training presentations there are several ways to point out an object on the screen. Some presenters will use a laser pointer; whereas others will simply use the mouse pointer or a pointer function that is built into the software (such as Powerpoint).
In the days prior to computers it was not uncommon for a presenter to use an actual stick, called a pointer stick, to point out the specifics. If you are still stuck in the old days of the pointer stick, it is now time for you to advance to the virtual pointer stick. Yes, virtual in the sense that you can call it up on the screen when you need it or make it disappear. It is a portable app called PointerStick and it actually looks like a pointer stick. It will definitely make your class taken notice.
Features:PointerStick is a portable tool that presents on the Windows Desktop a virtual pointer stick, for example for Presentations to highlight the current mouse position and the emphasis on presenting will be better. The use of the virtual pointer stick is ideal for projectors (Beamer) and larger LED/LCD screens.
Very Small Program
Low CPU usage
Adjustable size of Pointer Stick
Several Pointing-Stick textures (bitmaps)
Optional alpha transparency
Optional deactivation by mouse or keyboard input
Optional translation feature
Portable
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