articles about free software
Any regular reader of my articles will be well aware that I am a huge fan of portable software and will choose portable whenever possible. Portable applications do not require installation, meaning they do not create any registry entries and all associated files are self-contained […]
Have you ever wanted to create an Animated GIF? A series of pictures strung together that when opened it’s like watching a video clip. I’m going to show you how to make one using a photo editing program called GIMP. Download GIMP But first, you
So, you are using another writing program but decide to switch to LibreOffice. You want to use it as your default – that means the main program that opens when you double-click on an associated file type. Usually, during the installation, you do get a
A recent comment from a reader in response to an article listing a number of my freeware recommendations brought to light the fact that many users today are not aware of exactly what constitutes “freeware”. So, I decided to clarify. Many years ago, perhaps a
Following on from my previous article – 10 Best Freeware Picks – here are six more. MooO System Monitor: This is portable freeware that monitors 43 kinds of information including CPU, Memory, Network, and detailed HDD usage. There are literally hundreds of fields to choose
CCleaner certainly has a faithful following. Seems every time I write anything negative about the popular junk file cleaner, there are plenty of users prepared to jump to its defense. I’ve been messing with computers for over 40 years, have been fixing and building computers
Remember the sidebar gadgets from the Vista/Windows 7 era? Microsoft ended up removing the sidebar and gadgets from subsequent Windows versions because of some perceived security risks. I loved those gadgets and immediately went looking for an alternative and was fortunate to come across the
Every now and then, I find myself wanting to make a list of items and put them in alphabetical order. So I typed a list of nonsense for this example (lines of letters). Now I want to put this list in Alphabetical order. The procedure
There are quite a few methods available to extract and download MP3 tracks from YouTube music videos, both offline and online. I’ve been using and recommending 4K YouTube to MP3 (free version) for many years, with its clean interface, and simplicity, plus a portable version
It’s been quite some time since anything new and innovative has appeared on the freeware scene. New freeware is still being released, of course, but it is generally not up to par with already established favorites. A couple of months ago I started to compile
A man brought me a cassette tape to transfer to a CD. I wrote about how to do this before. Read: Copy Compact Cassette To Computer Audacity I ran through my procedure only to discover the final recording volume was very low. I tried to
I recently watched a video on Dave’s Computer Tips Youtube channel called, How To Take Snapshot Of A PDF. This video deals with using Adobe Acrobat, but I’m not a fan. I do like Foxit and I got curious and started clicking around to see
Fellow author Jim Canfield touched on the issue of manufacturer’s bloatware in a recent article, Preinstalled Crapware. In this article, I’m going to take that a step further and show you how you can easily get rid of unwanted bloatware. Ever since Windows 8, Microsoft
I suspect every Windows user has experienced issues with Windows 10 feature updates at some time or another. In typical Microsoft fashion, the naming convention certainly hasn’t helped — we started off with 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, etc, which then somehow morphed into 20H2, 21H1,
