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I've used them for years Maynard and there are some wicked bits of software on there. :)
 
Umm i was playing with ms office accounting last night. Great for small business people like me. I was looking for an invoicing software, and this seems to be perfect ( ish ) - and its also FREE

Free from Microsoft? yeah i had to see it to believe it, but its true!

Easy to use accounting software from Microsoft

Its also advertised on a banner at the top of this page sometimes.

:D
 
Spartan73 said:
Umm i was playing with ms office accounting last night. Great for small business people like me. I was looking for an invoicing software, and this seems to be perfect ( ish ) - and its also FREE

Free from Microsoft? yeah i had to see it to believe it, but its true!

Easy to use accounting software from Microsoft

Its also advertised on a banner at the top of this page sometimes.

:D
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Wow:eek:
 
Logmein.com - remote access programme also.There is a free version.
Rec'd to me by Kelly a while back. Also great :)
 
SIW (System Information for Windows) is a handy small program to have at ones disposal.All system information at your fingertips.
For those members who have limited Computer knowledge,when a Techie asks for information,the member doesnt have to go hunting,and in a lot of cases,wouldnt know where to look.1 or 2 clicks and they have the info.:)

Siw 1.72 Free Download
 
Dalo Harkin said:
just use the dxdiag command and that also hosts lots of info ;)
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Wouldnt that be better suited in Tips and Tricks?as it's not software.
I tried the Command, Dalo,and its too much navigating for a Novice.IMO.
With SIW,one click on the index tree and its all there, to C/P. What could be simpler?:)
 
dxdiag is the best for 'diagnostic' purposes for most common hardware issues - sound/and graphics but also gives the 'helper' alot more insight into the drivers used and some 'advanced' info.

As you say in terms of software SIW just seems likea watered down version of Everest.
 
Dalo Harkin said:
As you say in terms of software SIW just seems likea watered down version of Everest.
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And Tinypic is a watered down version of Photobucket.
One is easier and quicker to use than the other,in both cases.
One has more bells and whistles.

EDIT. Everest is a great Program.Why not add that to the Library also,so Members have a choice.
 
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1 More for the more creative amongst us. Actually this is a really neat prog, and has been used to make many animated movies, which you can see a lot of on youtube. Its called Blender and you can get it here:

blender.org - Get Blender

Saw this one on an early morning bbc show. Not sure what its called.
 
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Having read through all the postings, I think I can add quite a few more, first, there is not many on the list of free programs for photograph handling yet, so here goes-
The one that nearly everyone into photo manipulation recommends is Irfanview from here-

IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide

Next in line is PhotoFiltre this is of French origins but the English version is superb, easy to use and as good as some that can cost the old arm and leg, from here-

http://www.photofiltre.com

There are others, and most will know of the Adobe and Google basic editing suites to name a few, but they are just basic stuff not much better than windows own.

Next comes a long list of Music handling and writing programs, well me being a musician what do you expect?
First is a simple recording program that can convert any sound file that you can play on your computer, such as midi or video related sound tracks, and convert them to either WAV or MP3 and is called MP3 My MP3. available from here-

MP3 My MP3 Recorder - Record sounds and music to MP3 Free!

Have you got a noisy recording? would you like to clean it up? try Audacity, this is from the sourceforge site mentioned earlier and will also convert audio files to MP3 or WAV as well as one or two other useful tricks in its repertoir-

Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

Next we go straight into the complex world of music sequencers and music notation witing programs, the first in my list being the Frieve Music Studio Producer, this is the free one, they also do Music Studio Independance, which is shareware and costs $39 to buy the full licence, however both are available to download from here-

Frieve Home Page

To use this software you do need to know a lot about handling sequencers but is a very good program considering it is free, and it will also show the music from a midi file in notational form, but you cannot print it out in this the free version.

Next one is a true notation program which you can use to write those silly tadpoles on their lines, then play it back to hear your creation, it is full of its own manual which tells you everything you need to use it and is called Anvil Studio, available from here-

Anvil Studio Catalog

Unfortunately you cannot print off your music without buying the plugin, however you can create a midi file, store it somewhere you know where it is, then get this useful little program to print it for you. It is called "Notation Player" although only meant to be a player of midi files you can print the notation off from the display and can be found here-

Notation Software, Inc. -- Software for everyday musicians

You may have to search the site fully for "Notation Player" as they don't seem that keen on giving this one away, they would much rather you try their shareware and buy it.

Next is from the stable of Finale the American company whose main product is used by musicians worldwide and rather expensive, however they do a free program called "Finale Notepad" which is meant to get you wanting all the goodies that the paid for version gives, so hence rather a basic notation writing piece of software, but still useful for those who want to learn more about music.

https://www.finalemusic.com/store/search.aspx

Look for "Notepad" and to download you will have to sign up if you realy want it, but everything is free.

I hope that is a good supply of free programs for the photographer or musician.
 
useful freewares

some useful free softwares (you may have heard of):

audacity - for making audio recordings or editing audio files.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ :p:p:p:p:p
download the add-on pack for extra effects (eg karoke...not sure if i spelled that correctly):p:p:p

debut- for making screen recordings
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/ :p:p:p:p:p


both work great...though audacity requires the additional download of the lame encoder to export mp3's, or atleast it used to...that latest version may not. (lame - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290&package_id=309&release_id=628063) and debut requires the download of additional codecs to record in those codecs...if u use a codec it doesn't have it will ask if u want to download that codec and then it will automatically download and add.


the add-ons for audacity and debut are also free :p
 
CCleaner - Home great little tool for cleaning out most of the junk gathered on your pc during browsing , it can also repair errors in the registry ( however some folk prefer to leave the registry as it is ) i use it on a regular bassis espetially after uninstalling programes
 
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