Remove Duplicate Files on Computer with AllDup

AllDup is a freeware which enables you to find duplicate files on your Computer. The programs has a host of options allowing you to find matches of file by size, name, date, attributes, created date and even byte to byte comparison. You can perform search across multiple folders or drives. The program implements a fast algorithm and the results are displayed very quickly.

After selecting the folders that you want to scan, just hit the scan button and the program will find and display the results. The results are displayed in the group and they also give you more information like the name of the file, location, size etc. You can select the files that you want to remove or you can further filter it by using the smart selection option that can select files based on there locations or date. There are several things you can do with the duplicate files. You can remove them, move or copy them to a new location or even rename

  

them. While searching for mp3 files, you can choose to ignore the mp3 tags. 

The program also includes a built in viewer which allows you to preview a wide variety of files. You can save the search results or restore them later or you can export the results to text or csv file. The duplicate files can also be turned into hard links or shortcuts. You can search by using a variety of filter masks. So if you have a lot of music, videos and pictures on your Computer, there are a lot of chances that there are going to be a lot of duplicates in them. Using this tool, you can find the duplicates pretty quickly and remove them to free up hard disk space.

The program is a freeware and works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows 7. A portable version of the application is also available.

DOWNLOAD ALLDUP HERE

Open Windows in 3D using T3Desk

T3Desk is a freeware which lets you preview all your open Windows in a 3D like style. It can be called as an Alt-Tab replacement but it lets you arrange the open and minimized windows in 3D style. Now instead of minimizing your windows to the taskbar, you can arrange them on your desktop in a 3D like environment where you can flip and zoom between them. The program also makes use of the Aero feature if you use it on Windows Vista and Windows 7.

To minimize a window 3D style, simply right click on the minimize icon instead of the usual left click. Instead of being minimized to to the desktop, the window will remain inactive on your desktop in a 3D style fashion. You can drag and rearrange them across various positions of the screen. The windows that you minimize using this tool will also remain grouped in a T3 icon on the taskbar. Hover over it and it will give you a preview of all the windows that have been minimized. You can customize lot of setting like the transparency, zoom level, perspective settings, initial rotation, animations and lots more. You can also customize a number of hotkeys which you can use to quickly minimize all your open windows in a single button press. The transition effects can also be customized to suit your liking.

Unlike other applications of such type, the program has a low memory consumption and it worked fine on my Windows 7 without any issues. The program is a freeware and works on almost all the version of Windows. However, if you are on Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you will really love it with Aero.

download T3Desk

Decide priority for the processes running on your system

Prio - Process Priority Saver.

This compact program allows you to save the priority you specify for any process.

How to use -

•    Start the Task Manager.

•    Right-click a process and select Set Priority.

•    Set the priority you want for the process.



Prio will save the applied changes and each time you start this process from now on, it will set the saved priority for it. You will not have to change the priority manually any more

What is the priority of an application?

Windows is a multitasking system. It means that a lot of various applications are running simultaneously in it. You directly work with some of them, but some of them work invisibly and independently. The priority of an application is a parameter that tells the system which task has priority over other tasks. For example, if there are two programs that are running simultaneously and with the same priority, they will have equal shares of the processor time. But in case you set a higher priority for one of them, the program that has this higher priority will use all the free processor time while the one with a lower priority will use only the rest of it. For example, if you have an application for rendering a video clip running on your computer, it will use the free processor time sharing it equally with, say, Explorer. It will result in Explorer working jerkily... But if you set a lower priority for the rendering program, it will use only the time that Explorer does not need. Explorer will work more smoothly and faster. It is also convenient to set a higher priority for multimedia players - the playback will be smoother. If you have some database service running on your computer, it is useful to set a lower priority for it so that it does not interfere with the work of those applications you are using at the moment. You can change the priority of processes on the Processes tab of Task Manager. Prio automatically detects any changes in priority and saves them in its settings. Next time you start this application, its priority will be restored.

Interface enhancements for the standard Task Manager. 

Processes tab.

Prio enhances the standard Processes tab with useful tooltips containing detailed information about each running process: its name, manufacturer, version and full path to the executable file. It also shows which system services are currently running in each process, if there are any. Prio adds a check box specifying whether the priority of this application should be restored to the standard popup menu, as well as the command for switching to one of the services that are currently in this process.Besides, the digital signature of an executable file is verified for each process. Processes that possess such a signature will be highlighted in green, processes without a signature will be highlighted in red. If you are sure about the origin of a process while its executable file has no digital signature, you can mark is as valid using the "Treat As Valid" menu item and it will be highlighted in green. If the executable file of this process is changed, it will become red again. What is a digital signature for? An electronic digital signature is an attribute of an electronic document used to protect it against forgery and verify its authenticity. A lot of malicious software disguises itself as Windows system processes. It is possible to forge the name of an executable file, but it is impossible to forge its digital signature. With Prio, you can always analyze the list of running processes in order to check the digital signature of their files or their network activity.

Services tab.

Prio creates the additional Services tab where you can view all installed system services with their statuses, start them, stop them and change the method they are started with. There are also tooltips with the description of each service (if there is such information for it).

TCP/IP tab.

Prio uses the additional TCP/IP tab to display all established TCP connections and all open ports (TCP and UDP). Both statistical data (the number of sent and received bytes) and rate is shown for each connection. There are also useful tooltips showing information about the process that established this connection. Besides, you can go to such processes immediately via the popup menu.

Silent Elevation.

What is Silent Elevation for? It happens that you have to often launch a software under administrative access level (e.g. Task Manager or Visual Studio) and every time go through UAC (User Access Control) request. However for safety reason it would be wrong to disable UAC. In such cases the new functionality of Prio "Silent Elevation" is very helpful. It allows specifying a given software for the administrative launch without UAC request. This feature significantly improves the usability without threatening the system safety. How to Enable Silent Elevation? All you need to do is to right-click a process in the Processes tab and check the box 'Silent Elevation'. The selected processes along with other Prio settings are saved for the current user profile in the file %APPDATA%\prio.ini. How Does Silent Elevation Work? Silent Elevation is executed by the Prio service which can hold the launch of the processes marked as 'Silent Elevation' and launch their copies under the current user account but with the administrative rights, if the current user has them.

know your system's hardware as-well as software: PC Wizard 2010

Getting both the hardware and software details of your system typically requires using multiple apps. You’d have to peruse through the device manager, jump on over to the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, and then if you want to run some diagnostics or benchmarks you’d have to go hunt down some apps to do that as well.
PC Wizard 2010 is the all-in-one Swiss Army knife when it comes to that kind of stuff. It can provide a detailed breakdown of both the hardware and software on your computer, and can even be used to run some benchmarks. The included benchmark tools will let you test out the performance of your CPU, cache, RAM, hard drives, DVD drives, video, and more.
To top it all off most of the data can be saved off to a text file so that it can be referenced again later on. If you look at all the information PC Wizard provides (which I’ve put at the end of this article) you’ll likely see the value in being able to export some of the data to a simple archivable format. And did I mention that it’s not only free but also portable? Yeah, it’s an all-around worthwhile app to have in your collection.

PC Wizard 2010 download (Windows only; 32/64-bit; Freeware/Portable)

Hardware Information

• Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support …)
• Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, …)
• Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings …)
• Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
• Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency …)
• Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology …)
• Coprocessor
• APM & ACPI
• Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport … )
• DMI / SMBIOS
• Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk & Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
• Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies …)
• OpenGL & 3Dfx
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
• Keyboard, Mouse & Joystick
• Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD …)
• SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices …)
• ATA/ATAPI & S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
• Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
• IDE & SCSI Devices
• Twain & WIA Devices
• PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
• Bluetooth Devices
• Biometric Sensor Devices
• Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC’97 codec, High Definition Audio)
• Printers (Local & Network)
• Modem (Features, Speed …)
• Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall …)
• Security (Scan Ports …)
• PocketPC & SmartPhone Devices
• Virtual Machines

System Information

• MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) & ACM
• SAPI
• Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup …)
• DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
• Windows Memory
• Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes …)
• Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points …)
• TrueType & OpenType Fonts
• WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
• OLE (Objects, Servers …)
• Microsoft® Applications
• Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
• Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bits) & NT Services
• Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
• .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
• ODBC
• CMOS/RTC
• Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
• System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos …)

System Benchmarks

• Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal …)
• L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency …)
• Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency …)
• Hard Drives
• CD/DVD Rom
• DirectX
• Video
• Removable/Flash Support
• MP3 Compression
• VISTA Experience Index

Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. PC WIZARD is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.
PC WIZARD is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance.
PC WIZARD can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs...).
Hardware Information

• Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support ...)
• Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, ...)
• Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings ...)
• Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
• Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency ...)
• Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology ...)
• Coprocessor
• APM & ACPI
• Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport ... )
• DMI / SMBIOS
• Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk & Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
• Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies ...)
• OpenGL & 3Dfx
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
• Keyboard, Mouse & Joystick
• Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD ...)
• SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices ...)
• ATA/ATAPI & S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
• Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
• IDE & SCSI Devices
• Twain & WIA Devices
• PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
• Bluetooth Devices
• Biometric Sensor Devices
• Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC'97 codec, High Definition Audio)
• Printers (Local & Network)
• Modem (Features, Speed ...)
• Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall ...)
• Security (Scan Ports ...)
• PocketPC & SmartPhone Devices
• Virtual Machines

System Information

• MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) & ACM
• SAPI
• Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup ...)
• DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
• Windows Memory
• Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes ...)
• Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points ...)
• TrueType & OpenType Fonts
• WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
• OLE (Objects, Servers ...)
• Microsoft© Applications
• Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
• Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bits) & NT Services
• Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
• .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
• ODBC
• CMOS/RTC
• Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
• System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos ...)

System Benchmarks

• Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal ...)
• L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
• Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
• Hard Drives
• CD/DVD Rom
• DirectX
• Video
• Removable/Flash Support
• MP3 Compression
• VISTA Experience Index

MEMORY and CACHE: These benchmarks measure the maximum achiveable memory bandwidth. The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, SSE, SSE2, SSE3). Memory benchmarks utilize only one processor core and one thread.

PROCESSOR : These benchmarks measure performance in terms of Integer Millions of Instructions Per Second (Integer MIPS) and Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second (MFLOPS). The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, x87, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW!). Processor benchmarks are HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware.

Tools

• Can save, print, e-mail a report
• Can save a TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF or CSV report
• Can export any graphics as BMP file
• Can export text and graphic with the clipboard
• Web update Wizard
• Communicate with Motherboard Monitor
• Dump (Hardware registers, System BIOS, video BIOS ...)

Multi Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Greek
• Italian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Slovak
• Spanish

Rename Photos and Files Automatically

Sometimes it can be a pain to constantly rename new files and/or photos as you move them onto your computer. We’ve covered quite a few batch file renamers in the past, but one area that makes Personal Renamer unique is in its automatic processing capabilities. With it you can actually have it scan a directory at an interval that you designate, and it will keep an eye out for files it should rename according to the criteria you specify.
The system got me excited when I first noticed this piece of functionality, but there was one thing that I just couldn’t wrap my head around at first. This app says that after it renames the files that it can move them to another directory (otherwise it will keep renaming the files regardless of whether it has already done so). It took me a minute to realize exactly how you’re supposed to specify where to move the files to. The box along the right side of the screen is used to show you what the output will look like after the files have been renamed, and above the box is where you can change the directory you want the files placed in. That way they won’t continuously be getting renamed.
Once I got passed that hurdle I’d say the app became a lot more useful. I could point this to a source directory, specify an output directory, give it some renaming criteria, and set it on its merry way. Then whenever any new files would arrive they would automatically get processed.

download personal renamer

Virtual Desktops on Windows XP

A lot of people prefer multitasking. The best tool for that purpose is virtual desktops. Virtual desktops provide the opportunity to run many desktops at the same time from a desktop computer or laptop. It is very easy to switch among the desktops by just using a button. Every virtual desktop can possess its unique applications as well as a different background.  The feature of virtual desktops is not included in Windows XP by default. However, you can easily get virtual desktops on Windows XP. The means to get virtual desktops on Windows XP is very safe for the computer. All you have to do to get virtual desktops on Windows XP is to use software. This software provides four desktops to use.

  In order to get virtual desktops on Windows XP, you have to use the Microsoft PowerToys download page. Follow these simple steps to get the virtual desktops:
 Go to the “Microsoft PowerToys download page”.
 Choose DeskMan.exe from the list on the right hand side of the window.  
It will allow you to download the file named DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe. Double-click on the file.    

 Choose the option “Complete” for installing.

It will be installed in a very little time. Right click on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
Point to Toolbars. You will now see the new option called Desktop Manager.
Click on Desktop Manager.

The desktop manager toolbar will appear:  

Every blue button represents a unique desktop. The green button can be used to preview the four virtual desktops.
Right-click on one of the buttons to see the options for configuration. 

Success! This is the preview of the virtual desktops:

  
You just have to click on any of the desktops in the preview screen in order to get that desktop in the front. Virtual desktops can prove to be very useful if you want to divide your recreational applications and your work applications.  

Convert your text files to mp3, and njoi hearing them rather than reading them

If you are overwhelmed with a large amount of reading, one way to plow through the reading is to have someone, or something, read it to you. Finding someone to read it to you is tricky, though.

Luckily, there is a Web site called CarryoutText that can turn text into MP3 files you can then listen to on your iPod, Zune, or other portable MP3 player, or burn to a CD to listen to in the car.

There are two choices for converting your text to an MP3 file

: You can either upload a Word, PowerPoint, PDF, XML, TXT, CSV or HTML file, or you can paste text directly into the converter.

For testing, I pasted a few lines of text . and left the default reading speed, but you can adjust how fast or slow CarryoutText reads your document if the reader is too fast or too slow for your taste. After you have made your selections, click Submit to Process.

Larger files take a few minutes to convert to MP3 files. For the 30, 971 character file i pasted, i waited about 4 minutes. A Please Wait screen appeared during the wait.

Eventually, a page will appear where you can download your file. Click the big white arrow in the green circle to download it.

my was file read nicely at an easy to understand pace with a mature, but smooth, female voice. The file was a bit robotic sounding, which is probably to be expected.

so enjoy mates!!

3ways of downloading YOU TUBE videos : 3rd using softwares

Software Programs to download Youtube videos

The following list contains software programs for all popular operating systems that allow a user to download videos from Youtube.

1. TubeQueue (Windows):
TubeQueue: A program for the Windows operating system that can queue, convert and download multiple Youtube videos. The program comes with its own search interface making it completely independent from the Youtube website.

2. Free FLV Converter (Windows):

Free FLV Converter: A software program that can search for, download and convert Youtube videos and videos from other web services. It’s biggest strength is the search that can easily handle thousands of results providing comfortable options to download multiple videos at once from Youtube.

3. Orbit Downloader (Windows) : Orbit is a very popular download manager that supports a variety of popular media sites out of the box including Youtube, MySpace or Pandora. It integrates with web browsers and comes with the Grab++ module that can be used to catch and download media files.
Orbit Downloader

4. Youtube-DL (Linux, Windows): A command line program to download videos from Youtube
Youtube-DL

5. Abby and CCLive (Linux): Abby is a frontend for CCLive that can be used to download videos from various popular video hosting websites including Youtube.
Abby and CClive

6. GetTube (Mac): An application for Apple Mac computers that can be used to download Youtube videos.
GetTube

There are literally dozens of other applications, web services and browser plugins that can be used to download videos from Youtube. Please leave a comment if you think we should add another free services, plugin or software to the list.

Everything: A new and 20 times faster search utility then basic search of windows

The Everything application was designed to be a fast folder and file name search engine for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name "Everything"). You type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are displayed.


Here are some key features of "Everything":

· Small installation file
· Clean and simple user interface
· Quick file indexing
· Quick searching
· Minimal resource usage
· Share files with others easily
· Real-time updating

everything options:

we can specify the drive to begin the search in

we can even exclude certain location to skip the search in

Foxit pdf reader: small, fast and rich

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with small size, fast launch speed and rich feature set. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. In the past, you've had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document.
To put it gently, Adobe Reader is a real pain in the hindquarters. It's monstrously large, slow to load, and includes many features most users will hardly ever need. Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the bloat and throws in some useful features, such as multimedia support and content-sharing options, while still allowing you to quickly access your PDFs.

Here are some key features of "Portable Foxit Reader":

· Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.

· Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.

· Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.

· High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission. While other PDF readers often silently connect to the Internet in the background. Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware.


download Foxit reader link1
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doPDF: BEST PDF CONVERSION TOOL

doPDF is a fairly basic program that's utterly bereft of features beyond its main function: to let users create PDF documents from within any program using the native Print option. Lacking any customization features and the control panel to manage them, doPDF is definitely meant for fast PDF creation with a minimum of fuss. It does support a multitude of languages, a minor feature except to those who don't use English as their primary language. One benefit of not having any major features is that doPDF takes up almost no RAM.

doPDF is a PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the Print command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files. doPDF installs itself as a virtual printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To create PDF files, you just have to print your documents to the doPDF pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, Notepad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

follow these step in order to install doPDF on your system:

1. download doPDF : http://www.software112.com/products/dopdf-free-pdf-converter+quick-download.html

2click on the doPDF.exe file downloaded

3.select language

4.click next

5.accept the agreement and click next

6.select the installation folder by default it would point to the program files of ur current OS ,so CLICK NEXT

                                      

7.select next

 

8.check the option to set this software as ur default printer

                                        

9.click on install to begin installation

          

10.after clicking on install you will find the progress bar

10. now you have installed doPDF successfully. but how to use it? 

doPDF is a PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the Print command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files. doPDF installs itself as a virtual printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To create PDF files, you just have to print your documents to the doPDF pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, Notepad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

follow the step below given steps to use doPDF.

1.doPDF will convert any sort of document into pdf format may it be your word file or a ppt or a webpage.

2. so in order to use dopdf go to any of work done in ms-word (ie open a ms-word file )

now if u want that particular ms word file to be converted into pdf

3.go to printing option

 

here you will find doPDF as your default printer and provides you a dialog box were you can customize your pdf file

4.click OK  button

It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

and you pdf file is created...njoi!!!

Acronis Backup and Recovery

      My advice to any new computer owner/user is, invariably, to establish some sort of backup strategy right from the outset. Its a fact of life that many underestimate the importance of regular backups, they get lulled into a false sense of security as the computer continues to boot up and operate as expected... Then, suddenly, the dreaded ‘blue screen of death and panic sets in as thoughts turn to the possibility of losing all that precious data; birthday photos of dear once, videos of the pranks played, Papu’s resume... What to do!

     The shame of it being that the scenario can easily be avoided by instituting any of the commonly used backup methods, from simply saving any important data to external media right through to using the latest dedicated software. I used to back up all my photos, music, docs, etc. to CD/DVD discs and rely on my old pc’s system restore to get me out of any serious trouble and if even that does not works out formatting was the only option left with me reconfiguring everything again, re-installing OS, all my favorite software and then the updates, literally hours of downloading… There had to be a better way, and there was... Acronis True Image.

     For the uninitiated; Acronis True Image’s, by using which, I make an image of my C: drive (my C: partition) so that I can reinstall it in its entirety. This saves me from having to reinstall Windows, find all my device driver disks, find all my program disks and reinstall the programs, locating and installing all the add-ons that I want to use in Firefox, and many more such tedious tasks. It also saves all my program configuration files and my data — it's a big, custom just-for-me "restore file," just like a Restore DVD, but with my programs, my data and my program configurations already done!

     The image can then be saved to CD/DVD, flash drive or any internal/external hard drive as well as on a network share or FTP-server; from there you can search for and restore any individual files or restore the entire system. To aid in conserving space there are three levels of compression available; normal, high, and maximum, as well as the ability to schedule incremental and differential backups.

      Acronis True Image has long been regarded as the premier imaging software and the latest version (2009) continues that trend with a host of new features making for even greater flexibility, for a full list of features take a look here: True Image Features

True Image meets all the requirements and then some; it is fast, extremely versatile, very easy to use and totally dependable. I am a freeware nut and will search high and wide for free alternatives, as I did with imaging software. I say without hesitation, Acronis True Image represents the best investment and value for money I have ever outlaid for my computer.

To help demonstrate how easy it is to use True Image let’s go through the complete system backup process:

1) Start Acronis and you will see the ‘welcome’ screen. This is the main area from where you can select the various tasks. Obviously, in this case we would select the ‘Back up’ option.

THE WELCOME WINDOW

2) Now we can select exactly what it is we wish to backup. To backup the entire system select the ‘My Computer’ option:

THE DATA SELECTION WINDOW

3) Next we select the ‘source’ or, in other words, the location of the data we wish to backup. In most cases this will be the main drive (‘C’ drive). Acronis recognizes this fact and will display the window with ‘C’ drive selected by default. If you wish to change the ‘source’ just uncheck ‘C’ drive and place a checkmark next to the appropriate location.

THE 'SOURCE' SELECTION WINDOW

Note how Acronis recognizes all connected hard drives…. the last entry (Disk 3) is my external USB hard drive which will be the destination for the image.

4) Now its time to select the ‘destination’ or location for the saved image. In this case it is to drive ‘H’, my external hard drive.

 

THE 'TARGET' SELECTION WINDOW

For initial full backup select the ‘Create new backup archive’ option. Use the browse button to change/select the desired location. Click on the ‘Summary’ button if you are finished (see #6) or on the ‘Next’ button if you wish to set ‘scheduling’ or change any options (see #5).

5) This is after clicking on ‘Next’ in step #4. Click on ‘Summary’ to finish or on ‘Options’ to set scheduling or change backup options.

THE 'PAT ON THE BACK' WINDOW

 6) Any time you hit the ‘summary’ button (in steps #4 and #5 or in the Scheduling window) the setup process will be complete and Acronis will display this window:

THE 'SUMMARY' WINDOW

 You will notice I have selected, via the backup options, to ‘validate’ the archive. This will make the process somewhat longer but, in my opinion, is best enabled for both ‘creation’ and ‘restoration’ of full backups.

 Now click on the ‘Proceed’ button and Acronis will begin the backup, displaying its ‘working’ window with a progress bar and estimated time to completion.

 Acronis will issue you with a warning if you manage to choose incorrect settings or attempt something inadvisable.

 This after selecting the main drive (‘C’) as both source and destination.

THE 'WARNING' WINDOW

      This backup took Acronis just 18 minutes to create and save a 25gb image file using ‘Normal’ compression in ‘Normal’ priority mode (the default settings). There is so much more to Acronis, many more features and options to explore.

     The best just got even better. Acronis True Image 2010 is replete with the most desirable features and useful options... A must have for anyone seeking a seriously reliable backup solution covering just about every eventuality.