Love the concept behind the recycle bin in Windows? Delete a file and it goes to the trash instead of being permanently deleted just in case you didn’t mean to. Well, using iBin, you can create a recycle bin for your USB flash drive! Read on to learn more.
Have several PowerPoint files that you want to combine into one file? PowerPoint Joiner is a nifty little program that lets you easily join many PowerPoint files into one big file.
Tired of looking up words on Dictionary.com with boatloads of ads? Check out Wordweb, it’s a free offline and online dictionary with a lot of useful features like web references, Wikipedia integration, Wikitionary integration and more. Also, it can hear the spoken version of any word.
Ever want to write an email in your own handwriting? If you have a tablet PC, you can! Check out this step by step tutorial on how to convert your handwriting into your own font that you can use in Word, Photoshop, or anywhere else!
Windows Task Scheduler is good for newbies, but what about us hardcore IT people? If you’re in IT or just plain geeky, you might want to try out the Python Cron Service. It basically emulates the Cron utility in Linux. My kind of tool.
A collection of 40 tiny utilities by Skrommel over at Donation Coder. Helpful tools include a screen dimmer, hide desktop script and fading taskbar tool. Some old, some new but all free.
How do you normally format your camera SD card? If you use the built-in format option on your camera, that’s fine, but you shouldn’t use Windows to format an SD card, at least according to the SD Association. Instead, if you want to prolong the life of your SD card, you should use SD Formatter, a free program that properly formats an SD or SDHC card according to official standards.
Running your website off IIS? If so, you might want to check out the free Search Engine Optimization Toolkit, a free SEO tool from Microsoft. It performs in-depth site analysis and supports Robots.txt and Sitemap files.
Having a problem with your Windows 7 computer? If so, check out a nitfy little program called FixWin. It has a nice collection of over 50 fixes to common Windows 7 problems, such as a missing recycle bin or problems with Aero Snap and Peek.
Have a bunch of home videos sitting on your PC? Might be time to learn how to create a nice looking DVD that you can send to your family and friends. DVDStyler is a free program you can use to create DVDs with interactive menus.
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