Most of us are very familiar with Windows XP and have explored almost all the programs that come default with XP.
Here are four programs you most probably didn’t know existed on your computer.
4 Programs you didn't know existed on your computer | Alfred's Tech Blog
Find Model Number and Serial Number Of Your Computer Using DOS Commands | Tech Dreams
Desktops and Laptops purchased from manufactures like DELL, IBM, etc comes with a serial number(or service tag) and a model name. If you ever loose this information, then you can use MS DOS commands to retrieve the information
To retrieve serial number of the computer run the following command
wmic bios get serialnumber
To retrieve model name of the computer run the following command
wmic csproduct get name
Find Model Number and Serial Number Of Your Computer Using DOS Commands | Tech Dreams
22 Most Useful Free Applications for your PC
The recession is hitting everyone hard and money is tight. That doesn’t mean that can’t get the most out of your computer. There are so many great free applications that can help you do just about anything. I’m going to take a look at 22 applications that I use all the time with wonderful results.
I’m going to identify the free applications that I use in the following categories:
- Communication
- Internet
- Productivity
- Multimedia
- System Utilities
I have my personal favorites that I’m going to talk about, but those are not your only options. I’ll also list any other viable alternatives that I’m aware of for each category.
VitaminCM - Nourish Your Mind » 22 Most Useful Free Applications for your PC
24 Killer Portable Apps For Your USB Flash Drive
My flash drive works pretty hard, so I've spent a lot of time gathering a reliable, powerful set of portable tools that allow me to work hard and play hard, even if I can't do it on my own PC.
Here are two dozen apps that I always have at the ready.
24 Killer Portable Apps For Your USB Flash Drive
TrackMeNot
TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It does so not by means of concealment or encryption (i.e. covering one's tracks), but instead, paradoxically, by the opposite strategy: noise and obfuscation. With TrackMeNot, actual web searches, lost in a cloud of false leads, are essentially hidden in plain view. User-installed TrackMeNot works with the Firefox Browser and popular search engines (AOL, Yahoo!, Google, and MSN) and requires no 3rd-party servers or services.
TrackMeNot
List of free awesome programs for Windows - WikiPaul - Paul Swanson's wiki
I started this list as a collection of free awesome software for Windows that I'd found over the years. Features that help inclusion to the list: No-cost, open source, useful, resourse-light, good UI, and most importantly, me liking it.
I have a local mirror of the open source programs here.
MarksXP at MVPs.org
Welcome this is a site dedicated to step-by-step walkthroughs designed to
fix common problems and issues seen by users of Windows XP.
If you have issues using the menus you can view the site map here
MarksXP at MVPs.org
26 New And Awesome Web Apps You Probably Don’t Know About
Ten years ago, who would have thought that most of our work would depend on the internet? The internet allows us to have easy access to our files, anywhere, anytime. We chat face to face with friends, meet clients virtually, process payments in a flash and much more. The internet is huge and you can’t get enough of it. It has no end.
While on the topic of the internet, you can call the current scenario, the Web 2.0 revolution, the next dot com boom. Web apps are torrenting the internet with their numbers and new ones pop-up everyday.
Today, I will talk about the latest additions to the pool, of course; the ones you probably don’t know about.
So, without further ado…
26 New And Awesome Web Apps You Probably Don’t Know About
Convert files and data online
Data Conversion - Online Media Conversions
- Convert CSV file to a delimited format. Data converter which takes a file containing Comma Separated Values (a popular Microsoft coding convention), and turns it into a tab-separated data file for easy data processing with other tools.
- File converter for PDF conversion (Adobe Acrobat) to text file. Takes a PDF file and extracts the readable text. Formatting preserved where possible using html.
- PDF info extracts and prints the contents of the 'Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
- Legacy file to PDF conversion. Convert many legacy file formats to modern PDF.
- Diff online. Find differences between two files. Compare two files and return the lines where they are different in standard 'diff' format.
- Mp3 info. Gets the tag information embedded in your mp3 file. Supports ID3v1 as well as ID3v2 tags.
- XML lint - pretty printer for XML documents Format your XML documents so that they become easily readable.
- Convert html file to RSS feed Automatically create an RSS XML feed out of an html page.
- Convert ls directory listing to Google sitemap xml Automatically create an XML Google sitemap from a simple ls - lR directory listing online.
- Audio converters. Overview of music converters for conversion to and from mp3, wav, ogg and many others.
- iTunes XML to M3U converter. Converts iTunes XML libraries to M3U playlists for use with other players.
- Metastock data conversion. Utility program to convert Metastock Binary Data Format to Metastock ASCII format and vice versa.
- Legacy word processor to Microsoft Word conversions. Convert older word processor formats for use with Microsoft Word or Works.
- Legacy spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel conversions. Convert older spreadsheet files for use with Microsoft Excel.
Convert files and data online
72 Programs For A Freeware Only PC
This post is my gift for you, with the best wishes for a Happy New Year.
Many of you read and commented on my 51 Essential Programs For A Freeware Only PC post, many of you downloaded the Freeware Mission Megapack. Well, I’m trying to get the whole thing further. I’ve been using only freeware and open source programs in my Windows Xp powered PC since july, and I can tell you that it really works.
I had 51 freeware programs, now I have 72. And you can have them too, I compiled a MegaPack again with the programs listed below - the Freeware Mission MegaPack 2008!
The download link is just below, tested and working (but prepare for a long download, the whole package is about 640 MB). Happy New Year, see you in 2009, with a new MagaPack! I’m looking forward to hearing your comments!
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