Install-It 2.0 is the perfect free program for any network administrator or even the computer tech of the family. Install-It 2.0 is a freeware utility that displays a list of program setup files that have been burned to a CD along with the Install-It 2.0 freeware. All you have to do is burn the Install-It 2.0 to a CD along with any program installations files that you want to include. After you burn the CD, insert it into any computer that you want to install the files that are on the CD and it will automatically display a list of the programs that are ready to be installed. This freeware program is perfect for making a CD for family or friends who need certain program, drivers, or any other programs installed on their computer and they are the basic computer user that doesn’t know as much as you. This freeware program is compatible with Windows 98, XP, and Vista.
Downlaod: Install-It 2.0
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SIW – System Information for Windows. This is a really neat and free program to use if you want to know everything about your computer or any computer that you can get your hands on. SIW is an advanced stand-alone EXE program which does not need require installation that gathers detailed information about a system, properties, settings, and displays such as the BIOS, CPU, devices, memory, motherboard, video, drivers and ports. It monitors in real time for the CPU, memory, pagefile usage, network connections, network traffic and much more. The information that SIW finds is divided into a few major categories: software inventory, hardware inventory, network information, network tools, miscellaneous tools, and real-time monitors. With all of the detailed information that SIW finds it can also create a report file in the formats CSV, HTML, TXT, or XML. SIW - System Information for Windows is a free program and can be ran directly from a USB, desktop, server, or web-script so be sure to check it out and add it to your networking toolbox.
Website: SIW - System Information for Windows
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Blender is your one stop shop for a free open-source 3D animation software. Blender is used for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. The new release, version 2.46 has been released to fix bugs but it adds a lot of new features such as subsurface scattering support(SSS) and two composite nodes, cloth and fur simulation, physics caching/baking, shading, glossy reflection/refraction, ray traced soft shadows, physics and particles, new rendering features and much more. Blender is supported for all major operating systems under the General Public License (GNU). Whether you’re a hobbyist that is looking for some free professional-quality software or an actual animation artist, Blender is the perfect program to suite your needs. If you want to add extras you can use Python embedded scripting which can be easily found and downloaded from the user forums. Although it is a really good piece of software, it can be time-consuming to learn how to use but after mastered it will be the perfect tool to use.
Website- Blender free 3D animation software
Download- Blender 2.46

Do you have trouble keeping up to date with all of your applications, widgets, application plugins and prefernce panes that are installed on your Mac? Then you should try out AppFresh. AppFresh is a program that works by checking osx.iusethis.com for new versions of the software you use then lets you download and install the updates in an easily way. And if you have a iusethis.com profile, AppFresh lets you control which applications it contains. Most software that is used for a Mac doesn't include any kind of update checker. It integrates the most common update checking technologies such as Apple Software Update, Sparkle, Microsoft AutoUpdate, Adobe Update, osx.iusethis.com and much much more. AppFresh helps you keep your Mac updated with the latest software revisions.
Website: AppFresh
Download: AppFresh 0.8.2

xplorer2 lite version is a less powerful version of xplorer professional but it shares the same desktop browsing and file management engine along with dual panes and folder tabs. It will give any file manager a run for its money. This unique file manager is really easy and comfortable to use. This version of xplorer2 might not be as good as the professional version but if your looking for something to help you stop using your Windows file manager then try this free file manager out. The free version is unsupported but you can still post your issues in the forum and you will have assistance come your way. Forums for the free file manager
Website: xplorer2 lite
Download: xplorer2 lite

Fire 1.5 is now available. Fire is a free instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports AIM, ICQ, irc, Jabber, Google Talk, Apple iChat Server, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Apple Bonjour. Some of the features that Fire includes is Rendezvous chat, Tabbed Chat windows, and styled text chat.
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If you want a site to find a lot of free software that is very useful then check out Shock Utility. The Shock Utility website offers many different pieces of software. Some of the programs that they have at this moment that grabbed my attention is Shock Dropper, Shock StartUp, Shock Calendar, and Shock Cleaner. There are many utilities on the Shock Utility web site that increases the computer users experience. The developers at Shock Utility are always coming out with new software and utilities so keep checking back with them for new programs.
Website: Shock Utility

If you want a free zip archive program then check out IZArc. IZArc is a free archive utility that supports a whole list of archive formats. I will list these formats at the bottom. IZArc is a fast archiving utility and supports archive encryption AES 128, 192, and 256 bit encoding. The user interface is very similar to that of WinZip and if this is your first archiving utility it is still easy to navigate through. IZArc is supported by Windows Vista now so if you have upgraded to Vista then your able to use the free zip utility.

The following formats are supported by IZArc:
7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

Website:www.izarc.org
Download:IZArc

For all the Mac users out there, if you like Firefox then check out a browser that is made for Mac. Camino is an open source web browser for Mac OS X. Its style and user interface is Mac oriented and it is easy to switch from Firefox to Camino.

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Daily Free Software program of the day. If you want a free screen capturing program check out Screenshot Captor. It has many differences that set it apart from other screenshot programs such as it is optimized for taking lots of screenshots, smart autonaming of files, good multi-monitor support, it is highly configurable to work any way that you want it to, it sits in the system tray and stays out of your way. It also has lots of capture modes: Multimon (multiple monitors), desktop, active window, region, windows object. Each mode has a specific hotkey for the fastest access. There is much more to learn about this free screen capturing program at the Screenshot Captor website.

Encrypt your data with TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt is a free open-source encryption program. It creates a virtual encrypted disk in a file and mounts it as a real disk. It encrypts partitions, USB drives, and external hard drives as well. The main thing I liked about it is that it has two levels of plausible deniability just in case you are forced to give up a password. TrueCrypt is supported on Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Over the next few post I am going to show you some websites that offer free online picture editing and photo manipulation tools. If we don't cover one that you like or have heard of please leave me a comment and I will be sure to read up on it and cover it in a later post plus I will give you credit in the article and list your website for a free in-post link.

For the first free online picture editor I am going to tell you about Picresize.com. There are two versions to this website. The first is Picresize 2.0 and it is the basic of the two versions. Probably because the other version is newer. Picresize 2.0 has alot of features that any picture editor needs such as resize, rotate, sharpen, equalize, and flip plus a few more advanced effects like gaussian blur, grayscale, oil paint, raise, and raised frame. After you upload a picture, choose a new size, and pick which special effects you want to add you have to option to save it in three different formats(JPG, GIF, or PNG).

The second version of this free picture editor is Picresize 3.0 which has all of the same features as version 2.0 but with some more effects. So if you want more control over your photos then I would suggest you go with version 3.0. Some of the new effects with this version is contrast, brighness, text, and polaroid. It still only lets you save the finished picture in the same three formats but it lets you choose the quality of the picture. Three more tools is the Fetch, API - Web Services, and the Batch Resize options that are at the bottom of the page. Overall I would use the Picresize 3.0 becaue it has more effects, gives the user more control over the photo, and it has a newer look that is alot easier to navigate. So good luck with your free online picture editing and show me some of your results and give me some feedback. Thanks

If you are on the go a lot and don't have a laptop computer but need to do some picture editing then check out OnlinePhotoTool.com. OnlinePhotoTool is completely free and the only reason to sign up is if you want to save your photos online. This free service is an online image and photo editor that has basic and intermediate level features. Some of these features include these tools: resize, crop, add text, sharpen, rotate, saturation, levels, flip, paint, inserting icons, turning the picture to sepia or black and white, cloning, recoloring, curves, and borders. This is a great free service and online application that will help out many people. Get started editing your photos at OnlinePhotoTool.com
Do you know of any more free services like this one or even if it is not related let me know and leave a comment. Thanks

If you like to use 3rd party msstyle themes and use un-signed custom visual styles or want to check them out and add them to your Windows computer then check out UXTheme MultiPatcher. This patch changes your uxtheme.dll and allows for the use of any 3rd party msstyle theme on Windows Xp/SP1/Sp2 or Windows Server 2003. To patch the UXTheme file all you have to do is run the program and it will determine the operating system, then patch the right file and reboot the PC. If you want to un-patch the UXTheme then just run the program again and it will un-patch the .dll file that was changed and reboot the PC again. It is a really simple program to use and is great for the people that want to change the look of there computer.

Visit Softpedia's website to find more information and download the application
UXTheme Multi-patcher 6.0

Do you ever get a phone call from someone you don't know. Well there is a great new service website called Sullr. This free service can take a phone number, find it on the web and show you all the information it can on it such as business/person who owns the number, location, and more. Sullr is still in beta and is being updated everyday to be able to find more and more information. It can mainly track landlines but is being expanded into cell phone listings. All the user needs is the phone number that they want to track and type it into the search box on the website. Sullr checks to see if the number is listed in any database that it can and displays the results with a location and map if found. Sullr has a WAP page that can be viewed on almost any mobile platform so it's not just limited to a desktop/laptop computer. This free services works in five courntries for now including the United States, Germany, Italy, Argentina, and France. Im sure the there will be more countries added to the listings soon. Visit Sullr.com to find out more info on the free phone number look up service.

Have you been looking for a free service to convert text to mp3 well look no further. Vozme is a free online applicatoin that takes text from a browser or it can use quoted text and converts it to an mp3 file. The converted file can be added to your website or a web browser. The voice can sound like a mail or female and can convert English text to Español,Italiano,Hindi and Català. It is a really cool online application to play around with. Try it our and have some fun. vozMe

Do you want to get rid of the annoying messages that pop up in Windows that say : Cannot delete file: Access is denied. If you want to take more control of your Windows system then try Unlocker. Unlocker is a free Windows Explorer extension that lets you right-click the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of common error messages. Learn more about Unlocker or if you want to try it out  Download it from the official website. Unlocker is freeware

DoubleKiller is a fast and easy to use application for removing duplicate files. It searches single or multiple directories for duplicate files by analyzing the file name, size, date, and content and then compiles a list so you can decide which ones to delete. This list can also be sorted and exported to a text file and even some of the benefits that DoubleKiller offers is that It frees up hard disk space by removing duplicate files, reduces time for backups or file searches, and cleans up your picture and music collection. DoubleKiller is a stand-alone executable so it doesn't need to be installed.
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How often do you experience problems with your Windows computer? One way to minimize those problems is to use Free Window Registry Repair. Free Window Registry Repair is a free registry repair program. If you use this free software regularly your system should be more stable and faster. It automatically backups any repairs made just in case you want to restore the registry to the original state. Some of the key features that it offers is it repairs invalid registry entries, increases system speed and stability, sets registry cleaning preferences, improves system performance, and has a user-friendly interface. Go Learn more or Download

InfoTag Magic is a freeware Windows shell infotip extension that finds tags for ID3, WMA, APE, or OGG file types. InfoTag Magic displays tag fields in a tooltip window when the mouse pointer is hovered over a file in windows explorer and provides a quick preview for plain text files in the formats of TXT, INI, LOG, BAT, DIZ, BAK, and QUE. So if you need to find a certain text file but don't want to open a number of different files, you can hover over a text file and InfoTag Magic displays the first five lines of that file in a tooltip window. Also shortcut properties and version information of exe. file an infotip is displayed. Here is more information on InfoTag Magic and here is a direct download link for todays daily free software