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Digitalhead Daily » [TIPS] RunAsDate lets you indefinitely extend software trial periods
If you get a trial version of a program, it will generally give to a certain amount of time to try the software and evaluate it before buying. What if the software’s 3-day trial period just isn’t enough for you to be satisfied? There are a few programs out there that will let you run programs as a set date to get more out of a trial period, but RunAsDate from NirSoft seems to be the most simple out of the bunch. This utility is simple to use. Just install your trial software normally. Run it once to get settings and profiles set.
99 of the best Windows freeware programs you may not know of
Because of the popularity of my previous article on Help Desk Geek entitled 99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast , I’ve decided to write another list post with 99 items, but this time on Windows freeware programs that you may have not heard of. If you search for “best freeware programs” or “top freeware apps”, you’ll get lots of lists, but mostly with programs everyone has already heard of: AVG anti-virus, 7-zip, Firefox, OpenOffice, etc, etc. That’s all nice and fine, but what about all those little gems programs that work great, but don’t get all the headlines?The free software listed here is perfect for the most mischievous pranks and computer gags. This software is great for playing jokes on those unsuspecting users. Click on any of our computer pranks below to get more information and download them.
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Downloadable Computer Repair CDs | Technibble
One of our Technibble forum members, PcTek9 , and a handful of other Technibble members have compiled a large list of CDs for various computer repair tasks. In this list, the following types of CD are available for download: Antivirus Boot CDs, Recovery Disks, Hardware Diagnostic Boot CDs, Network Testing/Monitoring, Data Recovery Boot CDs and Special Purpose CDs. Some of these are free to download, some are not. Be sure to read the EULA for the CD’s you download and the applications you use to make sure you are allowed to use them in the manner you plan to use them in.
At Maximum PC, computer hardware is our bread and butter. We review it, preview it, and just generally love to talk about it. Unfortunately, hardware becomes less important with each passing day, as more and more software moves onto the internet. We're not looking forward to the day that our PC's become Chrome OS-style thin client, but we have to admit, some web apps are pretty awesome. So to help you prepare for a future in the cloud, we've put together a list of 30 of our favorite web apps and services.
30 Useful (and Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmark - Page 1
Coding
Gone are the days when we have to write code, manually from scratch, to create a Website in an editor, mostly it was Notepad. Nowadays, we are using tools like Adobe Dreamweaver, Zend Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Express and existing code libraries to simplify our work and get it done with fewer efforts in less time. Today, we will discuss about one such code library named jQuery.
Top 10 Clever Uses for Spare Thumb Drives
Chances are you've accumulated a few spare thumb drives over the years, choosing new ones thanks to better form factors and increased capacities. But what do you do with the old ones that are just lying around? Here are our top 10 clever, fun, and practical uses for your spare thumb drives.
When Windows goes wrong, it can go really wrong. Worse: Often it's extremely difficult to save your system from Windows itself. Here's how to use a simple USB drive to free space, remove viruses, rescue passwords, and more from crunked Windows setups. Photo by *manci* .
The Complete Guide to Saving Your Windows System with a Thumb Drive
Flash drives aren't quite a dime a dozen, but it's pretty easy to amass a bunch of them in your office drawer. This guide helps you turn them into software-packed giveaway drives. Many readers were curious about the giveaway flash drives in my laptop bag . Why give flash drives away? I found that despite only using a single flash drive, I had a drawer full of them in my office.