It happens so often running application hangs, the user interface abruptly stops responding, and you cannot determine what has caused the problem or how to troubleshoot the issue. WhatIsHang (Windows 2000 up to Windows 7/2008) is a mini freeware utility which helps you to detect applications that stopped responding (hang) and displays some information that may help the user to understand what exactly may cause the hang problem. WhatIsHang's report, like Call Stack, Stack Data, Processor Registers, and Memory Data is designed for users with Windows programming knowledge. However, WhatIsHang also presents a list of strings and dll files
Read MoreWireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network. For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, Device Name, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name. You can also export the connected devices list into html/xml/csv/text file, or copy the list to the clipboard and then paste into Excel or other spreadsheet application. It's possible that Wireless Network Watcher won't detect the correct wireless
Read MoreSpent hours downloading a huge Zip archive only to discover its corrupt. Avoid it with Zip2Fix (Windows, free), a utility that won't fix corrupt archives, but will extract any and all undamaged files from it. Its a small program that can salvage files from damaged zip archives. It will not ‘fix’ a corrupt zip file, but rather extract any undamaged files that might be within it. When it comes to file archiving in Windows, we prefer 7-Zip, and we are not talking about replacement. What Zip2Fix does, however, makes it worth a spot on your hard drive if you run
Read MorePhotoGrabber (free, Windows, Mac)a simple app for easily downloading photos from Facebook. You can now either specify a photos or an entire albums contain photos tagged of you (or another user), a friend's albums, as well as comments and tags. To use just authorize it to access your Facebook account to generate a login token. After pasting in your login token, you'll be able to select which user's photos to download. The application is portable and does not require any installation and can be directly run using the exe file. The application is very easy to use and you can
Read MorePdfMasher (free, Windows, Mac, Linux) is a tool to convert PDF files containing text in ready-for-ebook HTML files. Most ebook readers support PDF files natively, but it's often a real pain to read those documents because we don't have font size control over the document like we have with native ebooks. In many cases, we have to use the zooming feature and it's just a pain. Another drawback of PDFs on ebook readers is that annotations are not supported. Tools like Calibre can convert pdf documents into various formats. Their disadvantage is that they often do not get it completely right,
Read MoreChoosing a font isn't always difficult, but it can be more time-consuming than necessary. That's because most apps don't let you view fonts side-by-side, so if you want to compare your options, your only choice is to manually make the change. And then, of course, you have to remember exactly what your previous options looked like, and what those fonts were called. A font manager like FontViewOK (free, windows, no installation needed) can make this process a whole lot simpler FontViewOK's simple interface, enter your text in the form at the top of the app, and FontViewOK automatically shows you how
Read MoreThe new tab page of a browser is a continuously evolving experiment. Long ago, there were homepages a single website that opened whenever a new tab or browser window was launched. The idea of only one website on a whole new tab bothered a Norwegian browser company, and they launched Speed Dial in the spring of 2007 with Opera version 9.2. That was the beginning of the new tab revolution. Hundreds of speed dial add-ons for Firefox and variations of it started appearing on Mozilla’s website. Google launched Chrome the following year, and the browser by default show a list
Read MoreUSB Alert is a free utility which sounds and show an alarm if you shutdown your computer or lock your compute, while the USB stick is still connected. You will notice the following screen pops up when you either lock your system or shut it down while the USB stick is still connected - USB Alert shows a list of USB sticks plugged into the PC. The user can browse the USB stick or even eject (safely remove) the USB stick. It skips cardreaders without a memorycard. Here is the direct download link. Works only on Windows XP.
DataGrab (free) a backup utility that save your profiles and all other multiple user profiles on your machine without having to log into each account. DataGrab utility lets you select the folders within each user profile you wish to back up, including Documents, favorites, and application history. You can also select specific file types to save, such as Word docs or wildcard extensions of your choosing. On the target partition, DataGrab backs up only the data you WANT from each user's profile (and not all of it, e.g. temp files, etc.) such as documents, pictures, video, desktop, favorites, saved games, downloads,
Read MoreIf you’re a .NET developer who will love to spend more time doing development rather than fixing bugs. Try Armadillo, it runs in the background and analyzes your code, flagging lines that need to be corrected. It follows you as you test your code and creates a safety net, protecting your work from regression bugs. Armadillo creates validation scenarios that are continuously verified as you modify your code. If a bug is found, Armadillo pinpoints it so you can debug the code in question without running the whole app. Armadillo Benefit #1 It prevents bugs from creeping into your code. #2 It works
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