Computers run hardware devices, such as printers or graphics cards, using software called drivers. Without drivers you wouldn’t be able to print a document, read this webpage or connect to the Internet. All hardware elements in your PC, including your graphics and sound card, your motherboard, your hard disk, your modem or even your keyboard, come with drivers. Initially these may have come preinstalled with the operating system, or you may have installed them from the manufacturer’s CD. However the manufacturers will since have improved these drivers by removing bugs and adding extra features or functionality. This means that unless you update your drivers regularly you may face any of a range of problems, from the relatively minor, such as hardware that seems buggy and poorly performing, to the more major such as hardware failures, conflicts and complete system crashes.
With so many drivers installed on your system you cannot reasonably keep track of which drivers have been updated, which is why you need driver update management software to help out. Driver Scanner is the perfect solution for automatically updating drivers, saving you the hassle of having to identifying all your system’s drivers, then find updates for them using, before then downloading them from the manufacturer’s website. Driver Scanner scans your PC’s drivers and checks them against our comprehensive library of the latest drivers, to give you a full list of all those that need to be updated. With single click simplicity Driver Scanner will then install each update on your PC. But what’s more, Driver Scanner will also backup all your drivers to an external device, meaning that the next time you reinstall your system you can load up all your latest drivers, from one place.
Features: - Scan summary and download history - Disk drives scan - DVD/CD-ROM drives scan - Monitors scan - Processors scan - Sound, video and game controllers scan - Universal serial bus controllers scan - Simultaneous driver downloads - Driver download management technology - Display adapters scan - IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers scan - Network adapters scan - Other devices scan - System devices scan - Unplugged devices scan - Easy driver backup - Windows restore points - Easy driver restore - Minimize DriverScanner to taskbar - Minimize DriverScanner to tray - Select number of simultaneous downloads - System tray shortcut - Shows driver statuses - Windows Familiar GUI - Shows Scan Progress
Fake Voice is a voice changer software which changes your voice to male, female, old, young, hard, shrill, or some one new. If you are female and want to sound like male or if you are male and want to sound like female, this is your tool. You can apply robotic effect to sound like alien or echo effect to sound like you speaking from a well or tunnel.
Whether you like you have fun with your friends or you want to improve your voice quality for audio recording, this tool give you full control over your voice.
Keep your PC operating smoothly by using Error Repair Professional to scan, identify, clean and repair errors in your PC with a single click. With a few easy steps, it will scan your entire registry for any invalid entries and provides a list of the registry errors found. You can then choose to selectively clean each item or automatically repair them all. Windows Registry is the nerve center of your PC and problems with the Windows Registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. These problems can occur for many reasons including uninstalling software with poor un-installation routines, by missing or corrupt hardware drivers, improperly deleting files and orphaned startup programs. By using Error Repair Professional regularly to fix error in Windows registry, your system should not only be more stable but it will also help Windows boot faster.
The easiest way to use DFX is to simply turn it on with its standard settings. You will immediately be amazed at the added clarity and punch that your audio player now provides. However, users can also make fine adjustments to any of the following effects:
Harmonic Fidelity Restoration Adding Fidelity to your audio eliminates the "muffled" sound that is an artifact of the data compression algorithms used in Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for this loss of high frequency fidelity by carefully regenerating the missing high frequency harmonics in the audio. This harmonic restoration is performed using patent-pending technology that carefully synthesizes high frequency harmonics to replace the harmonics lost during the encoding process.
Ambience, Stereo Imaging Adding Ambience to your audio compensates for the lost or diminished stereo depth that is the result of closely located speakers, poor listening environments, and sonic losses due to data compression of Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for the reduced stereo imaging and depth of PC audio by carefully regenerating the ambience and stereo depth. This same ambience processing has been used by Grammy winning engineers of artists such as Alanis Morissette and Ella Fitzgerald.
3D Surround Sound Using the 3D Surround Sound component adds amazing depth and body to your audio, compensating for monitoring limitations and sonic losses due to data compression. With 3D Surround processing the sounds will surround you, virtually putting you inside the music! 3D Surround enhances the sound played on conventional 2-speaker systems and makes even small PC speaker systems sound larger and richer. It is also fully compatible with Surround Sound playback systems.
HyperBass Using the HyperBass component adds deep, rich bass sound to your audio by compensating for the bass limitations of almost all PC-based audio systems and data-compressed audio formats. DFX does this by carefully regenerating the low frequency harmonics, thus increasing the perceived bass, but without exceeding the speakers physical limits, adding or changing speakers or amplifiers, and without increased power consumption. HyperBass greatly improves the bass performance of any sound system.
Dynamic Gain Boosting Adding Dynamic Boost increases the perceived loudness of your audio while minimizing distortion levels, particularly when using Internet audio systems. By adding Dynamic Gain Boosting, your playback system will sound twice as loud without losing any punch on loud passages.
Typical PC-based multimedia playback systems and even home stereo playback systems suffer from limited dynamic range and headroom. Dynamic Boost compensates for this limited headroom by carefully processing the audio to increase the perceived loudness of the audio without altering the perceived dynamic range.
Speakers and Headphones Modes The listening environment section allows you to quickly get optimized sound for your listening environment. Speaker mode optimizes your listening experience through speaker systems. Headphone mode optimizes your listening experience through headphones.
When in Headphone mode the audio is processed in such a way that the music sounds as if it is originating from a source in front of you rather than coming straight at your ears. This creates a much more pleasant and natural sound. It also reduces listener fatigue by eliminating the "in your head effect" of regular headphones.
Finely-Tuned Music Presets DFX is supplied with a broad set of easy to select processing presets that make it easy to find the settings which best match your audio system and listening tastes. Users can also create and save their own custom presets if desired.
Dynamic Sound Spectrum Analyzer With the new Spectrum Analyzer you can "see" DFX audio enhancement processing at work. By displaying the sound frequencies of your music, it's a powerful tool which lets you refine your enhancement settings for optimum sound.
Powerful Audio Processing Modes In addition to our classic processing mode, DFX now includes two additional audio enhancement modes. The new Music Type II mode is specially optimized to enhance the sound of modern, high energy music styles while the new Speech mode is the perfect for films, talk radio and audio books.
Stylish, Shapely Skins Liven up your desktop by changing to a new skin. We have many to choose from and they're ready to download online. With so many great looking skins, you'll be sure to find something perfect for you. If not, you can easily make your own because we've provided easy instructions that show you how - and you don't have to be an expert to do it!
Space Saving Mini-mode Interface With the completely redesigned Mini-mode feature, you can save valuable desktop space without losing your most important sound enhancement controls. 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound Support DFX 8 now fully enhances 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound audio content and is carefully tuned to provide optimal sound quality for each channel of all multi-channel Surround Sound formats. With DFX 8 you can experience true theater sound quality.
The new AVG 8.0 - the only real-time security solution
Even visiting web pages can be risky! These days, it's not only viruses that can harm your computer. Online criminals can potentially take control of any webpage and infiltrate your computer – to steal credit card numbers or to perform other criminal activities.
Stay protected AVG ensures your safety while you search or surf the net, download music, documents and pictures, send emails or instant message by scanning documents, files, Web pages and Web links before you open them. Unlike other security products, our unique software stops the threat before it reaches your hard drive and becomes a problem.
Trusted protection AVG products are running on over 80 million computers worldwide.
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Vector Magic Desktop Edition v1.08 Vector Magic's flagship service is the online auto tracer available on this website. It converts bitmap (aka raster) images into vector images through an easy-to-use web interface - just upload your image and it will guide you through the process.
The conversion process as such is called tracing or vectorization and is something that has historically been done mostly by hand. An automated tool like the Vector Magic web service can make this otherwise tedious task quick and painless.
How is Vector Magic different?
Vector Magic is different from other auto-tracing tools in several ways:
* Better accuracy. If you compare results from other tools side-by-side with those from Vector Magic, you will notice that Vector Magic produces vectors that more closely resemble the input image. Finer details in the shapes are recovered, and the curves are more faithful to the bitmap original. * Less cleanup required. Vector Magic's results have less noise, while still extracting more detail from the bitmap original. Normally you'd have to spend half an hour or more cleaning up the output from an auto-tracer - with Vector Magic you can oftentimes use the result right away, and if it requires cleanup then it's usually much less than what's required for the results from the competing tools. *
Easier user interface with less trial-and-error. If you've used other tracing tools, you have probably noticed that they have tons of confusing options and settings, and require you to more or less randomly try different combinations of these in the frustrating search for a passable result.
With Vector Magic on the other hand, all you need to do is answer a couple of simple questions and that's it. In case you're not satisfied with the result, there is even a troubleshooting guide to help you resolve the problem - again phrased as simple questions, not confusing options with unclear effects.
Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance.
One of the most exciting developments in Windows Vista is the groundbreaking graphics technology. Many of the newest Windows games take full advantage of the next-generation graphics technology in Windows Vista called DirectX® 10. DirectX 10 provides an incredibly detailed experience for gamers of every type, and enables game creators to increase a game's level of realism, enhancing details and complexity in gaming worlds, apply effects like dynamic lighting and weather, and much more.
While Windows Vista is fully compatible with games and hardware that use older versions of DirectX, the new DirectX 10 features are available with a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card and games designed to take advantage of this new technology. Adding a DirectX 10 card to a PC running Windows Vista is like turbocharging your gaming experience. Existing games (most of which were written using DirectX® 9) get world class performance, while unlocking the new generation of gaming graphics with DirectX 10 optimized games.
McAfee Encrypted USB Manager v3.1.1 USB drives are small, portable, and provide incredible amounts of storage space. They’re a dream for users—but a security nightmare for IT staff. McAfee Encrypted USB offers data protection in the form of powerful encryption technology combined with strong access controls, so that only authorized users can read the information stored on USB drives.
Convenient and easy to use, USB flash memory or 'thumb' drives are an increasingly popular means of storing and transporting data. Lose one, however, and anyone can access the files they contain unless you routinely encrypt or make other arrangements to protect them. McAfee takes care of most of this for you with its family of secure USB storage devices (previously from SafeBoot) offering built-in data access and encryption facilities.
There are several different products to choose from, McAfee sending us three, starting with the Standard drive (from ?18 VAT for 128MB), which uses simple passwords to control access, with each user allotted their own private, AES-encrypted partition.
For those wanting a little bit more, the Encrypted USB Phantom drive (from ?100 VAT for a 1GB device) adds a built-in fingerprint scanner for secure two-factor authentication. Meanwhile the mIDentity implementation (from ?141 VAT for 1GB) uses a smartcard and a PIN code to more securely store user credentials and can also be used for remote VPN authentication.
All of them look much like ordinary USB thumb drives and can be plugged into any PC with a USB 1.1/2.0 interface. Up to 4GB of storage can be made available, although not all either visible or accessible straight away. Depending on how they've been configured a public and/or read-only partition may be available, but other, protected data will be hidden and only accessible by authorised users once their credentials have been verified by the device.
Additional client software is also required, in the form of a Windows-based management utility to, for example, set up new users and their storage partitions, plus a client application to make the data accessible to authenticated users. Standard and Phantom drives share the same utilities which we found very easy to install and use, although the documentation could do with updating.
Separate tools are required to manage and use the mIDentity devices and these were clearly from a different developer, with a completely different interface which we found a lot harder to get to grips with.
In use the Standard drive proved to be the quickest and easiest, requiring no more than a password to open up each protected storage area. Phantom users, however, must first register their fingerprints, the built-in scanner proving to be a little awkward in practice, requiring an extension cable to enable it to be best positioned.
To set up the mIDentity device we had first to fit the smartcard (the same size as a mobile SIM), after which we had to install the software and set up PIN codes and digital certificates. This took a lot longer and was far from intuitive.
Once everything was configured, however, the drives could all be used more or less like any normal flash memory stick, yet with integrated security and encryption which would be difficult to crack should they be lost or stolen. Added to which there are few clues on the outside and little to see if a McAfee Encrypted USB drive is plugged into a standard PC; such that, to the casual observer, protected data is almost invisible.
On the downside, the McAfee Encrypted USB drives are more pricey than equivalent standard devices. But they're not hugely expensive and, depending on how you value your data, that extra cost could well be worth paying.
McAfee - Encrypted USB features - Verdict
Although more expensive than standard USB thumb drives, McAfee Encrypted USB devices offer additional access controls and strong encryption to protect the data they contain in the event of drives being lost or stolen. Varying levels of protection are available including an optional integrated fingerprint scanner and the use of smartcards to securely encrypt user credentials.
# WinRAR is a powerful compression tool with many integrated additional functions to help you organize your compressed archives.
# WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression. By consistently creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often faster than the competition. This will save you disc space, transmission costs AND valuable working time as well.
# WinRAR supports all popular compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip).
# WinRAR is ideal for multimedia files. WinRAR automatically recognizes and selects the best compression method. The special compression algorithm compresses multimedia files, executables and object libraries particularly well.
# WinRAR allows you to split archives into separate volumes easily, making it possible to save them on several disks for example.
# WinRAR is also ideal, if you are sending data through the web. Its 128 bit password encryption and its authenticated signature technology will give you the peace of mind you have been looking for.
# WinRAR is shareware, meaning you have the chance to thoroughly test it. The program can be used absolutely free of charge for 40 days!
# WinRAR licenses are valid for all available language and platform versions. If you have purchased several licenses, you can even mix versions to meet your own personal needs.
Windows fills up your computer's memory (RAM) little by little and finally RAM is filled with unnecessary data. Sooner or later you have to reboot your computer to make it work faster. With RamBooster you can continuously monitor the amount of RAM. If the amount of free RAM goes too low, free more with RamBooster. RamBooster can do this automatically if you wish.
Things RamBooster does NOT do:
- Modify your system in any way - Defragment the RAM - Double your RAM etc. - Increase system resources (GDI and USER)
NetLimiter is an ultimate internet traffic control tool designed for Win2000, WinXP and Win2003.
It is suited to monitor applications which access the internet and actively control their internet traffic. You can use NetLimiter to set (download/upload) speed limits for applications or even single connection.
Simply, NetLimiter will allow you to share your internet connection bandwidth among all running applications on your computer.
With this unique and "never seen before" feature Netlimiter offers comprehensive set of internet statistical tools which includes real-time traffic measurement and long-term per-application internet traffic statistics.
With NetLimiter you finally become the master of your internet connection Here are some key features of "NetLimiter":
Network Monitor · NetLimiter 2 shows list of all applications communicating over network it's connections, transfer rates and more.
Network Limiter · You can use NetLimiter 2 to set download or upload transfer rate limits for applications, connections or groups of them. With limits you can easily manage your internet connection's bandwidth (bandwidth shaper or bandwidth controller)
Stats · This feature lets you to track your internet traffic history since you've installed NetLimiter 2. Infos · NetLimiter 2 provides you with and additional information like WHOIS, traceroute etc. And more · Remote administration, Personal firewall, Running as WinNT service, User rights, Chart, Advanced Rule editor and scheduler, Zone based traffic management...
Another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky.
The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky. The produst will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove them or send to Quarantine folder.
Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum 5 is multifunctional DVD rip software capable of rip DVD to almost all video and audio formats, such as rip DVD to MPEG4, AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, FLV, SWF, MOV, 3GP, WMV, WMA, MP3, AAC, AC3, M4A, WAV etc. The powerful compatibility for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV etc. of Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum enables you to rip DVD to any format they supported easily. Additionally, you can choose any chapter or clip any segment to get custom DVD audio and video optionally when rip DVD. Customizing profile and output file size is also supported in the DVD rip software.
Main Functions: • Rip DVD to Video - It can rip DVD movie to most popular video formats, e.g. MPEG4, AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, FLV, SWF, MOV, 3GP, WMV; • Rip DVD to Audio - It also helps you get any audio file from DVD, like MP3, AAC, AC3, M4A, WAV, WMA etc.
Reference: • Source -DVD-Video, DVD IFO file, DVD folder; • Video formats - MPEG(mpg, mpeg, dat, vob), WMV, ASF, AVI, QuickTime(mov, qt), MPEG4(mp4), 3GP, Real Video(rm); • Audio formats - MPEG Audio(mp2, mp3), WMA, WAV, AU, MPEG4 Audio(m4a), Real Audio(ra), OGG, AAC, Raw AC3(ac3); • Picture formats - JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, SWF.
Key Features: • Clip and merge segment. Clip any segment you want to rip from DVD, and merge several segments into one if necessary; • Support concurrently setting divers output formats from one. You can concurrently choose divers formats as outputting to rip one original further for different multimedia devices applications; • Custom output file size. You can customize output file size using the powerful Bitrate Calculator tool; • Split one source file into several. The DVD rip software can split one source file into several by customized size or time; • Advanced audio and video settings. There are detailed audio and video settings provided in this DVD rip sotware for example, quality level, sample rate, channel and split mode etc.; • Batch processing. You can just add all source files needed to rip, and click one button, Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum will rip them to the formats you want one by one automatically; • Custom profile. You can optionally create and edit custom profile in the way of choosing a profile, adjusting its parameters and renaming; • Television Broadcast standard. The DVD rip software supports both NTSC and PAL DVD rip; • Video preview. You can preview the source DVD for the convenience of choosing the segments to rip, and can also preview the video segment; • Retrieve DVD information online. You can retrieve DVD information from the Internet automatically or manually; • Excellent audio and video quality. The output audio and video quality is so excellent beyond your imagination; • Easy to use. Rip DVD to video and audio with Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum is so simple that even a novice can also get video and audio from DVD with ease; • High ripping speed. The DVD rip software fully supports Intel Pentium D Dual-Core Processor and AMD Athlon 64 X 2 Dual-Core Processor; support multi-threading with no limitation in speed; detect your CPU model automatically, offer you the quickest ripping speed; • Multi-language. We provide Chinese, English etc. languages for you to choose.
New features in DVD Ripper Platinum 5: • The function of clipping and merging segments from DVD is added; • Support concurrently setting divers output formats from one; • To custom output file size can be realized now.
Compatible with Windows 2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista.
Features List: It can convert all formats to AVI, MP4, 3GP, MPEG, MOV, WMV, BM, SWF, AAC, AC3, MP2, MP3, AMR, WAV, VOB and ASF. Adjustable edit profile to add or delete formats at your will. Batch convert video formats. Supports any video formats user defined as the output. You can customize video profiles video and parameters for output video.
Why choose Media Convert Master? A few clicks are enough to convert between many formats. You will get the output formats with most excellent quality by using Media Convert Master. It meets all your needs of converting so many video and audio formats easily. So fast speed of converting beyond your expectations. High quality email service. 100% 30-day money back Guarantee.
Step by Step How to convert a file: 1. Click "Open" button to add the video files that you want to convert. 2. Click the desired Main Panel button to select a target format that you want to convert to. 3. Then click "Edit Profile" button to customize profile properties. 4. Set a valid output directory to save converted files before start converting. Click "Browse" button to select desired output directory or write valid output directory manually. 5. Click the "Convert" button to start your converting. There will be a new file in your selected output directory.
Minimum System Requirements: Windows 2000/2003/XP or Windows Vista RAM: 512 MB or higher Sound: Windows compatible sound card Internet connection to register
Ultra Mobile 3GP Video Converter is a powerful 3GP converter that will help you convert almost all popular video formats to 3GP/3G2/MP4 video clips and play them in mobile phone or other software 3GP player. No other program can convert so many video formats including DivX, XviD, AVI, WMV, MPG, MPEG, MP4, M4V, FLV, 3GP, ASF, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASX, MKV, OGM, SVCD, VCD, VOB to 3GP 3G2 H263 MP4 format. Ultra Mobile 3GP Video is an extremely easy to use video converter which can convert AVI to 3GP, MPEG to 3GP, WMV to 3GP, MOV to 3GP, RM to 3GP, etc. It helps you watch music video and movies on your mobile phone with easy. With variable settings and fast converting speed, it is an affordable, high quality 3GP video encoder. Here are some key features of "Ultra Mobile 3GP Video Converter": · Video source supports DivX, XviD, AVI, WMV, MPG, MPEG, MP4, M4V, FLV, 3GP, ASF, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASX, MKV, OGM, SVCD, VCD, VOB any video format play-able. · All supported video to 3GP format. · All supported video to 3G2 format. · All supported video to H263 format. · All supported video to MP4 format. · All supported video to AVI format. · All supported video to DivX format. · Setting Profiles realize 1-click to be professional · Batch files conversion · Inside 3GP/MP4 H263 encoder · High-speed encoder ensures smooth conversion of video and audio data. · Direct any video files to 3GP format without losing quality. · Movie scene spot edit-able. · Support various subtitle file · Keep the original aspect ratio or resize movie to fit the Mobile Phone monitor resolution. · Custom define the output audio volume. · Support Drag and Drop · Preview source clips · Shutdown computer automatically when job is done · Simple GUI and very EASY to use Size: 4.95 MB
Ok so here are a pack of 3 registered programs that will make your desktop look cool.
First One :Deskspace v1.5.2 Deskspace is a easy to use program that will alove you to have 6 desktops that you can switch really easily. It's like a 3D cube and you can use each one of them for different tasks. It allowes you to put hotspots for your mouse too. You can also drag a window to the edge of your screen and then you can put it on the next desktop of the box. It's just like in Linux Ubuntu. You can customize how much do you want to zoom out when you press hotkey, what quality of it is, and you can put a different desktop on every one of them.
Second One : TopDesk v1.5.4
Topdesk is a tool you can use to switch tasks like when you use ALT + TAB ... This software allows you a 3D effect and its much more good looking. You can also put mouse hotspots to the corners of your screen so if you put your mouse there, all tasks will zoom out and you can choose the task. You also don't have to tile all of your windows, you can put a hot keys to tile only visible windows, or application windows, also you can put a hot key for "hide visible windows" option. So when you press your hotkeys, all windows will zoom out and be put behind each other (check the 1st screenshot bellow) ... You can also put to tile windows on whole desktop, not one behind another (check 2nd scre by changing the layout in options, you can even change the rotating animatio when you tile your windows.
Third One :WindowFX
This software allows you to change the animation of your opened windows, animations when you click on them, drag them, minimize & maximize them and much. much more. You can configure everything in WindowFX options. It's really easy to use so I don't have to explain much about it further.
Well this one, you will just have to try on your own, no good video demonstrations ... but trust me, you will like it.
Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is a virtual telescope software that enables you to explore the universe with the help of interactive star charts and high resolution imagery from some of the best land and sky based telescopes. You can manually explore the night sky for your geographical location or enjoy one of the many interactive tours that will take you on an educational journey across the universe, to visit the solar system, black holes, star clusters, nebula, cosmic events and more. WorldWide Telescope also supports the ASCOM platform which allows you to connect and control a compatible telescope directly to the software. Other features include real-time tracking of the night sky in your location, a finder scope to reveal details for any object, multiple sources for imagery, object search and filtering, and morel. WorldWide Telescope provides a user friendly interface, and is well suited for casual night sky explorers as well as more advanced star gazers and hobby astronomers.