Free software or freeware is any computer program whose use does not involve the payment of royalties or licenses to use. A program licensed as freeware is not necessarily open software, you can not open source and can follow restrictive licenses, limiting the commercial use, unauthorized ...
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Free antivirus that is controllable by user (can be stopped/exited etc.) [closed]
There is an ongoing trend of software, especially antivirus, to be less and less controllable by user, probably supposing that the users' intelligence is lower than that of the software. For example, ...
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Convert file from VOC to MP3
I would like to convert a sound file (from a digital voice recorder) with the extension .voc to an .mp3 file or some other common sound files. I am on Windows 7 64 bit.
I have tried the program ...
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Freeware text editor with column markers
I am looking for a freeware text editor that allows to set multiple column numbers (as opposed to a single end-of-the-line marker).
Crimson Editor has such feature but the number of markers is ...
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Free/opensource application for charting stock prices?
I am looking for a free or FOSS software application for SIMPLY charting stock prices. I am not interested in any of the other nonsense typically bundled with such packages (technical analysis, back ...
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Free tool to join mp3 files with their ends overlapping [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Join multiple MP3 files (lossless)
I need a free software tool, so that I can join hundreds of small mp3 files into one.
I know there are several mp3 cutters and joiner ...
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Freeware option for conducting surveys on the intranet [closed]
I am looking for a way to conduct online surveys within my organization. I am looking for a tool that is
Free or Open Source.
Accumulates responses automatically in a
Microsoft Excel or CSV file.
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Any free alternatives to missing sync on OS X (for Palm OS HotSync)?
I have a device (Alphasmart Dana) that requires Palm OS HotSync manager, but it's no longer supported by 10.6.
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Block all internet except 2 URLs from 8 am to 8 pm and unblock all between 8pm and 8am on windows 7
I have a friend that has a hard time concentrating when working at home on his laptop running windows7.
He asked me to find a way to put the following filter on his laptop:
- from 8am to 8pm (when he ...
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Is Microsoft allowing commercial use of SharePoint Designer 2007?
can I use it in commercial environment?
I read in license that for commercial purposes I cant use templates and media items and can't use sharepoint DESIGNER for providing hosting services.
So can I ...
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Good Free Screen Recording Software? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Free desktop recording / screencasting on windows
There don't seem to be any good, stable and flexible free screen recording programs. I've tried CamStudio, but for some ...
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Is there free OCR software that works well for source code?
I am trying to convert the screenshot given in this Stack Overflow question to a textual representation. I already did it by hand, but I'd like not to have to do that sort of thing again in the ...
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Deleted file recovery [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
I need program for recover deleted files in windows
I need a good and free deleted files recovery program.
I tried few of the first hits on Google, but they found no ...
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How to create bootable floppy disk images (.img)
I am thinking of creating my own OS. I downloaded bochs for a test machine, and now I need a 'floppy' to boot from (it boots from .img files). I am looking for free software to create bootable disk ...
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Free Super Personalised Desktop Software
Ok, call me a weirdo, but I was wondering if there is some free software out there somewhere which transforms your desktop into more of an actual desktop? Hard to explain, but I would like to stick ...
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How do I convert from 3gp to dvd?
I have some videos recorded on my cellphone that I want to put on DVD so that they can be watched in a standard consumer DVD player. I've copied the videos from my cell phone to my computer and they ...
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How to slow down CD-ROM (optical drive) under Windows Vista?
My laptop's optical drive (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A) is quite loud when reading a disk.
For my purpose I don't need reading at full speed, and 8-16x would be more than enough (1-4x would do as well). ...
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Free software to edit bootable ISO files
I have tried PowerISO and it was a great software to open/edit my bootable ISO files.
Are there any other freeware alternatives?
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Free software that can recover or remove Access passwords stored in Access Workgroup files
Is there any free software that can recover or remove Access passwords stored in Access Workgroup files?
I found a software called MDWRecovery which is supposed to be able to do this task but I ...
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Freeware alternative to WindowBlinds
I am looking for a freeware (maybe open source) alternative to WindowBlinds. Any suggestions?
More precise: I am looking for a free tool with the same features as WindowBlinds. I don't care about ...
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Mass image downloader that works for yfrog
I want to download around 500 photos from a user account on yfrog.com. The photos are located under the URL in the following format:
http://yfrog.com/user/<username>/photos
Is there a free ...
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Volume Compressor or Limiter for Windows
I listen to music on Last.fm on my computer but the volumes of the songs are all over the place when they stream. Sometimes you get a soft track, other times you get a really loud one that makes your ...
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What is some good open-source/freeware lightscribe-able disc labeling software for Win7?
As the title says, I'm looking for some good open-source/freeware lightscribe-able on-the-disc-disc printing software. Any suggestions?
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Copy image and paste to OCR
Running Win 7. Is there OCR freeware that easily allows copy of a picture and paste into the conversion program. I have no scanner at this time. Want to convert stored images.
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Freeware Uninstaller Software [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Alternatives to Revo Uninstaller?
any tools to uninstall a software which cannot be uninstall from control panel
How to remove program that does not appear in Programs ...
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Freeware to make predefined size screen capture
There are tons of screen capture but I cannot find one that can do predefined size screen capture. Do you know one that works on Windows 7?
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How to make partition on my windows 7 laptop hdd without loosing and moving current data? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to partition single drive without losing data in it for Windows 7
How to make partition on my laptop hdd without loosing and moving current data?
When I received ...
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On-screen CAPS LOCK indicator
On my Acer laptop if I hit Caps Lock it will pop up an OSD-like message saying something like "CAPS LOCK ON/OFF".
I find this very useful functionality - is there a generic freeware utility that can ...
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Software store/market for Windows with freeware?
Phone software store/markets not only offers new apps, but also manage updates. I know there are many software downloaders like Ninite that has some of these features, but I haven't seen any way of ...
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Freeware alternative to Total Commander on Windows x64? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Free alternative to Total Commander
Which tool could replace total commander on x64 based windows systems?
Total Commander does not handle copying of huge amounts of ...
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Free JPEG EXIF remover capable of woking directories recursifely needed
Do you know one? Ideally it should just get a directory name and run. So, EXIF editor with per file approach is not what I am looking for. Thank you.
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How to open a XML from Enterprise Architect without spending money?
Someone with EA has saved/exported a set of xml files. I want to open those files to see the diagrams, but I don't know a free tool that would do that.
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Freeware psd file editor
Looking for a Windows freeware tool to edit psd (Photoshop) files. Should be able to both open and save psd files.
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Is there a utility that can identify the class of SD Card / microSD Card?
Looking for a utility for Windows 7 64-bit preferably that can tell me the type of SD Card or microSD card that has been inserted. Class-4 / Class 6 etc.
Freeware preferred, but willing to hear ...
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How to bulk download and install the latest version of a set of free apps? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
One-stop-shop installer for free Windows software?
Once I saw an app that could download and install the newest version of a set of freeware defined by the user. I can't ...
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Is there any way to set up per-application proxy settings?
So erm, I have this friend right...
And they have an application that has to be persuaded that it is in one country, when in fact it's in another. My friend uses a proxy for this.
The proxy doesn't ...
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Is there any online/offline freeware to add sticky notes like “Adobe Acrobat”?
Is there any online/offline freeware to add sticky notes like "Adobe Acrobat"?
Sticky notes over text document, images etc. Specially I want to comment with ballon on big images.
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Freeware OCR software for Windows OS? [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Free OCR software
Good free OCR with GUI for correcting mistakes? (for Windows)
Some time instead PSD files I get .jpg files from client , where text is not editable. ...
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Extremely simple web server for Windows? [closed]
A few years ago I used a super simple free web server for Windows.
The only thing you had to do was copy an exe to a dir, double-click that exe, and - voilá - that dir was now accessible over HTTP.
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Is there a free portable version of F-Prot Antivirus available?
I'm looking for a portable AV for my USB-Stick (currently using ClamWinAV), and heard that F-Prot is good. Do they offer a free (earlier) version with up-to-date virus definitions, if so where can I ...
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free Windows XP app to enforce user time restrictions
Does anyone know of any free Windows XP apps that will automatically log a user off if a set amount of logged in time is up?
Screen savers don't work if the user is still actively using the account, ...
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free system diagnostic tool like Dell laptops have? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Recommendations for hardware diagnostic software (bootable)?
My company issued Dell laptop has a pretty robust system diagnostic tool that you can boot into before ...
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Snowfall application with Windows 7 compatibility
Okay, this may seem to be a strange question.
I'm searching for a 'snowfall application'. Back then we had a lot of like this.. in the old ages, when XP came out, so on. Nowadays, I can't find a ...
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Free or open source software for slide presentation? [closed]
If I don't want to use PowerPoint, is OpenOffice Impress my best choice for a slide presentation?
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Freeware which allows to copy multiple times then paste multiple times in same order
I want to copy a link to clipboard, then copy title, then copy excerpt then paste 3 times in same order in a document.
Do you know any freeware that can do so ?
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Looking for a freeware that helps training english vocabulary?
I'm looking for a Free-ware on Mac OS X.6 that helps improving English vocabulary, very simply, for example by giving a word in another language (German or French would be perfect) and asking for the ...
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Is there any free *.diff file viewer?
Is there any free software that will run on Windows 7 to show syntax highlighting for *.diff files generated from comparing files? I don't want to compare files, just view the highlighted output from ...
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Freeware personal wiki on desktop & mobile using plaintext?
I'm looking for a freeware personal wiki with these additional criteria:
Use plaintext files for the wiki articles.
Have desktop Windows version, and mobile version (Windows Mobile or Android).
Can ...
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Is there a free keyboard locker
I'm looking for a keyboard locking software, so that my Windows environment (XP/Vista/7) looks the same (no login/locked screen), but keystrokes have no effect as any input, except for a predefined ...
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Free Tool to search IN files (even over a network)
I need to find some text in a ton of log files that are stored on my network (I doubt have them indexed).
The files all have a more or less unique extension. (Ie they look like this: ...
