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Record Screen activity and save in an AVI file with Desktop Activity Recorder

August 12th, 2010

desktop activity recorderDesktop Activity Recorder captures the activities that take place on your PC screen. It is a tool that makes a virtual camera recording  of all the movements on-screen. You can capture all the windows that are open on-screen, including the desktop, Windows menu and applications, cursors, etc, also videos and sounds.

A very helpful tool to demonstrate features of a web site or program, for training, demo, or presentations that require screen activity. It lets you capture all the screen or just a part. Once the recording is done you can save the movie to .AVI File or Flash file(.SWF) -  records the sound without needing a microphone.

Navigate your desktop with your keyboard instead of mouse with MouseFIGHTER

July 31st, 2010

MouseFIGHTER is a simple piece of software that gives you control of the screen pointer, using the keyboard instead of a mouse. Try controlling Windows with the keyboard alone ! Its so much more ergonomically correct for the human body. Watch how the pointer accelerates and moves diagonally as well.

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Unlock hidden Windows 7 Themes

July 27th, 2010

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There are a number of regional themes with multiple unique background images hidden from Windows 7 users.  On a Windows 7 install with United States regional settings only the United States theme is shown but there are actually four more themes hidden from view.

Customize windows 7 logon screen with Logon Changer

July 26th, 2010

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The Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7 provides an easy way to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks. Simply download the free application, run it and click Change Logon.

The application will prompt for the location of the new background image and then install the new screen behind the scenes. Tweaks.com Logon Changer will even provide a preview of your new background on a logon screen.

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Shutdown Timer : Shutdown or Logoff based on system events

July 10th, 2010

Shutdown Timer

Shutting down the machine at a specific time can be easily done using Scheduled tasks. Shutdown Timer can do a lot more than besides just shutting down your computer (such as log off, lock the screen, etc), and it’s not just timer-based but accepts several triggers.

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