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Easy-Data Media Center 2.0.1.7 This media center software provides users access to a wide variety of video and audio tools, including video conversion, video merging, recording studio, audio library, search, and more. This program can also be used ... to turn a picture slideshow into a video. http://www.easy-data.no Lansweeper 5.0.0.81 Keep in touch with your home or work network with Lansweeper. This program makes it easy to create software and network inventories by scanning all of the systems connected to your network. Features include active directory integration and event log integration. ... (view more)

Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center This free application, which is specially designed for the new Windows 8 operating system, allows you to quickly and easily tailor your mouse and keyboard to meet your personal needs. This app can be launched from ... the Windows 8 Start screen. Please note that this application is designed for Microsoft devices only. http://www.microsoft.com RText 2.0.5.1 RText is an open-source text editing tool designed with computer programmers in mind. It features a fully customizable interface and supports more than thirty different languages. It is available for ... (view more)

Here's another probing question from an Infopackets.com reader: "Dear Infopackets Team, Have I missed one of your informative reports? I don't seem to know how to play DVDs in Windows 8? Actually, I can't even find Windows Media Center anywhere, and ... without it I'm stuck! I like Windows 8 so far, but I'm going to feel very frustrated if it won't let me play DVDs on my laptop. Thanks for your help, Frank G." My response: Frank, you're right: Windows Media Center is entirely missing from the new Windows 8 operating system. Fortunately, you can still find a way to play DVDs. Microsoft chose to ... (view more)

BatteryCare 0.9.9.1 BatteryCare is a software program created to optimize the performance of a modern laptop's battery. It monitors the battery's discharge cycles and helps increase its lifespan. It also monitors battery and CPU temperature, allows ... for quick or automatic power plan switching, and offers other battery related services. http://batterycare.net Microsoft Device Center Beta 1.0.406.0 Microsoft Device Center is a new Beta application that helps you get the most out of your Microsoft keyboard and mouse. With this software in place, you can tailor the workings of your mouse and ... (view more)

TCC LE 13.03 Build 49 Take Command is a comprehensive interactive toolkit for both the Windows' Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Windows command line that promises to make Windows easier to use and far more powerful. Take Command includes: 1) ... optional Explorer-style integration, 2) tabbed console windows, 3) major enhancements to standard Windows command line instructions, such as COPY, DEL, and MOVE, 4) 140 new commands, 5) improved command line editing, 6) more than 460 internal variables and functions, and thousands of other features. If Windows doesn't do everything you want it to ... (view more)

Iobit Game Booster 2.0 Beta 3 Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical ... enthusiasts. It works by temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. Works 100% compatible with PunkBuster, Cheating-Death, VAC, and any other anti-cheat software. The best part: it's 100% free and safe! http://www.iobit.com WSCC - Windows System Control Center Portable 1.9.0.0 WSCC is a ... (view more)

Here at Infopackets, we sometimes talk about hackers' drive-by attacks , and invasions of unsuspecting victims' PCs via unauthorized download. However, it's very rare that a case presents itself whereby the hacker's conduct has an impact on actual ... driving. And yet, that was the situation in Austin, Texas, where over 100 vehicles were recently disabled by a dealership's disgruntled former employee. Automobile Hacker Causes Headaches for Car Owners Recently, Austin residents who'd purchased vehicles at the local Texas Auto Center started experiencing strange issues with their cars. Some started ... (view more)

Windows System Control Center Windows System Control Center is a free, portable program that allows you to view, execute and organize utilities from various system utility suites. WSCC is only an interface, and you'll need to download and install ... the utilities separately. Alternatively, WSCC can use the http protocol to download and run the programs. http://www.kls-soft.com Viorb Vista Start Orb ViOrb automatically replaces your start button with one that looks the same as Vista's start orb. Thus, you can get the Vista feel and look for Windows XP; just download ViOrb, extract the ViOrb ... (view more)

Windows Powershell From Microsoft. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT Professionals to more easily control system administration ... and accelerate automation. Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and use, because it works with your existing IT infrastructure and existing script investments, and because it runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server "Longhorn". Exchange Server 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System ... (view more)

99 Useful Run Commands Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For many users, this feature is rarely used. The reason being: nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be ... accessed through Windows. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, here are 99 Run Commands and what they correspond to. http://www.fixmyxp.com/content/view/20/42/ Windows Live Safety Center Windows Live Safety Center is a new, free Microsoft service designed to help ensure ... (view more)