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System tools

Customize Windows (get back the ribbon, and more) with ExplorerPatcher

ExplorerPatcher is a free Windows tool that promises to enhance the current Windows environment, and it keeps its promise! In my case, the greatest problems came from the taskbar and Windows file explorer. I needed the Windows 10 ribbon instead of the minimal Windows 11 toolbar and I needed full right click (context) menus immediately. […]

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Office Troubleshooter

If MS Word is slow when you type, can you fix the lag?

If you work on a large document (I am on a 14 MB document, 400 pages, 98000 words) you may find yourself struggling to just type! I’ve searched for a solution only to find out that I should disable hardware acceleration and the actual display of pictures! No joy! I guess those things might have […]

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Accessories Graphics

Make several kinds of barcodes with 1D and 2D free barcode generators

1D Barcode Generator makes linear, clocked and postal barcodes, such as Codabar, Code11-93, EAN2-13, UPC-A or E, MSI, ITF, DPI, DPL, Flattermarken, Pharmacode, Postnet, Postbar, OneCode, Telepen, Plessey, KIX4S, Planet, RM4SCC, FIM, IATA, Channel Code, UPU, and more. 1D Barcode Generator can print a barcode symbol to paper, save it as an image, copy to […]

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Web editing

Know your popularity with Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics for WordPress

Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics is a WordPress plugin that lets you know (even display to your visitors) statistics about the traffic of your site. The plugin is able to track the number of visitors, browsers, operating systems, number of visits and more. To use the plugin you don’t need to be an expert. Just […]

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Troubleshooter

If your Word TOC broke and you receive the message Error! Bookmark not defined

You may change a heading in your Word document, to find out that your Table of Contents broke and instead of showing the page number for the new heading it gives you an error message, that the bookmark is not defined. If you right click your TOC you are not given the option of updating […]

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Office

Create easily powerful PowerPoint presentations, with iSlide

iSlide is a free (with limitations and registration) add in for MS PowerPoint. It features several templates you can use to build your presentations. Although iSlide offers thousands of resources, in the free version you are allowed to use only a tiny portion of them (3 to 5 downloads a day), which, however, are enough […]

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Graphics Video

Recording your screen with iFun Screen Recorder

iFun Screen Recorder is a free and efficient program that lets you record your screen. Unfortunately IObit, the maker of this software, decided to follow the strategy of deceiving clients instead of presenting a clear policy. On its page we read that the free recorder lets you record your screen without a watermark, but this […]

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Troubleshooter

Fix Thunderbird washed out colors of pasted images

If I insert an image in a Thunderbird eMail message, even selecting it in Windows Explorer, everything is fine with image colors. However, If I have an image open in some photo editor, then select it (Ctrl+a) and paste it in a message, its colors are washed out (muted). The same happens if I take […]

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Video

Record your screen easily online with free RecordCast

RecordCast is a free online service that lets you record your screen in 3 ways. You can include or exclude your web camera, or even record just the camera. Then you have the option of editing the result (which unfortunately needs registration) or just download it to your device and use other editors to modify […]

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Troubleshooter

If you uninstalled USB hubs and cannot use keyboard and mouse

I am surprised how irresponsible some sites can be, suggesting a fresh install of USB drivers after uninstalling the current ones! If you uninstall your USB hubs, you won’t be able to use your mouse and keyboard — and especially your keyboard is necessary to login (write your pin or password) and install new drivers […]

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