Well what can we say? Hmmm. Until today, I hadn’t tried Gimp since 2006 and frankly I wasn’t impressed. The user interface was so fragmented, with parts of the program scattered over most of the screen, I couldn’t figure out what did what, and therefore we never recommended it or even used it. But everything changes over time.… Read More »
Partitioning your hard drive is good thing to do, especially if you have a very large hard drive (500GB or more). Partitioning is really just dividing up your hard drive like a piece of pie. Imagine a great big cherry pie…yum! Now imagine you cut it into three big pieces. One of those pieces contains cherry pits and… Read More »
Did you know you can use a USB flash drive to lock your computer? You can. And unless someone has access to that flash drive, they can’t start or logon to your computer. It will turn any USB flash drive into a key to your computer. So if you want to secure your computer so no one can access… Read More »
Our freeware pick today works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 –both 32bit and 64 bit. It’s a 4.7MB download. And now that we have the particulars out of the way – you want to know what it does, right? EB sends me to some very bizarre sites. Since this is a family publication, I can’t tell you… Read More »
BB FlashBack Express Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit) Screen Recorder – Video Maker File size: 7.1 MB OK folks. Today’s freeware allows you to record any activity on your screen. According to EB, I could leave this screen recorder on for 24 hours and there would be no activity on my screen. But this… Read More »
A tool to make resizing and renaming your photos a snap For Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Did you ever have a folder full of pictures that you wanted to resize or rename? You didn’t? Oh you don’t have a camera? You’re excused. See the next tip then. OK for the rest of you – those with… Read More »