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    The Ever-Growing Free Windows Software List

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dbam987, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Not free, but after you see videos @60FPS + (or more depending on your screen refresh rate), you will never be able to watch anything without it......

    https://www.svp-team.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Feb 13, 2017
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I am ok with 24-30fps on video or games i am not that sensitive due to age, or growing up with low quality video/games

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Feb 13, 2017
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    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    Quick Access Popup is fantastic to have your most used folders and applications at distance of a click of a button.

    Portable version available also.




    Website: http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/
     
    Bullit, Feb 22, 2017
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  4. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    killkenny1, Feb 28, 2017
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    TANWare, Mar 1, 2017
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    I've never found I needed more features than the built in snipping tool offers.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
    alexhawker, Mar 1, 2017
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    We do not need more, but it is nice to have.
     
    TANWare, Mar 1, 2017
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Agreed.
     
    alexhawker, Mar 1, 2017
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  9. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    LightShot lets you directly copy an area of the screen and paste it into the document. I needed to compile a manual, which included a lot of copying, and this little neat program saved me a lot of time.
     
    killkenny1, Mar 1, 2017
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  10. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    really? let me see how you can do this with the built in snipping tool in less than 60 seconds :rolleyes:

    Screenshot taken using FastStone Capture FTW:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 10, 2017
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  11. alexhawker

    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Window snap, highlight tool, pen tool, erase tool... So you can't add text, or a rectangular highlight - those are valid points. So fair enough, since I don't generate as many guides as you, I don't miss those tools, but the built-in program does everything I need [is that not what I said?].

    That last comment was really unnecessary. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend.
     
    alexhawker, Mar 10, 2017
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Fair enough. I guess you don't need such advanced feature in a screen capture tool

    My bad, I apologize. Enjoy your weekend.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 10, 2017
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    Not really "windows" specific but I found draw.io pretty damn cool for creating flowcharts and diagrams, then used google chrome to "print to pdf". It's all browser based so probably works on any platform.
    There is also sketch.io but I haven't tried it.

    draw.io
     
    Primes, Mar 13, 2017
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you tried Dia?
    It can also do the same and can export the images to tons to different formats incl. jpg,png,postscript, latex drawing and many more. The Ui is bit old though.
     
    Vasudev, Mar 19, 2017
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    6730b Notebook Deity

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    6730b, Apr 22, 2017
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    6730b Notebook Deity

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    http://www.radiosure.com/

    1000's of stations, searchable by genre, favorites list, recording, etc.
    It's really great (imo).

    (ps, if using free programs over time, support the authors by getting the paid versions)
     
    6730b, Jun 6, 2017
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  17. Lunatics

    Lunatics Notebook Evangelist

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    Any recommendations for a screen recording/fps application? I have been using Fraps since I don't even know when, and it seems its not developed anymore and has not been updated in quite a while and in a lot of newer games it breaks certain things, especially the steam overlay from working which is getting pretty obnoxious having to close it before I start certain games if I want them to work correctly. Does anyone recomend anything specific that will do essentially the same things? One thing that would be nice is a feature like shadowplay has where I can record or go back like 5-10 minutes or so and if something happened I liked or wanted to save I could go back and do it without having to actually be recording my gaming all of the time and I do not want to use Gerforce Experience to get shadowplay. Any free (or even if there's something paid that's not too expensive) options that will be able to do this, plus hopefully also give me my FPS and game performance in a small overlay while I am playing?
     
    Lunatics, Jun 7, 2017
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    Action! FTW
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 7, 2017
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    Draw.io is a godsend for students who need to do things fast.
     
    jaug1337, Jun 8, 2017
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    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Build 16299
    KB4046355 identifies itself as "FeatureOnDemandMediaPlayer" in the update list in Settings. Once the update is installed, it makes the Program Files\Windows Media Player folder empty. The context menus in File Explorer will disappear as well. Only the ActiveX object of the app survives during this operation, which is essentially useless for modern playback standards.
    [​IMG]
    It is not known if this happens due to a bug or whether Microsoft is removing Windows Media Player by default to promote Store apps like Groove Music. There is no official information about this change nor is the support page for KB4046355 available yet.
     
    Papusan, Oct 10, 2017
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nice move from MSFT, I was about to suggest them via Insiders. I never used WMP after dumping Vista because VLC works great and by removing WMP and IE I saved some 200-250 Megs of disk space. I still use iTunes and groove too.
     
    Vasudev, Oct 10, 2017
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    Anyone have experience with 5Kplayer?
     
    thegreatsquare, Dec 20, 2017
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