Bob Helmer

Build A Dvr Out Of An Old Pc According to the author," Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) have become a necessary luxury over the last several years. Millions of people rely on these devices to pause and rewind live television, and to keep track of ... broadcast schedules and record programs for them. Many consider them just as essential to their daily lives as their cell phones. Several months ago, I finally became sufficiently jealous of the millions of DVR owners to motivate me to put a DVR in my own living room. But I wanted something more versatile than a normal TiVo, ReplayTV, or Ultimate ... (view more)

Fly A Kite Os X FlyakiteOSX is a transformation pack. It will transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP+ system to resemble the look of Mac OS X. The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry ... tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc. FlyakiteOSX DOES NOT contain any spyware or ad-ware of any kind. All files needed for FlyakiteOSX are stored in the Windows directory in a folder named 'FlyakiteOSX' that is hidden by default. Be sure to check the screenshots. http://www.flyakiteosx.com/ Look In My Pc LookInMyPC ... (view more)

Encryption Pack for Ms Office MS Office offers a simple way to protect a document by using a password entry. This provides a basic security for MS Word, Excel documents (.DOC, .XLS, .PPT) from unauthorized access. But security specialists do not ... recommend to use build-in MS Office security features. For example: take a quick browse through Google and you'll be able to turn up as many MS Office password crackers as you like. Encryption Pack for MS Office, on the other hand, is a great way to protect your documents using strong encryption. http://www.rohos.com/encryption-pack/ Expired Cookies ... (view more)

Data Recovery DataRecovery will undelete accidentally deleted files, even after they've been deleted from the recycle bin. http://tokiwa.tomato.ne.jp/EN/dr.html Usb Autorun Suite APO USB Autorun Suite enables you to add autorun functionality to your ... USB drive. It provides an Autorun.inf Builder and a standalone portable Starter too. http://www.archidune.com/apo/ (view more)

Deskloops Imagine yourself at the center of a virtual loop where all the windows you use are spread out around you. Whichever window you need to view can be centered in front of you with a click of a button. Take this idea and zoom into your pc ... environment. With Deskloops, all the windows you have open are aligned side by side in a loop-like order. No more countless windows arranged one on top of the other in a confusing manner. You can access all the information you need and navigate through it easily. The loop can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise simply by moving the cursor to the ... (view more)

Go According to the developer, "All the simple command lines I've found have either option after option after option or are too easy to close accidentally or come in many pieces (.DLL, .HLP, .INI, etc) or are large files or skinned or shareware or ... require installation, etc. 'Go' is [a simple shell replacement solution; it is] one file, requires no install or uninstall, leaves nothing behind when deleted, requires no special DLL files, and can only be closed by a single route, "!quit". 'Go' is set to idle CPU usage which means it doesn't gulp your runtimes. 'Go' can be used as a shell, which ... (view more)

Speed Defrag Restarts your pc and runs defrag program only, which optimizes defragmentation speed and also it automatically shuts down your pc after completion. So just before going to bed, switch it on and in the morning you'll find your hard disk ... defragged and pc shutdown. http://www.vcsoftwares.com/ Win Backup Now free, version 1.86 of WinBackup. Rated best backup software of the year by Computer Shopper. The award-winning WinBackup 1.86 remains the obvious choice for home users and small and medium sized businesses alike. As one of the most efficient and reliable backup solutions ... (view more)

Panel Hider Attach any desktop window to one of the screen edges and auto hide it like the windows TaskBar. http://hofi.fw.hu Jap JAP makes it possible to surf the internet anonymously. JAP uses a single static address which is shared by many JAP ... users; that way neither the visited website, nor an eavesdropper can determine which user visited which website. Instead of connecting directly to a web server, users take a detour, connecting with encryption through several intermediaries, so-called mixes. http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html (view more)

Drive Image Xml Easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows you to: Backup logical drives and partitions to image files, Browse these images, view and extract files, Restore these ... images to the same or a different drive, Copy directly from drive to drive. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Restore images to drives without having to reboot. ... (view more)

Charm Charm has eight icons that can be picked up and dropped onto any visible window or application. Each icon performs a different task. For example, showing or hiding a window. If you are having trouble checking a tick-box, or entering text ... because the control is disabled, simply pick up the "Enable" icon, and drop it on the control. http://www.broccolisoftware.com Picture Resizer Powerful utility can do two things: it can change the size of a picture (including smooth resize) and it can convert pictures from one graphic format to another. http://www.imageresizer.com/ (view more)