Free Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux

Like Virtualbox or Microsoft Virtual PC, Parallels Workstation is a software that can be used to make hardware virtualization, making it possible to install and run other operating systems at the same time. For instance, on a Windows computer that has been installed and used Parallels Workstation, the installation can be done with more Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS / 2, eComStation, Solaris, or MS-DOS, and later this can be run simultaneously. Unlike the Virtualbox or Microsoft Virtual PC that can be used free of charge, Parallels Workstation is a commercial program for $ 49.99. However, at this time is how to get activation key for Parallels Workstation is free of charge directly from Parallels.

To get the activation key, go to the address Lunarpages Registration. Then, on the page fill in your name, email address, company, phone number and proceed with the click Submit button. On the next page, the download link will be provided both Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux. Package for Linux itself can be selected if the RPM, DEB, or TGZ.

Next is a check on the email address previously registered. If you have received and includes activation key that can be used, then the next is to install Parallels Workstation. To note, on the steps after the User Registration License Agreement is to select the Skip Registration button, so that the next steps could include the activation obtained.

Make the installation process to complete, and you'll be able to try to add other operating systems will be installed.

– Parallels Workstation Lunarpages Registration via DI

Download Logo Design at Logo Instant

The existence of a logo for a product would be important because it can characterize the product when people see it. For example, the logo used on a website, using the logo, the people will be expected to remember the website behind him. To make the logo itself is of course necessary expertise mendesign that is able to translate the essence of the product diusungnya. For those who do not or less experts in the design, the service may be provided by Instant Logo will be able to produce useful to the end of the appropriate logo.

Through the website, LogoInstan provide design-design the logo can be downloaded and then edited for both text and images that have already adjusted to the desired. Indeed, when I write this, there are 25 new logo designs are available, but based on information LogoInstan, later adding that there will be a new logo design every day. Logo design is free to be used either for personal maupuun commercial.

Some of the logo design that I tried downloading, design in PSD format, which can later be processed or edited with Adobe applications Photoshop. Tag line of Instant Logo, logo-logo provided logo design is a web 2.0. How do you interested to create their own logo? Try to start the course of the initial design Logo Instant.

Go to http://Logoinstant.com

Check Conditions Your Computer Hard Disk

One of the causes of the computer often "Hang" is a hard drive that has been worn so that there are parts which can not access the (bad sector). Normally this can occur if the computer is turned off often without electricity or shutdown that often sudden death (without UPS). In addition it may also be due to the age of the hard drive is old.

If there are affected by the hardisk bad sector, it will be berimbas to the performance of the computer, whether it be slow and often hangs when running certain programs. Besides the data that [have] saved will be vulnerable to damage. If so, how to check the condition of the computer hard drive?

There are various ways to check the condition of hard drives, if the default windows scandisk can use the facilities, but the Windows XP start to do this must restart scandisk first. How much easier with the use of free software. in addition to more easily, also looks better and more informative. Two examples of this software is HD Tune and HDDScan

Excess another 2 softwre is a portable, so that we can take to go through flasdisk-which does not need to install and to run it.

1. Tune HDD, Hard Disk Utility

This application is in the 4 major facilities (in tab 4), the Benchmark, Info, Health and Error Scan. Benchmark for how fast write and read access time access hardisk. Info provides information on the drive and support facilities in the hard drives and detail information about the Firmware Hard Disk.

Health will give the condition or status of "health" hardisk. Error Scan to check if there are corrupted Hardisk it. Error scan facilities that we take advantage of this to check the condition hardisk. So the results do not accurately then check with the Quick Scan, uncheck the check in the Quick Scan.

If there are blocks of red, the hard drive is broken / error, and usually in with a bad sector. If the access is often the computer hangs. In addition to the information HD Tune also provides temperature / temperature Hard Disk. Download http://www.hdtune.com/

2. HDDScan

This is the second application specializes hardisk to check the condition (low-level HDD Scan), so that the information scanned more detail, the access time by displaying each block (section) on the hard drive. Read the information in writing also included. HDDScan men-support IDE / SATA / SCSI hard disk drives, RAID arrays, external USB / Firewire hard disks and Flash cards. Following the example with the display scan HDDScan (version 2.8).

Hardisk that both should still block the green is very little or not there is also a block of orange or red color. If there is a red block, then the future can be a bad sector (dark blue). While the block mazarine (bad blocks) shows bad sectors (not available), so that should not have.

In fact HDDScan latest version is 3.1, but even with the extra skin causes a bit slow and easy operation is still version 2.8. Although the new version there are additional facilities and improvements to the temperature sensor other bugs. Additional information: make sure to scan the hard drive, do not run other applications while

New Look for Windows XP

For those who use Windows XP and may feel bored with such a view, at this time a variety of programs available that can change almost all display windows. When the show earlier Windows Vista, with the popular view Vista, so it appears the software such as Vista Transformation Pack.

Has not been long planned to show windows 7, and Windows XP users can also feel the look of Windows 7 this without having to install Windows 7 itself. We can also change the look into Ubuntu Linux XP or Mac OS X.

1. Windows Vista

To change the display windows XP to Vista, is likely to provide much. The one that is never try Vista Transformation Pack, and it is not so burdensome performance computers. According to the megaleecher review has been some kind of program, which is tebaik Vista Skin Pack 5.0.

There it is said that this is one of the Transformation pack the smallest and most low-resource use a computer. Changes are located in different places, such as icon, animation, images, menus, behavior and so forth. Can be installed on Windows XP SP1/SP2/SP3, Media Center Edition or Windows 2003. In addition there is the menu to restore to restore the original appearance.

Download Vista Skin Pack 5.0 (34.9 MB) via megaleecher

2. Windows 7

Although the final version of Windows 7 has not been released, if you want to feel and see how the view XP / Vista-like Windows 7 that can use the "Windows 7 Desktop Theme". Because the detail information about Windows 7 itself is not complete, so this may look quite similar to Vista, with some changes. But if you want more details can try "Windows Vienna Transformation Pack"

For Windows 7 theme may only change some of the main course, while Windows Transformation Pack 7/Vienna more complex, include: Vienna Navigator, Cool Superbar, Windows 7 Visual Styles, Sounds, Windows 7 wallpapers, Cursor Set, Windows Vienna, logon and Screen Windows Vienna Bootskin, so much larger in size.

Download the Windows 7 Desktop Theme (5.12 MB)
Download the Windows Vienna Transformation Pack (59.2 MB)

3. Ubuntu Linux

Windows with a view windows may be normal, but with a view Linux may still rarely used. With Ubuntu Customization pack, we can change the Windows XP look into Ubuntu.

Customization Pack will change many things, such as the visual display, icon, boot screen, cursor, display logon, Wallpaper, Screensaver, Ubuntu Sound, hours, 3D Desktop Manager and other.

Download Ubuntu Customization Pack (26.1 MB)

4. Mac OS X

Already familiar with Linux or Windows? May view the Mac OS X can refresh the view that feels boring. With "On Leopard mods XP" Windows XP can look at the total rombak look like Mac OS X.

Unlike other Transformation pack, if this is not just a theme / skin, but change some of the core Windows system files, such as explorer.exe, shell32.dll, and other mydocs.dll. And just to run Windows XP SP2, English version. So before using this software, be sure to learn membackup data and instructions that are described therein.

To download, please open the following link and click the Download the left, if it appears the picture (sponsor) just click the upper-right corner of "Click here to continue to deviantART deviantART" to download the file in question.

Download Link (13.91 MB)

Needs to install the software before the software over-read the instructions that are included in it and understood well, including the problems or consequences that may arise and how to address them later.

6 Alternative Opening document Microsoft Office 2007 docx

Since the emergence of Microsoft Office 2007, many users without thinking long (follow-follow-up) move to the new Office. Although sometimes only be used for typing as usual / previous. It is sometimes making a standard document format is different from the previous version of office, the original pro extension *. doc *. docx switch.





Often the office in 2003 for the user down a word or other difficulties to open the docx file if this does not have Office 2007. So sometimes there is a (forced) to install Office 2007. Actually there are several ways (alternative) free open / edit the document file office 2007 (docx), without having to install Office 2007.

Docx is the new format of Microsoft Word 2007. The format is also added to the ekstenxi x, for example xls -> xlsx (MS Excel), ppt -> pptx (power point). Microsoft may hold if the format changed to make many users would also not need to have (buy) Microsoft Office 2007. This technique seems quite successful, especially for computer users in Indonesia (who always want to install some of the latest program, regardless of ability, performance and effectiveness).

Nevertheless, not all computer users to easily switch to Office 2007, due to various reasons, such as the performance of a more slow, the interface that is far different from the previous version, so the other and even confusing. Due in part to use Office 2007 and Office 2003 to use part of the down, Open Office or other word, many people often find it difficult if the document with the docx format.

Some way to open the File Docx (Office 2007)

1. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

Microsoft itself does not fully leave the previous version of Office products. They provide special tools so that previous versions of office (2000, 2002/Xp, 2003) can open and edit the new format, a format such as docx, xlsx and pptx.
But some may not know.
Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (~ 27.5 MB)
Or if we only want to open these documents, we can download the application Word Viewer (docx, 24.5 MB) Excel Viewer (xlsx, 74.1 MB) Power Point Viewer (pptx, 25.8 MB)

2. OpenOffice 3

One of the best alternative for Microsoft Office. The latest version, OpenOffice 3 already have facilities to open Office 2007 format. After I tried with a format that is quite complex, OpenOffice can still display all its contents, even though some have changed the format.

If we want to edit the document, the first dimpan with other formats such as doc or odt (OpenOffice standard format), as docx format can only be opened and not (not) be in the edit directly. Size Installasi windows for around 145 MB, Download OpenOffice

3. Online Format Conversion

For those who have internet connection, and does not want to install additional applications, can use the facilities Free Online File Conversion. There are several sites that provide online conversi format, for example:

Zamzar, support a maximum of 100 MB, and we live to enter the email address will be sent the results dokumentersebut conversion. In addition to document conversion zamzar also provide audio, video, image and other.

Docx Converter, we live like before uploading the document in docx format, choose the format and fill in the email will send the results conversions.

4. Opening with OpenXML Viewer Plug-in browser Mozilla Firefox

In addition to working as a web browser, Mozilla Firefox can also use us to open a docx document with one of the plugins OpenXML Viewer. With this plugin we opened docx as regards to its XML format. But we can not edit it. Plugins are available for firefox linux and windows.

Download OpenXML Viewer (10.9 MB Linux, Windows 3.6 MB. OpenXMLViewer_win_firefox.zip select for Windows)

5. Applications using AbiWord

Abiword open source program is a word that is quite popular, multi-platform (Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD and Solaris). With the size of the installation program, only about 5.95 MB, we can get the features of a Word Processing almost classmates Microsoft word. By adding the installation AbiWord Plugins (900 KB), we can get additional features various import-export format document formats including Office 2007. But if there is a format that is complex, sometimes can not be opened fully to the good (not as well as OpenOffice 3)

More information and downloads at AbiSource

6. Using free software Docx2rtf

If the document docx format simple, we can convert into RTF format with this program. Then the result can be opened with WordPad or an older version of Office. In addition to the office in 2007, Docx2rtf can also convert the format of OpenOffice (asw and odt), open and print the pdf documents, html, rtf, txt, pdb (PalmOS Database documents), prc (Aportis).

Download Docx2rtf (2.56 MB)

4 Free Screen Recording Software

Currently, quite a lot of tutorial (learning) things about the computer that is displayed in video format. Any activity recorded in a computer screen, including voice (audio) and then the results can be stored and viewed as a normal video, making it easier for others to learn.

The process of recording activity on a computer screen often known by the term Screen Recording. How do we make such a video? Next described the program of 4 free (freeware) to record the activity screen (screen recording).

1. CamStudio

This is one of the opensource software that is quite popular and may be best in class. Website authorized is http://camstudio.org/. The software will record the event, including audio. Their use is also quite easy beside a simple interface. The resulting video format is the standard AVI.

CamStudio following features, among others:

-All the record display screen, a certain area

-Able to display the Cursor with a color / marks a different

-Can record audio from the speakers or microfone, with the format / quality that can be arranged

-The result can be in the conversion to SWF (Flash Video)

-Resource computer required low

-AutoPan facility for automatic recording area in accordance with the position of the cursor (Mouse pointer), which can set the speed.

-Many of the features can be accessed with the Keyboard Shortcut (HotKey)

-Annotations screen, to provide information in the text produced video

-Equipped with the CamStudio Player to run the recorded results

2. Jing

Jing is an application made by TechSmith, the SnagIt and CamTasio Studio. This program can be lite version (summary) because both programs have two features of the Capture Image (PNG) and the Screen Recording video format that resulted in a SWF.

If you want to menfokuskan video for the web site (in SWF format), this program may be good enough, than we can also result in the address screencast.com which provides free space to 2 GB.

However, to use this application, we must join (sign up) to screencast.com, that require an internet connection. Although the size of this application, only about 4.9 MB, but we need to have Microsoft. NET Framework 3.0, the size of 50 MB (for Windows XP down). For Windows Vista already included. NET Framework 3.0.

More information and downloads http://www.jingproject.com

3. Free Screen Recorder

This program may be a program that has the size of most small (only about 592 KB) and able to record the activity on the screen, including audio (voice) and produced the standard AVI format video.

Following features more Free Screen Recorder:

-Record screen activity, including audio (voice) HotKey available for recording,

-Pause and stop recording Record particular area or all the windows

-The results of the video, including video codec, framerate, audio codec and frequency.

-Mouse activity can be shown / hidden

-The interface as simple as CamStudio

-The installation file size small (about 592 KB)

Download information http://www.nbxsoft.com/screen-recorder.php

4. TipCam

As with previous programs, TipCam able to record all screen windows or only a certain area. Views this application may be slightly different from previous programs, and may be a little difficult at first in the setting.

Some features TipCam :

-Record screen activities, including video / film running

-Share the videos in uTipU.com or upload to youtube

-Record format into AVI or FLV Views minibar when record

-Pan facilities (the cursor), zoom Adding a hand or a picture with the cursor

-Able to run the file FLV (flash video)

-Cut the beginning or end of a video produced.

Information and Download http://www.utipu.com/app/download

Fourth of the software above, I have attempted and successful and is CamStudio Free Screen Recorder. TipCam several times to try is not successful. there seems to be a problem with the video driver. While Jing, after the installation process required to create a new account (login), then I do not continue, because of how making every run must be logged in first. In addition to Jing focus seems to make a video for distribution via a web browser.