Get Nero 9 for Free, No Activation or Serial Key Required

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nero-free-versionNero is the world’s best data disc burning software from Nero AG (formerly, Ahead Software). Many of us are familiar with Nero brand as Nero OEM suite is bundled with many optical disc recorders or CD/DVD-RW drives. Nero 9 supports quicker write speeds, new formats like Blu-ray and also bundles multimedia creation tools for DVD authoring and audio CD compilation, Nero has been one of the most capable applications in its field.

Nero 9 complete suite of software which supports CD/DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD burning is not cheap though, with single license purchase costs $79.99. As an end-user you will get a lot of unwanted applications along with the complete suite which you will rarely use. This complete suite is also heavy in size too.
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Backup your PC with Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Free Edition

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paragonIn this digital age when all important data are stored in binary format, it becomes very important for us to backup this data. It is always best to be prepared for the worst while dealing with digital data. Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Free Edition is one of the simplest and easy to use software to backup a PC or separate partitions to a local drive or external USB drive or a Firewire Device.

In case of any disaster, it could restore entire data of the PC, separate partitions or any combination of disks and partitions from one archive that is backed up previously. It can also create bootable USB Flash drive, CD or DVD to recover your PC on demand.

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Best 3 Free Programs to Backup and Restore Computer Drivers

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Whenever Windows decides not to be with us anymore, we are left with no other option but to reinstall it. But after reinstalling Windows we face another difficult task of finding and installing all the device drivers for the devices to work properly. It’s a difficult task as most of the time we tend to loose our driver disks or worse driver disks may be corrupt. If this is the situation then we are left with no option other then searching the manufacturer’s site for device drivers for our particular devices. It becomes more difficult to find them if the devices old and no longer supported.

We could have avoided such a situation if we had taken a backup of our device drivers and after reinstalling Windows just restore them back. Use any of these 3 free utilities which can help you easily take backup of your device drivers and restore them back whenever you want. This will also save you a lot of time since restoring for most of this utilities is an one click job! Also, some of them provides the facility of updating your drivers online.
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Windows In A Box – Access all the Features of Windows XP

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Do you ever get tired of searching for a particular setting inside the control panel or searching for that hidden application in Windows XP? Inside Windows XP there are hundreds of settings that require endless clicking through the Operating System that can get really frustrating. Windows in a box was designed to eliminate all that. It sits on your desktop, its easy to navigate, and it puts an end to all the frustration of endless searching for settings and hidden features or applications.

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Have Fun Organizing Your Favorites With FavoritesTown

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Do you have this bad habit of saving a lot of bookmarks but never organize them? Well, here’s a very fun way to organize your bookmarks. Favoritestown is a free to use, simple bookmark manager and application launcher, that allows you to access your favorite websites, folders and files from a virtual town scape. There are several buildings that act as categories (shopping mall, library etc.) to organize your links, and each section can hold several links. Clicking on a link will launch the associated site or file. [Read more...]

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Grab Your Free East-Tec Backup 2009

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east-tec-backup2009If you visit Softpedia, a popular download portal, than you will notice a banner announcing the giveaway of East-Tec Backup 2009 until July 31. The value of this backup software is $40, which you can download and register for free until July 31 2009. You may download and register the software by visiting Softpedia’s home page and clicking on the banner or you can visit the promo page directly by clicking here.

After you visit the promo page, click on the button that says Get It Free. You will have to now provide your name and a valid email address. A verification email is then send to the email account. After you click on the verification link, a website containing the download link of East-Tec Backup 2009 and the registration code to register the software program will open. [Read more...]

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How To Open Files With Unknown File Extensions?

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You received or downloaded a file which Windows does not recognizes. Then, how to open files with unknown file extensions? A file that has no extension or that has an extension that is not listed in the Registry on your computer will need to have some program associated with its type before it can be opened or otherwise used.

While your computer may be configured to use Notepad for opening unknown file types. If not then if you double-click on such a file, Windows will bring up the unknown file dialog box, where Windows displays an appropriate programs list to open the file with but in most of the cases this tends to be useless. This is where OpenWith.org comes to your rescue. [Read more...]

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GFI Backup Free: Easy To Use Backup Solution

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GFI Backup Freeware Edition is an easy to use backup solution for your Windows system. It is fully featured application that keeps all your files safe and secure. With the help of its easy to use wizard-driven interface, using this software is very easy. This helps a new user to easily accomplish the task of creating backups and setting up scheduled backup tasks easy.

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GFI Backup provides you with a lot of options. It allows you to back up on internal or external hard disks, on local area network (LAN) locations, CD/DVD media, removable media devices (USB sticks, memory sticks, flash memory, floppy disks, etc.), and remote locations using FTP with upload auto-resume. Since it does not use any proprietary archive formats but uses the standard Zip file format. This allows for data to be restored manually from the backup even if GFI Backup 2009 is not installed.
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