Auslogics File Recovery 3 is a simple to use professional application to recover deleted files or lost partitions. It also includes advanced privacy protection and backup tools too; it includes a secure file eraser and disk wiper.

We recently reviewed and hosted a giveaway of Auslogics File Recovery 3. Auslogics File Recovery 3 is a very good application that’s very simple to use. The step-by-step file recovery procedure is novice proof and allows anyone to easily recover files or partitions. The security features of the program are also very handy. Auslogics File Recovery 3 works with Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003/XP (32-bit & 64-bit).

We would like to first thank Auslogics for sponsoring the licenses. Now, it’s time for us to announce the names of the lucky winners! We used Random.org service to randomly choose the winner. Below are the names of the five lucky winners. Congratulations to all!

1. Thomas Schwerm
2. Abhishek Nair
3. San
4. Pankaj
5. briareoushex

Winners will receive an email from us shortly within 3 days. In the email, winners will find the license key of the program and instructions on how to install and activate the program. Thank you all for participating.

Do you know, we are running another very exclusive giveaway? For knowing more about it and to take part into the giveaway, click here!

Microsoft is offering an online help utility to Office 2010 users having issues with the product key for their copy of the productivity suite to help them resolve their problems.

Earlier, we have posted many articles aiming to help out Microsoft Office users. Some articles related to Product Key problems. If you are having any issue with Office 2010 product key, you can refer to those articles. See this article to reset your Office Product Key using a small program. Or do you want to change Microsoft Office product key easily without the help of any other program? Wondering how to check the activation type and check the license status of Office? Want to use Office trial version for more than 30/60 days, up to 180 days?

Coming back, the special online help utility is aptly titled Office 2010 Product Key Solution. The online helps provided by the Redmond company is available free of charge to all Microsoft Office users as reported by Softpedia. Through the site, users will find simple step by step solution to: find their product keys, enter the product key to activate Office, troubleshoot various issues related to their product key and Office licensing, and get a replacement product key if they misplaced theirs.

As seen in the screenshot above, basically the online help and troubleshooter divided among four most common issues.

For example, if a user has lost his Office product key, than he has to select the last option, “Can I get a replacement Microsoft Office 2010 product key if I lost it?” The troubleshooter than asks a few more questions to find the exact solution for the user.

If the user is not satisfied with the troubleshooter in resolving the issue themselves, they can opt to contact a Microsoft Customer Service representative.

This is a good service for Office 2010 users, but what about those who are using the older versions of the productivity suite, such as Office 2007 and Office 2003? The Redmond company has only provided links to two websites for helping them enter product key.

• Enter the Product Key for Microsoft Office 2007
• Enter the Product Key for Microsoft Office 2003

Well, they can get some help when it comes to troubleshooting product key errors through a Knowledge Base article, KB 2549291.

Users can download Office 2010 60 days trial versions using the links posted in this article. Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 can be downloaded using the links provided in this article.

Microsoft released Windows Developer Preview few days back for download to the public.

If you are testing out Windows Developer Preview and have installed it without any problem. You should keep these product keys handy if you Reset Windows 8 or reinstall Windows Developer Preview.

In response to a question posted on MSDN forum, “I’m reinstalling Windows Developer Preview and need to enter a product key. What key do I use?” Microsoft Support employee shared two product keys, one for Windows Developer Preview and the other for Windows Developer Preview server edition.

Below are the product keys as shared by Microsoft Support on the forum.

If you need to reinstall Windows Developer Preview or use the Reset functionality, you might be asked to enter this product key:

6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498

If you’re running a server version of Windows Developer Preview, you can use this product key:

4Y8N3-H7MMW-C76VJ-YD3XV-MBDKV

Note: These product keys are only for use with the Windows Developer Preview version of Windows 8.

This post makes it clear that you need to enter Windows 8 Developer Preview Product key during installation. Unlike in Windows 7 which lets you skip entering a product key, in Windows 8 Developer Preview, you cannot go ahead without entering a product key.

Kaspersky Antivirus 2012 is one of the best antivirus available for Windows users. Few days back we posted about a promotion through which you can get a trial license of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 valid for 90 days. Today, we found another promotion through which you can get a trial license of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 valid for 90 days.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 is the backbone of your PC’s security system, delivering real-time protection from the latest malware and viruses. It works behind the scenes with intelligent scanning and small, frequent updates, while proactively protecting you from known and emerging Internet threats.

KAV 2012 Key Features:

To get Kaspersky Anti-Virus 90 days trial license follow the steps below.

1. Download KAV 2012 Spanish Installer: kav2012_12.0.0.374aES_2482.exe. But do not go ahead to install it yet.
2. Now, use 7-Zip to extract all the files from kav2012_12.0.0.374aES_2482.exe.
3. Open the “setup.reg” file present in the extracted files with Notepad.
4. You will find the activation code inside, copy activation code: NUS4T-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
5. Now, download KAV 2012 English Installer: kav12.0.0.374en.exe
6. Install KAV 2012 English version and use the activation code: NUS4T-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX to get 90 days trial license instead of the regular 30 days.

If you need more advanced protection, you should definitely check out the article about getting Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 Free 90 days trial license.

[via Raymond.cc]

iSkysoft iTube Studio for Mac lets you download and convert videos (HD videos supported) from YouTube, Facebook, TNT, BREAK, Google Video, and many other video-sharing sites from Safari web browser. After download, you can convert videos to use with iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP and mobile phones; or to any video and audio format of your choice.

iSkysoft iTube Studio supports the following websites: YouTube, Facebook, TNT, Bing video, Yahoo video, Google video, BREAK, TwitVid, TeacherTube, RuTube, Photobucket, VEVO, Funnyordie, Expotv, Engagemedia, Archive, CNN, Metacafe (Hulu video excluded) etc.

The software lets you convert the downloaded videos into formats compatible with Apple Devices, Apple Software, Game Console, Portable Video Players, HD Movie, Mobile Phone, Video Formats, Audio Formats.

How To Download Videos from YouTube or Other Video-Sharing Sites?

After downloading the application, launch iTube Studio for Mac installer and a wizard will guide you through the setup process. iTube Studio for Mac will automatically launch when installation finished.

Launch Safari web browser and visit YouTube.com. The Download button will show up at the top left corner of the video when detected on the webpage. iTube Studio offers three options for you to download videos:

• Click the button and let the YouTube download wizard to do the thing for you.
• Drag the URL to the iTube Studio for Mac dock icon to start downloading.
• Go to Download menu and choose Enter a URL, then click OK.

How To Get iTube Studio for Mac License?

iSkysoft Studio the developers of iTube Studio for Mac has launched a giveaway promotion. Through this giveaway, you will be able to get a free license of iTube Studio, the YouTube Downloader Mac.

To receive the license, simply visit the promotion page at: http://www.iskysoft.com/itube-studio-mac/giveaway.html

Fill up the request form and click on Get Key Code button.

You will receive the license code in your email address. Use the license code to register the product.

Kaspersky Internet Security is one of the best premium security suite available for computer users. It offers protection against viruses, trojans, malware, phishing, spam, etc. Because of its popularity among PC users, we seldom see any Kaspersky promotion for the product. It was a long time when we actually came across any promotion. Well, it seems the wait is over as we have found promotion of KIS 2012 (Kaspersky Internet Security 2012) through which you can get Free KIS 2012 90 days trial license instead of the regular 30 days.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 delivers premium protection from viruses, Trojans, spam, hackers, and more. Its cutting-edge, hybrid approach to digital security combines innovative, cloud-based technologies with advanced antivirus protection to deliver a faster, more effective response to today’s complex, ever-evolving threats. You, your private data and PC are completely protected as you work, bank, shop and play online.

How to get Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 License valid for 90 days?

Kaspersky Labs Germany at their Facebook fan page is offering all their fans a 90 days license valid KIS 2012 German installer. To grab the installer, you have to like their fan page and download Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 German Installer with inbuilt 90-day trial license. The good news is, the license code works with the KIS 2012 English installer.

Alternatively, you can directly download the German installer using this direct download link (kis12.0.0.374DE_2401.exe).

You can further save yourself and simply use the license code which we have already extracted from the German language installer and activate the English version of KIS 2012: QCGUH-J8FF6-33WGA-UBY62 (extracted from the German installer provided during the promotion). Do note, this free 90-day trial license key code will NOT work if you’ve already installed Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and have activated any trials before.

You can download KIS 2012 English Installer here. We have covered the launch of Kaspersky 2012 series of security products here. [via Raymond.cc]

Recently, we reviewed EASEUS Partition Master, a comprehensive Windows application for managing hard disk partitions. At the end of the review we announced a giveaway courtesy the developers. Through the giveaway, 10 lucky winners could get a professional license of EASEUS Partition Master with built-in Linux bootable disk license retails at $19.95.

You can read the full review of EASEUS Partition Master Professional here.

Today we will announce the 10 lucky winners names, each of them will receive their license keys directly from the developers of EASEUS Partition Master.

We randomly picked up 10 persons from the comments on the giveaway page. And the winners are…

1. kirks
2. phu
3. Diane
4. bobo355
5. Vick
6. drWoo
7. MerleOne
8. milxxon
9. Carolyn Barnett
10. myimmortalize

Congratulations to the winners! If you are not the winner this time, don’t feel bad, who knows, may be next time you can be one!

Thank you all for participating in the giveaway.

Update: For those who may have missed this giveaway, you all can get any EASEUS product at 30% discount. Simply visit EaseUS store at http://www.easeus.com/buynow.htm, select the product you want to buy and use the coupon code below:

CHEN-9SCN-GIVE

Auslogics BoostSpeed 5.1 is a program which really can revitalize your system. The program uses trusted and tested useful system optimization techniques and technologies to take care of your PCs performance. And, you don’t need to have a PhD in Windows or be an expert to use this program. It comes with many integrated utilities which lets you easily tweak almost every area of your computer system.

We reviewed it and Auslogics BoostSpeed performed well in all our tests. It recovered around 800 MB of disk space compared to 100 MB of Windows inbuilt Disk Cleaner. It also optimized our system with effective and easy to apply optimization. Our system performs faster now. You can read the full review of Auslogics BoostSpeed 5.1 here.

We would like to thank Auslogics Software Pty Ltd for sponsoring 5 license keys of Auslogics BoostSpeed 5.1 Pro each worth $49.95 exclusively for My Technology Guide readers. If you are a software developer and want to host a giveaway with us, contact us.

After going through all the comments, we have chosen the best 5 comments (reviews) submitted by our readers. The 5 winners of the professional license are:

• Azmi
• vince
• Mounir
• pss0612
• ha14

Congratulations to all the winners! Winners will receive an email from us within 5 days. If you cannot find our email in your inbox, please see your junk/spam folder. If you still cannot find our email after 24 hours of this post going live, please contact us.

Thank you all for participating and sharing your views about the software. We are soon going to host another great giveaway. If you are not a winner this time, who knows, you may become a winner in our next upcoming giveaway. Use the subscription/follow options below to know first.

Two years back on June 14th, 2009, we posted our very first welcome message here. We officially started our journey as a technology website, with our commitment to bring the most benefits for our readers, subscribers, fans, followers, sponsors and everyone involved on July 1st, 2009.

Since, then almost two years have passed and we have enjoyed every single moment of being with you all. As we are getting ready to start another new term of My Technology Guide, we bring to you the most anticipated giveaway of all times in the history of My Technology Guide. And on this auspicious time, what more can we think of giving away except a genuine license of Windows 7 Ultimate to one of our most valued and loyal reader.

With WinSpark Networks collaboration, we bring to you all, Windows 7 Ultimate License and Be Genuine Giveaway. Through this giveaway, you can win yourself a genuine license of Windows 7 Ultimate edition.

Before we talk about the rules for entering this giveaway, let us give a brief description of WinSpark. The website is exclusively devoted to tech thoughts on various Microsoft technology products, software reviews, how to’s and troubleshooting tips. Do visit them, you will definitely like the website and its great content.

Overview of Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 Ultimate is designed for people who want it all. It gives you everything Home Premium and Professional offers, plus added security features and the flexibility to work in multiple languages. Create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch TV programs for free, whenever and wherever you want.

How to enter Windows 7 Ultimate Exclusive Giveaway?

The rules are simple. Gain as much points as you can by performing any of the steps below, fill up the giveaway form and comment here.

Required Step, will earn you 200 points:

Subscribe for our email updates and don’t forget to confirm the subscription (served via Google FeedBurner)

Gain Points and Maximize your chances of Winning by performing the following steps:

Plus One us on Google. (10 points)

If you are on Facebook, Like our official Facebook page. (10 points)

Share this giveaway with your Facebook buddies and gain extra 10 points.

If you are on Twitter, Follow us and Retweet the following snippet. (20 points)

Get yourself a free #Windows 7 Ultimate License and Be Genuine : http://goo.gl/uGMih via @manekari @mytechguide

Answer this simple question and get 100 points:

Which windows 7 feature you loved the most?

Additionally, you can share about this giveaway with your buddies using the Share buttons below to gain extra 10 points for each action.

Update (22 June, 2011): You can increase your points by sharing on a daily basis, with one condition that you can share to respective services only once in 24 hours time span. For example, you can tweet about the giveaway only once in 24 hours.

The more points that you accumulate, better are your chances for winning!

Did we mention that if you are not into social networking that much, you can still take part and try your luck by simply being our email subscriber? Simply fill up the entry form below and don’t forget to answer the question.

Update (11 July 2011): We have disabled the entry form. We are not accepting any new entries. We will now validate the entries and will count the points. If you have shared about this in different channels but you have not commented about the shares in the comment section below. You can do so now. The winner will be announced after a week or so. We need at least this much time for all the validation of the huge number of entries. Best of luck to all the participants.

General Giveaway Terms and Conditions

Updated

1. No purchase necessary.

2. This contest is open worldwide.
3. Kindly use your genuine email id (used to subscribe to our email subscription) and full name for participating in this giveaway.
4. All entries must be made using the form on the giveaway page.
5. No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost, or which are not received for any technical reason.

6. The closing date for the giveaway is 10^th July, 2011.
7. If you win, we will notify you by e-mail.
8. If we do not get a response to the email within two weeks, the prize will be offered to a runner-up.
9. 
The prize is not exchangeable for cash or any other prize.

10. If, for any reason, an advertised prize is not available, we reserve the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.

11. Incorrectly completed entries will be disqualified. An entry which doesn’t follow the terms and conditions and our comments policy will be disqualified.
12. All federal, state, local, and other taxes on items won are the sole responsibility of the applicable winner.
13. Void where prohibited by law.
14. By entering, entrants certify that they meet all eligibility requirements.
15. By entering, winners also agree to all Terms and Conditions of MyTechGuide.org.
16. My Technology Guide holds the complete rights to change the Terms and Conditions without prior notice.
17. Our decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered.

Play Fair and Be Genuine! Good Luck!

Simpo PDF to Text Converter for Mac is a simple and easy-to-use, standalone PDF to text converter for Mac users. It is able to perform the PDF conversion process without the need of Adobe Acrobat Professional. The developer of the application claims that the PDF to TXT conversion tool will accurately retain original PDF layouts and formatting even though it’s extracting plain text from PDF to text document files, thanks to its ability of automatically aligning text columns in table.

Features of Simpo PDF to Text for Mac:

• Batch conversion from PDF to Text aiming to save your precious time
• Easily convert specific (selected) PDF pages from PDF to text
• Preserve all text contents with high accuracy
• Encrypted PDF file is supported

How to get Simpo PDF to Text for Mac with free promo License

Simpo PDF to Text for Mac usually retails for $19.95. As part of Simpo Technologies ongoing promotion, interested users are now entitled to download the full version of the PDF to Text for Mac free of charge. This time-limited giveaway promotion exclusively available for Facebook users, will expire on May 31, 2011.

To grab a free license of Simpo PDF to Text for Mac, please visit Simpo Tech Facebook page and submit your email address.

Later, download Simpo PDF to Text for Mac OS X: http://www.simpopdf.com/download/pdf2text-mac.dmg

Once installed, type in your received license serial key to activate the PDF to text conversion software to full version. Simpo PDF to Text for Mac is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 or newer operating system.

Thanks to Angela of Simpo Technologies for sharing about this promotion for our readers.

WinZip Computing, a Corel company is expanding its product portfolio beyond compression and encryption with the début of the WinZip System Utilities Suite. Earlier, we published our review, and we must say that we are pleased with the results.

WinZip has provided us with 10 full WinZip System Utilities Suite licenses to give away to our readers!

To enter our random draw, simply follow the steps below.

Subscribe to My Technology Guide Newsletter. You can subscribe us using following link:

Subscribe to My Technology Guide Newsletter

Note: For new subscribers, don’t forget to click on the confirmation email sent to you by FeedBurner to start our email subscription. If we find that your subscription is incomplete than your entry for the giveaway will not be considered.

Share the word about the giveaway with your friends and colleagues through Social Networks like Twitter, Facebook, etc. So that they too can take part in the giveaway. You can follow us or like us for more updates in the future!

Finally, fill in the giveaway entry form below (click here if form is not visible) and you are in for the giveaway!

novaPDF is a PDF creator that let users convert any type of documents that is printable into standard PDF files. There are three editions of novaPDF available: Lite, Standard, and Professional. Thanks to Softland, the developers of novaPDF for sponsoring the giveaway of novaPDF Professional Desktop edition. At the end of this article you will see how to take part in the giveaway and win one of the 5 Pro licenses each worth $49.95.

Using novaPDF, you can able to create PDF documents and easily share them. The resulted PDF files can be viewed on any computer with a PDF reader installed. novaPDF is actually a PDF printer driver which is compatible with 32/64-bit editions of Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Windows 7 operating systems. It doesn’t require any third-party tools to be installed to generate the PDF file (like Adobe Acrobat Pro or GhostScript).

Installation is smooth with just a few queries in between, for choosing the name of the printer and if you want it as an add-on for Microsoft Office. No initial configuration is required to start converting any printable document to PDF. novaPDF allows you to define different private profiles, each with its own printing to PDF settings. You can change the paper size (or create new custom page sizes for large format printing), change the resolution (from 72 to 2400 dpi), change page orientation (portrait, landscape), embed fonts (support for OpenType, TrueType and Type1 fonts), merge PDF files. novaPDF installs add-ins for Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) which lets users create PDF files faster from Office applications.

You can password protect the PDF files you create and permissions can be restricted to prevent the document from being viewed, printed, modified, copied or annotated. Your PDF documents will be protected and secured with 40-bit and 128-bit encryption algorithms. Additionally, if you have a digital signature you can sign your PDF documents thus certifying the authenticity and integrity of the PDF document for the recipient.

The application is available for testing with the limitation that you can’t get rid of the developer’s watermark at the end of each page. Removing the message requires paying the $49.95 fee.

novaPDF Professional Desktop 7 Giveaway

Our terms are the same like our previous giveaways, we are pleased to announce that Softland SRL, the developers of novaPDF Professional Desktop is providing 5 Pro licenses each worth $49.95 exclusively to My Technology Guide readers.

To be eligible for the giveaway, simply follow the steps below:

Subscribe to My Technology Guide Newsletter. You can subscribe us using following link:

Subscribe to My Technology Guide Newsletter

Note: For new subscribers, don’t forget to click on the confirmation email sent to you by FeedBurner to start our email subscription. If we find that your subscription is incomplete than your entry for the giveaway will not be considered.

Share the word about the giveaway with your friends and colleagues through Social Networks like Twitter, Facebook, etc. So that they too can take part in the giveaway. You can follow us or like us for more updates in the future!

Finally, fill in the giveaway form below (click here if form is not visible) and you are in for the giveaway!

Winners will be randomly selected and each winner will receive one free license of novaPDF Professional Desktop edition worth $49.95

Giveaway is closed, results will be published soon.

iSkysoft Studio is offering a free license of “iMedia Converter for Windows” worth $49 for Free to everyone till 27th Dec, 2010.

iMedia Converter for Windows is a total media converter which combines ripping DVD disks and converting audio and video files, making it easier for windows users to rip DVDs, convert videos (such as MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV) and extract audio from DVD and video for playback on mobile players like iPod Touch 4, iPod Nano, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen, Archos, HTC and other portable devices. Also it helps you remove DRM protection and wipe off restrictions from enjoying video and audio files. It gives a full support of Windows 7.

Features:

• Rip DVDs to audio/video formats
• Remove DRM protections and restrictions
• Trim, crop and edit and make special personalized video
• Convert videos for playback on all popular media devices including iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen, HTC, etc.
• Add subtitles to video
• Save snapshots from movie or video as a JPG image
• Adjust output file parameters such as Resolution, Frame Rate, Encoder and Bit Rate
• Merge several files or the split segments into one complete file

How To Receive The Free License Code?

• Visit the iSkysoft Facebook fan page, click on the “Like” button.
• Click on the “Windows Software” tab if it is not selected.
• Enter your First Name, Last Name and E-Mail address.
• Click on the “Send Me Keycode” button, you will receive an email with the free license code.
• Download iMedia Converter for Windows, install and activate it using the free license code that you received.

Thanks to Jinlei Huo for the tip!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our readers!

If you are looking for a good video converter for converting videos to and from different formats including formats supported by your handheld and mobile devices, then MacX Video Converter Pro is a good choice. Even though the name of the software may suggest that it is only for Mac users, but the good news is it is available for Windows users too.

As a part of “Thanksgiving” promotion, Digiarty Software, the makers of MacX Video Converter Pro, are giving away MacX Video Converter Pro free to all until 15 November, 2010. MacX Video Converter Pro is available for download with full license for both Windows and Mac OS X.

With built-in support for 420+ video/audio codecs and advanced HD video decoding engine, MacX Video Converter Pro owns powerful capabilities to convert among all HD video and SD videos and transfer to Mac, PC, iMovie, iTunes, iPhone iPad, iPod, etc. It also enables users to download YouTube videos and convert to other format or create VOB files from video for burning to DVD.

How to Get MacX Video Converter Pro for Free?

You can either visit the giveaway page and download the corresponding version for your operating system or you can download from the direct download links below and register using the license keys shown along.

Mac users can download the full version of MacX Video Converter Pro by click “Download for Mac” button at the giveaway page or by using direct download link here, and use the license code: AY-DSJGNKY-6E7E777 to register the app.

Windows users can download the full version of MacX HD Video Converter Pro for Windows by click “Download for Windows“ button at the giveaway page or by using the direct download link here, and use the license code: BO-UMUJUMYT-FBOBXO to register the app.

Thanks to Sarah of (MacXDVD Software) Digiarty Software for the tip!

Liked this promotion? Don’t forget to take part in our own latest giveaway contest! Click Here!

Crave World Clock is an easy-to-use desktop world clock that can display the local time for any location. You can view the current time and date for all cities and countries on your desktop (Select Show World Clock under Desktop menu) using a real world map and real-time imagery provided by NASA and you can also set it to display real-time clouds updated at an interval set by you.

You can set the clock theme to any of predefined themes or match it with your current Windows operating system theme or keep it to default native interface. A time-finder tool allows you to quickly find the current time for any city or country you need. You can customize the software to display clouds and weather effect on the real world map.

You can resize world map as required to various predefined sizes to match your desktop resolution. It allows you to set shortcut keys (hot keys) to major functions of the software so that you can quickly access those functions using the keys even if you working in any other program.

The clock minimizes to system tray, so you can quickly open it any time you want or access the context-menu with right-click on tray icon.

How to get a free license of Crave World Clock?

Softpedia.com is running an exclusive giveaway of Crave World Clock 1.2. You have to visit the giveaway page and download a copy of Crave World Clock. After downloading, visit the free license promotion page. Type in your name and email address and click on the Submit button. You will receive your free license shortly in your email. Use the free license received to register the software.

Note: The latest version of Crave World Clock is version 1.3, but the giveaway is for version 1.2. This free license will not work with Crave World Clock v1.3.

A quick heads-up for our readers. A time-limited giveaway of PDFTiger, a premium PDF creator and converter software is up and running now until 21 October, 2010. This promotional offer lets you grab a free genuine license key of PDFTiger, normally worth $40. So, hurry up and grab it before time runs out (Giveaway details are given at the end of this article).

PDFTiger is a Word To PDF Converter and PDF To Word Doc Tool. It lets you accurately create PDF documents from Word, Excel, Powerpoint, text or images. PDFTiger can also convert PDF files into editable Microsoft Word Documents, Rich Text Documents, Plain Text Files, Images, HTML Files, and Shockwave Flash SWF Files.

PDFTiger Can Convert:

PDFTiger was able to convert a PDF file into Word document in just three mouse clicks. It preserved the original quality of the PDF files and accurately converted both text and images present in the PDF. It also doubles up as a PDF creator. It accurately creates PDF outputs of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, text, images, etc (see table above).

Features:

• All To PDF Creator — Convert Word, Excel, TXT, PowerPoint and All Printable Files into PDF Documents.
• PDF To All Converter — Convert PDF Documents into Word, TXT, JPG, HTML and Flash Files.
• Image To PDF Maker — Convert Scanned Images(BMP, JPG, TIFF, GIF etc) into PDF Document.
• Batch Mode — Batch Convert More Than 10,000,000 Files at One Time.

PDFTiger Free License Limited-Time Giveaway

Simply visit the PDFTiger giveaway page and click on the Download button to download a copy of PDFTiger. After downloading, use the registration code R8Z8682LMDUAKHW to register the software. You can also download PDFTiger from the download link here.

What is Windows Product Activation or Windows Activation?

Microsoft to curb piracy introduced Windows product activation system since Windows XP. Activation is an anti-piracy technology designed to verify that Microsoft software products are genuine. Most of the Windows users are aware of Windows Product Activation as it is so common now. Users are now required to activate their copy of Windows with Microsoft either online or over the phone within the grace period or trial period to continue using the Windows operating system.

In this article you will find some simple commands or ways by which users can check Windows Activation status easily.

How To Check Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Activation Status?

Even though Windows XP has less stringent Windows Product Activation algorithm when compared with Windows 7 or Vista but it does need product activation. Only exception is when users use OEM and VLK product key to register Windows XP. Computers that are pre-installed with Windows XP licensed using OEM license key (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Windows XP Professional when installed using a VLK (Volume License Key), does not need users to activate Windows online or by phone as they are automatically activated.

To check the current status of Windows Product Activation, open the Run dialog box. (Press [Windows Key] + [R] to open the Run dialog box.) Now, type in the following command and press Enter:

oobe/msoobe /a

An “Activate Windows” window will open that will show the current Windows activation status. If Windows XP is already activated, the message “Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.” will appear.

Info: You will find msoobe.exe under C:\Windows\System32\oobe\msoobe.exe

How can I tell if Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 and later activated?

You can check the activation status of Windows 7 and Vista by two ways.

First method, click on the Start Button and in the Start search box or in the Run dialog box, type and execute the following command:

slui

Users can find slui.exe under C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

Second Method, Open System by clicking the Start button, then right-clicking Computer, and then clicking on Properties. Now, under Windows activation, you can view your current activation status.

PDF Password Remover is designed to remove the password and restrictions (Owner Password) of PDF files. Right-click the PDF file, select Decrypt with AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover from the shortcut menu, the restrictions will be removed in seconds. It is easy for you to copy, edit or print the PDF files after decryption.

Key Features

• Decrypt encrypted PDF files which were restricted by author to prevent others from copying, editing or even printing
• Remove the user/open password only if you key in the password correctly
• Support importing Adobe PDF 1.0 – 1.7 formats (.pdf)
• Batch decryption–decrypt 200 PDF files at one time
• Right-click decryption–Right click on a PDF file and decrypt it without launching the program
• Extremely easy to use
• User-friendly interface
• Standalone, doesn’t need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to be installed
• Support languages: English, Turkish, Thai, Latin, Korean, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese

It Can Not:

• Remove or find the user/open password automatically
• Remove other protections, such as DRM or third part plug-in

AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover 1.0.4 normally retails at $19.95 per license. As a part of AnyBizSoft free giveaway offer, interested users can get AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover 1.0.4 full version for free!

Note: This free offer will be expired on February 24^th, 2010.

To grab a free copy of AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover 1.0.4, just follow the simple steps below:

1. Visit the giveaway page at: http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-password-remover.html.



2. Click on the Get KeyCode button and complete the registration form to get a free key code of the PDF Password Remover via email.



3. Download AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover 1.0.4 from the following link: anybizsoft-pdf-password-remover_full526.exe.
4. Once installed, active AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover 1.0.4 using the received license code.

System Requirement

• OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 bit)

WinX DVD Ripper Special Edition is an advanced edition of WinX DVD Ripper. It supports backing up latest protected DVD movies, such as Transformers 2, The Dark Knight, Star Trek 2009, UP, etc. It offers fast ripping speed with best video/audio quality. Beside the basic functions, it can customize video by adjusting parameters, clipping video segment, grabbing picture from DVD videos.

WinX DVD Ripper Special Edition is now available free download from Jan 1 to Jan 5, 2010. During this period, users can download the full version of WinX DVD Ripper Special Edition for free normally worth $29.95!

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• User friendly interface with fastest converting speeding in the world.
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• Support most popular video formats including AVI, FLV, MPEG, MP4, WMV and extract audio from video and stored as MP3.
• Support multiple DVD resources including normal DVD, CSS protected DVD, commercial DVD, Sony ArccOS DVDs, and all region 1-6 DVDs — totally region free.

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Platforms: Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32 & 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit)

Softpedia a popular download portal is giving away Free License of East-Tec Eraser 2009 worth $49.95 until January 31, 2010. East-Tec Eraser 2010 protects your privacy, identity and confidential information and removes all evidence of your computer and online activity.

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