Brandon Dimmel

DivX for Windows 9.0 DivX for Windows will play every type of DivX video right on your computer. It includes many exciting and useful features that allow users to add menus, subtitles, and more. You can also use this program to create DVDs that you ... can play on DivX-supported DVD and Blu-ray players. http://www.divx.com USB Oblivion 1.9 USB Oblivion is designed to protect your personal digitized information by removing all traces of USB devices and CD-ROMs from the Windows registry in your computer. It can be set to perform this function automatically and is compatible with all versions of ... (view more)

A new 'cracking' tool reportedly allows users to take trial version applications they have downloaded from Microsoft's Windows Store and turn them into fully functional versions, and do it free of charge. According to reports, the tool is called ... 'Wsservice_crk' and has been available through several online forums -- including MyDigitalLife.info -- for more than a month. However, only recently has this tool caught the attention of the media. (Source: techspot.com ) Cracking Tool Brings Risks Using 'Wsservice_crk' entails several significant risks. For one thing, it's necessary to provide one's ... (view more)

Here's a letter that may interest you from a loyal Infopackets subscriber: "Dear Infopackets Team, I'm really enjoying your articles and learning a lot about my computer. But things are not perfect. My wife is going crazy with her new Windows 8 ... computer because there's no 'Start' button. Is there anything she can do to get it back, short of returning to Windows 7? Please keep your useful information coming. Thanks, Bob G." My Response: Your wife is not the only person unhappy with some of Windows 8's new features. One of the least favorite changes appears to be the removal of the ... (view more)

SeaMonkey 2.14 SeaMonkey 2.14 is an all-in-one Internet software tool for Windows-based computers. It includes an Internet browser, email program, newsgroup client, web feed reader, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) editor, chat feature, and web ... development tools -- all completely free of charge. http://www.seamonkey-project.org Super 2012 Build 54 Super is an absolutely free media converter software tool for Windows. It's simple, easy to use, and lets you convert just about any multimedia file found on the world wide web to any one of 19 "containers" that include a wide range of ... (view more)

Windows 8's uptake rate might be low by comparison to its predecessor, Windows 7, but a new report shows it's considerably higher than Windows Vista's adoption rate. Internet analyst firm Net Applications recently released a report examining user ... acceptance of each of these operating systems' during their first full month of availability. According to that report, Windows 8 was running on approximately 0.45 per cent of all Windows computers during the month of October, 2012. Windows 7 5X More Popular Than Windows 8 That's far lower than Windows 7's first month of availability back in 2009, ... (view more)

Microsoft's Windows Store is slowly growing in size. According to a recent report, the number of applications available has now surpassed the 20,000 mark. Of those 20,000 available apps, about 18,000 (or 90 per cent) are free. Of course, an ... inventory of 20,000 apps is still far short of the standard set by Google's Play store (600,000 apps) and the Apple Store (700,000 apps). But it's a start. Windows Store's App Growth Rate: 500 New Apps Per Day Microsoft's Windows Store app tally has recently begun mounting at an impressive rate. In early October critics raised concerns about the fact that ... (view more)

Foto-Mosaik-Edda 6.8.12318.1 Foto-Mosail-Edda allows you to create unique and impressive digital image mosaic designs composed of many individual images (or tiles) on your Windows computer. You can use your very own images, if you wish, and create ... mosaics that will add a personal touch to any visual computer output, including printed materials such as birthday or Christmas cards. http://sixdots.de eVPC 2011 Build .03 eVPC, otherwise known as Video Player Crypter, allows you to protect your privacy by locking down access to your favorite multimedia files on your Windows computer. Video Player ... (view more)

There are just 500 days left until Microsoft officially terminates all support for the incredibly popular Windows XP operating system (OS). When it happens, the event will mark a major transition for the software giant, and could present big ... problems for the half billion computers still running the aging OS. Once these 500 days come to an end, Windows XP will no longer be updated or have any security vulnerabilities patched by the Microsoft development team. Over time, that will tend to make the operating system highly vulnerable to hacker attack. You can think of this 'end to upgrades' much ... (view more)

PasteCopy.NET 0.9.8.22 PasteCopy is free software that expands the size of the standard Windows Clipboard and also allows you to carefully organize your favorite Hypertext Markup (HTML), Rich Text Format (RTF), text, and image files into ... customizable categories. This program can be conveniently run from a USB storage device. http://www.sundrytools.com Iron 23.0.13 Iron is a brand new Internet browser for Windows computers based on free source code known as "Chromium." Iron's makers, SRWare, boast that this browser is similar to but safer than Google's Chrome web browser. It offers ... (view more)

Eusing Maze Lock 2.0 Eusing Maze Lock is a powerful tool designed to help you lock your Windows computer screen with a single click. Locking your screen prevents other people from making any use of your computer while you are away from the keyboard. ... You can also specify the background image shown when your computer screen is locked. http://www.eusing.com Portable Storage Explorer 1.0 Portable Storage Explorer displays information related to your remote network computer's USB devices, removable storage, CD-rom and DVD drives, including their current state, their drive type, serial number, ... (view more)