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Author Topic: Free Giveaway of the Day Software  (Read 157756 times)

Floydoid

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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #60 on: May 24, 2008, 05:17:50 PM »

Upgrade  my graphics card   :swoon:    does that mean messing with the innards  !! :lol:

Yep.   

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I take it I can keep the programme installed and once I have these "shady pixels" it will work ??    :'(

Yep.
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #61 on: May 24, 2008, 05:21:12 PM »

merci !
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #62 on: May 24, 2008, 05:35:03 PM »

I don't know what hardware prices are like over there, but I would be looking at around 30-50 quid to replace the graphics card.
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #63 on: May 25, 2008, 01:28:50 AM »

If you are going to buy one... make sure your PC has a slot for it. A lot of especially budget PCs have the graphics built onto the motherboard, and annoyingly no upgrade slot for them.

If you don't have an AGP or a PCI Express slot, a normal PCI graphics card won't really be of much benefit to you, and would IMO be a bit of a waste of money.

AGP and PCI Express are both types of graphics card slot (technically PCI Express can be used for other things)
Normal PCI is generally too slow for any useful modern graphics processing.

If nothing else on your PC seems sluggish or broken, I would be tempted to leave it. It's usually games that require decent graphics, and from what I saw of that software, yeah it looks ok, but it would have to be worth the cost of the upgrade to you, if you know what I mean.
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #64 on: May 25, 2008, 07:56:57 AM »

Thanks Floydy  .......

 and ........Thank you Chris  ....    I am leaving well alone ...  I bought my set up from a local specialist here, she built it to my requirements, but it is now; I suppose;  ancient at 3 years old  ::)  I agree with you that it rather negates the offer of a free programme to have to fork out for a new graphics card  which  I'm not sure I'd need for anything else.     My  'masculine' gene must have taken over on this occasion     :D   now had been a pair of shoes !!!!!!!!!! :lol:
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #65 on: May 25, 2008, 08:51:11 AM »

Women.........and their shoes. :no:
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #66 on: May 25, 2008, 10:02:45 AM »

If it's not their shoes,, unkyUb, it's their handbags and if it's not that it's a new house  :o :D

( I speak from personal experience  :'( )
« Last Edit: May 25, 2008, 10:29:37 AM by tuftedduck »
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #67 on: May 25, 2008, 10:58:23 AM »

TD   ;D ;D    I can assure you with me it's just  shoes,  and errrrmmmmmmmmmmm!!    handbags   oh yes and errrrrmmmmmmmmm  !gadgets   :lol:  but I LOVE our house !   :)
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #68 on: May 25, 2008, 11:05:42 AM »

sacre bleu mon ami  :D

Edit,pity Harvey Nicks don't have a GAOTD.  :D
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #69 on: May 26, 2008, 09:59:31 AM »

Wondershare Photo Story looks like a nice alternative to Windows Photo Story:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wondershare-photo-story-2/

It is rated quite highly by GAOTD's resident reviewer:

http://www.bladedthoth.com/reviews/15mrs/wondershare-photo-story-v2-5-5-quick/
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #70 on: May 30, 2008, 10:04:25 AM »

A DVD ripper to try today:

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Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate, powerful and easy-to-use DVD ripping software, can rip DVD to almost all video and audio formats, such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264, RM, MOV, M4V, XviD, 3GP, MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, etc. Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate helps you to rip DVD to videos and audios for various portable media players as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Mobile Phone etc.

Besides, the editing functions let you clip DVD movie segments, crop video size, edit video vision effects, adjust subtitles, and add a video watermark. More features that you will experience:

    * Split and merge: Splitting one source file into several or merging several source files into one video file;
    * Set several output formats for one source file;
    * Batch processing;
    * Advanced audio and video settings;
    * Retrieve DVD information online;
    * Customized user’s profiles;

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/xilisoft-dvd-ripper-ultimate/
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #71 on: June 07, 2008, 10:46:05 AM »

No software GAOTD today, but this game looks like fun, especially for the gardeners:

http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/bloom/

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Rose is red, violets are blue. Miraculous flowers are real beauty but they need your care.

Connect the pipes and water the plants to never make them feel thirsty! Visit a unique store: Earn the coins while playing and spend them on nice ornamentings for your home, the yard and the lawn.

Share your love with flowers to make them bloom!
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #72 on: June 10, 2008, 09:27:12 AM »

Today's offering could be useful to try for anyone running a LAN:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/valix-netsearch/

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NetSearch is a effective tool for searching files in local area network. If you have a local area network, NetSearch will allow you to perform lightning fast searches on every computer in the network that has the application installed.

NetSearch has two search modes, simple and advanced. Advanced search allows you to filter search results through a number of different criteria including file size, date of creation, or date of modification. Best of all, NetSearch’s search algorithm is much, much faster than the standard Windows search. In just in a few seconds you can find the exact file you need on any computer in your LAN.

Features:
-Ultra-fast search.
-Only consumes a small resource load on the network.
-Search results appear immediately (rather than at the end of the search process).
-Export search results to HTML format.
-Sort search results by name, path, size, type, date of creation, or date of modification.
-Support for up to 128 computers.
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #73 on: June 12, 2008, 10:13:18 AM »

A CD/DVD burner to try today:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/romeo-burner-232/

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Romeo Burner combines the simplicity of standard CD-recording software provided with your computer and all features of professional software for recording, ripping, mastering and editing CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs.

Unlike ordinary CD burning programs, Romeo Burner perfectly integrated with Windows. Any operation can be done with few mouse clicks without running heavy wizards and programs.

BTW is anyone still finding it useful having me report the more useful and interesting GAOTD offers, as I don't seem to be getting as much feedback. :(
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Re: Free Giveaway of the Day Software
« Reply #74 on: June 12, 2008, 10:15:26 AM »

Well I always have a look Floydy.  ;)
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