Things can go frustating when you find that you have lost the product key of a software that you have purchased. Reinstallation won't be possible without the valid key that you got when you bought it.

The obvious solution for anyone when they're in such a situation is to contact the seller and ask for a new key. If the seller provides a good customer support, there won't be a problem at all in asking for a new key. But if you don't want to go talking to the staff, and if the lost key belongs to your Nero burner, then there is an easier way to find the key.

Nero provides a free tool called Nero Serial Finder designed for one purpose only: to automatically scan your system to find the key of the installed Nero and give it back to you. No need to install, no need to pay, no need to learn to use it. Just launch it and wait for a few seconds. That's all. If you need this tool so bad, you can download it right from here.

via http://www.wargeek.net/nero-serial-number-finder.html

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Changing file extension in Windows is as easy as accessing the Folder Options in Windows Explorer and modifying the default setting to display all recognized file extensions. Just uncheck the option "Hide extensions for knows file types", assuming that you left the setting to the default all this time. Then, changing the extension is just like when you rename a file name.

The problem is: some file names just long enough that I don't want to add it with even a single word more. That's why I keep hiding the extension. This makes me, and you who do the same, has to access the Folder Options and disable the hiding every time an extension needs to be changed.

In this situation, you would be grateful for having found File Extension Changer.



It allows you to change file extensions through the right-click menu in Windows explorer directly. You can also use its main window to change the extension of multiple files separated in different folders at once. Its ability to create backup files enables you to restore the file extension back to the original in case you change your mind somehow.

File Extension Changer is a free program offering an alternative way in changing the file extension. You can choose either the installer or the portable version from the homepage.

Download the program

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Docx and dotx, the newest Office 2007 file formats, have incompatibility problem with other word processors like Open Office. Even the older versions of Office like Office XP and Office 2003 are unable to read docx and dotx files without installing additional programs.

If someone sends you a docx file and you don't have Microsoft Word 2007 to open it, Docx2Rtf will help you converting the file into RTF or PDF so you can read it with any word processor or PDF reader you currently have. Or, you can directly read the file on the main window of the program without having to do the conversion.



While the focus is on the docx files, which is assumed from the name of the program, it also supports dotx and Open Office files (sxw, odt). That means you can also read and convert these files to RTF or PDF as well.

Abitility to read the docx, dotx, sxw, and odt without conversion in the first place is useful to find out how good the conversion will be since this program cannot fully extract the whole formats of the documents. It cannot extract the table in dotx files, for example.

Docx2Rtf is a freeware for Windows 9x up to Windows Vista. It doesn't require installation so you can load it to your USB drive to read and convert the supported formats everywhere.

The file formats it supports are:

• Office 2007 files (docx, dotx)
• Open Office files (sxw, odt)
• PDF
• HTML
• RTF
• TXT
• PSD
• TIFF Bitmap
• RAW
• files stored in the PalmOS Database (pdb)
• Aportis files (prc)
• PCX
• ......etc....

Download Docx2Rtf

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If you want to have a freeware that can turn photos to pen & ink or pencil sketch, then this program deserves your attention. Easy to use, simple, and it does the job pretty fast.

Select an image to be sketched from your photo collection and select the "drawing parameters" command from the menu. As you can see from the screenshot I took, you can modify the edge treshold and intensity along with the level of the brightness with slide bars, soften the edges, add a frame and select which texture to be used if you want it, and add write some text.



The modification you make can be viewed in real time in the small preview window without having to do the conversion first.

Every move you have taken for every photo can be saved as a profile. This way you can simply load the profile if later you need to duplicate the sketch parameters to the next photo and, if necessary, make a few adjustments.

The result of the sketch can be compared side by side. Both of the original and modified photos can be zoomed and dragged to focus on certain details.

FotoSketcher is completely free for any Windows version.

Download FotoSketcher

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Cool idea. How could this idea never comes up to other wallpaper changer makers? With the online world packed in RSS feeds, surely everyone will have much more unique images to be rotated as your desktop background if there is a way to access images within the feeds.

John's Background Switcher, the amazing free desktop background rotator I have posted previously, has now opened the gate. One of its newest feature allow you to use photos in RSS feeds as your wallpaper in rotation. It means you can use images from photo sites like deviantArt as your desktop wallpaper directly from the feed. There are many more enhancements on the program. You can read the full list here.

Screenshot of John's Background Switcher

Download John's Background Switcher

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