Disable annoying UAC security prompts in Windows 7, Vista by switching to UAC quiet mode
I just made to switch from Windows XP to Windows 7. One interesting security feature in both Windows 7 and Vista is the Windows UAC (User Account Control), which is designed to prevent basic users and malicious programs from changing system critical settings. This results in a lot of prompts popping up when launching many [...]
Splayer: impressive, lightweight media player that packs quite a punch
SPlayer is a free, open source media player that is lightweight, well designed, and quite powerful. It promises to play every conceivable media format (including DVD’s and streaming media), and to optimize your audio and video quality to best utilize your hardware specifications. It is light on power consumption, making it ideal for laptop/travel use, [...]
Death Rally: an old-school top down racing game
Death Rally is an old school top down racing game. It’s a fast paced, challenging, forgotten classic. [Editor’s note: this review was written by Freewaregenius contributor Travis B. Check out his new blog here]. Share the love:Email
InstantMask: remove backgrounds from images quickly and easily
InstantMask is a free program that provides a quick and easy way to remove backgrounds and crop out foreground figures or elements from any type of image. The user is required to use a drawing tool to roughly outline the “foreground” (desired) image element as well as the area directly adjacent to it, and InstantMask [...]
Osmo: a simple yet capable personal organizer
Osmo is a small, free, and multi-platform Personal Information Management (PIM) program. It provides the major functions you would expect in a PIM app, such as a task/to-do list with reminders and alarms, contacts management, notes, as well as calendar integration. Neatly packages in a tabbed, self-contained interface, Osmo is highly configurable and is module-based, [...]
Diablo’s Indie Game Picks, part1
This is going to be an infrequent array of musings and excavations inside the indie game scene. Two games to start off this week: “A Small World" and "Grow". [Editor’s note: this post is a first of a new series by written by Freewaregenius contributor Diablo, focusing on the indie game scene] Share the love:Email
Jumplist Launcher: pin any combination of apps, files, or folder shortcuts to the Windows 7 taskbar
If you’ve installed Windows 7 you may have noticed the nifty new feature whereby you can right click on any program pinned to the taskbar and access recently used documents in what is called the Windows 7 jumplist. However, you may have noticed that when it comes to pinning your favorite documents to the taskbar, [...]
