My Lockbox 2.8.2

The easiest way to hide and lock your folder from prying eyes. During the
setup process, specify the location of your private folder and your password.
After the setup is finished, your folder is password protected! Get free
edition now!

Creative Online Fun For The Weekend

"There are some brilliantly clever people out there, designing and
programming innovative web-based activities and utilities. One of my
favourite recent discoveries is this web-based game in which you simply draw
a stick man using your mouse. Once the drawing is done, the fun starts. Your
stick man comes to life and you have to help him or her through an adventure.
In my test run I drew a stick man near a tree and then I was asked to draw a
ladder that my stick man could use to climb the tree and reach the tiger.
Now, I'm being asked to draw a tiger suit. For kids young and old, this is a
great bit of online fun for the weekend. Give it a try!"
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/creative-online-fun-weekend.htm

Free Tool Analyzes Email Header To Show Route Taken

"If you need to investigate the origin of an email message, all the
information that you require in order to do is right there, in the message
itself, in a section called the header. Trouble is, most email programs don't
display the header information by default. And even if they did, it would be
difficult to understand because it's not really structured in a way that most
people can comprehend. However, this free online tool makes it all very easy.
" Just the thing for spotting possible phishing email or other fake email
supposedly from your friends.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/free-tool-analyses-email-header-show-route-taken.htm

OST2 PST Converter 1.00

Free OST to PST Converter. Convert OST to PST, even if file is inaccessible.
Use OST2 to back up Exchange data as a PST file, transfer data from Exchange
to Outlook, recover Exchange mailbox in case of server downtime, crash or
user account deletion.

A Novel, Easy-To-Remember Technique for Creating Strong Passwords

Well I've never seen this technique before and must admit it is pretty nifty.
It's certainly worth checking out. - Gizmo
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/novel-easy-remember-technique-creating-strong-passwords.htm

Auto Click Clicker 3.0

AutoClick Clicker is a useful tool to automatically click mouse instead of
hand. If you click mouse frequently when you are playing game or working,
this application can release your finger and save your time.

These Short Videos from Microsoft Will Help You Do Useful Tasks in Windows 7

"Microsoft has a set of short videos about many of the everyday things that
anyone using Windows 7 needs to know how to do." Quite useful though possible
a little basic for some.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/these-short-videos-microsoft-will-help-you-do-useful-tasks-windows-7.htm

Mizu SIP SoftPhone Free 2.1.1

This SIP client software is compatibile with all VoIP service providers. Stay
connected with multiple SIP service providers to maximize your revenue.

Proxy Finder Software 1.2

Software that automatically find proxy servers from several well known public
sites. Application also verify proxies, as a result you'll have only fresh
alive proxy list.

Person To Person Email Security 3.4.0

Free license is not time-limited and provides many useful security features,
including RSA encryption of your personal files to a Data Vault. Also with
FREE license you can SIGN & ENCRYPT files for email attachment or for safe
keeping on memory stick

Introducing The 5 MB (Yes Really) Hard Disk

If you have no sense of wonder at technological progress or find tech history
boring then you should skip this item. Everyone else will find themselves
reflecting in wonder just how far things have come since IBM introduced the
first hard drive in the 1950s. As big as a refrigerator and costing a small
fortune it was a marvel of its times. And the glimpse of 1950s California
where the drive was developed is almost as fascinating. - Gizmo
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/introducing-5-mb-yes-really-hard-disk.htm

How to Tell If A Website Is Dangerous

"If you find yourself on a site and want to know if it's dangerous then the
advice given here should be very useful. This is most important to consider
before providing a site with sensitive information such as credit card
numbers, banking information, signing up for an offer, etc."
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-tell-if-website-dangerous.htm

AD Self Service 11.12.01

As the name suggest, Lepide Active Directory Self Service tool is an AD self
service tool that is specifically devised to let you perform a number of
tasks yourself in the active directory i.e. you are able to do self service
in active directory.

Wallpaper of the Week

I've had so much to tell you about over the last two weeks that I didn't have
space to mention Rhiannon's latest finds in her "Wallpaper of the Week"
series. I'll make up for that in this post by listing her last three
wallpaper picks: Spiral Shells on Brown Background Showcases six spiral snail
shells mounted on a soothing brown background. The shells and background
combine to create a striking but understated wallpaper. The shells are
arranged by height, adding balance to the image. Desktop icons display quite
nicely on this muted background. Sunset at Horseshoe Bend Overlooking the
Colorado River: This is an impressive shot of the Colorado River from the rim
of Horseshoe Bend as it winds its way through the Canyonlands area of the
U.S.A. The colors are fairly muted so icons stand out well against the
background. Diagonal Blues Features diagonal lines in various shades of blue
fading to brown at the bottom. The diagonal lines almost look like they were
made with a wide paintbrush. The wallpaper is on the dark side with good
texture. Low key and minimal, this wallpaper shows desktop icons clearly.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/wallpaper-week-spiral-shells-brown-background.htm

File List Generator 1.0

ReStoring Data's File List Generator Freeware software filters, prints, and
organizes via a file's: name, type, size, created date, and date last
modified.

Three Tips for Running Programs as Administrator in Windows 7

"Beginning with Vista and continuing in Windows 7, new security measures were
introduced that required additional steps for running certain types of
programs or operations. For example, elevated administrator credentials are
required for anything that affects system settings. This higher security
setting is commonly referred to as "running as administrator or with
elevated privileges"" However quite often Windows 7 confuses users by
saying that these operations requires administrator privileges even when the
user is using an account seemingly with those privileges. In this article our
Tips Editor Vic explains the reason why and tells what you can do to overcome
the problem.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/three-tips-running-programs-administrator-windows-7.htm

Microsoft OneNote. Free For Android, iPhone And Windows Phone

"OneNote has always been the black sheep of the Microsoft Office family. It's
far less well known than Word, Outlook, PowerPoint or Excel. And yet this
note-taking app, originally developed for the first generation of tablet PCs
a decade ago, is actually a good, solid, useful product that's recently been
updated and bundled with Office 2010. If you're on the road with a
smartphone, though, and you miss having easy access to the OneNote files on
your PC back at base, all is not lost. Microsoft has recently launched
versions of OneNote for Android, the iPad, and Windows Phone 7. They cost
around $15 each, but if you're prepared to live with a limit of 500 notes
then the apps are free."
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/microsoft-onenote-free-android-iphone-and-windows-phone.htm

Firefox Extension of the Week

Firefox has thousands of extensions, so many that it is almost impossible to
know what's good and what's not. To address this situation we've started a
new weekly series of articles where we sift through Mozilla and locate the
good stuff for you. We've kicked the series off with a terrific extension. As
the series editor George.J says "Do you experience discomfort, when you read
a webpage cluttered with ads all around the page? Or do you wish to remove
all the background elements of the page, except for the content that you're
reading? Well, you have a savior here!"
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/firefox-extension-week-readability.htm

Malwareguard 1.1.0.11

Malwareguard is a program that protects you from the dangers of the internet,
profiteers, and internet criminals. It scans all user accounts and shreds the
detected "Hijackers, worms, Adwares, viruses, Spyware,Trojans, threats files
and folders.

Free Hide IP 3.7.8.6

Free Hide IP, the best free privacy protection software, could hide your real
IP address for FREE, anonymize your web surfing, keep your computer safe from
hacker attacks and other risks, all with a single click of a button without
any configuration.

Mask My IP 2.2.7.2

Mask My IP, a Free utility, hides your IP address and prevents your online
surfing habits and activities from being tracked by hackers or other cyber
criminals. With a user-friendly interface, it is incredibly easy to use, and
safe to run.

3 Highly Useful but Little Known Firefox Tricks

Well our tips editor Vic has come up with something really useful. I didn't
know any of these tips but I'm glad I do now.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/three-useful-shortcut-tricks-use-firefox-you-may-not-know-about.htm

Something New You Need to Know about: - Cliplets

According to researchers at Microsoft, images can no longer be classified
into the still and moving sort. There's also a third kind, which they've
termed a Cliplet. You can think of this as a still image that's taken from a
single frame of a movie, but with one small area of the screen that still
contains the full moving version. The potential is considerable. If you have
an interest in photography and videos you should check this out as it offers
a new creative option.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/cliplets-where-still-images-and-videos-collide.htm

Introduction to Light Virtualization

This sounds like a daunting topic but it's actually quite simple to
understand. Full virtualization is what you get with products like VMWare
which create a complete virtual PC within your PC. Light virtualization is
where you virtualize only some aspects of your PC not the whole caboodle. The
advantage is you are only working in one environment yet get a similar
ability to revert changes such as malware infections and programs you are
testing out. The well known Sandboxie product is a good example of light
virtualization but there are numerous others equally useful. In this
excellent article, editor "Dedoimedo" reviews what free products are
available and lists pros and cons of each. Recommended. - Gizmo
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/introduction-light-virtualization.htm-0

Version 2.0 of the Top Rated Audacity Audio Editor Just Released

The best-known freeware audio editor is Audacity, and a new version (2.0) was
finally released a couple of days ago. It's a 20 MB download and should run
on all recent versions of Windows. Be aware that Audacity is pretty powerful
software, with lots of features, so it can be complex to learn if you're new
to it. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/audacity-20-released.htm

Site of the Week

Our Roving Editor Rhiannon says "This a site that is '....focused on lists
that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser- known
trivia.' The lists on this site are unique and fascinating. A must see site
for list lovers. If you're looking for lists that television comedians put
together this probably isn't a site of interest. :)" Well worth a visit.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/site-week-listverse-ultimate-top-10-lists.htm

CCFinder 1.01f

CCFinder helps you to easily find pictures which were publicized under the
Creative Commons License. CCFinder enables you to search based on specific
usage criteria and shows you what you may do with each picture.

Practice Computer Programming in Your Choice of More than 30 Programming Languages

If you've never indulged in computer programming before, and you feel like
giving it a try, this free online service is probably about as simple a way
to get started as you could possibly hope for. Open up the site in your your
browser and type some source code. Choose a language from the list on the
left (there's more than 30 to select), and press the Submit button. That's
all there is to it. Your program will be compiled and run and, assuming there
are no errors, you'll see the output on the screen. As an introduction to
programming for adults and kids alike, this is a simple, free tool that's
definitely worth a try. Or if you're an experience programmer, away from your
development machine but in need of an environment in which to try out a new
idea, this free service is hard to beat.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/practice-your-programming-more-30-languages.htm

Soft4Boost Disk Cleaner 2.1.0.23

Soft4Boost Disk Cleaner is an application that lets the user keep up Windows
clean, stable and fast.

Bandizip 2.03

Bandizip is Lightweight, Fast, and Free archiving software and it works with
WinZip, 7-Zip, WinRAR and other archive formats. Bandizip has very fast Zip
algorithm for compression & extraction by "Fast Drag and Drop and High Speed
Archiving" function.

A Promising Alternative Search Engine

Our Tips Editor Vic has become disgruntled with the Google Search Engine due
to too many ads, privacy concerns and the quality of search results so he's
switched to a new search engine and is now much happier. I agree with Vic,
this engine is certainly more private and less infested with ads but I think
Google gives slightly better search results. Try it out and post a comment
letting us know what you think. - Gizmo
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/promising-alternative-search-engine.htm

Finds of the Week

Here are some neat articles on other sites discovered for you by our roving
editor Rhiannon: - A Guide to Customizing the New Tab Page in Google Chrome -
Geek 101: How to install Android apps - Download The Biggest Library of
Windows 7 Shortcuts - 7 Hidden Features Of Mac OS X Lion - How To Open
Multiple Explorer Windows
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/finds-week-march-9-2012.htm

Free Biography, Autobiography and Memoir Books Online

This is a listing of sites that legally offer free books on Biographies,
Autobiographies and Memoirs, for reading and listening (audio). All of these
sites listed have content that is legal for them to distribute. Check this
list out before spending a cent on e-books. If biography doesn't interest
you, check out this amazing list of free e-books and audio downloads in other
genres. http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-biography

Website of the Week

Our Roving Editor Rhiannon says "National Geographic has a terrific section
on the site that's dedicated to daily nature and science news and headlines.
The section showcases a variety of content such as news, blogs, photos, and
videos. The superb images and outstanding writing that define National
Geographic are present in full force, making the site a great place to spend
time. Lots of it. =) There are a few other sections that are worth a visit: -
Daily Cultures News - Photography (including photo of the day) - Weird News -
News Watch - Jigsaw Puzzle Generator"
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/website-week-national-geographic-daily-nature-and-science-news-and-headlines.htm

Free Online Courses And Lectures

Learn SQL, Psychology, Business And More. This site is an online
college/school/university/academy that offers a whole host of courses that
you can use to teach yourself in your own time. The courses include printed
material and video lectures. Although many of the courses require a payment,
there are also lots of free ones too. You can browse the catalogue without
registering, though you'll need to sign up if you want to view the free
content.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/free-online-courses-and-lectures-learn-sql-psychology-business-and-more.htm

Four Ways to Speedier and Better Google Searches

Our Tips Editor Vic says "There are a lot of pages on the Internet, billions
and billions of them. When you go to search for a topic, you often get
millions of hits listed. It is very easy for a worthwhile site to get buried
so far down in a search that you will never see it. So when you want to do a
search, it pays to do whatever you can to narrow down the hits that will be
displayed. That's where search operators come in. By adding certain terms
to a search, you can filter out a lot of irrelevant stuff and have a better
chance of finding what you are looking for. There are a number of Google
operators and previous tips (see the list at the end) have discussed some of
them. Here are four more that I use to help keep my searches manageable."
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/four-ways-speedier-and-better-google-searches.htm

PDF Viewer 2.20.482

PDF Viewer (freeware) allows to view PDF files, convert PDF to HTML, PDF to
text, PDF to Word, print PDF. Based on Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK for .NET
developers.

Freeware Games of the Week

This week we have two great freebies for you and they are simply terrific.
They are totally different but equally challenging and entertaining.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/freeware-games-week-crayonsphysicsanimation.htm

StarWind Free V2V Converter 5.6

StarWind Converter is a free downloadable V2V conversion tool for virtual
machines. You can use it to convert VMDK to VHD files and VHD to VMDK as well
as to IMG file, which is a native StarWind format.

Chameleon Window Manager Lite 2.1.0.327.0

Chameleon Window Manager will allow you to control the windows of your
programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows
(Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency
etc).

Three Tips for Help with Firefox Problems

Are you a regular user of the Firefox browser? Here are three useful tips
that might come in handy if you run into problems with the browser.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/three-tips-help-firefox-problems.htm

Wallpaper of the Week

This weeks wallpaper is a dramatic panorama of golden sand dunes under a
brooding sky that's threatening rain. Desktop icons are clear on this
background, but not as clear as you would get with a solid background. The
atmospherics though, are just terrific.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/wallpaper-week-dramatic-sand-dunes-and-sky.htm

SoftKey Revealer 2.6.0

Displays the CD-Key and Serials for installed applications on computer.

DiskPulse 3.7.24

DiskPulse is a free and easy-to-use disk change monitoring utility allowing
one to monitor one or more disks or directories and detect file system
changes in real-time.

Finds of the Week

Here's what our our roving editor Rhiannon has located for you this week: -
How to Force Install Country-Specific Apps on Android Devices - Windows 8
Consumer Preview: a fresh start for Microsoft - Drag-n-Drop An Image from
Your Computer onto Google Image Search to Find Similar Images - Windows 7
Keyboard Shortcut Magnifies Your Screen Instantly - How to Create Text
Shortcuts for iPhone or iPad Enjoy! - Gizmo.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/finds-week-february-29-2012.htm

Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's Back And It's Now Free.

A year ago, Microsoft announced that it was canning its Flight Simulator
game, much to the irritation of those who'd bought and played it for years.
Now, though, it's back. It has a new name (just Microsoft Flight), and it's
free. In its new incarnation, you play it as an online game, and the
adventure takes place in and around Hawaii. Other planes and environments
are, or will be, available but these will be optional paid-for extras.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/microsoft-flight-simulator-its-back-and-its-free.htm

California Fonts Free Font Manager 2.5

This free and easy to use tool has an explorer-like interface that quickly
shows you fonts currently installed on your computer. Easily install font
packs to grow your collection!

FreeFileSync 5.0

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization tool providing highly
optimized performance and usability without needless user interface
complexity.

All The Information You'll Need To Effectively Prune Your Hard Drive

Our Tips Editor Robert Schifreen says: "I've recently been working on a
couple of Windows machines that were running short of hard disk space. I
could, of course, have simply added a new drive to the machine, or replaced
the existing one with a larger model. But if you find yourself in a similar
position, it's always a good idea to start by looking for stuff that you can
delete rather than just adding more storage." To help work out what you can
delete Robert recommends this free utility. "It's small, free, open source,
relatively quick to scan your drives, and presents the information in a neat
way. Then it's just a case of scanning down the list of folders in order of
percentage, and look for likely candidates that you know are safe to delete,
archive, or move elsewhere."
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/all-figures-youll-need-prune-your-hard-drive.htm