Software promotions

[webfork]

Sweet.

[infimum]

Thanks for the info. For those interested, this is what the free version says:

This free DVD ripper includes additional features, such as the ability to decrypt DVDs, remove copy preventions, making disks unrestricted and region-free.

I haven't tested how good this feature is or if it is somewhat enhanced in this free platinum version.

Also, there is a free edition of a video converter, which seems to be portable.
http://www.winxdvd.com/upgrade/video-converter.htm

For those looking for a converter, there is also XMedia Record in our database, whose latest version seems to have a color correction bug

[joby_toss]

Giveaway of the Day - Driver Magician 3.45

September 29, 2009

• Driver Magician offers a professional solution for device drivers backup, restoration, update and removal in Windows operating system. It identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the “saved” drivers just as if you had the original driver diskettes in your hands. After one system reboot, your PC will be loaded and running with the required hardware drivers.
  
  What’s more, Driver Magician has a built in database of the latest drivers with the ability to go to the Internet to receive the driver updates. It saves lots of time to find the correct drivers and mature drivers will obviously increase the performance of hardware. If there are unknown devices in your PC, Driver Magician helps you detect them easily and quickly with its built in hardware identifier database.
  
  Key features:
  • Back up device drivers of your computer in four modes.
    Restore device drivers from backup in one mouse click.
    Update device drivers of your PC to improve system performance and stability.
    Uninstall device drivers.
    Live Update device identifier database and driver update database.
    Detect unknown devices.
    Get detailed information of the hardware drivers.
    Clone all drivers to an auto-setup package (.EXE), so you can restore drivers without installing Driver Magician.

Home page

[joby_toss]

'Just read about this on Caschy's blog:
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/ashampoo-bu ... kostenlos/

English google translation:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... more-10937

It lacks dvd slideshow creating option of Burning Studio 9.

[joby_toss]

Giveaway of the Day - AnVir Task Manager 6.1.0

• October 14, 2009
  
  • AnVir Task Manager controls everything running on computer, removes Trojans, increases performance and tweaks Windows.
    
    AnVir Task Manager provides convenience by offering all of its features in a single interface. It saves money because users won’t have to buy multiple packages to perform a family of related tasks.
    Monitor your system and replace Windows Task Manager:
    Information about processes, startup programs, services, internet connections, drivers
    Integrated database with Descriptions for 70 000+ startup programs, Internet Explorer toolbars and services
    Icons in the tray that indicate CPU, disk, network, memory and battery
    Get rid of viruses, Trojans and spyware that your antivirus missed:
    Security risk rating for each active process and startup program
    Get notification when any program tries to add itself to startup
    Enhance and tune up XP or Vista:
    Tweaker that gives access to hundreds of XP / Vista settings
    Click on the title of any application to minimize window to system tray
    List of recently used folders in Open / Save dialogs
    Drive’s free space as a colored horizontal bar in Windows ‘My Computer’
    Speed up your PC and Windows startup:
    “Delayed Startup” lets you set up any startup program to run few minutes later after Windows startup
    Run startup programs minimized to system tray, or as a floating icon
    Balance CPU usage

Later edit: it does work in a portable manner if "anvir.ini" and "startup.dat" files are present next to "AnVir.exe". Still, I believe the registration key is stored in the registry.

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Giveaway of the Day - Returnil Virtual System 2010

Returnil 2010 October 18, 2009RVS 2010 uses combination of antivirus, antimalware and a virtual system to protect your computer from all types of viruses and other malicious threats. The success of a product not only depends on its features and performance, but also on ease of installation. Upon installation, RVS automatically scans the system for viruses and other malicious software, which is essential for a safe and secure virtual environment.

Once the system has been confirmed to be free from malware, RVS 2010 clones (copies) your operating system and runs the cloned copy in a virtual system, allowing you to run applications in a completely isolated environment, rather than using the real operating system. Therefore, all activity, malicious or otherwise, will happen in the virtual environment, not in the real PC. If the PC is attacked or gets infected, simply restart your PC to erase all malicious changes that may have been installed on the virtual system. After restart, the system will be restored to its original state, as if nothing ever

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/returni ... stem-2010/

Just posting in place of joby_toss since I rather like this one and dont want other people to miss it

[joby_toss]

Just posting in place of joby_toss since I rather like this one and dont want other people to miss it

Anyone could post here their favorite GAOTD app !

[Onesimus Prime]

Well, the message is pretty much in the subject!

Sandboxie (http://sandboxie.com/) is a sandbox program that several of us on TPFC use for portable testing, difficult extractions, etc. Wraithdu has even made a portable launcher for it (though it still needs admin privileges).

Recently, the price of Sandboxie went up from $35 to $40--and I had already been kicking myself for not buying it when it was only $25! But! Tuesday, October 20th, http://www.bitsdujour.com will be selling it for $19. I know they'll make at least one sale...


FYI, today they have Softvoile's Clipdiary (a clipboard manager which can be made portable), and the developer has 'spilled the beans' that his program Flashpaste (which can also be made portable) will be on sale there "in 11 days."

[infimum]

WinX DVD Author is now given away.
http://www.winxdvd.com/specialoffer/oct09.htm

[GeddichNixan]

Thanks for that one infimum. Very nice finding, just as the first one in this thread. Many thanks for that one too, Ennovy.

[Ennovy]

Thanks for that one infimum. Very nice finding, just as the first one in this thread. Many thanks for that one too, Ennovy.

When I find more shareware promotions, I post it here

[freakazoid]

Thanks for posting this, Ennovy!

Cool that it's portable after moving the .ini.
Can anyone confirm that it's stealth?

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http://db.iobit.com/license-free/win7-special-offer.php

[Ennovy]

Only on oktober 22 you can get a free 1 year licence for Panda Internet Security 2010
Go to this page: http://us.pandasecurity.com/windows7party/index.html

[freakazoid]

Hey gang,

Just wanted to say that Ghacks.net is going to have a Christmas giveaway throughout the month of December for free, commercial licenses to popular apps!

Don't worry! It's totally legit! Check out last year's items:
http://www.ghacks.net/christmas-giveaway/