VMware Player is a free Windows and Linux utility that allows you to run multiple operating systems in the same time on your personal computer. It provides a free virtualization solution for any Windows desktop.

As a consequence, the user will be able to use any virtual machine made with VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Server or other related software. VMware Player helps users to test preconfigured software products (virtual appliances) without the need to install or configure them.

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We often have to decide if we should download the latest version or a previous one for a specific software application. The most recommended practice is to follow the experience of other people, because a high number of downloads for a software application reflects a positive vote for its quality.

We present you in the next list the most appreciated Windows applications during the last eight years. The latest versions are available for free download. By downloading a new version, the user will not necessarily notice an improvement of the work flow, but a new experience definitely will exist. Most likely, the newer version comes also with improvements of the security issues and new features. Taking into account the user feedback, the developers are also able to make it friendlier, even for the beginners. (more…)

The documents management task could be difficult in absence of an adequate software application that is able to automatize the work flow in order to obtain optimal results both from the degree of information organization point of view as well as the print output or final presentation structure. (more…)

The creation of image galleries ready for web publishing from the ground could be a difficult task for beginners. In order to automate the process of creation and publishing of image galleries various tools could be chosen.

For example, there are available many server side or client side scripts that only require the user to upload image files to a certain folder, but the gallery appearance and its functionality customization sometimes implies the code modifications and as a consequence scripting knowledge are required. On the other hand, certain desktop based applications that allow the web image gallery automatic generation provide a higher degree of flexibility and simplicity in usage for beginners webmasters. (more…)

Commercial video editors are often expensive and provides many unneeded features for the video files processing. In the same time, free video editing software allows users to perform basic or advanced processing operations providing almost the same software performance and movies quality or even a better one as compared to similar commercial applications.

One of the many free open source video editing software is Avidemux. It is available for download as source code for Linux platform (Debian, Mandriva and Ubuntu), executable file for Windows operating system and as dmg file type for MacOS. The application allows the user to perform simple video processing tasks like cutting, filtering and encoding. It uses a wide range of codecs and supports many video files types like AVI, MPEG, ASF and others. (more…)

Every computer powered by the Windows XP Home or Professional Edition sooner or later will show a lower performance due to various issues like the existence of a high number of unneeded applications instances running automatically at startup, the improper usage of Internet browsers due to the presence of a high amount of temporary files, low disk space on the partition containing the operating system and more. (more…)

Digital images or graphic files are widely used both on desktop operating systems as well as on the web. In case of desktop operating systems the graphic files can be managed and organized with the help of image viewers.

There are available for download as freeware many graphic viewers that allows users to browse and view graphic files as well as editing and converting them. IrfanView image viewer is a very popular freeware program with many unique features as compared with other similar applications. It is very easy to install and use and is available only for Windows operating system. Linux users can also install IrfanView with the help of a virtual machine. (more…)