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Load PDF Files Faster with Small Size PDF Reader – Free Adobe Reader Alternative

When it comes to talk about PDF readers, there are many options available accross the net that enables you to load PDF files faster. While many of them are just a waste of time, a few has gained a lot of respects from users because of the fast loading and small size. Which one do you choose if your need is only to read simple-formatted PDF ebooks, the huge size Adobe Reader or the one with much smaller size?

If you choose the second option, then you should use Sumatra PDF Reader. It’s fast. It allows you to load PDF files faster. Beside the installer version, you can also download the portable Sumatra PDF Reader to be used from your USB drives.

However, since it is intended to load PDF files as fast as possible, don’t expect for features here. Sumatra PDF Reader has only a few standard features like page zoom, navigation, search, bookmark and rotate. It is definitely one of the slimmest PDF readers ever that supports Windows Vista, 2000 and Windows XP.

Screenshot of Portable Sumatra PDF Reader

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Tags: freeware, pdf, windows

Hide Yahoo Messenger Windows With Shortcut Keys

So, what happens if your boss caught you chatting on Yahoo Messenger while at work? Though this is not the main reason of why Yahoo Messenger Hider is made, the purpose is indeed to hide Yahoo Messenger windows so no one will know that you are chatting. It depends on how fast you press the shortcut key to hide Yahoo Messenger when someone comes near you, of course:)

Beside hiding all of the running Yahoo Messenger windows with a shortcut key, you can also choose to hide the tray icon as well or just change it to another icon as a signal that the status of your Yahoo Messenger is being hidden. If you are interested, Yahoo Messenger Hider is a freeware that also supports Yahoo Messenger 9.0 BETA and 9.0.0.2034 beside Yahoo! Messenger 8.1. It works under Windows XP / Vista.

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Tags: freeware, instant messenger, shortcut key, windows, yahoo messenger

Recover Messenger Password With MessenPass Recovery Tools

Forgetting your messenger password on Windows? Yeah, it does happen sometimes to many of us. Luckily, I’ve just found a free messenger password recovery tool that can bring back the lost one in an easy way. Another good news is that it supports many instant messenger applications. If you use one of the popular messenger apps, you bet you can recover your lost password.

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Tags: freeware, instant messenger, msn messenger, windows, yahoo messenger

Minimize Full Screen Games With Shortcut Keys

Running a full screen game and get stuck within because you don’t know how to minimize it while the play is going on? You have no idea about how to minimize the running game without shutting it down? Well, I do have several ways you can use. In case the first one fails, you can try the second or third or others. The similarity of the ways I use here is you minimize the full screen game using a shortcut key.

The Shortcut Keys to Minimize Full Screen Games:

• Press Win+M to minimize all windows.
• Press ALT+SPACEBAR+N to minimize the active windows.
• Use Alt+Tab to switch focus to another application or window, but for this to run you should have an application left in the background. If not, you won’t be able to switch the focus.
• Use Game Minimizer and press F12 every time you want to minimize the full screen game. The hotkey can be changed.

These are the shortcut keys I know. Can anyone let me know other shortcut keys to minimize full screen games without quitting the play?

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Tags: freeware, windows

Sketch Photo Without Photoshop

If you do a search, there are many tutorials on how to turn your photos to a sketch using Photoshop. It’s great, but only if you have Photoshop. We know how expensive this software is, and the price is a number that not everyone can deal with. Luckily, there are other ways to do it. You can use online photo editor that supports sketching capability or use an application like Portable FotoSketcher.

Like the name suggests, Portable FotoSketcher doesn’t require installation. So you can sketch any photo using any computer as long as you carry it inside your USB drive and the OS installed within the computer you’re using is Windows. Have I mentioned that the usage is very simple?

It is indeed very simple that everyone can learn it quickly. You simply add the photo that you want to sketch and then control how the sketch should be drawn using the slide bars. Before saving the sketched photo, you can preview and compare it with the original one. Beside the pencil sketch, there are also other styles like pen and ink drawing. You can even beautify the sketched photo with a frame.

Not enough? Well, it lets you to save every move you take in turning your photo into a sketch, drawing or painting as a profile. If you want to sketch other photos with the same options or steps like you have done previously, you can just pick the suitable profile and load it, then save it as a JPEG image if everything is already perfect.

So, do you still need Photoshop to convert your photo into a pencil sketch?

Portable FotoSketcher

Tags: freeware, photo sketcher, windows

Download Free WinRaR iMode Skin to Change the Default Look

Winrar has long been popular as a rar opener software accompanied with many features. One of the features is the ability to change the skin or theme of the program. Some might not even care about the skin and thus keep using the default Winrar skin, but others like to see a completely different skin and even change the look of the Winrar quite often.

Winrar itself has already had many skins that can be downloaded from the homepage, but perhaps you will also get interested with this one. It is iMode Winrar skin that is developed by a deviantart user.

To change the default look of Winrar, for Windows XP user, simply extract iMode Theme in “C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Themes”. Run Winrar and select “Options” from the menu bar. Then choose Themes.

For Windows Vista user, extract iMode theme in C:\Users\NAMEofUSER\AppData\Roaming\WinRAR\Themes and then click the “Options” in the menu bar and choose Themes.

Note that the location to extract the theme depends on where you installed Winrar, but most people usually use the location above.

iMode Winrar Skin…the Screenshot…

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