Ashampoo Burning Studio Free for Windows 8 Users

Windows 8 users who want to burn CDs or DVDs in Windows 8 can use Ashamoo Burning Studio for free. As you already may know that Microsoft has removed Windows DVD Maker from the latest iteration of Windows, one who wants to burn cd/dvd/Blu-ray discs needs to install third-party programs to burn data. On the internet a lot of burning software available for Windows, a limited number of good quality burning programs support Windows 8.

Windows 8 users who are looking for a free great quality burning software should download Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free. Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free is fully compatible with Windows 8 and includes all features that you would expect from a good burning software. It does not only supports Windows 8 but it can be used in Windows 7, XP and Vista too.

Ashampoo Burning Studio user interface is very easy, good looking and unlike other burning programs, doesn’t take more time to burn.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free lets you burn files and folders, update an existing disc by adding or removing files and folders, backup or restore files and folders, create audio CDs, create MP3 discs, create WMA discs, rip audio CDs, burn or rip music, burn video DVD from a folder that contains the DVD video files, create a video CD (VCD), create super VCD (SVCD), copy movie files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs, copy CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs to your hard drive, create or burn disc images, create disc images from files and folders, and erase CD-RW or DVD-RW discs.

The backup functionality in this program is pretty good. You can choose the backup location as DVD or Blu-ray disc, hard disk or USB disk. Users are also allowed to compress files to make archive smaller and encrypt the backup with a password. Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free is fully compatible with Windows 8 RTM and is now listed in Windows 8 Store as well.

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Download and Export Registry from Remote Windows PC with Remote Registry Exporter

Users who are working as a network administrator for those specially EMCO Remote Registry Exporter is great freeware tool. Suppose as a network administrator you have to change some key in your client PC then it is a very difficult task to go there upto the client PC and then then do the necessary changes and then come. Hence, for those users EMCO Remote Registry Exporter is great free option.

EMCO Remote Registry Exporter is a simple, free and useful tool for network administrators (large networks and small home networks) that helps you export a whole registry or extract specified registry keys from remote PCs in automatic mode and save them as .reg files to the specified folder. Through this tool  registry export operation can be launched on demand or scheduled and executed on multiple remote PCs simultaneously at a defined time.

The user interface of this freeware program is too simple and guides you through all the essential steps needed for exporting the data. One wants to customize the application and change the interface design by selecting a skin of your choice can do easily. The program has a set of skins with many styles.

One can initiate the remote registry export operation by just defining a list of keys to export and the list of PCs where export should be done. PCs in the active directory and in the workgroups get listed automatically, making it easier for you to select target PCs. When remote operation is configured you can launch it immediately, save it as a task for quick execution at any time or schedule it for an automatic execution on schedule. There’s a built-in scheduler available for this purpose i.e. to automate the registry export options.

If the export tasks are scheduled, they are displayed on the calendar view, similar to Outlook calendar and are executed by the program on the defined date and time. You can see a report for every executed remote operation on the Task Execution Results view. It also includes execution status for every PC and complete error information in case there is an operation failure. Hence, if you are a network administrator, then as per my suggestion one should must use this tool.

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Create Your Own Tiles On Start Screen To Launch Programs

The new Start screen in Windows 8 also known as Metro Style Start Screen lets you pin folders, webpages, programs and drives as tiles but it doesn’t allow you create your own custom tile to launch programs or files. 

OblyTile is a wonderful utility which let one to share not only pin custom images as tiles to the Start screen but also lets you assign programs to those tiles so you can launch your favorite file or program just tapping or clicking the tile.

OblyTile is totally free tool to use. With the help of OblyTile one can easily create tiles for any program or a file with a few mouse clicks. Another cool thing about the program is that you can select your favorite image as the tile background.

Creating a new Start screen tile with OblyTile is extremely easy. Download this portable the program (doesn’t require installation), enter a name for your new tile, enter the program file path or browse to the file that you want to associate with the tile, select a large (120 x 120) and small image (30 x 30) and finally click Create Tile button. Current OblyTile supports only square tile.

Overall, OblyTile is the only program available for Windows 8 to create Start screen tiles for programs. It’s a must have a program especially for those who love and know how to use the new Start screen.

OblyTile works great on both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 8. Please note that you may see “Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk” message while launching the program. Simply ignore the message, click More info and then click Run anyway button to launch the program.

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Add Cool Effects while Video Chatting : WebCamEffects

Windows users while chatting with friends or family with software like  Skype, Google Video, Facebook video, yahoo messenger etc for leisure or work, for those WebCamEffects is a great tool. While 3G is available for video call but still it is too costly and people prefer video chat via online because it costs low. It is worldwide free and easy to use. The tool WebCamEffects supports all video chatting software, so it does not matter you are using Skype, Google Video, Facebook video or yahoo messenger.

Users who are chatting with friends and feel that video chat is bit boring and want to add some cool effects to the way you look, then you can do that using a tool called WebCamEffects.

WebCamEffects is a free tool that has lots and lots of effects which one can choose from the UI menu. One can select any effect, add it his /her chat screen and customize the way look to the other person. The best thing about this tool is that it does not only enhance your video chatting but also allows you to record and save the video chat session, and you can also either upload it youtube directly or just save it on your hard disk. One can customize his chat screen i.e color, contrast, brightness and other features, but apart from these one can change whole look and the background also.

In one sentence we can say that the freeware application is more than a fun application that can not only add some cool effects to your chat but it can also record your video chat for future. The app is free and supports Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8.

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Disk Falcon: Disk Scanner & Analyzer Windows 8 app

Microsoft Windows 8 has been released with so many new features like : Hybrid Boot, Metro User Interface are the main highlights. One feature of this operating system is Windows Store App which let you download and have on your Windows 8 computer. Disk Falcon is a Windows 8 app and developed by a Game Studio. Now can you imagine what would happen if a game studio develops an app using its game engine? You have futuristic looks, great real-time animation and sci-fi inspired vocal responses to your actions, all built into the app.

Once you have installed this tool, click on the start screen tile to open it. To begin the scan process, you have to click on Scan Location to select a drive or folder you want to analyze. Once the scan is completed, the results are displayed in the form of a Pie chart. The scan results can be broken down by individual files, file types, or ages.

Double-click on any segment to see deeper about that folder. Right-click on any folder and you will be able to see the break-down right to the last file.

You can also opt to display the results as a Bar chart or Types chart. On the right side of this application, you will see the folders and its components displayed. Toward the bottom of the pane, you will see the drives being displayed.

One cool feature is that the app lets you delete unneeded files right from within the app itself. Unneeded files or folders can be dragged and dropped on to the special bin button to be queued up for deletion later.

To download this soft go to the link which is provided at the end of the article. The tool works on Windows 8 x86, x64, ARM.

Go to the Microsoft Store