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1 - Hack Manuel du Registre : - Ouvrez regedit.exe : création de nouvelles clés si elles n'existent pas. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Policies \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdate UA \ - Créez une nouvelle valeur 32-bit DWORD :NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers - Lui donner une valeur de 1 pour empêcher le redémarrage automatique tandis que les utilisateurs sont connectés. - Supprimez cette valeur pour annuler la modification. 2 - Hack du Registre par fichiers Reg téléchargeables : - Télécharger ce hack de registre : WUNoAutoReboot (.REG) - Double-cliquez sur WUNoAutoReboot.reg pour désactiver redémarrage automatique. - L'autre script va supprimer le hack. 3 - Utilisation de l'utilitaire "Auto Reboot Remover Utlity" : Petit utilitaire créé par les gars de IntelliAdmin qui apportera les modifications pour vous. Assurez-vous d'un clic droit et Exécuter en tant qu'administrateur si vous utilisez Vista....

SmillaEnlarger is an open-source and portable application designed to help you intensively massage an image enlargement to keep it from looking jagged and filled with artifacts. You can select the level of zoom using the zoom slider and the location of the zoom via the selection box.

Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Fireclip, a free plug-in that monitors specific sections of web pages, puts the at-a-glance convenience of the OS X widget screen in a Firefox tab. Using Fireclip is darned easy. Activate with a shortcut (Alt+Q) or from the Tools menu, and its sidebar pops out. Hit "Select Clip," and you can mouse around to see the pre-defined sections of the page. Click once, and you'll be asked to re-size your selection with the familiar two-directional arrows at the edges of your are

It is often necessary to merge multiple sound files into one recording. This need may arise for various reasons: merge ripped CD tracks into one, combine multiple chapters of an audiobook, etc. There are many great programs to achieve this, but very few of them are actually free. I've discovered that while all of these programs perform the task well, they also contain lots of other features, making them too complicated for the tasks

The application is tiny, the interface familiar, and it will allow you to drag-and-drop MP3 files onto a playlist, change the order, preview the audio, and then mix them all down to a single MP3 files along with APIC images and ID3 meta-data. Perfect for creating a mix or joining files from an audiobook you've ripped from multiple CDs. Merge MP3 is a free download for Windows.

Linux only: QuickStart, a free automation utility for Ubuntu Linux systems, makes it easy to perform partial or full system backups of any partition, synchronize folders and update them on a schedule, and take care of other tasks a beginner would normally need to spend serious time researching. The tiny app opens a simple interface listing your choices, although dialog prompts guide you through any steps requiring input. The tools for installing DVD playing codecs, backing up your Master Boot Record, and creating synchronized backups seem particularly helpful, and while I haven't tested every function, a handful of them completed without any problems. QuickStart is a free download for Ubuntu systems only; both links below carry non-terminal installation instructions for the script.

Reads and extracts files from drives formatted with the HFS+ f (Macs).Reading files from your Mac file system from Windows running in Boot Camp or grabbing music in Windows from a Mac-formatted iPod. HFSExplorer is free, Windows only, requires Java.

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Combines clips from any number of web pages into one page, so you don't have to print five different pages of filler to get one page worth of information. The too works with any printer—integrates directly with both Firefox and Internet Explorer

"Freeware application Some PDF to Word Converter takes your PDFs and—as the name implies—converts them to Microsoft Word documents."

Windows only: Freeware application Elevator disables the User Account Control prompt for specific applications through your right-click menu, getting rid of the UAC annoyance for apps that require administrator privileges every time they run.

MusicBrainz,or Mp3tag ?. MediaMonkey! —the same program I relied on to fix my album art. It's free, easy and useful for much more than just metadata modding.

High-priority programs in the most easily-accessed parts of your hard drive with UltimateDefrag. Normal data-ordering of a standard defragmenting app, but lets you choose which data to place on the outer, or faster, portions of your disk.

Renaming: Microsoft got smart in Vista and changed the behavior when you hit F2 to rename a file, selecting only the name of the file and leaving the extension alone. For a very simple integration of this feature into XP, check out the Better Rename

Transfer (and Play) Music to and from Your iPod. Converters: Video and Audiobook. Miscellaneous iPod Utilities. Upgrades for Older iPods. iPhone and iPod touch Only

"Freeware application Revo Uninstaller makes removing programs from your computer--not just uninstalling, but removing all traces--a quick and painless process."

Windows only: Freeware application ClipCase formats the text in your clipboard in a number of very useful ways—from line break removal to different capitalization schemes—designed to help you clean up text before you paste it elsewhere.

Quick PDF reader that lets you perform all kinds of useful PDF editing tasks. - Typewriter editing mode, overlay text anywhere—for filling out forms ..- Thumbnail previews - nice tabbed interface, bookmarks - Sticky notes. Not replace Foxit Reader, but

Windows only: The Picasa2Flickr plugin adds a button to Picasa that lets you directly upload selected pictures to your Flickr account from the comfort of Picasa.Not the prettiest implementation the world has ever seen, but it works like a charm.

The script adds a drop-down box on the search results page that lets you choose your filter type. Just last week we noticed that Google enabled face recognition in their image search

10 of our favorite, free, point and click software applications and webapps that help you make the most of the giant web of connected computers that is your network.

Runs Windows XP and Vista on your Mactel in a virtual machine - has just released version 3.0,