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Is Outlook 2007 blocking attachments that you know are safe? You can disable blocking with Outlook Tools. Simply install, click on the Blocked Attachments tab, select attachment extensions you want to unblock, and save.

Main Program Features

Get it here: Outlook Tools

A great blog post on several batch image processor applications:

Useful Batch Image Processors

Can't get into safe mode to run System Restore? Try a manual system restore by reverting to a backed up registry via your Windows XP CD and the recovery console.

Step by Step instructions can be found here:
http://www.icompute.info/System_restore_from_xp_cd.htm

Looking to make a slideshow without having to specify each image in your source code?

Flash SlideShow Maker is a free software that helps you easily generate delicious slideshows with gorgeous transition effects, in a few clicks without writing a single line of code. Just drag&drop your photos into Free Flash SlideShow Maker window, press "Publish" and your own web SlideShow with beautiful effects will open in the browser instantly!No flash, javascript, css, html coding, no image editing, just a few clicks to get your web slideshow ready.

Get it here: Free Flash Slideshow

We all hate paying for anti-malware software. This can become difficult for schools, especially with recent budget cuts. There are free tools like Clamwin and Windows Defender that do a decent job, and many schools have firewalls that can snag malware. Free tools from Lavasoft or AVG can work well also, but these are really only licensed for personal use.

Panda Cloud Antivirus protects you while you browse, play or work and you won’t even notice it. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the cloud.

Panda Cloud Antivirus is truly install and forget. Don’t worry about updates, configuration or complicated decisions ever again.

Recommended by ZDNET Education - See Article: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2465

Get it here: Panda's cloud anti-virus

Picture-Shark is a free image watermarking tool.

Additional features include:

* With its wizard like interface it is super easy to use
* Create real watermarks
* Choose transparent color, opacity, position and much more
* Use the "feather"-feature to make the edges between the stamp and the picture smarter with one mouse-click
* Very fast (processing hundreds of pictures each minute)
* Support for different output formats and quality settings
* WYSIWYG preview-mode for all settings
* Support for preserving jpeg-headers
* copy&paste between other applications and picture-shark
* It's totally free for personal use (see our licence) !

Get it here: Picture Shark

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

Get it here: Process Explorer

Speedy downloads, huge storage, and really tiny hardware in this exclusive µTorrent USB package. "Speedy, efficient, and free. µTorrent is the world's most popular BitTorrent client for a reason."

Get it Here: UTorrent

Free CD Burning Software alternatives to Nero

Recommended:

CD Burner XP
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

InfraRecorder
InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a lightweight but advanced CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

Need an excellent text file editor?

I have been using Notepad2 and PFE Editor for years, which have been great and have served their purpose(s) each time. One text editor however, that stands out with it's feature rich functionality, flexibility, explorer and browser tab style layouts is Notepad++. It comes with handy features such as syntax color coded highlighting and collapsable sectioning of scripts and XML files. It includes all the basics available in most text editors out there, with luxuries such as line bookmarking, and custom highlighting, in addition to it's tab view and customizable layout. Notepad++ also enables you to run your script/code outside of it's application by conveniently allowing you to launch the application(s) needed to run your script from within its gui. Several plugins and extensions are also available to add to and enhance your experience.

See more screenshots of it's applications here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Get Notepad++ here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm