Windows Tips

Hey, after a plague of personal health distractions, it's great to be back among the living. It's left me lots of time to think about what comes next, and it's going to be a fairly significant project: Getting Control of Your Digital Photos.

Featured Software:
  Microsoft Photo Info, Piky Basket, Duplicate Cleaner

I'm calling this a 'project' because there are different aspects to this problem that require different pieces of software. I started with the assumption that all most people really need to organize, edit, and share their photos is a single program like Picasa, which is a very powerful program, indeed. However, I have come to think that there are some steps to take on the organization front before bringing in Picasa

I spend so much time scouring the net for great software that it would be criminal of me not to share my best sources with you -- particularly the free stuff.

I can't vouch for everything you'll find at these sites, but I can say each has lots of great software available for download.  These sites generally categorize things well, so before you buy commercial software, you can look and see if there is something available here.  Oftentimes, the free software is a limited version of a more fully-featured commercial product, which you can try out before you buy.

This is a list, which I'll try to keep current, of my best sources for good free software. I can't claim every program you'll find at these sites is good -- look to my Mainstream Guides to find the best ones I run across.

Darrell

I'm one of those friends/sons/fathers/uncles/brothers-in-law whom many come to for information and advice on how to accomplish something on the computer, and that was certainly a factor in deciding to do this website. As a Windows user, I'm of course aware that there are lots of people who use other operating systems, but also that the vast majority of home computer users use Windows.

So, from time to time, I'm going to make a 'quick tip' kind of Guide to respond to the kinds of things I'm asked about. Sometimes it will just be some very cool thing I've run across that I think some of my friends and family -- and you, if you haven't yet qualified -- would want to know.