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FreewareBB Giveaway: Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:43:17 +0000

****FreewareBB Exclusive****

Kvisoft has most generously donated 5 licenses for its FLipbook Maker Pro software to give away to our members. This excellent software would normally sell for $249usd, yes that’s not a typo, $249.00! But you now have a chance to win a full license completely free simply by submitting a reply to this article…Thank you Kvisoft!!

Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro is a professional type of page flip software to convert your PDF files to page-turning digital publications. The powerful page editing functions allows you to embed videos, images, audio, hyperlinks, hotspots and more multimedia objects to the output flipping pages. Creating multimedia page flipping books makes so easy with this flip page software!

I am amazed at how user friendly this software is, I expected such a complicated process would involve suitably complex user interaction but nothing could be further from the truth, it really is just 4 simple steps and certainly doesn’t require any special skills. Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro is indeed very Professional, quick and easy, just the way I like my software. Simply import your files, edit to suit, add any elements and publish – it’s that simple.

It took around 40 seconds for Kvisoft to create a perfect flipbook magazine from a 78 page PDF document. Admittedly it was a pretty basic example, the only ‘editing’ I performed was to add MP3 background music but even making allowances for that, the speed is exceptional. Of course, there is much more to the software than merely transforming existing PDF documents to flip format. Flipbook Maker Pro also includes a set of excellent base templates plus support for importation of Flash movies (.flv, f4v, mp4 and .swf) and images (.jpg, .png, .bmp, jpeg, gif) so you can easily create your own customized/personalized flip books. Imagine your precious photos transformed into a flip type digital photo album – fantastic!!

Output formats include HTML (SWF) for Website integration, stand-alone EXE and ZIP package. Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro also provides an easy method for you to share created flip books on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, etc.

Check out this demo: http://www.kvisoft.com/flipbook-maker-pro/demos/travellife/#/0

Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro HOME PAGE
Feature comparison chart (between Flipbook Maker and Flipbook Maker Pro) HERE

Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro is indeed value packed software and you now have a chance to win a full license for free: Simply submit a reply to this article with a comment, we’d prefer if you commented on the Kvisoft Flipbook Maker software or told us a little about yourself…Entries close 5th March.

COMPETITION RULES:

* Simply post one reply to this thread. Replies can be anything but we'd prefer if you commented on Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro
* Competition is for members only. If you are not a member; registration is easy and free. Simply register and you will be eligible to enter.
* Posts must be made before midnight on 5th March. Any posts after the cut off will be deleted and will not count.
* Only post one reply. Additional replies by the same member will be deleted. Users who abuse this rule may be banned from the contest.
* On March 6th, 5 posts will be chosen by a random number generator as winners of one FREE license for Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro each.
* Winners will be notified by email at the email address submitted for membership – be sure to use a valid email that you check regularly.

Best of luck to everyone and a big THANK YOU again to Kvisoft!

XP dead...long live, ReactOS?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:06:33 +0000

I have heard of this OS some time back but never paid much attention to it but now with support for Xp ending, pretty much killing this long serving member of MS; i see there is another mention of this OS being pushed to the forefront.

http://www.ghacks.net/2012/02/12/reactos-the-windows-xp-alternative/?_m=3n.0038.429.sh0ao02hmf.fox

and their site:

http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html

I'm not terribly knowledgeable about source codes but it does seem to be some kind of dispute. Would anyone have any insight or care to comment?

A Must-See List

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:04:11 +0000

This makes for some interesting reading,,,
http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?act=calendar&cal_id=1&code=showevent&event_id=44514

I am an idiot

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:01:14 +0000

I am an idiot who has nothing better to do than waste my own time and everyone else's, I did attempt to spam this site but I didn't realise the staff here were unlike anywhere else and actually watched what was happening. Guess I'll move on to another site that doesn't have the excellent staff this one has

Hello

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:02:14 +0000

Hello

Create a bootable USB flash drive

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:36:33 +0000

I had initially intended on including details of BIOS flashing and/or virus scanning at DOS level, but with so many vendors now integrating and releasing their own versions and downloads it's became a task in itself trying to source portable antivirus working at DOS level. As for BIOS flashing, this is still generally a case of extracting the "exe" file and BIOS "flash" file, sticking them on a bootable USB and calling them from DOS, but again, most BIOS manufacturers now release their own BIOS flash disks.

So, instead, I'm hopefully going to explain how to build a couple of useful bootable USB images which could get your machine up and running in the event of a breakdown - or at least, up and running to a point where you can run a variety of test's, etc.

There are a whole variety of ways to create a bootable USB disk, but for our purposes in this little ditty we'll be looking at 2 methods - the first, creating the Ultimate Boot Disc version for the USB pen and the second creating just a simple USB DOS boot disc.

Ultimate Boot Disc
You may have heard of the Ultimate Boot Disc, which has been a favourite of many technicians for a number of years - normally (and often preferably), it's just a matter of downloading the ISO image and burning to a CD and the jobs done. However, if you wanted to add something or update an app on your disc, on a CD it would obviously mean reburning the entire thing with the new definitions - with a USB it's simply a matter of downloading the updates and whack them on the USB stick!!.

OK, first things first, download The Ultimate Boot Disc from us HERE - then once you have downloaded it, you'll need to extract it using some form of ISO extractor such as IZArc. Once you have the files extracted, you should have a folder which looks like this:

Now what we need to do is insert our USB pen. Remember, this procedure will format and clear anything you have on the pen. Open a command prompt and run as an administrator (Vista/7) - you would do this by hitting the Windows/Start button, searching for "cmd" (without the quotes) and then 'right-click' on 'cmd.exe' then 'run as administrator'.

When the DOS box opens up, type "cd\" into the box to revert the prompt back to the C: drive. I extracted our image to C:\ubcd511 - and my USB drive letter is E: so at the command prompt I would type the following:

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cd ubcd511\ubcd\tools\win32\ubcd2usb

Then I would type:

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c:\ubcd511 e: /f

(note the "/f" at the end is just to format the USB pen - you can leave this out if you wish)

Here's the screenshot:

So, there we have it ... a fully functional, working copy of the Ultimate Boot CD on a USB pen - all we need to do now is make sure the BIOS is set to boot from USB or we at least know how to access the boot menu at startup. Obviously, not all motherboards will support booting from USB, the older the machine then the less chance you will have this as an option and will, instead you will have to opt for the CD version.

Simple USB DOS boot disc
There are times when you don't need all the bells and whistles that a utility like the UBCD will offer, and instead you just want to boot up to a DOS prompt. In that case here's a quick method of getting a simple USB DOS boot disc.

Download the following 2 files: HPUSBformattool and win98boot and extract them both.
Insert your USB pen into a spare USB slot and then open the file "HPUSBFW.EXE" which was in the zip file "HPUSBformattool.zip". You'll need to run this file as an administrator.

Select the options as shown in the screenshot above and for "using DOS system files located at" browse to the "win98boot" folder and select that.

Click "Start" and let the program create your boot disk. As an added option, copy the entire contents of the "win98boot" folder to the root of the USB pen which will then give you a few basic tools whilst in DOS such as FDISK.EXE, CLEARHDD.EXE, MSCDEX.EXE, etc.

Give you're newly created bootable USB pen a try - if it doesn't work first off, check your BIOS settings and make sure your set to boot from USB - remember, the older the motherboard/machine, the less likely you will have this option available to you and as such you'll need to revert to using a CD for your boot disc .

Problem with HP ze 5300

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:11:30 +0000

I rebuild computers and have never had this happen. I have an HP ze 5300 that will not recognize the hard drive in the BIOS. I can run from a live install but obviously I can't do anything else. In the BIOS I am set to auto recognize, and nothing is disabled. Nothing was changed as far as connections or cables and it worked before. I did try several hard drives and to remove the CMOS battery to try to reset the bios- Nothing. Any ideas? I can tear down and repair a computer like nothing but am fairly ignorant as to anything like this. Any ideas or help?

iso images

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:53:58 +0000

hi all my question is if they know a free software to work iso imagnes

Saying "HI" from Colorado

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:13:00 +0000

Just wanted to say Hi and introduce myself I'm Sheryl I have been with Freeware for a while I read the forums when I have a problem or want to see what is new in computer programs and what others are saying about it.

A Littlle Help

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:15:02 +0000

My sister has an old Dell running XP sp3,,she has never had a problem,,,until now. She says this has happened only Twice. Computer just sitting,,nothing on it but the screen saver,,all programs are closed off she's finished for the day. When she notices a box about 4in. long and 3in. high.,,tan in color with the blue xp strip on the top. Inside is a white mail envelope with a purple circle with the Yahoo Y in it. On the bottom of the box are 2 buttons,,like ok and cancel,except there is no words at all anywhere. She presses buttons,,,nothing,,she clicks icons nothing except the "move here"menu pops up. She opens MSE from the taskbar ,it says "not enough storage to run application. She clicks Start,,Control Panel,,and it says"can not put shortcut here." She hits "log out: it logs out,,then she logs in and all's ok. Computer works great. This is the secound time this has happened. I have no idea. Any thoughts from beyond????