ImgBurn is what I use.

Anyone ever use any services for signing documents electronically via email. Something like DocuSign without the $20 per month cost associated with it.

this is one of the most useful threads ive ever read
i've been looking for an alternative to adobe reader for such a long time, sumatra seems to be perfect

also, can anyone recommend a good codec pack? im always afraid im going to pick up a ton of malware with these things

alternative to adobe reader that i like is Nitro PDF reader.

Forget about codecs, just use VLC. It plays everything, and I hate the idea of installing codecs for the reason you explain.

**** codec packs.

So is VLC really that good? I was very used to windows media player and kind of liked it
but I'm definitely going to give VLC a try if its the alternative to downloading codecs

If you need to download a codec to play a video, you probably should stay away from that porn site.

**** codecs obviously, but sometimes they are needed to play videos via Windows Media Center.

+1. In this case i use Shark007 or K-Lite. They each cover pretty much everything i have ever needed in the codec department.

VLC + Matroska + Combined Community Codec Pack should take care of everything.

I only use combined community codec and it seems to cover just about everything.

Any good and free .pdf to .doc converters? I've briefly looked but don't know what sites to trust/found 1 that only does really small files.

Have you tried Google Docs?

^^

Nope, I'm an idiot. Thanks funky!

Their free account does not even have SSL encryption for sending the data. That's a privilege only to paid accounts.

I highly doubt that your data lies with any encryption on their servers.

Free does not necessarily mean it comes without a cost.
You give up any level of privacy by using this service.

Dropbox on the other side establishes encrypted connections and stores your files encrypted.

Why would even care about encryption of your family vacation shots?

All the garbage you leave on the web now will leave a trace. Companies are interested in finding patterns and links because marketing undergoes a change.

We don't know how privacy and the internet will work together in 50 years, so a little awareness about what is really a good service is and what not is probably a good idea in the long run.

my old pc died, wont boot up, any good freeware that i can use to recover my pics from my new cpu with? old sata drive will be installed in 2nd drive

explorer?

Recuva by the guys who created CCleaner if the harddrive is unreadable otherwise just like previous poster said, just browse it (I'd rather use Directory Opus, that ain't free but it's good Aussie product

yes, drive is unreadable, ill try that tonite, thank you

There is one called Infrakshun that is pretty popular. Or the alternative is kerow'nd .

recuva worked great, thanks! my friend installed easeus but they only let u get the 1st gb free so i didnt bother. found testdisk but didnt really understand what i was doing, recuva was simple. def recomend to anyone else.

Is there software, or maybe a website, where you can play an mp3 of an unknown song and it will identify the artist/song title for you?

soundhound is an phone app that does this for you.

I use Shazam for that on my iPhone.