Quick Key is completely free of charge, and is licensed under the Open Source GPL license. The software is primarily a flexible keyboard extension, and has dozens of unique features, that make it indispensible for developers as well as the regular users. With the software you can Extend Standard Keyboard Functions easily.

 Quick Key is an alternative to using Microsoft Character Map or Alt Codes, and is a Free Computer Keyboard Extension to Type Foreign Fonts. The software is an ideal solution for people who need to input foreign characters or mathematical symbols quickly, but don’t want to spend time learning a new keyboard layout.

The main features of the software include supports for drag-and-drop in almost everything. Thus, you can move characters around inside Quick Key, out of Quick Key, and into Quick Key using drag-and-drop. It also allows you to copy and paste characters, as well as their HTML code. Quick Key allows you to send characters to a specific application using a program code. For example, MSN Messenger is MSBLClass. The software can function as a reference for Alt codes. To see information about a symbol or letter, move your mouse over it.

Moreover,Quick Key allows you to save customized groups of characters to disk, helps you filter your character sets and displaying only a certain category of characters. For example, by default, Control and Format characters are hidden.

While this application offers easy access to special characters and symbols, its numerous settings and options can be a bit daunting at first.  The Quick Key icon is found in the system tray and the right-click menu offers access to character sets, a toolbar, and settings. Characters and symbols can be easily inserted a number of ways, including drag and drop.

 The program’s toolbar allows you to easily set the font or font size of the character before insertion, but the numerous options found in the toolbar’s File menu may look initially overwhelming. More settings are found in the Options related to mouse actions, delaying time before inserting characters, and managing the programs you want Quick Key to work with. Tips and a well-written Help file will clear up most of your issues,  if not all questions, and ultimately the program would become much more easy to work with.

 This Free Computer Keyboard Extension Software might confuse the novice user, but other users who frequently use special characters and symbols will appreciate this feature-rich program.

The software allows you to enter non-standard characters easily into documents and applications thus, you can Create Custom Keyboard Characters with Free QuickKey Standard Keyboard Software  almost effortlessly.  The interface is streamlined for rapid entry, and supports single-click character transfer. Quick Key is ideal for mathematics, foreign languages, and font development. Quick Key improves on the standard Character Map design by providing more power over the character transfer process, and a more flexible interface for simultaneous use with other applications.

 Quick Key can be essential if you want to learn about Unicode, glyphs, and fonts in general. The software works better as it is, although customization would still be useful, for the experienced users.

 Mouse setting defaults, and keystroke emulation settings have been changed with the latest version of the software, so that most people can use the program without any prior training. To install Quick key you should first install the Microsoft Dotnet 2.0 framework, after which you can surely  Download QuickKey Software Free &Extend Keyboard to Type 65000 Characters  and check out the possibilities yourself!

 
There are many free virtual desktop programs out there,  but the Free Windows Virtual Desktop Manager Software Windows Pager is popular because of its simplicity and functionality. This program surely lacks many features that are available with the other mainstream softwares for example; the ability to set different wallpapers for each desktop and 3D effects and functionalities but, with its practical feature set, it surely stands out from the rest none the less!

  The user can Switch Multiple Desktops with Free Virtual Desktop Pager Software Windows Pager, and keep open programs organized, by putting each one into a separate virtual workspace. For example, you can can have a Web browser in one desktop, and a word processing software open in the other one for instance.
The other key features of the software is its low memory usage, easy integration into panel, the ability to move windows between the desktops by a simple drag ‘n drop, or by using the windows menu, also the “Mini-Windows” give an overview of each desktops, has an on screen display (OSD) for the current Desktop number, automatic desktop switching if a window from another desktop is requested, supports the “Flashing-Windows”, and has options to keep the main window above all others by selecting “Always on top” from the windows-menu, also there is no administrator rights and above all no installation is required to use the software!
 

The freeware virtual desktop management program can be compared with Dexpot, arguably the best and most sophisticated virtual desktop program out there. However the only difference is the former is feature rich and complex while the latter is simple and straightforward in its approach.

Although the Windows Pager lacks options for deep customisations, i believe that this software does have all the basic features of a paging software and can be a great software for the mass users who don’t want extreme sophistication. You can Download Free Windows Virtual Desktop Switching Software Windows Pager here.

The Open Source Windows Explorer provides a system tray called emergeTray and has a facility to provide access to the users programs thats normally accessed with the windows”start” button, via, a right-click on the desktop( i.e via the emergeCore).

The Free Windows Explorer Replacement Software Emerge features an open API, which allows for applets to be coded with compilers other than MinGW if someone wishes to do so. In fact Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 project and workspace files are available in CVS in case someone wants to use them, which is a good news for developers.

In order for the Open Source Windows Explorer applets to communicate with each other, its essential that the emergeCore must be running. Without emergeCore, each applet will run independently, i.e if you wish to use them in conjunction with another desktop shell.

The Free Windows Explorer Emerge is implemented with the MinGW that is an OpenSource implementation of the GNU C compiler and utilities. Up to this point, closed source commercial projects have mainly been used (Microsoft Visual C++, Borland Delphi) to develop alternate shells as they use proprietary Microsoft API features. With Microsoft releasing more detailed information about these API calls, the MinGW win32api is known to be much more complete.

A great thing about this Windows Explorer Substitute is that it also allows users to adjust the transparency and colour of the applets. To do that, an user can select the Edit Current Scheme from the applet’s menu which will display the Emerge Desktop Scheme Editor where you can change the colours, transparency and other settings through a user friendly interface. After modifying the scheme you can save it under a new name and load it which is cool!

This Open Source Windows Explorer can be used as an alternate shell for the Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and the Vista operating systems. You can Download Free Windows Explorer Substitute Emerge Desktop here.

Although very small in size, the desktop shell extension doesn’t fail to provide the user with a stylish looking, lucid, and a clutter free desktop. Something, that will make Replacing Windows Explorer with Free Emerge Desktop a must for all!

We all do save these kind of informations on our computer, but once there use is over, that is is the time when the real problem creeps in! As you may or may not know, after deletion of the files, the information we thought is gone can be still there without our knowing! The Free Data Erasing Software could erase & remove all data permanently from the computer’s hard drive.

Now to understand this, we need know know how the whole system of deleting happens inside the hard drive. When a file is deleted, the operating system does not really remove the file from the disk as many of us have always known, but what it does is that, it only removes the reference of the file from the file system table.

The file continues to remain on the disk without our knowledge, until another file is created over it, and even; after that, it might be possible to recover the data by people, with bad intentions or by those who are technically sound just by studying the magnetic fields on the disk platter surface. The worst part of it is that, before the file is overwritten, anyone can easily retrieve it with any disk maintenance, or with the hundreds of undelete utilities that are flooding the market!

There actually are several problems in terms of secure file removal, mostly caused by the use of write cache, construction of the hard disk and the use of data encoding. These problems can lead the user to severe consequences if the solution to this is not known. Thus, this is exactly where the Free Data Remover comes into play.

This Free PC Data Remover Software has an intuitive design, and a user interface lucid and simple enough and is capable of efficiently and safely erasing private data from any of your hard drive and that too permanently! This can be of great use, if your work needs you to securely delete files permanently from PC Hard drive , or even if you have those few letters and passwords that you want to get rid of forever. Download Free Backup Recovery Software and delete your data permanently!

This Free Multi Platform Computer Shutdown Utility Software KShutDown also has features to turn off your computer, restart it, lock the screen or end the current session. The Free Computer Shutdown Tool program does not execute shutdown -h to shutdown your machine(that is way too rude for KDE) but fortunately uses the KShutDown,  by default from the KDE Desktop Manager for shutting down and rebooting. Thus, the shutdown process will start with logout and also save all KDE modifications for the user!

This Free Multiplatform Shutdown Manager also offers functions such as stopping a media player or killing a PPP or a PPPoE connection. It even offers support for a command line and the desktop communication Protocol(DCOP), so an user can use it to schedule a custom command at a certain hour when they won’t be around the computer. There’s also a system tray icon and support for visual and audio notifications when a task nears its scheduled time.
A great thing Free Computer Shutdown Utility Software is that the basic actions like turning off computer, restart computer, locking a  session or ending the current session can be configured to use one of the 3 methods available.

Thee first method is KDE, which will use KDM to complete the scheduled tasks, the second method is forcing the shutdown/restart/screensaver command (shutdown -h now, reboot and xscreensaver-command -lock).Using the second way is generally not recommended and should only be used when there are no other alternatives. The third method allows the user to run a custom command. For all three methods, there’s the possibility to run a custom command before the action which is very useful to say the least!

The user can set all the options from the program settings window which can be found by following the menu settings and configure KShutDown. It is from this setting windows, from the General section, you can also create a shortcut on the Desktop or in the KMenu, and also remove the links and configure the system tray icon.
If needed there is also a facility for the user to display a warning message before the action and also set a custom message. From the last section, Advanced, you can set KShutDown to lock the screen after login and close the cd-rom tray before logout. The visual and audio notifications can be configured from the notification settings found under the same settings menu.
Thus, to summarize up, this Computer Shutdown Utility Tool KShutDown Software is amazing with all the set of options that it provides to its users and can be a great help in times when you need the PC to automatically shut down at a scheduled time or after a download is over. The shutdown manager is sincere in geting its job done without any problems, but,  I sincerely wished that the software supported the Gnome Desktop Manager which would surely have made this application one of the very best in its category! You can Download Multiplatform PC Shutdown Manager KShutDown Software Free here.

What I like about The Open Source Free Equinox Desktop Environment is that, it can be easily installed and run on very old hardware and various older devices, so that people who still have the older generation machines in their homes can benifit from this! The Free Cross Platform Desktop manager is also great to run on newer generation machines where it provides the same features with just as equal ease.

The Free Multi Platform Open Source Desktop Environment Manager is programmed for great efficiency and to give the desktop environment a very familiar look and feel. This desktop envioronment uses the FLTK toolkit for the user interface presentations and is based on the UNIX philosophy for it’s design!

With UNIX philosophy in mind, the Equinox Desktop Environment splits each component in separate executable entity that do one job and does it quite well to say the least! This makes the desktop Environment very easy to alter and customise based on the requirements of the users themselves.

In my Core2Duo 3 Ghz with a 3 GB of DDR2 the setup as seen, was blazing fast and the whole process took not more than a few seconds. After installation i had to put up with a few options after which the software functioned without a single glitch till now.

This Free Multiplatform Desktop Environment Manager uses the C++ language, and, programs itself for a fast startup, low memory usage and great portability. As mentioned earlier, the compatibilty factor is good too making this software a perfect desktop environment for any older platform, various embedded devices and also your desktop too! You can download the Download Free Cross Platform Desktop Environment Software Equinox and give a try yourself.

The Free Windows Application Launching Software ASuite is designed to work with removable storage media like USB sticks, external hard drives and iPods, thus making the application access time faster, to and from these disks.

With the Free Application Launcher ASuite, you can create your own list of applications, folders, files that you need to access and launch easily. The main idea behind it all, was to have a quick access to the most used files from only one menu. With this application you would be able to launch any application, visit your favorite websites, or start the default email client fast enough!

The Free ASuite Application Launching Software , comes in two versions. An installer version, that can be installed on the hard drive and requires a small amount of space, and the non-install version, that can be unzipped to any portable drive and works with any removable device.

Under the main panel of this Windows Application Launcher Software ASuite, the user can also create their own customized application list. For example, if you are using more than one browser to surf the web, you can create a new category and, add your internet shortcuts there. The option is also available if you want to create a new item group. This option is known as the “Add Software Group” and is definitely a plus compared to the other softwares in the category like the PStart!

In addition, the ASuite provides the user with a scan folder feature that can help him or her, if they have a large number of applications and want to add all of them! For this, the user just needs to select the path that he wants and scan it.

This Free Application Launcher lets you specify what file types you want to scan for, and what file types you want to exclude from your scan, which is a nice feature, that you only get with this application.

After scanning the folders you want, and after adding items to your list and changing their properties, you might want to save your work, which you can, by exporting your settings to an XML file. These files wherein you save, can also be imported to the PStart application if needed to(which is a similar kind of software in the category) and vice-versa!

With the Windows Application Launcher Software, the system tray menu can also be set to appear as a PortableApps Menu theme, or just a simple window wherein by choosing the PortableApps Menu theme, an user would be able to change the menu folders and add their own, which is quite useful in many situations!

All in all, it seemed to me that the Free Application Launcher ASuite (unlike the others in its category), surely provides the user with a better feature set, which the average user would find useful. You can surely take a look and Download ASuite Application Launcher Software Free from here. Needless to say, the software provides the user with a high level of customisation and flexibility, that makes this Free Application Launcher pretty unique compared to the rest!

The Open Source Windows Explorer provides a system tray called emergeTray and has a facility to provide access to the users programs thats normally accessed with the windows”start” button, via, a right-click on the desktop( i.e via the emergeCore).

The Free Windows Explorer Replacement Software Emerge features an open API, which allows for applets to be coded with compilers other than MinGW if someone wishes to do so. In fact Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 project and workspace files are available in CVS in case someone wants to use them, which is a good news for developers.

In order for the Open Source Windows Explorer applets to communicate with each other, its essential that the emergeCore must be running. Without emergeCore, each applet will run independently, i.e if you wish to use them in conjunction with another desktop shell.

The Free Windows Explorer Emerge is implemented with the MinGW that is an OpenSource implementation of the GNU C compiler and utilities. Up to this point, closed source commercial projects have mainly been used (Microsoft Visual C++, Borland Delphi) to develop alternate shells as they use proprietary Microsoft API features.  With Microsoft releasing more detailed information about these API calls, the MinGW win32api is known to be much more complete.

A great thing about this Windows Explorer Substitute is that it also allows users to adjust the transparency and colour of the applets. To do that, an user can select the Edit Current Scheme from the applet’s menu which will display the Emerge Desktop Scheme Editor where you can change the colours, transparency and other settings through a user friendly interface. After modifying the scheme you can save it under a new name and load it which is cool!

This Open Source Windows Explorer can be used as an alternate shell for the Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and the Vista operating systems. You can Download Free Windows Explorer Substitute Emerge Desktop here. Although very small in size, the desktop shell extension doesn’t fail to provide the user with a stylish looking, lucid, and a clutter free desktop. Something, that will make Replacing Windows Explorer with Free Emerge Desktop a must for all!

Once installed on your system, the user can Customize PC Keyboards with KeyTouch Software with this application and be able to you use all the extra function keys that are provided on a keyboard. Nowadays USB keyboards are becoming the fashion, and a good news is that the aplication works with a USB keyboard too.

All the required kernel patches are included since Linux kernel 2.6.24. You can simply use this kernel, or a later version of it, in combination with the keyTouch-editor 3.2.0 beta to create keyboard files for your USB keyboard. The created keyboard file can then be imported in the latest beta verion of keyTouch (version 2.4.0 beta).

KeyTouch-editor 3.2.0 beta actually allows you to create one keyboard file, for both a PS/2 and USB connection. So after you have added all the keys to the keyboard file while the keyboard was connected via USB, you can then connect the keyboard via PS/2 and set the PS/2 scancode of the key too.

There are a number of applications on the market, that allowed Windows users to configure the extra function keys on your keyboard but most of them are heavy and complex compared to this Free Software to Customize Keyboard. Users can Customize Computer Keyboards with KeyTouch Software much more easily as the application provides a simple and elegant enough way to configure the extra function keys.

The Windows users generally got support for their function keys, with the utility software that came with their keyboard, but it wasn’t so with the Linux users. They had no support for the function keys on their keyboard and could do nothing with the keys if they wished to! Thus, with the Free PC Keyboard Customisation Software KeyTouch, there problem has now being met with a suitable end.