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Software for throttling CPU power (for certain processes)
I would recommend Bill2's Process manager. You can create rules for processes which assign a priority level together with which cpu cores they are allowed to use. I always limit flash to one core ...
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Trusted free tool for securely deleting files on Windows?
I recommend Eraser. To quote:
Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to
completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting
it several times with ...
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Ultra-lightweight editor (like Python's IDLE) for C
Sublime Text should be able to do all three of your tasks:
Basic context coloring
This generally happens automatically.
Ability to collapse {} blocks
You can do this by using the "gutter" (the ...
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Game to learn piano play
Synthesia has most of the features you're looking for:
start learning piano
It has song from "easiest" to "hardest"
do this in interactive kinda way
Is "guitar hero" descriptive enough? Just ...
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Drivers related to audio device and the relation to their sound quality
You can record sounds using FFMPEG from the command line.
Here are some examples of capture with FFMPEG on Windows operating system.
To list your input devices:
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -...
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Diff text files and print the resultant comparison two-pane with differences highlighted
I feel to suggest you DiffMerge.
It runs (even) on Windows and, similarly to WinMerge and Devart Code Compare, has a nice GUI.
Comparing it to WinMerge, I personally think DiffMerge is better at ...
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Video editor that is free for commercial use
If you are comfortable on the command line, ffmpeg is a powerful tool that can do many different things, including crop.
https://ffmpeg.org
To crop using this tool you will craft a dos-shell command ...
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Game to learn piano play
Playground sessions seems to cover your main requirements (achievements, "multiplayer", progress, and MIDI keyboard compatibility). However, it's PC (Windows) or Mac software, and I'm not clear ...
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Is there software for sync between folders in my laptop 'Data' drive and external HD?
Under Linux, that software already ships with your distro: it's called RSync, and works locally as well as with remote devices.
RSync only copies "changed stuff" – which would remove your fear ...
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Decrease volume below minimum in Windows 8.1
Take a look at Volumouse.
It's designed to allow custom methods of controlling the volume (ie setting it to your mouse wheel), but it also gives you much finer-grained control. You can define a key ...
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Drivers related to audio device and the relation to their sound quality
There are few commercial denoise plugins (e.g. WNS) for DAW software, but Audacity has also built-in denoise function (filter/effect to use after recording).
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Software for throttling CPU power (for certain processes)
google chrome + ghostery addon/app it is an ad blocker. that for most part completely shuts out all flash, java, misc analytic scripts, etc... it also can block out facebook, and like little things ...
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the right pdf converter
even I had suffered the same. adobe pdf reader does fail to copy the symbols to doc. i used Nitro later. worked ok but not satisfying yet.
Then i used Sumatra. met my needs pretty well.
been using it ...
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Tool to generate a slim Windows 8.1?
While Windows 8 is not currently listed as available yet, (promised for later this year), you should keep an eye on WinBuilder which allows various OS images to be created via the Windows PE mechanism....
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how to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 8?
One free option to be able to edit your MS Office files, (Word, Excel, etc.), without reverting to Windows 8 is to install LibreOffice.
LibreOffice is:
Free, Gratis & Open Source
Cross Platform ...
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The most stable Windows?
Windows 8 was never great out of the box, but the update to 8.1 made it so much better. Windows 10 doesn't seem that much more different from 8.1, but then again I hardly use it.
For the sake of ...
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Write/ink on anything when recording the screen
So your requirements are:
Record screen with your voice in.
Draw in the video in real-time.
As far as I'm concerned, the online recorder ShowMore can meet your needs.
It can record the screen ...
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HVAC selection software
I'd recommend starting with this ACCA approved list.
ACCA is a non-profit association whose membership includes more than
60,000 professionals and 4,000 businesses in the indoor environment
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Add screen of a laptop to another one when both are on Windows 8
Not Possible.
Consumer laptops only have a video out port, never video in. However their is a software synergy that you can use to share the same keyboard and mouse but it can not make them as a one ...
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Patch or software to replace the ugly Windows clock?
There is Anuko World Clock:
Commercial license, 25 USD
Replaces the Windows clock
adjustable background color
support for skins, even analog clocks are possible
support for several clocks in ...
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Remote desktop freeware for troubleshooting Mac and Windows computers
The recomendations made by @cris (accepted Answer) are great.
Especially Teamviewer is great for use in non-commercial mode. If you use it for commercial tech support it can feel a bit pricey (this ...
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Best incremental backup solution for Windows 8.1?
I will recommend Todo Backup
Even the free version, it is still powerful and reliable
Support up to 4TB+
List item
Full/Incremential/differential/schedule backup
Disk/Partition clone, migrate to SSD/...
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Any lightweight firewall alternative to Ashampoo firewall
I use a free edition application called Glasswire application. It works well under Windows 7 or 8, and is a good alternative to the integrated firewall or other existing solution that consumes a lot ...
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Program to change language of audio stream in video file
VLC media player's Media Info dialog (Ctrl-I) will show a Save Metadata button if you type in any of the fields.
Takes a long time so it too must work by making an intermediate copy.
Another ...
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Video editor that is free for commercial use
I would check out This Guide, it shows how to crop a video in Avidemux, an open source video editor. Here's how it's done,
Cropping Video
Download the free Avidemux software from the project ...
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Display a different dictionary entry each day
Rainmeter + Gnometer
I use Rainmeter for desktop widgets. Among its numerous skins, Gnometer has a widget for "Word Of The Day", which displays a different English word each day along with its ...
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Sending / receiving SMS in Windows 8 / 8.1 via mobile broadband modem
After six months I have finally found an app for sending / receiving SMS in Windows 8.1 and it works well
Mobile Broadband Toolkit
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Software to easily switch between audio output devices
AppAudioConfig and SoundVolumeView can help you achieve what you want.
Both are gratis and without any bloat. They are portable except when they need to modify the Windows registry to make the ...
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I'd like a multi-user Web filter for Windows, plus a good Web filter for Android, all for free
In the end, I switched the Windows machine to Norton Family in order so that I could install Qustodio on the smartphone.
Qustodio is more bug-free. But Norton Family has a public support forum, ...
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Simple Windows 8 Lua engine and IDE?
I know you've tried Löve before, but a similar product with a bit better deployment on Windows is Corona:
https://coronalabs.com/product/
Like Löve it won't do Windows Mobile natively (the ...
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