Monday, July 16, 2001		Downloads of the week

It is one of the most important software to shutdown your computer properly. If you do not shutdown your system correctly, this could result into problems, including Windows getting corrupt to even hard disk crash. People using Windows ’98 SE can surely appreciate the agony of troubles involved in system shutdown. However, now you can leave aside the worries about all your shutdown problems, as Shutdown Plus will take care of all your problems. Shutdown Plus is a feature-rich software, which boasts off many functions like automation of shut down, restart, logging off the computer. Using this software, you can schedule the Shutdown, restart or log off options at the time interval of your choice. As the scheduled time arrives, this software will perform as programmed. This software completely replaces Windows' standard shutdown function, complete with custom-message boxes and buttons. This software is not just all about shutting down or restarting computer but it also has features like ability to save modified files before closing. This software can automatically close hung programs and can also save the computer from crashing due to a bad or corrupt program running. Other prominent features of this software also includes defragging the drive before closing, emptying the Recycle Bin and disconnecting all connected users through LAN or other forms of networking. Using this software you can also execute applications, batch files and command-line tasks. This software and can be downloaded from www.wmsoftware.com

Are additional fonts accessory or the necessity. Well! It’s a difficult question to answer and depends from user to user. For some computer users, additional fonts are a necessity as adds a lot of worth to their work. Especially in cases of presentations and reports, fonts play a major role. However for normal use of computer, additional fonts could be an accessory. But no matter how you look at it, the management of fonts is important for all computer users. Typograf is one such software, which has an outstanding font management utility for TrueType, Type I and printer fonts. Using this software you can print your font collection from all medias available including hard disk and CD ROM. Printing the fonts has great benefits as it enables you to evaluate the font in true perspective and can also compare it with all available fonts. Using this software you can sort fonts by several attributes, and utilise custom text and color parameters for the samples.

This software keeps the record of all fonts including its properties, copyrights, metrics and kerning and thus enables to search the similar fonts in case the need so arises. This is an excellent software for all those persons who do a lot of presentation work as this software helps them in choosing the most appropriate font for their project as it compares the available fonts and thus distinguishes them on the basis of their properties. Moreover, its excellent layout further helps in comparing the fonts side by side. However, the best feature of this software is its user-friendly interface as it features all available fonts in explorer like interface for maintaining font database and groups. For all font lovers, designing and presentation professionals this could be an ideal tool, which can be downloaded from www.neuber.com.

Face is the index of your soul. Well! There is no doubt about this fact. Now in the modern world of fast changing fashion, hair has become the index of your personality. There was a time when hairstyles were not the in thing. During the past few decades, it has become as important as clothing and now there are hundreds of modern hairstyles, which person love to sport. Now, hair styling could be anybody’s cup of tea, as with the help of software like Hair Pro, anyone can become a hair-stylist, both professionally and for self.

Hair Pro is an excellent software cum fashion accessory that allows you to view yourself in different hairstyles. All you need to do in order to use this software is to scan your colour photograph or transfer it through the digital camera onto your computer. This software is user friendly as it provides to manipulate the length and colour of your hair. You can also view yourself in different shades of colours by adjusting the contrast and brightness. All different styles could be saved in your PC and thus can select the best one, which suits your personality. You can also print these hairstyles for yourself and keep them for fun. It’s a great idea to create your own photo album as you can do a lot of changes to your clothing with software like Photoshop and hairs using Hair Pro. The best feature of this software is that for using it you do not require any kind of special training or skills, as its easy interface is self-explanatory.

This software is all about hair and besides shades and colours it also features all types of modern haircuts. On the whole it can be downloaded from www.visualmusic.com

The real world is fast transforming into a virtual one, as the World Wide Web is becoming the way of life for people. People visit places and even do their shopping right from their desktop and do not move out. However, despite all this, the relevance of the human touch has not gone down in anyway. Netizens prefer to be attended by someone online when they wish to have any information related to the product or the Web site. Now, it is easy to communicate with your site visitors and also interact with them live. All this can be done with the help of software called HumanClik. This program utilises instant messaging to facilitate real-time feedback and also conversation with your site visitor. You can add this software to your Web site and does not require any special hardware for using it. Moreover, it is also easy to use and can be implemented easily as this software is shown on site in the form of an icon by inserting a pre-generated Java Script into the HTML. Once a visitor visit your site and wishes to talk to you, he can easily do it by clicking this icon, which will open the chat Window on his computer screen. The visitor only needs to have a Java-enabled Web browser like Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator. This software functions like other instant messengers and sounds alert when a visitor wishes to chat. Using this software, you can know the IP address of the visitor and can even see, which all pages he or she has visited on your site and how long they stayed. Thus, in a way it also helps in knowing the visitor better. This software can be downloaded from www.humanclick.com.