DuckLink, Free Screen Capture Utility For Windows

No matter the Windows version you’re using, there’s always something better than the tools included with it, at least for most tasks I can think of. While Windows Vista and Windows 7 improved the screen capture process a lot, by adding the Snipping Tool, I think there’s still room for another solution. In Windows XP, the tool I found today is simply awesome, so please allow me to introduce you DuckCapture, a tool coming in a 4.2 MB setup package and compatible with all Windows versions (or so it seems).

If you can get over the funny text in the first screen of the setup wizard (“This will install 2.1 on your computer.”), not to mention the funny name of the application itself, you’ll be rewarded with a nice little tool that can help you speed up the process of taking screenshots, also giving you more control at the same time. Its advanced options include the ability to include cursor in your shots or not, select clipboard or a file as output target (or choose a default target to use without prompting) and support for hotkeys, while output file formats available are BMP, JPEG and PNG – just fine for anyone, I think.

This is it, my friends – you gotta give this free screen capture tool a try, because I am sure you’ll love it, if you really need to take screenshots on a regular basis and using the PrintScreen key (or combining it with Alt) isn’t enough… 

P.S. Just fixing that funny text in the setup program and the addition of a freehand selection tool should be enough to make this tool almost perfect!

WHAT IS DOS?

DOS (Disk Operating System) is first operating system release by Microsoft. Before Microsoft; DOS was released by IBM named IBM DOS. Bill Gates started own company Microsoft and released MS DOS 1.0. Before invention GUI operating System (Windows) DOS’s last version was 6.22. After DOS 6.22 Microsoft never release MS DOS. MS DOS was a simple and command based operating system. There was no use of mouse in MS DOS. All commands were type able from keyboard. Some MS DOS’s famous commands are still in use in Windows Shell (Command Prompt). There were two types of commands in MS DOS.

1. Internal Commands
   
   Internet commands were built in DOS shell commands and do not need any external file. Here are some internal commands.
   

   
   

   DIR

   Get the list of files in current folder or directory

   
   

   CLS

   Clears current working screen of MS DOS)

   
   

   DATE

   View or change current date of system

   
   

   TIME

   View or change current time of system

   
   

   REN or RENAME

   Rename a file

   
   

   COPY

   Copy a file

   
   

   VER

   Get the current DOS version

   
   

   MD

   Create directory or folder

   
   

   RD

   Remove directory or folder if empty

   
   Note: All internal commands are still supported in Windows Command Prompt.
    


2. External Commands
   External commands were not part of DOS shell and need external files same like Windows Library (DLL) files. Here are some MS DOS’s external commands.
   

   
   

   DELTREE

   Remove folder including all sub folders and files

   
   

   LABEL

   View or change disk’s label name

   
   

   FORMAT

   Format the Hard Disk or Floppy Disk

   
   

   CHKDSK

   Run disk check on Hard Disk or Floppy Disk.

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SP2 Standalone updates for computers with one or more of the following five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. If your computer has any other language installed this option will not work.

Requirements:
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Inventions That Changed The World

1. GPS Technology
Originally developed as a navigation system by the United States military, the Global Positioning System uses a network of satellites around the Earth to pinpoint the exact position of a receiver anywhere on the planet.
Since its development in 1978, it is now used in cars, aircraft and boats. Geologists use it to track the movements of continental plate tectonics and glaciers while conservation scientists have tagged turtles with GPS receivers to follow their epic migrations.
2. The Sony Walkman
In 1979 Sony spawned the era of wearable technology with its iconic personal stereo. It enabled music fans to listen to their music while on the move without inflicting their choices on those around them. It provided the soundtrack to millions of morning commutes.
The Walkman quickly changed listening habits and became hugely popular as jogging culture took the 1980s by storm – here was something that allowed youto listen to your music while you worked out.
This wearable technology has now evolved, thanks to Apple, into the iPod and has changed music for ever.
3. The Bar code

These boring sets of black and white lines can now be found on almost every single item bought from a shop. At first glance, it seems hard to see how they possibly made any impact on the world, but they have fundamentally changed the way we shop.

Norman Woodland first developed an early form of the bar code in 1949 by combining ideas from movie soundtracks and Morse code to help him speed up store checkouts. They now stores to instantly access product details, prices and stock levels with a sweep of a laser.
4. TV Dinners
Food on the go has been around since the time of Ancient Greece, but convenience food really took off in the 1970s and transformed the way families ate meals, the high-street, the countryside and national health.
Traditional family dinners around the table disappeared and pre-packaged "ready meals" eaten on the sofa became the norm. Due to hectic lifestyles, the products, which were often frozen, were designed to make life easier for time-pressed consumers.
The popularity of processed food, however, is also blamed for driving the obesity crisis. With high fat, salt and sugar content to make the meals last longer on the shelves, the diet of the Western world has deteriorated.
5. PlayStation

Although games consoles had been around for some time, Sony's PlayStation took gaming out of spotty teenager's bedrooms and into adult living rooms when it was released in 1994.

Here was a computer with more power than the average family PC. As of July 2008 more than 102 million PlayStation units have been sold, while the next generations, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, have also been turned into best sellers.
The gaming industry is now worth almost as much as the film industry, taking in more than £15 billion in 2008.
6. Social Networking
Around the world, every day, more than three billion minutes are spent by computer users on Facebook. Along with other social networking sites such as MySpace and Twitter, it has completely changed the way we interact and who we interact with.
Millions of people now communicate tiny details of their professional and personal lives by poking, twittering and posting. Online social networking has allowed people to rekindle friendships with friends they lost touch with years ago.
Others chat online with complete strangers on the other side of the world.
In 1967 American psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted the small world experiment to prove the strength of old fashioned social networks. In the digital age, his six degrees of separation have almost become redundant.
7. Text messages
Text messaging has created a new vocabulary and new grammar that is almost incomprehensible to those who do not use it. LOL and FYI have now passed into everyday English.
It has also changed the way people use their thumbs – the old QWERTY keyboard layout suddenly became redundant. Among 13-17 year olds, text messaging now outweighs old fashioned phone calls by seven to one.
8. Electronic Money
In the UK there were 7.4 billion purchases made during 2008 with plastic cards. Combined with internet banking, cards have made the cheque almost redundant.
Credit cards gave us greater convenience for spending, greater security and the ability to spend money anywhere in the world. They also brought us internet fraud and record levels of debt that have contributed to the global credit crunch.
9. Microwaves
Not the ovens, but the electromagnetic waves. Microwaves – electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging between 1 millimetre and one metre – are used by mobile phones, wireless broadband internet and satellite television.
Radar, which helped Britain win the Battle of Britain, also uses microwave radiation. They also gave us a new way of cooking food while the US military has developed a "less-than-lethal" weapon that can blast victims with a heatwave.
10. Trainers
Nightclub bouncers might not like them, but trainers changed fashion and the feet of generations. The Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Company was the first to use a new manufacturing process that melded rubber to cloth in 1892, but it was not until the 1970s they took off.
With the help of celebrity endorsements by sporting superstars such as basketball legend Michael Jordan, trainers turned from being purely practical clothing for sport into a fashion item.
The Army now reports that young people are increasingly growing up without ever wearing leather shoes and their feet are now too soft to wear traditional miliary boots.

KeyBoard Shortcut Keys

        KeyBoard Shortcut Keys
Windows key - access Start menu
Windows key + Pause - open System Properties
Windows key + D - minimise/restore windows
Windows key + F - open Search window
Windows key + F1 - open Help and Support Center
Windows key + E - open Windows Explorer window
Windows key + M - minimise all windows
Windows key + TAB - move through open windows on Taskbar
Windows key + SHIFT + M - restore all windows
Hold CTRL while dragging - make a copy of selected item
Hold CTRL + SHIFT while dragging - make a shortcut to selected item
CTRL + ESC - open Start menu
CTRL + C - Copy
CTRL + X - Cut
CTRL + V - Paste
CTRL + A - Select All
CTRL + Z - Undo
CTRL + B - Bold highlighted text
CTRL + U - Underline highlighted text
CTRL + I - Italicise highlighted text
CTRL + Plus key - increase browser text size
CTRL + Minus key - decrease browser text size
CTRL + ALT + DELETE - open Task Manager
ALT + underlined letters in menus - open menu item
ALT + ENTER - show Properties of selected object
ALT + F4 - close current window or program
CTRL + F4 - close window within program
ALT + TAB - switch between open windows or programs
TAB - move forwards through control items or links in current window
SHIFT + TAB - move backwards through control items or links
ENTER - click selected control item or link
BACKSPACE - move up one folder level
HOME - go to start of current line or web page
END - go to end of current line or web page
CTRL + END - go to end of current document
PAGE UP - move up through current document or web page
PAGE DOWN - move down through current document or web page
PRINT SCREEN - take snapshot image of current screen
ALT + PRINT SCREEN - take snapshot image of current window
F2 - rename selected item
F5 - refresh current window or web page
F6 - move through window panes