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I remembered one of our member Logik asked a question in the forum on how to record video calls that are being made between two or more Skype users for free. He tried searching on the Internet but there was no freeware that came up in his search results. I tried searching as well and I found that recording video calls are all shareware while recording chat logs are freeware. Recording video calls can be important if you’re on a meeting so that there is a proof on what is being discussed and agreed. If it is that important, you may have already purchased a software that saves the Skype video calls into a movie file which can be played back.

However if you are still looking for a freeware that does skype video calls recording, look no further because the Messenger Plus! team has released another software that records video calls in Skype for FREE. Originally the Messenger Plus! is an add-on that extends the functionality of MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger but they’ve extended their product range to support Skype.

I have been experiencing this small annoying problem ever since I started using the popular and free 7-Zip archiver. Basically 7-Zip is used to create and extract compressed archived files such as ZIP. When we open an archive file such as ZIP that is associated with 7-Zip, the files inside the archive will be listed in the program and we can double click to view the files. When we do that, the files are actually extracted to the temporary folder and then ran using the default program that is associated with the file. So far I never had any problems opening text files such as readme.txt from an archive but weirdly when I tried opening picture files such as PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF and ICO format, they all cannot be viewed and show the following error message.

Windows Photo Viewer can’t open this picture because either the picture is deleted, or it’s in a location that isn’t available.

After investigating the problem, I found the cause of the error and also what can we do to view images directly from archived files.

IObit has disabled the Advanced SystemCare PRO license code from further activations, thanks to many inconsiderate people posting the Advanced SystemCare PRO 5.1 license key publicly even though I’ve stated very clearly not to do that. Try searching for “9C98A-D3624-7CC7E-137D4” in Google and you will see it is widely posted but only a handful of them that referred back to the original post. For those that has already activated the PRO license, don’t worry because the license will continue to work as it is not blacklisted, only disabled from further activations.

This is the main reason why for the past few months I’ve only allowed verified registered users in forum to join giveaways and raffles because they are genuine users who agree to abide by the terms of the giveaway which is not to share the license that they’ve received. Although IObit was a bit unhappy of the whole incident, they are still willing to offer new licenses to raymond.cc readers but with one extra step which is to be a member of the forum by going through a one time free registration. There is no need to go through the verification process, just registration will do.

If you haven’t noticed, we can only set a global pointer speed at Control Panel which takes effect on all devices that controls the pointer. I’ve just stumbled upon an interesting software called AutoSensitivity where it allows you to have different mouse sensitivity for touchpad and external mouse. Normally we have much better control over the pointer when using a mouse so we can set the sensitivity a little higher but when it comes to the touchpad, we will need to decrease the sensitivity or else you will find that it is hard to control the pointer.

AutoSensitivity is an open source program that works on Windows XP, Vista and 7 but requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 to run. This program uses ClickOnce technology for installation which is why you may notice that the installation procedure is a bit different when compared to normal setup.

Windows 7 by design does not support multiple audio output and that is the limitation that many Windows 7 users are not happy with. Some people may want to play sound simultaneously to both speaker and earphone but that is not possible. Once you’ve plugged in the earphone, Windows 7 automatically recognizes it and routes all sound to the earphone. For more complicated scenarios such as wanting to output the sound from a computer game to the earphone while the main speakers plays music from a media player, then it would seemed even more impossible.

Thanks to Virtual Audio Cable, it offers multiple possibilities on how you want to transfer the audio streams between applications and/or devices. Before immediately scrolling to the bottom of this article to download and install Virtual Audio Cable, please be noted that this tool does not work alone just under operating system control. It requires configuration and also must be worked together with audio applications.

The first time IObit generously donated a huge amount of licenses of Advanced SystemCare PRO v3 to raymond.cc readers was 3 years ago. Today I am glad to announce that they are now again giving a total of 10,000 licenses to the latest Advanced SystemCare PRO v5.1 exclusively to raymond.cc readers. If you’ve missed the 24 hours giveaway by IObit on Valentine’s day, here is your second chance! Advanced SystemCare is a software that automatically helps to maintain and take care of your computer. We need to use such utility due to the well known fact that problems start to arise together with the performance of the computer degrades over time and not everyone has the time or knowledge to perform maintenance on Windows operating system or even to fix the problems.

In CNET’s Download.com, Advanced SystemCare 5 is currently ranked #1 in Diagnostic Software category with a total of a whopping 76 million downloads to date. With the incredible amount of downloads plus their 100% money back guarantee that you WILL see a significant improvement in your PC’s performance WITHIN 30 DAYS, or they’ll send you a full refund no questions asked, rest assured that you’re using one of the best, if not the best Windows maintenance software.

Most people install Google Chrome from the official website which is http://www.google.com/chrome. Clicking the big blue Download Google Chrome button will first download the Google Chrome installer (ChromeSetup.exe) which is only 716KB in size. The installer will then download the latest Google Chrome to install it on your computer. Since Windows 95 until the current Windows 7, most if not all third party software is recommended to install in Program Files folder so that we can easily keep track of what software that has been installed on the Windows computer.

If you haven’t noticed, Google Chrome by default installs to AppData folder instead of Program Files. The good thing about installing Chrome in AppData folder is it doesn’t require UAC elevation so any user including Guest account will be able to successfully install without problems. However, for advanced users that prefers to keep all installed software in a standard location which is the Program Files, here is how to do it.