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Free Alternative for Adobe Acrobat Professional

November 28th, 2009 2 comments

OK so we need free alternative software which have these capability: read pdf, add comments, annotations, or stamps; split or merge pdf, add security, and print everything into pdf.

PDF-XChange Viewer + doPDF + PDFTK = Adobe Acrobat Professional

These are the software we need. It’s lightweight, freeware, and available in portable version.

1. PDF-XChange Viewer (Info | Portable)
PDF-XChange Viewer screenshot
This is a PDF reader and editor. You can add comments, annotations, stamps, and dozen of professional features. Only 4MB (15MB after extract) download!

2. doPDF (info)
doPDF screenshot

doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF files by selecting the “Print” command from virtually any application.

3. PDFTK Builder (info | portable)
PDFTK Builder screenshot

It is a GUI frontend to the command-line based PDFTK. It supports the following operations on PDF files: merge, split, background, decrypt and password protection.

Free Amazing Alternative Software for CorelDRAW, Microsoft Office, and AutoCAD

November 16th, 2009 2 comments

We not talked about InkScape or OpenOffice or QCAD. These software is amazing for me because the tools and the way they used are almost the same with the commercial one. The softwares are:

1. Serif DrawPlus SE — alternative to CorelDRAW.
Serif DrawPlus SE
2. Kingsoft Office Personal 2007 — alternative to Microsoft Office 2003. Download here.
KingSoft Writer
KingSoft Spreadsheets
KingSoft Presentations
3. progeSOFT progeCAD Smart 2009 — alternative to AutoCAD and not for commercial use.
progeCAD Smart 2009

Graphic Performance in Compaq Presario CQ40-419TX

October 27th, 2009 5 comments

Update 7 November 2009

Specification of the notebook:

CPU: Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T4200
RAM: DDR2 800MHz 1024MB
VGA: nVIDIA GeForce G 103M 512MB (dedicated)
HDD: 250GB 5400rpm
Complete spec see HERE
Compaq Presario CQ40-419TX

Performance Review

1. 3DMarks 2005 : 3940 | CPUMarks 2005 : 9704
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Bottle Caps for Free and Environmental-friendly Laptop Stands

October 6th, 2009 No comments

Got this inspiration because I feel the temperature under my laptop is quite hot. Since the original laptop stands is low, so the air circulation is not good for heat release. And I got this idea after seeing bunch of plastics waste – most of them is bottle and separated from organic waste – in my house. Well, why not use the bottle caps for laptop stands ^^
Bottle Caps for Laptop Stands

I also use broken file binder for laptop base if I use my laptop in bedroom.
File Binder for Laptop Base

Install G 103M Driver on Windows 7

June 20th, 2009 3 comments

nVidia GeForce G 103M ussually used in notebook for the VGA adapter. Recently I had problem when install it in Windows 7 for my laptop, HP Compaq Presario CQ40-419TX. nVidia has provide the driver in their website [download here], but the driver couldn’t be installed in Windows 7. Windows only want to use default Windows VGA driver instead from nVidia. After doing some experiment, I got the solution.
Download the driver, run the file, 186.03_notebook_win7_32bit_international_whql.exe. If you click it, it will extract firstly to the drive, usually in C:\NVIDIA. Don’t continue the installation, it won’t work since it will only install the HD Audio driver, not the VGA driver. We only need the extracted files.

How To:

1. Open Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> right click on Standard VGA Adapter -> Update Driver Software…
2. Browse my computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
3. Click on Have Disk… button.
4. Browse in C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\186.03\International\Displ ay\nvaa.inf
5. Select G 103M. OK.
Now you can experience the aero / 3D flip effect ^^
Windows Experience Index
And for the audio driver, I only use from Windows default, since the driver from HP (for Vista) didn’t work.
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