Use FFmpeg To Easily Extract Audio From FLV FIles And keep it in its original format If you’re looking to extract the audio from Flash Video files (FLV format), there are a few options available. Unfortunately, the choice many of them make for you is to encode the audio stream to a different format. In some cases this isn’t a problem, but if you’re trying to keep the audio identical to what’s inside the video, then you want something that extracts the audio in one piece....

Make OpenOffice Writer Look and Function More Like Microsoft Word Enjoy using this free tool that much more Microsoft Word not only rules the roost when it comes to word processing, the software giant has pushed most of its competitors out of the market. OpenOffice Writer, however, is a free word processor from Oracle to which many home and office users have turned to get the functionality of a high-quality word processor without the high price tag....

Use the Windows Snipping Tool to Capture Popup Menus These are critical when helping someone While many people have begun to use the Windows Snipping tool instead of a third party product to grab screen images, not many realize that it can also be used to capture those elusive popup menus that are so critical when trying to describe how to do something in a document or web page. First start the Snipping Tool application; it’s in your accessories folder....

Manually Add a Contact to a Windows Live Mail Address Book If you’re still using WLM, it’s time to move on Contacts in any e-mail program make it easy to keep track of recipients and easily send out e-mail messages to multiple people at the same time. Windows Live mail allows you to add contacts to a number of categories to keep them organized. Learn how to manually add a contact to your list of Windows Live Mail contacts....

Remove Windows Messenger from Windows 7, Vista, and XP If you ain’t using it, get rid of it Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger are useful programs for instant messaging. However, if you don’t use instant messaging, Messenger can quickly become a resource hogging annoyance that can pop up at the worst possible time. Fortunately, you can remove or uninstall Messenger in all versions of Windows XP, Vista and 7....