Software – Daves Computer Tips

Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0626)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:20:37 +0000

Check out our DCT Forum. There, you can get answers to your computer questions, or just hang out and chat with other Forum members. It will also allow you to help others, which is always a nice thing to do. Try it out! Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are set in stone.

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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0526)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:16:38 +0000

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AnyTech365 AntiScam Ultimate Overview & Giveaway

Richard Pedersen — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:39:22 +0000

AnyTech365 has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for their AntiScam365 Ultimate programs. These are one-year/one PC licenses and are currently each valued at $80.00 (US). “AnyTech365 AntiScam Ultimate combines full anti-scam protection with advanced detection and continuous monitoring to stop scammers before they escalate. With tamper-resistant defenses, 24/7…

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Will Half-Life 3 Launch With The Steam Machine In 2026?

Marc Thomas — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:02:09 +0000

Considered one of the most important video games of modern times, Half-Life 2 was launched way back in 2004, and I still remember having the DVD shipped to me in Spain. But it was also the first time I had experienced digital game downloading because the DVD contained only part of the game, thus requiring us to set up an account with Valve’s gaming platform, Steam. Half-Life 2 still looks great…

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Easily Debloat Windows With ‘Winhance’

Jim Hillier — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:17:41 +0000

Looking for an easy solution to slim down Windows? Look no further! Based on a suggestion from one of our regular readers, I checked out “Winhance,” a free and open-source Windows debloat/enhancement utility to see what it offered, and I must say I am very impressed. Many thanks to Reg for the suggestion. There are quite a few Windows debloat/slimming tools around at the moment…

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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0426)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:01:14 +0000

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HandBrake – Save Your Own Presets

Terry Hollett — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:09:52 +0000

My movie collection file size ballooned from around 300GB to 1.2TB. I couldn’t understand why, since I only recorded a couple more movies from my cable box. I scanned through my videos only to find that the last movies copied over were 140Gb to 170GB in size. I must have picked the wrong codecs to save in Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). I wrote about this before about reducing the size of…

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How To Quickly & Easily Convert Any File

Jim Hillier — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:05:21 +0000

How would you like to have an option in the right-click menu to quickly and easily convert any file, right there in File Explorer? That’s what you get with this terrific freeware with the rather exotic name, File Converter. Thanks to fellow author and friend Marc Thomas, who recommended File Explorer in the first place. I’m not one who needs to frequently convert files, and in the past…

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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0326)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:12:32 +0000

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EaseUS Data Recovery Pro Overview & Giveaway

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:10:03 +0000

This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! EaseUS, a long-time favorite, has generously offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five lifetime licenses for their Data Recovery Pro software. These licenses are currently each valued at $79.95 (US). There is currently a discount running for…

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Making ISO From CD/DVD Using ImgBurn

Terry Hollett — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:58:05 +0000

For personal reasons, I’m going to make a bootable USB from a Windows 7 CD that I have. I’m going to be using a program called ImgBurn to do this. Download ImgBurn. I know. It hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still works. I put in my disc. Then I open up ImgBurn and click on “Create image file from disc”. Select your source CD/DVD and allow it a minute to prepare.

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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0226)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:02:56 +0000

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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0126)

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:02:48 +0000

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ASCOMP Screencapt Overview & Giveaway

Richard Pedersen — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:01:12 +0000

This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! ASCOMP has come through again with five licenses for their Screencapt program. These licenses are valued at $24.90 (US) each. Lifetime license (lifelong use; including updates, downloads & support for two years). There is also a 14-day money-back…

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