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RegMerge: Compare Registry Files With Windows Registry & Merge Changes

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Windows Registry is a database that is used to store the configuration settings of Windows native system utilities and user applications. It includes default settings for the operating system components and user applications, as well as information related to hardware connected to the computer. It  is used by device drivers, kernal, UI, SAM and other third party applications. As various processes and services are continuously running in the background, changes made by these components are also reflected in real-time in Windows Registry. Windows doesn't provide any way to monitor these changes in real-time, however, back in January, we covered an application for Windows called RegFromApp, which let users monitor the changes made to registry by any selected application. Although quite handy, it did not provide you any kind of option to check and compare the changes made to Windows Registry. We have another software for our readers that might cope with this problem. Labeled as RegMerge,  it is an application for Windows that allows you to compare one or more Windows registry (REG) files with current values in Windows Registry. This may come helpful in situations where you need to compare the changes between exported registry keys and current registry keys to decide whether the exported registry hives are to be restored or not. Additionally, it provides you with an option to merge all the selected changed registry keys into Windows registry. Read More

5 Best Free Screen Capture Software For Windows

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At AddictiveTips, we are always looking for newer and better software that can make the life of our readers simpler. Screenshots are used in several situations; from creating a manual to getting help on a forum, screenshots act as a visual aid to the topic or problem under discussion. We have covered a lot of screenshot-taking tools in the recent, as well as not-so-recent past. Today, we thought of picking out some of the best screenshot tools and comparing them against each other for our readers. The following articles contains a roundup of five of the best screenshot taking tools featured on AddictiveTips. Read More

Compare Two Folders For Matching Data Even With Similar File Names

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A lot of times, it happens that when you copy a lot of new information and place it along with items that you have saved in the past, multiple copies of the same item are created; one from the old collection, and a replica from the new one. Thus, this creates a lot of confusion, because sometimes, it might be that the name of two files may be the same, but their content can be different from one another and merely deciding to delete the “duplicate” file on the basis of the file name alone may result in loss of important data. Likewise, the two files maybe sharing a different name but the content is same. So, what would you do in this case? Open all the files with similar names one by one and manually check if the content is different or similar? Don’t be a noob! No one's got such extra time at disposal especially in today's hectic schedules. To cope with this however, you may use BS Folder Compare instead. It is a portable folder comparison utility for Windows that allows you to compare two folder structures with options to include or exclude user-specified file types. The application also generates an HTML report of the comparison results. Read More

AccdbMerge: Compare MS Access Databases, Find Differences & Merge Objects

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Comparing multiple objects from two separate MS Access databases is not only difficult, but also quite a tedious task, as one needs to first check each data set in databases, and then make required changes to DB objects. If you’re working with multiple versions of Access database, you may be looking for a tool that can help you identify the differences between all major objects of database, including tables, forms, reports, queries and so on. Instead of tallying each dataset and DB objects, you could use AccdbMerge to instantly view the differences, and import & export selected objects from both database versions to easily merge the required sections. AccdbMerge supports both widely used Access database formats, including MDB and ACCDB, allowing you to read all the elements of database without having to install any additional tools. Read More

Flitskikker Info Tool: Compare System Specifications With Game Requirements

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Sometimes, it happens that we buy a game, bring its CD home, install it, and when run the game for playing, we find that the game is not compatible with our hardware, meaning that either we need more processing power, more RAM, or a better graphic card in order to run the game. Sometimes, lowering the graphic requirements from the game options can be a solution, but that does not work every time. In order to avoid wasting money on games you cannot even play, it is important to know which ones is your PC capable of running. Flitskikker Info Tool is a system information utility that displays information related to hardware connected to your PC. The application generates a text file as well as BB Code with all the accurate system information which can be saved and posted on forums whenever you need help with a hardware issue. Flitskikker Info Tool includes a Game Advisor to help you identify compatible games exactly according to the specification of your system. You can select a game from a list to compare system’s specifications with the requirements of a game to check whether your PC hardware is capable to run the game or not. Read More

Duplicate Line Finder Compares & Joins Text Files With Duplicates

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Consider yourself in a situation where you are writing a code and you want line by line comparison of two different versions of files to check duplication. Would you open both the files side by side and check each line of code? Duplicate Line Finder is an application made for comparing and identifying duplicates in two text based files. The application is backed by two duplicate identification methods; by Word and by Line. You can either set it to find the duplicate lines in provided files or choose to find and strip only duplicate words. It offers some complementary duplicate finding options to create different versions of both files, such as, Strip Internal Duplicates, Build Excluded Versions, and Build Join Versions. The two file versions (with duplicates included and duplicates excluded) will help you compare both processed text files side by side. Moreover, it has the ability to join both types (text file with duplicates and text file without duplicates) of text file versions, separately. Read More

Compare Visual Studio 2010 Code Modules With ClipboardDiff

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It happens quite often that we come across two apparently same modules in code file opened in Visual Studio. Since comparing code structure in Visual Studio is relatively difficult than other lightweight software IDEs, one has to find other ways than to open two Visual Studio windows to find differences between code structures/modules in question. Many users simply copy the code modules to plain text file and then compare them side-by-side to find differences. If you hate going through long winded processes to compare two code structures from Visual Studio, ClipboardDiff provides a simple yet quick solution. It’s a small add-in that lets users compare code modules, moved to Windows clipboard, through any external file comparison tool. Read More

Compare Two Source Codes And Text Files In Notepad++ With Compare

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Notepad++ is considered to be one of the best extensible text source editing application. It not only offers a wide range of native add-ins but supports third-party plugins as well, allowing users to further extend its functionality by including new features. We have previously reviewed a brilliant HTML tag finding plug-in for Notepad++ called HTML Tag. Today, we will look at another simple yet powerful plug-in for Notepad++ called Compare. Since its first release in 2007, Compare has been consistently updated with new features and improvements. For those who never tried it before, it’s the ability to compare two source code and plain text files opened in Notepad++ tabs. While it allows you to customize the comparison method, you can also toggle some of its markers on/off which show differences between text files in focus. Read More

Visually Compare Code & Text With Online File Comparison App ‘DiffNow’

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Comparing text or code isn’t something that the average person has to do but for developers or programmers who are often plagued with this task, it’s nothing short of a nightmare especially if you don’t have an effective tool to help you do the job. DiffNow is an online app that lets you compare text, code (HTML, Python Unicode), PDF documents, binary files and Zip archives. The app interface is divided in to two panels that scroll simultaneously as you scroll up or down making it easier to compare code line by line. The app also detects the differences in text/ code and highlights it accordingly. Read More

Mactracker – Get Detail Information About Mac Hardware And Software, Compare Different Mac Systems

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System Profiler in Mac, just like Windows System Information utility, doesn’t give a detailed insight into different system components, including, hardware, peripheral devices, installed software, display adapter, sound driver, etc. That's the reason why many Mac users like to use third-party system information tools to get in-depth information regarding their systems. Mactracker is quite different from other system information tools available for Mac. While it gives information on everything which you want to know about your Mac, it caters to almost all the Mac software versions and other hardware devices to let you know which device is compatible with your Mac in terms of both hardware and software. Mactracker also provides historical information about different Mac versions, supported hardware, software and other related devices. The Timeline feature shows all the versions of Mac minis, Mac desktops, Notebooks, and other iOS devices by their year of introduction. You can further pick up one model and delve deep into its software and hardware components to check out compatible hardware and software devices, OS versions supported, system architecture, etc. Read More

Diffuse Compares Both Text And Code, With Option To Merge Into One File

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Comparing text files becomes indispensable in many instances, where system administrators find it confounding to compare multiple huge log files manually, application developers also need an efficient text comparison tool which offers a detailed insight into the line differences in application's module code files. For placid users who don’t care much about advance features, we have already covered two simple file comparison tools - diffChecker and CompareMyFiles. If you’re looking for an advanced utility for carrying out complex text comparisons, try out Diffuse, an opensource application which brings a great number of features to compare multiple text files with an option to merge changes on the fly. Read More

How To Find And Remove Duplicate Audio Files

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There are plenty of audio tools out there which let you remove duplicate music or audio files. But these tools compare audio files by their name, tag, artist, etc which is not an accurate method. What if you have two similar audio files under completely different names? This is where Audio Comparer comes in. It actually listens to your music or audio files and compare them based on the audio content. This process is obviously a little slow, but the results are very accurate. Read More