More for Me Means More for You: Shareware Utilities for Windows Me Billings MT

Posted by : Dan Heilman

So, do you think you'll be getting a shiny, shrink-wrapped copy of Windows Millennium under your holiday tree? If it's at the top of your gift list, you might also want to consider some decorative garlands (a.k.a. utilities) to go with it.

As is usually the case with a high-profile new software product, users are discovering myriad ways to make it more productive and entertaining. This month we'll look at a handful of those Windows Me enhancements, most of which can be bought cheap and previewed for free at such shareware repositories as Tucows.com, or directly from the Web sites noted below.

The process of manipulating what you see on the screen is overdue for simplification, and some help is on the way thanks to Silverlake Tech. The company's Print Screen Works lets you capture and then print, fax, e-mail, or save any image, text, or video on your computer screen with the push of one button (Print Screen). The program uses three hot keys to capture either the entire screen, the active window, or a portion of your screen-just drag the cursor to outline the area you want. Sounds almost Mac-like, doesn't it? You also can automatically print an image each time one is captured on your screen and save the image as a BMP or JPEG file, encrypt the image for private e-mails (with 56-bit encryption), and adjust the size of the image prior to printing.

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