PC Tricks (Blog)

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Some people would like to convert PDF documents to Word documents so that they could edit them in Microsoft Word which they are familiar with. I've tried several free software but most of them don't convert properly, either the words appear corrupted, or the images don't align.

Here's a free software that gives one of the best output with the simplest procedure.

Nowadays your harddisk is so big that you could technically store every CD you own in it. However many software/games don't work if you just copy & paste the files directly from the CD. In this case you will have to..

1. Create the virtual copy of the CD.
2. Create a virtual CD drive that can read the virtual CD.

You'll need two separate programs (all free) to achieve the two steps above.

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First we'll look at Start -> Programs -> Startup folder. Any programs listed there will run during Windows startup. Feel free to add/remove programs from this folder.

However many programs do not utilize this folder and you'll have to follow the steps below: