MD5 Checksum Verifier is an easy-to-use utility for identifying changes in a file using the MD5 hash function. Although the program is straightforward, only advanced users are likely to need its functionality.

The program provides a simple tabbed interface that lets you calculate a file’s checksum (which is a digit used to check whether errors have occurred in the transmission or storage of data), save the checksums of all files in a specific directory, and verify the checksums of the files against that earlier record. MD5 Checksum Verifier successfully detected changes we made in volatile files–files such as Word documents, which one expects to change over time–as well as the addition and deletion of files into the directory we were monitoring.

If you are unfamiliar with checksums and their use in monitoring the integrity of files, the application will not be of much assistance. In-line messaging is sparse, and the equally terse Help file merely restates without explanation what each tab does. For advanced users looking for a simple way of tracking files using MD5, this application (15-day trial; $14.95 to buy) may be worth the money.

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Driver Magician Lite lets you easily back up all of your computer’s drivers.

Pros

Most of the work is done for you: All of your drivers are listed as soon as you open the software. The software even highlights those that aren’t included in Microsoft Windows, and advises you that these are the ones that should be backed up. Checkboxes let you choose the drivers you want to back up, or you can Choose All to back up every driver in the list. After that, you just need to indicate where the drivers should be saved.

Cons

Really lite: Driver Magician Lite does one thing and one thing only. If you want to update or otherwise manage your drivers, you’ll need to upgrade.

Bottom Line

Consider the cost (in time or money) if something goes wrong with your computer, and you need those drivers and don’t have them. Stack that up against the fact that Driver Magician Lite will save them for you for free, and it’s an easy sell, whether you upgrade or not.

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GoldSolution’s PC Auto Shutdown answers many needs with flexible options for scheduling automatic shutdown, power-off, restart, hibernate, and other commands. Its wizard-based interface makes setting custom schemes a breeze. PC Auto Shutdown is shareware that is free to try for 15 days. The latest version fully supports Windows 8. We tried it in both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.

When the program’s installer closed, a compact window opened to its Timer tab, which displayed Add, Edit, and Delete buttons and a grid view sorted by Title, Status, Shutdown Event, Activation Time, and Frequency. Clicking Add produced the Timer Settings tool. We named and configured our timer from a range of features, including a weekly menu and various activation options, and clicked OK. We set our Shutdown time for 3 minutes and clicked Next.

The Wizard walked us through the remaining Tabs in turn, each clearly labeled by function: General, Hotkeys, Sound, Clean up, Password, and Log. The Clean up tab offered a menu of additional actions such as emptying the Recycle Bin and clearing browser data. The password tool is a valuable option when other users have access to your PC. After we’d set everything, we clicked OK, closed all our open programs, and waited. On schedule and without fuss, PC Auto Shutdown shut our system down. When we rebooted, everything ran normally. One thing we’d like to see is a visible countdown timer, perhaps with a flashing alert for when sound isn’t an option.

Advanced users can program commands into PC Auto Shutdown, though we didn’t try. For most users, PC Auto Shutdown offers more than enough extra capabilities, compared to Windows. It’s quite inexpensive, so you can try it for a couple of weeks and see if it makes your life easier.

Editors’ note: This is a review of the trial version of PC Auto Shutdown 5.3.

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The typical media player can’t handle Flash videos, so a variety of specialized players have sprung up for this purpose. Flash Player Pro is one such program, promising to both manage your library of Flash videos and allow you to download new ones. We tried out the trial version of the program, which is limited to 15 days of use and has a few other limitations. It worked well enough, but strange error messages caused us to waste time troubleshooting problems that didn’t actually exist.

The program’s interface is dated and not particularly attractive, but it’s easy enough to figure out. A tree hierarchy lets users navigate to the directories where their Flash videos are stored; a pane below the tree hierarchy displays the contents of each folder. The large pane on the right holds the actual player. Flash Player Pro had no problem playing Flash videos that we already had, but downloading new ones proved to be unnecessarily confusing. We copied the URL of a video we wanted to download, posted it into the appropriate box on the interface, and clicked Go. The program displayed a list of Flash videos contained on the Web page, with check boxes allowing us to select which ones we wanted to download. This was all fairly straightforward, but every time we tried to download, the program displayed a vague error message at the end of the download causing us to think that it had failed. We were about to write Flash Player Pro off completely when we discovered that, in spite of the error messages, it actually had downloaded everything we’d asked it to. We liked some of its other features, such as its ability to take screen captures and set images from the videos as our desktop wallpaper. Perhaps our favorite thing about Flash Player Pro was that it let us convert the videos into screensavers, although these contained a green box noting that they had been created with the unregistered version of the software. The program comes with a Help file that’s adequate, if not particularly thorough.

Weird error messages and funky interface aside, we were impressed with Flash Player Pro’s features. It’s worth checking out if you do a lot of work with Flash videos. The program installs and uninstalls without issues.

Editors’ note: This is a review of the trial version of Flash Player Pro 5.3.

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We update the app regularly so we can make it better for you. Get the latest version for all of the available Easy Macro Recorder features. This version includes several bug fixes and performance improvements.

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