Brandstar have recently released a brand new Software page! The software page attempts to tackle the problem of not knowing which software is worth buying and downloading. After all, there are so many options to choose from! It covers a variety of both free and commercial products in the genres of Computer Security, Media, Office Applications and System Tools.
It’s worth checking out!
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A couple of months back Brandstar designed and published a free Address Book tool. The Address Book is ran on Microsoft Access, however don’t stop reading now if you’re thinking ‘I don’t have Access’, you can download for free Access 2007:Access Runtime. The download allows those who don’t have Access to run Access files. It’s great!
The tool came about when Graham, from the Brandstar and pctoolbox team, noticed that many people want a simple tool that can be used for storing information such as; people’s contact details so they can print off labels at Christmas or email address’s for email newsletters.
The database has many features:
Now you know what it is, I better tell you how to use it……
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With all the different Office packages available, we have put together a diagram which we think will help you to make the right decision of which version is best for you! Click on the image to make it viewable!
Please let us know if you have any thoughts!
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Yesterday Brandstar launched a free download of an Access Database that has been specifically written to allow people to easily manage their address list. Perfect for anyone wanting to fast track the printing of addressed for their Christmas cards! But it also has the capabilities of managing Newsletters for small firms or charities, including the option to email the newsletter rather than post it!
You don’t even need to own Microsoft Access to use this tool, you can simple download and install the free Runtime environment and the Access database will run!
Well worth checking out: Brandstar Address Book Tool : Standard Edition
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I thought it would be good to start blogging here with a list of some very useful support sites and forums that we have used in the past (or in some cases still do use) to help solve problems we come across. So if you haven’t found the answer to your question by searching google then trying one of the following may help 
Utter Access – A fantastic support forum for any Microsoft Access Database queries. A very active forum that we have used a number of times when developing Access Applications.
DevShed – This site initially started as a support site for developers working with amongst others: PHP, ASP, C, C++ and Java, but has grown significantly over the last 4-5 years. You can now find virtually any technical answer on the Devshed site or across their network which includes ASPFree, DevHardware, SEO Chat and more. They also all have forums which are very active with some very talented members willing to help.
SmallBizServer – A support site dedicated to helping users having problems with their Small Business Server. A free site although there is a subscription option to get access to some of the premium tutorials which are well worth having access to if you are running a Small Business Server yourself.
Experts Exchange – A support forum that covers virtually everything to do with computers, networks, operating systems, software applications etc! It is free to register but if you want to ask a question you need to have points to give the expert who helps. To get these points you either need to pay for a Premium Membership or be an Expert yourself and earn these points. You can have a 30 day trial so certainly worth checking out.
SurFTP.com – A Web Based FTP site. So if you can’t get access to your FTP program for some reason then this is an alternative. Upload and Download files freely! Also useful if you are demonstrating a website for a client on site and they don’t have a FTP package installed (well why would they!) and you need to make a change! Easy, SurFTP’it !
WAMPServer – Getting a little bit more technical. For those wanting to develop PHP & MySQL on their local machine you can use WAMPServer which will install the Apache WebServer, PHP and MySql easily so that you can test these dynamic database driven websites without having to constantly upload the changes! Very useful.
Mod_ReWrite Tool – Getting even more technical then! With dynamic URL’s not being liked by google for SEO it is becoming common practise to develop sites with SEO friendly URL’s. How to do that with a dynamic site? Use a Mod ReWrite rule in the .htaccess file. For newbies writing these the task can be daunting but this website writes them for you! Fantastic!
Nilpo.com – The name of this site doesn’t mean much! But it is the blog of a self proclaimed Windows Guru! But I have to agree he is pretty good A number of great posts covering Windows, Office and some Other Microsoft technologies.
Google Adwords Keyword Tool - Anyone managing a Google Adwords account will know that knowing what best keywords to use are can be difficult and really make you think. Google Adwords Keyword Tool is an excellent tool to help! Worth checking out
We might add to this as we come across other sites worth putting here. If we added every site we liked it would take a really long time to write! So we will just add the best of the lot!
Any suggestions just shout and we will consider adding it to the list.
Thanks, Graham.
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