Free screenshot program

Greenshot is a full-featured open source screenshot capture utility.

Free web-based word processor

Zoho is a free web-based word processor that allows you to work online and offline to edit and store documents. Zoho is favouringly compared to Google Docs in this review.

Edit startup programs on Windows to speed up computer

Autoruns is a Microsoft-supported freeware utility that allows you to view and edit the programs that start up with Windows or on boot. This is a better way than msconfig to speed up your computer. This works well in conjunction with CCleaner as a routine system cleanup.

Test your site in different versions of Internet Explorer

IETester is a free web-browser tester that has Internet Explorer 8, 7, 6 and 5.5 built in for Windows.

Freeware open source encryption utility

Truecrypt is a free on-the-fly encryption system for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

How to add a "Buy me a beer" button to your blog

There's a lot of ways to make money from your website using ads, but some have taken to adding "Buy me a beer" buttons. This is easily achieved by signing up to Paypal and then following the "Merchant services" link to the "Website Payments standard" menu. Follow the links to "Sell single item." Paypal gives you the option to choose your own image, you can use the image below if you want - from there just copy the code into your blog.

Designer Knowledge gets a new layout!

I've finally done something I've been intending to do for ages. The blog now has a new dark layout. For a short time, you can see the previous layout on Google cache here.

How to skin Facebook on your browser

You can now finally customise your Facebook page using Stylish addon for Firefox. Simply install the addon by clicking here, then visit UserStyles.org to browse the available skins. It is a one click process to install a new skin and they are easy switched. I am currently a fan of the Vista Ultimate Skin Beta.

Freeware file recovery

Recuva is freeware utility designed to rescue files that you have accidentally deleted.

Clean your temp files and cache

CCleaner is a great freeware system cleaner that will clean your registry, remove unnecessary files as well as clear your cache and web history. Also try Defraggler, a freeware defragmenter by the same company.

Free web server with ASP support

Baby Web server is a freeware Microsoft IIS alternative with native ASP support.

Free HTML editor / notepad replacement

HTML Beauty++ is one of the best free notepad replacements for HTML editing that I have found. Supports code colouring and browser integration.

Burn any movie format to DVD

DVD Flick is a free, open source DVD authoring program that will convert many video formats easily. There is a guide to using it here: Lifehacker DVD Shrink guide.