Archive for the 'Tools' Category

Meet your USB app launching needs with PStart

I carry a lot of applications around with me my on USB memory stick for use in impromptu testing situations. I need a tool to help me manage them. I use PStart from Pegtop Software to do that. If you haven’t used PStart before, or haven’t dabbled in the world of portable software then this […]

Resource Hacking for Beginners

I’m going to introduce you to the Win32 testing tool that I use for looking at application resources, and which I used to find Mercury Screen Recorder secrets.

Mercury Quality Center in "It Supports Exploratory Testing" Shock

I can’t believe I’m about to promote Mercury Quality Center, particularly in regards to exploratory testing, but here goes…

MWSnap THE freeware screen capture tool

No more messing around with Alt+PrintScreen, use the freeware MWSnap to improve your screen captures.

How to cope without MS Project

MS Project is the project schedule tool that I encounter more on site than any other tool, and the one that I personally prefer to use on sites.
But sometimes things don’t go as planned and I recently found myself without MS Project on a site with many MS Project Plans.
Sadly Microsoft do not provide a […]

Get maximum value from a second laptop

If you want a multiple monitor setup and don’t have a spare monitor, but you do have a second laptop, then you need Maxivista.

Free Program Launchers

Two useful free progam launchers that I have running in the background are:

Launchy and
SlickRun