I enjoy tinkering with Cyberlink PowerDVD and use it frequently. With an electronics variety store sitting around the house and in the car PowerDVD makes good sense to use since it provides the ability to access each different device to play whatever is stored where ever it is stored. It comes in handy when I have to wait in a doctor’s office or for some other event elsewhere and I had sense enough to take my tablet that already has Cyberlink ready to play.

When I first attempted to load this package onto my laptop I met one failure after another. I tried to install it on my desktop but also failed. Attempts to secure assistance from Kaspersky met with line-busy and unavailable help. I finally installed it on my older desktop and used it for a while; however, I sent the old desktop to the local cyber grave yard along with Kaspersky. I have installed almost every protection package on a plethora of computers and this is the only one that did not operate at any level of satisfaction.

This installed flawlessly on my Windows 7 computer. After it ran an update I was good to go. I liked the video in the beginning. it outlined every section that will be covered and was a great overview. This program works just like TurboTax. The process is broken up into sections that check themselves off as you complete them and there are several help options throughout the process. I found myself perusing the index often.

If you started with Publisher to get some flyers and basic projects done and needed more features to take your design to a new level but do not have the cash for the Adobe suite. Then the Corel Suite is what you need. It has more than enough professional grade tools to keep you inspired. Some of the programs have limited functionality like the Tracing program. It reminds me of the now defunct Adobe streamline product and Tracing has always been a hit and miss affair depending on the quality of the scan.

I purchased this full version so I could load it on my Macbook via bootcamp and it worked flawlessly. All of the drivers for my computer peripherals were loaded correctly. The At&T Uverse wireless internet was configured in a snap. Bootcamp is a great utility. I was only able to load 32 bit version because my mac was just on the outside of the requirements for 64 bit. But it still works great!

I was unable to get this to complete a whole DVD of content. I wasted almost an entire spool of DVD’s. I have given up trying to get this to work. I will probably end up using a service like Stash Space. I have less than 10 tapes that are worthy of converting so it will be worth having a pro do it. I wanted this to work so bad!nnI received this product free of charge to try through the vine program.

Walks you through the basics in a straightforward manner. Obviously not as good as working with a good attorney, but also less expensive. Many attorney prepared wills are essentially a matter of filling in the blanks on a template, and that is what this software helps you do.

Occassionally I have a need to scan in a hard copy document in order to continue editing it. Luckily, this need is more and more rare in these days of electronically produced and distributed documents, but sometimes we need to bridge the old school with the new. When that happens, I fire up Omnipage and get it done. Fortunately I didn’t need to contact customer support, as this company, like so many software companies, doesn’t have a great reputation that way.

Next year I am going back to Turbo Tax. I have been doing my own tax returns for over 20 years now and have been using PC software to help for over 12 of those years. Tax Cut is clumsy and buggy compared to my earlier experiences with TurboTax. I’m not going to go through a blow-by-blow of the problems with this program, but suffice to say that I think it is a hard to use program which makes the pain of tax time worse, not better.

This seems ok for routine basic documents, but if there is any kind of serious money at stake I would still be more comfortable using a real live attorney.