Software Utilities Listing - Page 3

sorrow · 06-16-2005, 04:09 PM

XP Antispy

http://www.xp-antispy.org/

Great little app for disabling "features" in windows. Similar to tweak xp but has things that windows wouldn't want you to mess with as well.

Check it out you'll love it.

XenoS_abx · 07-27-2005, 08:18 PM

Kerio isn't on the firewall list. I still use 2.1.5 which is free and works well if you don't like a lot of bloat. Verions 4.x is a more full featured version, but costs money (though it has a limited feature, free mode too). A good free registry utility is RegSeeker. I think Deep Paint 2.0 recently became freeware, might want to add that under image editing. Burrrn is a free program for making audio CD's from files in all kinds of audio formats. Finally, I didn't see Crap Cleaner anywhere on that list. Just a few good free ones I thought I'd mention heh. ;-)

Edit: Just found a free alternative to Nero! It's called CDBurnerXP Pro. Going to try burning a Linux distro to DVD-RW later today. Been working hard lately to create a system totally free of bloated/expensive commerical applications since my last format a week or so ago. So far so good, and the forums for this one make it sound like a winner.

wonderwrench · 08-12-2005, 09:54 PM

I use Imgviewer32 quite often. It does batch file type conversion, batch resize, crop (shows the height and width of the crop aka 1024x768 etc. in real time), add text, Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma adjustments are selectable by slider bar. Tune Dialogs include Sharpen, Soften, and Blur, color adjustments on the Red/Green/Blue scale and slide shows. And its now freeware.
http://www.arcatapet.net/imgv32.cfm

SlowJoeBlow · 08-13-2005, 08:58 AM

I think if your the owner of an ATI video card, you should try Ray Adams ATI tools. I Love this little app

http://www.radeon2.ru/atitray/ Get it and forget about the CCC

mr. Charles · 10-27-2005, 11:31 AM

. . . . Hey KT? ! ! . . . look's like it's been a while for this thread and thought i'd put in a "plug" for here......

......... came across this and thought maybe you'd like to add this to your list 's of in the "BackUp / Imaging / Restore" catagory...

......good thing about this is the $$$ PRICE.....> > > it's " FREE " < < <

......

. . . . . click here 2 GO & C & read about . . . . .

. . . [ just a note, I already do have & use Acronis 9.0........but thought other's out there might wanna save $$$ and try out this......

]

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Sandpiper · 11-19-2005, 10:08 PM

I notice there's still a (P) beside Opera. Version 8.5 is free. For some reason, there always seems to be misconceptions about Opera. I've been using it since version 5.x, and at that time (and since), it was a free download. A rectanglar banner was in the right upper corner for revolving ads. To me, it was small, unobtrusive -- didn't bother me at all. I never clicked on the banner. Anyway, I think it'd be appropriate to list it now as freeware.

ATINUT · 11-19-2005, 10:54 PM

I'm in the process of switching my main AntiSpyware app over to PCTOOLS SpyWare Doctor, SpySweeper has gone down hill in recent months and has been missing some spyware that SpyWare Doctor detects and removes.

I plan on getting TuneUp Utilities 2006 pretty soon. I also plan on getting PC Tools Registry Mechanic, Privacy Guardian, and Spam Monitor.

Terry Reynolds · 02-15-2006, 12:04 PM

A few additions (I tried not to duplicate anything already submitted.):

1) Screen Capture software: (This stuff is a great way to record configuration settings when you get certain things optimized.)

(F) MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
(F) WinGrab - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/de...plication=6152
No vendor homepage, but generally available at download sites. Google "per.skjerpe WinGrab", rather than just "WinGrab" as there is malware out there by that name.
(P) !QuickCapture - http://www.etrusoft.com/#!quick%20screen%20capture
Probably the easiest to use with the "capture current window" function that doesn't require you to select the window after you hit the quick-key, and quick-keys that don't have to pop up preview windows

2) Rootkit Detection and Removal:

(F) Blacklight - http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/
Freeware for at least a couple more months.
(F) IceSword - http://xfocus.net/tools/200505/1032.html
English version link http://xfocus.net/tools/200509/IceSword_en1.12.rar
(F) Rootkit Revealer - http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...tRevealer.html
Detection only, but the benchmark for many of the others
(F) Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-75b8eb148356
Run it on-line at http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx
(F) Resplendence Rootkit Hook Analyzer - http://www.resplendence.com/hookanalyzer
(Thanks PCBruiser) Detection only
(F) Invisible Things Rootkit Tools - http://www.invisiblethings.org/tools.html
An eclectic set of detection related tools

3) File Removal:

(F) Move On Boot - http://www.gibinsoft.net/
(Thanks, PCBruiser) Go to "File Utilities" and check the bottom of the page for freeware versions.
This program assists with files that can't be removed because they are "in use".

4) Download and Help Sites:

SnapFiles - http://www.webattack.com/
My personal favorite for utilities
NoNags - http://www.nonags.com/
Provides only freeware that is provided. and only that without purchase nags, addware, etc.
TuCows - http://www.tucows.com/
One of the better sites
NsClean Freebies - http://www.nsclean.com/freebies.html
Highly recommend HTAStop. DSOStop2 and SockLock are still useful, despite Microsoft fixes
Merjin - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
Home of free HijackThis! and ADS Spy
JavaCool - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
Home of free SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, and MRUBlaster
Diamond Computer Systems - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=products
Another great site for computer security tools, many of them freeware
Wilders.Org Security Advisors - http://www.wilders.org/
An excellent security help site
Castle Cops - http://www.castlecops.com/
An excellent security help site
Tom Coyote - http://www.tomcoyote.org/
An excellent security help site
Fresh Software - http://www.freshsoftware.com/
Both payware and freeware, best known for Antigen, X-NetStat and Sentry

5) Registry Cleaners:

(P) Registry Vaccine - http://www.horizondatasys.com/produc...tml?page_id=33

6) Spyware Programs:

(F) Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
(Thanks DutchBBQ) Replaces Microsoft Anti-Spyware.

menelik seth · 04-02-2007, 06:46 PM

Great list xD here's a few of my favs:

Great list! I'll toss a lil somthing:

Miranda IM (Freeware) I really tiny multi-protocol chat client that has tons of plugins you can use to expand its capabilities. Although I only use it as-is (with the Yet Another Pop-up Plugin, YAPP, installed) I'm able to keep in touch with all my friends that use Yahoo, MSN and Googletalk.

XnView (Freeware) a small and snappy little photo-viewer, which I find useful to organize and view photos, with some built-in photo-editing capabilities. There's a "batch convert" feature, but unfortunately no "batch rename" which I frequently find need for (any suggestions for a software that has this feature would be appriciated).

PHP Designer 2007 (pay) is the first (and only) IDE I ever used, has tons of features (syntax highlighting, built in support for FTP, directory browsing etc. I have no frame of reference, but it just makes my work really easy. Unfortunately Now you only get a free trial; but I had downloaded a previous version (2006) when it was in beta and for free...

CCleaner (Freeware) Great for cleaning up windows machines, removing temp files etc and registry cleaning

**Sandog** · 06-09-2007, 11:17 AM

OCCT, a free CPU/memory stability test.

OCCT comes from "OverClock Checking Tool". Here is a list of its features :

Up to 16-core support ( for instance, up to a Quad-Kentsfield or an Octo-Conroe )
Customizable tests ( Duration, Priority, CPU or RAM, ... )
CPU and Motherboard detection
Monitoring support through 3rd party application ( i.e. MBM5, Speedfan and Everest Ultimate Edition 3.50 or above )
Can produce graphs showing temperature and voltages during the test : Unique feature !
Multi-language support

and much more !

OCCT Website english

JentheBird · 02-26-2008, 11:09 PM

You can add
"liteCam:records streaming videos"

"Gom Player: Plays any formats"

"Videora iPod Converter: Convert videos for your iPod"

zappyboy · 09-13-2008, 10:26 PM

Great list!!!!!

bassgt47 · 09-14-2008, 04:54 PM

(P) Disk Imaging - Shadowprotect Desktop - StorageCraft

(F) Image Editing - Paint.net - Paint.NET

06-16-2005, 04:09 PM	#31
sorrow 010011100100100101001110 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,240	XP Antispy http://www.xp-antispy.org/ Great little app for disabling "features" in windows. Similar to tweak xp but has things that windows wouldn't want you to mess with as well. Check it out you'll love it. __________________ A64 X2 4800+ (Toledo) A8N32-SLI-Deluxe PQI 2x1gb (2.5/4/4/8/1T) WD 150gb 10,000rpm Raptor eVGA 7950GX2 Asus Xonar DX Thermaltake PurePower 560w Gigabyte Aurora Case Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD My site in progress: http://www.average-geek.com
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07-27-2005, 08:18 PM	#32
XenoS_abx Alien Invader Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,300	Kerio isn't on the firewall list. I still use 2.1.5 which is free and works well if you don't like a lot of bloat. Verions 4.x is a more full featured version, but costs money (though it has a limited feature, free mode too). A good free registry utility is RegSeeker. I think Deep Paint 2.0 recently became freeware, might want to add that under image editing. Burrrn is a free program for making audio CD's from files in all kinds of audio formats. Finally, I didn't see Crap Cleaner anywhere on that list. Just a few good free ones I thought I'd mention heh. ;-) Edit: Just found a free alternative to Nero! It's called CDBurnerXP Pro. Going to try burning a Linux distro to DVD-RW later today. Been working hard lately to create a system totally free of bloated/expensive commerical applications since my last format a week or so ago. So far so good, and the forums for this one make it sound like a winner. __________________ My Rig: DFI LANparty NF4 SLI-DR + Evercool VC-RE (NF4LD406 BIOS) \| AMD64 X2 4400+ @ 2.5 GHz \| Thermalright SI-120 + Aerocool Xtreme Turbine \| Mushkin Redline 2GB DDR500 3-3-2-8 @ 500 MHz \| eVGA 7950 GX2 (500/1200) \| Dell 2405FPW 24" LCD \| Two 74GB Western Digital Raptors (00FLC0) \| Two 300GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10's \| LG GSA-4167B DL DVD/R/RW \| Creative X-Fi Platinum \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Aerocool ZeroDBA 620W PSU \| Cooler Master Stacker 830 Case \| Sunbeam Rheobus \| Logitech G15 Keyboard \| Logitech MX-1000 Mouse \| D-Link DGL-4300 Router \| Belkin Universal UPS 800VA Last edited by XenoS : 07-28-2005 at 05:02 PM.
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08-12-2005, 09:54 PM	#33
wonderwrench ABXpert Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mpls MN Posts: 1,580	I use Imgviewer32 quite often. It does batch file type conversion, batch resize, crop (shows the height and width of the crop aka 1024x768 etc. in real time), add text, Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma adjustments are selectable by slider bar. Tune Dialogs include Sharpen, Soften, and Blur, color adjustments on the Red/Green/Blue scale and slide shows. And its now freeware. http://www.arcatapet.net/imgv32.cfm __________________ C2D E6400 @ 3 GhzMSI P35 Neo2-FR bios 1.82X 2 gig Corsair DDR2 800 XMS2 ramEvga 8800GT SSC Seagate 7200.10 320 gig SATA HDLiteOn sohw-1693sPlextor PX 716aTeac FloppySB Audigy 1 GamerFSP AX450-PN PSU Rosewill R6AR6-BK case*XP pro sp2 32 bit Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
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08-13-2005, 08:58 AM	#34
SlowJoeBlow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 394	I think if your the owner of an ATI video card, you should try Ray Adams ATI tools. I Love this little app http://www.radeon2.ru/atitray/ Get it and forget about the CCC __________________ A8N-SLI Premium Bios 1009 AMD Opty 170 @ 2500 Vcore 1.360 2GB 2*1024 OCZ 4000 gold 3-3-3-5 1T Asus NEN7800GTX Antec NeroPower 480 19 " NEC MultiSync FE 950+
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10-27-2005, 11:31 AM	#35
mr. Charles Lost > but still at it Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: P.N.W. Posts: 1,400	how's about a FREEbeeee>>> BackUp/Imaging/Restore <<< software. . . . . . . . Hey KT? ! ! . . . look's like it's been a while for this thread and thought i'd put in a "plug" for here...... ......... came across this and thought maybe you'd like to add this to your list 's of in the "BackUp / Imaging / Restore" catagory... ......good thing about this is the $$$ PRICE.....> > > it's " FREE " < < < ...... . . . . . click here 2 GO & C & read about . . . . . . . . [ just a note, I already do have & use Acronis 9.0........but thought other's out there might wanna save $$$ and try out this...... ] . __________________ .....Gaming_rigg#1 ..... _AMD Opty 170{CCBWE 0530 TPMW}dual core@2.8MSI K8N DIAMOND PLUS* nVidia nForce4 mthrbrd * 2GB G.Skill {HZ} * 2(ea)=Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB=>>SLI<< * HHD's = WD 74GB Raptor & Maxtor 250GB/16mb/7200 rpm * PSU=OCZ-600w_Adj SLi PwrStreamSB X-Fi XtremeMusicSwiftech H2O "Xtreme Duty"_cooling(w/*Storm_wb* )* . ..."Gaming"_rigg#2... AMDFX-55 MSI K8N Neo2 Plat. nVidia nForce3 mthrbrd2GB Mushkin's XP4000ATi (R) X800* XT Plat.Ed.(cat's 5.20)* OCZ-520w_Adj PwrStream PSU*H2O-cooling = CPUAC_Silencer4-cooling = GPUAudigy2 ZS_Gamer* >>>Ground Poundin<<< Logitech's Z680 spkr.systm. * Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard & Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse * Samsung 940b LCD * yeah >>> yeah ..... i-No * . _ the "other" rigg: P4 2.4C@3.4 {SL6Z3}Asus P4C800-E Dlx_rev2.0 {Bios=1016}OCZ PC4000(2x512) dl ch GOLD's* H2O-cooled = Koolance/EXOS-AL { rad, CPU, GPU, res/pump }NB = Swiftech's MCX159-P ATi (R) X800 Pro {cat's 5.20}Aerogate-2 {mntr-temp's/fan rpm's}Enermax-550w psu* 2(ea)=Maxtor hhd's 160gb w/8mb buffer_7200Lian-Li PC60usb (mid_Alum.cs) Audigy 2 ZSViewSonic PF790 (19" mntr.) ..... ..... . Last edited by mr. Charles : 10-27-2005 at 02:31 PM.
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11-19-2005, 10:08 PM	#36
Sandpiper Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 44	I notice there's still a (P) beside Opera. Version 8.5 is free. For some reason, there always seems to be misconceptions about Opera. I've been using it since version 5.x, and at that time (and since), it was a free download. A rectanglar banner was in the right upper corner for revolving ads. To me, it was small, unobtrusive -- didn't bother me at all. I never clicked on the banner. Anyway, I think it'd be appropriate to list it now as freeware.
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11-19-2005, 10:54 PM	#37
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,255	I'm in the process of switching my main AntiSpyware app over to PCTOOLS SpyWare Doctor, SpySweeper has gone down hill in recent months and has been missing some spyware that SpyWare Doctor detects and removes. I plan on getting TuneUp Utilities 2006 pretty soon. I also plan on getting PC Tools Registry Mechanic, Privacy Guardian, and Spam Monitor. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) Visiontek Radeon 3870X2 videocard HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows XP Pro 32bit Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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02-15-2006, 12:04 PM	#38
Terry Reynolds Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Orlando Area Florida Posts: 101	A few additions (I tried not to duplicate anything already submitted.): 1) Screen Capture software: (This stuff is a great way to record configuration settings when you get certain things optimized.) (F) MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html (F) WinGrab - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/de...plication=6152 No vendor homepage, but generally available at download sites. Google "per.skjerpe WinGrab", rather than just "WinGrab" as there is malware out there by that name. (P) !QuickCapture - http://www.etrusoft.com/#!quick%20screen%20capture Probably the easiest to use with the "capture current window" function that doesn't require you to select the window after you hit the quick-key, and quick-keys that don't have to pop up preview windows 2) Rootkit Detection and Removal: (F) Blacklight - http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/ Freeware for at least a couple more months. (F) IceSword - http://xfocus.net/tools/200505/1032.html English version link http://xfocus.net/tools/200509/IceSword_en1.12.rar (F) Rootkit Revealer - http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...tRevealer.html Detection only, but the benchmark for many of the others (F) Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-75b8eb148356 Run it on-line at http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx (F) Resplendence Rootkit Hook Analyzer - http://www.resplendence.com/hookanalyzer (Thanks PCBruiser) Detection only (F) Invisible Things Rootkit Tools - http://www.invisiblethings.org/tools.html An eclectic set of detection related tools 3) File Removal: (F) Move On Boot - http://www.gibinsoft.net/ (Thanks, PCBruiser) Go to "File Utilities" and check the bottom of the page for freeware versions. This program assists with files that can't be removed because they are "in use". 4) Download and Help Sites: SnapFiles - http://www.webattack.com/ My personal favorite for utilities NoNags - http://www.nonags.com/ Provides only freeware that is provided. and only that without purchase nags, addware, etc. TuCows - http://www.tucows.com/ One of the better sites NsClean Freebies - http://www.nsclean.com/freebies.html Highly recommend HTAStop. DSOStop2 and SockLock are still useful, despite Microsoft fixes Merjin - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ Home of free HijackThis! and ADS Spy JavaCool - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/ Home of free SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, and MRUBlaster Diamond Computer Systems - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=products Another great site for computer security tools, many of them freeware Wilders.Org Security Advisors - http://www.wilders.org/ An excellent security help site Castle Cops - http://www.castlecops.com/ An excellent security help site Tom Coyote - http://www.tomcoyote.org/ An excellent security help site Fresh Software - http://www.freshsoftware.com/ Both payware and freeware, best known for Antigen, X-NetStat and Sentry 5) Registry Cleaners: (P) Registry Vaccine - http://www.horizondatasys.com/produc...tml?page_id=33 6) Spyware Programs: (F) Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx (Thanks DutchBBQ) Replaces Microsoft Anti-Spyware. Last edited by Terry Reynolds : 03-05-2006 at 06:09 PM.
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04-02-2007, 06:46 PM	#39
menelik seth z0mg! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Currently: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 98	Great list xD here's a few of my favs: Great list! I'll toss a lil somthing: Miranda IM (Freeware) I really tiny multi-protocol chat client that has tons of plugins you can use to expand its capabilities. Although I only use it as-is (with the Yet Another Pop-up Plugin, YAPP, installed) I'm able to keep in touch with all my friends that use Yahoo, MSN and Googletalk. XnView (Freeware) a small and snappy little photo-viewer, which I find useful to organize and view photos, with some built-in photo-editing capabilities. There's a "batch convert" feature, but unfortunately no "batch rename" which I frequently find need for (any suggestions for a software that has this feature would be appriciated). PHP Designer 2007 (pay) is the first (and only) IDE I ever used, has tons of features (syntax highlighting, built in support for FTP, directory browsing etc. I have no frame of reference, but it just makes my work really easy. Unfortunately Now you only get a free trial; but I had downloaded a previous version (2006) when it was in beta and for free... CCleaner (Freeware) Great for cleaning up windows machines, removing temp files etc and registry cleaning __________________ My lil rig: Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G \| P4 2.80 GHz \| 512 MB ram (generic) \| Inno3D Tornado GeForce FX 5200
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06-09-2007, 11:17 AM	#40
Sandog DP45SG/Q9650 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 6,088	OCCT, a free CPU/memory stability test. OCCT comes from "OverClock Checking Tool". Here is a list of its features : Up to 16-core support ( for instance, up to a Quad-Kentsfield or an Octo-Conroe ) Customizable tests ( Duration, Priority, CPU or RAM, ... ) CPU and Motherboard detection Monitoring support through 3rd party application ( i.e. MBM5, Speedfan and Everest Ultimate Edition 3.50 or above ) Can produce graphs showing temperature and voltages during the test : Unique feature ! Multi-language support and much more ! OCCT Website english
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02-26-2008, 11:09 PM	#41
JentheBird Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Software Utilities Listing You can add "liteCam:records streaming videos" "Gom Player: Plays any formats" "Videora iPod Converter: Convert videos for your iPod"
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09-13-2008, 10:26 PM	#42
zappyboy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Software Utilities Listing Great list!!!!!
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09-14-2008, 04:54 PM	#43
bassgt47 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Posts: 46	Re: Software Utilities Listing (P) Disk Imaging - Shadowprotect Desktop - StorageCraft (F) Image Editing - Paint.net - Paint.NET __________________ GA-P35-DS4, F7 bios, E6850 C2D, ThermalTake V1, 2048 corsair twinx pc8400C5, antec p180, antec 650 Blue psu, seagate 7200.10 300g, 7200.10 320g, 7200.10 250g, Vista ult, Hightech X1950pro 512, delta 1010-lt
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