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NirSoft Utilities & Source Code - (NirSoft web site provides small freeware utilities exclusively developed for this site. In some of them, the source code is also provided. You can also find here some interesting Visual Basic code snippets, Visual C++ code samples, and freeware ActiveX Components.)
| Protected Storage PassView v1.60 - (This utility reveals the passwords stored on your computer by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and POP3 accounts of MS-Outlook. The passwords are revealed by reading the information from the Protected Storage.) |
| Mail PassView v1.13 - (Displays the passwords and other email accounts information of the following email applications: Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook 2000 (POP3/SMTP Accounts only), Microsoft Outlook 2002, IncrediMail, Eudora, Group Mail Free.) |
| Win9x PassView v1.1 - (The Win9x PassView utility reveals the passwords stored on your computer by Windows 95/98 operating system.) |
| StartupRun v1.20 - (The StartupRun utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows boots. For each application, additional information is displayed (Product Name, File Version, Description, and Company Name), in order to allow you to easily identify the applications that are loaded at Windows startup. if StartupRun identifies a spyware or adware program that runs at startup, it automatically paints it in pink color. In addition, you are allowed to Edit, disable, enable and delete the selected startup entries. You can also save the list of startup items into a text or html files, and even add a new startup entry to the Registry.) |
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| Backup |
SyncBack - (SyncBack
is the first in a family of powerful multi-award winning programs that helps you backup, synchronise, and restore your files
to the same drive, a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc), an FTP server, a Network, or Zip archive. OS:
98/NT/2K/ or XP) Karen's Replicator - (Automatically copy and backup files.) |
| Desktop Enhancements |
VirtuaWin for Win9x/NT/Win2K/XP - (Using
a virtual desktop manager is a way to organize applications over several "virtual" desktops. For example if you use two
virtual desktops you can put a webbrowser on desk 1 and by using a desktop manager "switch away" the webbrowser and it will
seem like you have a new empty workspace (desk 2) to put another application/applications on. Virtual desktops are very common
in the Unix community and once getting used to this, it is very hard to manage without it.) Vitrite - (allows you to manually adjust the level of transparency for almost any visible window. It works by utilizing a feature present in Windows 2000/XP (and all later incarnations) for variable window transparency. OS: 2000/XP or higher) |
| File Compression |
FreeZip v1.4.9 -
(FreeZip is a small, fast and efficient Zip utility for compression and decompression of files and directories.
It can also be used from the command-line or in batch files. OS: Windows 9x/2k) CAM UnZip 4.0 - (CAM UnZip is an easy-to-use ZIP file utility that opens, creates and modifies ZIP files quickly and easily. OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) ALZip 5.51 - (FREE for home users, ALZip is the easiest to use, most powerful, and by far the cutest compression utility available. OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) 7-Zip - (7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL. Command line version of 7-Zip can be used in Linux via Wine program.. OS: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP) |
| File Attributes Editor | PropertiesPlus v1.65 - (Modify file attributes with ease. OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP) |
| Image Editing |
IrfanView 3.95 - (A very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.) GIMP for Windows - (The GNU Image Manipulation Program, the GIMP, is ideal for amateur photographers, web designers, and many other people who want to create and edit digital images. It is a very powerful application, with features including: channels, layers and masks; colour operations such as levels, curves and threshhold; advanced selection operations using intelligent scissors and selection channels; and much more. OS: The GIMP 1.2 should run on Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. It is recommended to use an NT-based version of Windows (NT4, 2000 or XP) for GIMP 2.0.) Kneson Imagener [Standard] |
| Network | IPLookup for Win 95/98/NT/2K - (Specify an IP Number and IPLookup will retrieve all available information including the name and address of the ISP or the organization that owns the IP block. Use IPLookup to find the country from which the online order was placed and make sure that it matches the country in the shipping address.) |
| Online Privacy |
Ad-aware
Personal Edition - (Free for non-commercial use. It is THE award winning, free, multicomponent
detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.) Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3 - (Search your hard disk and Registry for threats to your security and privacy. OS: Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP) HijackThis 1.99 - (An advanced general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Try this only when other tools failed. If you just need help with some piece of (suspected) spyware/foistware, or want someone to take a look at your HijackThis logfile, you are very welcome on the SpywareInfo forums. OS: (All Win)) Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13 - (The software seems capable and full of promise, but still only detects a relative handful of nasties. OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) |
| Optimizers & Diagnostics |
AIDA32 Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit (version 5.1p) - (The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.) Broadband Tests and Tools - (the broadbandreports.com/tools page get performance, security and utility from your connection.) EVEREST Home Edition - (is a freeware system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. It offers the world's most accurate system information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information.) HD Tune - (a hard disk utility which provides Benchmark, Hard Disk information, S.M.A.R.T. Information.) Java VM Test by UpShot - (*web-based tool*) MemTest86 - (Memtest86 is thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86.) Motherboard Monitor 5 - (a utility for keeping an eye on various motherboard temperatures, [fan speeds] and voltages.) SANDRA Standard 2004 - (50-module trial. Keep your computer running at peak performance with diagnostic and benchmarking tools. OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003.) Unknown Devices v1.2 - (Unknown Devices helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are. OS: Windows 95/98/98se/Me/2k/XP/2003 but not NT. It also attempts to support future OSes. It runs fine from a CD or floppy.) Vic's Data Integrity Checker - (A little utility that is designed to test the integrity of data transferred between any two volumes.) Xteq X-Setup 6.3 - (The ultimate tool for Black Belt system tuning. Xteq X-Setup is a so-called "hacker" or "tweaker" program. It allows you to change settings that are normally hidden deeply in some configuration-files like the registry fast and easily. OS: Any Windows version including XP.) |
| Personal Finance | AceMoney Lite 3.4.3 - (A full personal finance solution, covers everything from your 401K to small business accounting needs. It lets you track what you spend your money on and create a budget that helps you save up for big expenses. This free Lite version only supports one account. OS: Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP) |
| Security & Encryption |
Any Password 1.3 - (An
easy-to-use tool that lets you store and arrange all your passwords, user IDs, and related information in a tree form.) Password Agent version 2.2.1 - (Password Agent is a password manager program that allows you to store all your passwords, secret notes, and data snippets in a single, easy-to-navigate, and secure database. Password Agent keeps strangers away from accessing your private information. For Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.) WinGuides.com Password Generator - (allows you to create random passwords that are highly secure and extremely difficult to crack or guess due to an optional combination of lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation symbols.) AI RoboForm - (Free 30-day Trial. A password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence.) KeyNote - (Tabbed notebook and personal information manager, with tree structure and strong encryption. OS: 95/98/NT4.0/2000/XP.) Oubliette (Highly secure and functional password manager. OS: 95/98/NT4.0/2000/XP.) Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") - (is a self-contained bootable on floppy/cdrom that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.) |
| Servers | DSL Web hosting - (DSL Web hosting is a free dynamic dns client program which includes a built-in Web hosting, lets you run your own Web hosting from home on DSL connection with Dynamic IP address, any Internet users could type in your domain and surf on your DSL Web hosting. For Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP.) |
| Spam Filters |
xTerminator
4.2 - (Help you block spam and most of worms before they even reach your mailbox. You'll be able
to delete unwanted messages directly from the server thus saving valuable time and bandwidth. For Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP.) SAproxy - (SAproxy is one of the most effective spam-fighting programs available for POP3 email. SAproxy is based on the open source software, Spam Assassin?. SAproxy includes a Bayesian filter, program installer and documentation developed by Stata Labs for a broad audience. For Windows 98/2000/ME/XP.) |
| System Utilities |
Bochs 2.0.2 - (Bochs is a
highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation
of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486 or Pentium
CPU. Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, Windows? 95, DOS, and recently
Windows? NT 4.) BootPart 2.50: Boot Partitions for WinNT - (BootPart is an easy tool for adding additional partitions to the Windows NT multi boot menu (for example, add the OS/2 boot manager or a Linux partition).) XOSL - (Extended Operating System Loader (XOSL) is the world's only full-featured free boot manager with a real, easy-to-use and full-blown graphical user interface.) Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP - (The following tool for Windows XP allows image files to be mounted virtually as CD-ROM devices. This tool is provided here for your convenience, and is unsupported by Microsoft Product Support Services. OS: Windows XP only. <click here for direct download link>) |
| Word Processing | WordWeb Version 2.2 - (WordWeb is a free cut-down version of the WordWeb Pro. It includes a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, and can be used to look up words from within most programs. For Windows NT/95/98/2000/Me/XP.) |
Last Update: 09 June 2008
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