Warez to Freeware Conversion Index & Featured Freeware

[Ice Czar]

OK the Old one got wacked, so this is a recreation, and its categorized (more or less)
I'll continus to copy ones from the open thread and place them here

Freeware Sites or Databases and Search Engines

Freeware World Team Internal Search Engine with descriptions and links to homepage
Sourceforge
Freshmeat
Analog X all matter of useful utilities
Sysinternals Freeware all sort of useful utilities and some very advanced ones not exactly suited to the end user
Recommended Freeware @ Radified.com
Major Geeks all sorts of Freeware
OS[/B]
Red Hat 8, Mandrake 9, and Lycoris DLX are all great "beginner" Linux distros and can be downloaded at [url=http://www.linuxiso.org/]LinuxISO. Xandros

Browsers
Firefox & Mozilla
Crazy Browser
AvantBrowser
Opera (Ad version)
Neoplanet

Email Clients
Mozilla (with use of the browser not as a standalone)
Eudora (Adware version is free)
Pine
Outlook > Thunderbird standalone mozilla mail client

Email Spam Filters
Cloudmark Spamnet > SpamBayes Integrates with Outlook and uses a Bayesian filtering technique. It "learns" to recognize spam, based on spam messages you designate for it. Highly effective, it blocks the vast majority of spam I receive.
MailWasher Safely view contents of email before downloading it.

Instant Message Clients
AIM > GAIM
Miranda

Office Aps
Microsoft Office > Open Office
Microsoft Word > abiword
Ximian Evolution (Linux)
Office XP > PC suite
Total Commander File Manager
Final draft > Rough Draft (Screenplay Writing)
Visio > NetworkNotepad


Graphics Image Manipulation Image Management
Extensis >Irfanview
Acdsee > 32VerSee
xnviewImage Viewer / Browser

Graphics Image Editor
Photoshop > GIMP

Graphics Video
Cool Edit Pro = Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Camtasia > CamStudio Record AVIs of what you do on your computer


Graphics Animation
3D Studio =
POV-Ray (rendering/scene description): http://www.povray.org/
Wings 3D
Terragen (free for personal, non-commercial use)
Blender (free open source GPL)
Art Of Illusion (open source, Java-based modeler and renderer
Milkshape 3D
Anim8tor
Animoids
gmaxfree short version of 3dsmax for Game Character development

also check for freeware through > Search for 3D Tools


Security Anti-Virus
Norton or McAfee Antivirus = AVG
Avast
AntiVir Personal Edition

Security Spyware Removal[/url]
CWShredder
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdAware
HijackThis

Security Filters
Proxomitron & Guide if you have trouble with .info addresses. (I think I heard some ISPs did or something.)
Popupstopper

Firewalls[/url]
Kerio
Zone Alarm
Agnitum Outpost
Sygate

Networking
VPN\SSL
SecureCRT > Putty / SSH Secure Shell SSH Secure Shell has both a SSH client and a SFTP client
PC Anywhere > VNC
SecureCRT > [url-http://www.jfitz.com/tips/ssh_for_windows.html]Various Freeware SSH clients[/url]

FTP Clients
CuteFTP > FileZilla
WinSCP
LeechFTP
SmartFTP
NCFTP
WarFTP
WSFTP LE
methodus
FTP ExplorerFTP Manager

FTP Servers
Serv-U FTP Server > GuildFTPd
IIS FTP > CesarFTP 0.00g supports virtual directories, and user defined passive port ranges (allows FTP serving on ports other than 21 through a linksys/netgear/etc. style router). you WILL run into probs trying to do that on IIS
FileZilla

Server Oriented
Windows Advanced Server > Apache Web Server
Macromedia Generator > JGenerator
JGenerator is a web server production application that can dynamically combine text, graphics, and sound to build rich Flash content. JGenerator supports most of the Macromedia Generator features, uses the same data format, the same set of commands and emulates its behavior
Mail Server > MailEnable Free for Personal Use


Players
Media Player > Media Player Classic / Alternative
bsplayer
foobar 2000
MV2Playerallows you to STRETCH videos, not zoom or enlarge, but stretch

CD Utilities
CD Identifier

DVD
PowerDVD, WinDVD > MaximusDVD

CD Burning Software
Nero > Burnatonce
XPBurnerPro Download
CDR Tools Front End

Encoding \ Compression Music
Fraunhofer mp3 codec = LAME: http://home.pi.be/~mk442837
CDex
OGG
MonkeyAudio - aka APE. A lossless audio compression
ExactAudioCopy (EAC) & Guide for secure mode
raZor lame

Encoding \ Compression Video
DIVX Pro = XVID: http://www.roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml
HuffYUV - lossless video compression
VirtualDub
TMPGenc

Compression
Winzip > Ultimate Zip
7zip

Utilities
Notepad > Metapad
TClockEX makes the windows clock a lot more useful
StrokeIt advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor
eDexter
you know how when you add something to the hosts file, it shows the ad as an annoying little text thing? this fixes that, makes it a blank.
MaxMemI frees up ram, plus shows you current usage
Shareware Tweak Program > Xteq X-Setup
Control Panel Webshots, wallpaper/screen saver
IconRestore retain your Desktop Icon positions even after switching resolutions

Utilities Hard Disk
Partition Magic > Ranish Partition Manager




PDF
Acrobat > FreePDF
How to Create a PDF File Guide with freeware scripts (Ghost script & Ghost gum)
PDF995
PDFCreator available in different languages


Games \ Simulators
MS Flight Simulator > FlightGear
Counter-Strike > America's Army
Racing Games > Racer
Space flight > Orbiter
Return To Castle Wolfenstein > Enemy Territory

Programming
Visual basic (lite) > Python
Visual C++ > Dev-C++
jbuilder for JAVA dev > http://www.eng.auburn.edu/grasp/ will also do C++ dev
eclipse
Integrated Development Environment for Win32
1st page 2000 from evrsoft free html/javascript/perl editor for windows > FTP Download
Windows C/C++ compiler > MinGW




Check
Minitab > Openstat
Graphing = Prestoplot
Matlab > Octave
NoteLab
Remote Selector > Girder
lcdc > LCDCSmartie
nero > http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87812405/
winrar > http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/0,fid,6383,fileidx,1,00.asp

Mirc - Various http://www.webattack.com/freeware/downloader/fwdown.shtml

Homesite 4.5 - AM-CodeSearch
Microangelo - @icon sushi[/ur], [url=http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?go=10016]Avalon Icon Library Viewer, IconEdit32
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/darktips/story/0,24330,3569694,00.html
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php

 

[Ice Czar]

[H]ard|Forum's
Featured Freeware
a General Software Forum Production


well we missed several days here so Im changin the title to:
Featured Freeware
Beat the alternative, freeware whenever I felt like updating it

and drum roll please........
Security Enhanced Linux

a special treat today, instead of software, a free OS

First released to the public in January 2001, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a research project from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) that seeks to enhance the open source Linux kernel: to provide greater protection against corruption; to prevent the bypassing of application security procedures; and to mitigate the destruction caused by malicious or defective applications.

Normal Linux vs. SELinux
Normal Linux system security relies on the kernel and the dependencies created through the setuid/setgid binaries. Under the conventional security mechanism, an exploit of a flaw with any privileged application, configuration, or process running usually leads to a total system compromise. This problem is consistent with most modern operating systems due to their complexity and interoperability with other applications.

SELinux relies solely on the kernel and the security configuration policy. Once you configure the security system correctly, improper application configuration or exploits of flawed applications and daemons will only result in compromising the user program and its system daemons. The security of other user programs and daemons remains intact, along with the underlying security system structure.

In simpler terms: No single application configuration flaw or exploit can result in a total system compromise.

Installing SELinux
The SELinux kernel, utilities, daemon/utility patches, and documentation are available for download from the Security-Enhanced Linux Web site. You must have an existing Linux system to compile your new kernel and access to unmodified system packages.

the above is from TechRepublic subscription probably required, but its free and relatively painless

Disclaimer not applicable today

Im going to keep this thread locked and bump previous Featured Freeware Aps down leaving the current one at the top, if you have a specific question regarding this program or any of the below aps, post a thread. If you have aps youd like me to consider for the Featured Freeware, PM me a link to its homepage, (spyware need not apply), I'll trial it and possibly add it to the list

The previous Featured Freeware will be the last post of this thread, and the order reversed from there, so the 2nd post will always be our "first edition"


Disclaimer: It didnt screw up my system
Yours might be a completely different matter
Tested on my Browser boxen, Abit KR7A w\ W2K
passed Adaware, Spybot Search and Destroy, HijackThis, TDS-3
NOD32, WormGuard, and Nessus


Have Fun
Feb 21, 2004

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 23rd 2004

Unknown Device Identifier v4.00

yes find out what the hell that yellow question mark in device manager actually is

"Unknown Device Identifier enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager. And reports you a detailed summary for the manufacturer name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown devices. With the collected information, you might contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with a simple click. With this utility, you might immediately convert your unidentified unknown devices into identified known devices and find proper driver on the Internet and contact the hardware device manufacturer or vender. Known devices recognized by Microsoft Windows will also be analyzed independent of the operating system

Features

- Identify USB 1.1/2.0 Device
- Identify IEEE 1394 Device
- Identify ISA Plug&Play Device
- Identify AGP Bus Device
- Identify PCI Device
- Multilingual interface: English, French
- Find Drivers for Hardware Devices
- Contact Hardware Vender directly
-Save or Print Hardware information

see link for screenshot

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 24rd 2004

Faber Toys v2.5 Build 240

A perennial favorite, far too useful for anyone to be without
track down exactly what that process belongs to, advanced users can hunt adware, spyware and trojans with it

Faber Toys is a system utility, mainly developed for power users who want to know what's going on in their Personal Computer. It may also be used by programmers as a tool for tracking their applications.

The goal is to create an application running on most PC configurations (see system requirements), that use an FPL (Fast Property Load) technology to speed up the recovery of information on slow computers.

Dependencies View ScreenShot
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List of all running processes
List of all modules loaded by a process
For each process are displayed the command line, PID, memory, number of threads, priority, version, description, Parent process
For each module are displayed the date, size, ActiveX status, version, description

Possibility of:
Export in XHTML, HTML or TXT format the information related to all modules of a process
Change priority of a process
Kill a process (soft way - closing the windows - or hard way)
Autorefresh Process List with custom interval
Highlight Services (NT only)
Show Properties
Show deep information (see 'Examine File' section)
Copy selected files path (normal or 8.3 DOS) in clipboard
Copy files in clipboard or directly into a folder
Copy path of all processes in clipboard
Open the directory where the file is located

AutoRun View ScreenShot
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Show details (Icon, Full Path, Description, if Running, Modified date) of every program launched at system startup

Possibility of:
Show Properties
Delete / Restore items
Go to specific registry key or startup directory
Execute selected item
If running, select relative process in Dependencies window

Examine File / Details View ScreenShot
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Simple info (Date, Size, ActiveX status, Version, Description)
PE analysis
Image Info
Sections
Function Exported (decorated / undecorated)
Imported Modules
Function imported by others modules
History of recent files

Possibility of:
Show Properties
Export in XHTML, HTML or TXT format the informations
Search for specific function

Program Aliases View ScreenShot
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List all System Alias with related Icon, Path, Description, Working Directory, Modified Date
Invalid Aliases are shown in red (ready to be deleted)
Unuseful Aliases (those who does not have a '.' in the name) are grayed

Possibility of:
Show Properties
Edit, Delete, Add new Alias
Run selected Alias

Windows Explorer View ScreenShot
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Hierarchically view of all existing windows

Possibility of:
Filter to show only visible windows
Read / Edit properties (hWnd, Class, Text, Visible, Enabled, Position, WindowState, Icon, Unicode status)
Close window

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 25th 2004

RegistryProt 2.0

Lockdown your registry You are prompted to allow or disallow any changes, great for many Trojans, quite a few Spyware infections, and even programs you dont want to autostart.
(If you pay attention to the keys)

RegistryProt is a 100% free, standalone, compact, low-level realtime registry monitor and protector, that adds another dimension to Windows security and intrusion detection. By monitoring important locations and keys in the Windows system registry, RegistryProt will alert whenever a key is added or changed, and then give the option of accepting the key change, reverting back to the original key setting, or deleting the key.

RegistryProt's most useful attribute is that it will detect the vast majority of trojans at the exact moment that they infect/install themselves into your system, and as such provides a new dimension in trojan and intrusion detection.

RegistryProt is a very small, yet powerful and efficient low-level monitoring program that would go well along side your favourite security applications.

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 26 2004

Mike Lin's MCL

they say the commandline seperates the pros from the enthusiasts, this will encourage that development, I have it in my startup at boot, a simple floating window for your desktop

MCL is a command line utility that allows you to run programs quickly and easily by typing the commands. Why is this useful? If you...

...are a really fast typer, and tired of Windows' inefficiency.
...are an old UNIX junkie, and used to the command line way of doing things
...hate the consistently idiot-proof way Windows works
then MCL is for you!


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MCL is 100% freeware! It was written in C++ by Mike Lin. It is not dependent on VB, MFC, or any other runtime DLLs. It has low memory usage, small download size, and high performance. Some of its nifty features include:

AutoComplete - finishes your commands for you
Rollup - compresses the window in a little bar, saving you screen space
Command history - remembers up to 100 of your previously used commands
Hotkey - One key combination anywhere in Windows and MCL is activated
Macros - special commands that let you quickly execute one or more other commands
Ability to execute not only programs, but DOS commands, Explorer, and URLs.
Plug-ins - allows any developer to extend MCL's capabilities
MCL was designed from the ground up to be convenient, out of the way, and easy to use. It can make using Windows a much less annoying experience!

see link for screenshots, and lots of plugins including controlling WinAmp, the shutdown, recycle bin, recent documents, macros, and the ability to browse for a file w\ MCL, and more

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 27 2004

3D Traceroute
A powerful graphic based all in one tool

Replace all your ugly ping plotters and traceroute programs with a full-blown three dimensional traceroute program

Core features:

3d traceroute display, multiple graphics modification options
statistic-window with min, max, average, standard deviation
Whois query to everything with one click
history-window with destination ping time
record and playback: record any trace and playback step by step
and the browser is already built in.
Day and Night trace: Admins beloved toy
Command-line execution mode. Full replacement for good old buddy tracert.
Domain Harvester: helps to find similar domains
passive OS fingerprinting
Port scanner (knows 3,612 well known ports)
IP-Range-Scanner (scan from Start-IP to End-IP)
analyze eMail headers against RBLs
Connection viewer / TCP, IP, UDP etc. statistics
HTTP Server Spy
Atomic Clock Sync
nslookup (upd and tcp: zone transfer capability)
ASN inspector
build in TELNET client
long period Ping and HTTP monitor
Low CPU-Usage
Working with 98, ME, NT, 2K, XP

see link for screenshots
this version is the 1.6.46:94 hypercomplex System* (996.352 Bytes)
(*The description of the system is more difficult to understand than the system itself.)

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 28 2004

AnalogX's CookieWall v1.01
I know for some of you the meer mention of cookies, transforms you into a slavering Homer Sinmpson with shades of Sesame Steet
Coooookieeeee
however if you like to choose which cookies youll eat and which you wont (and then automate the process next time you visit), cookiewall is for you.

Online privacy is a big deal these days, with huge companies being formed every month to both protect and exploit information gathered about you. By far the most common method used to track individuals on the Internet is the 'Cookie', a small file stored on your machine with information provided by a website... While the majority of the websites out there use this tool as it was intended, more and more are exploiting it in ways that were never intended - that's where AnalogX CookieWall comes in.
AnalogX CookieWall allows you to quickly and easily decide which cookies can stay on your system, and which cookies should go - once you let CookieWall know which ones are unwelcome, it does the rest. CookieWall can be configured to delete cookies as soon as they arrive, to notify you of any new ones, or just que them up for you to check out at a later date.
CookieWall is currently only compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer or derived versions (such as NeoPlanet); Netscape support should be available in the near future.

I run this ap at startup and have it set to prompt, on occassion it will shift your focus when your typing a response, asking you if you want the cookie, if that bothers you, select a different setting.
Ive turned it into a game, Kill the cookie

You have three options in the prompt setting, Kill, Eat and temporarily accept. (well they have slightly different names)



you really dont realize exactly how many of these suckers get stuffed on your system from day to day until you run an ap like this.

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 29 2004

Add/Remove Pro v. 2.08
this is one of those rare exceptions, there is a small ad on the GUI of this ap, for the software developer, but its not spyware

displays the entries in the Add/Remove Programs list of Windows Registry, checks if each is valid, and uninstalls the selected program or removes the entry from the list. < Official description

Well thats pretty straight forward, and so is this ap for the most part, however it also has a few nice advanced features, like:

Finder Tab, select a program with a broken link and use the finder to see if a file in the uninstall string, this is here because, some aps dont report correctly, so its a good idea to check to see if the uninstall string is actually there or not before you delete the link.

Change Uninstall String
"Sometimes a link is bad because the program has changed locations or because a tempoary directory with the uninstall information was deleted. This will keep the program from being uninstalled." If the uninstall information exisits in another loaction on your compter you can use this to change the uninstall string.

Backup & Restore
automatically backups before you delete and gives you the option to restore

Displays all Uninstall Strings,
even those that windows doesnt want you to see

Maybe no one is like me, but you should see my Windows Add/Remove Programs list. It is full of
broken links. The only way to remove them is to open up the Registry and try to figure out where the
Uninstall entries are. I'm too lazy to do this more than once a year, so I wrote Add/Remove Pro.
Just run Add/Remove Pro and it will show you which links are bad. Press the Remove Entry button to
remove the entry. If you would like to uninstall a program, press the Uninstall Program button.

- Ray Geide, author of Add/Remove Pro

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 30 2004

Digi-Info

Alot of folks dont realize there is more information in a basic jpeg than just the picture itself

There's quite a bit of hidden information in pictures taken with your Digital Camera and Digi-Info will extract that info so you can view and save it. Types of information include Camera make and model, Orientation, Resolution, Exposure Time, Date, Time, Shutter Speed, Aperture Value, Subject Distance, Metering Mode, Light Source, Flash on/off, Focal Length, Width, and Height, among others. Works with most major cameras.

See link for screenshot

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 31 2004

WhoLockMe

Great little Windows Explorer Shell Extention (NT\W2K\XP only)
that will allow you to find out which aps have their hooks into a file you cant seem to delete, so you can close them

Have you ever bored by this Windows message : "Error Deleting File or Folder, ... There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.", when you try to delete, move or rename a file ?

WhoLockMe is a little extension for your Microsoft Explorer. It permeets you to list all the process locking your selected file.

This freeware is an beta version, it Doesn't work on Win9x or WinMe

Ive never had any issues with it (even though its a beta, and I run alot of other aps) and more often than not allows me to close the processes identified and delete the file. Though you may need to boot to safe mode or a command prompt for really stubborn files

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Feb 1 2004

Drop To DOS
another shell extention to Windows Explorer
The commandline is a very powerful tool, one that many find intimidating, largely because of navgation, this solves that handily
it add the option for you to Right Click on a file or folder in My Computer or Windows Explorer, and "Drop to DOS" and presto you are at a command prompt for that file\folder

With Drop to DOS, you can right click on any folder and choose the Drop to DOS option to take to you a command prompt within that folder. Works with Win9x/WinME/WinNT/2K/XP

and to go with it, Bookmark these links
Alphabetical list of commands
common XP command line utilities ( good starting list)
try shutting down from the commandline, or get a list of your drivers, soon it will be second nature.

Amaze your friends with your L33t admin skilz

with Drop to DOS you will quickly get the hang of path syntax

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Feb 2 2004

FileChecker v1.7
there is alot of malware out there hard coded to disable AntiVirus or Trojan Scanners, Circumvent Firewalls and still remain invisible

The Purpose of FileChecker:
-To watch important system files for changes, modifications, or tampering (by malicious programs).
-To watch Anti-Virus program files, Anti-Trojan program files, anti-spyware program files, firewall files, etc. for tampering by rogue programs, and to notify if such action takes place.
-Now, FileChecker can log these events to the NT event log, and can run as a Windows service (for greater security).
-You can also use SMTP (e-mail) alerting, to send important information on file changes and deletions to any e-mail address

General Featues
-Lets you specify files to watch.
-Notifies (if you want) and logs if changes/modifications/deletions/tamperings occur to the files you have selected.
-Runs in the background - can be minimized to the system tray for convenience.
-Is very small, and takes up very little memory.
-Can save your watch list and scan time preferences.
-Can start up minimized to the system tray, and begin watching your files silently.
-Can compute cryptographic hashes of files (checksums)!
-Has new installer program that should install extraneous files that were missing on some users’ computers.
-Added configuarble pop-up notification options (you can select to have pop ups for all detected changes, just for checksums, just for file deletions, combinations of those, etc.)
-Log file format changed to add date and time for events.
-Log file can now be set up to export to a text file (it is recommended you configure the log file to be placed in a directory OTHER than your FileChecker install directory).
-Watch-list is now stored in ENCRYPTED format (you can also change your current watch-list to encrypted format with a click of a button).
-Other configuration information (such as location of log file) is stored in ENCRYPTED format.
-You can select only certain files on your watch-list to be checksummed.
-Help file added.
-Password Protection
-Optional installation as a Windows Service (adds to the security!)
-Logging to the NT Event Log
-Administrator Lock-Down Features
-Optional tool-tips to help new users.
-SMTP ALERT ENGINE! (Send e-mail alerts for deletions, checksum changes, etc.)
-Tutorial for beginning users

FileChecker Forum @ Wilders.org
mod > javacool, the author

basic recommendations for files to watch
any exe files in your security programs that arent related to updating


the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 4 2004

FileTargets 1.4.0
This is a very handy little shell extention (RClick on a folder\file for the drop down menu and filetarget is there)

FileTargets is a shell context menu extension that adds a sub-menu with all your favorite folder names to the context-menu of all files and folders in your system so you can copy/move selected files to pre-defined, most used folders with the click of a mouse. FileTargets menu is similar to the standard SendTo menu but is much more advanced since it allows you to create subgroups, automatically add new folders, copy file path names and much more.

Because a picture is worth thousands of words, please see the screenshot.

Some features:

Copy/move files with only 2 clicks!
Make subgroups to group your target folders
If the folder of interest is not listed in the submenu you can use the Browse for Folder functionality to pick up new folder on the fly
Special configuration window lets you add/arrange/remove folders from the menu with ease
Copy filename/path of selected file(s) to the clipboard

Important! This program requires the following installation password (case sensitive): ILikeMoonSoftware

get used to using this and youll wonder how you ever got along without it

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 5 2004

AM-Deadlink 1.42

Being the link monger that I am, Ive found this ap invaluable
(and odoe likes it too)

AM-DeadLink detects broken links and double entries in your browser s bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can choose to delete it. The program comes with an internal preview browser that allows you to take a quick look at your bookmarked sites from within the program. In addition, you can backup your entire collection to a ZIP file. AM-Deadlink works with Internet Explorer, Opera and Netscape.

there is also a language pack, though I havent tried it

basque, catalan, chinese_big5, chinese_gb, czech, danish, dutch, finnish, french, galego, greek, hebrew, hungarian, italian, japanese, latvian, norway, polish, portuguese, portuguese-brazil, russian, serbian, slovak, spanish, swedish, taiwan, turkish

Both are for Win95 / 98 / Me / NT4 / 2000 / XP
Just noticed the Version 2.00 Beta, goin to give it a try and let you all know

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 6 2004

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel

Sick of manually editing the registry to get rid of all those utilities that start by defualt and, that you only use occassionally?
Personally I dont need my scanner software to load at every statup, if I want to use it I'll start it

Another fine peice of freeware from Mike Lin

Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple to use and, like all my programs, is very small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for system administrators!

Startup Control Panel is compatible with all modern versions of Windows, including Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP.

See link for screenshot
Includes tabs for common startup locations
HKCU/Run, Run Once, Startup (user), Startup (common) HKLM / Run

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 7 2004

Samurize

What can I say, this is a standard, the desktop monitoring ap
but I though Id add it, cause its always new to someone

Are you an IT professional, an overclocker, a gamer, a desktop modder? If so, you've come to the right place. Samurize provides all the information you need about all your computers in one central location on your desktop. Skinnable and customizable, Samurize features a script plugin system which allows you to add the information you want, when you want it.

Some examples of information that Samurize can provide right on your desktop are: CPU Usage, Disk utilization, Network traffic, System temperatures, Top processes, Memory information, WMI classes and much much more...

Visit our screenshots section and see how some of our members have customized their Samurize desktops.

Only limited buy your imagination

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 8 2004

Automatic File Renamer

A very handy ap, allows search and replace, and insert prefix

Do you have to rename a whole bunch of files?
Do you have to search files names and change certain things in the file name?

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 9 2004

HTTrack Website Copier

This little baby will just suck down a website in no time

HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.

It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

WinHTTrack is the Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP release of HTTrack, and WebHTTrack the Linux/Unix/BSD release. See the download page.

I use this ap quite alot, and is by far the best Ive found
see link for Manual, Screenshots, FAQ and Forum
especially read the "How Not to Use" (Bandwidth abuse, and other bad behaviors)


the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 10 2004

Keynote

this ap has so many features I still havent tried half of them

Keynote is a flexible, multi-featured tabbed notebook, based on Windows standard RichEdit control. It's always accessible with a single keypress, even if you work in another application. Take a look at the screenshots page.

The basic idea in KeyNote is that you can include many separate notes within a single file. This means that you do not need to open several files - for most purposes it is enough to create only one file and hold all your notes inside it. With the addition of the tree-type notes, you now have a three-dimensional notebook: many notes within one file and a multi-level, nested pages within a single note. Optionally, KeyNote can encrypt your data securely using the Blowfish or Idea algorithms. Keynote's interface and behavior are extremely configurable.

KeyNote was written to overcome major limitations in other popular information managers, both free and shareware. KeyNote is the only information manager that offers a combination of simple and tree-type notes, rich text editor, ability to mix freely many notes of different types in a single file and secure encryption. This makes KeyNote the most flexible and one of the most powerful applications of this kind currently available. Some functions, such as "virtual nodes", per-file configuration settings, multiple backups or WordWeb integration are unique and, to my knowledge, not supported by any other notebook program, freeware or shareware.

With powerful text formatting capabilities, easily navigable interface and additional features such as styles, macros, plugins, and templates, KeyNote is has become the favorite note keeper, diary, outliner, knowledge base and information manager for thousands of users.

Examples of use:
personal information management
personal diary or journal
to-do items
scratchpad for quick notes and ideas
writing and structuring small articles or larger documents
Creating and storing electronic texts (easily structure chapters or sections)
outlines, projects
project documentation
reports
recipes
personal contacts (addresses, telephone numbers)
accounts, passwords, PIN numbers (remember to encrypt the file!)
Internet bookmarks (clickable hyperlinks)
all kinds of lists! If you collect books, CDs, DVDs, or just your favorite quotes or jokes, KeyNote makes it easy to store them in one place and search through them quickly.
email archives (you can use the separate, free KNTConvert utility to import your email archives into a KeyNote file)
archiving documents, such as articles downloaded from the Internet or local files
templates for creating documents with a standard format
viewing log files (use virtual nodes to view log files without having to open each file separately)
for teachers: class notes, student attendance and assessment notes
for programmers: KeyNote is great for storing and searching through source code archives

Distributed under the Mozilla Public License
check out the Features Link above

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Jan 14 2004

Glass2k

Glass2k is a small little program that allows Windows 2000/XP users to make any window transparent. Right-click on any window or press the keyboard shortcuts (Control + Shift + [0-9]) to make any window transparent. It's that simple.


The new stable beta version remembers each window's transparency settings, makes taskbar transparency possible, allows you to keep any window on top, loads on Windows startup etc.


"Glass2k runs in the systray and handles turning on any window's transparency. I'm not too sure about the speed in W2k, but in XP w/ the newest Nvidia drivers and a somewhat recent video card, it's hardware accelerated, and yes, you should be drooling." - SlashDot.org

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Feb 14, 2004

CatchColor v1.054

What is CatchColor ?

It's a little Eyedropper. It's useful for to now the Hexa Value of a Pixel on the Screen.
The Pixel Color is automaticly copied in the Clipboard.

Be Careful : If your Desktop is in 16bit (65K Colors) the Hexa Value will be the Displayed Color and not exactly the real one.

the standard disclaimer (1st Post) applies

 

[Ice Czar]

Feb 18, 2004

HijackThis

once you use this ap a few times and get to recognize the valid entries, it makes getting rid of that pesky spyware that much easier, will eject what Spybot search & Destroy or Adaware cant.

HijackThis examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. These are areas which are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. It's up to you to decide what should be removed. Some items are perfectly fine. You should not remove them. Never remove everything. Doing that could leave you with missing items needed to run legitimate programs and add-ins. This Page will help you work with the Experts to clean up your system. For those of you needing instructions on how to Copy and Paste the contents of a text file into a Forum Post, please look at the Table of Contents. A link to the instructions is included.

see link for more specific info, screenshots and download locations
a few of which (including the direct download) are currently offline, it would not suprise me one bit if they are getting targeted with DDOS attacks, you can also google: hijack this mirror or hijackthis mirror for additional download locations, as always, scan all your downloads and employ hash checking if available

 

[Ice Czar]

Feb 11, 12, 13, 2004


The Ultimate Boot CD

OK well this is a whole host of Freeware Programs compiled on a Bootable CD (ISO Download), extremely useful
I havent used half these aps, and youll need to follow the links for specifics of each program (or you can download them seperately..but why?)

and Im leaving it here for 3 days

Hard Disk Diagnosis
Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi) 3.50
PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) 4.06
DLG Diagnostic (Western Digital) 5.03
SeaTools Desktop (Seagate) 1.06.02
Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu) 6.10
SHDIAG (Samsung) 1.25
HUTIL (Samsung) 1.15

Hard Disk Device Management
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 1.90
AMSET (Maxtor) 1.0
UATA100 (Seagate) 3.06
Ultra ATA Manager (Western Digital) June, 2003
SMARTUDM 2.00

Hard Disk Wiping
AutoClave 0.3
Active@ KillDisk Free Edition 3.0

Hard Disk Cloning
HDClone (Free Edition) 1.0
g4u 1.12

Partition Tools
Ranish Partition Manager 2.43
XFDISK (Extended FDISK) 0.9.3beta
SPFDISK (Special FDISK) 2000-03k
TestDisk 4.4
Partition Resizer (ttp://zeleps.com)
Nathan complained that this site contains malicious popups, so I have removed the hyperlink. Visit at your own risk!
SavePart 2.80
Free FDISK 1.2.1

Boot Managers
Smart BootManager 3.7R1
Gujin 0.8

File Managers
DOS Navigator 3.7.0
File Maven 3.5a

NTFS Tools
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor 030426
Active NTFS Reader for DOS 1.0.1
EditBINI 1.01.1

Memory Diagnosis
Memtest86 3.0
Windows Memory Diagnostic
DocMem RAM Diagnostic 1.45a

DOS Boot Disks
Bart's Network Boot Disk n/a
Bart's CDROM Boot Disk

Linux-based Rescue Disks
Tom's Boot Disk 2.0.103
Recovery Is Possible (RIP) 2.0
BasicLinux 2.1
Trinux 0.80rc2

System Information
AIDA16 2.12
NSSI 0.57.4
PC-Config 9.33

Benchmarks
System Speed Test 32 4.78

Antivirus Tools
F-Prot Antivirus for DOS (Personal use only)
Virus definition: 18 Oct 2003
Includes read-only freeware version of NTFSDOS.
3.14b
McAfee Antivirus Scanner
Virus definition: 18 Oct 2003
Includes read-only freeware version of NTFSDOS.
4.1.40

BIOS Tools
CMOS Password Recovery 4.3

Network Tools
Freesco 0.3.2

NOTE* DISCLAIMER DOES NOT APPLY TODAY
its still applies to the aps below that says it does
Since these are standalone aps run from outside windows at boot, I havent run the below security on them, and to tell the truth havent used this particular collection either (but Im burning it today) this collection changes ALL the time, and just gets more comprehensive

I have however used several other versions and the systems I used them on proceeded to pass the below security scans.

If you dont know how to burn an a bootable CD from an ISO, there are links to instructions for Nero, Easy CD Creator, WinOnCD and Burnatonce near the middle of the page, not to mention a FAQ, 15 download mirrors ect ect ect

 

[Tiny]

Almost two months since the last featured software program?

pish posh!

 

[RandysWay]

Almost two months since the last featured software program?

pish posh!

No, you're wrong.

It's been one year and two months since the last featured software program.

 

[Tiny]

No, you're wrong.

It's been one year and two months since the last featured software program.

woah!

I didn't see that.

 

[tommo]

Just a FYI... the avantbrowser, opera and firefox links are broken; They've been linked as part of www.hardforum.com

 

[RandysWay]

Give us new featured freeware I love new finds. Please?

 

[Covertoperator]

Here you go Paint.Net 2.5 it's free.

Description:

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP or 2000. Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.

The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with GDI+ extensions.

Paint.NET has many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers.

This is the second semester that Paint.NET has been a project at Washington State University, and we have the goal of adding as much functionality as expensive commercial applications provide, but of course, for free!

 

[SiliconJon]

[HashOnClick] - "A program to calculate the CRC-32, MD5, or SHA-1 hash value for a file. It is implemented as a shell extension, i.e. right-click on a file, in Windows Explorer, to calculate the hash value for a file. It's that simple!"

[SketchUP] - Ameteur 3D Modelling Application

[Linux Live Game Project] - How many games can you fit on one Live Linux Distro?

Also great to have are some [portable] versions of our favorite applications, such as FireFox, OpenOffice, AbiWord, FileZilla, Thunderbird, GAIM, Gimp, ClamWin, NVU, XAMPP...

And for those who don't know what we mean by portable and don't remember the days of DOS, it means you can copy it to removable media, such as a USB drive, and it will run from that media without requiring installation. Take it, and everything you do to it, with you everywhere you go.

Also the last [101 Free Games] printed in CGW, with hyperlinks (some of which are NOT free, but listed as integrity to the list but noted).

I recently started a new [website] for free-types of data, but the name skeered everybody here away, but not before the flogging...

 

[SiliconJon]

[The White Chamber] - A 2D Adventure game that is much like Maniac Mansion interface and genre-wise, but a game all its own to be sure. This creepy and wild adventure will keep you interested, and will proabably stump you many times over. If you're sensitive to carrying around body parts in your backpack, this game is not for you.

[Maniac Mansion] - Since I mentioned it. Though posted in these forums before, you know how easy it is to miss a thread in the forums. This is a PC port of the classic.

 

[SiliconJon]

Programming:

Microsoft Visual Studio -> Microsoft Visual Studio Express

For Web Development

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition »
An ideal environment for dynamic Web development.

------------------------------------------
For Database Development

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition »
A powerful and easy-to-use database to complement each Express Edition.
New Features for SQL Server 2005 Express »
Be more productive with SQL Server Express, now available with Reporting Services, Full Text Search, and a free management tool.

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For Windows Development

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition »
Productivity that is ideal for first time or casual Windows programming.
Visual C# 2005 Express Edition »
A great combination of power and productivity for the Windows developer.
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition »
Horsepower with a finer degree of control than other Express Editions.
Visual J# 2005 Express Edition »
Ideal for those with prior Java-language experience or learning the Java language.

Virtual Servers & Desktop (OS Emulation):

MS Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise -> MS Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise

Often referred to as superior to MS's virtual server is [VMWare Server] and [VMWare Player].

 

[amromousa]

AMBackup - http://www.amromousa.com/ambackup/

AMChat - http://www.amromousa.com/amchat/

Both are beta, but should be fairly bug free. No spyware, adware, etc. They're both also FREEEEE. The backup software will be getting a face lift as soon as my 7900GT gets back from eVGA (new GUI, FTP backup, and cd/dvd burning of the backed up data. Version 3 is out!.

 

[Techx]

can the OP fix the borked links, some of them look like this:

http://www.hardforum.com/"http://www.irfanview.com/"

Thanks

 

[onetwenty8k]

I hate bumping old threads but this still has some great stuff in it even though the links are broken, they're still there.