OK. NOW how about ANY favorite FREEWARE program!! (Links too, if possible)

PROCESS KILLER 1.41

This app save my %?&?% a lot of times, I can't live without it.

That's a free process killer with some unique features :
-invisible
-call it anytime with ctrl-shift-` --GREAT !
-very small (less than 100 k)
-stay on top when called (even when nasty multiple windows popupeternaly)--GREAT !
-Restart shell
-etc.
It miss some other features but it's very good

Process killer
http://alex-home-pg.nm.ru/eng/Process_Killer.dhtml
For details about it (1.3)
*****BUT***** :
go to
http://alex-home-pg.nm.ru/Process_Killer.htm
to download the latest version (1.41), looks like russian only, but is english. That version works perfectly.
No installation needed, just copy it in the folder you want.

 

i didnt know if i should post this or not.but i think it is a brilliant program,so ill post with a caution.this program involves manually editing your registry,which means if you screw up you might have to reinstall os if you dont want to do it manually get x-Setup Pro.
http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/asp/twg/twg.asp
i forgot to say what its called-the tweaking experience
here are screenshots
http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/include/images/twg/screenshot-twg-6-b.gif
http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/include/images/twg/screenshot-twg-5-b.gif
and here is erunt a registry backup program
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

 

i hope im not in the dog-house for my last post.well,heres a file recovery program that you should keep in a folder incase you delete something from the Recycle Bin.if you dont keep it on your HD or floppy and you delete something,then go and DL you could wipe the file you are trying to restore.its called Restoration,REST2514
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm

 

Rid yourself of spam and take control of your inbox!
Frontgate MX is the personal email filter that's effective and easy to use, and with its superior "one step" operation, it won't change the way you work. Best of all, Frontgate MX is free: http://www.presorium.com/index.shtml

Our 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 memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information: http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en
(former Aida)

Safe XP allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more.
Safe XP improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and reliable!
It is suitable for beginners and experts: http://theorica.click-now.net/safexp.htm

 

Safe xp is a pretty slick little program.

 

Might be a handy little tool:

MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites, contacts, etc. This program is freeware.

http://backup.jasnapaka.com/

 

hi Adrian
this program big fix is a good one--ive had it for a couple of months and its good for updates and alot of other things--dont get the reconigition it deserves i wondered if anyone knew about it
Rita

 

These are programs I use all the time.

File Manager
VCOM Powerdesk 5

POP Email Checker
Jet-Mail Monitor 6.1

Security
Ad-aware
Spybot S&D
Spywareblaster

Photo Viewer and Manager
Picasa

Check Bookmarks and Download Favicons
AM-Deadlink

Others:
Total Uninstall
End it all
Regcleaner
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Opera (Adware)

 

Firefox and thunderbird are two of my favorite.

 

Defragmentation programs for NT and XP.

Buzzsaw:
On the fly defragmenting only when the disk is greater than 95% idle.

Dirms:
It is a command line utility that will defragment using multiple passes your hard drive.

http://www.dirms.com/

Gerard

 

The thread over here has sooooo many freeware proggies that I feel like a schoolboy in a playground again !

Best regards,
Jade.

 

My favorite freeware is Fractal Explorer.

An awesome piece of software that will almost certainly delight any PC user. It’s a fractal generator that creates wondrous art forms from mathematical formulas. Fractal geometry mixes art with mathematics to demonstrate that equations are more than just a collection of numbers. Fabulously rich artistic imagery results from translating math into designs.

The basic formulas available for manipulation in the program are based largely on the Chaos Theory in mathematics, developed by John Nash, (about whom
" A Beautiful Mind" was written, and which earned him a Nobel Prize.) Simply put, with fractal geometry one can visually model much of what it is witnessed in nature. Rather like holograms that store the entire image in each part of the image, any part of a fractal can be repeatedly magnified, with each magnification resembling all or part of the original fractal.

This freeware requires no mathematical knowledge, although it will accomodate such expertise, and opens up the amazing world of fractal art creation to anyone. An example of a fractal is below....


http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/download.htm

 

My favorate freeware is Sonork. Rock solid application that has never in my life given me one error. I have been using it for 4 years straight. Sonork by default uses decent twofish encryption which is an extra. The people that run it are very friendly and outgoing. www.sonork.com (the client) way better than aim/msn/icq/yahoo messenger in my opinion, but I also use Miranda for those which is another great freeware at http://miranda-im.org/

Security wise I would have to say The Proxomitron

 

There were 1600 free programs win 98, 2000, me, and xp the last time I counted there are some good ones. If you check it out plan on spending some time there as there a lot of files to see. WinSite

bigc

 

Galcoolest, have you tried ChaosPro? i cant get to the site at the moment , but its at this link

 

i didnt check to see which OS these work with, i have xp, but you'll have to check if you use something else

PC WIZARD 2004 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2004 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance.

http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php


CPUSpeed, small standalone to test CPUSpeed
http://am-productions.yi.org/getprod.php?pcode=CPUSpeed
screenshot

RockXP allows you to retrieve your XP product key that you used when you installed Windows XP, as well as keys for other Microsoft products
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rockxp.html

NewOwner gives you an easy way to change your computer's registration information
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1559689,00.asp

Kana Checksum is a Windows' program that can be used to verify the file by calculating its CRC32 checksum or MD5 checksum. For easier access, it can be easily integrated with Explorer, so you can verify the file by right click that file and select Kana Checksum from the popup menu.
http://www.kana.homeip.net/index.php?doc=crccheck&page=features

change your clock to longhorn look, a calender and a countdown timer too
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092761816/1

 

Icen----

I first learned about fractals with Chaos Pro- and then I found Fractal Explorer. FE is ten times easier to use and much better- it allows you to see a large thumbnail of your fractal in the corner morph as you tweak it and it is just so much more configurable overall..... Seriously, even without a really good help file (the authors are foreign and working on it), I'll never use CP again, this was such a breeze and more fun to figure out.

BTW- that IS me in this fractal, and some of my new pals around here would probably dig seeing that... but they'll have to be interested in freeware to get that chance, huh? LOL. I am so cocky.... (It's so blurry cus of having to be adequately small for the forum, but the original is sharp and pretty neat).....

 

Everythings freeware, if your willing to take the risks of piracy.

Jimbob

 

Freeware is a lot different than Warez.

 

thanks, Galcoolest. i have both somewhere, but havent really played around with them. i'll take your advice and use FE when i do.

so thats you is it? i was going to use a picture of me for the time-travel thread, but i dont like to show off i picked the space man instead
thanks for your help. good to have you around.

 

two great programs -
ClearTweak, only for xp ClearTweak™ allows you to change the contrast setting of the ClearType® setting for Windows XP.
http://www.ioisland.com/cleartweak/

and PlacesBar Tweaker, not sure which windows OSs it works with, sorry. The Windows Common dialogs (Open and Save) have a PlacesBar that appears on the left side of the dialogs. PlacesBar Tweaker™ allows you to customize these locations in several ways.
http://www.ioisland.com/placesbar/

 

Hi Big73542

Just clicked on the link http://www.winsite.com/ you mentioned, and I get a FW alert:
Block Once: Browser grover.winsite.com 8888 Outbound TCP

What's this connection over this 8888 port?

Rgds, Crockett

 

I don't know what you are getting, I just now went there with no problem. I have used the WinSite for about two years with no issues at all. Try this link http://www.winsite.com/free/

bigc

 

Hi again....

Tried again with different browsers and Fw, I still can get to the site easily:
6:54:32 opera.exe TCP www.winsite.com HTTP Opera HTTP connection
but I still have to block that one:
6:54:32 opera.exe TCP grover.winsite.com 8888 Block All Activity

Dunno why this second parallel connection attempt...

Anyone else with similar result?

Rgds, Crockett