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Tarq57 16th February 2008 23:44

XV105, you need to change that link to dot net, rather than dot com.

ZH875 2nd March 2008 18:12

Have a look at http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Nani 22nd March 2008 22:59

Something for everyone,a list of outstanding free utilities.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html

hellsbrink 27th March 2008 16:55

Can't see any reference to this, so here we go.

For those using IE7, here's a nifty little thing that does various things as well as having a decent ad blocker and spell checker (ok, you have to "teach" it some things, but it's pretty simple to use).

http://www.ie7pro.com/

BOAC 17th May 2008 08:27

2 useful enhancements to the standard Win Task Manager

prio.exe
processquicklink.exe

Both free for personal use.

Atlas Shrugged 12th June 2008 03:39

Yes, Uniblue is a very good site

BTDT 16th June 2008 00:45

New - Malware removal - Fast scan
 
http://www.malwarebytes.org

After install, update, then scan.

Bushfiva 12th July 2008 01:24

Truecrypt
 
Truecrypt (TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux) is now way faster on multiple-core machines. On Vista and Win2008, logical partitions as well as physical partitions can now be encrypted. Other assorted bells and whistles remain roughly the same.

call100 24th August 2008 12:12

Try Photosynth from microsoft....view and make your own 3D photographs.
The way forward.
See here
Photosynth : Microsoft Live Labs

commsbloke 31st August 2008 17:17

Network Tools
 
Under Network tools you list Ethereal
I believe that this project has forked and the original creator and most of the developers are now working on
Wireshark - www.wireshark.org

BAMRA wake up 6th October 2008 19:51

Useful online or downloadable humidity/dew point calculator,

Vaisala Humidity Calculator

Proper maps of the UK, zoomable right up to 1/25,000 scale,

Get-a-map online free from Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency

mikedurward 26th October 2008 22:32

Might have missed it but portable apps is a great little set of application that can be installed on a pen drive and plugged into ANY computer to give you all the functionallity that you need


PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives

roundwego 29th October 2008 13:33

Registry Cleaner
 
I spent hours trying to sort my son's laptop when it started to run EXTREMELY slowly.

Eventually, after a google, I was directed towards RegSupremePro which has a 30 day free trial.

One run of the prog sorted it. Don't know what the underlying problem was but it did the biz.

Yay!!! 26th February 2009 20:13

yeah ill try that cause my laptops running extremely slow too.

Tarq57 27th February 2009 00:14

Just make sure you make some kind of registry backup before you run it, or, if it has its own backup capability, use it.

cockney steve 27th February 2009 23:18

Operating system.

Ubuntu Linux.....google and download, you can burn it to cd or write them and they'll post you one.....FREE you can boot off the disc,or partition your hard-drive and choose linux or windoze on bootup.
regular new versions, each is supported for 18 months ,IIRC.

I've used it for about 4 years- NEVER crashes and pleased to say I don't even know how to work windoze, past 3.11.

Ubuntu, Opera, Firefox, Open Office and millions of "plugins" all free

recognises a printer, camera etc. plays almost any format audio and video and isn't plagued with all the viruses and malware that plague Microshaft machines........I love it.

Coconutty 6th August 2009 06:58

Phot Editing Freeware
 
Photo Pos Pro : Great for editing photographic images -
Comparable to earlier versions of Paint Shop Pro
with many, if not more similar features and effects :

Free Photo Editor, Free Image Editor, Photo Editing Software, Image Editing Software and Free Photo Tools

BTW - What happened to the "Stickiness" of this thread ?

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Coconutty.jpg

Saab Dastard 6th August 2009 07:30

It's now a link in the Forum FAQ.

SD

Coconutty 6th August 2009 23:46

Thanks Saab, haven't been there for a while so hadn't spotted it :ok:

Still chuckle at your signature line - I also like :

You CAN have your cake and eat it - Just buy two cakes ;)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Coconutty.jpg

amanoffewwords 12th August 2009 09:20

Seagate Disc Wizard

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...ads/discwizard

Very useful free tool to clone or backup hard-disks - uses Acronis engine + works with other makes as long as you have at least on Seagate drive plugged into the system. Can backup to external drives and other removable media too. When restoring from backups you can pick and choose individual files or folders.

Used it last weekend to migrate complete C drive from 35gb disk to 80gb in under 60 minutes.


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