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------ CONTENTS: Phil Nakata's Reference Software ------
VERY USEFUL NEW FREEWARE and RESOURCES
VERY
USEFUL NEW FREEWARE and RESOURCES:
10
things you can do when Windows XP won't boot: When I first read this article
I thought it would contain all the standard stuff – but it actually
reveals also – how to create a XP startup diskette with only 3 files,
the finer points of recovery console – beyond the command line - (fix
corrupt Boot.ini, Partition boot sector, master boot record) … http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10877-6031168.html?tag=nl.e101
Uncover
Hidden Hardware with the Device Manager: One of the strangest hardware problems you’ll
encounter in XP are hidden and ghosted hardware devices that are invisible
to you but that can cause system conflicts. You won’t be able to see
them in the Device
Manager….This
hack forces the Device Manager to uncover all your hidden hardware
so that you can resolve any conflicts.. http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-6240-5606408.html?tag=nl.e101
**Belarc
Advisor: Free Personal PC Audit - hardware -
license codes, all programs and version, missing hotfixes, security
review - CHECK IT OUT - AMAZING
Bootvis: Evaluates all factors occuring
at bootup - restart, from hiberation or standby - for troubleshooting
**LocatePC:
Theft Recovery Software for your Windows PC - freeware - donations
accepted
**XPPro-w2k-2003
Internet Tweaks: Not caching
DNS failures, QOS Bandwidth release **XP-SP2/2003-SP1: Half-Open TCP: Fixing security limit imposed on the number of concurrent
TCP connect attempts http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads
(Updates TCP/IP Drivers) XP-W2k: Concurrent Open Connections http://www.speedguide.net/files/sg_webtweak_2k.zip
(Updates Registry)
**Process
Lasso: Reprioritizes processes that are consuming
too many cycles..Great but you have to throttle down their
default settings a bit - indiv process restraints from 65-35% vs.
35-5% which are the defaults.
**SDE
Community Edition for WebSphere - Freeware
***Spotlight®
on WebSphere - Real-Time Application Server Diagnostics -
Freeware a
problem is exposed, expert advice provides insight into the problem
and tuning advice that can be used to improve J2EE system performance.
***Tutorial
- Create a load-balanced cluster of WebSphere Application Servers
- freeware
SaveMyDesktop: Drives me crazy when an odd reboot
or software install changes my desktop - freeware
***TweakFirefox:
Ramp up Firefox browser interaction with PipeLining and more sessions http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/tweak/ - to install direct FasterFox
– Enhanced Firefox – faster **Unlocker:
'File in Use' - the message that sometimes drives you crazy
- what is holding a file lock on the file or folder i want to update...
now fix it instantly and keep working
Windows
Product Key Finder - Updated for also Windows 2003 server - All MS OS and App Products install
keys
WinPatrol: Sort of like a cross between
ZoneAlarm and BlackIce with anti-spyware
**Print-Conductor:
Ever have a massive coordinated print job - print mass pdfs, word
docs, etc in batch avoiding loading the program for each print - cuts
days to hours. Also converts any docs to graphic docs.
**CD/DVD
burning with CDBurnerXP
**LateRoute:
Measure the latency of an Internet Connection
DeltaCopy: Open Source, Fast incremental
backup program
**uTorrent: Torrent file downloads are becoming a new standard on the Internet - get one of the smallest clients ...
**TweakGDS:
Google Desktop users - if you use the app a lot,
you need to re-index now and then
GDX: Enhancements for Google Desktop -
on 'Steroids'
Freeware
Dictionary Client - Magical Jellybeans Dictionary 1.1 - interfaces to multiple online dictionaries
TinySpell:
Spell checking for the clipboard
**Auditor-WEP
cracking: Boot from CD into Linux with tools to crack
any wep secured wifi site **Ad Hoc Internet Sharing with Microsoft Windows XP (look on their web site for the PDF article) – very cool.
PC Tools Registry Mechanic – http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/ Errorkiller - http://www.errorkiller.com/index.html **wfpadmin:
Windows File Protection Admin $19 Software something
like 'unlocker' but temporarily removes Windows File Protection
(replace system files - ahh!) MyTrigger v.1.7.188
Let your PC launch a program,
script or a Scheduled Task when specific things changes on your computer.
MyTrigger will detect when files changes, when programs starts, stops
or becomes unresponsive, when messages are written in the Event Log
to name a few examples http://www.torgesta.com/
- $25
**Port Explorer: Map realtime all processes to Ports (like process explorer but for ports and troubleshooting.... http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/ - $30-single computer $40-unltd computers
**SoftPerfect
Bandwidth Manager: Rules for Source/Destination IP/Port control
of flow
**BWMeter:
Similar to SoftPerfect but Filters vs. Rules
**CleverCache:
Improve your cache, speed up overall performance
Vicom Intergate: Multi-ISP Connection Aggregator-Gateway-Router-NAT w/connection vs. ip routing for PC and Mac - http://www.vicomsoft.com - $100 lic. + $100 first yr support contract - 5 user
nTracker:
Similar to LocatePC but with more bells and whistles - Alarms, etc.
**GenoPro
199: Picture Your Family Tree - very powerful - Super
easy to use - very graphical - self adjusting displays.
**ebookPackExpress:
Create commercial e-books easily with structure
**Armadillo
TryB4uBuy - Digital encryption for software
**CAD-KAS
PDF Editor - edit most PDF's
Arelis: Increase the link popularity
of your site and get highly targeted free traffic to your web site
as well as pagerank
Digital
Physiognomy: Read a face for probably personality characteristics - from a neural net
AV
Voice Changer:
Change your Internet voice in mail, chat, gaming
Dictation 2005:
Text to wav, wav to text, VR, windows commands, easy to train Dragon Speaking Naturally: Similar to Dictation 2005 http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ DVD to CD (AVI, MPEG, VCD, SVCD) extraction utilities: AoA DVD Ripper – http://www.aoamedia.com/dvd_ripper.htm DVDZip – http://www.dvdzip.org/ SimpleDivx - http://www.simpledivx.org/main/ Allok AVI to DVD, SVCD, VCD converter - http://www.alloksoft.com/
Microsoft has had in the works a similar offering – fully bootable XP on a CD
**Deskmarker:
Draw on any windows screen in colors - print - toggle off - freeware
**GFI
Languard Network Security Scanner: $495 - $2575
**Startup
Control Panel - see all startup, run programs from startup
and registry - freeware
Password
Corral:
Keep all your passwords in one place securely - freeware
Snagit: Capture anything from your screen
ProxyConn: Improves any Internet connection
- Remote proxy on ultra high-speed - w/compression, filtering
**Win2PDF:
Virtual PDF printer - easy
UltraVNC: The best VNC so far - freeware
**Recover4All
Professional: Recover those files if they can be recovered
**Fineprint:
2-4-8/page, reductions, conversions, form merge - perfect for converting
browser images to landscape single page prints
**Parse-O-Matic:
Parse, convert, variables, build reports, any text file
Monarch - A Leading Report Mining
and analysis tool - cross bw. Crystal Reports, a Data extractor,
reconstructor, and programming language - extracts from many non-db and
db data sources
**Virtual
CD: Create and run CD from hard disk
PaintShop
Pro and Animation Shop:
Macromedia
Dreamweaver
**DivX
Player - best for playing DVD's and CD's - freeware
Nero: Burn CD - ISO's - Use as virtual
CD's
NetStumbler: See all wifi access point strengths
- freeware
MultiRAS2: Flip Between the 'Default Gateway'
for multiple connections - freeware
CyberCafe
Freeware http://www.2hotspot.com/
**Windows
Terminal Server FTP: ftp over terminal service connection
Webroot's
SpySweeper:
still the best antispyware around
Fast
Copy:
Usually copies 30-50% faster than windows
CodeLifter5: source code viewer used
to see code on http:// html pages, including pages blocked under no-right-click
scripts, trapped in windows without file menus or url boxes, and 'referrer'
pages that cannot be seen in the browser. Also see style .css
and JavaScript .js files, etc
**Xenu:
Check broken links on any website - freeware
Desktop
Spider:
Reverse spider identifies inbound links to target for popularity and
ranking in search
G-Lock Spamcombat:
for large mail review for spam http://www.glocksoft.com/ Ultraedit-32:
massive search and replaces http://www.ultraedit.com/ winzip http://www.winzip.com/ Visual Router zvnc - freeware http://home.comcast.net/~davedyer/znc/zvnc.html ADR: Advanced Direct Remailer - mailutilities.com imToo - Audio Encoder - converts all formats to
MP3 or wave http://www.imtoo.com/mp3-wav-converter.html Disk Size Manager 1.4 IPExpress - DNS local and host file Reach servers faster, download pages faster! Get this new version! http://www.cbs-soft.com/IPexpress.htm ExtraDNS - 3rd party large DNS http://www.extratools.com/ Download Accelerator Inachis e-Backup 1.4 (Outlook Express Backups and IE Favorites) http://www.inachis.com/ - no longer selling Erunt - registry backup and restore for NT/2000.2003/XP - freeware http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ Ethereal - freeware www.ethereal.com CuteFTP by Globalscape - fastest http://www.globalscape.com/ WarFTPD - FTP basic server with full admin http://www.itc.virginia.edu/dad/ftp/wsftpd.html Ws_ftp - simplest www.ipswitch.com Http-Tunnel: Tunnel
out Secure environments http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html ITunes Introscope – J2EE Monitorhttp://www.wilytech.com/ Mobile Net Switch - freeware IP NetSwitcher http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/ Lotus Organizer 6www.lotus.com - product no longer avail MagicISOwww.magiciso.com Microsoft Officewww.microsoft.com Mobile Phone Tools (for Bluetooth support) http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/Motosupport/source/AdvancedMobility_PhoneTools.asp Mozilla Firefox 1.5www.mozilla.com Norton Ghostwww.symantec.com Norton Systemworkswww.symantec.com PaperChangerhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/james.emerton/paper_changer/home.htm Pocket PC - Remote Control Display, DVD Studio, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wce/downloads/ppctoys.mspx http://www.pqdvd.com/ PowerToys for XPhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wce/downloads/ppctoys.mspx Presto ImageFolio and Mr. Photohttp://www.newsoftinc.com/products/product-main.asp Quick Batch File Compilerhttp://www.abyssmedia.com/ Quick View Plushttp://www.avantstar.com/Products/Quick_View_Plus/QuickViewPlusOverview Quickenwww.intuit.com QuickTimehttp://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html REalPlayerwww.real.com RegEditr - edit .reg files http://www.utils32.com/regeditr.asp Advanced Registry Tracer - snapshot changes over time http://www.elcomsoft.com/art.html Registry Ripper - freeware Copy selected Registry entries to a .REG file, for easy importing into another Registry. Move Registry entries from one computer to another, or make selective backup copies of your Registry data. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp Replay Radio – record shows or anything playing on your computer www.replay-radio.com/ Serialz2000www.serialz.to Lavasoft – Anti-Spywarehttp://www.lavasoft.com/ Spybot – Anti-Spywarehttp://www.safer-networking.org/ Telehynosis Prohttp://www.tifareth.com/thpro.html Visual Routerhttp://www.visualware.com/demo/index.html Check Favoriteshttp://www.jrtwine.com/Products/CheckFavs/ WebStripperhttp://webstripper.net/ WinAcewww.winace.com WinRarwww.rarlab.com XLMSpyhttp://www.altova.com/products_ide.html AIM/MSN TweakMeter- Bandwidth Meter: Part of TweakDUN3
- all Internet incl. DUN - freeware http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/ Microsoft Location Finder Pocket TV Manager - Collects $10/yr - all tv listing
for your local cable tv http://www.doublebit.com/ptvb/ Prevaricator Lie Detectorhttp://members.tripod.com/JusticeMachines/Prevaricator/freeware.html Sales Edgehttp://www.humanedge.biz/ - long outdated but valuable psychological
sales analysis Dr. Shrink release 2.1no longer available HiJack-Thishttp://216.180.233.162/~merijn/index.html Subliminal Message Generatorno longer available Visio Prowww.microsoft.com WinAmpwww.winamp.com Hacker Eliminator - windows and unix security programs hacker-eliminator.com Mass File Editor 1.1http://www.massfileeditor.com/ |