What "little" program could you simply not do without?
I've always wanted to make a list of all of the great little programs I've found over the years that I feel like I couldn't do without. You know the one's I'm talking about, the first ones that you put on a computer if you've just installed the System Software. Those little programs that maybe even Microsoft has realized how good they are and they've integrated them into their OS (like a zip program).
I can name a few, but I'd like to hear your favorites and if you can offer a link to them that would be great as well.
One of my favorites is MomWallpaper, a wallpaper randomizer that let's you set the amount of time each wallpaper is shown, resize, stretch, run randomly or sequentially, and it works with just about any image format. I liked it so much that I bought version 1.1.3 years ago and it works perfectly, but you can download free trial of it.
Another of my favorites is GoldWave. It's another shareware program that gives you a huge amount of options in editing Wav files and you can also use it to record any sound the comes through your sound card at excellent quality.
I'll list one more (although I've got probably a dozen or so I love). The last one is CDex. I believe it is Freeware. You can rip tracks from your audio CDs into Wav or Mp3 format and it even supports CDDB so it can download and automatically list the CD Artist, Song Titles, and more. It supports a ton of audio formats and even lets you convert audio files as well.
Well there, I've listed just a few of the "little" programs I really enjoy and you can even download all of them for yourselves (at least a trial). I'm very eager to hear some of your favorites.
Some Of My Favorite Software
I guess one of my most favorite downloads (and free too) from the Internet and one I use every day, is "iespell" at http:www.iespell.com/ I belong to a lot of different forums and I am not the greatest speller in the world, and with this little program, after you finish writing your post, you can use this program to check your spelling. It is listed under "Tools" in your Browser so all you have to do is click on it.
Another, is Spyblocker. It use to be free, and that was when I got it. But now you have to pay for it. I don't go to the web site any more since I want to keep my free version, so I don't know the address. But this is one of the greatest programs I could have put on my computer. Besides blocking web sites from spy ware, it also acts almost like a firewall and won't let anything in on Port 80 or anything going out. My husband's PC is networked with my PC and even he can't access my PC unless I close my Spy Blocker down. Since I have started using this, I never find any ad-ware or spy ware on my computer when I run "Ad-Ware" which is another great program to have.
And just one more program I want to add: Pop-Up Stopper by Panic Ware. There is a free version and it is great for getting rid of all those annoying pop-ups. You can run it in your system tray or not. I only put it in my system tray when I suddenly start getting pop-ups. I don't run it in my system tray until then because once you start using it, you have to always hold down your shift key when opening a link into another window because it does not know the difference between a new opened window and a pop-up. Those are just a few programs that I really love and wouldn't want to live without.
Sheila
Great Submissions, I Look Forward to Seeing More!
Excellent! Many of these programs are perfect, and are things I've been looking for for quite some time (like the Spell Checker build into your web browser)! Thanks for all your posts and I look forward to seeing some from even more people!
MY Fav FREE Prog is Purge IE
Purge IE gets my vote ,, free for 30 days
Purge IE gets rid of all the Cookies, Cache ,and History , all in one easy button push
PURGE IE
PurgeIE is marketed as Shareware. This means that you are free to try PurgeIE prior to registration. You are allowed to test this software for fifteen (15) days in its Fully-functional mode. These days need not be contiguous. Once the Trial Period expires, the program can still execute in Preview mode for evaluation purposes. In Preview mode no actual deletes are performed. The program must then be registered to regain its Fully-functional mode.
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My second Fav would be Drive Image 2002 ( not really free)
Its saved my @ss , more times than not
Its amazing
BTW ,, GREAT THREAD
JP
What "little" program I love the most
It's called Text Cleanup! As the company, Custom Solutions, sums it up: It's the quick and easy way to clean up ugly, badly formatted text!
For instance (again, quoting from CS's Web site):
Remove unwanted line breaks in the middle of paragraphs
Remove those annoying e-mail reply marks (> symbols)
Remove unwanted formatting when copying and pasting
Automatically correct common typing and spelling errors
Clean up word and sentence spacing
And much more!
I couldn't live without it. CS bills it as a word processor and text editor. The way I usually use it is to copy and paste something into Text Cleanup, run the cleanup options (configurable by you), then copy and paste it into my regular word-processing program (WP9). Automatically takes out all that hidden formatting so you don't have to keep clicking through to delete hard returns and so forth.
Costs $24.95. Well worth it! One of the few "little" programs I've chosen to register and pay for.
Find it here:
Text Cleanup from Custom Solutions
Cheers
Wendy
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