What "little" program could you simply not do without?

these are utility downloads or websites that are currently running on my machine daily,some for more than 2 years. with the exception of FOTKI.COM,all are free to use/download.



MyImager:
http://www.myimager.com/

an image management website. optimize,edit images in many ways here.


GROUP MAIL FREE:
http://www.infacta.com/gmdifferences.asp

Group Mail Free Cost: Free - Download Now
Ideally suited to the home user who only intends to send to smaller groups. This version of Group Mail has all the features you will need to get you started with group messaging. Powerful, yet easy to use, and if you ever need to upgrade your data will be maintained and ready to use in the Pro or Plus edition.
Personal Send Mode only
Limited Address Book Import support
No Plug-in support
Send to a maximum of 100 recipients at a time



SNIP URL:
http://www.snipurl.com

cut those bulky,url's [specially pagebuilder's] to a more manageble size.
register [FREE] and have your own snip url center wher you can customize your url's and read how many hit's each url has received through the autoresponder built into each url header.

ECAPTURE:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...em/capture.htm

capture desktop or window screenshote.
this app saves your screenshot in a very large format [often 350 to 500,000 bytes].
it is STRONGLY reccomended that you download 602PRO to work with this software to downsize those screen captures to a more manageble size.


FOTKI:
http://www.fotki.com/
a complete photo storage center. each photo gets it's own FOTKI web url. I've used this service [$30 per year,USD] for 3 years now and never disappoints me. 1 at a time or batch upload.


602pro:
http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/tour3.html

602Photo's effective and easy-to-understand user interface makes it an unbeatable graphics editor for beginners and experienced users alike. It is designed for accessing graphics files directly, through a digital camera or scanner. Simply load your picture into 602Photo and then rotate, flip or resize it. You can decrease or increase number of colors or convert your picture to black and white. Then apply the built-in effects and finally print it with fill-to-page feature. With 602Photo you have full control of your picture resolution and file format.

All Popular Image Formats Support


Convert images between different file formats with ease (over 15 image formats supported: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCD, PSD, TGA, TIFF, WMF, MSP, PCT and more). Gain control over the DPI (Dots Per Inch) resolution for True Scale Printing

CAUTION !
LONGGGGGG DOWNLOAD,COUPLED WITH TEXT EDITOR.




EPROMPTER:
http://download.com.com/3302-2369-8986018.html?tag=mta
import your yahoo [pop3] mail with this software. yes! it works and can accept up to 15 other e-mail accounts. send/receive from this. text only,no images [they're stripped].

HIDE OUTLOOK:
http://www.webattack.com/download/dlhideoe.shtml
put an outlook express icon into tasktray

FREE ANTI-VIRUS [AVG]:
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_dwnl2...7305f9930bdf9f


QUICK SHUTDOWN:
http://www.winutility.com/qsd/

Quick ShutDown™ - fast and easy-to-use shutdown tool that allows you to shutdown, reboot, hibernate, logoff, standby or lock your computer with the one mouse click. When QSD is running, an accurate miniature icon appears on the taskbar on the end opposite the "Start" button. You can choose to click or double click it with the left mouse button, and it shutdowns or reboots your computer. You can set a keyboard shortcut for any action - shutdown, reboot, hibernate, standby, lock, logoff and media eject. Quick ShutDown allows you to set your own tray icon to be displayed. Click it with the right mouse button to view the context menu. Also, QSD can automatically terminate applications if they are not responding making shutdowns both quicker and safer. In addition, Quick ShutDown can eject removable media drives at shutdown preventing you from losing your disks and CDs by leaving them in the drive when you leave.




WEBKEY:
http://webkey.virtualave.net/webkey.html

WebKey2000 allows you to visit your favorite websites at the touch of a keyboard button. With one-touch access, you can also launch your default email client using an email template, execute any applications (even with shortcuts), open any registered documents, and a whole lot more. With the new features added to version 1.2, WebKey2000 can be an extremely useful utility. Now you can do things such as hide or show a series of active windows on your desktop, execute an action command from the clipboard buffer, and open a default browser with an url using the existing opened window. WebKey2000 has a very nice GUI interface to let you define a hotkey and the action associated with it. Using modifiers like Ctrl, Alt and Shift, you can specify a variety of hotkeys and duplicate entries will be detected. The program runs as a convenient icon in the system-tray area of the windows taskbar and can automatically run at windows startup. A context menu can easily be accessed from this tray-icon to allow you to enable or disable all the hotkeys quickly. This simple freeware program is easy to use and could be a great time-saver if you have a handful of websites that you frequently visit, program or files that you constantly open, or even friends that you often send emails to.

AD-AWARE:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,7423,00.asp

spyware with the latest version of this free tool. Ad-aware scans your system--including removable drives--for the most common types of advertising spyware and safely removes offending software. The program works through intuitively designed wizards. Currently, the utility detects small ad programs from Adware, Aureate/Radiate, OnFlow, Comet-Cursor, Cydoor, Doubleclick, EverAd, Flyswat, OnFlow, TimeSink 5.0, and others.

Version 6.0 offers improvements (like a redesigned user interface) and safeguards for users who may be overzealous in removing adware/spyware components. Because many ad-supported programs won't function if you remove their ad modules, you may occasionally want to overrule an earlier decision to remove one of these components. Version 6.0 addresses this problem in two ways: It stores adware components in your Recycle Bin, where you can later retrieve them; and it provides a backup archive viewer for reviewing--and if necessary, restoring--components you've removed

REGISTRY CLEANER;
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

Brief Introduction
RegCleaner is the most advanced registry editor and cleaner yet it's very easy to use.

Introduction
RegCleaner is an easy to use program. With RegCleaner you can easily get rid of those old and obsolete registry entries created by software that you have destroyed ages ago. And by easily, I mean easily. You don't have to be any expert to use this program.

you can find my contributions as well as others at:
http://www.earlea.com
select computer section.

http://www./freelink.org
a FREE bookmark service i've built my website around. can't do without it !

in account name,type whatever you would like to have appear as the page title,NOT your name oe e-mail address [there's places for those].

select clear page [no pre-set categories]
using add categories,create web type categories in title box.
type website name in left box,wed address in right box.
click BOTH uopdate and done.

need help with this,let me know,i've created 50 + FREELINK pages this way.

not downloads but tool websites that i find handy.
http://tools.pitas.com/

PUT YOUR ICONS INTO A PULL UP MENU IN YOUR TASKBAR,FREEING YOUR DESKTOP BACKGROUND FOR ALL TO SEE;

CLICK ON DESKTOP
SELECT ARRANGE ICONS
CLICK SHOW DESKTOP
[THIS DEACTIVATES THE ICON LIST AND THEY DISAPPEAR].

NOW,
PUT THOSE SAME ICONS ON YOUR TASKBAR IN A POP UP MENU;
CLICK ON TASKBAR
CLICK ON QUICK LAUNCH

THIS ACTION NEEDS REPEATING

NEXT CLICK ON DESKTOP

YOUR ICONS THAT WERE ON THE DESKTOP ARE NOW ON A POP UP MENU LABELED DESKTOP [BUTTON].

BY CLICKING ON QUICK LAUNCH YOU GET A DESKTOP BUTTON AND INTERNET EXPLORER BUTTON IN YOUR TASKBAR.

WHENEVER YOU WANT TO RETURN TO YOUR DESKTOP FROM ANY WINDOW,CLICK ON PC ICON.
WANT TO GET TO ANOTHER FORMER DESKTOP APP,JUST CLICK ON THE DESKTOP BUTTON AND SELECT THE APP TO RUN.

HIDE YOUR TASKBAR;

TO MAXIMIZE YOUR WINDOW SPACE,
CLICK START
CLICK PROPERTIES
CHECK AUTO-HIDE THE TASKBAR AND CLOE OUT.

NOW, YOUR TASKBAR WILL BE UNDER THE WINDOW,INVISIBLE TILL YOU PASS YOUR CURSOR UNDER THE ACTIVE WINDOW TO BE USED.

MOVING APPS TO TASKBAR MENU:
CLICK ON IE OR OE OR WHATEVER ON START PAGE
SELECT PROPERTIES
CLICK SEND TO
SEND TO DESKTOP TO BE ADDED TO YOUR POP UP MENU WITH YOUR OTHER ICON/APPS.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISABLE THAT SQUAWKING,SQUEALING DURING DIAL-UP?

TWO SECTIONS:
CONTROL
PHONE/MODEM
MODEMS
PROPERTIES
SPEAKER OFF

#2:
CONTROL
YOUR CONNECTION [YOUR ISP]
PROPERTIES
CONNECT USING
CONFIGURE
UNCHECK MODEM SPEAKERS

THAT'S IT ! NO MORE HOWING TO LISTEN TO WHILE DIALING UP.

SAVE SOME DISK SPACE BY DISABLING INDEX SERVICE IN SEARCH.

SAME IN ADMIN.,SYSTEM TOOLS
START
ALL PROGRAMS
ADMIN TOOLS
SERVICES
DISABLE INDEX SERVICES

DISABLE POP UPS PROMOTING A LARGER ? [LOL].

START
ALL PROGRAMS
ADMIN TOOLS
SERVICES
DISABLE MESSENGER SERVICES [NOTHING TO DO WITH WINDOWS MESSENGER AND DOES NOT DISABLE THAT].

USE FEWER CLICKS TO GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO;
START
MY COMPUTER
TOOLS
FOLDER OPTIONS
CHOOSE SINGLE CLICK

SWITCH USERS:
WINDOWS BUTTON + L

TOP OF PAGE;
HOME BUTTON

BOTTOM SAME:
END BUTTON
SLOW SCOLL UP;
PAGE UP

SLOW SCROLL DOWN:
PAGE DOWN

CONTROL PANEL ACCESS:
WINDOWS BUTTON + C

DESKTOP ACCESS;
WINDOWS BUTTON + D

IN OUTLOOK EXPRESS:

FORWARD:
CTRL + F

FILE CONVERTER
http://snurl.com/FILECONVERT
from-to:acme,acrobat,au,binary,binhex,dvi,excel,gif,html,jpeg,latex,macbinary,mail,mif,mpeg,msword,multipart,pdf,pict,pilot~doc,pkzip,png,postscript,powerpoint,ppm,ps,quicktime,rtf,sun-raster.

AdDESIGN BANNERS
http://www.addesigner.com/
AdDesigner.com is a unique FREE service that gives you the power to design and download professional-quality, animated banner ads quickly and easily. In seconds, you can create top-quality, optimized banner ads that are perfect for your favorite banner exchange, a paid advertising campaign, or anywhere else.

Use the high-quality banner ads you design at AdDesigner.com to get higher click-through rates (which means more traffic to your website), to build a professional image for your website, and to create a favorable and lasting impression on everyone who sees your banner ads.


Design an ad like this for your website in seconds!
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Custom-design your own banner ad in three simple steps:
Choose an ad style from our vast library of 91 high-quality, attention-grabbing animated choices;
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(and even the font styles, font sizes and font colors to use, if you wish);
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BANNER CREATIONS
http://snurl.com/1743

ANIMATED BANNERS
http://snurl.com/1745

SWF BANNERS
http://snurl.com/1746

EASY SPAM RIDDER:

1ST:
SET UP A MAIL MESSAGE FROM EACH E-MAIL THAT YOU WISH TO VIEW AS SAFE.

CLICK MESSAGE,CLICK RULE FROM MESSAGE,CHECK WHERE THE FROM LINE CONTAINS PEOPLE,THEN CHECK MOVE IT TO SPECIFIED FOLDER,THEN CLICK ON HIGHLIGHTED LINK,SPECIFIED FOLDER.
THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE LIST OF FOLDERS YOU HAVE SET UP.

I USED,FAMILY,FRIENDS,NEWSLETTERS AND A SEPERATE FOLDER FOR EACH WEB GROUP I BELONG TO.

NOW CLICK ON THE FOLDER YOU WISH ALL FUTURE E-MAIL FROM THIS PERSON OR GROUP TO BE STORED IN.

AFTER HAVING DONE THIS FOR EVERYONE/GROUP,ALL THAT'S LEFT IN YOUR INBOX,IS SPAM!

PRESS CTRL-A AND THEN CTRL-D AND ALL THAT SPAM IS DELETED.

MOUSELESS OUTLOOK EXPRESS:

WHEN YOU OPEN A FOLDER,THERE ARE ALL YOUR E-MAILS LISTED. HIGHLIGHT THE 1ST,THEN PRESS ENTER. YOUR 1ST E-MAIL WILL OPEN,VIEW IT AND THEN PRESS CTRL-R TO REPLY TO IT OR CTRL-D TO DELETE IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE DELETED THAT E-MAIL,THE NEXT OPENS AUTOMATICALLY.

WHEN IN OUTLOOK EXPRESS AND YOU WANT TO CREATE A NEW E-MAIL:

PRESS CTRL-N
OPENS YOUR WRITE E-MAIL PAGE. ADDRESS,SUBJECT,WRITE AND PRESS CTRL-ENTER,IT'S SENT ON IT'S WAY.

TO FORWARD AN E-MAIL:
PRESS CTRL-F

WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED READING ALL THE E-MAIL IN A FOLDER AND YOU WISH TO RETURN TO YOUR INBOX,PRESS CTRL-i.

CLICK:
START
SELECT ALL PROGRAMS
SELECT ACCESSORIES
SELECT ACCESSIBILITY
SELECT ACCESSIBILITY WIZARD

1ST PAGE:
CLICK NEXT
2ND PAGE:
CHOOSE LARGE TITLES,MENU'S
CLICK NEXT
3RD PAGE:
CHECK CHANGE FONT SIZE

AT THIS TIME,YOU WILL BE OFFERED THE USE OF WINDOWS MAGNIFIER. UNCHECK [I DID] IF YOU DON'T WANT THIS FEATURE.

CLICK NEXT

4TH PAGE:
CHECK I AM BLIND
CLICK NEXT

5TH PAGE:
SELECT BORDER SIZE [SMALLEST IS BEST]
CLICK NEXT

6TH PAGE:
SELECT ICON SIZE
CLICK NEXT

7TH PAGE;
DO NOT MESS WITH THIS !!!
CLICK NEXT

8TH PAGE:
SELECT CURSOR
CLICK NEXT

9TH PAGE:
LEAVE THIS ALONE !!
CLICK NEXT

LAST PAGE:
CLICK FINISH

Hey Fuelm@n

Thanks for the E-Sword link...Very Nice!!!

:cool:

EARLE:
Perhaps an alternate, and easier, way of hiding your desktop icons is to get this freebie from an Australian company:

http://www.coolbananas.com.au/prod2.htm

I have used it for a couple of years and it does an easy job. I do not let it check for emails.
Many thanks for your interesting inputs here. Have a couple saved already!!

it can't get any easier than 4-5 clicks to transfer your icons to your taskbar into a pop up menu.
downloading a file to do that is superferlous [misspelled ?].

course now,i'm running XP/HOME so that may make the dif. have to put that info into a sig.

Better late than never, maybe some other stragglers will stumble onto this and find the info usefull.

These two "little" jewels that I am going to document, would be of most benefit primarily to those that work at a computer a lot and have to keep track of a lot of tasks, things to do, and so on... Both of these do that, but one is a repository for less volatile info that can be "put away" for a while, and the other is for quick, easily accessible, highly volatile notes.

The latter component, for quick and easy use, is a nifty little freeware package called "ATNotes". Yeh, it is basically one of those "sticky notes" programs, but it is what I would consider "best of breed" and so much more powerful yet easier to use than the rest, that you can hit a control key, make a note, and the rest you kind of have to experience to understand (I've only got so much room here...).

From there, it is sometimes necessary to archive notes, basically offloading them from the screen to a "database", and for that I use "TreeDBNotes". Again, too much to go into the benefits here, you kind of have to shake it down to see the potential (don't let the initial display of the interface perplex you, it is really quite easy to use once you get the concept).

'Nuff said...

Well, having said that, I have to throw in a reccomendation to check out "Desktop Sidebar", but it requires XP or 2k and Outlook (not Outlook EXPRESS, just Outlook, as in Outlook XP or Outllook 2000). I actually went to the trouble to migrate from OE6 to Outlook 2000 just to be able to get this hummer goin. A caution if you do try it out: it initially docks at the righthand side of the screen (can be changed to, and is better at, the lefthand side of the screen (better because it can be set to "hide" and tends to jump out with most of the cursor activity occurring on the right side...)), and if you have any meticulously arranged desktop icons, the sidebar will unmercilessly scatter the icons all over the screen, even with something like FavOrg that supposedly locks icons in place.

I use Launchmate.....have for about 3 years...and I love it. So easy to get into my program: LaunchMate 3.0 free download by TDRWare. One of the little programs I always keep on my computer..




http://www.softpile.com/Games/Miscel...956_index.html

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Originally posted by mawil
Drive Image . Don't know how I lived without it.

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Drive Image 2002 creates a complete image (compressed) of your entire hard drive. I don't have a lot of stuff on my new HD, little over 4GB and it takes 3 CDs.

Much easier to use than Ghost.

Now my two cents that I always make sure I add to a pc:
Sam Spade
DiskSpace Explorer
EndItAll (Beats Alt/Ctrl/Delete)
Eye fo the Storm (Hurricane country!)
FreshUI
Mailwasher
NetPerSec
The Fourth Day
Weatherbug
WinZip
TweakUI