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

Gosh such a long list and the best utility has been left out :confused:

STROKEIT - PROVIDES MOUSE GESTURES FOR THE WHOLE WINDOWS

if u are using opera or ff then u wld love this since u can now extend mouse gestures for EVERY APPLICATION.
those unfamiliar with mouse gestures - congrats- u r going to hav the best time of your life with the mouse

http://www.mousegestures.com

size:105 KB
ram:160kb
and ofcourse its free.

btw mods u wld do a real favour to all if u kind of compress this thread coz going through all of it is virtually impossible

Thanks

A long time reader of vdr just signed up.

Almost all of the free/share ware I use has already been listed. Just one that I didn't see. I use a little proggie called RAMDISK. I have 1 GB memory so I like the idea of making a ram disk using 64M then change my settings in IE to limit my cache to 50M and point to the RAMDISK. I believe this clears out everytime I shutdown, leaving behind no traces at all.

Other software I use frequently but already mentioned are:
Goldwave sound file editor
Cacheman RAM manager (just like knowing how much ram is available)
WinZip manage zip files
AVG antivirus software
BitLord monitor any bittorrent activity
EAC rip CD's into wav's and mp3's
IrfanView image viewer
WinAmp listen to internet radio
Picassa manage my images
Ad-Aware get rid of spyware
Aida32 list all my computers hard/software
Partition Magic make, delete, format partitions on HDDs (geek stuff)
Ghost copy HDD to HDD when installing a new HDD(more geek stuff)
SpyBot get rid of spyware
Startup see what's starting up and edit
Firefox IE alternative browser
NetMeter see how much bandwidth is being used (another geeky thing)

Thanks all for the good suggestions. I downloaded and am now using Convert and ASAP Utilities as a result of suggestions made here.

A warm welcome to you bilbob. Just read your thread and I also waited for some time before joining Virtual Dr. a couple of years ago. Haven't regretted it either and hope that you can also say that in the days ahead. The people here are very knowledgeable and willing/anxious to help.
There are many great aps. listed here for the taking and thank you for your offering. i will take a look at it later.

One thing i would edit is the Bit Torrent app, as it is against forum policy.:) Just a head's up as a mod will probably edit it for you if you don't.
http://www.jupitermedia.com/corporate/privacy/aup.html


Liam

This is a great thread!
Thanks guys...
I would like to share a free conversion software link with you, I just simply love it. Here is a quote describing what it can do:
This free units conversion program is designed specifically for engineers. It includes a wide range of technical categories required by engineers, but it excludes the archaic and esoteric units that clutter the menus of the other conversion programs.
http://www.katmarsoftware.com/uconeer.htm

Kocika73,

Welcome to VDr :)


Thanks for sharing a program, i'm checking it out now.:)



Liam

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Kazaa and Emule are P2P programs and it is against our AUP to discuss these programs, as they are illegal, and use illegalities to get copyrighted audio/video/games and apps. AUP: http://www.jupitermedia.com/corporate/privacy/aup.html

Just a warning.:)


Liam

Regdat...Use daily, almost instant copy of registry in DAT format..along with Regshot mentioned earlier or InCtrl they provide needed protection when scanreg backups cannot.
http://www.sofotex.com/Regdat-download_L12335.html

Here is a great free firewall does just about everything for free works good ,i use it to limit my daughters computer time and to filter bad web sites, and it passes all security test's. Thumbs up :)

NetVeda Safety Net Firewall

if i had to choose one i would say zonealarm. i like to have some control over what my computer does and zonealarm at least gives me a sense of somekind of control.

wow BT is illegal???? Some linux sites recommend it to download the iso's.

Some folk just can't get past the idea that there are many and very real uses for file sharing. I'm kind of dumbfounded as to why such a sophisticated site would ignorantly blanket ban something that is NOT ILLEGAL. Some may use file sharing illegally, but many do not.

I challenge anyone here to show me a law that makes filesharing programs illegal.

My keyboard could be used to perpetrate many frauds and scams, but I do not use it for that. Perhaps VRDR should ban anyone that uses a keyboard since they COULD be used to do something illegal?

Actually we can discuss P2P programs so long as the discussion doesn't pertain to the downloading or use of pirated or illegal files. We'll try to be more consistent about that in the future. Sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding.

Also worth noting is we won't discuss any of the ad free/cracked or lite versions of P2P programs like Kazaalite etc because they *are* illegal themselves.