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

Cad Standard (drawing program)
Dupe Detector (finds dupes of jpg's)
Rotate JPG
Easy JPEG Printer
Easy Thumbnail Creator
Easy Thumb (same type program, different company)
FotoAlbum (pic organizer)
Irfanview others have mentioned it
JPEG Comment Editor
JRuler - a screen ruler
Pic Sorter
Picture Shark (watermarker)
Pixia (I think it's free!)
Photo Wizard
Slowview
STG Thumb
Xnview (a serious competitor to Irfanview)


Note: some of these I just d/l and tried others I haven't even installed or tried yet; enjoy!

You need a utility to rotate JPGs?! :)

If you like [*-deleted word-*] like Fotoalbum, check out "picasa" from download.com. You wont look back.

Here are two free ones that are highly recommended.

Pop peeper. Works for POP3 accounts and with yahoo and hotmail. I use it while online to monitor incoming email. Fast and uses minimal resources. It's a must have for me.

pop peeper


2X Explorer is another fine program. It's fast, uses little resources and uses two panes to manage files. Another must have.




2X Explorer


:)

TP109,

How do you use 'pop peeper' to access Yahoo? Do you need to have pop3 with Yahoo, or is it a web based alternative way of doing it?

The yahoo mail feature is built in. All you need to do is select it. It works perfectly. An no, you don't need a POP3 account with yahoo, just a regular free account.

TweakUI is essential installation on all my pcs and those others I've built,

So much easier than messing around in the registry

XP version 584kb Freeware

All other versions 110kb Freeware

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The yahoo mail feature is built in. All you need to do is select it. It works perfectly. An no, you don't need a POP3 account with yahoo, just a regular free account.

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If you use trillian for instant messaging it shows you mail notifications in a pretty neat manner too. http://www.ceruleanstudios.com

For all you oldeies out there Win 3x from a floppy :)

Well you did say freeware..............:rolleyes: :D :D

Have to agree with erick_p,,boot up Trillian,open Yahoo/ M$N,or whatever and it pops up a bubble telling you you have mail and how many. Then just log on from there. And you don't have to have the chat programs installed. Just need an account name.Neat lil' program imo...;)

Pop Peeper instantly displays the message headers for every account on a single list, you can then delete messages based on the header, or read, and reply to messages from within the program. It is much better than e-prompter and other notification type programs I have tried.

I just gotta ask. I don't use MSN Messenger but my wife does. I think she uses version 6.4 but her version has those features. Am I missing something, maybe like bloating software or ??? MSN Messenger is free and is a part of windows 98SE.
I have been following these "tips" and am enjoying all of them. Keep 'em coming.

Favorite freeware site. Son of Spy's Freeware . Hundreds of freeware downloads, from apps to utilities.

(All with complete descriptions.)

well...probably a lot of other people said but
Zone Alarm http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.ht...search=+Go%21+
Regcleaner
Spyboot
and if u like cool walpapers for free check http://www.visualparadox.com very nice ones over there.
ICQ
Opera
can't think of anymore, but im sure is loads out there

Just hurriedly looked through your great recommendations but I did not see EndItAll. If you do a lot of Ctrl/Alt/Delete to close running apps individually, you'll love this 'un. It is free and there are to two versions. I prefer the older version but both can be found by using Google and type the name in.

I like these also,

1.( window washer v4.8) cleans up everything on your pc

2.(Kerio, ) free firewall

3.(Iconoid), hides your desktop icons

4.(adsgone), pop up stopper banner add blocker

5. (XPANTISPY) a must have

6.( blackvipers web page) , xp services to turn off in xp do goggle search for blackviper

7.the others already mentioned i use also = spybot, diskeeper, system mechanic, NAV 2003 pro, mailwasher, weatherbug, aida32, belarc advisor, iespell,and of course virtual doctor, and google toolbar... this isa good thread lots of info:)