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

Hi WhitPhil

Would XtreeGold ring a bell??? I heard that program does that sort of thing. But that was back in the days of DOS was born. Very old program and yet, it was interesting :cool:

When away from home :-

VNC and PuTTY

and when at home

CYGWIN, which give you so much good stuff :- VIM, WGET, FTP, TELNET and SSH (servers and clients)

One of my very favorite programs is called Atmosphere Deluxe. I really can't live without it now. It generates all types of ambient soundscapes to listen to while you are chilling out or record to CD to listen to later. I tried many other sound generators and always come back to this.
http://www.relaxingsoftware.com
Another of my can't live without is a program called circle virtual CD. It's freeware and works as well as any of the pay virtual CD programs. It's an absolute must if you have a rubbish battery for your laptop like I have, no more power drain when I want to listen to some music or play a game!
http://www.circleofone.com
Great stuff!

At work we have Symantec Anti Virus Corporate Edition. I love this program! I can see if everyone in the company has a virus or not, I can update everyone! Before we got this I had to go around to 9 differant buildings (250 computers) constantly to do updates!

that's it whitphil...you da man!!!

Thanks

Glad to have helped.

And I'll add a neat one that was pointed out to me.

TreePad Lite for Windows

Neat little database-type app for collecting and categorizing information.

Finally found it again... a handy conversion calculator (freeware)...
Link

Hope this has not been posted b4?
better than add an remove=
MyUninstaller

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Glad to have helped.

And I'll add a neat one that was pointed out to me.

TreePad Lite for Windows

Neat little database-type app for collecting and categorizing information

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Liked it so much I upgraded to TreePad Biz..
in the same class is Notesdb it is a toss between the 2.. treepad suited me.. Keyboard shortcuts, tree view, searchable database, etc..
great prgf to organise your thoughts.. use it at home and work,, keep customers, suppliers, repairs, phone concversations and thoughts..

Have picked a few goodies while this thread has been running..

thanks to all who have posted..

Cheers Glenn

I may have mentioned this before, if not I just found out they have an XP version.

Whisper 32 Version 1.15

Check the website, I believe it works for all versions of Windows, but Version 1.15 was only tested with XP.

It's a website/userid/password program great for remembering all that stuff you usually forget.

Glad this is still going...I think I posted last about a year ago.... ;)

Oh yeah, almost forgot, it's freeware. :cool:

Just a quick Question, especially for those of us with an always open connection to the internet (like cable modem). How secure can that be in a situation like this? Seems like hackers could get into your passwords and get your info. I do forget some of my passwords and would be great if was truely secure.

Hi!

>>It's a website/userid/password program great for remembering all that stuff you usually forget.
>...for those of us with an always open connection to the internet ... How secure can that be ...

My personal view is that this type of programme creates the weakest link in your chain of security. It becomes analogous to a "single point of failure". Of course with a decent firewall and properly configured computer it should not be a problem but all the same...

I also prefer to type in usernames and passwords manually all the time anyway, simply as it ensures they are committed to memory and I don't need to worry about not remembering them and thus being locked out of my accounts if I format my harddrive or have some other hardware disaster.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Hey guys, just thought I'd add another couple programs I've come across recently that are great.

1st is Mozzlia Firebird, which you can get from here. It's a browser developed by Mozzila (who originally helped develop Netscape). It's faster than I've found either Netscape or IE to be and it has a built-in pop-up killer.

Next is GordianKnot which is a great program that combines a lot of other programs to rip dvds and encode them with DivX and other Codecs. It works wonderfully and cuts out a lot of the work, since it opens each seperate program itself. You can get it (along with a guide on how to use it) here .

DAMN.......................HOW LONG IS THIS POST GONNA GO?????????????

After trying mozilla ,opera and a handful of other browsers I always go back to IE6 untill now, I have my Default browser set to, SlimBrowser, by FlashPeak. Give it a try I personally like it , no its not faster than IE6 since it is based on IE6, but the extra features are nice and it is a tabbed browser if you want that option,.
The folks on there forum have answered suggestions I have made and they add options regularly . give it a try it is only 1/4 the size of IE6 and has many more features.

SlimBrowser

this is still a great topic post hope it goes on forever since new products are always a click away, this may go into the Guinness book of records for the longest post reply wise and staying power wise, Virtual Dr rocks ;)

I think this post is no doubt very popular guys! :D

And the list goes on and on... :cool:

Is someone keeping track of all these suggested programs? I think it would be cool to have some database or list of these programs.

I dunno luke. hows about you go through all 23 pages and pull out all the links and create a database for it so we can all have our own access rights and privledges too it and add things to it on a daily basis :D:D

True Launch Bar Looks Cool, Haven't tried it yet. I like the popup menus from the quick launch buttons! Very Sheik!! :D

I love this thread, since reading it, I've downloaded about another dozen proggies to try.

I didn't remember seeing these.

How about:
Atom Time for syncing your clock "Atomically"

Also, I call it "Icon Lock", but I couldn't find a link. Here's the directions: Lock Desktop Icons

Courtesy of Jorge Walker posted on Axcel's Windows tips site.

"In Windows 95/98/ME you can lock down the position of the Desktop icons, using a couple of files from the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. Place Layout.dll in C:\Windows\System and then double-click on Layout.reg. From now on, whenever you right-click on the "Recycle Bin" or "My Computer" icons, you can see a new option: "Save [or Restore] Desktop Icon Layout".

And:

Image Resizer for reducing the size of 1 to many Pictures.
Great tool for reducing lots of pictures to upload to a website or send as email attachments.

AND:
BootVis for improving Boot performance (I like this one!)

Keep it up! :D

Weather on your desktop :D

I know that there are probably a thousand of this type of program out there but one I have used since my alarm clock broke is located here .

It's simply called Alarm Clock 1.0 and it has a different alarm sound for every day of the week, or you can use your own sound or song.

It's gotten me up every day since I've been using it.

MP Tech:
I have Lock Desktop Icons program downloaded to my work folder and if you, or others want or need it, PM me with your address and I'll gladly email it to you. It is only about 14KBs. I have never used it!!

buf, thanks for the offer, but I've got it loaded and backed up in so many locations, I'll never lose it.

After the wife, kids, in-laws, nieces, nephews, parents, etc, etc have re-arranged & accidentally sorted my desktop icons so many times (sorry, I'm just anal about where they should be), the Icon Lock makes me happy! :D

I load it on every computer I build / touch!

Try it, you'll like it!

Have just scanned through this entire thread and didn't see what I need. I have a laptop the takes 2 minutes to boot to the desktop running XP Pro. When I was running XP home, it booted up in 45 seconds or so.

I have tried several tweak programs but none have done any good. Is there a tweak program out there that really works?? If so please pass it along.

Thanks, mac :confused:

Have tried to read all posts. May have missed these

System Security Suite

Nice cleaner for cleaning cookies, temp. files., autocomplete, most recent documents etc.

http://www.igorshpak.net/

RegSupreme 1.1

Registry Cleaner from author of JV16 Power Tools. Very fast. Three choices for depth of cleaning. 30 day free trial. $12.00 to buy. Have read if you uninstall trial version and then try to reinstall another trial version you can run into computer problems.

http://www.jv16.org/

SpywareGuard

Nice complimentary antispyware software to SpywareBlaster.

http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

Ridgerunr is actually the one who gave me the link for this program in another thread, but I used it to copy everything from my old hard drive to a new one I had purchased (operating system, files, registry entries, everything) without having to spend $30 or more to purchase a program to do it.

The program can also do a lot of other things as well. It's basically a hard drive setup tool made by Maxtor called MaxBlast III.

WOW, A guy could sit here for days checking out all the links in this thread.

Now we need some kind of free app that will pick out all the links in this thread and let us paste them into another document. I know it can be done one at a time, is there anyway to do it all at once?

I have to go to work today, the Boss called and said I have used up all my off time reading and clicking in this thread. He said something it being a New Year and I need to get my butt into work.

Hi gmcbreadtrk,

Try going just past the last thread and select "Printable version" then when that page opens, select "Show all threads on same page" from the upper right side of the page..........

Hope this helps...........

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Originally posted by PhiloVance
but....

there's an even better one called Yankee Clipper . These are both freeware, so enjoy.

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I am currently trying Clipmate but have just read about 'Yankee Clipper' in this post. I would be grateful if anyone can advise if this one is better than Clipmate and is it OK regarding spyware etc considering it is a free program?

Hopefully someone will be able to help as I would like a clip type program but am not sure which one is the best. I have only found clipmate recently therefore have not used all the tools yet and am still researching to see which is the best to install and use all of the time. Thanks in advance.

RegistryProt (DiamondCS) alerts you to any changes to the registry keys. Very useful if anything tries to write to the registry when you know you are not installing anything as it could be a trojan. RegProt

A new way to share your photos online= HELLO

Hello photo sharing

after having gone through all 24 pages, i've noticed that many of my preferred programs are already here,

but hard to find in so many pages ! as some were asking a list ...

... here is my little contribution, most FREE applications :

AdAware 6 @ http://lavasoft3.element5.com/support/download/
aussi @ http://www.tucows.com/preview/236049.html
tutorial @ http://www.ordi-netfr.org/tutorialadaware.html
patch français @ http://www.toutfr.com/redirect.php?i...536bb3a454e203

regcleaner @ http://www.pcmedixwebs.com/regclean.htm

Spybot SD @ http://security.kolla.de/
télécharger :
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-...bot&tg=dl-2001
des tutoriaux :
http://www.cestfacile.org/spybot.htm
http://monsite2.free.fr/karol/tuto/Spybot.pdf
http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/indexfr.php
http://shoguun.free.fr/spybot/tutospybot.html

The Cleaner @ http://www.moosoft.com/
or
Tauscan @ http://www.agnitum.com/download/tauscan.html

SpywareBlaster @ http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
télécharger : http://www.wilders.org/
en français : http://www.ordi-netfr.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.ordi-netfr.org/spywareblaster.html

Aida32 @ http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32
. prendre la version Enterprise, elle inclut infos sur les logiciels aussi

AntivirusAVG6 @ http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

CookiesManager @ http://home.nordnet.fr/%7Epmdevigne/

CDBurnerXP Pro 2.1.2 (7934 kB) CD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW writer.
http://www.OnlyTheBestFreeware.com/p...program_id=159

DownloadExpress @ http://www.metaproducts.com/de.html

killAd @ http://www.iomagic.org/fsc/

Startup Control Panel @ http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Total Commander 5.5 @ http://sitedido.free.fr/applications...ue=utilitaires
Total Commander 6.01 @ http://www.ghisler.com/

Tweak-XP @ www.tweak-xp.de

amdeadlink @ http://www.webattack.com/get/amdeadlink.shtml

Bootvis http://www.clubic.com/t/fiche2093.html

CacheMan @ http://www.outertech.com/

CDex 1.51 @ http://www.cdex.n3.net/

CharMap http://www.gratilog.net/bureautique2.htm

CleanSys http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/index.html#clnsys

conjugaison dicoverb @ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/herve.echelard/page/downl.htm

diskeeper lite @ http://www.webattack.com/get/dkeeperlite.shtml

Disk Investigator 1.3.1 (557 kB) Raw disk viewer.
http://www.OnlyTheBestFreeware.com/p...program_id=156

Drive Rescue 1.9d Fr @ http://www.ordi-netfr.com/rescue.html

DVD Genie 4.10 @ http://www.demarrez.com/t/fiche2428.html

EdHex @ http://planete.qc.ca/logiciels/description.asp?cle=5053
aussi @ http://perso.club-internet.fr/gailla...erry/telec.htm

enditall1 @ http://www.compu-docs.com/Downloads/enditall.exe

ePrompter @ http://www.eprompter.com

Pour sauver ta BdR, c'est faisable avec le freeware ERUNT
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.he...runt/erunt.zip
Patch français : http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.he...unt-loc_fr.zip

FontCreator http://www.high-logic.com

FreeZip http://www.bigfoot.com/~freezip/

Internet Turbo @ www.clasys.com/internet_turbo.htm

IrfanView @ http://www.irfanview.com
IViewShellExt @ http://www.irfanview.com

JR Directory Printer @ http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/JDirPrint.htm
aussi : JR Screen Ruler , JR Split File
http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/index.htm

MailWasher Free 2.0.40 - French Language version @
http://www.mailwasher.net/download.php
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/nickbol...er_free_fr.exe

PhotoPlus5.5 @ http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/ser...x.asp?ref=&SP=

PowerOff @ http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm

StefCalc @ http://www.steffen-t.de
télécharger : http://www.steffen-t.de/calc164.zip

TClockEx http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen

Weather Watcher @ http://www.singerscreations.com/AboutWeatherWatcher.asp

WinHex: Hex Editor for Files, Disks & RAM
http://www.sf-soft.de/winhex/index-f.html
http://www.winhex.com/winhex.zip

Extended Operating System Loader (XOSL) is a full-featured boot manager with a graphical user interface. XOSL can handle up to 24 boot items, can activate partitions and can automatically boot the last operating system. It supports Microsoft file system partition hiding, hard disks larger than 8Gb and booting from IDE CD-ROM. Further, XOSL can password-protect individual boot items and protects against master boot record viruses. The graphical interface supports mouse and keyboard input, color schemes and password protection. Supported operating systems: BeOS, MS-DOS, FreeDOS, Linux (with Lilo), Solaris, VxWorks 5.x, Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT4/2000/XP.
http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utiltask8.html
ftp://ftp.externet.hu/pub/mirror/sac...sk/xosl115.zip
http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm

XnView, gratuit @ http://www.xnview.com

XPlite @ http://www.zebulon.fr/articles/XPLite.php

x-setup http://logitheque.linternaute.com/ph...4?id=4738&pl=2
http://www.xteq.com/index.html
charger ... http://onlythebestfreeware.com/

Dictionnaires @ http://www.freelang.com
http://www.wordweb.co.uk/free/

HangARoo @ http://enetwork.ncbuy.com/downloads/ntchanga.html

Solitaire @ http://www.gamesforone.com/

WorldTimeClock @ http://www.programming.de

XFonter http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/
télécharger @ http://bgusoft1.apinc.org/site/modul...ile.php?lid=73
gratuit : http://www.georgedillon.com/web/freeware.shtml

dico québécois :
http://www.geocities.com/philipsfo/h.../glossdex.html

winrar, power archiver, winzip, etc...
http://telecharger.01net.com/windows...decompression/



:D ... happy new year ...

p.s. gratuit = gratuito = free ... télécharger = download ...
p.p.s. a site i like as they advise you on only THE ONE best in its category : www.onlythebestfreeware.com
p.p.p.s a little pub for myself ... :eek: :
my pics :
canon A40 : http://www.boozone.com/aimeric/
canon A70 : http://aimeric.instantlogic.com/Gallery.ilx
canon A70 : http://montrealacapulco.instantlogic.com/Gallery.ilx


enjoy

just discovered Calypso mail [http://snurl.com/36nf] has a return to sender [redirect to] box! now, i can forward spam to [email protected] AND return to sender as if i weren't here!
ohhh,the fun I'M gonna have,lol!

Thanks aimeric!! I am sure everyone else appreciates the list as well. Now i can print this out at work, with free ink. LOL.
God Bless you!

aimeric:
A great contribution by you. Many thanks for all your efforts for all to enjoy and make use of where needed.

while we are at it :

Marc's Tools Page :

http://mapage.cybercable.fr/marcpage/tools.htm#Debut




and be sure, maths lovers, to check :

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/therese.evei...a_accueilF.htm

Do you have a dynamic IP and wish you had a static one? Try http://www.no-ip.com/. This is great if you want to setup a web server with an ISP that only offers a dynamic IP. Or use it for apps like pcAnywhere, VNC, etc. It works great! It allows you to have a static like IP and not have to worry about your dynamic IP changing. It has a free version and other versions with more advanced features.

Enjoy,
Jody Wood

HJ Split is freeware and has versions that work with Java, Linux, MS Dos, MS Windows.

Has a joiner that works on Macs.

Many other free programs are found at this site also.

Worth looking:

http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/

For Whom the Bell Tolls ... Hemingway, you say ?

No : " Liberty's the specialist in the sale and repair of old French clocks,
offer you download its free CLOCKS-SOUNDS software.
This will allow you to hear the sounds of the olds clocks on your computer.
You may choose between 6 different sounds with chime on the hour and the half-hour
and even the quarters with the Westminster sound ... "

Download CLOCKS-SOUNDS ( 449 k0 ) New version 1.70

http://www.libertys.com/sounds/clocksnd.exe

http://www.libertys.com/


... :D

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