[PL2008] Final Pricelessware 2008 List
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 *
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The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
The selection process for the Pricelessware List 2008 has come to a
successful end... :-)
Again, many thanks to the authors of all those outstanding programs!
Special congratulations to all, whose programs got selected!
Below follows the short list of all programs by category/subcategory.
Other lists will be posted as a follow-up to this message, starting
with 10 separate lists containing the full descriptions of programs
for every subcategory, an alphabetical list and a Tab-separated list.
I'll be away for a couple of days. But anybody who has suggestions,
remarks or wants a special formatted list can post it. I'll see
what I can do about it later this week.
To keep this thread clean, it would be nice, if all such postings
would be made in the Results Discussion thread.
BeAr
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DESKTOP
Clipboard: Extender
Yankee Clipper III (8 votes)
Clock Customizer
TClockEx (15 votes)
Desktop Manager
VirtuaWin (7 votes)
Icon Tool
Iconoid (5 votes)
Monitor Tool
MultiRes (8 votes)
Mouse Tool
KatMouse (6 votes)
Screen Capture
FastStone Capture (16 votes)
Screen Capture: Video
Screen2exe (8 votes)
Shortcuts/Launchers
PStart (10 votes)
Tray It! (8 votes)
USB Disk Ejector (8 votes)
Wallpaper Manager
Wallpaper Changer (6 votes)
DEVELOPMENT-PROGRAMMING
Automation: Macros
AutoHotkey (9 votes)
AutoIt (10 votes)
Database Editor
SQLite Database Browser (11 votes)
Editor: Hex
HxD (8 votes)
Email Address Tool
Email Link Encoder (5 votes)
Link Checker
Xenu's Link Sleuth (11 votes)
Web Authoring: Wysiwyg
KompoZer (8 votes)
FILE AND DISK UTILITIES
Archives: Extractor
Universal Extractor (17 votes)
Archives: Zip-Unzip
7-Zip (27 votes)
Backup: Drive
Paragon Drive Backup Express (7 votes)
Backup: Files
Cobian Backup (11 votes)
DriveImage XML (11 votes)
Karen's Replicator (12 votes)
XXCOPY (10 votes)
Backup: Synchronize
SyncBack Freeware (12 votes)
Cataloger
Cathy (13 votes)
Defrag Drives
Defraggler (10 votes)
JKDefrag (10 votes)
JKDefragGUI (11 votes)
Directory Utilities
dirhtml (10 votes)
Ninotech Path Copy (6 votes)
Duplicate File Checker: Images
Dup Detector (14 votes)
Explorer Add-On
FileMenu Tools (8 votes)
OpenExpert (7 votes)
File Manager
FreeCommander (18 votes)
File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
Unlocker (16 votes)
File Recovery/Undelete
Recuva (15 votes)
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier (13 votes)
Undelete Plus (11 votes)
File Renamer
Bulk Rename Utility (11 votes)
Lupas Rename (10 votes)
Oscar's File Renamer (7 votes)
THE Rename (6 votes)
File Viewer
Lister (8 votes)
File Wiper
Eraser (18 votes)
Files: Validate
Hash (12 votes)
Miscellaneous File Utilites
FileAlyzer (6 votes)
Filenote (ShellTools) (8 votes)
Partition Tool
GParted LiveCD (17 votes)
Recurse Directories
docmd (6 votes)
Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
Resource Hacker (14 votes)
Search
Agent Ransack (6 votes)
Copernic Desktop Search Home (6 votes)
GRAPHICS
Editor
GIMP (19 votes)
Editor & Management
Picasa 2 (11 votes)
Editor: Icon / Cursor
IcoFX (9 votes)
Editor: Photo-Paint
PhotoFiltre (19 votes)
Editor: Photo-Paint / Natural Media
Artweaver (8 votes)
Exif Tool
ExifTool/ExifTool GUI (7 votes)
Viewer
FastStone Image Viewer (18 votes)
Xnview (17 votes)
Viewer / Editor
IrfanView (31 votes)
INTERNET
Browser
Mozilla Firefox (31 votes)
Browser Add-On
Adblock Plus (16 votes)
Browser Bookmark Manager
AM-Deadlink (20 votes)
Browser Tool
MozBackup (18 votes)
Browser: Suite
Opera (13 votes)
SeaMonkey (8 votes)
Chat Client
Miranda IM (8 votes)
Content Filter: Hosts
HostsMan (10 votes)
Download Manager
猥orrent (26 votes)
Dun
TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer) (12 votes)
Winsock XP Fix (8 votes)
Email Checker
Mailwasher (11 votes)
POP Peeper (13 votes)
Email Client
Mozilla Thunderbird (25 votes)
Email Tool: Spam
K9 (6 votes)
Ftp Client
FileZilla (21 votes)
Mail & News Server
Hamster (10 votes)
Newsreader
40tude Dialog (16 votes)
Xnews (16 votes)
Phone On-Line
Skype (6 votes)
Rss Client
FeedDemon (6 votes)
Telnet & Ssh
PuTTY (7 votes)
Virtual Network Computing
UltraVNC (13 votes)
Website Copier
HTTrack Website Copier (15 votes)
MULTIMEDIA
Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
VLC media player (22 votes)
Audio Editor
Audacity (24 votes)
Audio Normalizer
MP3Gain (16 votes)
Audio Player
1by1 (13 votes)
Winamp Classic (15 votes)
XMPlay (12 votes)
Audio Ripper
EAC (Exact Audio Copy) (19 votes)
Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
Foobar2000 (10 votes)
Audio Tool: Mp3
mpTrim (9 votes)
Av Converter
DVD Flick (14 votes)
Cd Ripper
CDex (18 votes)
Format Converter
XMedia Recode (8 votes)
Multimedia Player
Media Player Classic (32 votes)
OFFICE/PRODUCTIVITY
Calendar
Calendar Magic (15 votes)
Convert To Pdf
Ghostscript (17 votes)
PDFCreator (14 votes)
Database
CSVed (10 votes)
dBworx (5 votes)
Desktop Publisher
Scribus (13 votes)
Dictionary: Thesaurus
WordWeb (20 votes)
Font Viewer And Manager
AMP Font Viewer (12 votes)
Miscellaneous
EclipseCrossword (7 votes)
Office Suite
OpenOffice.org (33 votes)
Organizer: Notes-Text
TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia (13 votes)
Pdf Viewer
Foxit Reader (18 votes)
PDF-XChange Viewer (14 votes)
Pim
EssentialPIM (EPIM) (12 votes)
Spell Checker
TinySpell (11 votes)
Unit Converter
Convert (18 votes)
Word Processor
AbiWord (15 votes)
SECURITY
Anti-Spyware
HijackThis (17 votes)
SpywareBlaster (20 votes)
Anti-Virus
Avast! (20 votes)
Encryption
TrueCrypt (18 votes)
Network Monitor
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (7 votes)
Network Sniffer/Analyzer
Wireshark (9 votes)
Password Manager
KeePass Password Safe (13 votes)
Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5] (15 votes)
Zone Alarm (10 votes)
Security Audit
Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) (11 votes)
SYSTEM UTILITIES
Backup: Registry
Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) (17 votes)
Boot Disk Creator
Bart's PE Builder (18 votes)
Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) (16 votes)
Cd-Dvd Burner
ImgBurn (23 votes)
Cmd Shell
Take Command Console LE (light edition) (5 votes)
Drive Tool: Driver Letters
USBDLM (6 votes)
Drive Tool: Usb
USBDeview (7 votes)
Drivers: Backup
WinDriversBackup Personal Edition (12 votes)
Hardware: Diagnostics
CrystalDiskMark (7 votes)
Hardware: Memory Tester
Memtest86+ (16 votes)
Install-Uninstall Tool
Revo Uninstaller (25 votes)
Os Environment
Cygwin (8 votes)
Os Install Modifier
nLite (12 votes)
Process Monitor
Process Explorer (23 votes)
Process Monitor: Files
Filemon (12 votes)
Process Monitor: Registry
RegMon (11 votes)
Process Monitor: Start-Up
WinPatrol (12 votes)
Registry And File Tools
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) (33 votes)
Security Audit
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) (6 votes)
Start-Up Manager
Autoruns (16 votes)
System Information Tool
Belarc Advisor (21 votes)
CPU-Z (18 votes)
SpeedFan (21 votes)
System Information for Windows (SIW) (23 votes)
System Tweaker
Tweak UI (24 votes)
Time Synchronizer
Neutron (15 votes)
Virtual Machine
Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) (9 votes)
VirtualBox (11 votes)
TEXT UTILITIES
Compare Text In Files
ExamDiff (9 votes)
WinMerge (12 votes)
Editor
metapad (12 votes)
NoteTab Light (7 votes)
TED Notepad (9 votes)
Editor: Code
Notepad++ (20 votes)
Text Tools
UnxUtils (10 votes)
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 1/10
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The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[1.--] DESKTOP:
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[1.01] Clipboard: Extender
[1.02] Clock Customizer
[1.03] Desktop Manager
[1.04] Icon Tool
[1.05] Monitor Tool
[1.06] Mouse Tool
[1.07] Screen Capture
[1.08] Screen Capture: Video
[1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers
[1.10] Wallpaper Manager
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[1.01] Clipboard: Extender
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PROGRAM_NAME: Yankee Clipper III
VERSION: 1.0.4.3 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-03-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3
DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/yankee.html
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Yankee-Clipper is a powerful Windows clipboard
extender/memory. The
program handles Pictures, (Rich) text and URLs with no size
limitations. Everything you copy to the clipboard is automatically
sorted into the responding category, where it can easily be reviewed,
deleted, saved or sent to other applications via the "Shoot" feature
or via drag and drop. Additional features include printing, optional
permanent storage of clippings (boilerplate) and more.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: InteleXual Software, LLC
AUTHOR: Joe LeVasseur and Konrad Krupa
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Clipboard: Extender
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[1.02] Clock Customizer
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PROGRAM_NAME: TClockEx
VERSION: 1.4.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2000-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/download.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding
the
ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any
format you like. TClockEx is highly customizable, from the format to
the font and colour, and even the tooltip information. Many people
have wondered why this wasn't built into the standard clock to begin
with.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Dale Nurden
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Clock Customizer
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[1.03] Desktop Manager
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PROGRAM_NAME: VirtuaWin
VERSION: 4.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-24
HOMEPAGE: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: VirtuaWin is a small, fast and easy to use virtual desktop
manager for Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with no unnecessary features. The
current desktop is indicated by a small icon in the system tray to
conserve space. There are many configuration possibilities for both
mouse and keyboard control. VirtuaWinalso supports modules for adding
features without decreasing the performance in VirtuaWin itself.
REMARKS: Portable version is also available.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Johan Piculell; Steven Phillips
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Desktop Manager Tool
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[1.04] Icon Tool
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PROGRAM_NAME: Iconoid
VERSION: 3.8.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sillysot.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sillysot.com/download.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT (see REMARKS)/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Save and Restore Icon positions for each (or every) screen
resolution and more.
REMARKS: Iconoid version 3.7.0 is the last version that supports Windows
NT. This version is available in the archive (www.sillysot.com/archive).
COMPANY: SillySot Software
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Icon Tool
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[1.05] Monitor Tool
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PROGRAM_NAME: MultiRes
VERSION: 1.58
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: MultiRes works very much like a 32-bit version of the
venerable
Microsoft QuickRes 16-bit applet for Windows 95, with administrative
scripting facilities and extended capabilities to handle ClearType,
refresh rates and multiple monitors. Supported resolution and refresh
rates are accessible from the command-line or from a simple menu that
pops up from the system tray. An optional timed confirmation prompt -
enabled by default in the program About box - ensures that any changes
you make can be reversed safely, without fuss. While MultiRes - unlike
EnTech's PowerStrip - does not allow you to define new display
settings, it does give you quick and easy access to the ones the
driver makes available - in a simple, compact and conservative
package.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: EnTech Taiwan
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Monitor Tool
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[1.06] Mouse Tool
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PROGRAM_NAME: KatMouse
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://kickme.to/katmouse
DOWNLOAD: http://kickme.to/katmouse
WINDOWS_OS: NT(SP3+)/2000/XP/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows.
The prime purpose of the KatMouse utility is to enhance the
functionality of mice with a scroll wheel, offering 'universal'
scrolling: moving the mouse wheel will scroll the window directly
beneath the mouse cursor (not the one with the keyboard focus, which
is default on Windows OSes). This is a major increase in the
usefullness of the mouse wheel.
Another feature involves the wheel button. Since the wheel button is
not consistently used in Windows, KatMouse can use it for a kind of
task switching: with a click of the wheel button you can push a window
to the buttom of the stack of windows that is your desktop, making a
recovered window the active window.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Eduard Hiti
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Mouse Tool
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[1.07] Screen Capture
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PROGRAM_NAME: FastStone Capture
VERSION: 5.3 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
DOWNLOAD: http://www.portablefreeware.com/download.php?id=775
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive
screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen
including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-
selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative
features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping,
text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: FastStone Soft
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Clipboard: Screen Capture
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[1.08] Screen Capture: Video
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PROGRAM_NAME: Screen2exe
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.screen-record.com/download.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Excellent tool to capture desktop activity with voice and
save it as a self-playing .exe file.
REMARKS: Version 2.0 has been released after the Pricelessware nomination,
but before the vote (untested).
COMPANY: Stepok Image Lab.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Screen Capture: Video
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[1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers
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PROGRAM_NAME: PStart
VERSION: 2.11
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pegtop.net/start
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pegtop.net/files/PStartSetup211.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/.../Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined
applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox
& Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or
removable disks.
* Install PStart locally to your hard disk to have an additional start menu
with a quick program search feature.
* Install PStart to your USB stick to launch portable applications easily
and open important documents or folders.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Pegtop Software
AUTHOR: Jens Gruschel
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Shortcuts: Launchers
PROGRAM_NAME: Tray It!
VERSION: 4.6.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.trayit.com/trayit/trayit_4_6_5_5.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: TrayIt! allows to save precious Taskbar space for minimized
windows.
For each application which applies TrayIt! it creates a small icon in
the System Tray. (System Tray area is located near the Clock). When
application's window is minimized this icon represents the application
on the Taskbar instead of the regular "minimized rectangle". It is
particularly useful for background tasks you typically keep running on
your PC all day long like your favorite E-mail client, Real Player,
etc.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Computer Technology Inc.
AUTHOR: Igor Nys
CATEGORY_PWH: DESKTOP
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Shortcuts: Launchers
PROGRAM_NAME: USB Disk Ejector
VERSION: 1.1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-29
HOMEPAGE: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector
DOWNLOAD:
http://quick.mixnmojo.com/downloads?download=USBDiskEjector1.1.2.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: A program that allows you to quickly remove USB devices
in Windows. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives
but will now eject any USB device. It can be run as a non-visual
command line program or a normal gui program. Its very useful if you
have a USB flash/pen drive, especially if you use a menu such as
PStart or the Portable Apps launcher.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Quick And Easy Software
AUTHOR: Ben Gorman [bgbennyboy]
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Drive Tool: USB
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[1.10] Wallpaper Manager
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PROGRAM_NAME: Wallpaper Changer
VERSION: 1.90
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-06-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/pages/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Wallpaper Changer is a FREEWARE Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
wallpaper manager that can change your background images on every startup,
once a day or at regular intervals. It features JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP
support. Several options are provided, including the ability to change your
images in random order.
Your pictures can be automatically tiled, centered or resized to full
screen. will determine the best matching background and the most
readable icon caption color for every wallpaper.
REMARKS: Supports the Windows 9x/NT multi-user environment and doesn't have
to be installed, it's a plain .exe file.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Frank Pleitz
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Wallpaper Manager
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 2/10
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The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[2.--] DEVELOPMENT-PROGRAMMING:
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[2.01] Automation: Macros
[2.02] Database Editor
[2.03] Editor: Hex
[2.04] Email Address Tool
[2.05] Link Checker
[2.06] Web Authoring: WYSIWYG
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[2.01] Automation: Macros
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PROGRAM_NAME: AutoHotkey
VERSION: 1.0.47.06
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autohotkey.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoHotkeyInstall.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT4/2000/2003/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: AutoHotkey has four primary features: 1) automating
repetitive tasks by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks (you can write
such macros by hand or use the macro recorder); 2) creating hotkeys for
keyboard, mouse, joystick, and handheld remote controls (virtually any
key, button, or combination can become a hotkey); 3) expanding
abbreviations as you type them (for example, typing "btw" can
automatically produce "by the way"); and 4) creating custom data entry
forms, user interfaces, and menu bars. AutoHotkey's secondary features
include changing soundcard settings (like volume or mute); using a
joystick or keyboard as a mouse; remapping keys; launching
programs/documents; making any window transparent, always-on-top, or
altering its shape; manipulating the clipboard; customizing the tray
menu's icon and menu items; displaying dialog boxes to interact with the
user; running existing AutoIt v2 scripts; and converting any script into
an EXE file that can be run on any computer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Chris Mallett
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Automation: Macros
PROGRAM_NAME: AutoIt
VERSION: 3.2.12.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.autoitscript.com/cgi-bin/getfile.pl?autoit3/autoit-v3-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed
for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination
of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in
order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other
languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-
contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no
annoying "runtimes" required!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jonathan Bennett & AutoIt Team
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Automation: Macros
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[2.02] Database Editor
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PROGRAM_NAME: SQLite Database Browser
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-05-04
HOMEPAGE: http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87946
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: POSIX (e.g. GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: SQLite Database Browser is a freeware, public domain, open
source visual tool used to create, design and edit database files
compatible with SQLite. It is meant to be used for users and developers
that want to create databases, edit and search data using a familiar
spreadsheet-like interface, without the need to learn complicated SQL
commands.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Mauricio Piacentini, Raquel Ravanini, Jens Miltner
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Database
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[2.03] Editor: Hex
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PROGRAM_NAME: HxD
VERSION: 1.7.6.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
DOWNLOAD: http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Feature-rich hex editor for files, disks and RAM
REMARKS: Available as portable and installable edition
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Maël Hörz
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Hex
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[2.04] Email Address Tool
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PROGRAM_NAME: Email Link Encoder
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/email_link_encoder.htm
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: This antispam software utility enables you to encode your
email links on your website so they can't be extracted by rogue internet
spiders looking for email addresses to add to junk mailing lists. This
will help prevent you from getting huge amounts of spam. [NOTE: provides
three different methods of email obfuscation. Simple, fast]
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Alex Nolan
CATEGORY_PWH: WEB DESIGN
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Email Address Tool
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[2.05] Link Checker
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PROGRAM_NAME: Xenu's Link Sleuth
VERSION: 1.2j
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
DOWNLOAD: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/XENU.ZIP
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Ubuntu via Wine; under Crossover on a Mac
DESCRIPTION: Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links.
Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins,
backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It
displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by
different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Tilman Hausherr
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: URL Checker
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[2.06] Web Authoring: WYSIWYG
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PROGRAM_NAME: KompoZer
VERSION: 0.7.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kompozer.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kompozer.net/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: Mac OS X (PPC/Intel); several Linux versions
DESCRIPTION: KompoZer is an easy to use tabbed FOSS WYSIWYG HTML
editor considered to be a bug fix release for NVU. Supports XML, CSS
and JavaScript. Features include customizable toolbars, automated
spell checker, color picker and FTP site manager. Simple enough for
beginners, yet has features that more experienced coders can
appreciate.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: CompoZer team (Fabien Cazenave aka Kazé et al.)
CATEGORY_PWH: WEB DESIGN
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: WYSIWYG
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 3/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[3.--] FILE AND DISK UTILITIES:
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[3.01] Archives: Extractor
[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
[3.03] Backup: Drive
[3.04] Backup: Files
[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
[3.06] Cataloger
[3.07] Defrag Drives
[3.08] Directory utilities
[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
[3.10] Explorer Add-On
[3.11] File Manager
[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
[3.14] File Renamer
[3.15] File Viewer
[3.16] File Wiper
[3.17] Files: Validate
[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
[3.19] Partition Tool
[3.20] Recurse Directories
[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
[3.22] Search
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[3.01] Archives: Extractor
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PROGRAM_NAME: Universal Extractor
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says:
extract
files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an
installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This
application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program.
It will never replace 7-Zip, IzArch, WinRar etc. What it will do is
allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive,
regardless of source, compression method, etc. Universal Extractor is
written in AutoIt, a powerful open source scripting language.
Universal Extractor itself, however, is just a front-end that uses
many other programs to do the dirty work. Please see the Credits
section on the authors homepage for additional information.
Universal Extractor supports over 40 different file formats,
and offer language files for nearly 20 languages other than English.
Full list of supported formats and languages can be found on the
programs homepage.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jared Breland
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Resource Tool: Extractor
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[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
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PROGRAM_NAME: 7-Zip
VERSION: 4.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.7-zip.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: Unofficial command line versions for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X,
etc.
DESCRIPTION: 7-Zip is a F/OSS file archiver with a high compression ratio.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Igor Pavlov
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Archives: Zip-Unzip
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[3.03] Backup: Drive
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PROGRAM_NAME: Paragon Drive Backup Express
VERSION: 9.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
DOWNLOAD: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: Backing up your data is like an insurance, you never have
to worry if disaster strikes. Now there?s no more excuse for lost data
? this insurance costs you nothing! If your system and data are safe
now, keep them that way with Drive Backup 9.0 Express. This simple
easy to use software doesn't ask you bewildering questions – it just
backs up your data when and where you tell it, and recovers whenever
disaster happens.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Paragon Software Group
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Drive Imager
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[3.04] Backup: Files
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Cobian Backup
VERSION: 9.1.1.193
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/programz/cbSetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to
schedule
and backup your files and directories from their original location to
other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in
your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions
(download and upload).
Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and
service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the
background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing
your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup
application: it only copies your files and folders in original or
compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a
result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a "Scheduler for
security copies".
Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong
encryption.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Luis Cobian
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup Files
PROGRAM_NAME: DriveImage XML
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.runtime.org/dixmlsetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for
imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows
you to: * Backup logical drives and partitions to image files * Browse
these images, view and extract files * Restore these images to the same or
a different drive * Copy directly from drive to drive * Schedule automatic
backups with your Task Scheduler Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume
Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from
drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to
process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless
backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. NOTES: The
program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32
and NTFS.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Runtime Software
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup Files
PROGRAM_NAME: Karen's Replicator
VERSION: 3.5.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptreplicator-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/98SE/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives!
Karen's
Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another.
Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.
Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few
minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have
changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions.
Specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a file
should be skipped!
See hompage with links to several of Karenware's newsletters where the
program is described in detail.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Karen Kenworthy
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup Files
PROGRAM_NAME: XXCOPY
VERSION: 2.97.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm#download
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 (command line)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: A file/folder/system backup program.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Pixelab, Inc.
AUTHOR: Kan Yabumoto
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup Files
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[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
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PROGRAM_NAME: SyncBack Freeware
VERSION: 3.2.19.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/software/SyncBack_Setup.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: SyncBack helps you easily backup and synchronise your files
to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc);
an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: 2BrightSparks Pte Ltd
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup Files: Syncronize Directories
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[3.06] Cataloger
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Cathy
VERSION: 2.28.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mtg.sk/rva
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mtg.sk/rva/Cathy.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/.../Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: An extremly small, very fast and easy to use media
cataloging tool. You can use it to index files stored on removable
media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, and
create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to
original media. Searching capabilities are based on file name, date
and size. Additional features include filtering options, search
duplicates or singles, customizable date format, etc. Found files can
be opened (executed) or deleted directly, if they are present.
Drag&drop support. Directory trees, MP3 album/song lists can be
printed, disk space usage can be investigated. Single file executable,
no install needed.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robert Vasicek
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Cataloger
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[3.07] Defrag Drives
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Defraggler
VERSION: 1.02.085
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.defraggler.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.defraggler.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista (including 64-bit versions)
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: Defraggler is a defragmentation tool for files, folders
and partitions. After analysis, Defraggler lists all the fragmented
files and their paths, including size and no. of fragments. You can
then choose to select individual files to defragment. The program
requires no installation and can be run from a USB memory stick.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Piriform Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Defrag Files
PROGRAM_NAME: JKDefrag
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip;
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag64-3.36.zip (for X64 version)
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008; x64
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows
2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to
use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can
handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that
looks like a disk to Windows. Included are a Windows version, a
commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use
from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for
use from programming languages), versions for Windows X64, and the
complete sources.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jeroen Kessels
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Defrag Drives
PROGRAM_NAME: JKDefragGUI
VERSION: 1.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.emro.nl/freeware
DOWNLOAD: http://www.emro.nl/freeware/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista; U3; Bart PE
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: JkDefragGUI is an Graphical User Interface which allows you to
easily
select all the features JkDefrag, a freeware defragmentation tool made by
Jeroen Kessels has to offer. But is can do a lot more. JkDefragGUI can
schedule a defragmentation, install JkDefrag or it's screensaver but can
also do some small maintenance to your computer. It can be used to schedule
a defragmentation of your systemfiles like pagefile and registry files.
JkDefragGUI also supports CCleaner which can be used instead of the
internal cleaning function. It can also erase any information which is left
behind on your harddisk after erasing files. JkDefragGUI was created for
people who don't have the skills of an advanced user but still want to use
the powerful features JkDefrag has to offer or for those people who like a
GUI instead of using the command line.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Emiel Wieldraaijer
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Defrag Drives
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[3.08] Directory utilities
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PROGRAM_NAME: dirhtml
VERSION: 4.831
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://dirhtml.enware.info
DOWNLOAD: http://dirhtml.enware.info/dirhtml.zip
WINDOWS_OS: NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Under Wine on most Linux distributions
DESCRIPTION: Dirhtml a freeware index.html generator. Dirhtml
generates customizable html files from a folder branch. Using
scripts, dirhtml can create unique and arbitrarily complex files.
The underlying concept of dirhtml is that it creates table-based
folder listings that can be formatted in any way the user can dream up
by using scripts.
Possible uses of dirhtml:
- Generate index.html pages for web servers
- Locate particular files on disks (including mapped network disks),
say like make index.html files for downloaded books, manuals,
software or other collections.
- Create randomized file lists (for example, lists of mp3 files)
- Generate index pages that span entire folder branches
Since dirhtml outputs html files, any build results in a static record
of a folder branch at the time it was executed, which can be saved for
future reference. Dirhtml can be run from the command line using batch
files. Consequently, it can regenerate all index.html's on a server
via a scheduled execution of appropriate batch files. Dirhtml is
portable, "registry green" freeware. Help files in hmtl-format
included.
REMARKS: Version 4.73 is the last that supports Windows 98 (available from
homepage).
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Eric Nitzsche
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Cataloger: Web Site Index Maker
PROGRAM_NAME: Ninotech Path Copy
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-12-01
HOMEPAGE: http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/pathc400.zip;
http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/download.htm#pathcopy
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT4/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Ninotech Path Copy is a shell extension for Windows 95, 98,
NT4, 2000,
and XP that enables to copy the path of a file or directory to the
Clipboard. You can then paste the path in to your document, e-mail,
etc. You copy the path of a file or directory by right-clicking it in
the Windows Explorer and choosing Copy Path from the context menu.
The context menu then offers nine standard ways of copying the path,
in addition to the user defined copying methods that you create
yourself: (1) Short Name: File/folder name converted to 8.3
characters. (2)Long Name: File/folder name. (3)Short Folder:Parent
folder name converted to 8.3 characters. (4)Long Folder: Parent folder
name. (5)Short Path: Full path name converted to 8.3 characters.
(6)Long Path: Full path name. (7)Short UNC Path: Full UNC path name
converted to 8.3 characters (only enabled in network environment)
(8)Long UNC Path:Full UNC path name (only enabled in network
environment). (9)Internet Path: Full UNC path name converted to
Internet path (only enabled in network environment). (+)Setup...Create
your own copy methods for copying the path names.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Ninotech
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Directory: Copy Path
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[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Dup Detector
VERSION: 3.201+
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php;
http://www.freeware-guide.com/rareware/DupDetector.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Great app for finding duplicate and *near*-duplicate images.
REMARKS: LFW: Developer, Prismatic Software, "closed as of 5/28/06."
COMPANY: Prismatic Software
AUTHOR: William L. Hunt
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Duplicate File Checker: Images
======================================================================
[3.10] Explorer Add-On
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FileMenu Tools
VERSION: 5.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lopesoft.com/fmtools/FileMenuTools-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista (or later)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of
Windows Explorer. And it lets you:
* Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
* Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a
specific folder or delete specific file types.
* Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
* Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the
context menu.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: LopeSoft
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Manager Tool: Explorer Add-on
PROGRAM_NAME: OpenExpert
VERSION: 1.40
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-05-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.baxbex.com/downloads.html
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: With OpenExpert you can configure every filetype with its
own "open with..." submenu extension. So you can easily choose which
application you want to open that particular file. Simply right click
and select the program to open the particular file.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: BAxBEx Software
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Manager Tool: Association
======================================================================
[3.11] File Manager
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FreeCommander
VERSION: 2008.06b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freecommander.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista ("Windows 98SE might work")
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FreeCommander is a dual panel file manager with a tabbed
interface, file viewer, archive handling, FTP client, multi rename
tool, securing wiping of files, file splitting, file searching (inside
archive too), numerous localizations and much more.
REMARKS: T0M: Work very well under W98SE (I use it everyday!)
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Marek Jasinski
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Manager: Dual pane
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[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Unlocker
VERSION: 1.8.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-01
HOMEPAGE: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
DOWNLOAD: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.7.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows: Cannot
delete
file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing violation. The source
or destination file may be in use or the file is in use by another
program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and
that the file is not currently in use. Unlocker is the solution.
Unlocker is an Explorer extension that allows you with a simple
right-click of the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of error
message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder:
it is used by another person or program.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Cedrick Collomb
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
======================================================================
[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Recuva
VERSION: 1.18.344
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.recuva.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.recuva.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 98/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows
utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your
computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as
images and other files that have been deleted by user error from
digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back
files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Piriform Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Files: Undelete
PROGRAM_NAME: Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
VERSION: 3.56
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
DOWNLOAD: http://www.roadkil.net/download.php?File=unstopcp
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to
copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that
just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover
every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this
method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not
recoverable in the end. Batch execution is supported.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Roadkil.Net
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Files: Undelete
PROGRAM_NAME: Undelete Plus
VERSION: 2.97
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-18
HOMEPAGE: http://undelete-plus.com
DOWNLOAD: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus_setup.exe; Portable
version: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to restore
accidentally
deleted files. It can also recover files that have been emptied from
the Recycle Bin, permanantly deleted files within Windows using the
Shift + Delete, and files that have been deleted from within a Command
Prompt. For a limited time Undelete Plus is FREE Software for general
non-commercial use.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Phoenix Technologies LTD.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Files: Undelete
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[3.14] File Renamer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Bulk Rename Utility
VERSION: 2.7.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista32/Vista64
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily
rename files and directories, based upon extemely flexible criteria. Add
date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add
auto-numbers, process folders and subfolders....plus loads more!
REMARKS: The site says: For anyone who doesn't frequent the forum, I
announced a few weeks ago that Bulk Rename Utility had reached the end of
its development lifecyle, and that the current release would be the final
release. This news item confirms that statement. Support will continue to
be available for the product until the end of
2008.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jim Willsher
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Renamer
PROGRAM_NAME: Lupas Rename
VERSION: 5.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-04-01
HOMEPAGE: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org
DOWNLOAD: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: Lupas Rename is a freeware utility that allows you to rename
a masive number of files easily.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Ivan Anton Albarracin
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Renamer
PROGRAM_NAME: Oscar's File Renamer
VERSION: 1.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 98/2000/XP; Vista Home Basic outside Program Files folder
confirmed
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: Oscar's File Renamer takes and enhances the idea of
editing files in directory in a full featured Text editor and then
writing all the changes at once into the files. Simply select a
directory and the files will appear in the File Name Editor, a text
editor with some additional changes (f.e. you can't add or delete
line). You can use all the editor functions like Quick find, Replace,
multiple Undo/Redo, Macros and of course normal editing.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Mediachance
AUTHOR: Roman Voska (aka Oscar)
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Renamer
PROGRAM_NAME: THE Rename
VERSION: 2.1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-02-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.herve-thouzard.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=59
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: THE Rename is a program designed to help you to rename files
and folders
en masse with a number of possibilities and options. You can rename a
series of files with a counter: pict0001.jpg, pict0002.jpg,
pict0003.jpg... You can rename files so the prefix is in upper case and
the extension is in lower case. The program is useful for people who
publish pages on Internet and need to convert file names to lower case.
The file attribute changer is a very useful option for anyone using a CD
recorder. You can rename pictures with their width and height. You can
rename audio files (MP3, VQF, OGG and WMA files) based on their internal
tags. You can rename files and folders If you have a digital camera, THE
Rename can use (EXIF) tags that your camera include inside photos.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Hervé Thouzard
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Renamer
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[3.15] File Viewer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Lister
VERSION: 6.5 [TC]
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://ghisler.fileburst.com/addons/lister32.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/VISTA (32-bit); Windows 3.x (16 bit) with
less functionality
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: External version of Total Commander's
built-in viewer. Lister is a standalone viewer for text (ASCII, ANSI,
Unicode, UTF-8, RTF), html files (formatted text and links), bitmaps
and certain multimedia files. Any file can be browsed with a fixed
length binary and a hex view. Lister can display pictures and other
multimedia files using Irfanview or XNView as a filter. Lister Plugins
written for Total Commander are supported, too. These plugins are
available for a broad variety of file formats (executables, databases,
CAD, GIS, office documents, archive files, fonts, Palm files,
torrents, playlists,...), making Lister an excellent multi-format
viewer. Some plugins also add edit facilities. Documents can be
searched for text and hexadecimal strings. Text can be selected,
copied to clipboard and printed. Customization is possible via command
line and (if necessary various) *.ini file(s).
REMARKS: BeAr (2006): Lister is very fast and handles files of nearly
unlimited size without problems. Plugins should be tested after
installation. Some are not stable, yet, and may crash Lister.
Bjorn S. (2008): Lister is perfect for quick offline text-mode viewing of
html files; tags are stripped, links and most basic layout kept.
Lister extensions (plugins) descriptions; downloads: Official Plugins
site: http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
Plugins (includes new and beta versions):
http://www.totalcmd.net/directory/lister.html
COMPANY: C. Ghisler & Co.
AUTHOR: Christian Ghisler
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Viewer
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[3.16] File Wiper
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Eraser
VERSION: 5.86a
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015&package_id=65323&release_id=567184
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: DOS
DESCRIPTION: Eraser is a secure file deletion tool that allows you to
completely
remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several
times with sophisticated patterns (Gutman, USDoD and others). You can
simply drag and drop files and/or folders onto the on-demand eraser,
use the convenient Windows Explorer right-click extension or use the
built-in scheduler for automated wiping of unused disk space, browser
cache files etc. Easy to use and secure!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Heidi Computers Ltd. and Eraser GNU development team
AUTHOR: Sami Tolvanen (original author); Garrett Trant (current project
admin)
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Wiper
======================================================================
[3.17] Files: Validate
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Hash
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/hash.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Hash is a small GUI tool designed to perform MD5, SHA1and
CRC32 hashing
functions on a number of files. The file size and modified date is also
optionally shown. Results displayed in the window can easily be copied
to the Windows clipboard or saved to a text file. The program allows
direct browsing of multiple files and files can also be dragged and
dropped onto the window. Files (with support for wildcard selections)
can also be supplied on the command line. A convenient use for this
functionality is to place a shortcut to the program in the SendTo
directory (C:\Documents and Settings\[name]\SendTo) so you can send
arbitrary files to it from the Explorer shell.
REMARKS: No Install
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robin Keir
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Files: Validate
======================================================================
[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FileAlyzer
VERSION: 1.6.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.safer-networking.org/files/filealyz.exe
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileAlyzer is a tool to analyze files - the name itself was
initially just a typo of FileAnalyzer, but after a few days I decided to
keep it. FileAlyzer allows a basic analysis of files (showing file
properties and file contents in hex dump form) and is able to interpret
common file contents like resources structures (like text, graphics, HTML,
media and PE).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Safer Networking Ltd.
AUTHOR: Patrick Michael Kolla
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Analyzer
PROGRAM_NAME: Filenote (ShellTools)
VERSION: 1.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
DOWNLOAD: FileNote:
http://www.download.com/FileNote/3000-2094_4-10019651.html; Shell Tools:
http://www.moonsoftware.com/getfile.asp?shelltools
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileNote is a little shell extension that allows you to add
textual
descriptions to your files. It adds one command to the shell context
menu of a file object. This command lets you easily edit or create a
text file that has the same name as the initial file, but with the
extension TXT. For example, if you have a file, MyImage.jpg, you
right-click on that file and choose the FileNote command from the
context menu. A new text file called MyImage.txt is created and
Notepad is opened to edit that text file. If a text file with that
name already exists, it will be opened for viewing/editing.
Notice: Filenote comes as part of the authors ShellTools install.
Shell Tools is a collection of free Windows shell extensions and
utilities. The package contains updated versions of the authors old
shell extensions FontLoader, FileNote, RegisterEx, CopyURL and new
ones, including a control panel that allows you to control all the
extensions in one place. You can disable (most of) the other
extensions if for example you only want to use FileNote.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Moon Software
AUTHOR: Ahto Tanner
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: File Notes
======================================================================
[3.19] Partition Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: GParted LiveCD
VERSION: 0.3.7-7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-02
HOMEPAGE: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
WINDOWS_OS: n/a
OTHER_OS: Bootable Linux CD (No other OS required)
DESCRIPTION: GParted Live CD is the Gnome Partition Editor application on a
bootable Linux CD-ROM. Gparted can create, destroy, resize, move,
check and copy disk partitions.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Gparted team
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Partition Tool
======================================================================
[3.20] Recurse Directories
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: docmd
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
DOWNLOAD: http://thomaslauer.com/download/docmd13.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Command line tool to traverse a whole drive or a directory
tree and print or perform a command on every file and/or directory. It
supports complex criteria, including wildcards, Perl regular expressions,
size/date/time patterns, and more.
REMARKS: Written in the Idle Scripting Language.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Thomas Lauer
CATEGORY_PWH: ---
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: ---
======================================================================
[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Resource Hacker
VERSION: 3.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-03-24
HOMEPAGE: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
DOWNLOAD: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/reshack.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Resource Hacker is a utility to view, modify, rename, add,
delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource
files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and
decompiler. Cursor, Icon, Bitmap, GIF, AVI, and JPG resource images can
be viewed. WAV and MIDI audio resources can be played. Menus, Dialogs,
MessageTables, StringTables, Accelerators, Delphi Forms, and VersionInfo
resources can be viewed as decompiled resource scripts. Menus and Dialogs
can also be viewed as they would appear in a running application.
Resources can be saved as image files, as script files, as binary
resource files, or as untyped binary files. Resources can be modified by
replacing the resource with a resource located in another file or by
using the internal resource script compiler. Dialog controls can also be
visually moved and/or resized by clicking and dragging the respective
dialog controls prior to recompiling with the internal compiler.
Resources can be added to an application by copying them from external
resource files.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Angus Johnson
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
======================================================================
[3.22] Search
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Agent Ransack
VERSION: 1.7.3 (build 332)
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-03-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mythicsoft.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Agent Ransack is a free tool for finding files and
information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching
the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can
quickly browse the results without having to separately open each
file! Agent Ransack provides compelling advantages over similar search
tools: Regular expressions that allow complex rule based searches.
Immediate contents results view. Various wizards to walk the user
through the searching process.
REMARKS: Registration requested, but not required (name and e-mail)
COMPANY: Mythicsoft Ltd.
AUTHOR: Dave Vest
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Search
PROGRAM_NAME: Copernic Desktop Search Home
VERSION: 3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Free for non-commercial home use, Copernic Desktop Search HOME
(CDSH)
allows you to instantly search the content of your files(*),
e-mails and e-mail attachments (supported mail formats: Outlook
versions, Thunderbird, Eudora v.5+). But before you can search CDS
must build an index for all your files(*), and later continuously
update the index when new files are added or old deleted. CDS does not
index while you are using your mouse or keyboard, or when your CPU is
being heavily solicited by another application. You can change these
configuration settings from the "Index & Performance" tab of the
"Options" window of CDS. Note that indexing is always performed at
full speed when the CDS main window is open and active (in
foreground).
*CDSH supports many common file formats, for a list see
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/faq.html
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Copernic Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Search
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 4/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[4.--] GRAPHICS:
================
[4.01] Editor
[4.02] Editor & Management
[4.03] Editor: Icon / Cursor
[4.04] Editor: Photo-Paint
[4.05] Editor: Photo-Paint / Natural Media
[4.06] Exif Tool
[4.07] Viewer
[4.08] Viewer / Editor
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
======================================================================
[4.01] Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: GIMP
VERSION: 2.4.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gimp.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gimp.org/downloads
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: POSIX OS (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, UNIX)
DESCRIPTION: GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely
distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image
composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in
many languages.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: The GIMP Development Team
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Photo-Paint
======================================================================
[4.02] Editor & Management
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Picasa 2
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
DOWNLOAD: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Linux
DESCRIPTION: Organize and view your entire photo collection in one
place. Edit pictures, crop, fix red-eye. Create collages and
slideshows. Share online with family and friends using Picasa Web Albums.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Google Inc. (was Picasa Inc.)
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Organizer: Image Gallery
======================================================================
[4.03] Editor: Icon / Cursor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: IcoFX
VERSION: 1.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE: http://icofx.ro
DOWNLOAD: http://icofx.ro/downloads.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an
all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is
designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Macintosh icons
supporting transparency.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Attila Kovrig
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Icons
======================================================================
[4.04] Editor: Photo-Paint
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: PhotoFiltre
VERSION: 6.3.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photofiltre.com
DOWNLOAD: http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows
you to
do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range
of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy
learning curve. Free for personal use.
REMARKS: English helpfiles translated by John Corliss (ACF).
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Antonio Da Cruz
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Photo-Paint
======================================================================
[4.05] Editor: Photo-Paint / Natural Media
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Artweaver
VERSION: 0.5.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
DOWNLOAD: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?downloads_en
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative
painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you
need for your work. You can create sketches from photos and experiment
with a wide range of brushes. The brush simulation is thereby so
realistic as possible.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Boris Eyrich
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Photo-Paint
======================================================================
[4.06] Exif Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: ExifTool/ExifTool GUI
VERSION: 7.41 (ExifTool); 3.22 (ExifTool GUI)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28 (ExifTool); 2008-09-07 (ExifTool GUI)
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool;
http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/exiftool-7.41.zip;
http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.zip
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: Mac OS X, Linux
DESCRIPTION: ExifTool:
ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a
command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta
information in image, audio and video files. ExifTool supports many
different types of metadata including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF,
GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, as well as
the maker notes of many digital cameras by Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, HP,
JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson,
Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony.
ExifTool is also available as a stand-alone Windows executable and a
Macintosh OS X package. Note that these versions contain the executable
only, and do not include the HTML documentation or other files of the
full distribution above.
ExifTool GUI:
ExifTool is "Command-Line" utility. That means, there's no
Graphic User Interface (GUI), so all work must be done by typing commands
inside "Command Prompt" window. Such approach gives ExifTool great
flexibility, but is somehow difficult to use -especially for those who
aren't familiar with old DOS workflow.
So, I've decided do make some simple ExifTool GUI for my private use.
There are allready some GUI's that make use of ExifTool, but some of them
are not flexible enough (for my needs) and/or have quite limited use.
Making ExifToolGUI, the main goal was:
# -view all metadata that ExifTool recognizes,
# -ability to edit most frequently used Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata tags,
# -batch capability (where appropriate), means: you can select multiple
files and modify them at once.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Phil Harvey [ExifTool]; HBx [ExifTool GUI]
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: EXIF tool
======================================================================
[4.07] Viewer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FastStone Image Viewer
VERSION: 3.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image
browser,
converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include
image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing,
resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive
full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail
browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when
your mouse touches the four edges of the screen. Other features
include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+
transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop
shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much
more. It supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000,
animated GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital
camera RAW formats (CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF and DNG).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: FastStone Soft
AUTHOR: Andrew Lu
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Viewer
PROGRAM_NAME: Xnview
VERSION: 1.94.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xnview.com
DOWNLOAD: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: Mac OS, Linux, and a lot of more (older versions sometimes
only available)
DESCRIPTION: An efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Pierre-E Gougelet
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Viewer
======================================================================
[4.08] Viewer / Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: IrfanView
VERSION: 4.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.irfanview.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.irfanview.net
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: IrfanView is a fast, compact and innovative graphics
viewer. In addition to standard image viewing, it includes many
additional features including slideshow, batch conversion, image
adjustment, image editing, resizing, panorama stitching and more. The
functionality can be further extended via plug-ins that are widely
available.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Irfan Skiljan
CATEGORY_PWH: GRAPHICS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Viewer
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 5/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[5.--] INTERNET:
================
[5.01] Browser
[5.02] Browser Add-on
[5.03] Browser Bookmark Manager
[5.04] Browser Tool
[5.05] Browser: Suite
[5.06] Chat Client
[5.07] Content Filter: Hosts
[5.08] Download Manager
[5.09] DUN
[5.10] Email Checker
[5.11] Email Client
[5.12] Email Tool: Spam
[5.13] FTP Client
[5.14] Mail & News Server
[5.15] Newsreader
[5.16] Phone On-Line
[5.17] RSS Client
[5.18] Telnet & SSH
[5.19] Virtual Network Computing
[5.20] Website Copier
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
======================================================================
[5.01] Browser
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Mozilla Firefox
VERSION: 3.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: POSIX (GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the
Web with
confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups.
Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy
to import your favorites and settings and get started.
The latest version delivers easier navigation for everyone, including
those who are visually or motor-impaired. Firefox is the first browser
to support DHTML accessibility, which, when enabled by Web authors,
allows rich Web applications to be read aloud. Users may navigate with
keystrokes rather than mouse clicks, reducing the tabbing required to
navigate documents such as spreadsheets. Firefox is also the first
browser to meet US federal government requirements that software be
easily accessible to users with physical impairments.
REMARKS: Craig: The little engine that could. Or, the mouse that roars.
Or, Chrome's predecessor.
COMPANY: Mozilla.org
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Browser
======================================================================
[5.02] Browser Add-on
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Adblock Plus
VERSION: 0.7.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://adblockplus.org/en
DOWNLOAD: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1865 (Firefox);
https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/1865 (SeaMonkey)
WINDOWS_OS: As per browser system requirements
OTHER_OS: As per browser system requirements
DESCRIPTION: Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the
internet that often take longer to download than everything else on
the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Wladimir Palant
CATEGORY_PWH: ---
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: ---
======================================================================
[5.03] Browser Bookmark Manager
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: AM-Deadlink
VERSION: 3.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.aignes.com/download/dlsetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and
text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and
delete it permanently. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all
your Favorites and Bookmarks.
REMARKS: AM-Deadlink does not directly support Firefox 3.x (because the
sqlite-format). AM-Deadlink is still usable for Firefox, if the bookmarks
are exported as HTML and then (after AM-Deadlink makes the necesarry
changes) back imported.
COMPANY: Aignesberger Software GmbH
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: URL Checker
======================================================================
[5.04] Browser Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: MozBackup
VERSION: 1.4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-17
HOMEPAGE: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
DOWNLOAD: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla
Firefox,
Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite,
Spicebird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore
bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc. MozBackup
is compatible with:
* Firefox 1.0 - 3.0
* Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0 Alpha 1
* Sunbird 0.3 - 0.8
* Flock 1.0 - 1.1
* SeaMonkey 1.0a - 1.1
* Mozilla Suite 1.7 - 1.7.x
* Spicebird 0.4
* Netscape 7.x, 9.x
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Pavel Cvrcek
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Browser Tool
======================================================================
[5.05] Browser: Suite
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Opera
VERSION: 9.52
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.opera.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.opera.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: Solaris, QNX, OS/2, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS
DESCRIPTION: Browser suite
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Opera Software
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Browser: Suite
PROGRAM_NAME: SeaMonkey
VERSION: 1.1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.seamonkey-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: POSIX (e.g. GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: All-in-one Internet application suite. Successor to Netscape.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: SeaMonkey project team
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Browser: Suite
======================================================================
[5.06] Chat Client
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Miranda IM
VERSION: 0.7.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.miranda-im.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.miranda-im.org/download;
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94142&package_id=100076
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client
for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda
IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy
disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and
boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and
customisable messaging clients on the planet.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Miranda IM team
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Chat Client
======================================================================
[5.07] Content Filter: Hosts
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: HostsMan
VERSION: 3.1.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.abelhadigital.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.abelhadigital.com/2008/07/hostsman-3157-released.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Free for non-commercial use only. Hosts file manager
and editor. Toggle hosts on/off with one button. Download and merge
hosts files from several sources. Scan hosts for errors, duplicates
and possible hijacks. Very simple GUI but can also be run with
command line parameters.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: abelhadigital.com team
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Content Filter: Hosts
======================================================================
[5.08] Download Manager
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: µTorrent
VERSION: 1.8 Stable
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.utorrent.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.utorrent.com/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 95 (Winsock2)/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: Works with Wine
DESCRIPTION: µTorrent is a lightweight, feature rich and high
performing BitTorrent client. µTorrent is a resource-friendly
client with features including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling,
RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet.
Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are
available, and creating your own is possible. µTorrent also has
support for localization, and with a language file present it will
automatically switch to your system language. 43 languages currently
supported, and you can easily add your own, or edit other existing
language files to improve them.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: BitTorrent Inc.
AUTHOR: Ludvig Strigeus (original author)
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: BitTorrent Client
======================================================================
[5.09] DUN
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer)
VERSION: 2.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that
provides an
intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet
connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking
related TCP/IP parameters in the Windows Registry, making it easy to
tune your system to the type of Internet connection used. The tool
uses advanced algorithms, and the bandwidth*delay product to find the
best TCP Window for your specific connection speed. It provides for
easy tuning of all related TCP/IP parameters, such as MTU, RWIN, and
even advanced ones like QoS and ToS/Diffserv prioritization. The
program works with all current versions of Windows, and includes
additional tools, such as testing average latency over multiple hosts,
and finding the largest possible packet size (MTU).
The TCP Optimizer is targeted towards broadband internet connections,
however it can be helpful with tuning any internet connection type,
from dialup to Gigabit+ :)
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Speed Guide, Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: DUN: Speed Optimizer
PROGRAM_NAME: Winsock XP Fix
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-05-11
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
WINDOWS_OS: XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Fixes the winsock settings on your Windows XP machine. This
tool is
recommended for IT professionals only. Please read license. It can
often cure the problem of lost connections after the removal of Adware
components or improper uninstall of firewall applications or other
tools that modify the XP network and Winsock settings.
If you encounter connection problems after removing network related
software, Adware or after registry clean-up; and all other ways fail,
then give WinSock XP Fix a try. It can create a registry backup of
your current settings, so it is fairly safe to use.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Fabio Pinto
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: DUN:
======================================================================
[5.10] Email Checker
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Mailwasher
VERSION: 6.1.1.18
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mailwasher.net/home
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mailwasher.net/download/?q=download
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista (all versions)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Introducing MailWasher, the leader in spam filter software,
and the
easiest way to check and manage your e-mails before you download them.
MailWasher is free to use and won't ever expire. It works with
Outlook, Outlook Express and every other email program. Use this
powerful spam blocker software to effectively stop email spam.
Discover the safe way to stop unwanted e-mails before they get to your
computer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Nick Bolton
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Email Checker
PROGRAM_NAME: POP Peeper
VERSION: 3.3.1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.poppeeper.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.poppeeper.com/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task
bar and
alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE
support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite,
Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts. IMAP supports allows
you to access AOL, AIM, Netscape and other services. Send mail
directly from POP Peeper and use the address book to email your
frequently used contacts. POP Peeper allows you to view messages using
HTML or you can choose to safely view all messages in rich or plain
text. Several options are available that will decrease or eliminate
the risks of reading your email (viruses, javascript, webbugs, etc).
POP Peeper can be run from a portable device and can be password
protected. Many notification options are availble to indicate when new
mail has arrived, such as sound alerts (configurable for each
account), flashing scroll lock, skinnable popup notifier, customized
screensaver and more.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Mortal Universe Software Entertainment
AUTHOR: Jeff Meier
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Email Checker
======================================================================
[5.11] Email Client
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Mozilla Thunderbird
VERSION: 2.0.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: POSIX (GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, etc.)
DESCRIPTION: Free, Open Source & cross-platform email client
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Mozilla.org
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Email Client
======================================================================
[5.12] Email Tool: Spam
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: K9
VERSION: 1.28
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/k9.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/k9.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: K9 is an email filtering application that works in
conjunction with your regular POP3 email program and automatically
classifies incoming emails as spam (junk email) or non-spam without
the need for maintaining dozens of rules or constant updates to be
downloaded. It uses intelligent statistical analysis that can result
in extremely high accuracy over time. K9 learns from its mistakes and
becomes better and better at being able to identify spam. More
importantly it learns to recognize what you consider to be spam. K9 is
for standard POP3 email accounts only. It does not directly support
Hotmail, AOL or any other kind of webmail type systems, nor does it
support SSL or secure authentication as used by MSN.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robin Keir
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Email Tool: Spam
======================================================================
[5.13] FTP Client
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FileZilla
VERSION: 3.1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://filezilla-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Linux; *BSD; Mac OS X
DESCRIPTION: FileZilla is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP client
that supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS), and SSH File Transfer Protocol
(SFTP). It features a powerful Site Manager and transfer queue; IPv6
support; filename filters; configurable speed limits; a network
configuration wizard; remote file editing; keep-alive; HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and
FTP-Proxy support; drag & drop support; and it supports resume, and
transfer of large files >4GB. FileZilla is open source software
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Tim Kosse
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: FTP Client
======================================================================
[5.14] Mail & News Server
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Hamster
VERSION: 2.1.0.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl
DOWNLOAD: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl/misc/hamster_en.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Hamster is a local mail and news server, which allows to
administer mail and news comfortably with a single program. Hamster can
collect mail and news from several servers and gathers them together
locally from where they can fetched by a client (Mailreader/Newsreader). It
is therefore ideal for networks, as multiple users with access to Hamster
can be set up. This means that News need only be pulled once for the
network, rather than once for each user.
REMARKS: Other development branches are available. Look here for details:
http://www.elbiah.de/hamster/flavours.htm
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jürgen Haible, Thomas G. Liesner & many other
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Server: Mail: News
======================================================================
[5.15] Newsreader
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: 40tude Dialog
VERSION: 2.0.15.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-xx-xx
HOMEPAGE: http://www.40tude.com/dialog
DOWNLOAD: http://www.40tude.com/dialog/download.htm;
http://dialog.datalist.org/downloads/download.html (2.0.15.41 and 2.0.15.84
updates)
WINDOWS_OS: 95/…/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: 40tude Dialog is a feature loaded, multi-server,
multi-threaded Windows newsreader with Unicode character support.
It supports multiple servers and identities, has filtering/scoring
support, integrated email functionality and binary support including
support for multiparts. 40tude Dialog has a multilingual GUI.
Currently English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Croatian
and Greek translations are available.
REMARKS: Vista recommendation: Install to a non-Program Files location
COMPANY: Softwareentwicklung Marcus Mönnig
AUTHOR: Marcus Mönnig
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Newsreader
PROGRAM_NAME: Xnews
VERSION: 2006.08.24
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://xnews.newsguy.com
DOWNLOAD: http://xnews.newsguy.com/release/xnews.zip;
http://xnews.newsguy.com/test/TEST.ZIP
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Xnews is a news reader that is 100%
GNKSA 2.0 (Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval) compliant. NOTE: this
bugger is fast.
REMARKS: Development suspended. The homepage lists 5.04.25 as the "latest
version", but 2006.08.24 is the version most often recommended. Xnews.zip
contains all program files and is a necessary download. Test.zip contains
only the updated executable file. To install/update Xnews, just unzip all
files into a directory of your choice.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Luu Tran
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Newsreader
======================================================================
[5.16] Phone On-Line
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Skype
VERSION: 3.8.0.144
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://c.skype.com/newtoskype
DOWNLOAD: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Mobile
DESCRIPTION: Skype is software that enables you to make free calls
anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer)
technology to connect you with other users. It offers several
features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile
phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring.
Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are
highly secure, with end-to-end encryption. Improves video quality for
video calls.
REMARKS: Version 3.8.0.144 has Firefox Skype plugin updated to version
2.2.0.94.
COMPANY: Skype Limited
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Phone On-Line
======================================================================
[5.17] RSS Client
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FeedDemon
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
WINDOWS_OS: 98 or later
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed
with the latest news and information. You can completely customize the
way feeds are organized and displayed. Set up custom news watches
based on keywords or use the powerful search to find articles. You can
even download podcasts and audio files and have them show up on your
portable audio device. In addition, FeedDemon synchronizes with
NewsGator Online and the rest of the NewsGator RSS Suite. The software
is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power
of RSS right away.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: NewsGator Technologies Inc.
AUTHOR: Nick Bradbury
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Get Newsfeeds
======================================================================
[5.18] Telnet & SSH
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: PuTTY
VERSION: 0.60 (beta)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-04-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
DOWNLOAD: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: POSIX (e.g. GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32
and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Simon Tatham et al.
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Telnet Client
======================================================================
[5.19] Virtual Network Computing
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: UltraVNC
VERSION: 1.05
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uvnc.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: Java-enabled OSes
DESCRIPTION: UltraVNC can display the screen of another computer (via
internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use
your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that
you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of
it, right from your current location.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: UltraVNC team
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Network Computing
======================================================================
[5.20] Website Copier
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: HTTrack Website Copier
VERSION: 3.42-3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.httrack.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: POSIX (e.g. GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and
easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World
Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building
recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from
the server to your computer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Xavier Roche
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Download Web Sites
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 6/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[6.--] MULTIMEDIA:
==================
[6.01] Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
[6.02] Audio Editor
[6.03] Audio Normalizer
[6.04] Audio Player
[6.05] Audio Ripper
[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
[6.08] AV Converter
[6.09] CD Ripper
[6.10] Format Converter
[6.11] Multimedia Player
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
======================================================================
[6.01] Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: VLC media player
VERSION: 0.92 Grishenko
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.videolan.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.videolan.org/vlc; http://nightlies.videolan.org
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS, Syllable
DESCRIPTION: VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player
for various audio and video formats (AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
DivX, flv, mov, wmv, flac, mp3, ogg, wma ...) as well as CDAs, DVDs,
VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server
to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth
network. Numerous localizations.
REMARKS: Recommended version for Win9x is 0.8.6
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: VLC team
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Multimedia Player
======================================================================
[6.02] Audio Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Audacity
VERSION: 1.3.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: audacity.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: audacity.sourceforge.net/download
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: All POSIX (BSD, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, etc.)
DESCRIPTION: Audacity is free, open source software for recording and
editing sounds.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Audacity team
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Editor
======================================================================
[6.03] Audio Normalizer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: MP3Gain
VERSION: 1.2.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-01-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: Closely related Mac version (MacMP3Gain) available.
DESCRIPTION: Tired of reaching for your volume knob every time your mp3
player changes to a new song?
MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same
volume.
MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do.
Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the
file actually sounds to the human ear.
Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no
quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file
directly, without decoding and re-encoding.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Glen Sawyer
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Normalizer
======================================================================
[6.04] Audio Player
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: 1by1
VERSION: 1.65
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
DOWNLOAD: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html#dwn
WINDOWS_OS: 98/…/Vista(?)
OTHER_OS: Linux with Wine
DESCRIPTION: 1by1 is a small and fast audio player which provides a
versatile environment to handle your music file collection and listen
to your tracks - with no need for playlists or databases. With this
player you browse directly through your folders using a tree and a
file list. It can play audio CDs and most audio formats (with WinAmp
plugins).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Martin Pesch
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Player
PROGRAM_NAME: Winamp Classic
VERSION: 2.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winampheaven.net; http://www.winamp.com (later
versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_std.exe;
http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_lite.exe;
http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_full.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Winamp is an audio player for CDs, MP3s and streaming files.
It combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. Winamp
features a versatile playlist editor and a ten band graphic equalizer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Nullsoft
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Player
PROGRAM_NAME: XMPlay
VERSION: 3.4.2 (stable)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2
/ MP1 / WMA / WAV / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio
formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX playlists. A load more formats are
also supported via plugins.
I will personaly add the it's lightweight application (size and memory,
ideal for old configuration) with all the features of the big one !
REMARKS:
COMPANY: un4seen developments
AUTHOR: Ian Luck
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Player/Recorder: Streaming Media
======================================================================
[6.05] Audio Ripper
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
VERSION: 0.99pb4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download;
http://www.zuskomzaka.cz/download/eac-0.95b3.zip (older version)
WINDOWS_OS: 98/2000/XP/Vista(?)
OTHER_OS: Linux with Wine
DESCRIPTION: Exact Audio Copy is an audio grabber for audio CDs.
Scratched CDs read on CD/DVD-ROM drives often produce distortions.
However, EAC is capable of error correction. If there are any errors
which cannot be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the
(possible) distortion occurred. Exact Audio Copy uses technologies
like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip. EAC supports MP3, WMA,
FLAC and OggVorbis encoders for automatic compression after
extraction.
REMARKS: For some tasks (e.g. "retrieve native TOC") the older version
0.95b3 should be kept at hand, as well, since some functionality was
removed in newer versions of EAC.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Andre Wiethoff
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio: Ripper-Editor
======================================================================
[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Foobar2000
VERSION: 0.9.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foobar2000.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: XP/XP 64-bit edition/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows
platform. Some of
the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and
native support for several popular audio formats.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Peter Pawlowski, Holger Stenger, Gian-Carlo Pascutto
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Player
======================================================================
[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: mpTrim
VERSION: 2.13
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-03-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mptrim.com
DOWNLOAD: http://download.mptrim.com/mpTrim.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Simple, free and fast way to
tune up MP3 files. Primary use is to remove silent parts from the
brginning and end of MP3 files and/or fade in and fade out. It can
also adjust the volume up or down (volume normalization.) MPTrim
keeps the music quality intact, no matter how many times you process
an MP3, because it works directly in the MP3 format without having to
decode/re-encode, which also makes it very fast. The freeware edition
can generally handle files up to about 7 minutes in length, which is
is adequate for most individual music tracks. Supports VBR files.
Localization files support more than a dozen languages.
REMARKS: Formerly called MP3Trim.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jean Pierre Nicolle
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio Tool: MP3
======================================================================
[6.08] AV Converter
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: DVD Flick
VERSION: 1.3.0.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-07
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: DVD Flick aims to be a tool to convert various PC video
formats to a DVD that can be played on pretty much any standalone DVD
player. It's main target audience is people who know at least the basics
about DVDs and video and audio files.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Dennis Meuwissen
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: AV Converter
======================================================================
[6.09] CD Ripper
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: CDex
VERSION: 1.70 Beta 2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
WINDOWS_OS: Unicode version: NT/2000/XP/Vista. Non-Unicode version:
95/98/ME
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio
CD. Development seems to have been suspended but the beta is stable.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Albert L Faber
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Audio: Ripper-Converter
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[6.10] Format Converter
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PROGRAM_NAME: XMedia Recode
VERSION: 2.0.6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xmedia-recode.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xmedia-recode.de/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: XMedia Recode is a video and audio converter which
supports nearly all audio and video codecs, but is geared towards
video conversions. It is very easy to use.
REMARKS: Website is in German, and so is the program when you first run it.
Go to 'Optionen' and change 'Sprache' to 'English' (if you like). Then
restart the program. Program settings and all other files are in the
program folder.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Sebastian Dörfler
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: AV Converter
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[6.11] Multimedia Player
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PROGRAM_NAME: Media Player Classic
VERSION: 6.4.9.1 Rev 78
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205650&package_id=245753
WINDOWS_OS: Win32 (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Media Player Classic is the perfect substitute for Windows
Media
Player. Aestetically is identical to version 6.4 and has the same
lightness in terms of RAM occupation, but it has much more usefull
functions. Features: with 'right' and 'left' keys it's possible to go
forward/backward of one single frame; with 'Ctrl + right'/'left' it's
possible to skip one predefinite quantity of frames; with 'Ctrl + up'
it's possible to change faster the speed of reproduction; it's
possible to visualize with media player Quicktime and RealMedia movies
(but that programs must be installed); in full screen modality it's
possible to show a scroll bar putting the mouse in the lower portion
of the screen; in full screen it's possible to do the redimension
images and adopt a cinema format or a TV format; it work as a DVD
player too; keys are completely customizable; it can show subtitles.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Gabest; Niels Martin Hansen
CATEGORY_PWH: MULTIMEDIA
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Multimedia Player
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 7/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[7.--] OFFICE/PRODUCTIVITY:
===========================
[7.01] Calendar
[7.02] Convert To PDF
[7.03] Database
[7.04] Desktop Publisher
[7.05] Dictionary: Thesaurus
[7.06] Font Viewer And Manager
[7.07] Miscellaneous
[7.08] Office Suite
[7.09] Organizer: Notes-Text
[7.10] PDF Viewer
[7.11] PIM
[7.12] Spell Checker
[7.13] Unit Converter
[7.14] Word Processor
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
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[7.01] Calendar
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PROGRAM_NAME: Calendar Magic
VERSION: 17.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Calendar-Magic/3000-2124-10496716.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/XP/Vista (32 bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Full year and monthly calendars for 25 different calendar
systems. A
month-by-month, side-by-side comparison of any two of the 25 calendar
systems supported. Date conversions among the 25 main calendar systems
plus others. Lists of festivals in major religions."Observed Days" for
any year from 1990 for around 230 countries worldwide. "Date
Detective" command button to tabulate the weekday on which a specified
Gregorian date d/m occurs for each of the years in the specified range
y1 to y2. The ability to create, display, update and delete reminders
for events (birthdays, anniversaries, meetings etc.). A Quick Notes
facility. Alarm clock and stopwatch facilities. A time calculator for
performing arithmetic with times. "This is your life" information
including day-of-the-week on which you were born, number of days you
have lived etc. Continuously updated display of date, time and Julian
day. Number of days between any two dates in the Gregorian calendar.
Calculation of the date n days, weeks, months or years before or after
a specified Gregorian date, where n is a whole number. An analysis of
the Gregorian 400-year cycle, after which the Gregorian calendar
repeats itself. Special calendars for 1582 and 1752. Solar and lunar
astronomical data. Shortest (great circle) distances between any two
of 8000 locations across the world. Current local time and date in any
of these 8000 locations. Seven major utilities (scientific calculator,
expression calculator, geometry calculator, factor calculator,
pregnancy calculator, unit converter, magic squares). And belive it or
not, much more <g>
REMARKS:
COMPANY: EuroSoft
AUTHOR: Alex Balfour
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Calendar
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[7.02] Convert To PDF
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Ghostscript
VERSION: GPL 8.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost; http://ghostscript.com/awki
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897&package_id=108733;
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/mirror.htm
WINDOWS_OS: Win32; Win64
OTHER_OS: GNU/Linux, other *nix, OpenVMS, OS/2
DESCRIPTION: Postscript and Pdf interpreter and converter.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Ghostscript team
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Convert Text To PDF
PROGRAM_NAME: PDFCreator
VERSION: 0.9.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473&release_id=627171
WINDOWS_OS: Win32 (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.
Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows
application.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Convert Text To PDF
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[7.03] Database
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PROGRAM_NAME: CSVed
VERSION: 1.1 (unicode version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-04-01
HOMEPAGE: http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/csved/unicsvedsetup.exe
(Setup); http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/csved/uniCSVed.zip (without
Installer)
WINDOWS_OS: NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: CSVed is an easy and powerful CSV file editor, you can
manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator. **NOTE** CSVed
is 'cardware.'
REMARKS: Non-unicode version (for 95, 98, ME) available as well.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Sam Francke
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Database
PROGRAM_NAME: dBworx
VERSION: 3.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.plworx-software.com/index.html#iddbworx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.plworx-software.com/dbworx38.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: dBworx is a small, versatile database manager. In
addition to standard field types (numeric, text, date,
time) dBworx supports additional types such as lookup
and relational fields, external fields and graphic
fields (which combine images, text and drawings).
Records can be sorted, searched, filtered and output
as reports, labels, charts and HTML tables. dBworx
also allows importing and exporting data in a variety
of formats.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: PLWorx Software Development
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Database
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[7.04] Desktop Publisher
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Scribus
VERSION: 1.3.3.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.scribus.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.scribus.net/?q=downloads
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP
OTHER_OS: Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2
DESCRIPTION: Desktop publisher that supports professional publishing
features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and
versatile PDF creation.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Scribus Team
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Desk Top Publishing
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[7.05] Dictionary: Thesaurus
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: WordWeb
VERSION: 5.51
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://wordweb.info
DOWNLOAD: http://wordweb.info/free
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: WordWeb is a comprehensive one-click English thesaurus and
dictionary
for Windows. It can be used to look up words from almost any program,
showing definitions, synonyms and related words. It includes
pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and
sounds-like links.
It works off-line,
but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia
encyclopedia.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: WordWeb Software
AUTHOR: Antony Lewis
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Dictionary: Thesaurus
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[7.06] Font Viewer And Manager
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PROGRAM_NAME: AMP Font Viewer
VERSION: 3.82
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ampsoft.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php#Download
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: This program is an easy to use but powerful font manager,
which allows
getting a quick overview of both installed and non installed fonts. It
can install and uninstall fonts, and organize them in categories.
REMARKS: This software is freeware, but only for PERSONAL AND NON-PROFIT
USE.
COMPANY: AMPsoft
AUTHOR: Alberto Martinez Perez
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Font Tool
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[7.07] Miscellaneous
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: EclipseCrossword
VERSION: 1.2.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: EclipseCrossword is a simple crossword puzzle creation
application. Give it a list of words and clues, and it puts the puzzle
together for you. Print the crossword, or save it as a web page to post
on the Internet.
REMARKS: Craig: I'm always happy with the end-result. Very amusing for
projects like b-days, website, etc.
COMPANY: Green Eclipse
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Crossword Puzzles
======================================================================
[7.08] Office Suite
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: OpenOffice.org
VERSION: 2.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.openoffice.org
DOWNLOAD: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000-SP2/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: Solaris, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X (X11); Java
DESCRIPTION: OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project.
The
product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes
desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program,
a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface
and feature set similar to those of other office suites.
OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file
formats, including those of Microsoft Office. Localizations of
OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages, with more being
constantly added by the community. OpenOffice.org runs on Solaris,
Linux (including PPC Linux), and Windows. Written in C++ and with
documented APIs licensed under the LGPL and SISSL open-source
protocols, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to
benefit from the source.
REMARKS: Version 2.4.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or
bug fixes.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: OpenOffice.org team
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Office Suite
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[7.09] Organizer: Notes-Text
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia
VERSION: 3.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-04-15; 2006-04-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freebyte.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.treepad.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Linux
DESCRIPTION: The usual database programs are not good at storing
unstructured information, TreePad excells at this! With the look and
feel of the familiar Windows explorer, editing, storing, browsing,
searching and retrieving your data can not be easier! TreePad allows you
to store all your notes, emails, texts, hyperlinks, etc. into one or
more databases. All data is contained in 'articles'; an article is a
text shown in the right pane of the program window. Any article is
contained in a 'node' which is the most basic part of the tree (left
pane). It is very easy to add nodes/articles to the tree, delete
nodes/articles, move whole sub-trees around using 'drag-and-drop', etc.
Treepad can import .txt, .csv, .hjt files; export subtrees and articles
to .html, .txt, .hjt files, print subtrees and articles, etc. TreePad
supports plain-text hyperlinks to: TreePad nodes/articles, files on your
local harddisk, Web pages, email addresses, newsgroups and FTP sites.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Freebyte.com
AUTHOR: Henk Hagedoorn
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Organizer: Notes-Text
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[7.10] PDF Viewer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Foxit Reader
VERSION: 2.3 build 3201
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
WINDOWS_OS: ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit
Reader:
Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 2.55 MB
which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 22 MB size. Breezing-fast: When
you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are
not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo,
author names, etc. Annotation tool: Foxit Reader allows you to draw
graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document
and then print out or save the annotated document. Save fillable forms
after filling them out so you can continue anytime. Text converter:
You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file. High
security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and
privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users'
permission while other PDF readers often silently connect. Version 2.3
build 3201 fixed some major bugs of the early versions and makes Foxit
Reader more stable and user-friendly.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Foxit Software Company, LLC.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: PDF Viewer
PROGRAM_NAME: PDF-XChange Viewer
VERSION: 2.0039.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer
DOWNLOAD: http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users
WINDOWS_OS: 2000 or later (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: PDF-XChange Viewer is smaller, faster and more feature
rich than the Adobe Reader. Portable version also available.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Tracker Software Products Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: PDF Viewer
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[7.11] PIM
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: EssentialPIM (EPIM)
VERSION: 2.71
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=products&pr=essentialpim
DOWNLOAD: http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=download
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: EssentialPIM Free is the award-winning, absolutely free
personal
information manager. Supported by a large community of users,
EssentialPIM has been widely acknowledged as the best personal
information management system on any desktop or USB flash drive. This
powerful tool is not bloat ware and contains no spyware or adware. You
have our guarantee!
PIM stands for Personal Information Manager, and it allows you to keep
all you information in electronic form. All your appointments, tasks,
to do lists, notes and contacts are stored in a graphical and easily
accessible form
Tools to satisfy your calendar, contact management, to do list and
notes needs.
Synchronization with Outlook, Windows Mobile devices, Palm, iPOD,
Google Calendar.
Simple printout of any or all modules and quick export of your data
into the most useful formats (iCal, vCard, HTML).
Strong data protection using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
algorithm.
Intuitive interface in many languages including German, Italian,
French and Spanish.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Astonsoft Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: PIM
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[7.12] Spell Checker
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: TinySpell
VERSION: 1.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://tinyspell.m6.net
DOWNLOAD: http://tinyspell.m6.net/#download
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Occasionally you need to check spelling in an application
that does not include a spelling checker and you don't want to launch
your word processor just for that. This is when tinySpell becomes
handy. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly
check and correct the spelling in any Windows application.
tinySpell can watch your typing on the fly and alert you whenever it
detects a misspelled word. It can also check the spelling of text that
you copy to the clipboard.
tinySpell installs itself in the system tray for easy access. It comes
with an American-English dictionary containing more than 110,000
words.
REMARKS: Recommended version for Win98 is v1.5
COMPANY: KEDMI Scientific Computing
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Spell Checker
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[7.13] Unit Converter
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PROGRAM_NAME: Convert
VERSION: 4.10
RELEASE_DATE: 1999-10-30
HOMEPAGE: http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows
DOWNLOAD: http://joshmadison.com/article/download-convert-for-windows
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS: Linux/UNIX/anything that runs Wine
DESCRIPTION: Convert is a free and easy to use unit conversion program
that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature,
volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many
others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Joshua F. Madison
CATEGORY_PWH: BUSINESS-HOME
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Converter
======================================================================
[7.14] Word Processor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: AbiWord
VERSION: 2.6.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.abisource.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.abisource.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Linux
DESCRIPTION: AbiWord is an "Open Source" word processor which combines
state-of-the-art usability, powerful features, and excellent
interoperability. Furthermore, it features a powerful framework for
supporting custom extensions.
REMARKS: Recommended version for Win9x is 2.4.6
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: AbiSource community
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Word Processor
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 8/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[8.--] SECURITY:
================
[8.01] Anti-Spyware
[8.02] Anti-Virus
[8.03] Encryption
[8.04] Network Monitor
[8.05] Network Sniffer/Analyzer
[8.06] Password Manager
[8.07] Personal Firewall
[8.08] Security Audit
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[8.01] Anti-Spyware
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: HijackThis
VERSION: 2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-28
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: HijackThis™ is a free utility which quickly scans your
Windows computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware,
malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis creates a report, or log
file, with the results of the scan.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Trend Micro Incorporated
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Anti-Spyware
PROGRAM_NAME: SpywareBlaster
VERSION: 4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: SpywareBlaster doesn't scan for and clean spyware--it prevents
it from
being installed in the first place. SpywareBlaster prevents the
installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, dialers, browser
hijackers, and other potentially unwanted programs. It can also block
spyware/tracking cookies in IE, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, and many
other browsers, and restrict the actions of spyware/ad/tracking sites.
With the built-in Check for Updates feature, you can help ensure your
protection is up-to-date. SpywareBlaster also includes a System
Snapshot feature, which lets you take a snapshot of your computer in
its clean state and later revert, undoing many changes made by spyware
and browser hijackers.
REMARKS: Version 4.1 adds full Mozilla Firefox 3 support, and various
feature and protection enhancements, tweaks, and optimizations.
COMPANY: Javacool Software LLC
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Anti-Spyware
======================================================================
[8.02] Anti-Virus
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Avast!
VERSION: 4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.avast.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
WINDOWS_OS: NT-based
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: avast! antivirus v4.8 represents a multi-award winning
solution to
virus protection, with anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software built in
for added security. It is available free for non-commercial, home use
and with its fast, automatic updates avast! antivirus is already being
used by more than 50 million users worldwide to provide continuous
protection against all forms of malicious software (malware).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ALWIL Software a.s.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Anti-Virus
======================================================================
[8.03] Encryption
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: TrueCrypt
VERSION: 6.0a
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.truecrypt.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista (including 64-bit versions; encryption of
system partition not supported on Windows 2000)
OTHER_OS: Linux; Mac OS X
DESCRIPTION: Free open-source disk encryption software system for
establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage
device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically
encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any
user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read
(decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct
encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g., file names,
folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).
TrueCrypt can on-the-fly encrypt a system partition or entire system
drive, i.e. a partition or drive where Windows is installed and from
which it boots.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: TrueCrypt Foundation
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Encryption Tool
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[8.04] Network Monitor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: SoftPerfect Network Scanner
VERSION: 3.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-05
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/netscan.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern
interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system
administrators and general users who are interested in computer
security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and
displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including
system and hidden).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: SoftPerfect Research
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: INTERNET
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Network Monitor
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[8.05] Network Sniffer/Analyzer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Wireshark
VERSION: 1.03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.wireshark.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS: POSIX (e.g. GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OS X)
DESCRIPTION: network protocol analyzer
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Gerald Combs
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Packet Sniffer
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[8.06] Password Manager
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: KeePass Password Safe
VERSION: 1.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keepass.info/index.html;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass
DOWNLOAD: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/keepass/KeePass-1.12-Setup.exe;
http://keepass.info/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98/98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS: Linux/MacOS X (KeepassX); PocketPC, Smartphone, etc.
DESCRIPTION: KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which
helps you to
manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in
one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you
only have to remember one single master password or select the key file
to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best
and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
REMARKS: Major rewrite on .NET in alpha stage development (v2.04 alpha).
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Dominik Reichl et al.
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Password Manager
======================================================================
[8.07] Personal Firewall
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5]
VERSION: 2.1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-07-13
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/home-home-office/sunbelt-personal-firewall
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/keriopf215.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Kerio Personal Firewall is a small and easy-to-use system
designed for
protecting a personal computer against hacker attacks and data leaks.
It is based on the ICSA certified technology used in the WinRoute
firewall. The firewall itself runs as a background service, using a
special low-level driver loaded into the system kernel. This driver is
placed at the lowest possible level above the network hardware
drivers. Therefore, it has absolute control over all passing packets
and is able to ensure complete protection of the system it is
installed on.
REMARKS: Kerio Personal Firewall was acquired by Sunbelt Software and has
been morphed and developed into Sunbelt Personal Firewall. While a
free-for-home-use version of "SPF" is available, KPF 2.1.5 remains a
classic, preferred by some. It is valued by Win9x users without a hardware
router, for the ease with which it can be set to permit unchallenged
outbound internet access, while blocking inbound attacks, mimicking the
function of the XP firewall.
COMPANY: Sunbelt Software (was Kerio Technologies Inc.)
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Firewall
PROGRAM_NAME: Zone Alarm
VERSION: 7.0.408.000
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zonelabs.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://dl4.zonealarm.com/u/dlr/bin/free/1023_zl/zlsSetup_70_408_000_en.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista (different download required for Vista)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your
home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By
detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC
free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your
personal information, passwords, and financial data.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Firewall
======================================================================
[8.08] Security Audit
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
VERSION: 0.9.0.4 (RC-3)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-16
HOMEPAGE: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
DOWNLOAD: https://psi.secunia.com/PSISetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 2000-SP4/XP-SP2/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: The Secunia PSI allows you to scan, detect, check, and secure
the
applications installed on your computer. Get an assessment of the
applications installed on your computer are they insecure,
end-of-life, or patched. The Secunia PSI enables you to secure your
applications, and to quickly and easily upgrade to new and secure
versions of applications installed on your computer. Providing a
graphical presentation of your performance week by week.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Secunia
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: System Security
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 9/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[9.--] SYSTEM UTILITIES:
========================
[9.01] Backup: Registry
[9.02] Boot Disk Creator
[9.03] Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
[9.04] CD-DVD Burner
[9.05] Cmd Shell
[9.06] Drive Tool: Driver Letters
[9.07] Drive Tool: USB
[9.08] Drivers: Backup
[9.09] Hardware: Diagnostics
[9.10] Hardware: Memory Tester
[9.11] Install-Uninstall Tool
[9.12] OS Environment
[9.13] OS Install Modifier
[9.14] Process Monitor
[9.15] Process Monitor: Files
[9.16] Process Monitor: Registry
[9.17] Process Monitor: Start-Up
[9.18] Registry And File Tools
[9.19] Security Audit
[9.20] Start-Up Manager
[9.21] System Information Tool
[9.22] System Tweaker
[9.23] Time Synchronizer
[9.24] Virtual Machine
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
======================================================================
[9.01] Backup: Registry
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT)
VERSION: 1.1j
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
DOWNLOAD: http://www.derfisch.de/lars/erunt-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: ERUNT is an emergency utility that will restore, backup and
optimize
your system registry.
Key features of "Erunt" include:
· Backup the Windows NT/2000/XP registry to a folder of your choice.
· System and current user registries selectable.
· Command-line switches for automated use of ERUNT
· Restore the registry in Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP and MS-DOS
(all-in-one restore program)
· All programs in this package are completely localizable.
Also included in this package is NTREGOPT. A program for optimizing
the registry.
REMARKS: Craig: Does just what it says. Saved my bacon once.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Lars Hederer
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Backup: Registry
======================================================================
[9.02] Boot Disk Creator
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Bart's PE Builder
VERSION: 3.1.10a
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-02-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003 (not yet Vista!)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart
Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the
original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very
suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete Win32
environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600)
and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing
systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and
so on. This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time! Comments: An
original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD is
required to build a CD. Several ready made plugins to have various
applications installed and run from the boot CD can be found online.
Do a search for PE PLUGIN REPOSITORY.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Nu2 Productions
AUTHOR: Bart Lagerweij
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Boot Disk Creator
======================================================================
[9.03] Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win)
VERSION: 3.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ubcd4win.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm
WINDOWS_OS: Source files/CD: XP Home/Pro (SP1+); Server: 2003
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used
for
repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem.
UBCD4Win is based on Bart's PE©. Bart's PE© builds a Windows®
"pre-install" environment CD, basically a simple Windows® XP booted
from CD. UBCD4Win includes network support and allows you the ability
to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, create new NTFS
volumes, scan hard drives for viruses, etc. Our download includes
almost everything you need to repair your system problems. This
project has been put together to be the ultimate recovery cd and not a
replacement OS (Operating System). Please visit the "List of Tools"
page for a complete list of what is included in the latest version of
UBCD4Win.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Benjamin Burrows et al.
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
======================================================================
[9.04] CD-DVD Burner
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: ImgBurn
VERSION: 2.4.2.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.imgburn.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS: Wine
DESCRIPTION: ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray
burning application. It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a
different task; Read, build, write, verify, discovery. ImgBurn supports
a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI,
IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI. It supports Unicode folder/file names, so
you shouldn't run in to any problems if you're using an international
character set.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: LIGHTNING UK!
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: CD-DVD: Burner
======================================================================
[9.05] Cmd Shell
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Take Command Console LE (light edition)
VERSION: 9.02 Build 152
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
DOWNLOAD: ftp://jpsoft.com/tccle/tccle.exe
WINDOWS_OS: XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: TCC/LE is a basic version of JP Software's award winning
4NT command processor. If you are a command line user, this is a huge
step up from CMD. Features include: Enhanced command line editor with
history, filename completion and cut & paste. Built-in screen
scrollback buffer lets you review or print output from past commands
at any time. Enhanced Directory Navigation lets you quickly browse and
change directories. Built-in file viewer includes scrolling, search,
and print capabilities. Core scripting language - large superset of
CMD with 111 commands, 140 functions and 97 internal variables.
Upgraded CMD commands (e.g. DIR, COPY etc) with hundreds of additional
options. Complete flow of control structures including IF-Then-Else,
DO Loops, Switch, subroutines, batch libraries, etc. Redefine commands
through aliasing, create new commands and functions for your regular
tasks, even assign frequently used commands to a single keystroke.
Select or exclude files by date, time, size, and extended wildcards or
regular expressions for extraordinary flexibility in file management
REMARKS:
COMPANY: JP Software Inc.
AUTHOR: Rex C. Conn et al.
CATEGORY_PWH: ---
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: ---
======================================================================
[9.06] Drive Tool: Driver Letters
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: USBDLM
VERSION: 4.2.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: USBDLM, USB Drive Letter Manager, is a Windows service that
gives
control over Window's drive letter assignment for USB drives. Running
as service makes it independent of the logged on user's privileges, so
there is no need to give the users the privilege to change drive
letters. All functions are applied to USB drives at the moment they
are being attached, when the USBDLM service starts up and when a user
logs on. USBDLM runs as Win32 service under Windows 2000, XP, Server
2003 and Vista. 64 Bit versions are untested but should work too.
USBDLM automatically solves conflicts between USB drives and network
or subst drives of the currently logged on user. Furthermore you can
define new default letters for USB drives and much more. Among other
things it can be confgirued to remove drive letters of card readers
until a card is inserted. See online helpfile for all features
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_help_e.html.
REMARKS: Bjorn S.: I manage a few public computers. They all have various
card readers to which Windows by default assigners drive letters. Utterly
confusing for users who want to insert a USB stick. Which of the many drive
letters present here is mine? - they ask. Problem solved with USBDLM,
preventing drive letter assignment for empty card readers. I can also use
it to make a list of drive letters (or just one) to be used for any USB
device inserted. This way I can answer the "Which drive letter is mine"
question from users without even looking. (But since I removed the "empty
card" drive letters, few if any needs to ask). Configuration is stored in a
ini file, which can be copied from one machine to the next. Nice and
simple.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Uwe Sieber
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Drive Tool: Drive Letters
======================================================================
[9.07] Drive Tool: USB
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: USBDeview
VERSION: 1.25
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that
currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you
previously used.
For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/
description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the
date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more...
USBDeview also allows you to uninstall USB devices that you previously
used, and disconnect USB devices that are currently connected to your
computer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: NirSoft
AUTHOR: Nir Sofer
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Drive Tool: USB
======================================================================
[9.08] Drivers: Backup
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: WinDriversBackup Personal Edition
VERSION: 1.09
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.jermar.com (see REMARKS)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/wdrvbck1.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/2000/XP/2003
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: WinDriversBackup Personal Edition 1.0.9 (last freeware
version) is a free utility provided by JerMar Software Corp.
specifically for backing up your Windows system driver files.
WinDriversBackup can identify all of your Windows driver files and
save them to a secure location in two simple mouse clicks. Backing up
your Windows driver files means they will be available to you the next
time you need to reinstall the driver or the whole operating system.
WinDriversBackup places the driver files in one organized location of
your choosing.
REMARKS: www.jermar.com no longer lists the program nor the download link.
WinDriversBackup has changed to DriverGuide Toolkit - commercial version.
COMPANY: Jermar Software Corp
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: FILE UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Drivers: Backup
======================================================================
[9.09] Hardware: Diagnostics
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: CrystalDiskMark
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html
WINDOWS_OS: NT4/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: CrystalDiskMark is a disk benchmark software.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Crystal Dew World
AUTHOR: hiyohiyo
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Hardware Diagnostics
======================================================================
[9.10] Hardware: Memory Tester
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Memtest86+
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.memtest.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
WINDOWS_OS: n/a
OTHER_OS: Memtest86+ is designed to run from a bootable floppy disk,
CD-ROM, USB Drive, or from a suitable bootloader without an operating
system present.
DESCRIPTION: Memtest86+ is software designed to stress test an
x86-compatible
computer's random access memory (RAM) for errors. It tries to verify
that the RAM will accept and correctly retain arbitrary patterns of
data written to it. Memtest86+'s tests are comprehensive so it can
find otherwise hidden problems on machines that appear to work
normally. With many chipsets, Memtest86+ allows counting of failures
even in error-correcting ECC DRAM. [Source and more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memtest86+ and the homepage link
above.]
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Chris Brady, Samuel Demeulemeester
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Memory Tester
======================================================================
[9.11] Install-Uninstall Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Revo Uninstaller
VERSION: 1.71
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.revouninstaller.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista (32 bit only)
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: Replacement for Windows Add/Remove Programs applet. Very
fast load of installed program listings. Very thorough user-selected
uninstall levels. Multi-language support. Contains a number of
useful integrated functions in addition to the uninstall capability:
Hunter mode, Autoruns Manager, Windows Tools, Junk Files Cleaner and a
Tracks Cleaner section that includes a Browser Cleaner, M$O Cleaner,
Windows Cleaner, Evidence Remover and Unrecoverable Delete functions.
Comes in .exe (1.52MB) and portable .zip (1.64MB) versions.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: VS Revo Group
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Install-Uninstall Tool
======================================================================
[9.12] OS Environment
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Cygwin
VERSION: 1.5.25-15
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-14
HOMEPAGE: http://cygwin.com
DOWNLOAD: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe (GUI installer)
WINDOWS_OS: Win32; Win64 (except CE)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows that consists
of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer
providing substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools
which provide Linux look and feel.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Cygwin team
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Os: Unix For Windows
======================================================================
[9.13] OS Install Modifier
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: nLite
VERSION: 1.4.9
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nliteos.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: NT-based (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: nLite allows you to customize your installation of Windows
XP, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003. You can integrate service packs and
hotfixes from Microsoft directly into your windows distribution files
without having to re-download and install them every time you need to
re-install windows.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Dino Nuhagic (nuhi)
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Boot Disk Creator
======================================================================
[9.14] Process Monitor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Process Explorer
VERSION: 11.21
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 2000-SP4 and above
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Process Explorer is a comprehensive application that lets
you examine in great detail (and in real time) what is going on
"behind the scenes" with your system. It is also a Task Manager on
steroids. Highly configurable "must have" troubleshooting tool.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Microsoft (was Sysinternals)
AUTHOR: Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Process Monitor
======================================================================
[9.15] Process Monitor: Files
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Filemon
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-06
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Filemon.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003 (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system
in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files
and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file
configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature will show you precisely
when every open, read, write or delete, happens, and its status column
tells you the outcome. FileMon is so easy to use that you'll be an
expert within minutes. It begins monitoring when you start it, and its
output window can be saved to a file for off-line viewing. It has full
search capability, and if you find that you're getting information
overload, simply set up one or more filters.
REMARKS: Filemon and Regmon have been replaced by Process Monitor on
versions of Windows starting with Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows
Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista. Filemon and Regmon remain for legacy
operating system support, including Windows 9x.
COMPANY: Microsoft (was Sysinternals)
AUTHOR: Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Process Monitor: Files
======================================================================
[9.16] Process Monitor: Registry
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: RegMon
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-01
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Regmon.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: RegMon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you
which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are
accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all
in real-time.
REMARKS: Filemon and Regmon have been replaced by Process Monitor on
versions of Windows starting with Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows
Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista. Filemon and Regmon remain for legacy
operating system support, including Windows 9x.
COMPANY: Microsoft (was Sysinternals)
AUTHOR: Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Process Monitor: Registry
======================================================================
[9.17] Process Monitor: Start-Up
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: WinPatrol
VERSION: 15.5.2008.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winpatrol.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win32; Vista64
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: As a SECURITY MONITOR, WinPatrol will alert you to
hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer
without your permission. WinPatrol uses a heuristic behavioral
approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing
environment. Traditional security programs scan your hard drive
searching for previously identified threats. WinPatrol takes snapshot
of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that
may occur without your knowledge.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Bill Pytlovany
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Process Monitor: Start-Up
======================================================================
[9.18] Registry And File Tools
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: CCleaner (Crap Cleaner)
VERSION: 2.11.636
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ccleaner.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and
cleaning tool.
It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run
faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces
of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally
it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is
that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and
contains NO Spyware or Adware!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Piriform Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Registry And File Tools
======================================================================
[9.19] Security Audit
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Determines security state of OS install in accordance with
Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation
guidance.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Microsoft Corporation
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: ---
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: ---
======================================================================
[9.20] Start-Up Manager
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Autoruns
VERSION: 9.34
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 2000-SP4 and above
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: Simply the most comprehensive startup manager available.
Goes far beyond MSConfig or any other 3rd party startup manager. Comes
with a separate command line version that can output to a CSV file.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Microsoft (was Sysinternals)
AUTHOR: Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Start-up Manager
======================================================================
[9.21] System Information Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Belarc Advisor
VERSION: 7.2x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/M/NT4/2000/XP/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your
installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes,
anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and
displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile
information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web
server.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Belarc, Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: System Information Tool
PROGRAM_NAME: CPU-Z
VERSION: 1.47
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/…/Vista (64 bit supported)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: CPU-Z gathers information on some of the main devices of your
system,
like CPU, Mainboard,BIOS model and date, Chipset (northbridge and
southbridge) and sensor, Graphic interface, Memory, and System
(Windows and DirectX version). CPU-Z does not need to be installed.
Just unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe. In order to
remove the program, just delete the files. The program does not copy
any file in any directory, neither writes in the registry.
REMARKS: Bjorn S.: Nice and quick no-install utility that provides the most
basic and in most cases also them most relevant (at least for me) hardware
and system info in a flash.
COMPANY: CPUID developers
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: CPU
PROGRAM_NAME: SpeedFan
VERSION: 4.35
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.almico.com/speedfan435.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and
temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can
even access S.M.A.R.T. info for those hard disks that support this
feature and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported. SpeedFan
supports SCSI disks too. SpeedFan can even change the FSB on some
hardware. At the lowest level, SpeedFan is a hardware monitor software
that can access digital temperature sensors, but its main feature is
that it can change fan speeds (depending on the capabilities of your
sensor chip and your hardware) according to the temperatures inside
your pc, thus reducing noise.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Alfredo Milani Comparetti
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Motherboard
PROGRAM_NAME: System Information for Windows (SIW)
VERSION: 2008-09-03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gtopala.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32/64-bit; incl. Media
Center, Tablet PC)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool
that gathers detailed information about your system properties and
settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.
SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to
run in batch mode (for Asset Inventory Tracking, Computer (Software
and Hardware) Inventory, PC Audit, Software Audit, Software License
Compliance Management).
The system information is divided into few major categories:
* Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes,
Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed
Codecs, Software Licenses (Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key),
Secrets (Password Recovery).
* Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB
and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD
Devices, SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.
* Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network
Connections, Open Ports.
* Tools: Eureka! (Reveal lost passwords hidden behind asterisks),
MAC Address Changer, Monitor Test, Shutdown / Restart.
* Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network
Traffic.
SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation
(Portable Freeware) - one less installed program on your PC as well
the fact that you can run the program directly from an USB flash
drive, from a floppy, from a network drive or from a domain login
script.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Topala Software Solutions
AUTHOR: Gabriel Topala
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: System Information Tool
======================================================================
[9.22] System Tweaker
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Tweak UI
VERSION: 2.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-06-25
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
DOWNLOAD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: XP/2003
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are
not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse
settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Microsoft Corporation
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: PROGRAMMING
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: System Tweaker
======================================================================
[9.23] Time Synchronizer
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Neutron
VERSION: 1.07
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/neutron.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/download/neutron.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/…/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Time synchronization progam
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robin Keir
CATEGORY_PWH: ORGANIZERS
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Time Synchronizer
======================================================================
[9.24] Virtual Machine
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC)
VERSION: 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095
DOWNLOAD: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx
WINDOWS_OS: XP (Pro, Tablet PC)/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Virtual PC 2007 is a powerful software virtualization
solution that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems
simultaneously on one workstation, providing a safety net to maintain
compatibility with legacy applications while you migrate to a new
operating system. It also saves reconfiguration time, so your support,
development, and training staff can work more efficiently.
REMARKS: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/sysreq.mspx
COMPANY: Microsoft Corporation
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Virtual Machine
PROGRAM_NAME: VirtualBox
VERSION: 2.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://virtualbox.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
WINDOWS_OS: 3.x/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: DOS, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD
DESCRIPTION: VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization
products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an
extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise
customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely
available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris
hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including
but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/
Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: SYSTEM UTILITIES
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Virtual Machine
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 * Part 10/10
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
[10.--] TEXT UTILITIES:
=======================
[10.01] Compare Text In Files
[10.02] Editor
[10.03] Editor: Code
[10.04] Text Tools
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
======================================================================
[10.01] Compare Text In Files
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: ExamDiff
VERSION: 1.8.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp#download
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: ExamDiff is a freeware Windows tool for visual file
comparison. It has a number of simple and convenient features that
many users have been asking for a long time from a file comparison
tool. No install also available.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: PrestoSoft LLC
AUTHOR: ---
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Compare Text In Files
PROGRAM_NAME: WinMerge
VERSION: 2.10.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-17
HOMEPAGE: http://winmerge.org
DOWNLOAD: http://winmerge.org/downloads/index.php
WINDOWS_OS: 98/…/Vista (32/64-bit)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: WinMerge is an Open Source (GPL) visual text file
differencing and merging tool for Windows. It is highly useful for
determing what has changed between project versions, and then merging
changes between versions.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: WinMerge team
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Compare Text In Files
======================================================================
[10.02] Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: metapad
VERSION: 3.51 LE
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-11-27
HOMEPAGE: http://liquidninja.com/metapad
DOWNLOAD: http://liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/NT/XP
OTHER_OS: none
DESCRIPTION: metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text
editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP with similar features to Microsoft Notepad
but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to
completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features
and much, much more.
metapad's enhanced feature set includes:
* Persistent window placement
* Dirty file notification
* Intelligent Find and Replace
* External viewer support (e.g. web browser)
* Usable accelerator keys (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+N, etc.)
* Dual customizable font support
* Optional Quick Exit (Esc key)
* Configurable tab stop setting
* Auto-indent mode
* Go to Line/Column
* Seamless UNIX text file support
* Block indent and unindent (Tab, Shift+Tab)
* Recent files list
* WYSIWYG printing
* Snazzy status bar & funky toolbar
* No file size limit! (under Win9x)
* Hyperlink support
* User interface language plugins
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Alexander Davidson
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor
PROGRAM_NAME: NoteTab Light
VERSION: 5.7b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.notetab.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.notetab.com/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 9x/…/Vista
OTHER_OS: Intel-based Macs that are running Windows or Wine, and on PowerPC
Macs using Virtual PC. Will also run on UNIX/Linux systems with Wine
DESCRIPTION: Full-featured tabbed text and HTML editor. Highly
customizable toolbar buttons. Handles large files. You can set up a
tab to be a pasteboard (or impromptu clipboard extender.) Use macros
to automate routine ooperations.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Fookes Software Ltd
AUTHOR: Eric Fookes
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor
PROGRAM_NAME: TED Notepad
VERSION: 5.0.3 Final
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-01-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad
DOWNLOAD: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: Compatible with Wine
DESCRIPTION: (original description by author)
TED Notepad is a swiss-army-knife plain-text editor. It looks like a
small Notepad, but is much more fertile in innovative features, text-
processing functions and other versatile tools. All of them on
hotkeys; all designed for quicker and advanced editing. The light-
weight portable application fits on USB flash disk and loads instantly
with no installation required. TED Notepad is further designed
especially for hot-working structured text, lists, notes or even
scripts and html files. Main motto: Don't type, ted-it!
REMARKS: Recommended version for Win9x is 4.5.5
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Juraj Simlovic Medvedik
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Code
======================================================================
[10.03] Editor: Code
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Notepad++
VERSION: 5.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-03
HOMEPAGE: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in
"free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports
several languages. It runs in the MS Windows environment.
Based on a very powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is
written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher
execution speed and smaller program size. Its use is governed by GPL
Licence.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Don HO
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Editor: Code
======================================================================
[10.04] Text Tools
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: UnxUtils
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-04-14 (UnxUtils); 2003-10-25 (UnxUpdates)
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9328;
http://www.weihenstephan.de/~syring/win32/UnxUpdates.zip
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: GNU utilities for Win32 - some ports of common GNU utilities
to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables only depend
on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like
that provided by Cygwin tools.
REMARKS: BeAr: Compilation of common GNU commandline utilities to native
Win32. Compared to other implementations, the UnxUtils compilation consists
of very stable and fast tools with exceptional support of command line
switches. The installation directory should be added to the Windows search
path to use the tools from anywhere. Look here for a description:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519 (The Path variable consists of a
list of fully qualified directory names, separated by semicolons.) The
collection contains: agrep.exe, ansi2knr.exe, basename.exe, bc.exe,
bison.exe, bunzip2.exe, bzip2.exe, bzip2recover.exe, cat.exe, chgrp.exe,
chmod.exe, chown.exe, cksum.exe, cmp.exe, comm.exe, compress.exe, cp.exe,
csplit.exe, cut.exe, date.exe, dc.exe, dd.exe, df.exe, diff.exe, diff3.exe,
dircolors.exe, dirname.exe, du.exe, echo.exe, egrep.exe, env.exe,
expand.exe, expr.exe, factor.exe, fgrep.exe, find.exe, flex.exe, fmt.exe,
fold.exe, fsplit.exe, gawk.exe, gclip.exe, gplay.exe, grep.exe, gsar.exe,
gunzip.exe, gzip.exe, head.exe, id.exe, indent.exe, install.exe, join.exe,
jwhois.exe, less.exe, lesskey.exe, ln.exe, logname.exe, ls.exe, m4.exe,
make.exe, makedepend.exe, makemsg.exe, man.exe, md5sum.exe, mkdir.exe,
mkfifo.exe, mknod.exe, mv.exe, mvdir.exe, nl.exe, od.exe, paste.exe,
patch.exe, pathchk.exe, pclip.exe, pr.exe, printenv.exe, printf.exe,
ptx.exe, pwd.exe, recode.exe, rm.exe, rman.exe, rmdir.exe, sdiff.exe,
sed.exe, seq.exe, sh.exe, sha1sum.exe, shar.exe, sleep.exe, sort.exe,
split.exe, stego.exe, su.exe, sum.exe, sync.exe, tac.exe, tail.exe,
tar.exe, tee.exe, test.exe, touch.exe, tr.exe, tsort.exe, type.exe,
uname.exe, unexpand.exe, uniq.exe, unrar.exe, unshar.exe, unzip.exe,
uudecode.exe, uuencode.exe, wc.exe, wget.exe, which.exe, whoami.exe,
xargs.exe, yes.exe, zcat.exe, zip.exe, zsh.exe
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Karl M. Syring (for porting and the package)
CATEGORY_PWH: TEXT
SUBCATEGORY_PWH: Text Tool
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 *
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
*) The numbers in braces refer to {category.subcategory}.
Pricelessware 2008 Programs:
============================
猥orrent - {5.08}
1by1 - {6.04}
40tude Dialog - {5.15}
7-Zip - {3.02}
AbiWord - {7.14}
Adblock Plus - {5.02}
Agent Ransack - {3.22}
AM-Deadlink - {5.03}
AMP Font Viewer - {7.06}
Artweaver - {4.05}
Audacity - {6.02}
AutoHotkey - {2.01}
AutoIt - {2.01}
Autoruns - {9.20}
Avast! - {8.02}
Bart's PE Builder - {9.02}
Belarc Advisor - {9.21}
Bulk Rename Utility - {3.14}
Calendar Magic - {7.01}
Cathy - {3.06}
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) - {9.18}
CDex - {6.09}
Cobian Backup - {3.04}
Convert - {7.13}
Copernic Desktop Search Home - {3.22}
CPU-Z - {9.21}
CrystalDiskMark - {9.09}
CSVed - {7.03}
Cygwin - {9.12}
dBworx - {7.03}
Defraggler - {3.07}
dirhtml - {3.08}
docmd - {3.20}
DriveImage XML - {3.04}
Dup Detector - {3.09}
DVD Flick - {6.08}
EAC (Exact Audio Copy) - {6.05}
EclipseCrossword - {7.07}
Email Link Encoder - {2.04}
Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) - {9.01}
Eraser - {3.16}
EssentialPIM (EPIM) - {7.11}
ExamDiff - {10.01}
ExifTool/ExifTool GUI - {4.06}
FastStone Capture - {1.07}
FastStone Image Viewer - {4.07}
FeedDemon - {5.17}
FileAlyzer - {3.18}
FileMenu Tools - {3.10}
Filemon - {9.15}
Filenote (ShellTools) - {3.18}
FileZilla - {5.13}
Foobar2000 - {6.06}
Foxit Reader - {7.10}
FreeCommander - {3.11}
Ghostscript - {7.02}
GIMP - {4.01}
GParted LiveCD - {3.19}
Hamster - {5.14}
Hash - {3.17}
HijackThis - {8.01}
HostsMan - {5.07}
HTTrack Website Copier - {5.20}
HxD - {2.03}
IcoFX - {4.03}
Iconoid - {1.04}
ImgBurn - {9.04}
IrfanView - {4.08}
JKDefrag - {3.07}
JKDefragGUI - {3.07}
K9 - {5.12}
Karen's Replicator - {3.04}
KatMouse - {1.06}
KeePass Password Safe - {8.06}
Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5] - {8.07}
KompoZer - {2.06}
Lister - {3.15}
Lupas Rename - {3.14}
Mailwasher - {5.10}
Media Player Classic - {6.11}
Memtest86+ - {9.10}
metapad - {10.02}
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) - {9.19}
Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) - {9.24}
Miranda IM - {5.06}
MozBackup - {5.04}
Mozilla Firefox - {5.01}
Mozilla Thunderbird - {5.11}
MP3Gain - {6.03}
mpTrim - {6.07}
MultiRes - {1.05}
Neutron - {9.23}
Ninotech Path Copy - {3.08}
nLite - {9.13}
Notepad++ - {10.03}
NoteTab Light - {10.02}
OpenExpert - {3.10}
OpenOffice.org - {7.08}
Opera - {5.05}
Oscar's File Renamer - {3.14}
Paragon Drive Backup Express - {3.03}
PDF-XChange Viewer - {7.10}
PDFCreator - {7.02}
PhotoFiltre - {4.04}
Picasa 2 - {4.02}
POP Peeper - {5.10}
Process Explorer - {9.14}
PStart - {1.09}
PuTTY - {5.18}
Recuva - {3.13}
RegMon - {9.16}
Resource Hacker - {3.21}
Revo Uninstaller - {9.11}
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier - {3.13}
Screen2exe - {1.08}
Scribus - {7.04}
SeaMonkey - {5.05}
Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) - {8.08}
Skype - {5.16}
SoftPerfect Network Scanner - {8.04}
SpeedFan - {9.21}
SpywareBlaster - {8.01}
SQLite Database Browser - {2.02}
SyncBack Freeware - {3.05}
System Information for Windows (SIW) - {9.21}
Take Command Console LE (light edition) - {9.05}
TClockEx - {1.02}
TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer) - {5.09}
TED Notepad - {10.02}
THE Rename - {3.14}
TinySpell - {7.12}
Tray It! - {1.09}
TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia - {7.09}
TrueCrypt - {8.03}
Tweak UI - {9.22}
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) - {9.03}
UltraVNC - {5.19}
Undelete Plus - {3.13}
Universal Extractor - {3.01}
Unlocker - {3.12}
UnxUtils - {10.04}
USB Disk Ejector - {1.09}
USBDeview - {9.07}
USBDLM - {9.06}
VirtualBox - {9.24}
VirtuaWin - {1.03}
VLC media player - {6.01}
Wallpaper Changer - {1.10}
Winamp Classic - {6.04}
WinDriversBackup Personal Edition - {9.08}
WinMerge - {10.01}
WinPatrol - {9.17}
Winsock XP Fix - {5.09}
Wireshark - {8.05}
WordWeb - {7.05}
Xenu's Link Sleuth - {2.05}
XMedia Recode - {6.10}
XMPlay - {6.04}
Xnews - {5.15}
Xnview - {4.07}
XXCOPY - {3.04}
Yankee Clipper III - {1.01}
Zone Alarm - {8.07}
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 *
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
46 Voters for PL2008:
=====================
Numbers in parenthesis (a|b):
a: preliminary selection procedure
b: number of programs voted for
Alex Balfour (-|29)
Allan Higdon (2|49)
Allen (-|71)
alvey (-|16)
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson (n/a|58)
Bear Bottoms (-|126)
Bjorn S. (2|124)
cidr (-|42)
Craig (2|74)
dadiOH (-|179)
Dan Goodman (-|20)
Dave (2|76)
David Cox (-|193)
Duddits (-|30)
F. Reeware (-|66)
Geoff Warren (-|26)
helium (-|16)
iNcReDuLoUs (2|54)
Jim S (-|45)
John Fitzsimons (-|38)
Juraj (-|21)
kapok (-|37)
kew (2|22)
Klaatu (-|56)
Knot (-|12)
L Vetter (-|98)
Larry Sabo (2|87)
Mark Warner (-|33)
miskairal (-|28)
Nicolaas Hawkins (2|34)
OmarŠ (-|39)
Peggy (-|20)
phoenix (-|9)
Rom (-|40)
Ron May (2|105)
Soren Hedeby Sorensen (-|43)
subrova (-|23)
Sul@Albasani (-|210)
Susan Bugher (n/a|23)
Sysyphus' Sister (1|59)
s|b (2|34)
T0M (2|63)
The Seabat (-|77)
Thip (-|147)
Vegard Krog Petersen (-|59)
Yrrah (-|51)
;----------------------------------------------
Late vote: (not counted)
==========
zxcar (-|210)
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 *
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
The list contains several lines, that are longer than permitted for Usenet
postings. As an *exception*, I therefore add the tab-delimited text file
as attachment.
BeAr
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
* Pricelessware List 2008 *
***************************
The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
Below follows the *extended* short list of:
* all Pricelessware programs,
* eligible programs that received not enough votes for becoming Pricelessware,
* programs that were not eligible for voting (missing second or description)
by category/subcategory. Some basic information like nominated version and
homepage is also included. For more information please read the postings
containing the full description in this thread:
http://groups.google.de/group/alt.comp.freeware/browse_frm/thread/77e1434c9ec76738
BeAr
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[1] DESKTOP
[1.01] Clipboard: Extender
* Pricelessware:
- Yankee Clipper III (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.4.3 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-03-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3
DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/yankee.html
* not eligible for voting:
- PhraseExpress
VERSION: 5.1.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.phraseexpress.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.phraseexpress.com/download.htm
[1.02] Clock Customizer
* Pricelessware:
- TClockEx (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2000-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/download.htm
[1.03] Desktop Manager
* Pricelessware:
- VirtuaWin (7 votes)
VERSION: 4.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-24
HOMEPAGE: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
[1.04] Icon Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Iconoid (5 votes)
VERSION: 3.8.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sillysot.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sillysot.com/download.htm
[1.05] Monitor Tool
* Pricelessware:
- MultiRes (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.58
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe
[1.06] Mouse Tool
* Pricelessware:
- KatMouse (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://kickme.to/katmouse
DOWNLOAD: http://kickme.to/katmouse
[1.07] Screen Capture
* Pricelessware:
- FastStone Capture (16 votes)
VERSION: 5.3 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
DOWNLOAD: http://www.portablefreeware.com/download.php?id=775
[1.08] Screen Capture: Video
* Pricelessware:
- Screen2exe (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.screen-record.com/download.htm
[1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers
* Pricelessware:
- PStart (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.11
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pegtop.net/start
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pegtop.net/files/PStartSetup211.exe
- Tray It! (8 votes)
VERSION: 4.6.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.trayit.com/trayit/trayit_4_6_5_5.zip
- USB Disk Ejector (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-29
HOMEPAGE: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector
DOWNLOAD: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/downloads?download=USBDiskEjector1.1.2.zip
* not eligible for voting:
- Portable Start Menu
VERSION: 2.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.aignes.com/psmenu.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.aignes.com/psmenu.htm
- RUNit
VERSION: 2.0.1b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit
DOWNLOAD: http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit/runit201.zip
- TrayBar
VERSION: 2.52 beta 2
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-03-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nimation.nl/traybar
DOWNLOAD:
- TrayDevil
VERSION: 1.4.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.jenneboer.nl/traydevil
DOWNLOAD: http://www.jenneboer.nl/traydevil/Download.php
[1.10] Wallpaper Manager
* Pricelessware:
- Wallpaper Changer (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.90
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-06-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/pages/download.html
[1.11] Sidebar Gadget
* not eligible for voting:
- Desktop Wallpaper
VERSION: 1.3.3.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-11
HOMEPAGE: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=3dc3c177-e6ec-49d0-8737-9c4fdc59b82a
DOWNLOAD: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=3dc3c177-e6ec-49d0-8737-9c4fdc59b82a
- Multi Meter (Dual Core)
VERSION: 1.25a
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-21
HOMEPAGE: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f5b13626-b266-4334-b2e5-157bd66ca5af
DOWNLOAD: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f5b13626-b266-4334-b2e5-157bd66ca5af
- NetGadget
VERSION: 2.5.1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-05
HOMEPAGE: http://www.systemgadgets.com/NetGadget/Default.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://gallery.live.com/LiveItemDetail.aspx?li=a09f77bf-26a1-4f47-b8ad-8c1f027a3657 (32-bit); http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=d6074df9-df68-4b52-b748-85ae0f5bf168 (64-bit)
[1.12] Taskbar Organizer
* not eligible for voting:
- Taskix
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-03
HOMEPAGE: http://taskix.robustit.com
DOWNLOAD: http://taskix.robustit.com
[2] DEVELOPMENT-PROGRAMMING
[2.01] Automation: Macros
* Pricelessware:
- AutoHotkey (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.47.06
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autohotkey.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoHotkeyInstall.exe
- AutoIt (10 votes)
VERSION: 3.2.12.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
DOWNLOAD: http://www.autoitscript.com/cgi-bin/getfile.pl?autoit3/autoit-v3-setup.exe
[2.02] Database Editor
* Pricelessware:
- SQLite Database Browser (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-05-04
HOMEPAGE: http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87946
[2.03] Editor: Hex
* Pricelessware:
- HxD (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.7.6.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
DOWNLOAD: http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD
[2.04] Email Address Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Email Link Encoder (5 votes)
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/email_link_encoder.htm
DOWNLOAD:
[2.05] Link Checker
* Pricelessware:
- Xenu's Link Sleuth (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.2j
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
DOWNLOAD: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/XENU.ZIP
[2.06] Web Authoring: WYSIWYG
* Pricelessware:
- KompoZer (8 votes)
VERSION: 0.7.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kompozer.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kompozer.net/download.php
[2.07] Editor: XML
* not eligible for voting:
- XML Copy Editor
VERSION: 1.2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141776&package_id=155724
[2.08] GIS
* not eligible for voting:
- FWTools
VERSION: 2.2.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://fwtools.maptools.org
DOWNLOAD: http://home.gdal.org/fwtools; http://fwtools.loskot.net
[2.09] RSS News Feed Creator
* not eligible for voting:
- RSS Builder
VERSION: 2.1.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-28
HOMEPAGE: http://home.hetnet.nl/~bsoft/rssbuilder/index.htm; http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rssbuilder.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rssbuilder.html
[2.10] Site Position Finder
* not eligible for voting:
- Web Position Finder
VERSION: 1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.websbee.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.websbee.com/WebPositionFinder.jar
[3] FILE AND DISK UTILITIES
[3.01] Archives: Extractor
* Pricelessware:
- Universal Extractor (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
DOWNLOAD:
* not eligible for voting:
- innounp
VERSION: 0.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-23
HOMEPAGE: http://innounp.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102423
[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
* Pricelessware:
- 7-Zip (27 votes)
VERSION: 4.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.7-zip.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- IZArc (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.izarc.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.izarc.org/download.html
* not eligible for voting:
- ZIPGenius
VERSION: 6.0.3.1150
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zipgenius.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.zipgenius.com/?q=node/42
[3.03] Backup: Drive
* Pricelessware:
- Paragon Drive Backup Express (7 votes)
VERSION: 9.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
DOWNLOAD: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
* not eligible for voting:
- XXClone
VERSION: 0.58.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxclone.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxclone.com/idwnload.htm
[3.04] Backup: Files
* Pricelessware:
- Cobian Backup (11 votes)
VERSION: 9.1.1.193
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/programz/cbSetup.exe
- DriveImage XML (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.runtime.org/dixmlsetup.exe
- Karen's Replicator (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.5.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptreplicator-setup.exe
- XXCOPY (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.97.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm#download
* not eligible for voting:
- DocShield
VERSION: 2.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.docshield.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.docshield.com/download.aspx
[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
* Pricelessware:
- SyncBack Freeware (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.2.19.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/software/SyncBack_Setup.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Unison (4 votes)
VERSION: 2.27.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison
DOWNLOAD: http://alan.petitepomme.net/unison/index.html
[3.06] Cataloger
* Pricelessware:
- Cathy (13 votes)
VERSION: 2.28.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mtg.sk/rva
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mtg.sk/rva/Cathy.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Disk Explorer Professional (7 votes)
VERSION: 3.60f11
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=d
DOWNLOAD: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=dd
* not eligible for voting:
- Index Your Files
VERSION: 4.0 alfa 16
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.indexyourfiles.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_32912.html
[3.07] Defrag Drives
* Pricelessware:
- Defraggler (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.02.085
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.defraggler.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.defraggler.com/download
- JKDefrag (10 votes)
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip; http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag64-3.36.zip (for X64 version)
- JKDefragGUI (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.emro.nl/freeware
DOWNLOAD: http://www.emro.nl/freeware/download.html
[3.08] Directory utilities
* Pricelessware:
- dirhtml (10 votes)
VERSION: 4.831
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://dirhtml.enware.info
DOWNLOAD: http://dirhtml.enware.info/dirhtml.zip
- Ninotech Path Copy (6 votes)
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-12-01
HOMEPAGE: http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/pathc400.zip; http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/download.htm#pathcopy
* not eligible for voting:
- ClipName
VERSION: 1.2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm
- Treecopy
VERSION: 1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-05-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/treecopy
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/treecopy/download.shtml
[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
* Pricelessware:
- Dup Detector (14 votes)
VERSION: 3.201+
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php; http://www.freeware-guide.com/rareware/DupDetector.html
[3.10] Explorer Add-On
* Pricelessware:
- FileMenu Tools (8 votes)
VERSION: 5.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lopesoft.com/fmtools/FileMenuTools-setup.exe
- OpenExpert (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.40
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-05-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.baxbex.com/downloads.html
* not eligible for voting:
- MMM free
VERSION: 2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://hace-software.com/mmm.shtml
DOWNLOAD: http://hace-software.com/download.shtml
[3.11] File Manager
* Pricelessware:
- FreeCommander (18 votes)
VERSION: 2008.06b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freecommander.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm
* eligible, but too few votes:
- 2xExplorer (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.1.12
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-downloads.net/downloads/2xExplorer
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/2xExplorer
- Q-Dir (5 votes)
VERSION: 3.29
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir&language=english
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softwareok.com/Download/Q-Dir_Installer.zip
- XYplorer (was: TrackerV3) (11 votes)
VERSION: 5.55.0001 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-11-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page22.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/xyplorer_free.zip; http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/xyplorer_free.zip
* not eligible for voting:
- PowerDesk
VERSION: 6.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.snapfiles.com/publishers/bvrp-software/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/powerdeskfree.html
[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
* Pricelessware:
- Unlocker (16 votes)
VERSION: 1.8.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-01
HOMEPAGE: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
DOWNLOAD: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.7.exe
[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
* Pricelessware:
- Recuva (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.18.344
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.recuva.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.recuva.com/download
- Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.56
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
DOWNLOAD: http://www.roadkil.net/download.php?File=unstopcp
- Undelete Plus (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.97
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-18
HOMEPAGE: http://undelete-plus.com
DOWNLOAD: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus_setup.exe; Portable
version: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus.exe
[3.14] File Renamer
* Pricelessware:
- Bulk Rename Utility (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.7.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Download.php
- Lupas Rename (10 votes)
VERSION: 5.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-04-01
HOMEPAGE: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org
DOWNLOAD: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/download.php
- Oscar's File Renamer (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
- THE Rename (6 votes)
VERSION: 2.1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-02-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.herve-thouzard.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=59
* not eligible for voting:
- Rename Master
VERSION: 2.9.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108
DOWNLOAD: http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108
- Rname-it
VERSION: 3.1.1.D
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-07-10
HOMEPAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/kent/frame.html (view without JavaScript)
http://web.archive.org/web/20030208003856/http://fileutil.tripod.com/Rnameit.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/fid,5272-order,4-page,1-c,filemanagement/download.html; http://www.bootdisk.com/plan40/rname-it.zip
[3.15] File Viewer
* Pricelessware:
- Lister (8 votes)
VERSION: 6.5 [TC]
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://ghisler.fileburst.com/addons/lister32.zip
* not eligible for voting:
- WnBrowse
VERSION: 4.9.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ngthomas.co.uk/wnbrowse.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ngthomas.co.uk/WnBrowse/wbsetup.exe
[3.16] File Wiper
* Pricelessware:
- Eraser (18 votes)
VERSION: 5.86a
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015&package_id=65323&release_id=567184
[3.17] Files: Validate
* Pricelessware:
- Hash (12 votes)
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/hash.html
[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
* Pricelessware:
- FileAlyzer (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.6.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.safer-networking.org/files/filealyz.exe
- Filenote (ShellTools) (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
DOWNLOAD: FileNote: http://www.download.com/FileNote/3000-2094_4-10019651.html; Shell Tools: http://www.moonsoftware.com/getfile.asp?shelltools
* not eligible for voting:
- FlashFolder
VERSION: 1.9.181 (beta)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zett42.de/flashfolder
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=195039
- Folder Marker Free
VERSION: 1.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-12-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foldermarker.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foldermarker.com/FolderMarker_Free.exe
- Karen's Version Browser
VERSION: 4.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptbrowse.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptbrowse-setup.exe
[3.19] Partition Tool
* Pricelessware:
- GParted LiveCD (17 votes)
VERSION: 0.3.7-7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-02
HOMEPAGE: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
[3.20] Recurse Directories
* Pricelessware:
- docmd (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
DOWNLOAD: http://thomaslauer.com/download/docmd13.zip
[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
* Pricelessware:
- Resource Hacker (14 votes)
VERSION: 3.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-03-24
HOMEPAGE: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
DOWNLOAD: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/reshack.zip
[3.22] Search
* Pricelessware:
- Agent Ransack (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.7.3 (build 332)
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-03-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mythicsoft.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx
- Copernic Desktop Search Home (6 votes)
VERSION: 3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Google Desktop (2 votes)
VERSION: 5.8.809.8522
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://desktop.google.com/features.html
DOWNLOAD: http://desktop.google.com/index.html
[3.23] File Copy
* not eligible for voting:
- YCOPY
VERSION: 1.0d
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-01-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ruahine.com/ycopy-file-copy-utility.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ruahine.com/download.html
[3.24] File Splitter
* not eligible for voting:
- Chainsaw
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD:
[4] GRAPHICS
[4.01] Editor
* Pricelessware:
- GIMP (19 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gimp.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gimp.org/downloads
* not eligible for voting:
- Image Analyzer
VERSION: 1.30
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://logicnet.dk
DOWNLOAD: http://meesoft.logicnet.dk
[4.02] Editor & Management
* Pricelessware:
- Picasa 2 (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
DOWNLOAD: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
[4.03] Editor: Icon / Cursor
* Pricelessware:
- IcoFX (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE: http://icofx.ro
DOWNLOAD: http://icofx.ro/downloads.html
* not eligible for voting:
- Greenfish Icon Editor Pro
VERSION: 1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://greenfish.extra.hu/index.php
DOWNLOAD: http://greenfish.extra.hu/downloads.php
[4.04] Editor: Photo-Paint
* Pricelessware:
- PhotoFiltre (19 votes)
VERSION: 6.3.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photofiltre.com
DOWNLOAD: http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm
* eligible, but too few votes:
- LightBox Image Editor (Free version) (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.2 (Free version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lightboxeditor.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lightboxeditor.com/lightboxfree.exe
- Paint.NET (10 votes)
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.getpaint.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
[4.05] Editor: Photo-Paint / Natural Media
* Pricelessware:
- Artweaver (8 votes)
VERSION: 0.5.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
DOWNLOAD: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?downloads_en
* not eligible for voting:
- ArtRage
VERSION: 2.5(.20) Starter Edition
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ambientdesign.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html
[4.06] Exif Tool
* Pricelessware:
- ExifTool/ExifTool GUI (7 votes)
VERSION: 7.41 (ExifTool); 3.22 (ExifTool GUI)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28 (ExifTool); 2008-09-07 (ExifTool GUI)
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool; http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/exiftool-7.41.zip; http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.zip
[4.07] Viewer
* Pricelessware:
- FastStone Image Viewer (18 votes)
VERSION: 3.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm
- Xnview (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.94.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xnview.com
DOWNLOAD: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html
[4.08] Viewer / Editor
* Pricelessware:
- IrfanView (31 votes)
VERSION: 4.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.irfanview.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.irfanview.net
[4.09] Color Manager
* not eligible for voting:
- KolorGenerator
VERSION: 1.1.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kolorgenerator.godula.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kolorgenerator.godula.com/?z=download
[4.10] Editor: Morph/Animations
* not eligible for voting:
- Fotomorph
VERSION: 4.5.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.diphso.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.diphso.com/Downloads.htm
[4.11] Photo-Paint
* not eligible for voting:
- Xtreme Photo Designer
VERSION: 6.0.19
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-11-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.magix.com/us/free-downloads/free-software/xtreme-photo-designer
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Magix-Xtreme-Photo-Designer/3000-2192_4-10707602.html
[4.12] Viewer: Image Optimizer
* not eligible for voting:
- Free Digital Camera Enhancer
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mediachance.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/enhancer.htm
- Noiseware Community Edition
VERSION: 2.6.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.imagenomic.com/nwsa.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.imagenomic.com/download.aspx; http://www.imagenomic.com/setup.resources/20070213W/NoisewareCESetupXP2601.exe
[5] INTERNET
[5.01] Browser
* Pricelessware:
- Mozilla Firefox (31 votes)
VERSION: 3.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- K-Meleon (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/download.php
[5.02] Browser Add-on
* Pricelessware:
- Adblock Plus (16 votes)
VERSION: 0.7.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://adblockplus.org/en
DOWNLOAD: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1865 (Firefox); https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/1865 (SeaMonkey)
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Flashblock (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.5.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-16
HOMEPAGE: http://flashblock.mozdev.org
DOWNLOAD: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/433
- IE7Pro (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ie7pro.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ie7pro.com/download.php (32-bit); http://www.ie7pro.com/ie7pro_x64.html (64-bit IE only!)
- NoScript (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://noscript.net
DOWNLOAD: http://noscript.net/getit
[5.03] Browser Bookmark Manager
* Pricelessware:
- AM-Deadlink (20 votes)
VERSION: 3.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.aignes.com/download/dlsetup.exe
[5.04] Browser Tool
* Pricelessware:
- MozBackup (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-17
HOMEPAGE: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
DOWNLOAD: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php
[5.05] Browser: Suite
* Pricelessware:
- Opera (13 votes)
VERSION: 9.52
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.opera.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.opera.com/download
- SeaMonkey (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.seamonkey-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases
[5.06] Chat Client
* Pricelessware:
- Miranda IM (8 votes)
VERSION: 0.7.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.miranda-im.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.miranda-im.org/download; http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94142&package_id=100076
* not eligible for voting:
- LoudTalks
VERSION: 0.9.0.37
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://loudtalks.com
DOWNLOAD: http://loudtalks.com/download
[5.07] Content Filter: Hosts
* Pricelessware:
- HostsMan (10 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.abelhadigital.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.abelhadigital.com/2008/07/hostsman-3157-released.html
[5.08] Download Manager
* Pricelessware:
- 猥orrent (26 votes)
VERSION: 1.8 Stable
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.utorrent.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.utorrent.com/download.php
* eligible, but too few votes:
- ORBIT downloader (7 votes)
VERSION: 2.7.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.orbitdownloader.com
DOWNLOAD: http://dl.orbitdownloader.com/dl/OrbitDownloaderSetup.exe
[5.09] DUN
* Pricelessware:
- TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer) (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe
- Winsock XP Fix (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-05-11
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
[5.10] Email Checker
* Pricelessware:
- Mailwasher (11 votes)
VERSION: 6.1.1.18
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mailwasher.net/home
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mailwasher.net/download/?q=download
- POP Peeper (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.3.1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.poppeeper.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.poppeeper.com/download.php
[5.11] Email Client
* Pricelessware:
- Mozilla Thunderbird (25 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
DOWNLOAD:
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Pegasus Mail (13 votes)
VERSION: 4.41
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pmail.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pmail.com/downloads.htm
[5.12] Email Tool: Spam
* Pricelessware:
- K9 (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.28
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/k9.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/k9.html
[5.13] FTP Client
* Pricelessware:
- FileZilla (21 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://filezilla-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
* eligible, but too few votes:
- WinSCP (9 votes)
VERSION: 4.1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-30
HOMEPAGE: http://winscp.net
DOWNLOAD: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
[5.14] Mail & News Server
* Pricelessware:
- Hamster (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.1.0.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl
DOWNLOAD: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl/misc/hamster_en.html
[5.15] Newsreader
* Pricelessware:
- 40tude Dialog (16 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.15.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-xx-xx
HOMEPAGE: http://www.40tude.com/dialog
DOWNLOAD: http://www.40tude.com/dialog/download.htm; http://dialog.datalist.org/downloads/download.html (2.0.15.41 and 2.0.15.84 updates)
- Xnews (16 votes)
VERSION: 2006.08.24
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://xnews.newsguy.com
DOWNLOAD: http://xnews.newsguy.com/release/xnews.zip; http://xnews.newsguy.com/test/TEST.ZIP
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Forte Free Agent [v1.21] (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.21
RELEASE_DATE: 1999-11-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php (only later versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://archives.mysteryfcm.co.uk/?f=Internet/News/Free_Agent
- Forte Free Agent [v3.3] (8 votes)
VERSION: 3.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
DOWNLOAD: http://forteinc.com/agent/download-all.php
[5.16] Phone On-Line
* Pricelessware:
- Skype (6 votes)
VERSION: 3.8.0.144
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://c.skype.com/newtoskype
DOWNLOAD: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype
[5.17] RSS Client
* Pricelessware:
- FeedDemon (6 votes)
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
[5.18] Telnet & SSH
* Pricelessware:
- PuTTY (7 votes)
VERSION: 0.60 (beta)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-04-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
DOWNLOAD: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
[5.19] Virtual Network Computing
* Pricelessware:
- UltraVNC (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.05
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uvnc.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html
[5.20] Website Copier
* Pricelessware:
- HTTrack Website Copier (15 votes)
VERSION: 3.42-3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.httrack.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html
[5.21] Content Filter
* not eligible for voting:
- The Proxomitron
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD:
[5.22] GPS
* not eligible for voting:
- Tyre (Trace your route everywhere)
VERSION: 5.25
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php
[5.23] Network Tool
* not eligible for voting:
- PingPlotter
VERSION: 1.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-03-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pingplotter.com/freeware.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pingplotter.com/downloads/pngplt_1.exe
[5.24] Port Monitor
* not eligible for voting:
- Active Ports
VERSION: 1.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-06-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.devicelock.com/freeware.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sofotex.com/downloads/d703.html (or go to homepage for
other options)
[5.25] Proxy Server
* not eligible for voting:
- JAP
VERSION: 00.10.003
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-09
HOMEPAGE: http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html
DOWNLOAD: http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/download_en.html
[5.26] Web Server
* not eligible for voting:
- Abyss Web Server (Personal Edition X1)
VERSION: 2.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.aprelium.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/download.php
[6] MULTIMEDIA
[6.01] Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
* Pricelessware:
- VLC media player (22 votes)
VERSION: 0.92 Grishenko
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.videolan.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.videolan.org/vlc; http://nightlies.videolan.org
* not eligible for voting:
- Quintessential Player (QCD)
VERSION: 4.51 build 120
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.quinnware.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.quinnware.com/downloads.php
[6.02] Audio Editor
* Pricelessware:
- Audacity (24 votes)
VERSION: 1.3.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: audacity.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: audacity.sourceforge.net/download
[6.03] Audio Normalizer
* Pricelessware:
- MP3Gain (16 votes)
VERSION: 1.2.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-01-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
[6.04] Audio Player
* Pricelessware:
- 1by1 (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.65
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
DOWNLOAD: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html#dwn
- Winamp Classic (15 votes)
VERSION: 2.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winampheaven.net; http://www.winamp.com (later versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_std.exe; http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_lite.exe; http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_full.exe
- XMPlay (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.4.2 (stable)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
DOWNLOAD:
[6.05] Audio Ripper
* Pricelessware:
- EAC (Exact Audio Copy) (19 votes)
VERSION: 0.99pb4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download; http://www.zuskomzaka.cz/download/eac-0.95b3.zip (older version)
[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
* Pricelessware:
- Foobar2000 (10 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foobar2000.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html
[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
* Pricelessware:
- mpTrim (9 votes)
VERSION: 2.13
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-03-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mptrim.com
DOWNLOAD: http://download.mptrim.com/mpTrim.zip
[6.08] AV Converter
* Pricelessware:
- DVD Flick (14 votes)
VERSION: 1.3.0.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-07
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
DOWNLOAD:
[6.09] CD Ripper
* Pricelessware:
- CDex (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.70 Beta 2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
[6.10] Format Converter
* Pricelessware:
- XMedia Recode (8 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xmedia-recode.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xmedia-recode.de/download.html
[6.11] Multimedia Player
* Pricelessware:
- Media Player Classic (32 votes)
VERSION: 6.4.9.1 Rev 78
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli; http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205650&package_id=245753
* eligible, but too few votes:
- QT Lite & QuickTime Alternative (18 votes)
VERSION: 2.7.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-10
HOMEPAGE: http://www.codecguide.com/about_qt.htm; http://www.codecguide.com/qt_lite.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.codecguide.com/download_qt.htm; http://www.codecguide.com/qt_lite.htm
- The KMPlayer (7 votes)
VERSION: 2.9.3.1428 Final Release
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php
DOWNLOAD: http://imgcdn.pandora.tv/pan_img/KMP/Download/kmp.exe
[6.12] Music Manager
* not eligible for voting:
- Teen Spirit
VERSION: 0.95b.855
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-06
HOMEPAGE: http://teenspirit.artificialspirit.com
DOWNLOAD: http://teenspirit.artificialspirit.com/download
[6.13] Renderer
* not eligible for voting:
- FormatFactory
VERSION: 1.48
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-05
HOMEPAGE: http://www.formatoz.com/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.formatoz.com/download.html
[6.14] Tag Editor
* not eligible for voting:
- EZPlaylist (EZ-Playlist for Winamp)
VERSION: 1.61.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-26
HOMEPAGE: http://ezplaylist.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://ezplaylist.sourceforge.net/prog/EZPlaylist1.61.1_for_Winamp.exe
[7] OFFICE/PRODUCTIVITY
[7.01] Calendar
* Pricelessware:
- Calendar Magic (15 votes)
VERSION: 17.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Calendar-Magic/3000-2124-10496716.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Rainlendar (9 votes)
VERSION: Lite 2.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rainlendar.net/download/Rainlendar-Lite-2.4.exe
- UK's Kalender (9 votes)
VERSION: 2.2.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-10
HOMEPAGE: http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs
DOWNLOAD: http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs/english/download.html
[7.02] Convert To PDF
* Pricelessware:
- Ghostscript (17 votes)
VERSION: GPL 8.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost; http://ghostscript.com/awki
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897&package_id=108733; http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/mirror.htm
- PDFCreator (14 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473&release_id=627171
* eligible, but too few votes:
- BullZip PDF Printer (8 votes)
VERSION: 5.0.0.609
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
- doPDF (doPDF free PDF converter) (9 votes)
VERSION: 6.1.271
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.dopdf.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.dopdf.com/download.php
- FreePDF and FreePDF XP (8 votes)
VERSION: 3.26
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://freepdfxp.de (German); http://freepdf-xp.en.softonic.com
DOWNLOAD: http://freepdfxp.de/xpDownload.html (German); http://freepdf-xp.en.softonic.com/download
* not eligible for voting:
- PrimoPDF
VERSION: 4.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.primopdf.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.primopdf.com/primopdf_free_idx.htm
[7.03] Database
* Pricelessware:
- CSVed (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.1 (unicode version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-04-01
HOMEPAGE: http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/csved/unicsvedsetup.exe (Setup); http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/csved/uniCSVed.zip (without Installer)
- dBworx (5 votes)
VERSION: 3.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.plworx-software.com/index.html#iddbworx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.plworx-software.com/dbworx38.zip
[7.04] Desktop Publisher
* Pricelessware:
- Scribus (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.3.3.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.scribus.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.scribus.net/?q=downloads
[7.05] Dictionary: Thesaurus
* Pricelessware:
- WordWeb (20 votes)
VERSION: 5.51
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://wordweb.info
DOWNLOAD: http://wordweb.info/free
* eligible, but too few votes:
- TheSage (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sequencepublishing.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sequencepublishing.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?TheSage
[7.06] Font Viewer And Manager
* Pricelessware:
- AMP Font Viewer (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.82
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ampsoft.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php#Download
[7.07] Miscellaneous
* Pricelessware:
- EclipseCrossword (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.2.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/download.html
[7.08] Office Suite
* Pricelessware:
- OpenOffice.org (33 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.openoffice.org
DOWNLOAD: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
[7.09] Organizer: Notes-Text
* Pricelessware:
- TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-04-15; 2006-04-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freebyte.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.treepad.com/download
[7.10] PDF Viewer
* Pricelessware:
- Foxit Reader (18 votes)
VERSION: 2.3 build 3201
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
- PDF-XChange Viewer (14 votes)
VERSION: 2.0039.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer
DOWNLOAD: http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users
[7.11] PIM
* Pricelessware:
- EssentialPIM (EPIM) (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.71
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=products&pr=essentialpim
DOWNLOAD: http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=download
[7.12] Spell Checker
* Pricelessware:
- TinySpell (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://tinyspell.m6.net
DOWNLOAD: http://tinyspell.m6.net/#download
[7.13] Unit Converter
* Pricelessware:
- Convert (18 votes)
VERSION: 4.10
RELEASE_DATE: 1999-10-30
HOMEPAGE: http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows
DOWNLOAD: http://joshmadison.com/article/download-convert-for-windows
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Converber (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.7.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xyntec.com/converber.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xyntec.com/unit-converter-download.htm
[7.14] Word Processor
* Pricelessware:
- AbiWord (15 votes)
VERSION: 2.6.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.abisource.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.abisource.com/download
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Atlantis Nova (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.0.70
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/nova.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/download/atlant10n_en.exe
[7.15] Calculator
* not eligible for voting:
- Calcute
VERSION: 7.10.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-04
HOMEPAGE: http://calcute.com/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://calcute.com/download.html
[7.16] Dictionary
* not eligible for voting:
- Everest Dictionary
VERSION: 3.10 beta
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-02-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-soft.ro/index-en.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-soft.ro/download.html
[7.17] Mathematics
* not eligible for voting:
- R
VERSION: 2.7.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.r-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base
[7.18] PDF Tool
* not eligible for voting:
- PDFill PDF Tools
VERSION: 5.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pdfill.com/download.html
[7.19] Print Envelopes
* not eligible for voting:
- The Splinter Creek Envelope Wizard
VERSION: 1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2000-10-13
HOMEPAGE: ---
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freeware4u.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=26&func=fileinfo&id=118
[8] SECURITY
[8.01] Anti-Spyware
* Pricelessware:
- HijackThis (17 votes)
VERSION: 2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview
DOWNLOAD: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download
- SpywareBlaster (20 votes)
VERSION: 4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- SUPERAntiSpyware (13 votes)
VERSION: 4.20.1046
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.superantispyware.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE
* not eligible for voting:
- Ad-Aware
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php
[8.02] Anti-Virus
* Pricelessware:
- Avast! (20 votes)
VERSION: 4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.avast.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic (AntiVir Personal Edition) (12 votes)
VERSION: 8.1.0.331
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-av.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.26
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-10
HOMEPAGE: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
[8.03] Encryption
* Pricelessware:
- TrueCrypt (18 votes)
VERSION: 6.0a
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.truecrypt.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php
* eligible, but too few votes:
- dsCrypt (5 votes)
VERSION: 1.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-12-22
HOMEPAGE: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware
DOWNLOAD: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/dscrypt.exe
- GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.9
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gnupg.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gnupg.org/download; ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.9.exe
[8.04] Network Monitor
* Pricelessware:
- SoftPerfect Network Scanner (7 votes)
VERSION: 3.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-05
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/netscan.exe
[8.05] Network Sniffer/Analyzer
* Pricelessware:
- Wireshark (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.wireshark.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
[8.06] Password Manager
* Pricelessware:
- KeePass Password Safe (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keepass.info/index.html; http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass
DOWNLOAD: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/keepass/KeePass-1.12-Setup.exe; http://keepass.info/download.html
[8.07] Personal Firewall
* Pricelessware:
- Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5] (15 votes)
VERSION: 2.1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-07-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/home-home-office/sunbelt-personal-firewall
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/keriopf215.zip
- Zone Alarm (10 votes)
VERSION: 7.0.408.000
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zonelabs.com
DOWNLOAD: http://dl4.zonealarm.com/u/dlr/bin/free/1023_zl/zlsSetup_70_408_000_en.exe
[8.08] Security Audit
* Pricelessware:
- Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) (11 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.0.4 (RC-3)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-16
HOMEPAGE: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
DOWNLOAD: https://psi.secunia.com/PSISetup.exe
[8.09] Password Recovery
* not eligible for voting:
- X-Pass
VERSION: 2.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.scanwith.com/download/X-Pass.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.scanwith.com/X-Pass_download.htm
[9] SYSTEM UTILITIES
[9.01] Backup: Registry
* Pricelessware:
- Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.1j
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
DOWNLOAD: http://www.derfisch.de/lars/erunt-setup.exe
[9.02] Boot Disk Creator
* Pricelessware:
- Bart's PE Builder (18 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.10a
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-02-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download
[9.03] Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
* Pricelessware:
- Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) (16 votes)
VERSION: 3.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ubcd4win.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm
[9.04] CD-DVD Burner
* Pricelessware:
- ImgBurn (23 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.2.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.imgburn.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Ashampoo Burning Studio (10 votes)
VERSION: 6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free/3000-2646_4-10776287.html
- Burrrn (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.14b2
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4
DOWNLOAD: http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=6
- CDBurnerXP (12 votes)
VERSION: 4.2.1.950
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cdburnerxp.se
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/downloadsetup.php
- DeepBurner Free (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.9.0228
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.deepburner.com/?r=products&pr=deepburner
DOWNLOAD: http://www.deepburner.com/download/DeepBurner1.exe
[9.05] Cmd Shell
* Pricelessware:
- Take Command Console LE (light edition) (5 votes)
VERSION: 9.02 Build 152
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
DOWNLOAD: ftp://jpsoft.com/tccle/tccle.exe
[9.06] Drive Tool: Driver Letters
* Pricelessware:
- USBDLM (6 votes)
VERSION: 4.2.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
[9.07] Drive Tool: USB
* Pricelessware:
- USBDeview (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.25
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip
[9.08] Drivers: Backup
* Pricelessware:
- WinDriversBackup Personal Edition (12 votes)
VERSION: 1.09
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.jermar.com (see REMARKS)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/wdrvbck1.exe
[9.09] Hardware: Diagnostics
* Pricelessware:
- CrystalDiskMark (7 votes)
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html
[9.10] Hardware: Memory Tester
* Pricelessware:
- Memtest86+ (16 votes)
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.memtest.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
[9.11] Install-Uninstall Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Revo Uninstaller (25 votes)
VERSION: 1.71
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.revouninstaller.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- JavaRA (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-02
HOMEPAGE: http://raproducts.org
DOWNLOAD: http://raproducts.org/click/click.php?id=1
- Sandboxie (11 votes)
VERSION: 3.30 (32-bit), 3.01 (64-bit)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sandboxie.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
- ZSoft Uninstaller (6 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zsoft.dk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.zsoft.dk/download.php?appid=4
[9.12] OS Environment
* Pricelessware:
- Cygwin (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.5.25-15
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-14
HOMEPAGE: http://cygwin.com
DOWNLOAD: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe (GUI installer)
[9.13] OS Install Modifier
* Pricelessware:
- nLite (12 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.9
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nliteos.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
[9.14] Process Monitor
* Pricelessware:
- Process Explorer (23 votes)
VERSION: 11.21
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Process Monitor (16 votes)
VERSION: 1.37
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
[9.15] Process Monitor: Files
* Pricelessware:
- Filemon (12 votes)
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-06
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Filemon.zip
[9.16] Process Monitor: Registry
* Pricelessware:
- RegMon (11 votes)
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-01
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Regmon.zip
[9.17] Process Monitor: Start-Up
* Pricelessware:
- WinPatrol (12 votes)
VERSION: 15.5.2008.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winpatrol.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
[9.18] Registry And File Tools
* Pricelessware:
- CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) (33 votes)
VERSION: 2.11.636
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ccleaner.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Registrar Registry Manager (5 votes)
VERSION: 5.5.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.resplendence.com/main
DOWNLOAD: http://www.resplendence.com/download/rrtri.exe
- RegSeeker (14 votes)
VERSION: 1.55
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.hoverdesk.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
* not eligible for voting:
- Eusing free registry cleaner
VERSION: 1.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.eusing.com/Download/EFRCSetup.exe
- Regscanner
VERSION: 1.70
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.zip (Zip); http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner_setup.exe (Installer); http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner-x64.zip (x64)
[9.19] Security Audit
* Pricelessware:
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) (6 votes)
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx
DOWNLOAD:
[9.20] Start-Up Manager
* Pricelessware:
- Autoruns (16 votes)
VERSION: 9.34
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Startup Control Panel (9 votes)
VERSION: 2.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-01-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip; http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL_EXE.zip (stand-alone exe version)
[9.21] System Information Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Belarc Advisor (21 votes)
VERSION: 7.2x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
- CPU-Z (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.47
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
- SpeedFan (21 votes)
VERSION: 4.35
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.almico.com/speedfan435.exe
- System Information for Windows (SIW) (23 votes)
VERSION: 2008-09-03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gtopala.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- PC WIZARD (13 votes)
VERSION: 2008.1.86
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
* not eligible for voting:
- WinAudit
VERSION: 2.27
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
DOWNLOAD: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/winnt/general/WinAuditu.exe (unicode); ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/winnt/general/WinAuditu.exe (ansi)
[9.22] System Tweaker
* Pricelessware:
- Tweak UI (24 votes)
VERSION: 2.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-06-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
[9.23] Time Synchronizer
* Pricelessware:
- Neutron (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.07
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/neutron.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/download/neutron.zip
[9.24] Virtual Machine
* Pricelessware:
- Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) (9 votes)
VERSION: 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095
DOWNLOAD: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx
- VirtualBox (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://virtualbox.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
* not eligible for voting:
- Returnil Virtual System 2008 Personal Edition
VERSION: 2.0.0.2555
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/index_files/rvspersonal.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/index_files/rvspersonal.htm
[9.25] Virtual CD
* not eligible for voting:
- MagicDisc
VERSION: 2.7.105
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.magicdisc.net/setup_magicdisc.exe (32-bit); http://www.magicdisc.net/setup_magicdisc105.exe (64-bit)
- DAEMON Tools
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD:
[9.26] Window Manipulator
* not eligible for voting:
- Cmdow (Commandline Window Utility)
VERSION: 1.4.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-12-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/cmdow.zip
[10] TEXT UTILITIES
[10.01] Compare Text In Files
* Pricelessware:
- ExamDiff (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.8.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp#download
- WinMerge (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.10.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-17
HOMEPAGE: http://winmerge.org
DOWNLOAD: http://winmerge.org/downloads/index.php
[10.02] Editor
* Pricelessware:
- metapad (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.51 LE
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-11-27
HOMEPAGE: http://liquidninja.com/metapad
DOWNLOAD: http://liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html
- NoteTab Light (7 votes)
VERSION: 5.7b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.notetab.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.notetab.com/download.php
- TED Notepad (9 votes)
VERSION: 5.0.3 Final
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-01-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad
DOWNLOAD: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/download.php
[10.03] Editor: Code
* Pricelessware:
- Notepad++ (20 votes)
VERSION: 5.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-03
HOMEPAGE: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php
* eligible, but too few votes:
- EditPad Lite (14 votes)
VERSION: 6.4.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
DOWNLOAD: http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe
- PSPad (12 votes)
VERSION: 4.5.3 (build 2298)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-11-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pspad.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php
* not eligible for voting:
- EmEditor Free
VERSION: 6.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-03-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.emeditor.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/EmEditor-Free/3640-2352_4-10657550.html
[10.04] Text Tools
* Pricelessware:
- UnxUtils (10 votes)
Larry Sabo
wrote:
> ***************************
> * Pricelessware List 2008 *
> ***************************
>
> The best of the best in Freeware
> Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants
>
>Below follows the *extended* short list of:
>
>* all Pricelessware programs,
>* eligible programs that received not enough votes for becoming Pricelessware,
>* programs that were not eligible for voting (missing second or description)
>
>by category/subcategory. Some basic information like nominated version and
>homepage is also included. For more information please read the postings
>containing the full description in this thread:
>
>http://groups.google.de/group/alt.comp.freeware/browse_frm/thread/77e1434c9ec76738
>
>BeAr
>
[snip treasure-chest]
Thanks, BeAr! Terrific reference.
Larry
Bjorn S.
(Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:26:02 -0400):
>Thanks, BeAr! Terrific reference.
second that.
And from one Bjoern to another BeAr, nice job! :)
--
All the best,
Bjorn S.
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
When creating the extended list I unfortunately missed two vote sets,
which resulted in too low vote counts for some programs. :-(
(Many thanks to Susan for pointing this out!!)
Below follows the corrected list.
Please keep posting suggestions, comments, and remarks (if necessary)
to the "Results Discussion" thread, to preserve the readabilty of this
"Final List" thread.
BeAr
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http://groups.google.de/group/alt.comp.freeware/browse_frm/thread/77e1434c9ec76738
BeAr
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- TClockEx (16 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2000-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/download.htm
[1.03] Desktop Manager
* Pricelessware:
- VirtuaWin (8 votes)
VERSION: 4.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-24
HOMEPAGE: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
[1.04] Icon Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Iconoid (6 votes)
VERSION: 3.8.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sillysot.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sillysot.com/download.htm
[1.05] Monitor Tool
* Pricelessware:
- MultiRes (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.58
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe
[1.06] Mouse Tool
* Pricelessware:
- KatMouse (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://kickme.to/katmouse
DOWNLOAD: http://kickme.to/katmouse
[1.07] Screen Capture
* Pricelessware:
- FastStone Capture (17 votes)
VERSION: 5.3 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
DOWNLOAD: http://www.portablefreeware.com/download.php?id=775
[1.08] Screen Capture: Video
* Pricelessware:
- Screen2exe (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.screen-record.com/download.htm
[1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers
* Pricelessware:
- PStart (11 votes)
- Wallpaper Changer (7 votes)
DOWNLOAD: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f5b13626-b266-4334-b2e5-157bd66ca5af
- AutoHotkey (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.47.06
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autohotkey.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoHotkeyInstall.exe
- AutoIt (11 votes)
VERSION: 3.2.12.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
DOWNLOAD: http://www.autoitscript.com/cgi-bin/getfile.pl?autoit3/autoit-v3-setup.exe
[2.02] Database Editor
* Pricelessware:
- SQLite Database Browser (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-05-04
HOMEPAGE: http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87946
[2.03] Editor: Hex
* Pricelessware:
- HxD (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.7.6.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
DOWNLOAD: http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD
[2.04] Email Address Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Email Link Encoder (6 votes)
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/email_link_encoder.htm
DOWNLOAD:
[2.05] Link Checker
* Pricelessware:
- Xenu's Link Sleuth (12 votes)
- Universal Extractor (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
DOWNLOAD:
* not eligible for voting:
- innounp
VERSION: 0.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-23
HOMEPAGE: http://innounp.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102423
[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
* Pricelessware:
- 7-Zip (28 votes)
VERSION: 4.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.7-zip.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- IZArc (14 votes)
VERSION: 3.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.izarc.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.izarc.org/download.html
* not eligible for voting:
- ZIPGenius
VERSION: 6.0.3.1150
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zipgenius.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.zipgenius.com/?q=node/42
[3.03] Backup: Drive
* Pricelessware:
- Paragon Drive Backup Express (8 votes)
VERSION: 9.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
DOWNLOAD: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
* not eligible for voting:
- XXClone
VERSION: 0.58.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxclone.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxclone.com/idwnload.htm
[3.04] Backup: Files
* Pricelessware:
- Cobian Backup (12 votes)
VERSION: 9.1.1.193
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/programz/cbSetup.exe
- DriveImage XML (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.runtime.org/dixmlsetup.exe
- Karen's Replicator (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.5.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptreplicator-setup.exe
- XXCOPY (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.97.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm#download
* not eligible for voting:
- DocShield
VERSION: 2.0.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.docshield.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.docshield.com/download.aspx
[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
* Pricelessware:
- SyncBack Freeware (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.2.19.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/software/SyncBack_Setup.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Unison (5 votes)
VERSION: 2.27.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison
DOWNLOAD: http://alan.petitepomme.net/unison/index.html
[3.06] Cataloger
* Pricelessware:
- Cathy (14 votes)
VERSION: 2.28.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mtg.sk/rva
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mtg.sk/rva/Cathy.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Disk Explorer Professional (8 votes)
VERSION: 3.60f11
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=d
DOWNLOAD: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=dd
* not eligible for voting:
- Index Your Files
VERSION: 4.0 alfa 16
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.indexyourfiles.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_32912.html
[3.07] Defrag Drives
* Pricelessware:
- Defraggler (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.02.085
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.defraggler.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.defraggler.com/download
- JKDefrag (11 votes)
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip; http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag64-3.36.zip (for X64 version)
- JKDefragGUI (12 votes)
VERSION: 1.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.emro.nl/freeware
DOWNLOAD: http://www.emro.nl/freeware/download.html
[3.08] Directory utilities
* Pricelessware:
- dirhtml (11 votes)
VERSION: 4.831
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://dirhtml.enware.info
DOWNLOAD: http://dirhtml.enware.info/dirhtml.zip
- Ninotech Path Copy (6 votes)
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2001-12-01
HOMEPAGE: http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/pathc400.zip; http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/download.htm#pathcopy
* not eligible for voting:
- ClipName
VERSION: 1.2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm
- Treecopy
VERSION: 1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-05-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/treecopy
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/treecopy/download.shtml
[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
* Pricelessware:
- Dup Detector (15 votes)
VERSION: 3.201+
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php; http://www.freeware-guide.com/rareware/DupDetector.html
[3.10] Explorer Add-On
* Pricelessware:
- FileMenu Tools (9 votes)
VERSION: 5.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lopesoft.com/fmtools/FileMenuTools-setup.exe
- OpenExpert (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.40
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-05-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.baxbex.com/downloads.html
* not eligible for voting:
- MMM free
VERSION: 2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://hace-software.com/mmm.shtml
DOWNLOAD: http://hace-software.com/download.shtml
[3.11] File Manager
* Pricelessware:
- FreeCommander (19 votes)
VERSION: 2008.06b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freecommander.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm
* eligible, but too few votes:
- 2xExplorer (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.1.12
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-downloads.net/downloads/2xExplorer
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/2xExplorer
- Q-Dir (5 votes)
VERSION: 3.29
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-07
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir&language=english
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softwareok.com/Download/Q-Dir_Installer.zip
- XYplorer (was: TrackerV3) (12 votes)
VERSION: 5.55.0001 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-11-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page22.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/xyplorer_free.zip; http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/xyplorer_free.zip
* not eligible for voting:
- PowerDesk
VERSION: 6.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.snapfiles.com/publishers/bvrp-software/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/powerdeskfree.html
[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
* Pricelessware:
- Unlocker (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.8.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-01
HOMEPAGE: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
DOWNLOAD: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.7.exe
[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
* Pricelessware:
- Recuva (16 votes)
VERSION: 1.18.344
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.recuva.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.recuva.com/download
- Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.56
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
DOWNLOAD: http://www.roadkil.net/download.php?File=unstopcp
- Undelete Plus (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.97
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-18
HOMEPAGE: http://undelete-plus.com
DOWNLOAD: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus_setup.exe; Portable
version: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus.exe
[3.14] File Renamer
* Pricelessware:
- Bulk Rename Utility (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.7.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Download.php
- Lupas Rename (11 votes)
- Lister (9 votes)
VERSION: 6.5 [TC]
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://ghisler.fileburst.com/addons/lister32.zip
* not eligible for voting:
- WnBrowse
VERSION: 4.9.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-29
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ngthomas.co.uk/wnbrowse.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ngthomas.co.uk/WnBrowse/wbsetup.exe
[3.16] File Wiper
* Pricelessware:
- Eraser (19 votes)
VERSION: 5.86a
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015&package_id=65323&release_id=567184
[3.17] Files: Validate
* Pricelessware:
- Hash (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/hash.html
[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
* Pricelessware:
- FileAlyzer (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.6.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.safer-networking.org/files/filealyz.exe
- Filenote (ShellTools) (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-02-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
DOWNLOAD: FileNote: http://www.download.com/FileNote/3000-2094_4-10019651.html; Shell Tools: http://www.moonsoftware.com/getfile.asp?shelltools
* not eligible for voting:
- FlashFolder
VERSION: 1.9.181 (beta)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zett42.de/flashfolder
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=195039
- Folder Marker Free
VERSION: 1.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-12-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foldermarker.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foldermarker.com/FolderMarker_Free.exe
- Karen's Version Browser
VERSION: 4.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptbrowse.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptbrowse-setup.exe
[3.19] Partition Tool
* Pricelessware:
- GParted LiveCD (18 votes)
VERSION: 0.3.7-7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-02
HOMEPAGE: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
[3.20] Recurse Directories
* Pricelessware:
- docmd (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
DOWNLOAD: http://thomaslauer.com/download/docmd13.zip
[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
* Pricelessware:
- Resource Hacker (15 votes)
VERSION: 3.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-03-24
HOMEPAGE: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
DOWNLOAD: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/reshack.zip
[3.22] Search
* Pricelessware:
- Agent Ransack (7 votes)
- GIMP (20 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gimp.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gimp.org/downloads
* not eligible for voting:
- Image Analyzer
VERSION: 1.30
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://logicnet.dk
DOWNLOAD: http://meesoft.logicnet.dk
[4.02] Editor & Management
* Pricelessware:
- Picasa 2 (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
DOWNLOAD: http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
[4.03] Editor: Icon / Cursor
* Pricelessware:
- IcoFX (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE: http://icofx.ro
DOWNLOAD: http://icofx.ro/downloads.html
* not eligible for voting:
- Greenfish Icon Editor Pro
VERSION: 1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://greenfish.extra.hu/index.php
DOWNLOAD: http://greenfish.extra.hu/downloads.php
[4.04] Editor: Photo-Paint
* Pricelessware:
- PhotoFiltre (20 votes)
VERSION: 6.3.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photofiltre.com
DOWNLOAD: http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm
* eligible, but too few votes:
- LightBox Image Editor (Free version) (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.2 (Free version)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lightboxeditor.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lightboxeditor.com/lightboxfree.exe
- Paint.NET (11 votes)
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.getpaint.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
[4.05] Editor: Photo-Paint / Natural Media
* Pricelessware:
- Artweaver (9 votes)
VERSION: 0.5.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
DOWNLOAD: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?downloads_en
* not eligible for voting:
- ArtRage
VERSION: 2.5(.20) Starter Edition
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ambientdesign.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html
[4.06] Exif Tool
* Pricelessware:
- ExifTool/ExifTool GUI (8 votes)
VERSION: 7.41 (ExifTool); 3.22 (ExifTool GUI)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28 (ExifTool); 2008-09-07 (ExifTool GUI)
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool; http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/exiftool-7.41.zip; http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.zip
[4.07] Viewer
* Pricelessware:
- FastStone Image Viewer (19 votes)
VERSION: 3.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm
- Xnview (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.94.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xnview.com
DOWNLOAD: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html
[4.08] Viewer / Editor
* Pricelessware:
- IrfanView (33 votes)
- Mozilla Firefox (33 votes)
VERSION: 3.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- K-Meleon (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/download.php
[5.02] Browser Add-on
* Pricelessware:
- Adblock Plus (17 votes)
VERSION: 0.7.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://adblockplus.org/en
DOWNLOAD: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1865 (Firefox); https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/1865 (SeaMonkey)
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Flashblock (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.5.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-16
HOMEPAGE: http://flashblock.mozdev.org
DOWNLOAD: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/433
- IE7Pro (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ie7pro.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ie7pro.com/download.php (32-bit); http://www.ie7pro.com/ie7pro_x64.html (64-bit IE only!)
- NoScript (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://noscript.net
DOWNLOAD: http://noscript.net/getit
[5.03] Browser Bookmark Manager
* Pricelessware:
- AM-Deadlink (21 votes)
VERSION: 3.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.aignes.com/download/dlsetup.exe
[5.04] Browser Tool
* Pricelessware:
- MozBackup (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-17
HOMEPAGE: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
DOWNLOAD: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php
[5.05] Browser: Suite
* Pricelessware:
- Opera (14 votes)
VERSION: 9.52
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.opera.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.opera.com/download
- SeaMonkey (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.seamonkey-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases
[5.06] Chat Client
* Pricelessware:
- Miranda IM (10 votes)
VERSION: 0.7.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.miranda-im.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.miranda-im.org/download; http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94142&package_id=100076
* not eligible for voting:
- LoudTalks
VERSION: 0.9.0.37
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://loudtalks.com
DOWNLOAD: http://loudtalks.com/download
[5.07] Content Filter: Hosts
* Pricelessware:
- HostsMan (11 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.abelhadigital.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.abelhadigital.com/2008/07/hostsman-3157-released.html
[5.08] Download Manager
* Pricelessware:
- 猥orrent (27 votes)
VERSION: 1.8 Stable
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.utorrent.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.utorrent.com/download.php
* eligible, but too few votes:
- ORBIT downloader (8 votes)
VERSION: 2.7.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.orbitdownloader.com
DOWNLOAD: http://dl.orbitdownloader.com/dl/OrbitDownloaderSetup.exe
[5.09] DUN
* Pricelessware:
- TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer) (12 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe
- Winsock XP Fix (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-05-11
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
[5.10] Email Checker
* Pricelessware:
- Mailwasher (12 votes)
VERSION: 6.1.1.18
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-04-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mailwasher.net/home
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mailwasher.net/download/?q=download
- POP Peeper (14 votes)
VERSION: 3.3.1.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.poppeeper.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.poppeeper.com/download.php
[5.11] Email Client
* Pricelessware:
- Mozilla Thunderbird (26 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
DOWNLOAD:
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Pegasus Mail (14 votes)
VERSION: 4.41
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-07-16
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pmail.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pmail.com/downloads.htm
[5.12] Email Tool: Spam
* Pricelessware:
- K9 (7 votes)
VERSION: 1.28
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-04-18
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/k9.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/k9.html
[5.13] FTP Client
* Pricelessware:
- FileZilla (23 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://filezilla-project.org
DOWNLOAD: http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
* eligible, but too few votes:
- WinSCP (10 votes)
VERSION: 4.1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-30
HOMEPAGE: http://winscp.net
DOWNLOAD: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
[5.14] Mail & News Server
* Pricelessware:
- Hamster (11 votes)
VERSION: 2.1.0.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl
DOWNLOAD: http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl/misc/hamster_en.html
[5.15] Newsreader
* Pricelessware:
- 40tude Dialog (17 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.15.x
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-xx-xx
HOMEPAGE: http://www.40tude.com/dialog
DOWNLOAD: http://www.40tude.com/dialog/download.htm; http://dialog.datalist.org/downloads/download.html (2.0.15.41 and 2.0.15.84 updates)
- Xnews (16 votes)
VERSION: 2006.08.24
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://xnews.newsguy.com
DOWNLOAD: http://xnews.newsguy.com/release/xnews.zip; http://xnews.newsguy.com/test/TEST.ZIP
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Forte Free Agent [v1.21] (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.21
RELEASE_DATE: 1999-11-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php (only later versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://archives.mysteryfcm.co.uk/?f=Internet/News/Free_Agent
- Forte Free Agent [v3.3] (9 votes)
VERSION: 3.3
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
DOWNLOAD: http://forteinc.com/agent/download-all.php
[5.16] Phone On-Line
* Pricelessware:
- Skype (7 votes)
VERSION: 3.8.0.144
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://c.skype.com/newtoskype
DOWNLOAD: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype
[5.17] RSS Client
* Pricelessware:
- FeedDemon (6 votes)
VERSION: 2.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
[5.18] Telnet & SSH
* Pricelessware:
- PuTTY (8 votes)
VERSION: 0.60 (beta)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-04-09
HOMEPAGE: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
DOWNLOAD: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
[5.19] Virtual Network Computing
* Pricelessware:
- UltraVNC (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.05
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uvnc.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html
[5.20] Website Copier
* Pricelessware:
- HTTrack Website Copier (16 votes)
- VLC media player (23 votes)
VERSION: 0.92 Grishenko
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.videolan.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.videolan.org/vlc; http://nightlies.videolan.org
* not eligible for voting:
- Quintessential Player (QCD)
VERSION: 4.51 build 120
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.quinnware.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.quinnware.com/downloads.php
[6.02] Audio Editor
* Pricelessware:
- Audacity (26 votes)
VERSION: 1.3.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-12
HOMEPAGE: audacity.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: audacity.sourceforge.net/download
[6.03] Audio Normalizer
* Pricelessware:
- MP3Gain (17 votes)
VERSION: 1.2.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-01-08
HOMEPAGE: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
[6.04] Audio Player
* Pricelessware:
- 1by1 (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.65
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-28
HOMEPAGE: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
DOWNLOAD: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html#dwn
- Winamp Classic (17 votes)
VERSION: 2.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-08-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winampheaven.net; http://www.winamp.com (later versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_std.exe; http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_lite.exe; http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_full.exe
- XMPlay (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.4.2 (stable)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-07-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
DOWNLOAD:
[6.05] Audio Ripper
* Pricelessware:
- EAC (Exact Audio Copy) (20 votes)
VERSION: 0.99pb4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download; http://www.zuskomzaka.cz/download/eac-0.95b3.zip (older version)
[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
* Pricelessware:
- Foobar2000 (11 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foobar2000.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html
[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
* Pricelessware:
- mpTrim (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.13
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-03-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mptrim.com
DOWNLOAD: http://download.mptrim.com/mpTrim.zip
[6.08] AV Converter
* Pricelessware:
- DVD Flick (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.3.0.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-07
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
DOWNLOAD:
[6.09] CD Ripper
* Pricelessware:
- CDex (19 votes)
VERSION: 1.70 Beta 2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
[6.10] Format Converter
* Pricelessware:
- XMedia Recode (9 votes)
VERSION: 2.0.6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xmedia-recode.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xmedia-recode.de/download.html
[6.11] Multimedia Player
* Pricelessware:
- Media Player Classic (33 votes)
VERSION: 6.4.9.1 Rev 78
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-28
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli; http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205650&package_id=245753
* eligible, but too few votes:
- QT Lite & QuickTime Alternative (19 votes)
- Calendar Magic (16 votes)
VERSION: 17.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Calendar-Magic/3000-2124-10496716.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Rainlendar (9 votes)
VERSION: Lite 2.4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
DOWNLOAD: http://www.rainlendar.net/download/Rainlendar-Lite-2.4.exe
- UK's Kalender (9 votes)
VERSION: 2.2.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-10
HOMEPAGE: http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs
DOWNLOAD: http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs/english/download.html
[7.02] Convert To PDF
* Pricelessware:
- Ghostscript (18 votes)
VERSION: GPL 8.63
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-01
HOMEPAGE: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost; http://ghostscript.com/awki
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897&package_id=108733; http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/mirror.htm
- PDFCreator (16 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-19
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473&release_id=627171
* eligible, but too few votes:
- BullZip PDF Printer (8 votes)
VERSION: 5.0.0.609
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
- doPDF (doPDF free PDF converter) (10 votes)
VERSION: 6.1.271
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.dopdf.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.dopdf.com/download.php
- FreePDF and FreePDF XP (9 votes)
- WordWeb (21 votes)
VERSION: 5.51
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://wordweb.info
DOWNLOAD: http://wordweb.info/free
* eligible, but too few votes:
- TheSage (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-09-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sequencepublishing.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sequencepublishing.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?TheSage
[7.06] Font Viewer And Manager
* Pricelessware:
- AMP Font Viewer (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.82
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ampsoft.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php#Download
[7.07] Miscellaneous
* Pricelessware:
- EclipseCrossword (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.2.57
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/download.html
[7.08] Office Suite
* Pricelessware:
- OpenOffice.org (34 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.openoffice.org
DOWNLOAD: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
[7.09] Organizer: Notes-Text
* Pricelessware:
- TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia (13 votes)
VERSION: 3.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-04-15; 2006-04-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freebyte.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.treepad.com/download
[7.10] PDF Viewer
* Pricelessware:
- Foxit Reader (19 votes)
- Convert (19 votes)
VERSION: 4.10
RELEASE_DATE: 1999-10-30
HOMEPAGE: http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows
DOWNLOAD: http://joshmadison.com/article/download-convert-for-windows
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Converber (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.7.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-01-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xyntec.com/converber.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xyntec.com/unit-converter-download.htm
[7.14] Word Processor
* Pricelessware:
- AbiWord (16 votes)
- HijackThis (18 votes)
VERSION: 2.02
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview
DOWNLOAD: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download
- SpywareBlaster (21 votes)
VERSION: 4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- SUPERAntiSpyware (14 votes)
VERSION: 4.20.1046
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.superantispyware.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE
* not eligible for voting:
- Ad-Aware
VERSION:
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php
[8.02] Anti-Virus
* Pricelessware:
- Avast! (22 votes)
VERSION: 4.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.avast.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic (AntiVir Personal Edition) (13 votes)
VERSION: 8.1.0.331
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-av.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.26
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-10
HOMEPAGE: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
[8.03] Encryption
* Pricelessware:
- TrueCrypt (19 votes)
VERSION: 6.0a
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.truecrypt.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php
* eligible, but too few votes:
- dsCrypt (6 votes)
VERSION: 1.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2004-12-22
HOMEPAGE: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware
DOWNLOAD: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/dscrypt.exe
- GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.9
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-26
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gnupg.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gnupg.org/download; ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.9.exe
[8.04] Network Monitor
* Pricelessware:
- SoftPerfect Network Scanner (7 votes)
VERSION: 3.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-05
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/netscan.exe
[8.05] Network Sniffer/Analyzer
* Pricelessware:
- Wireshark (9 votes)
VERSION: 1.03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.wireshark.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
[8.06] Password Manager
* Pricelessware:
- KeePass Password Safe (14 votes)
VERSION: 1.12
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-14
HOMEPAGE: http://keepass.info/index.html; http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass
DOWNLOAD: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/keepass/KeePass-1.12-Setup.exe; http://keepass.info/download.html
[8.07] Personal Firewall
* Pricelessware:
- Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5] (17 votes)
VERSION: 2.1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-07-13
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/home-home-office/sunbelt-personal-firewall
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/keriopf215.zip
- Zone Alarm (11 votes)
VERSION: 7.0.408.000
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-09-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zonelabs.com
DOWNLOAD: http://dl4.zonealarm.com/u/dlr/bin/free/1023_zl/zlsSetup_70_408_000_en.exe
[8.08] Security Audit
* Pricelessware:
- Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) (12 votes)
VERSION: 0.9.0.4 (RC-3)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-16
HOMEPAGE: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
DOWNLOAD: https://psi.secunia.com/PSISetup.exe
[8.09] Password Recovery
* not eligible for voting:
- X-Pass
VERSION: 2.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-03-24
HOMEPAGE: http://www.scanwith.com/download/X-Pass.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.scanwith.com/X-Pass_download.htm
[9] SYSTEM UTILITIES
[9.01] Backup: Registry
* Pricelessware:
- Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.1j
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-20
HOMEPAGE: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
DOWNLOAD: http://www.derfisch.de/lars/erunt-setup.exe
[9.02] Boot Disk Creator
* Pricelessware:
- Bart's PE Builder (19 votes)
VERSION: 3.1.10a
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-02-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download
[9.03] Boot Disk: Utilities Disk
* Pricelessware:
- Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) (17 votes)
VERSION: 3.20
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-04
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ubcd4win.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm
[9.04] CD-DVD Burner
* Pricelessware:
- ImgBurn (24 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.2.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-22
HOMEPAGE: http://www.imgburn.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Ashampoo Burning Studio (11 votes)
VERSION: 6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-15
HOMEPAGE:
DOWNLOAD: http://www.download.com/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free/3000-2646_4-10776287.html
- Burrrn (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.14b2
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-10-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4
DOWNLOAD: http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=6
- CDBurnerXP (13 votes)
VERSION: 4.2.1.950
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-30
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cdburnerxp.se
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/downloadsetup.php
- DeepBurner Free (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.9.0228
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-18
HOMEPAGE: http://www.deepburner.com/?r=products&pr=deepburner
DOWNLOAD: http://www.deepburner.com/download/DeepBurner1.exe
[9.05] Cmd Shell
* Pricelessware:
- Take Command Console LE (light edition) (5 votes)
VERSION: 9.02 Build 152
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
DOWNLOAD: ftp://jpsoft.com/tccle/tccle.exe
[9.06] Drive Tool: Driver Letters
* Pricelessware:
- USBDLM (7 votes)
VERSION: 4.2.2
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
[9.07] Drive Tool: USB
* Pricelessware:
- USBDeview (8 votes)
VERSION: 1.25
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-11
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip
[9.08] Drivers: Backup
* Pricelessware:
- WinDriversBackup Personal Edition (13 votes)
VERSION: 1.09
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-10-14
HOMEPAGE: http://www.jermar.com (see REMARKS)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/wdrvbck1.exe
[9.09] Hardware: Diagnostics
* Pricelessware:
- CrystalDiskMark (8 votes)
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: ---
HOMEPAGE: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
DOWNLOAD: http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html
[9.10] Hardware: Memory Tester
* Pricelessware:
- Memtest86+ (18 votes)
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-02-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.memtest.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
[9.11] Install-Uninstall Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Revo Uninstaller (26 votes)
VERSION: 1.71
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-17
HOMEPAGE: http://www.revouninstaller.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- JavaRA (11 votes)
VERSION: 1.11
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-02
HOMEPAGE: http://raproducts.org
DOWNLOAD: http://raproducts.org/click/click.php?id=1
- Sandboxie (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.30 (32-bit), 3.01 (64-bit)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://www.sandboxie.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
- ZSoft Uninstaller (7 votes)
VERSION: 2.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-06
HOMEPAGE: http://www.zsoft.dk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.zsoft.dk/download.php?appid=4
[9.12] OS Environment
* Pricelessware:
- Cygwin (10 votes)
VERSION: 1.5.25-15
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-14
HOMEPAGE: http://cygwin.com
DOWNLOAD: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe (GUI installer)
[9.13] OS Install Modifier
* Pricelessware:
- nLite (14 votes)
VERSION: 1.4.9
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nliteos.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
[9.14] Process Monitor
* Pricelessware:
- Process Explorer (25 votes)
VERSION: 11.21
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Process Monitor (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.37
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
[9.15] Process Monitor: Files
* Pricelessware:
- Filemon (13 votes)
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-06
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Filemon.zip
[9.16] Process Monitor: Registry
* Pricelessware:
- RegMon (12 votes)
VERSION: 7.04
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-11-01
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Regmon.zip
[9.17] Process Monitor: Start-Up
* Pricelessware:
- WinPatrol (13 votes)
VERSION: 15.5.2008.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winpatrol.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
[9.18] Registry And File Tools
* Pricelessware:
- CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) (34 votes)
VERSION: 2.11.636
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ccleaner.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Registrar Registry Manager (6 votes)
VERSION: 5.5.6
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-12-28
HOMEPAGE: http://www.resplendence.com/main
DOWNLOAD: http://www.resplendence.com/download/rrtri.exe
- RegSeeker (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.55
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-06-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.hoverdesk.net
DOWNLOAD: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
* not eligible for voting:
- Eusing free registry cleaner
VERSION: 1.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-01
HOMEPAGE: http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.eusing.com/Download/EFRCSetup.exe
- Regscanner
VERSION: 1.70
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-12
HOMEPAGE: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.zip (Zip); http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner_setup.exe (Installer); http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner-x64.zip (x64)
[9.19] Security Audit
* Pricelessware:
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) (7 votes)
VERSION: 2.1
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx
DOWNLOAD:
[9.20] Start-Up Manager
* Pricelessware:
- Autoruns (17 votes)
VERSION: 9.34
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-02
HOMEPAGE: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
* eligible, but too few votes:
- Startup Control Panel (10 votes)
VERSION: 2.8
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-01-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip; http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL_EXE.zip (stand-alone exe version)
[9.21] System Information Tool
* Pricelessware:
- Belarc Advisor (22 votes)
VERSION: 7.2x
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
- CPU-Z (18 votes)
VERSION: 1.47
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-27
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
- SpeedFan (22 votes)
VERSION: 4.35
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-19
HOMEPAGE: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.almico.com/speedfan435.exe
- System Information for Windows (SIW) (24 votes)
VERSION: 2008-09-03
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-03
HOMEPAGE: http://www.gtopala.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
* eligible, but too few votes:
- PC WIZARD (14 votes)
VERSION: 2008.1.86
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
* not eligible for voting:
- WinAudit
VERSION: 2.27
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-10-08
HOMEPAGE: http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
DOWNLOAD: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/winnt/general/WinAuditu.exe (unicode); ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/winnt/general/WinAuditu.exe (ansi)
[9.22] System Tweaker
* Pricelessware:
- Tweak UI (25 votes)
VERSION: 2.10
RELEASE_DATE: 2003-06-25
HOMEPAGE: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
DOWNLOAD: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
[9.23] Time Synchronizer
* Pricelessware:
- Neutron (15 votes)
VERSION: 1.07
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-06-23
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/neutron.html
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/download/neutron.zip
[9.24] Virtual Machine
* Pricelessware:
- Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) (10 votes)
VERSION: 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0)
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-05-15
HOMEPAGE: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095
DOWNLOAD: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx
- VirtualBox (12 votes)
- WinMerge (13 votes)
VERSION: 2.10.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-09-17
HOMEPAGE: http://winmerge.org
DOWNLOAD: http://winmerge.org/downloads/index.php
[10.02] Editor
* Pricelessware:
- metapad (12 votes)
VERSION: 3.51 LE
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-11-27
HOMEPAGE: http://liquidninja.com/metapad
DOWNLOAD: http://liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html
- NoteTab Light (7 votes)
VERSION: 5.7b
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-07-31
HOMEPAGE: http://www.notetab.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.notetab.com/download.php
- TED Notepad (10 votes)
VERSION: 5.0.3 Final
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-01-11
HOMEPAGE: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad
DOWNLOAD: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/download.php
[10.03] Editor: Code
* Pricelessware:
- Notepad++ (21 votes)
Susan Bugher
> ;-----------------------<Corrected repost>----------------------------
>
> When creating the extended list I unfortunately missed two vote sets,
> which resulted in too low vote counts for some programs. :-(
> (Many thanks to Susan for pointing this out!!)
Alas. . . I think one more revision is needed. AFAICT TrueCrypt only
received 18 votes. :(
All the other vote counts appear to be correct now. :) :) :)
Susan
> [8.03] Encryption
> * Pricelessware:
> - TrueCrypt (19 votes)
> VERSION: 6.0a
> RELEASE_DATE: 2008-08-08
> HOMEPAGE: http://www.truecrypt.org
> DOWNLOAD: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php
> * eligible, but too few votes:
> - dsCrypt (6 votes)
> VERSION: 1.10
> RELEASE_DATE: 2004-12-22
> HOMEPAGE: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware
> DOWNLOAD: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/dscrypt.exe
> - GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) (10 votes)
> VERSION: 1.4.9
> RELEASE_DATE: 2008-03-26
> HOMEPAGE: http://www.gnupg.org
> DOWNLOAD: http://www.gnupg.org/download; ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.9.exe
Susan
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Susan Bugher
> B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:
>
>> ;-----------------------<Corrected repost>----------------------------
>>
>> When creating the extended list I unfortunately missed two vote sets,
>> which resulted in too low vote counts for some programs. :-( (Many
>> thanks to Susan for pointing this out!!)
>
> Alas. . . I think one more revision is needed. AFAICT TrueCrypt only
> received 18 votes. :(
Nevermind, I found the 19th vote in Dave's ballot. The TrueCrypt vote
was on two lines and my earlier search didn't pick it up.
Message-ID: <gc1eem$vee$2...@registered.motzarella.org>
<q>
> Optimizer) - {5.09} TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia - {7.09} TrueCrypt -
> {8.03}
</q>
*ALL* the vote counts agree now. <VBG>
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
> B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:
>
>> ;-----------------------<Corrected repost>----------------------------
>>
>> When creating the extended list I unfortunately missed two vote sets,
>> which resulted in too low vote counts for some programs. :-(
>> (Many thanks to Susan for pointing this out!!)
>
> Alas. . . I think one more revision is needed. AFAICT TrueCrypt only
> received 18 votes. :(
For TrueCrypt voted:
Nicolaas Hawkins
Bear Bottoms
Ron May
kapok
Rom
kew
dadiOH
Knot
The Seabat
s|b
iNcReDuLoUs
Duddits
David Cox
T0M
Yrrah
Dave
Bjorn S.
Sul@Albasani
Thip (Combined Vote)
> All the other vote counts appear to be correct now. :) :) :)
Thanks for checking. :-)
BeAr
Nicolaas Hawkins
wrote in <news:6m1lirF...@mid.individual.net>:
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:
>>
>>> ;-----------------------<Corrected repost>----------------------------
>>>
>>> When creating the extended list I unfortunately missed two vote sets,
>>> which resulted in too low vote counts for some programs. :-( (Many
>>> thanks to Susan for pointing this out!!)
>>
>> Alas. . . I think one more revision is needed. AFAICT TrueCrypt only
>> received 18 votes. :(
>
> Nevermind, I found the 19th vote in Dave's ballot. The TrueCrypt vote
> was on two lines and my earlier search didn't pick it up.
>
> Message-ID: <gc1eem$vee$2...@registered.motzarella.org>
> <q>
> > Optimizer) - {5.09} TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia - {7.09} TrueCrypt -
> > {8.03}
> </q>
>
> *ALL* the vote counts agree now. <VBG>
>
> Susan
Susan, are there any thoughts/plans for producing a CD this year, or is
that a bête of a totally different shade of noir?
--
- Nic.
Susan Bugher
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:07:41 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com>
> wrote in <news:6m1lirF...@mid.individual.net>:
>> *ALL* the vote counts agree now. <VBG>
> Susan, are there any thoughts/plans for producing a CD this year, or is
> that a bête of a totally different shade of noir?
Dunno. I haven't seen any posts about creating one. All I can tell you
for sure is "not me babe".
Bjorn S.
(Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:43 -0400):
>Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:07:41 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote in <news:6m1lirF...@mid.individual.net>:
>
>>> *ALL* the vote counts agree now. <VBG>
>
>> Susan, are there any thoughts/plans for producing a CD this year, or is
>> that a bête of a totally different shade of noir?
>
>Dunno. I haven't seen any posts about creating one. All I can tell you
>for sure is "not me babe".
Nor have I, and not me either :). Hell of a lot of work. Just curios,
your or anyone got any idea of how many CDs has been shiped by the
volunteers since last time?
Susan Bugher
I'm too lazy to count but perhaps 100 at most. . . not many compared
to the number of times the ISO of the CD has been downloaded. The CD was
originally conceived as a burning project - the ISO was an afterthought.
It's a clear-cut case of the tail wagging the dog now.
I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
thousand people.
Bear Bottoms
@mid.individual.net:
> I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
> thousand people.
>
2008?
--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearware.info
Nicolaas Hawkins
wrote in <news:6m1s39F...@mid.individual.net>:
> I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
> thousand people.
2007, surely?
--
- Nic.
Susan Bugher
> Bjorn S. wrote:
>> Susan Bugher wrote in <6m1oerF...@mid.individual.net>
>> (Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:43 -0400):
>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>
>>>> Susan, are there any thoughts/plans for producing a CD this year, or is
>>>> that a bête of a totally different shade of noir?
>
>>> Dunno. I haven't seen any posts about creating one. All I can tell
>>> you for sure is "not me babe".
>
>> Nor have I, and not me either :). Hell of a lot of work. Just curios,
>> your or anyone got any idea of how many CDs has been shiped by the
>> volunteers since last time?
>
> I'm too lazy to count but perhaps 100 at most. . . not many compared
> to the number of times the ISO of the CD has been downloaded. The CD was
> originally conceived as a burning project - the ISO was an afterthought.
> It's a clear-cut case of the tail wagging the dog now.
>
> I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
> thousand people.
Oops, that should be "PL2007". I'll blame the mistake on wishful
thinking. ;)
Bjorn S.
(Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:06:19 -0400):
>Susan Bugher wrote:
>> Bjorn S. wrote:
>>> Susan Bugher wrote in <6m1oerF...@mid.individual.net>
>>> (Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:43 -0400):
>>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>> your or anyone got any idea of how many CDs has been shiped by the
>>> volunteers since last time?
>>
>> I'm too lazy to count but perhaps 100 at most. . . not many compared
>> to the number of times the ISO of the CD has been downloaded. The CD was
>> originally conceived as a burning project - the ISO was an afterthought.
>> It's a clear-cut case of the tail wagging the dog now.
>>
>> I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
>> thousand people.
>
>Oops, that should be "PL2007". I'll blame the mistake on wishful
>thinking. ;)
He he. Anyway, thanks for the info. I was thinking those numbers would
be relevant if anyone considers heading such an endeavor this year.
As for the downloads, we will of course never know how many of those
burned and handed out copies to others.
Petersen, Vegard Krog
> Bjorn S. wrote:
>> Susan Bugher wrote in <6m1oerF...@mid.individual.net>
>> (Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:43 -0400):
>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>
>>>> Susan, are there any thoughts/plans for producing a CD this year, or is
>>>> that a bête of a totally different shade of noir?
>
>>> Dunno. I haven't seen any posts about creating one. All I can tell
>>> you for sure is "not me babe".
>
>> Nor have I, and not me either :). Hell of a lot of work. Just curios,
>> your or anyone got any idea of how many CDs has been shiped by the
>> volunteers since last time?
>
> I'm too lazy to count but perhaps 100 at most. . . not many compared
> to the number of times the ISO of the CD has been downloaded. The CD was
> originally conceived as a burning project - the ISO was an afterthought.
> It's a clear-cut case of the tail wagging the dog now.
>
> I'll *guess* that the PL2008 CD's ISO has been downloaded by well over a
> thousand people.
>
> Susan
If it's done this year; I'm willing again to be a "mail-burner" :-)
And to upload to Pirate Bay as last year. And legit sites like "Legal
Torrents" this time...
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3623161/The_2007_Pricelessware_CD
regards from Vegard
Bjorn S.
************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - SHORT LIST (by category):
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/f49027f9fb77c75b
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - FULL DESCRIPTIONS:
[1/10] Desktop
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/6ed5d5aab8c781b5
[2/10] Development-programming:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/a53c0e8106478436
[3/10] File and disk utilities
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/ec5ad4f126337735
[4/10] Graphics:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/8651e9d2b6fa9847
[5/10] Internet:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/3627cb2b0f5ec959
[6/10] Multimedia:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/c170427dd5528ffb
[7/10] Office/productivity:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/d7a8a94eb5251a82
[8/10] Security:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/62c9b258055f0ae4
[9/10] System utilities:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/0f1357215defa833
[10/10] Text utilities:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/dba32e86674999c8
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - ALPHABETICAL LIST:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/85662ddbec50ff30
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - TAB DELIMITED LIST:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/d169d5e79521bba0
PRICELESSWARE 2008 - *EXTENDED* SHORT LIST: [Corrected repost]
(All Pricelessware programs (+) eligible programs that received
not enough votes for becoming Pricelessware (+) programs that
were not eligible for voting (missing second or description)).
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/9c372228413ad395
see also: PRICELESSWARE 2008 - NOMINATIONS
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2008/2008PL-Nominations.php
PRICELESSWARE 2008 - LIST OF VOTERS:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/0199356dd5e1c721
************ ************ ************ ************
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
[Useful link collection snipped]
Reading through the "Pricelesswarehome Webmaster" thread, I thought
along the same lines... ;-) Thank you very much!
BeAr
--
===========================================================================
= What do you mean with: "Perfection is always an illusion"? =
===============================================================--(Oops!)===
burnr
news:br6ii49akdnaoov9q...@4ax.com:
Thanks Bjorn. This is a useful post. And of course, thnks to BeAr as
well.
Craig
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
>
> PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - SHORT LIST (by category):
> http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/f49027f9fb77c75b
Thx to the /other/ other bear, Bjorn!
-Craig
Bjorn S.
(Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:23:59 -0800):
Yes we owe it all to B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson! Hats off to him!
Bjorn S.
<107qf94z...@br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
(Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:47:30 +0100):
>On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:01:50 +0100, Bjorn S. wrote:
>
>> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
>[Useful link collection snipped]
>
>Reading through the "Pricelesswarehome Webmaster" thread, I thought
>along the same lines... ;-) Thank you very much!
Meine Hut ab zu Ihnen! (does that sound right?) :-)
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
> Craig wrote in <ggc02v$iob$1...@news.motzarella.org>
> (Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:23:59 -0800):
[...]
>>Thx to the /other/ other bear, Bjorn!
>
> Yes we owe it all to B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson!
I think, Craig was referring to you. I'm the other bear, and you are
the /other/ other one. (Bear being the literal translation of Bjorn.)
Or sth. like that... ;-)
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
> Meine Hut ab zu Ihnen! (does that sound right?) :-)
Hm. Well... ... ... "Hut ab!" / "Ich ziehe meinen Hut vor Ihnen",
for trying. ;-)
Apart from this (not only targeted to you):
There's no need to continuously throw thanks on me. We got a PL2008
trough group effort. And I got more than enough thanks for moderating
the process during and directly after the process. We don't gain as a
group by singling people out. Many people did their share of work.
And we should build on that group proficiency for the projects to come.
This way, nobody should expect other people doing the work (out of habit),
but everybody should look out for ways to help and participate.
Thanks to all reading this for their (hopefully) kind understanding! ;-)
Craig
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:15:22 +0100, Bjorn S. wrote:
>
>> Craig wrote in <ggc02v$iob$1...@news.motzarella.org>
>> (Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:23:59 -0800):
> [...]
>>> Thx to the /other/ other bear, Bjorn!
>> Yes we owe it all to B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson!
>
> I think, Craig was referring to you. I'm the other bear, and you are
> the /other/ other one. (Bear being the literal translation of Bjorn.)
> Or sth. like that... ;-)
>
Bingo, BeAr. (& thx again, Bjorn!)
-Craig
Don Kirkman
<br6ii49akdnaoov9q...@4ax.com>:
>************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
>PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - SHORT LIST (by category):
>http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/f49027f9fb77c75b
>
>PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - FULL DESCRIPTIONS:
>PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - ALPHABETICAL LIST:
>http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/85662ddbec50ff30
>
>PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - TAB DELIMITED LIST:
>http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/d169d5e79521bba0
. . .
>PRICELESSWARE 2008 - *EXTENDED* SHORT LIST: [Corrected repost]
>(All Pricelessware programs (+) eligible programs that received
>not enough votes for becoming Pricelessware (+) programs that
>were not eligible for voting (missing second or description)).
>http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/9c372228413ad395
>see also: PRICELESSWARE 2008 - NOMINATIONS
>http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2008/2008PL-Nominations.php
>
>PRICELESSWARE 2008 - LIST OF VOTERS:
>http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/0199356dd5e1c721
>
>************ ************ ************ ************
Thanks much for doing this, Bjorn. I've usually just been skimming
the list every time you post it, but I had a mishap that wiped out a
large part of my registered apps [yes, no recent backup--but that'll
be different next time] but left the data and app files intact.
Running down your lists got nearly everything back in place very
quickly, and I picked up a few new ones to try into the bargain.
--
Don Kirkman
don...@charter.net
»Q«
Bjorn S. <bsus...@broadpark.no> wrote:
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
Thanks, Bjorn.
Bjorn S.
(Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:22:16 -0800):
>Thanks much for doing this, Bjorn. I've usually just been skimming
>the list every time you post it, but I had a mishap that wiped out a
>large part of my registered apps [yes, no recent backup--but that'll
>be different next time] but left the data and app files intact.
>Running down your lists got nearly everything back in place very
>quickly, and I picked up a few new ones to try into the bargain.
Glad we could be of service. I say we, because it is not my list
you've read, but the result of a collaborative effort here in
alt.comp.freeware.
"The best of the best in Freeware
Selected by 46 alt.comp.freeware participants"
Just to set the records straight, and on that note, this was the first
time I posted the links, another guy posted the original, the lists
you saw when you followed the links. Anyway, glad you found the list
useful.
Spread the word if you like. To make it easier to pass the list to
others burnr made it available here
http://anvilcode.com/pricelessware2008.htm.
Much easier to navigate than navigate the posts archived by Google
groups. But if you prefer the latter, you could pass this link:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/ac1eed9400b32b52
(Another fellow have published the list online as well, but I am not
sure he can be trusted, as the guy earlier on tried to modify the list
by adding "not recommended" comments to apps he him self disapproved
off. So much for respecting the results of a collaborative effort)
alvey
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
Good stuff.
alvey
Bjorn S.
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - SHORT LIST - by category:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/f49027f9fb77c75b
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - FULL DESCRIPTIONS - by category:
[1/10] Desktop
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/6ed5d5aab8c781b5
[2/10] Development-programming:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/a53c0e8106478436
[3/10] File and disk utilities
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/ec5ad4f126337735
[4/10] Graphics:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/8651e9d2b6fa9847
[5/10] Internet:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/3627cb2b0f5ec959
[6/10] Multimedia:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/c170427dd5528ffb
[7/10] Office/productivity:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/d7a8a94eb5251a82
[8/10] Security:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/62c9b258055f0ae4
[9/10] System utilities:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/0f1357215defa833
[10/10] Text utilities:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/dba32e86674999c8
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - ALPHABETICAL LIST:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/85662ddbec50ff30
PRICELESSWARE LIST 2008 - TAB DELIMITED LIST:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/d169d5e79521bba0
PRICELESSWARE 2008 - *EXTENDED* SHORT LIST: [Corrected repost]
(All Pricelessware programs (+) eligible programs that received
not enough votes for becoming Pricelessware (+) programs that
were not eligible for voting (missing second or description)).
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/9c372228413ad395
see also: PRICELESSWARE 2008 - NOMINATIONS
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2008/2008PL-Nominations.php
PRICELESSWARE 2008 - LIST OF VOTERS:
http://google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/0199356dd5e1c721
The list can also be found online here:
http://anvilcode.com/pricelessware2008.htm
************ ************ ************ ************
The best of the best in Freeware
alvey
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
>
Nice work.
alvey
Bear Bottoms
>
> ************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
>
Also, there is:
http://bearware.info/pricelessware.html
http://bearware.info/PricelesswareList.rtf
http://bearware.info/Final%20Count%20Pricelessware%20List%202008.rtf
http://bearware.info/List%20of%20Voters.rtf
2008 Pricelessware List
DESKTOP:
Yankee Clipper III
http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3
TClockEx
http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex
VirtuaWin
http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net
Iconoid
http://www.sillysot.com
MultiRes
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm
KatMouse
http://kickme.to/katmouse
FastStone Capture
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
Screen2exe
http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm
PStart
http://www.pegtop.net/start
Tray It!
http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm
USB Disk Ejector
http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector
Wallpaper Changer
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de
DEVELOPMENT-PROGRAMMING:
AutoHotkey
http://www.autohotkey.com
AutoIt
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
SQLite Database Browser
http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net
HxD
http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
Email Link Encoder
http://www.alexnolan.net/software/email_link_encoder.htm
Xenu's Link Sleuth
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
KompoZer
http://www.kompozer.net
FILE AND DISK UTILITIES:
Universal Extractor
http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org
Paragon Drive Backup Express
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
Cobian Backup
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
DriveImage XML
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
Karen's Replicator
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
XXCOPY
http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
SyncBack Freeware
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
Cathy
http://www.mtg.sk/rva
Defraggler
http://www.defraggler.com
JKDefrag
http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
JKDefragGUI
http://www.emro.nl/freeware
dirhtml
http://dirhtml.enware.info
Ninotech Path Copy
http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
Dup Detector
http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
FileMenu Tools
http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
OpenExpert
http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
FreeCommander
http://www.freecommander.com
Unlocker
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
Recuva
http://www.recuva.com
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
Undelete Plus
http://undelete-plus.com
Bulk Rename Utility
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
Lupas Rename
http://rename.lupasfreeware.org
Oscar's File Renamer
http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
THE Rename
http://www.herve-thouzard.com
Lister
http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
Eraser
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
Hash
http://keir.net
FileAlyzer
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
Filenote (ShellTools)
http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
GParted LiveCD
http://gparted.sourceforge.net
docmd
http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
Resource Hacker
http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
Agent Ransack
http://www.mythicsoft.com
Copernic Desktop Search Home
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
GRAPHICS:
GIMP
http://www.gimp.org
Picasa 2
http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
IcoFX
http://icofx.ro
PhotoFiltre
http://www.photofiltre.com
Artweaver
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
ExifTool/ExifTool GUI
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool
FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Xnview
http://www.xnview.com
IrfanView
http://www.irfanview.net
INTERNET:
Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
Adblock Plus
http://adblockplus.org/en
AM-Deadlink
http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
MozBackup
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
Opera
http://www.opera.com
SeaMonkey
http://www.seamonkey-project.org
Miranda IM
http://www.miranda-im.org
HostsMan
http://www.abelhadigital.com
uTorrent
http://www.utorrent.com
TCP Optimizer
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
Winsock XP Fix
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
Mailwasher
http://www.mailwasher.net/home
POP Peeper
http://www.poppeeper.com
Mozilla Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
K9
http://keir.net/k9.html
FileZilla
http://filezilla-project.org
Hamster
http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl
40tude Dialog
http://www.40tude.com/dialog
Xnews
http://xnews.newsguy.com
Skype
http://c.skype.com/newtoskype
FeedDemon
http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
PuTTY
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
UltraVNC
http://www.uvnc.com
HTTrack Website Copier
http://www.httrack.com
MULTIMEDIA:
VLC media player
http://www.videolan.org
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
MP3Gain
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
1by1
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
Winamp Classic
http://www.winamp.com http://www.winampheaven.net
XMPlay
http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
Foobar2000
http://www.foobar2000.org
mpTrim
http://www.mptrim.com
DVD Flick
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
CDex
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
XMedia Recode
http://www.xmedia-recode.de
Media Player Classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli
OFFICE/PRODUCTIVITY:
Calendar Magic
http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
Ghostscript
http://ghostscript.com/awki
PDFCreator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
CSVed
http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
dBworx
http://www.plworx-software.com/index.html#iddbworx
Scribus
http://www.scribus.net
WordWeb
http://wordweb.info
AMP Font Viewer
http://www.ampsoft.net
EclipseCrossword
http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
OpenOffice.org
http://www.openoffice.org
TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia
http://www.freebyte.com
Foxit Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PDF-XChange Viewer
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer
EssentialPIM
http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=products&pr=essentialpim
TinySpell
http://tinyspell.m6.net
Convert
http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows
AbiWord
http://www.abisource.com
SECURITY:
HijackThis
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-
US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview
SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Avast!
http://www.avast.com
TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org
SoftPerfect Network Scanner
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner
Wireshark
http://www.wireshark.org
KeePass Password Safe
http://keepass.info/index.html
Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5]
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/home-home-office/sunbelt-personal-firewall
Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com
Secunia Personal Software Inspector
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
SYSTEM UTILITIES:
ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
Bart's PE Builder
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
UBCD4Win
http://www.ubcd4win.com
ImgBurn
http://www.imgburn.com
Take Command Console LE
http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
USBDLM YES
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
USBDeview
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
WinDriversBackup Personal Edition
http://www.jermar.com
CrystalDiskMark
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
Memtest86+
http://www.memtest.org
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com
Cygwin
http://cygwin.com
nLite
http://www.nliteos.com
Process Explorer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Filemon
http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx
RegMon
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
WinPatrol
http://www.winpatrol.com
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx
Autoruns
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
CPU-Z
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
SpeedFan
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
System Information for Windows
http://www.gtopala.com
Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Neutron
http://keir.net/neutron.html
Microsoft Virtual PC
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095
VirtualBox
http://virtualbox.org
TEXT UTILITIES:
ExamDiff
http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
WinMerge
http://winmerge.org
metapad
http://liquidninja.com/metapad
NoteTab Light
http://www.notetab.com
TED Notepad
http://jsimlo.sk/notepad
Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
UnxUtils
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils
badgolferman
Subject? Even then it is only in the Message Tree and nothing in the
Message Pane. Anyone else have the same symptoms?
John Corliss
Path:
border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: Bjorn S. <bsus...@broadpark.no>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware
Subject: [PL 2008] Pricelessware 2008 URLs
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:27:52 +0100
Lines: 59
Message-ID: <bir3m4d59o828k8rt...@4ax.com>
References: <1malddp0...@br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: individual.net VIPqOtY/OLnt8jT2qkm2VgB/KZvFeYm5v4EVfSFF1te94K+KRz
Cancel-Lock: sha1:EujCxFblzKXWuDl1Stb9f447Zp4=
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American)
Bytes: 2897
Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com alt.comp.freeware:716913
Might be your reader or settings.
--
John Corliss BS206. I use nFilter to block all Google Groups posts
because of Googlespam. No ad, cd, commercial, cripple, demo, dotnet,
nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
badgolferman
> badgolferman wrote:
> > How is it that this message has absolutely no headers other than the
> > Subject? Even then it is only in the Message Tree and nothing in
> > the Message Pane. Anyone else have the same symptoms?
>
> Path:
> border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-onlin
> e.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de
> !individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bjorn S. <bsus...@broadpark.no>
> Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware Subject: [PL 2008] Pricelessware 2008
> URLs Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:27:52 +0100 Lines: 59
> Message-ID: <bir3m4d59o828k8rt...@4ax.com>
> References: <1malddp0...@br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-Trace: individual.net
> VIPqOtY/OLnt8jT2qkm2VgB/KZvFeYm5v4EVfSFF1te94K+KRz Cancel-Lock:
> sha1:EujCxFblzKXWuDl1Stb9f447Zp4= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent
> 1.93/32.576 English (American) Bytes: 2897
> Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com alt.comp.freeware:716913
>
> Might be your reader or settings.
Thanks, I'll check.
Caesar Romano
wrote Re [PL 2008] Pricelessware 2008 URLs:
>************ Pricelessware 2008 URLs ************
Thanks
»Q«
If you mean Bjorn's post, your problem must be something at albasani or
on your end. Bjorn posted to news.individual.net, and on that server
the headers are fine.
FWIW, here are two copies which have the headers:
<http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/81980edf5eb32883?dmode=source>
badgolferman
>> How is it that this message has absolutely no headers other than
>>the Subject? Even then it is only in the Message Tree and nothing
>>in the Message Pane. Anyone else have the same symptoms?
>
>If you mean Bjorn's post, your problem must be something at albasani
>or on your end. Bjorn posted to news.individual.net, and on that
>server the headers are fine.
No, it's not the server since Motzarella shows the same.
Here is a screenshot of what I see:
http://i40.tinypic.com/290ppbd.jpg
Notice the Message Pane is completely empty and the first post of the
tree is nothing other than a subject line and a date. Very unusual. I
will submit a bug report.
»Q«
In that screenshot, Bjorn's post isn't highlighted, so I wouldn't
expect to see it in the message pane. The first post of the thread, an
old one of BeAr Ederson's, isn't shown in your display. Bjorn's is a
direct followup to it, but with the Subject changed. The original
Subject was "[PL2008] Final Pricelessware 2008 List".
I'd guess that Xananews just shows a folder instead of a post at the
top of your thread view because it no longer has the parent post of
Bjorn's post. (Maybe the parent is even gone from albasani and
motzarella?) If that's the case, though, there is a bug, because it
let you make a reply to something that wasn't really a post. Your
first message in the thread today has only Ederson's MID in its
References header, so it shows up as a reply to Ederson.
badgolferman
Interestingly enough when checking the Reference header in my reply I
see this:
References: <1malddp0...@br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
I did ask Xananews to retrieve the parent messages but Motzarella
apparently doesn't have it anymore.
Thanks for the forensics, it will help the developer to troubleshoot
this I'm sure.
What's in a Name?
<REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
I just signed up with this free news-server(http://www.x-privat.org).
Seems more complete than motz or albasani. You may want to look into it.
max
--
Virus Removal http://max.shplink.com/removal.html
Keep Clean http://max.shplink.com/keepingclean.html
Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email.
nomail.afraid.org is specifically setup for use in USENET
Bear Bottoms
news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
> I just signed up with this free news-server(http://www.x-privat.org).
> Seems more complete than motz or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>
Does it do binaries?
hummingbird
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:51:02 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>"What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>
>> I just signed up with this free news-server(http://www.x-privat.org).
>> Seems more complete than motz or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>Does it do binaries?
A few <hr.> and <japan.> binaries only. List of groups:
http://www.toucano.plus.com/groups.txt
There are not really any free reliable binary servers left.
Those that do exist are very unreliable.
--
"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed,
and third, it is accepted as self-evident"
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
Bear Bottoms
news:gju51...@localhost.127.0.0.1:
>
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:51:02 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>
>>"What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>>
>>> I just signed up with this free
>>> news-server(http://www.x-privat.org). Seems more complete than motz
>>> or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>
>
>>Does it do binaries?
>
> A few <hr.> and <japan.> binaries only. List of groups:
> http://www.toucano.plus.com/groups.txt
>
> There are not really any free reliable binary servers left.
> Those that do exist are very unreliable.
>
That is why I asked. So I guess the question is, is it better than Motz
or Albasani? The OP seems to think so.
hummingbird
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:40:51 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>hummingbird <hummi...@127.0.0.1> wrote in
>news:gju51...@localhost.127.0.0.1:
>
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:51:02 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
>> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>>>"What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>>news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>>>
>>>> I just signed up with this free
>>>> news-server(http://www.x-privat.org). Seems more complete than motz
>>>> or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>>>Does it do binaries?
>>
>> A few <hr.> and <japan.> binaries only. List of groups:
>> http://www.toucano.plus.com/groups.txt
>>
>> There are not really any free reliable binary servers left.
>> Those that do exist are very unreliable.
>>
>That is why I asked. So I guess the question is, is it better than Motz
>or Albasani? The OP seems to think so.
Well, I guess he must have been referring to text groups, even
though his comments about completeness imply binaries.
I don't use x-privat but I reckon Motzy is pretty good.
What's in a Name?
wrote:
> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>
>> I just signed up with this free news-server(http://www.x-privat.org).
>> Seems more complete than motz or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>>
>
> Does it do binaries?
>
I don't.
What's in a Name?
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:40:51 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>
>> hummingbird <hummi...@127.0.0.1> wrote in
>> news:gju51...@localhost.127.0.0.1:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:51:02 +0000 (UTC) 'Bear Bottoms'
>>> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>>>
>>>> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>>> news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>>>>
>>>>> I just signed up with this free
>>>>> news-server(http://www.x-privat.org). Seems more complete than motz
>>>>> or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>
>
>>>> Does it do binaries?
>>>
>>> A few <hr.> and <japan.> binaries only. List of groups:
>>> http://www.toucano.plus.com/groups.txt
>>>
>>> There are not really any free reliable binary servers left.
>>> Those that do exist are very unreliable.
>>>
>> That is why I asked. So I guess the question is, is it better than Motz
>> or Albasani? The OP seems to think so.
>
> Well, I guess he must have been referring to text groups, even
> though his comments about completeness imply binaries.
>
> I don't use x-privat but I reckon Motzy is pretty good.
>
albasani and motz servers seem much slower than x-privat,but I must admit
that I just opened an account at x-privat and have only been using it for
a few days now.
Bear Bottoms
> On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:51:02 -0500, Bear Bottoms
> <bearbo...@gmai.com> wrote:
>
>> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>> news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>>
>>> I just signed up with this free
>>> news-server(http://www.x-privat.org). Seems more complete than motz
>>> or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>>>
>>
>> Does it do binaries?
>>
>
> I don't.
I don't either, but that is not the point.
What's in a Name?
wrote:
> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:op.una9b0v4lg9593@max:
>
>> On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:51:02 -0500, Bear Bottoms
>> <bearbo...@gmai.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>> news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>>>
>>>> I just signed up with this free
>>>> news-server(http://www.x-privat.org). Seems more complete than motz
>>>> or albasani. You may want to look into it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does it do binaries?
>>>
>>
>> I don't.
>
> I don't either, but that is not the point.
>
I thought we were talking about bg's incomplete message/headers on acf
using motz/albasani servers.
hummingbird
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:19:02 -0500 'What's in a Name?'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
ok. I use Hamster and connect to most servers with 4-6
simultaneous connections, so time delays aren't noticed.
I download a new batch of articles on 50 groups in ~20secs
and that includes extensive Hamster filtering.
Olivier
> "What's in a Name?" <maxp...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:op.una0b60hlg9593@max:
>
>> I just signed up with this free news-server(http://www.x-privat.org).
>> Seems more complete than motz or albasani. You may want to look into
>> it.
>>
>>
> Does it do binaries?
Here are some servers that do binaries, i'm using nzb and most of the
time those free servers i can get the binaries i want.
freebin.readnews.com
freebin-auth.readnews.com
198.186.190.77
198.186.190.78
198.186.190.131
198.186.190.133
No pasword, max 3 threads.
In combination with ipv6
Eweka
Adres: news.ipv6.eweka.nl
Port: 119
Connecties: 4
Speed: 20mbit
retentie: 107 dagen
newszilla
Adres: newszilla6.xs4all.nl
Port: 119
Connecties: 3
Speed: 150 kb/s
retentie: 18 dagen
XS news
Adres: reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl
Port: 119
Username: http://www.xsnews.com/ipv6/
Pass: http://www.xsnews.com/ipv6/
Retentie en compleetheid: 107 dagen
XSnews and newszilla don't seem to work for the moment.
Olivier
Motz i left for some time already, using two servers for text, one of
them is x-privat.org, bit slow from time to time, but online.
(¯`·.¸Chris Millbank¸.·´¯)
> I don't use x-privat but I reckon Motzy is pretty good.
You forgot "I do not post from Giganews (unless I hide the posting host
name) I use many posting servers to keep ahead of being detected. I
might use astra. Sometimes I use aioe. I also like individual. I rarely
use plusnet."