Shakey
10-21-02, 01:25 AM
Okay, boys & girls. Know of some good software that you would like to promote or let others know about? Then this thread is for you. Let's try to keep this neat though. So when you post a link, make sure to use the name of the program as the text to display. I'll try to keep everything organized into one nice and neat post in the beginning of the thread. Here are some categories to think about - Audio Players, Utilities, Games, Applications, etc... Please feel free to make any suggestions.
ANTI-VIRUS
AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.htm?session=59a68432c7f249e35632157a447a5 7e4)
avast! 4 Home edition (http://www.asw.cz/avast4/home_ed.html)
AntiVir Personal Edition (http://www.free-av.com/)
AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYERS
Winamp (http://www.winamp.com/)
Real Player (http://www.real.com/realoneplayer.html?pp=home&src=021010realhome_2)
Cool Player (http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/)
Quintessential Player (http://quinnware.com/news.html)
Sonique (http://sonique.lycos.com/)
Music Match Jukebox (http://www.musicmatch.com/)
Quick Time (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/)
TrayPlay (http://www.chime.tv/products/trayplay.shtml) - Quite possibly the leanest, most resource friendly player I have seen!
QuickTime Alternative (http://betas.intercom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3332)
Real Alternative (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1054136293) - Real Player sans the intrusive behavior.
BACKUP SOFTWARE
DrvImagerXP (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvImagerXP/DrvImagerXP.htm) - Windows 2K/XP only. Free drive imaging program.
ISO Recorder (http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder/download.asp) - A simple way to create ISO images.
SyncBack v2.1 (http://www.mjleaver.com/Software/software.htm) - Easily backup or synchronize your important files
HDCopy (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcopy_e.htm) - Make an identical copy of a hard drive onto another hard drive.
CALENDAR & REMINDERS
Rainlendar (http://gamma.nic.fi/~rainy/Rainlendar.html) - A skinnable desktop calendar.
CD BURNING
Micro Burner (http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html) - A small standalone (no installation necessary) CD burning tool.
Feurio! (http://www.feurio.com/English/index.shtml)
DeepBurner (http://www.deepburner.com/index.php) - CD/DVD burning software that seems to be a darn nice piece of software!
burnatonce (http://www.burnatonce.com/) - Another free CD burning app.
CDBurnerXP Pro (http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php) - Very nice burning app.
ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download) - A quick and competent ISO file burner
CODECS
DIVX CODECS (http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/)
COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS
XAcePlus (http://www.winace.com/xaceplus.html) - Free tool to decompress .ace files.
COOKIE CONTROL
Cookie Monster (http://www.ampsoft.net/english/Utilities.php#CookieMonster)
CUSTOMIZATION
EFX (http://www.thirty4.com/efx/) - A free way to skin Windows.
Drempels (http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/) - Not only a great screensaver, but also a great way to animate your desktop.
XP Tips and Tweaks (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/XPTips&Tweaks/XPTipsTweaks.htm)
Glass2K (http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml) - A small little program that allows Windows 2000/XP users to make any window transparent.
Y'z Shadow (http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~yzathome/software/yzshadow/index_en.html) - Enhancement software which adds a shadow effect to windows.
ObjectDock (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/) - Gives you the OS X style dock on your PC. 2000/XP only.
CustomEyes (http://dabder.free.fr/CE/features.htm) - Another app to change the look of Windows.
DIAL UP NETWORKING
DFUeTweaker (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/dfuetweaker_e.htm) - Optimize your dial up connection.
DISK CLEANING
Cleanup (http://www.stevengould.org/)
Diskcleaner (http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/)
Crap Cleaner (http://www.spazmatic.net/partners/ccleaner/)
HDCleaner (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcleaner_e.htm)
CleanCache (http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/)
DISK UTILITIES
ISO Buster (http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/) - A CD/DVD data recovery tool.
SectorSpyXP/98 (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/SectorSpy/SectorSpy.htm) - Professional forensics analysis and data recovery tool.
DVD TOOLS
DVD Shrink (http://www.cdfreaks.com/software/68) - Still one of the best backup programs available
DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/) - Bypasses copy protection
E-MAIL APPLICATIONS
Chandler (http://chandler.osafoundation.org/) - An open source replacement for MS Outlook.
Sylpheed Claws (http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/)
Incredimail (http://www.incredimail.com/english/splash.html)
Eudora (http://www.eudora.com/)
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/)
GMail Drive (http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm) - Creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account.
SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) - Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple
GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS
The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) - No, not the dude from "Pulp Fiction".
Pixia (http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/) - A lightweight alternative to Paint Shop Pro.
Project Dogwaffle (http://www.squirreldome.com/)
HTML Authoring
HTML-Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/)
NoteTab Light (http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php)
1st Page 2000 (http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml)
HTML Beauty++ (http://www.htmlbeauty.com/download.beauty)
EasyHtml (http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ehtmle.htm)
INTERNET BROWSERS
Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/)
Netscape Navigator (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp)
Opera (http://www.opera.com/)
Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ie6/default.asp?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp %3Freleaseid%3D32210%26area%3Dtop%26ordinal%3D4%26 redirect%3Dno)
K-Meleon (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/)
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/)
Avant Browser (http://www.avantbrowser.com/)
INTERNET TOOLS
Copernic Agent 6.0 (http://www.copernic.com/desktop/index.html) - The best way to conduct an Internet Search. Queries multiple engines simultaneously.
Flash Saving Plugin (http://www.unhsolutions.net/Flash-Saving-Plugin/index.shtml) - Lets you easily save flash movies right from Internet Explorer.
MESSAGING APPLICATIONS
Yahoo Messenger (http://messenger.yahoo.com/)
AOL Instant Messenger (http://www.aim.com/index.adp)
Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc/trillian/index.html)
MSN Messenger (http://messenger.msn.com/)
ICQ (http://web.icq.com/)
Odigo (http://www.odigo.org/download/)
IRC Gold (http://users.erols.com/smerchant/)
BuddyVision (http://www.buddyvision.com/) - Adds video to AIM
MISC. APPLICATIONS
Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html)
X-Fonter (http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/)
Shutdown Machine (http://www.modele.com.au/pmp/programs/shutdown.html) - An app that will shutdown your computer at a pre-determined time.
Avery Design Software (http://averydennison.rs88.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?HOkREyLnplmkHmphgwHnLbgIhNgK)
Post-it® Software Notes (http://www.3m.com/market/office/postit/com_prod/psnotes/)
SlickRun (http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/) - A floating command line utility for Windows.
NETWORK UTILITIES
Packetmon (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pmon.htm) - A free packet sniffer.
Zone Alarm (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp)
Sygate Personal Firewall (http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm)
Tiny Personal Firewall (http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN)
TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com/) - Allows remote network access to PC's.
Kerio Personal Firewall (http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html)
OFFICE & PRODUCTIVETY
602 PC Suite (http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/) - A free alternative to MS Office
OpenOffice.org 1.1 (http://www.openoffice.org/)
POP-UP KILLERS
iRejectTrash (http://www.softforyou.com/irt.php) - Internet advertisement blocking software.
PopupPopper (http://www.bayden.com/popper/) - A very nice and effective popup stopper.
POW (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm)
PopupKiller (http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/)
Free Surfer (http://www.emsproject.com/FS)
Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition (http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html)
SurfGhost (http://www.surfghost.com/) - A new popup blocker that not only blocks popups, but will erase your cookies and cache.
AdBuster (http://gogodata.com/) - Blocks popups, video ads and spyware.
REFERENCE MATERIAL
e-Sword (http://www.e-sword.net/)
REGISTRY TOOLS (Be Careful)
RegCleaner (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=963771680)
RegscrubXP (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048) - XP only (cleans erroneous registry entries).
RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm) - Utility designed to manage your Windows Registry.
RegCool (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/regcool_e.htm) - Registry editor and manager
EasyCleaner (http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm)
Registry Explorer (http://www.regxplor.com/)
SCREENSAVERS
Electric Sheep (http://electricsheep.org/) - My current favorite. You just have to see it to understand.
Stereogram Screensaver (http://www.aolej.com/free.html#StereoSaver)
SECURITY TOOLS
Private Eye (http://home.comcast.net/~sgould4567/software/privateeye/) - See what private info is hidden on your hard drive.
Safe XP (http://theorica.mirrorz.com/) - Improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and more stable!
XP-Antispy (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) - Let's you disable some built-in update and authetication 'features' in WindowsXP.
Hijack This (http://www.sherrylynn.us/HijackThis.exe)
CWShredder (http://www.sherrylynn.us/CWShredder1491.exe)
Browser Hijack Blaster (http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1456/bhblastersetup.exe) - Prevent malicious scripts and app's from hijacking your homepage.
SpoofStick (http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/internet_explorer.html) - Makes it easier to spot a spoofed website. Invaluable
Password Construction Kit (http://www.buttuglysoftware.com)
Web Tunnel (http://www.primedius.com/PrivateAnonymousSurfingProducts.htm) - Anonymize your browsing habits! (NOTE: Download WebTunnel Free (http://www.primedius.com/PrimediusFreeTrial.exe))
SPAM TOOLS
Spamunition (http://www.upserve.com/spammunition/)
xTerminator 4.2 (http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/xterminator.htm)
SpamBayes (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/)
Spamihilator (http://www.spamihilator.com/)
SPYWARE CLEANERS
Windows AntiSpyware (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx)
Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)
SpyBot (http://beam.to/spybotsd)
WinPatrol 5.0 (http://www.winpatrol.com/) - sniff's out Worms, Trojan horses, Cookies, Adware, Spyware and other malicious programs that may attack your computer
SpywareBlaster 3.2 (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html)
HijackThis (http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/)
CWShredder (http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html)
SYSTEM INFO
Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
PC WIZARD 2004 (http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php)
SIW (http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/about_siw.html)
SYSTEM MONITORING
Samurize (http://www.samurize.com/ ) - Win 2K/XP only!
Sysmetrix (http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/) - A nice skinnable system meter.
Task Manager (http://www.coralsoftware.com/Download/download.htm#task) - 98/ME only.
Netstat Live (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm)
GKrellM (http://bill.nalens.com/download.php?list.7)
CoolCPU (http://www.podien.de/)
Winsonar (http://digilander.libero.it/zancart/winsonar/odyframe.htm) - A program specifically designed to monitoring new processes that permanently install into memory while system is working.
TOOLBARS
eBay Toolbar (http://pages.ebay.com/ebay%5Ftoolbar/)
Amazon Toolbar (http://www.berm.co.nz/toolbar/amazon.html)
Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/?promo=gdl-tb-en)
Yahoo Toolbar (http://toolbar.yahoo.com/)
Earthlink Toolbar (http://www.earthlink.net/software/free/toolbar/)
AOL Toolbar (http://downloads.channel.aol.com/toolbar)
Dogpile Toolbar (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/tbar/)
Myspace Toolbar (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/Myspace-Toolbar.shtml)
TWEAKING TOOLS - USE CAUTION WITH THESE TOOLS.
TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp)
XP Powertoys (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp)
XTEQ X-Setup (http://www.xteq.com/) - The "Blackbelt" of system tweakers. Be careful
Cachebooster (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/cb.htm) - Tweak your system's cache.
MaxMem (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm) - Free up used memory
WEATHER
***Not available at the moment***HoverWeather (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm) - Get your local forcast delivered to your desktop. A very nice app!
ANTI-VIRUS
AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.htm?session=59a68432c7f249e35632157a447a5 7e4)
avast! 4 Home edition (http://www.asw.cz/avast4/home_ed.html)
AntiVir Personal Edition (http://www.free-av.com/)
AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYERS
Winamp (http://www.winamp.com/)
Real Player (http://www.real.com/realoneplayer.html?pp=home&src=021010realhome_2)
Cool Player (http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/)
Quintessential Player (http://quinnware.com/news.html)
Sonique (http://sonique.lycos.com/)
Music Match Jukebox (http://www.musicmatch.com/)
Quick Time (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/)
TrayPlay (http://www.chime.tv/products/trayplay.shtml) - Quite possibly the leanest, most resource friendly player I have seen!
QuickTime Alternative (http://betas.intercom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3332)
Real Alternative (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1054136293) - Real Player sans the intrusive behavior.
BACKUP SOFTWARE
DrvImagerXP (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvImagerXP/DrvImagerXP.htm) - Windows 2K/XP only. Free drive imaging program.
ISO Recorder (http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder/download.asp) - A simple way to create ISO images.
SyncBack v2.1 (http://www.mjleaver.com/Software/software.htm) - Easily backup or synchronize your important files
HDCopy (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcopy_e.htm) - Make an identical copy of a hard drive onto another hard drive.
CALENDAR & REMINDERS
Rainlendar (http://gamma.nic.fi/~rainy/Rainlendar.html) - A skinnable desktop calendar.
CD BURNING
Micro Burner (http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html) - A small standalone (no installation necessary) CD burning tool.
Feurio! (http://www.feurio.com/English/index.shtml)
DeepBurner (http://www.deepburner.com/index.php) - CD/DVD burning software that seems to be a darn nice piece of software!
burnatonce (http://www.burnatonce.com/) - Another free CD burning app.
CDBurnerXP Pro (http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php) - Very nice burning app.
ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download) - A quick and competent ISO file burner
CODECS
DIVX CODECS (http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/)
COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS
XAcePlus (http://www.winace.com/xaceplus.html) - Free tool to decompress .ace files.
COOKIE CONTROL
Cookie Monster (http://www.ampsoft.net/english/Utilities.php#CookieMonster)
CUSTOMIZATION
EFX (http://www.thirty4.com/efx/) - A free way to skin Windows.
Drempels (http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/) - Not only a great screensaver, but also a great way to animate your desktop.
XP Tips and Tweaks (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/XPTips&Tweaks/XPTipsTweaks.htm)
Glass2K (http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml) - A small little program that allows Windows 2000/XP users to make any window transparent.
Y'z Shadow (http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~yzathome/software/yzshadow/index_en.html) - Enhancement software which adds a shadow effect to windows.
ObjectDock (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/) - Gives you the OS X style dock on your PC. 2000/XP only.
CustomEyes (http://dabder.free.fr/CE/features.htm) - Another app to change the look of Windows.
DIAL UP NETWORKING
DFUeTweaker (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/dfuetweaker_e.htm) - Optimize your dial up connection.
DISK CLEANING
Cleanup (http://www.stevengould.org/)
Diskcleaner (http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/)
Crap Cleaner (http://www.spazmatic.net/partners/ccleaner/)
HDCleaner (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcleaner_e.htm)
CleanCache (http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/)
DISK UTILITIES
ISO Buster (http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/) - A CD/DVD data recovery tool.
SectorSpyXP/98 (http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/SectorSpy/SectorSpy.htm) - Professional forensics analysis and data recovery tool.
DVD TOOLS
DVD Shrink (http://www.cdfreaks.com/software/68) - Still one of the best backup programs available
DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/) - Bypasses copy protection
E-MAIL APPLICATIONS
Chandler (http://chandler.osafoundation.org/) - An open source replacement for MS Outlook.
Sylpheed Claws (http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/)
Incredimail (http://www.incredimail.com/english/splash.html)
Eudora (http://www.eudora.com/)
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/)
GMail Drive (http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm) - Creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account.
SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) - Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple
GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS
The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) - No, not the dude from "Pulp Fiction".
Pixia (http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/) - A lightweight alternative to Paint Shop Pro.
Project Dogwaffle (http://www.squirreldome.com/)
HTML Authoring
HTML-Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/)
NoteTab Light (http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php)
1st Page 2000 (http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml)
HTML Beauty++ (http://www.htmlbeauty.com/download.beauty)
EasyHtml (http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ehtmle.htm)
INTERNET BROWSERS
Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/)
Netscape Navigator (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp)
Opera (http://www.opera.com/)
Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ie6/default.asp?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp %3Freleaseid%3D32210%26area%3Dtop%26ordinal%3D4%26 redirect%3Dno)
K-Meleon (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/)
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/)
Avant Browser (http://www.avantbrowser.com/)
INTERNET TOOLS
Copernic Agent 6.0 (http://www.copernic.com/desktop/index.html) - The best way to conduct an Internet Search. Queries multiple engines simultaneously.
Flash Saving Plugin (http://www.unhsolutions.net/Flash-Saving-Plugin/index.shtml) - Lets you easily save flash movies right from Internet Explorer.
MESSAGING APPLICATIONS
Yahoo Messenger (http://messenger.yahoo.com/)
AOL Instant Messenger (http://www.aim.com/index.adp)
Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc/trillian/index.html)
MSN Messenger (http://messenger.msn.com/)
ICQ (http://web.icq.com/)
Odigo (http://www.odigo.org/download/)
IRC Gold (http://users.erols.com/smerchant/)
BuddyVision (http://www.buddyvision.com/) - Adds video to AIM
MISC. APPLICATIONS
Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html)
X-Fonter (http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/)
Shutdown Machine (http://www.modele.com.au/pmp/programs/shutdown.html) - An app that will shutdown your computer at a pre-determined time.
Avery Design Software (http://averydennison.rs88.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?HOkREyLnplmkHmphgwHnLbgIhNgK)
Post-it® Software Notes (http://www.3m.com/market/office/postit/com_prod/psnotes/)
SlickRun (http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/) - A floating command line utility for Windows.
NETWORK UTILITIES
Packetmon (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pmon.htm) - A free packet sniffer.
Zone Alarm (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp)
Sygate Personal Firewall (http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm)
Tiny Personal Firewall (http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN)
TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com/) - Allows remote network access to PC's.
Kerio Personal Firewall (http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html)
OFFICE & PRODUCTIVETY
602 PC Suite (http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/) - A free alternative to MS Office
OpenOffice.org 1.1 (http://www.openoffice.org/)
POP-UP KILLERS
iRejectTrash (http://www.softforyou.com/irt.php) - Internet advertisement blocking software.
PopupPopper (http://www.bayden.com/popper/) - A very nice and effective popup stopper.
POW (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm)
PopupKiller (http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/)
Free Surfer (http://www.emsproject.com/FS)
Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition (http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html)
SurfGhost (http://www.surfghost.com/) - A new popup blocker that not only blocks popups, but will erase your cookies and cache.
AdBuster (http://gogodata.com/) - Blocks popups, video ads and spyware.
REFERENCE MATERIAL
e-Sword (http://www.e-sword.net/)
REGISTRY TOOLS (Be Careful)
RegCleaner (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=963771680)
RegscrubXP (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048) - XP only (cleans erroneous registry entries).
RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm) - Utility designed to manage your Windows Registry.
RegCool (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/regcool_e.htm) - Registry editor and manager
EasyCleaner (http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm)
Registry Explorer (http://www.regxplor.com/)
SCREENSAVERS
Electric Sheep (http://electricsheep.org/) - My current favorite. You just have to see it to understand.
Stereogram Screensaver (http://www.aolej.com/free.html#StereoSaver)
SECURITY TOOLS
Private Eye (http://home.comcast.net/~sgould4567/software/privateeye/) - See what private info is hidden on your hard drive.
Safe XP (http://theorica.mirrorz.com/) - Improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and more stable!
XP-Antispy (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) - Let's you disable some built-in update and authetication 'features' in WindowsXP.
Hijack This (http://www.sherrylynn.us/HijackThis.exe)
CWShredder (http://www.sherrylynn.us/CWShredder1491.exe)
Browser Hijack Blaster (http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1456/bhblastersetup.exe) - Prevent malicious scripts and app's from hijacking your homepage.
SpoofStick (http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/internet_explorer.html) - Makes it easier to spot a spoofed website. Invaluable
Password Construction Kit (http://www.buttuglysoftware.com)
Web Tunnel (http://www.primedius.com/PrivateAnonymousSurfingProducts.htm) - Anonymize your browsing habits! (NOTE: Download WebTunnel Free (http://www.primedius.com/PrimediusFreeTrial.exe))
SPAM TOOLS
Spamunition (http://www.upserve.com/spammunition/)
xTerminator 4.2 (http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/xterminator.htm)
SpamBayes (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/)
Spamihilator (http://www.spamihilator.com/)
SPYWARE CLEANERS
Windows AntiSpyware (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx)
Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)
SpyBot (http://beam.to/spybotsd)
WinPatrol 5.0 (http://www.winpatrol.com/) - sniff's out Worms, Trojan horses, Cookies, Adware, Spyware and other malicious programs that may attack your computer
SpywareBlaster 3.2 (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html)
HijackThis (http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/)
CWShredder (http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html)
SYSTEM INFO
Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
PC WIZARD 2004 (http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php)
SIW (http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/about_siw.html)
SYSTEM MONITORING
Samurize (http://www.samurize.com/ ) - Win 2K/XP only!
Sysmetrix (http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/) - A nice skinnable system meter.
Task Manager (http://www.coralsoftware.com/Download/download.htm#task) - 98/ME only.
Netstat Live (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm)
GKrellM (http://bill.nalens.com/download.php?list.7)
CoolCPU (http://www.podien.de/)
Winsonar (http://digilander.libero.it/zancart/winsonar/odyframe.htm) - A program specifically designed to monitoring new processes that permanently install into memory while system is working.
TOOLBARS
eBay Toolbar (http://pages.ebay.com/ebay%5Ftoolbar/)
Amazon Toolbar (http://www.berm.co.nz/toolbar/amazon.html)
Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/?promo=gdl-tb-en)
Yahoo Toolbar (http://toolbar.yahoo.com/)
Earthlink Toolbar (http://www.earthlink.net/software/free/toolbar/)
AOL Toolbar (http://downloads.channel.aol.com/toolbar)
Dogpile Toolbar (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/tbar/)
Myspace Toolbar (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/Myspace-Toolbar.shtml)
TWEAKING TOOLS - USE CAUTION WITH THESE TOOLS.
TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp)
XP Powertoys (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp)
XTEQ X-Setup (http://www.xteq.com/) - The "Blackbelt" of system tweakers. Be careful
Cachebooster (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/cb.htm) - Tweak your system's cache.
MaxMem (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm) - Free up used memory
WEATHER
***Not available at the moment***HoverWeather (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm) - Get your local forcast delivered to your desktop. A very nice app!