Useful Utilities

[trippin]

This guy has some very useful tools check it out.
http://www.mlin.net/

[Tweaked!]

Here's (http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/b_e.html) a useful site with a lot of links to benchmarking proggies. Thought it would help this thread:cool:

[CCW]

Temp Monitoring :
Motherboard Monitor, http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
speedfan, http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Displaying Specs On Desktop:
samurize, http://samurize.com/
coolmon, http://coolmon.arsware.org/

Benchmarking:
Sandra, http://www.sisoftware.net/
3DMark03, http://futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/
3Dmark01,http://futuremark.com/products/3dmark2001/

Tweaks
TweakXp , http://tweakxp.com
X-Setup , http://www.xteq.com
Tweak UI, http://download.com.com/3000-2341-2...tml?tag=lst-0-1


Burn In
Prime 95, http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
Folding @ Home, http://folding.stanford.edu
Seti @ Home, http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Toast , http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...=&postid=145456

Firewalls + Proxies
Zone Alarm, http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
Proxy +, http://www.proxyplus.cz/
WinProxy, www.winproxy.com

[Tmod]

RegCleaner

Regcleaner is a free program that allows you to get rid of pieces of programs you have deleted but are still cluttering your registry. Super easy to use:
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/programs/jv16pt_setup.exe

[Enverex]

Be careful with regcleaner as it can be a little harsh sometimes and also it will remove registry entries required for Norton Utilities, meaning it wont work anymore.

NS

[Tmod]

Click Here (http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=products) Scroll down to where you see DiamondCS Freeware.

A description of what is there in the freebie area.

This software is 100% free! You can use the software as long as you want, and there are no restrictions.

Autostart Viewer NEW!
DiamondCS Autostart Viewer allows you to see, modify, and control every autostarting program on your system, making it a powerful anti-trojan utility.

Advanced Process Manipulation NEW!
DiamondCS APM is an advanced process/module viewer and manipulation utility that allows unique control over target processes by becoming a part of them.

RegistryProt
RegistryProt is a 100% free, standalone, compact, low-level realtime registry monitor and protector, that adds another dimension to Windows security and intrusion detection. Just 94kb - download your free copy today!

IRClean
IRClean is a 100% free, standalone, compact (30kb total download), and easy-to-use yet very powerful anti-worm system designed to specifically combat worms that target or use IRC chat networks to propagate. It has been released into the public domain for free to help stem the growing tide of IRC-propagating worms.

TaskMan+
TaskMan+ is a free tiny utility that launches Windows Task Manager in a special way as to boost the security privileges of Task Manager, which in turn gives it a real unconditional license to terminate ANY process. Requires Administrator privileges

Console Tools
Add more power to your command prompt with our free console tools! Freeware tools include CRC32/MD5/SHA-160 secure hashes, Password Reveal, Uptime, ICMP TraceRoute, ICMP Ping, IP list, Send Mail, HTTP Get, Resolve, XWhois and more!

[dydx]

WinRAR - Probably the best archiving software
From Here (http://www.rarsoft.com/)

Alarm Clock - What gets me up in the morning
From Here (http://www.scottflute.com/)

Iso Buster - Useful for opening disk images without burning them
From Here (http://www.isobuster.com/)

Graphic Converter 2003 - For converting graphics

Oscar's Renamer - For renaming lots of files

[Tmod]

Nice zip program especially for the price.

Ultimate Zip (http://www.ultimatezip.com/index.htm)


How about a Free File Comparison Utility.

Try Here (http://www.trombettworks.com/filecomparer.php)


A Big Selection Of Freeware Titles

Click Here (http://wantdbest.com/freebies/utilities.html)

[dydx]

How can we forget WCPUID
http://www.h-oda.com

There are some interesting utilities over at
http://www.grc.com

Worth checking it out.


mD

[SmiGDig]

i used to use all these cleaning tools regularly, liek every few nights... when i did that... id have to reformat every month or two... now that i havent been using htem for liek 6 months... i havent had to reformat since i stopped using them...

i havent lost any performance either

[Ed^Chigliak]

Just thought I would add 2xExplorer to the list. I like hotkeys to quickly jump to folders that I have bookmarked. I like working with two views at all times. It's a big improvement on having two explorer sessions tiled side by side and it's free.

http://netez.com/2xExplorer/

[Ninja-Kreon2]

Xp Anti-Spy (http://www.xp-antispy.de/) - Good and simply tweaking program. Removes those annoying messages about the reports when Windows crashes something, among other things. Use and throw away basically.

Daemon Tools (http://www.cd-rw.org/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/daemon_tools.cfm) - Useful program similar to Iso Buster (I guess..). Creates virtual drives to mount images.

[MERRICK]

Here is a list of freeware (and one Shareware) utilities solely for the purpose of investigating what's under the hood of a typical Win98SE install. The aim of this experiment is to strip an install of all unnecessary files and registry entries for a standalone DAW. I think some of the obvious things we don't need are:

Printer
Modem
Internet Explorer
Networking (I know some people will want to link their computers so this is optional)

This bloatware comes in the form of:

1-Registry entries
2-.dll, .inf, .exe, .vxd, .sys files
3-Resources locked in core files that could be editied.

So please strip away and share your findings

The List:

Reg Shot
http://regshot.ist.md/

Resource Hacker
http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

exe Scope (shareware)
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003525/Eindex.htm

CLEAN SYSTEM DIRECTORY
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#clnsys

Dependency Walker 2.1
http://www.dependencywalker.com/

Dll Archive
http://www.analogx.com/contents/dow...tem/dllarch.htm

Reg Clean
http://download.com.com/3000-2094-881470.html?tag=list

Easy Cleaner
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fi...id,16180,00.asp

JV Power tools
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/jv16powertools.shtml

Peek v1.1
http://members.ping.at/mlubich/

RegMaid
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...Ben-us%3B156078

FileMon
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml

RegMon
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml

Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/f...e/procexp.shtml

I've been using all of these utilities to basically "sniff" out what I can strip.

I advise you do not use anything here unless like me you have a TEST COMPUTER that is for NOTHING more than experimentation! yOU WILL DEFINITLY MESS YOUR LIFE UP IF YOU USE THESE THINGS ON YOUR PERSONAL PC!!

This is from an active thread Originally posted here:

http://www.prosoundreview.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73&perpage=15&pagenumber=3

[MERRICK]

This site is unique.

To qualify for TinyApps, a program must:

Not exceed 1.44mb
Not be adware
Work under at least Windows 9x (this does not apply to non-Windows apps, of course).
Not require the VB/MFC/.NET runtimes. Also, preference is given to apps which are 100% self-contained, requiring no installation, registry changes, etc.
Preferably be free, and ideally offer source code. Shareware will only be listed if there is no freeware alternative.

http://www.tinyapps.org

[HalOfBorg]

Irfanview

http://www.irfanview.com/

[MERRICK]

http://radified.com/Articles/freeware.htm


I find this list to really confirm the best freeware that I've come across over the past coupla years. Wish I'd seen this list first.

[stoopid]

Needless to say, many (if not most) of these applications will be on the soon to be completed downloads site :)

Nice work folks!

[Ed^Chigliak]

Didn't notice 602 office products in any of the links and definately worth a mention if you are looking for an office suite

http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/

[Ageek]

OpenOffice.org is a good thing now that it has reached beyond version 1.0. But, best to give folks a link as OpenOffice has a download agreement:

http://www.openoffice.org/