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Uncle Sam wants YOU for America's Army 3. Released mid jun, this is one of the newest first person shooters out there at the moment.
A modern, fun game with high ratings from most gaming magazines.
And you can't beat the value for money!
Website:
http://www.americasarmy.com/
Download:
http://www.americasarmy.com/downloads/?view=deploy
Or if you have Steam, you'll find it there.
Cheers!
August 31, 2009
August 30, 2009
AutoIt
This is an advanced macro/automation/scripting engine for Windows.
You should have some programming experience/knowledge to get the most out of this, but at the same time it is a nice way to start playing with programming.
In no time, you have made a script that is actually doing something useful!
There is a customized editor included, and you can even make standalone .exe programs.
Their website: http://www.autoitscript.com
Download here:
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml
You should have some programming experience/knowledge to get the most out of this, but at the same time it is a nice way to start playing with programming.
In no time, you have made a script that is actually doing something useful!
There is a customized editor included, and you can even make standalone .exe programs.
Their website: http://www.autoitscript.com
Download here:
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml
August 29, 2009
AutoClick
This one has saved me hours of leftclicking in various online games.
A crafters best friend.
Very simple program, but does just what it is supposed to do, while you can get those well diserved hours of sleep.
The developers website, http://www.goldensoft.org/ is down, so this one I actually host.
Get it here:
files.freewaredaily.com/AutoClick.exe
A crafters best friend.
Very simple program, but does just what it is supposed to do, while you can get those well diserved hours of sleep.
The developers website, http://www.goldensoft.org/ is down, so this one I actually host.
Get it here:
files.freewaredaily.com/AutoClick.exe
August 28, 2009
Do it again, Sam!
Do it again is a simple macro/automation program.
As the developers (spacetornado) puts it:
"Do It Again is a free and simple program that allows you to make your computer automatically perform a task for you, whenever you want."
Sometimes handsfree computing is what you need.
Try to macro that Facebook game overnight!
There are other, more sophisticated programs, and even simpler ones.
Will mention 2 i came to think about the next days.
Download link:
http://www.spacetornado.com/DoItAgain/download.php
As the developers (spacetornado) puts it:
"Do It Again is a free and simple program that allows you to make your computer automatically perform a task for you, whenever you want."
Sometimes handsfree computing is what you need.
Try to macro that Facebook game overnight!
There are other, more sophisticated programs, and even simpler ones.
Will mention 2 i came to think about the next days.
Download link:
http://www.spacetornado.com/DoItAgain/download.php
August 27, 2009
LanTopology?
LanTopolog tries to discover all devices on your local network, and then makes a map of it.
How cool is that?
I remember the functionallity in some old (pre M$) version of Visio, but haven't found it later.
This software can be very useful for network administrators on a budget, or just as a quickfire LAN scanner.
It uses SNMP, but also ICMP(ping), and even has a web interface, monitoring/alerting functionality.
Not at all a bad piece of freeware, although the interface feels a bit unpolished.
Maybe we'll see some nice export features in the next version?
Get it here:
http://www.lantopolog.com/download.html
How cool is that?
I remember the functionallity in some old (pre M$) version of Visio, but haven't found it later.
This software can be very useful for network administrators on a budget, or just as a quickfire LAN scanner.
It uses SNMP, but also ICMP(ping), and even has a web interface, monitoring/alerting functionality.
Not at all a bad piece of freeware, although the interface feels a bit unpolished.
Maybe we'll see some nice export features in the next version?
Get it here:
http://www.lantopolog.com/download.html
August 26, 2009
Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.
SUPER.
It IS SUPER.
In my opinion, VLC is super too, but this isn't just super, it is SUPER.
Their website is not that super, (here) but that shouldn't matter.
This is what they say:
SUPER © "The Player" surpasses any known player by supporting just
any Multimedia file format. SUPER © plays files that cannot be played with
WMP or even other libavcodec-based players like MPC and VLC.
SUPER © also plays and saves Internet Media Streams of different
protocols ( mms:// rtsp:// http://)
SUPER © "The Encoder" is the fastest and simplest tool to encode full
length movies to any other format without any time or function limitation.
Downoad SUPER here: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
It IS SUPER.
In my opinion, VLC is super too, but this isn't just super, it is SUPER.
Their website is not that super, (here) but that shouldn't matter.
This is what they say:
SUPER © "The Player" surpasses any known player by supporting just
any Multimedia file format. SUPER © plays files that cannot be played with
WMP or even other libavcodec-based players like MPC and VLC.
SUPER © also plays and saves Internet Media Streams of different
protocols ( mms:// rtsp:// http://)
SUPER © "The Encoder" is the fastest and simplest tool to encode full
length movies to any other format without any time or function limitation.
Downoad SUPER here: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
August 25, 2009
7zipit
7-Zip is a real good all-in-one compression/archiving tool.
Supports lots of formats:
* Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
* Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
Get it here: http://www.7-zip.org/
Supports lots of formats:
* Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
* Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
Get it here: http://www.7-zip.org/
August 24, 2009
Nice, free backup program - Cobian Backup
Great interface, lots of features, beats many commercial desktop backup applications in my opinion.
Made by a Cuban dude that lives in Sweden. Does that make it illegal to download, embargo and all?
Well if that makes you a criminal, something should be done with the law
Link: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
Thanks to Luis Cobian!
Made by a Cuban dude that lives in Sweden. Does that make it illegal to download, embargo and all?
Well if that makes you a criminal, something should be done with the law
Link: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
Thanks to Luis Cobian!
August 23, 2009
Download Youtube Videos
That's right.
Get them before they're taken off!
Save the priceless pieces.
Now you can get your Rick Astley fix even offline!
Get Youtube Downloader it or enjoy a true youtube gem here: Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/
Get them before they're taken off!
Save the priceless pieces.
Now you can get your Rick Astley fix even offline!
Get Youtube Downloader it or enjoy a true youtube gem here: Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/
August 22, 2009
Super Mario - The legendary Japanese Italian
Very nice remake of the good old Super Mario.
You can even make your own levels and share them online!
I guess the concept doesn't need any special introduction.
You get the game here:
http://www.supermariobrothers.org/smbx/
(Scroll down to the bottom on that page to find the download link or click here )
You can even make your own levels and share them online!
I guess the concept doesn't need any special introduction.
You get the game here:
http://www.supermariobrothers.org/smbx/
(Scroll down to the bottom on that page to find the download link or click here )
August 21, 2009
FTP what was that now?
Back in the days, FTP was a thing people used frequently to download files, get their warez, and even share with friends.
Now, it still is all that for some of us, but I guess its more used as convenient way to communicate with webserver hosts to get those updates online.
Anyhows, I have been using only one (Windows) FTP software for the last say 8 years, and that is FileZilla.
They have both a server and a client version, they are feature rich, and most don't need anything more.
You get it at filezilla-project.org
Now, it still is all that for some of us, but I guess its more used as convenient way to communicate with webserver hosts to get those updates online.
Anyhows, I have been using only one (Windows) FTP software for the last say 8 years, and that is FileZilla.
They have both a server and a client version, they are feature rich, and most don't need anything more.
You get it at filezilla-project.org
August 20, 2009
If it won't play, you always have VLC
Ever experienced getting no image on your vids?
Or no sound?
Thats probably because you havent tried VLC mediaplayer yet.
Not sure how they do it, but everything just works!
A real gem! 10 out of 6 on the dice!
This is where you get it:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Or no sound?
Thats probably because you havent tried VLC mediaplayer yet.
Not sure how they do it, but everything just works!
A real gem! 10 out of 6 on the dice!
This is where you get it:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
August 19, 2009
Portableapps - a pocketrocket!
Portableapps.com has collected and modified a lot of programs to work without installation. This makes it possible to keep em on your thumbdrive or memstick, or even your camera or phone.
You download portableapps itself, either the platform with no preinstalled software, or you can choose between 2 different suites, containing most of what you'd need of software.
Crap this wasn't a good post.
Cya later!
You download portableapps itself, either the platform with no preinstalled software, or you can choose between 2 different suites, containing most of what you'd need of software.
Crap this wasn't a good post.
Cya later!
August 18, 2009
What do you want for Starter?
After a while, and especially after installing all kinds of crappy freeware you find references to on crappy blogs on the internet, your windows probably uses longer time to start up.
Part of the reason is that lots of programs wants to be included somewhere in the startup, one way or another.
To have good control over this, you could use Starter from CodeStuff.
Here is a screenie (nice interface):
Download here: http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html
Part of the reason is that lots of programs wants to be included somewhere in the startup, one way or another.
To have good control over this, you could use Starter from CodeStuff.
Here is a screenie (nice interface):
Download here: http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html
August 17, 2009
Spies and trojans everywhere!
There are lots of anti this and anti that. Antivirus does in general not care a lot about stuff that looks like a valid program, or a valid cookie.
This is why you should have a spyware remover.
Ad-Aware from Lavasoft have been free forever, and it is just as free now, only you can buy up to get antivirus protection in addition to spyware protection.
Ad-Aware aims to provide "Real-time protection against spyware, trojans,
rootkits, hijackers, keyloggers, and more!"
Get it here: Download Ad-Aware
This is why you should have a spyware remover.
Ad-Aware from Lavasoft have been free forever, and it is just as free now, only you can buy up to get antivirus protection in addition to spyware protection.
Ad-Aware aims to provide "Real-time protection against spyware, trojans,
rootkits, hijackers, keyloggers, and more!"
Get it here: Download Ad-Aware
August 16, 2009
Alright, i have this myfavoritegame.iso file - what now?
Say you created some iso files with CDBurnerXP or something.
Great! Now you have a copy on your hard drive, so now you just need to burn it on a blank cd.
Or do you?
With Daemon tools you can mount them just as they were a physical cd/dvd drive.
This is what they say over at www.daemon-tools.cc :
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Great! Now you have a copy on your hard drive, so now you just need to burn it on a blank cd.
Or do you?
With Daemon tools you can mount them just as they were a physical cd/dvd drive.
This is what they say over at www.daemon-tools.cc :
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DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry.
With DAEMON Tools you can back up your physical CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray discs into “virtual discs” or so called “disc image” files, which run directly on your hard drive. You can also work with images created by other burning programs! DAEMON Tools supports variety of image types. Use CD/DVD image converter to have one format images in your Image Catalog!
A virtual disc has much better access rates than a physical one in a corresponding physical drive because the reading speed of a virtual CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray-ROM is 50x faster compared to normal drive.
With DAEMON Tools you would receive up to 32 virtual SCSI drives and 2 virtual IDE drives that behave just like the “real” physical ones.
No more CD/DVD drive noise. No waiting for disc loading. No need to buy external optical drive for your netbook. DAEMON Tools enables you to use your CD/DVD images as if they were already burned to CD/DVD.
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There are 3 versions, the "Lite" is free, and most likely is more than enough for you needs.
Be semi concious during the installation - there are some nagware wanting to be added to your browsers.
Download it here: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads
August 15, 2009
CDBurnerXP - Bad name choice, good software!
I guess the (swedish)developers were thinking something along the lines of "XP - thet moost be-a zee feenel ferseeun ooff veendoos, lets steeck veet tha" (Translated with The Dialectizer).
Whatever name it has, it is good, solid, mature freeware.
It works on CD,DVD,Blu-ray,HD-Dvd.
You can make music-cd's, iso images, and data cd's in a lot of formats.
You find the full feature list here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/features
And can download it from here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download
I really should host the downloads too, but there are some copyright/redistribution issues, so i'll stick with linking for now.
Whatever name it has, it is good, solid, mature freeware.
It works on CD,DVD,Blu-ray,HD-Dvd.
You can make music-cd's, iso images, and data cd's in a lot of formats.
You find the full feature list here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/features
And can download it from here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download
I really should host the downloads too, but there are some copyright/redistribution issues, so i'll stick with linking for now.
August 14, 2009
Sysinternals wrap
www.sysinternals.com was the site where you could find the tools that Microsoft forgot to develop for their operating systems.
Now, a few years ago, Microsoft bought the tools, and have made a nice little suite of it.
Creds to the Sysinternals themselves, as written on the MS sysinternals site:
The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications.
So, what is it, in details?
"The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault."
It is loads of small system utilities that may come in handy.
In my opinion, NotMyFault can be a great troubleshooting tool...
So the suite consists of this:
(and can be downloaded from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx )
AccessChk
v4.23 (December 19, 2008)
This update fixes a bug that sometimes caused AccessChk to not show the full list of rights and privileged assigned to a user account.
AccessEnum
1.32 (November 1, 2006)
This simple yet powerful security tool shows you who has what access to directories, files and Registry keys on your systems. Use it to find holes in your permissions.
AdExplorer
v1.2 (April 22, 2009)
Active Directory Explorer is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor.
AdInsight
v1.01 (November 20, 2007)
An LDAP (Light-weight Directory Access Protocol) real-time monitoring tool aimed at troubleshooting Active Directory client applications.
AdRestore
v1.1 (November 1, 2006)
Undelete Server 2003 Active Directory objects.
Autologon
v2.10 (November 1, 2006)
Bypass password screen during logon.
Autoruns
v9.53 (August 12, 2009)
See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.
BgInfo
v4.15 (March 30, 2009)
This fully-configurable program automatically generates desktop backgrounds that include important information about the system including IP addresses, computer name, network adapters, and more.
BlueScreen
v3.2 (November 1, 2006)
This screen saver not only accurately simulates Blue Screens, but simulated reboots as well (complete with CHKDSK), and works on Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003 and Windows 9x.
CacheSet
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
CacheSet is a program that allows you to control the Cache Manager's working set size using functions provided by NT. It's compatible with all versions of NT.
ClockRes
v2.0 (June 4, 2009)
View the resolution of the system clock, which is also the maximum timer resolution.
Contig
v1.55 (September 30, 2008)
Wish you could quickly defragment your frequently used files? Use Contig to optimize individual files, or to create new files that are contiguous.
Coreinfo
v1.0 (September 11, 2008)
Coreinfo is a new command-line utility that shows you the mapping between logical processors and the physical processor, NUMA node, and socket on which they reside, as well as the cache’s assigned to each logical processor.
Ctrl2cap
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
This is a kernel-mode driver that demonstrates keyboard input filtering just above the keyboard class driver in order to turn caps-locks into control keys. Filtering at this level allows conversion and hiding of keys before NT even "sees" them. Ctrl2cap also shows how to use NtDisplayString() to print messages to the initialization blue-screen.
DebugView
v4.76 (October 16, 2008)
Another first from Sysinternals: This program intercepts calls made to DbgPrint by device drivers and OutputDebugString made by Win32 programs. It allows for viewing and recording of debug session output on your local machine or across the Internet without an active debugger.
Desktops
v1.0 (August 21, 2008)
This new utility enables you to create up to four virtual desktops and to use a tray interface or hotkeys to preview what’s on each desktop and easily switch between them.
DiskExt
v1.1 (May 14, 2007)
Display volume disk-mappings.
Diskmon
v2.01 (November 1, 2006)
This utility captures all hard disk activity or acts like a software disk activity light in your system tray.
DiskView
v2.21 (November 1, 2006)
Graphical disk sector utility.
Disk Usage (DU)
v1.33 (December 10, 2008)
View disk usage by directory.
EFSDump
v1.02 (November 1, 2006)
View information for encrypted files.
Filemon
v7.04 (November 1, 2006)
This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
Handle
v3.42 (November 19, 2008)
This handy command-line utility will show you what files are open by which processes, and much more.
Hex2dec
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Convert hex numbers to decimal and vice versa.
Junction
v1.05 (July 24, 2007)
Create Win2K NTFS symbolic links.
LDMDump
v1.02 (November 1, 2006)
Dump the contents of the Logical Disk Manager's on-disk database, which describes the partitioning of Windows 2000 Dynamic disks.
ListDLLs
v2.25 (November 1, 2006)
List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path names of loaded modules.
LiveKd
v3.0 (November 1, 2006)
Use Microsoft kernel debuggers to examine a live system.
LoadOrder
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
See the order in which devices are loaded on your WinNT/2K system.
LogonSessions
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
List the active logon sessions on a system.
MoveFile
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Allows you to schedule move and delete commands for the next reboot.
NewSID
v4.10 (November 1, 2006)
Learn about the computer SID problem everybody has been talking about and get a free computer SID changer, NewSID.
NTFSInfo
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Use NTFSInfo to see detailed information about NTFS volumes, including the size and location of the Master File Table (MFT) and MFT-zone, as well as the sizes of the NTFS meta-data files.
PageDefrag
v2.32 (November 1, 2006)
Defragment your paging files and Registry hives.
PendMoves
v1.1 (November 1, 2006)
Enumerate the list of file rename and delete commands that will be executed the next boot.
PipeList
(November 1, 2006)
Displays the named pipes on your system, including the number of maximum instances and active instances for each pipe.
PortMon
v3.02 (November 1, 2006)
Monitor serial and parallel port activity with this advanced monitoring tool. It knows about all standard serial and parallel IOCTLs and even shows you a portion of the data being sent and received. Version 3.x has powerful new UI enhancements and advanced filtering capabilities.
ProcDump
v1.3 (August 12, 2009)
This new command-line utility is aimed at capturing process dumps of otherwise difficult to isolate and reproduce CPU spikes. It also serves as a general process dump creation utility and can also monitor and generate process dumps when a process has a hung window or unhandled exception.
Process Explorer
v11.33 (February 4, 2009)
Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
Process Monitor
v2.6 (August 12, 2009)
Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.
ProcFeatures
v1.10 (November 1, 2006)
This applet reports processor and Windows support for Physical Address Extensions and No Execute buffer overflow protection.
PsExec
v1.96 (July 1, 2009)
Execute processes with limited-user rights.
PsFile
v1.02 (December 4, 2006)
See what files are opened remotely.
PsGetSid
v1.43 (December 4, 2006)
Displays the SID of a computer or a user.
PsInfo
v1.75 (July 9, 2007)
Obtain information about a system.
PsKill
v1.12 (December 4, 2006)
Terminate local or remote processes.
PsList
v1.28 (December 4, 2006)
Show information about processes and threads.
PsLoggedOn
v1.33 (December 4, 2006)
Show users logged on to a system.
PsLogList
v2.7 (May 7, 2009)
Dump event log records.
PsPasswd
v1.22 (December 4, 2006)
Changes account passwords.
PsService
v2.22 (January 11, 2008)
View and control services.
PsShutdown
v2.52 (December 4, 2006)
Shuts down and optionally reboots a computer.
PsSuspend
v1.06 (December 4, 2006)
Suspend and resume processes.
PsTools
(July 1, 2009)
The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
RegDelNull
v1.10 (November 1, 2006)
Scan for and delete Registry keys that contain embedded null-characters that are otherwise undeleteable by standard Registry-editing tools.
RegJump
v1.01 (November 1, 2006)
Jump to the registry path you specify in Regedit.
RegMon
v7.04 (November 1, 2006)
This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time.
RootkitRevealer
v1.71 (November 1, 2006)
Scan your system for rootkit-based malware.
SDelete
v1.51 (November 1, 2006)
Securely overwrite your sensitive files and cleanse your free space of previously deleted files using this DoD-compliant secure delete program.
ShareEnum
v1.6 (November 1, 2006)
Scan file shares on your network and view their security settings to close security holes.
ShellRunas
v1.01 (February 28, 2008)
Launch programs as a different user via a convenient shell context-menu entry.
Sigcheck
v1.6 (March 2, 2009)
Dump file version information and verify that images on your system are digitally signed.
Streams
v1.56 (April 27, 2007)
Reveal NTFS alternate streams.
Strings
v2.41 (March 2, 2009)
Search for ANSI and UNICODE strings in binaryimages.
Sync
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
Flush cached data to disk.
TCPView
v2.54 (March 17, 2009)
Active socket command-line viewer.
VMMap
v2.2 (July 23, 2009)
VMMap is a process virtual and physical memory analysis utility.
VolumeId
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
Set Volume ID of FAT or NTFS drives.
Whois
v1.01 (November 1, 2006)
See who owns an Internet address.
WinObj
v2.15 (November 1, 2006)
The ultimate Object Manager namespace viewer is here.
ZoomIt
v4.0 (August 5, 2009)
Presentation utility for zooming and drawing on the screen.
Now, a few years ago, Microsoft bought the tools, and have made a nice little suite of it.
Creds to the Sysinternals themselves, as written on the MS sysinternals site:
The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications.
So, what is it, in details?
"The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault."
It is loads of small system utilities that may come in handy.
In my opinion, NotMyFault can be a great troubleshooting tool...
So the suite consists of this:
(and can be downloaded from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx )
AccessChk
v4.23 (December 19, 2008)
This update fixes a bug that sometimes caused AccessChk to not show the full list of rights and privileged assigned to a user account.
AccessEnum
1.32 (November 1, 2006)
This simple yet powerful security tool shows you who has what access to directories, files and Registry keys on your systems. Use it to find holes in your permissions.
AdExplorer
v1.2 (April 22, 2009)
Active Directory Explorer is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor.
AdInsight
v1.01 (November 20, 2007)
An LDAP (Light-weight Directory Access Protocol) real-time monitoring tool aimed at troubleshooting Active Directory client applications.
AdRestore
v1.1 (November 1, 2006)
Undelete Server 2003 Active Directory objects.
Autologon
v2.10 (November 1, 2006)
Bypass password screen during logon.
Autoruns
v9.53 (August 12, 2009)
See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.
BgInfo
v4.15 (March 30, 2009)
This fully-configurable program automatically generates desktop backgrounds that include important information about the system including IP addresses, computer name, network adapters, and more.
BlueScreen
v3.2 (November 1, 2006)
This screen saver not only accurately simulates Blue Screens, but simulated reboots as well (complete with CHKDSK), and works on Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003 and Windows 9x.
CacheSet
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
CacheSet is a program that allows you to control the Cache Manager's working set size using functions provided by NT. It's compatible with all versions of NT.
ClockRes
v2.0 (June 4, 2009)
View the resolution of the system clock, which is also the maximum timer resolution.
Contig
v1.55 (September 30, 2008)
Wish you could quickly defragment your frequently used files? Use Contig to optimize individual files, or to create new files that are contiguous.
Coreinfo
v1.0 (September 11, 2008)
Coreinfo is a new command-line utility that shows you the mapping between logical processors and the physical processor, NUMA node, and socket on which they reside, as well as the cache’s assigned to each logical processor.
Ctrl2cap
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
This is a kernel-mode driver that demonstrates keyboard input filtering just above the keyboard class driver in order to turn caps-locks into control keys. Filtering at this level allows conversion and hiding of keys before NT even "sees" them. Ctrl2cap also shows how to use NtDisplayString() to print messages to the initialization blue-screen.
DebugView
v4.76 (October 16, 2008)
Another first from Sysinternals: This program intercepts calls made to DbgPrint by device drivers and OutputDebugString made by Win32 programs. It allows for viewing and recording of debug session output on your local machine or across the Internet without an active debugger.
Desktops
v1.0 (August 21, 2008)
This new utility enables you to create up to four virtual desktops and to use a tray interface or hotkeys to preview what’s on each desktop and easily switch between them.
DiskExt
v1.1 (May 14, 2007)
Display volume disk-mappings.
Diskmon
v2.01 (November 1, 2006)
This utility captures all hard disk activity or acts like a software disk activity light in your system tray.
DiskView
v2.21 (November 1, 2006)
Graphical disk sector utility.
Disk Usage (DU)
v1.33 (December 10, 2008)
View disk usage by directory.
EFSDump
v1.02 (November 1, 2006)
View information for encrypted files.
Filemon
v7.04 (November 1, 2006)
This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
Handle
v3.42 (November 19, 2008)
This handy command-line utility will show you what files are open by which processes, and much more.
Hex2dec
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Convert hex numbers to decimal and vice versa.
Junction
v1.05 (July 24, 2007)
Create Win2K NTFS symbolic links.
LDMDump
v1.02 (November 1, 2006)
Dump the contents of the Logical Disk Manager's on-disk database, which describes the partitioning of Windows 2000 Dynamic disks.
ListDLLs
v2.25 (November 1, 2006)
List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path names of loaded modules.
LiveKd
v3.0 (November 1, 2006)
Use Microsoft kernel debuggers to examine a live system.
LoadOrder
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
See the order in which devices are loaded on your WinNT/2K system.
LogonSessions
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
List the active logon sessions on a system.
MoveFile
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Allows you to schedule move and delete commands for the next reboot.
NewSID
v4.10 (November 1, 2006)
Learn about the computer SID problem everybody has been talking about and get a free computer SID changer, NewSID.
NTFSInfo
v1.0 (November 1, 2006)
Use NTFSInfo to see detailed information about NTFS volumes, including the size and location of the Master File Table (MFT) and MFT-zone, as well as the sizes of the NTFS meta-data files.
PageDefrag
v2.32 (November 1, 2006)
Defragment your paging files and Registry hives.
PendMoves
v1.1 (November 1, 2006)
Enumerate the list of file rename and delete commands that will be executed the next boot.
PipeList
(November 1, 2006)
Displays the named pipes on your system, including the number of maximum instances and active instances for each pipe.
PortMon
v3.02 (November 1, 2006)
Monitor serial and parallel port activity with this advanced monitoring tool. It knows about all standard serial and parallel IOCTLs and even shows you a portion of the data being sent and received. Version 3.x has powerful new UI enhancements and advanced filtering capabilities.
ProcDump
v1.3 (August 12, 2009)
This new command-line utility is aimed at capturing process dumps of otherwise difficult to isolate and reproduce CPU spikes. It also serves as a general process dump creation utility and can also monitor and generate process dumps when a process has a hung window or unhandled exception.
Process Explorer
v11.33 (February 4, 2009)
Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
Process Monitor
v2.6 (August 12, 2009)
Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.
ProcFeatures
v1.10 (November 1, 2006)
This applet reports processor and Windows support for Physical Address Extensions and No Execute buffer overflow protection.
PsExec
v1.96 (July 1, 2009)
Execute processes with limited-user rights.
PsFile
v1.02 (December 4, 2006)
See what files are opened remotely.
PsGetSid
v1.43 (December 4, 2006)
Displays the SID of a computer or a user.
PsInfo
v1.75 (July 9, 2007)
Obtain information about a system.
PsKill
v1.12 (December 4, 2006)
Terminate local or remote processes.
PsList
v1.28 (December 4, 2006)
Show information about processes and threads.
PsLoggedOn
v1.33 (December 4, 2006)
Show users logged on to a system.
PsLogList
v2.7 (May 7, 2009)
Dump event log records.
PsPasswd
v1.22 (December 4, 2006)
Changes account passwords.
PsService
v2.22 (January 11, 2008)
View and control services.
PsShutdown
v2.52 (December 4, 2006)
Shuts down and optionally reboots a computer.
PsSuspend
v1.06 (December 4, 2006)
Suspend and resume processes.
PsTools
(July 1, 2009)
The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
RegDelNull
v1.10 (November 1, 2006)
Scan for and delete Registry keys that contain embedded null-characters that are otherwise undeleteable by standard Registry-editing tools.
RegJump
v1.01 (November 1, 2006)
Jump to the registry path you specify in Regedit.
RegMon
v7.04 (November 1, 2006)
This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time.
RootkitRevealer
v1.71 (November 1, 2006)
Scan your system for rootkit-based malware.
SDelete
v1.51 (November 1, 2006)
Securely overwrite your sensitive files and cleanse your free space of previously deleted files using this DoD-compliant secure delete program.
ShareEnum
v1.6 (November 1, 2006)
Scan file shares on your network and view their security settings to close security holes.
ShellRunas
v1.01 (February 28, 2008)
Launch programs as a different user via a convenient shell context-menu entry.
Sigcheck
v1.6 (March 2, 2009)
Dump file version information and verify that images on your system are digitally signed.
Streams
v1.56 (April 27, 2007)
Reveal NTFS alternate streams.
Strings
v2.41 (March 2, 2009)
Search for ANSI and UNICODE strings in binaryimages.
Sync
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
Flush cached data to disk.
TCPView
v2.54 (March 17, 2009)
Active socket command-line viewer.
VMMap
v2.2 (July 23, 2009)
VMMap is a process virtual and physical memory analysis utility.
VolumeId
v2.0 (November 1, 2006)
Set Volume ID of FAT or NTFS drives.
Whois
v1.01 (November 1, 2006)
See who owns an Internet address.
WinObj
v2.15 (November 1, 2006)
The ultimate Object Manager namespace viewer is here.
ZoomIt
v4.0 (August 5, 2009)
Presentation utility for zooming and drawing on the screen.
August 13, 2009
Vuze is what you get?
A bit torrent client with built in pay-per-view, searches, multimedia center and whatnot.
According to the publishers, Vuze is the most popular media player for high-res digital videos. Millions around the world use Vuze daily to Find, Download, and Play HD videos on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Xbox 360, and PS3.
According to me it's a good piece of all-in-one multimedia software.
Could be just what you've been looking for.
You get it at http://www.vuze.com
How do you pronounciate it anyways. Voozee? Vuuz? Vutzi? Juice?!
According to the publishers, Vuze is the most popular media player for high-res digital videos. Millions around the world use Vuze daily to Find, Download, and Play HD videos on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Xbox 360, and PS3.
According to me it's a good piece of all-in-one multimedia software.
Could be just what you've been looking for.
You get it at http://www.vuze.com
How do you pronounciate it anyways. Voozee? Vuuz? Vutzi? Juice?!
August 12, 2009
Yet another browser
Not sure why you would want this thing, as there are lots of more profiled, tried and tested free browsers around, but it is portable, so you could put it on your memstick or thumbdrive or whatever, no need to install.
Could make it a nice traveling companion, having all your browser settings in your pocket.
I am talking about QtWeb, a webkit based browser.
As they put it:
QtWeb is a lightweight, secure and portable browser having unique user interface and privacy features. QtWeb is an open source project based on Nokia's Qt framework and Apple's WebKit rendering engine (the same as being used in Apple Safari and Google Chrome).
Get it from here:
http://qtweb.net
Could make it a nice traveling companion, having all your browser settings in your pocket.
I am talking about QtWeb, a webkit based browser.
As they put it:
QtWeb is a lightweight, secure and portable browser having unique user interface and privacy features. QtWeb is an open source project based on Nokia's Qt framework and Apple's WebKit rendering engine (the same as being used in Apple Safari and Google Chrome).
Get it from here:
http://qtweb.net
August 11, 2009
Are you infected?
Probably just as efficient as any existing swine flu treatment, but in addition it is protecting your computer for free.
AVG Free edition is free for private use, and is kind of a light version of their full products, but it is a lot better than no protection.
Easy to use interface, and not too much nagging about buying the pro or suite versions.
Download here:
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
AVG Free edition is free for private use, and is kind of a light version of their full products, but it is a lot better than no protection.
Easy to use interface, and not too much nagging about buying the pro or suite versions.
Download here:
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
August 10, 2009
Well... OpenOffice
Really good piece of freeware.
Shouldn't need a lot of introduction, so here comes some cut&paste from their website:
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OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
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Alright, you get it here: http://www.openoffice.org
Shouldn't need a lot of introduction, so here comes some cut&paste from their website:
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OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
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Alright, you get it here: http://www.openoffice.org
August 09, 2009
Can you zoom in on that image?
CSI style image enhancer. The future is now!
Take that crappy lo-res surveillance image, and zoom in to the details.
Or what about that nice piece of 10000$ art you can't afford, but want to print, but it's just not detailed enough.
A nice piece of hi-tec freeware. 10/10 in my book!
Actual screenie from their project page on sourceforge:
Nice piece of freeware, I have sure been on the lookout for something like this a few times.
You can get it here: http://imageenlarger.sourceforge.net/
Take that crappy lo-res surveillance image, and zoom in to the details.
Or what about that nice piece of 10000$ art you can't afford, but want to print, but it's just not detailed enough.
A nice piece of hi-tec freeware. 10/10 in my book!
Actual screenie from their project page on sourceforge:
Nice piece of freeware, I have sure been on the lookout for something like this a few times.
You can get it here: http://imageenlarger.sourceforge.net/
August 08, 2009
Grown out of your Notepad?
Nothing wrong to say about Notepad, other than it is the most basic text editor ever made.
That is probably its only real strength too.
If you want a bit more, but don't want to have an editor cluttered with all kinds of functionallity you'll never need, or have something to grow in?
Give Notepad++ a try!
It has a lot of features, but they don't jump you like a paperclip genie in a word processor.
Well.. I am not feeling too well today, probably swineflu or just some bad food, nothing fatal, so all you get is a link to the developers website.
Like this:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
That is probably its only real strength too.
If you want a bit more, but don't want to have an editor cluttered with all kinds of functionallity you'll never need, or have something to grow in?
Give Notepad++ a try!
It has a lot of features, but they don't jump you like a paperclip genie in a word processor.
Well.. I am not feeling too well today, probably swineflu or just some bad food, nothing fatal, so all you get is a link to the developers website.
Like this:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
August 07, 2009
The evergreen mediaplayer - Winamp
In the beginning, you had Windows mplayer. It wasn't doing a lot, it often didn't do a thing, just complaining about codexes or whatever.
I haven't looked into the whole story about Nullsoft, but according to me, it was a dude that had some mp3's, a Windows computer, some mad skills, and wanted to use the mp3 files in a convenient way.
So... Winamp was born!
It started out good, and soon was the most popular mp3 player on the windows platform. It has evolved, and then gone back to its roots, and is now a solid, userfriendly mediaplayer, maybe somewhat bloated and resource hogging, but still one of the very best in its class.
Some people still swear to the 2.x versions, even the newest version is at 5.56
K, the newest version you get from somewhere near http://www.winamp.com.
You can supersize it with all kinds of whistles and bells, and possibly hog the most powerful cpu ever made if you plug it all in.
If you want to check out the good ole 2.95, which probably would run on your cellphone with no effort if you just could install it, try:
http://www.oldversion.com/Winamp.html
http://www.winampheaven.net
http://www.oldapps.com/winamp.php?old_winamp=140
or Just frigging google it, like i did!
Thats it for today, or... I'm lagging behind already.
Need to get up to speed anytime soon, I feel!
I haven't looked into the whole story about Nullsoft, but according to me, it was a dude that had some mp3's, a Windows computer, some mad skills, and wanted to use the mp3 files in a convenient way.
So... Winamp was born!
It started out good, and soon was the most popular mp3 player on the windows platform. It has evolved, and then gone back to its roots, and is now a solid, userfriendly mediaplayer, maybe somewhat bloated and resource hogging, but still one of the very best in its class.
Some people still swear to the 2.x versions, even the newest version is at 5.56
K, the newest version you get from somewhere near http://www.winamp.com.
You can supersize it with all kinds of whistles and bells, and possibly hog the most powerful cpu ever made if you plug it all in.
If you want to check out the good ole 2.95, which probably would run on your cellphone with no effort if you just could install it, try:
http://www.oldversion.com/Winamp.html
http://www.winampheaven.net
http://www.oldapps.com/winamp.php?old_winamp=140
or Just frigging google it, like i did!
Thats it for today, or... I'm lagging behind already.
Need to get up to speed anytime soon, I feel!
August 06, 2009
Time to make your Windows CCleaner
If you surf a lot, install a lot of crap, as I am sure you do if you follow my blog, this little software here is a must.
CCleaner removes unused files, cleans up your browser cache, and even fixes your registry.
On a cluttered pc, you can clearly notice the difference.
The effect is almost exactly, but not quite entirely like this authentic real-life truthinesswitness before&after picture clearly shows:
Seriously, if you haven't heard about CCleaner, give it a try - it's worth it.
The developers puts it like this:
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! :)
Download it here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
Cheers!
Cheers!
CCleaner removes unused files, cleans up your browser cache, and even fixes your registry.
On a cluttered pc, you can clearly notice the difference.
The effect is almost exactly, but not quite entirely like this authentic real-life truthinesswitness before&after picture clearly shows:
Seriously, if you haven't heard about CCleaner, give it a try - it's worth it.
The developers puts it like this:
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! :)
Download it here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
Cheers!
Cheers!
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