Glary Utilities

Glary utilities package offers a number of system tools and utilities that can help maintain and protect computers. The package has utilities to remove unwanted junk files, clean up invalid and broken shortcuts, and also can scan, remove, and back up faulty registry entries. The pack includes - Disk Cleaner, Registry Cleaner, Uninstall Manager, Startup Manager, Shortcuts Fixer, Memory Optimizer, Context Menu Manager, File Eraser, Tracks Eraser, File Shredder, File Undeleter, File Encrypter and Decrypter, Disk Analysis, Duplicate Files Finder, Empty Folders Finder, File Splitter and Joiner. The 5.67 MB Glary Utilities v.2.6 (Jul 18, '08) for Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000,XP, 2003 and Vista CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. Please note that the freeware version may not have all the features included.

Call Graph

Call Graph is a plugin for VOIP Skype that lets you record calls, for free. Unlike many other Skype recording tools, Call Graph has no limitations and its interface is simple. Among its features are that the tool automatically records all your Skype calls in an mp3 or wav format. The recording can be stopped or restarted at any point during the call and it automatically tags the calls with the display name of the contact and notifications are non-intrusive. The application runs as a Windows Task Bar icon on your machine and the notifications appear as a sliding window over the task bar and supports automatic upgrades. Some may find the sound quality of the recording not so good.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD, the 3.6 MB Call Graph v.1.0.4.0

Deep Burner

Deep Burner is lightweight, intutive and easy to start CD and DVD
burning application package. It supports a very wide range of internal and external (USB 2.0 and FireWire) CD and DVD writers. Among its features are: compiling CDs and DVDs in different formats, Supports IDE/EIDE, USB, SCSI, and Fire Wire CD/DVD writers, Overburn function,Support for CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD+R / DVD-RW / DVD+RW / DVD-RAM,Create Multi-session CDs, Bootable CD/DVD support, Dynamically adjustable drive buffer size, Supports Long File Name (Joliet) File Systems, AudioCD recording functionality, Supports multiple simultaneous recorders, Easy to use wizards, make your own cover, booklet or case insert, and more. DeepBurner works on Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP and is virtually compatible with any CD/DVD burner.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the 2.67 MB DeepBurner V1.9.0.

The Readers may also like to try DeepRipper, a freeware utility that can connvert audio CD tracks to a MP3, OGG or WAV files. The 0.75 MB DeepRipper CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

360 Desktop

360 Desktop, a Virtual Desktop Manager, gives your desktop a life! It can transform your desktop into a panoramic workspace with more space for everything. Slide around your new workspace quickly and easily between all your open applications, windows and widgets - it'll spin you out! Bring your desktop to life with an endless selection of stunning 360° wallpaper. Incredible web enabled 360's that can be inspiring, entertaining, branded, useful or just plain fun - whatever your interest, work or play. Think of the desktop as an "interactive canvas". Create simple 360's from your favourite images, photos, or online albums such as Flickr, or transform the desktop into a multimedia mash-up, with web content integrated into the photo background. If you have always preferred a clean desktop, but end up constantly filling it with icons, no problem, now you can easily hide them just off screen.

A good fun to try out, you can download the beta version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Watch Cat

Watch Cat uses a menu to keep track of programs you are running and lets you hide any running application from view. Application windows that are hidden by Watch Cat not only disappear from your desktop but also from the Taskbar and from the list of running tasks displayed by ALT-TAB as well. There are options to hide and show all windows and to hide or show your desktop icons. Other options let you hide and unhide programs using hot keys or by right-clicking on any application's "minimise" icon. You can even set up timers to hide or close windows. To hide or unhide any application, right-click on Watch Cat's System Tray icon and select an application from the menu that appears.

If you need to keep applications running unobtrusively you could try the 147 kB WatchCat 2.0 (last freeware version) for Windows
95/98/Me/NT FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE

Win Perfect SE

Win Perfect SE is an all-in-one disk cleaner, a system and memory
management tool. This Windows system optimiser can clean hard disk and system registry, optimise memory and un-install software no longer needed. Its features include: search and delete garbage, temporary files, cookies and invalid shortcuts, locate and disable folders, permanently delete files, search and remove invalid entries in system registry and clean it from uninstalled software junks, safely uninstall selected software from your system, CPU and Drive Information, Memory Defragmenter, folder usage indicated in a pie chart, sorted view of all file systems, cleans drives from files left aside and unused, for Windows XP and Vista creates System Restore Point, shows free memory space above taskbar at specified intervals, auto-detects low memory in the system and boosts performance by refreshing memory space, shows graphical system information (CPU/Drives/Memory).

The 4.6 MB Win Perfect SE, v 6.13, for Windows 2000/XP/Vista,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

WipeDisk

Wipe Disk can help a secure wiping of hard disks (both logical and
physical), USB memory sticks and floppy disks. It supports 14 wiping methods (e.g. two US Navy standards, the standard of the US Department of Defence, the US Air force and the NATO standard).

The application website and help file are in German. The application starts up in German by default, but you can change it to English. How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice and launch WipeDisk.exe. The 261 KB WipeDisk V1.0.2 (21.04.2008 ) for Win2K / WinXP / Vista. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. 

Auslogics Disk Defrag

Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. This latest version of Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast defragmentation of hard disks. It provides nice visualisation of the defragmentation process, as well as detailed fragmentation report. It does write an entry to the registry indicating the language, but this setting is not user-configurable. System Requirements: Vista/XP/2000/2003, 32-bit and 64-bit and dual-core CPU supported. The free Auslogics Disk Defrag V1.4.13 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD  To extract, download the installer and install it to the default folder. Copy all files (except unins000.exe and unins000.dat) to a folder of your choice and launch diskdefrag.exe. According to Andavari, a user, "WinXP defrag = A bicycle going through one foot of sticky mud. Auslogics Disk Defrag = The Starship Enterprise at war speed".

USB Disk Ejector

USB Disk Ejector lets you quickly remove USB devices in Windows. It can be run as a command line program or a GUI program. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but can eject any USB device. When run as a `normal' GUI program, the tool enables USB devices to be quickly ejected through a mouse click or keyboard press. It's especially useful when dealing with multiple USB devices and for Vista users who don't want the `now safe to remove this device' dialog box to appear. The 497 KB USB Disk Ejector v1.1 for WinXP / Vista. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

GreenPrint World

GreenPrint is a free paper-saving software. The utility shaves off extra pages when people print from a personal computer. The application, detects and highlights unwanted content, such as banner ads on a Web page that tend to spill over onto extra pages. GreenPrint solves a problem nearly every computer user has
experienced: The wasteful pages that seem only to appear after a document has been printed (for example, pages with just a URL, banner ad, legal jargon, or a run-over Excel column). GreenPrint does this by analyzing the document and then highlighting and removing unnecessary pages. It lets users delete images from the printed page and quickly create print-friendly PDF documents. GreenPrint World incorporates an easy to use PDF writer, a print preview called GreenView, and a reporting feature which keeps track of the number of pages, trees, and money saved. GreenPrint aspires for widespread adoption of its product to spare 100 million trees from being chopped down and 300 million tons of greenhouse gases from polluting the atmosphere. Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, 1GHZ+ Processor 256 MB RAM, .NET Framework 2.0 (installed automatically). CLICK HERE for more Information.

DriveSort

Do you wonder which of the files take up the most space on your hard disk? DriveSort, a very tiny utility can sort an entire drive or a selected subfolder, either by size or by date. DriveSort, a 9 KB tool. For more information CLICK HERE.

PowerPoint Video Converter

PowerPoint Video Converter can convert PowerPoint presentations to almost all popular video formats like .avi, .mpeg, .mpeg2, ts, .mp4, .wmv, 3GP, .gif, .flv, .swf, avc video, Youtube .flv and other formats. It can also convert ppts to play on iPod, PSP, Zune, 3GP mobile phone, Apple TV, iPhone etc. With this utility, you can convert and burn to VCD, SVCD and DVD. The main functions are that it has two output modes, two compression modes, two run modes (slide/ build), extracts and Convert PowerPoint file audio to MP3 format.

PowerPoint Video Converter for PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2007 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Clean My Registry

The Windows Registry is a crucial part of a PC's operation system. Frequent computer use makes the registry fragmented and cluttered with obsolete and invalid data. Clean My Registry is a Free Registry Cleaning Tool and the software has a unique feature of monitoring the Windows registry during installation and un-installation of software. This helps you to control your PC Windows registry for more information CLICK HERE

DO PDF

This is the latest version of doPDF, a PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the Print command from virtually any application. You can
convert MS Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favourite Web sites to PDF files. doPDF installs as a virtual PDF printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To convert to PDF, you have to print the document to the doPDF free pdf converter.
For More Information CLICK HERE

MINIPAD 2

Minipad2 integrates all the useful functions like text editor, calculator, reminder, dictionary, text template and
clipboard-enhancement. The content is saved in a single text file and automatically restored to the last state when re-opened. It can be set to start with Windows. The memory take-up is minimal. Minipad2 is a single-exe green software. It can be directly used when unzipped to a random directory without installation. It adds no key to the system registry. The 758 KB minipad2.zip ( includes a tiny dictionary to support English-Chinese two-way translation )
 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

SWF TO VIDEO CONVERTER TOOL

Moyea SWF to Video Converter Pro is a perfect program that can Convert flash projector, swf to video, such as avi, mpeg, 3gp, mp4, mp3 and it offers the solutions to problems that many other flash to video converting tools cannot solve, such as video and audio asynchronization, loss of frames, audio distortion, the process of alpha channel, and the process of both internal and external Flash video(flv). With the leading audio and video codec, Moyea swf to Video Converter lets you easily and fully enjoy the original effects of your swf files on your PC, iPod, PSP, cell phones, DVD players and other portable devices.

Winamp 5.32 version

Winamp is a multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It is skinnable, multi-format freeware. It also now plays streamed video content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. Winamp 5 includes support for classic Winamp skins and Winamp 3 (Modern) skins; a fancy new Modern skin; the same classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel; a vastly more powerful media library; CD-ripping support (AAC@2x in the Free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in the Pro version); CD-burning support (limited to 6x in the free version); advanced title-formatting logic for file types that support it; huge AVS updates; support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams; global hot-key support; a new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in; options for disabling plug-in exception-handling for developers; a new Winamp icon; and the addition of XP manifest.xml to winamp.exe.

Winamp Main Window
Winamp 5 features our new Modern Skin that's easier to use and more powerful than ever
Easily access the Media Library (ML), Playlist Editor (PL), integrated Video or Visualizations (Video/Vis Drawer), or the EQ, Skin Options, and Color Themes (Config Drawer) from the Main Window

Includes over 50 color themes that suit nearly every mood or occasion! Winamp 5 carries forward the unobtrusive "Window Shade"

Winamp Playlist Editor

Drag and drop media directly into a Playlist from Windows Explorer or the Media Library
Jump directly to an item within the list by double clicking it or selecting the item and press Enter Sort Playlists by title, file name, or path and file name Easily Open and Save Playlists from the Manage Playlist button

Winamp Library
Organize and find your favorite songs and videos in ONE place Rip your favorite music CDs into AAC or MP3 (Ripping limited to 2x speeds for free users. MP3 encoding is only available in Winamp Pro) Burn your favorite music compilations to CD (limited to 2x for free users)
Media Library "Views" allow you to easily create rule based lists of your media
Easily modify your music collections tags (Artist, Album, Song name, etc.)

Internet Radio and TV
Easily tune into user created Internet TV and Radio stations Over 4000 Internet Radio stations and 40 Internet TV channels to choose from Bookmark your favorite stations and channels for future access Winamp Now Playing View album art, artist biographies, discographies Keep track of your favorite artists by browsing fan sites and news articles presented in the client Easily buy your favorite CDs, memorabilia, or just sell your own

Winamp Video
Play many major video formats (NSV, WMV, MPG, etc.) with ease Easily resize video playback using the 1x, 2x, and Maximize window buttons Watch your favorite videos in Full Screen mode
Quick access to dozens of Internet TV stations created by users Detach the video window from the main player

Winamp Visualizations

Winamp 5 comes bundled with the latest version of the ground breaking AVS (Advanced Visualization Studio) and Milkdrop visualizers Enjoy over 100 bundled visualization presets created by users Switch between presets manually or sit back and watch your presets on Random

Easily jump to Full Screen mode
Download new visualizations and presets from Winamp.com

Winamp Equalizer
Shift the sound from both speakers to left or right using the Balance slider Enable Cross Fading to transition the audio smoothly from one song to another Select from the dozens of EQ presets to tune the sound Create your own EQ settings and save them for future use CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD


 

Video communications, Startup Mechanic many more

Sony IVE

Sony IVE, pronounced ivy, (Instant Video Everywhere) brings feature-rich video communications to stay in touch with colleagues, family and friends. IVE allows virtually "anytime, anywhere" communications over a broadband connection. It offers free, unlimited video and voice service worldwide with other IVE users. The IVE service combines the elements of standard "Voice over IP" (VolP) services with live, face-to-face feature-rich video -resulting in VolP Plus, the next generation of IP-based communications. The features of shareware versions includes - make and receive Voice Over IP calls to telephones and cellphones, your own Video Call Mailbox, multi-party calling, Live Video Operators or make and receive calls to conference room based video systems. The 1 5.6 MB freeware version of IVE  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Startup Mechanic

This programme can help to ensure that your computer system is running smoothly and without those seemingly omnipresent ad-tracking programs and other such nuisances. Startup Mechanic Scans user's systems which scans users' systems for data mining and tracking components also notifies users when any program registers to run when the system starts up - boot protection of your PC from harmful trojans, adult-dialers, and other scumware. It can hunt down and remove junk and obsolete programs running, freeing up RAM and significantly increasing your system performance. The 651 KB Startup Mechanic v.2.6 is compatible with all computers running Windows 98 and newer. Click here to download Startup Mechanic
(Source:Scout Report)

UMark

With uMark you can mark your personal and professional images and photos. This utility from Uconomix, based in India, helps to watermark the images and photos with a copyright notice or your company logo or both. Watermarking prevents people from using your images and photos without your consent. If they use it they must use it with the your mark! uMark can watermark multiple images at one go, supports for BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF image types (PNG and TIFF in Pro version only), Option to add text or graphic as a watermark. There are two versions of uMark available - Lite and Professional. The 793 KB uMark Lite is absolutely free for personal use. uMark requires .Net frame work v1.1 which can be downloaded at www.microsoft.corn. (Source: Linda Bee).

Peer-to-Peer

Peer-to-peer technology, the ability to work with and share files directly from computer to computer, has unfortunately earned a bad name - the term "peer-to-peer" has quickly become a synonym for copyright infringement. However, the developers of BigSpeed Peer-to-Peer SDK claim that it is The reinvention of peer-to-peer for private use. Based on the traditional peer-to-peer technology this application can create a virtual private peer-to-peer network for small groups, providing totally secure data transfer through powerful on-the-fly encryption. BigSpeed Peer-to-Peer SDK vl.O
 (Source: Scout Report)

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Save your neck(Know when to take a break)

One can prevent RSl-related injuries by sitting in a proper position relative to the keyboard, mouse and monitor, and also by using ergonomically designed hardware. But, these aren't enough - Microsoft's own keyboard manuals include a health warning that states, "use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders." Enter Workrave - this programme can automatically tell you when to take a break / stretch, suggest exercises and even keep track the time actually spent on the keyboard and mouse. It is a GPL licensed application that runs on both Windows and Linux. The three main rest periods that it defines are micro-pauses, rest breaks and the daily limit, all these can be customized too. The programme is currently available on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows. Workrave CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source : Sean Michael Kerner)

Cookie viewer

Karen's Cookie Viewer, a simple tool to view cookies' content that are stored by web sites on your computer. With it you can view and delete the web Cookies 'planted' by the web sites you have visited. The Cookie Viewer automatically scans your computer, looking for "cookies" in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Viewing cookies Netscape's Navigator and Mozilla Project's FireFox web browsers, and displays the data stored in each one. In case you find some cookies harmful, you may go ahead and delete them. The 862 KB Karen's Cookie Viewer v.3.5.6 Aug 3, 2005, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

GanttProject

GanttProject is a tool to create a project schedule and resource load chart. You can break down your project into a tree of tasks and assign human work on each task, establish dependencies between tasks, add your own task properties using context menu of the task table header, and highlight the critical path of the current project. You can print your charts, generate PDF and HTML reports, import and export files produced by MS Project using special import/export tools, and spreadsheet applications. Crossplatform. GanttProject is a Java application and runs on Windows, Linux, MacOSX and other OS supporting Java, Open source code - tune it for your needs, implement missing features, add your own reporting, etc. The 9 MB GanttProject tool, free for any purpose, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Deepnet Explorer(Browser with RSS news reader)

Deepnet Explorer's developers claim that it is the world's first browser with RSS news reader, P2P client integration and phishing alarm. They also aver that their browser's superior security, functionality and usability, makes it stand out from the crowd. Deepnet's RSS News Reader has many news feeds preinstalled. To organize your feeds use the tree structure to the left of the screen. To search for articles click the Find button on the toolbar, enter a keyword and define your search. It can automatically import Internet Explorer favorites and settings. An earlier version of Deepnet Explorer was mentioned in this column in Dec 2004, and its current version -1.5.3 (BETA 1) - Released May 9th, 2006, is available in two editions, Standard Edition: Web Browser, RSS News Reader, and Advanced Edition: Web Browser, RSS News Reader, P2P Client. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

CDStarter (Freeware program)

A freeware program to include a list of buttons to run the software or open files in your CDs. You can define your own lists, and each button can have its own icon. Among the features are: support for different languages and OS; You can create buttons to execute exe files, open web pages, show information or open files; Specify an icon from a .ico file or from any executable (exe or dll) file; language-specific options;different fonts, and easy to configure. The 335 KB CD-Starter v2.2.1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: Freeware News)

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Disktective(Disk reporting tool)

Running out of disk space? Want to know how it has been gobbled up? To find it out run Disktective, a disk-reporting tool to trace used-up space on your system. Disktective can be useful if you have many directories, each one of them housing dozens of subdirectories which in 91 turn contain umpteen number of files. Disktective provides o] a complete report displaying the real sizes of all directories and their containing subdirectories. Disktective does not require installation, just double click on the ,exe file. The 479 KB (zipped) Disktective, v.4.0 for Windows 95, 98, I ME, NT, 2000 & XP, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Mobility Email

The Mobility Email client supports IMAP, POP and SMTP email. It can be run without installation from virtually any location on a computer, USB stick or iPod. Mobility Email was built aroundMozilla code and has all the features of software like Mozilla Thunderbird. The developers say that it also provides advanced security for private communication and local password, mail and account protection. A pfug-and-go solution for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/GNU/Linux machines. Download Here

ZD son screen Recorder

While Screen Capture software captures screenshots and save them as individual still image files ZD Soft Screen Recorder records screen changes and save them as a single video file. It also captures the system sound to the video file if the sound recording option is enabled. ZD Soft Screen Recorder is very easy to use, it outputs lossless screen video in extremely small file size. You can use this utility to create: Screen demos, Training videos, Teaching videos, Animated tutorials, Animated presentations and Animated help files. The 1.12 MB ZD Soft Screen Recorder for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 or later version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Flash Slide Show Maker

Animated photo slide shows With ANVSOFT Flash Slide Show Maker you can create animated photo slide shows. The application transforms your digital photo collection to Macromedia Flash file format (SWF). You can easily turn a folder full of still images into a stunningFlash slide show with background music and special transition effects. No Flash technologies or programming skills are required. With a simple user interface the utility lets you create amazing slide shows out of your digital photos in just a few steps. The 2424 KB Flash Slide Show Maker vl.05, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.