OTHER FREEWARE
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Last Updated November 21, 2008
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This page is for freeware favorites suggested by site visitors. I have no personal need/interest (or haven’t had time to check them out), but offer them for your consideration since YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary). As I receive suggestions, items are added here as time permits, using the words and names of the person who recommended the program. Click here to submit your freeware suggestions. WANT EVEN MORE FREEWARE IDEAS? When recommendations come in from site visitors that I don’t have time to add to this page, I put their unedited recommendations in a special Freeware Recently Recommended by Visitors forum. |
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ANALYSIS & REPAIR Updated 3/12/05 |
Belarc Advisor Much expanded System Information tool BigFix Consumer Patch manager & fix-finder Fresh Diagnose Benchmarks & system info PC Wizard Hardware reporting / system info tool System Analysis for Windows SysInfo alternative |
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ANTIVIRUS Updated 4/25/04 |
AntiVir Personal Edition A popular
antivirus program. Avast! Antivirus A popular multi-featured antivirus program. AVG Anti-Virus System A popular multi-featured antivirus program. Little Memory Scanner Possibly the smallest AV scanner available. WinHKI Antivirus Light-weight, uses checksums instead of a data base. |
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BROWSER AIDS Updated 1/2/05 |
Avant Browser IE overlay shell, acts like a
new browser CacheSentry Cleans up IE problems CopyURL Adds right-click options for URL shortcuts Favorites Search - IE plug-in, adds feature to Favorites Fresh Download Download manager InfoGrid Alternate IE search interface Mozilla Firefox Open source browser based on Mozilla Panicware Pop-up Stopper Eliminates browser pop-up windows RoboForm Completes web-based forms, manages online passwords Slim Browser IE overlay shell, acts like a new browser SpoofStick Combats Phishing by disclosing true URL |
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CLEANERS New 10/1/04 |
4Diskclean Deletes .TMP files. Chaos Shredder File “shredder” (high security super-deleter) EasyCleaner Registry cleaner, clears temp files, etc. Empty Temp Folders Finds & empties various temp folders Eraser Security. Enhances performance. Frees space. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility Clean Winstaller Registry entries |
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EMAIL Updated 9/20/05 |
ePrompter Automatically pulls email from multiple accounts. Mozilla Thunderbird Alternative email client OEBackup Backup Outlook Express OESpell Spell-checker for Outlook Express Popcorn E-Mail Alternative POP3 email client & monitor Safe Express Free Email client with encryption & spam filtering. StripMail Strips special characters from forwarded emails Anti-Spam SpamBayes Bayesian-style spam filter SpamPal Anti-spam protector |
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FTP Updated 3/8/05 |
csbFTP Adds FTP upload to Explorer’s right-click menu FileZilla Open-source drag-n-drop FTP program FTP Commander FTP program LeechFTP FTP program Quick ’n Easy FTP Server FTP client and server SmartFTP GUI-based FTP program |
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MULTIMEDIA Updated 11/7/04 |
Easy Music Composer Free Music Composer JAlbum Java-based photo album creation. PaintStudio Lite Image viewer/editor. PicWalker Image viewer, previewer, editor. Pixie Color picker. TPlayer Music player & mixer. Web Album Generator Creates photo albums for the Web WMSnap Screen copy with additional tools. XnView Image viewer. |
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NETWORKING New 10/2/04 |
HoverIP GUI-based ipconfig, ping, tracert,
etc. ICS Configuration Help Utility ICS configuration tool IP Calculator LAN config calculator IP Scanner Scans open/closed WAN/LAN ports Port Reporter Monitors ports used by applications. Port Scanner Scans status of all ports. SoftPerfect Network Scanner Multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner. |
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NOTEPAD ALTERNATIVES Updated 1/2/05 |
Edxor Notepad alternative NoteTab Notepad alternative Programmer’s Notepad Notepad alternative aimed at coders. Proton Text editor with code-sensitive color highlighting. |
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OTHER O.S. UTILITIES Updated 10/4/04 |
Calc98 Scientific, engineering, statistical & financial pocket calculator CDBurnerXP Pro CD burning program Deadline Graphical scientific calculator FontXindex Print installed fonts list Kirby Alarm & Task Scheduler Alarm, task-scheduler, auto-launcher. LFN Tools LFN-sensitive command line utilities. NetRun Autolaunch programs when you log onto a network PageDefrag Defragger, also defrags pagefile & Registry QuickMix Store/retrieve sound mixer settings Regshot Registry snapshot tool Saint Martin’s Synchronization SMS utility for one-way drive synch |
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RAM DISK Updated 7/30/03 |
AR RamDisk Create a ramdisk on NT-based versions of Windows RAMDisk Create a ramdisk on Win 2K/XP/2K3 |
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SECURITY Updated 8/8/05 |
ABC Chaos Document encryption
security tool AES Free Makes self-extracting 128-bit encrypted AES files BHODemon Monitors & manages Browser Helper Objects Added 8/8/05 CHAOS Generator Password generator. LockXP Locks Win XP even if Fast User Switching is enabled Proxy+ Proxy server Password Corral Password manager with many security features Proxomitron Flexible proxy provides excellent parasite & other protection Anti-Parasite Bazooka Adware & Spyware Scanner Parasite scanner EliteToolbar Remove Removes the Elitebar, Nail, & more Added 8/8/05 SpywareBlaster Protection against contracting spyware SpywareGuard Protection against activating spyware Bossware Quick Hide Windows Bossware! I single hotkey instantly hides all windows Firewalls & Other Port or Services Managers Outpost Firewall Firewall StopListening Closes open ports VisualZone Enhances intrusion info provided by ZoneAlarm Windows Worms Doors Cleaner Closes known vulnerable services ZoneAlarm Firewall Added 8/8/05 Launch Control StartupMonitor Warns if a program tries to install itself for startup launch |
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TIME Updated 4/22/06 |
AboutTime Time synch
program Atomic Clock Sync Synchronize time of computer clocks NetTime Time synch program accessing 140 servers NISTime Synchronize time of computer clocks TClockEx Enhanced taskbar clock |
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WEBMASTER TOOLS Updated 12/30/04 |
HTML-Kit Powerful HTML/XML editor
with JavaScript, PHP & other capabilities REL Link Checker Lite Verify up to 1,000 links Xitex WebContent M1 CMS Start! Content Management System |
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WINDOWS SHELL ENHANCEMENTS Updated 3/20/06 |
ActiveIcons Change icons in many ways.
Added 8/14/05 Clipomatic Expands Windows clipboard functions FileNote Stores your text descriptions of files Gadwin PrintScreen Print screen utility, adds several conveniences HDCopy Copies one hard drive to another Scaven Data recovery Screensaver Druid Manages screensavers Send To Toys SendTo context menu editing TweakAll Extensive Windows UI tweaking VirtuaWin Virtual desktop manager Wallpaper Positioner Position image on desktop wherever you want Disk Usage/File Distribution Folder Size shell extension Sort folders by size; other features SequoiaView Disk usage visualization tool SpaceMonger Disk usage visualization tool Type Parser Shows file distribution by file extension File Manager Enhancement/Replacement Date/Time shell extension Edit file or folder timestamps FileAnt Graphical file manager, FTP, more. GiPo@MoveOnBoot Delete, move, or copy files on next boot. Added 8/14/05 Gyula’s Navigator Norton Commander clone PowerPro Mammoth toolbar & macro utility, general shell enhancer Quick Folders Shell add-on, tracks most recently used folders in file dialogs Rainbow Folders Customize folder colors in My Computer Added 8/14/05 Renamer File & folder renamer, mover, manager ReplaceEm Multi-file string replacement & modification rjhExtensions Windows shell extensions Scanner Directory content visual tool Key Mapping & Macros AutoHotkey Keyboard/joystick macro, text replacement, launcher KeyTweak Custom key mapping Searching Agent Ransack Enhanced file searching tool Startup Managers & Program Launchers BatchRun Graphical batch process executor H-Menu Sophisticated launcher. Added 8/14/05 Startup Control Panel Controls startup program loading Traybar Task launcher for apps & folders Tse’s Startup Schedule Launcher Flexible startup & application launch manager |
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ZIP UTILITIES Updated 2/20/06 |
ALzip Zip utility CHAOS Self Extractor Creates self-extracting compressed files FilZip Zip utility IZArc Zip utility JustZIPit Zip utility WinHKI Packer Zip utility ZipGenius Zip utility Zipper Zip utility |
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MISCELLANEOUS Updated 1/18/04 |
3D Traceroute Graphical traceroute program Bart’s PE Builder Pre-install environment better than MS Win PE ChaosPro Fractal art generator CutePDF Printer PDF creator DPServer Web server software Driver Wizard Identify needed drivers; limited download features Fractal Explorer Fractal art generator GSplit File splitter Link Verify Audit link exchanges Karen’s Power Tools Dozens of helpful small tools OmniHTTPd Web server software OpenOffice.org MS Office alternative PureText Strips formatting from clipboard text ReplaceEm Find-and-replace across multiple files RivaTuner Nvidia video adapter tweaker Trillian Skinable, flexible instant messenger utility WordWeb Dictionary & thesaurus |