TrakAxPC

Multimedia - Audio Players and DJ stuff

Added to my selection.
TrakAxPC: enables you to create music and video mixes without any special skills or technical expertise. It provides a drag and drop interface to easily add files and to record from your microphone or web cam. The program supports beat matching technology. You can create audio-only mixes or combine them with video and/or pictures. Other features include CD ripping, audio and video effects, and more. The company offers OPTIONAL TrakPacks (audio loops and effects) that can be purchased. The program can render your mixes to WMA and WAV format.

Software updates

Productivity and Office - Personal Information managers
EssentialPIM Free v2.2

Multimedia - Audio
MediaCoder 0.6.0.3999

DVD slideshow GUI v0.78

Multimedia - CD and DVD

Added to my selection.
DVD slideshow GUI v0.78: packages various freeware tools to allow you to create a slideshow DVD, all in an easy to use interface. With this application you can make a fancy slideshow for your holiday photos, add music, animations and transitions. Burn it to a DVD and have it play on your standalone DVD player.

Iconoid v3.8.5

System - Desktop and display tools

Added to my selection.
Iconoid v3.8.5: Iconoid is a Windows desktop icon manager that runs as a system tray icon, or completely hidden. Features: select any color for icon backgrounds or make the backgrounds transparent, Save and Restore Icon positions for each screen resolution, Dynamically hide icons when you mouse cursor is not on the desktop, minimize all windows.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
Sylpheed v2.4.8

Software updates

Productivity and Office - Office Suite
OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 NL

System - System information
SIW 1.73 build 638

Graphics - Image Viewers and converters
XnView 1.92

Files and Folders - Backup and synchronisation
Allway Sync 7.0.1

System - Codecs and tools
Vista Codec Package 4.5.5

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
AVG Free Edition 7.5.516

Software updates

Graphics - Image organizers
JAlbum 7.4.1

Graphics - Animation
Beneton Movie GIF v1.1.2

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD
GIMP v2.4.3

System - Program Starters
Launchy v2.0

Files and Folders - File compression
UPX v3.02: Update UPX if you use UPXShell or UPX Tool

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Browsers
Opera 9.25 build 8827

System - drivers and tools
DriverMax 3.2

System - Startup handling
Autoruns 9.0

Internet and communicatie - Email en messaging
SPAMfighter Free v6.2.5

Software updates

Multimedia - Multimedia Players
The KMPlayer 2.9.3.1428

Internet and Communication - Download managers
Free Download Manager - 2.5 build 737

System - System information
GPU-Z v0.1.4

Software updates

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
RunScanner v1.6

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD
Artweaver 0.4.9.1

Software updates

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
a-squared Free v3.1.0.13

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
SPAMfighter Standard 6.2.4

Gavotte Ramdisk v1.1

System - Miscellaneous tools

Added to my selection.
Gavotte Ramdisk v1.1: Ramdisk creates a virtual hard drive treating a segment of random access memory (RAM) as secondary storage which is similar to hard disks, except with advantage that ramdisk is a lot faster and has better access times. Ramdisk has one downside: contents in Ramdisk is stored in computer RAM, which will be lost when the power of computer is switched off. It's free, it's stable, doesn’t have size limitations, supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS filesystems.

Software updates

System - Miscellaneous tools
nLite 1.4.1

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
RogueRemover 1.23

Productivity and Office - Translations, Thesaures, Dictionaries
WordWeb 5.2

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD
Paint.net v3.20

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
Skype v3.6.0.244

Software updates

Graphics - Image organizers
JAlbum 7.4

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
Miranda IM v0.8.0 Build #4

Multimedia - Video
VirtualDub 1.7.7

System - Miscellaneous tools
c't Offline Update 4.64

Productivity and Office - Wordprocessing and Desktop Publishing
QJot v5.8

Graphics - 3D tools
3D Canvas 7.1

Productivity and Office - Editors with structured management
MemPad 3.30

Productivity and Office - Calenders, time and alarm
Remind-Me-Please v2.2.12

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
Pidgin 2.3.1

Files and Folders - Filemanagers
freeCommander 2007.10a

Software updates

Productivity and Office - Office Suite
OpenOffice.org 2.3.1

Files and Folders - File compression
7-Zip v4.57

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
RunScanner v1.5

Files and Folders - File recovery
Recuva v1.09.194

Security and Privacy - System Security
Sandboxie v3.21

Software updates

Files and Folders - File recovery
Recuva 1.09.190

Internet and Communication - Browsers
Maxthon 2.0.6 build 9024

System - System information
GPU-Z 0.1.2

Graphics - 3D tools
3D Canvas 7.0.5

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
Avast! Home Edition 4.7.1098

Productivity and Office - Calculators
ESBCalc 6.2.3

Vispa 0.1.2

System - Installation, Configuration and Tweaking

Added to my selection today.
Vispa 0.1.2: lets you easily tweak Windows Vista for better privacy and security, even system performance. Do a few clicks rather than finding the write registry keys or program settings. Not every setting is desired in every environment. Vispa is no tool for beginners, just a more convenient way of tweaking your operating system. Options.

Software updates

Multimedia - Audio
Wavosaur v1.0.1.0

Systeem - Defragmentation
JkDefrag v3.32

WMUtil V1.51

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

Added to my selection today.
WMUtil V1.51: lets you compact and repair the Windows Mail database in Windows Vista. Clicking on the Clear Outbox button will remove references in the database to phantom outbox messages. In addition a number of .eml and .nws files of zero byte length tend to accumulate in the message store, which can lead to a reduction in performance. The two buttons under the File Utilities allow the user to assess the number of messages and to remove the zero byte / blank messages.

A "must have tool" for Windows Mail users in Vista.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Download managers
Free Download Manager 2.5.731

Productivity and Office - PDF
PDF-XChange Viewer (free) v.1.030

TweakUAC 1.0

System - Installation, Configuration and Tweaking

Added to my selection today.
TweakUAC 1.0: With TweakUAC you can quickly turn UAC (User Account Control of Windows Vista) on or off, or make UAC operate in the quiet mode. No installation needed. In the quiet mode, UAC does not display the elevation prompts for the administrators. In quiet mode you keep all the positive effects of UAC, such as Internet Explorer operating in the protected mode, applications starting without the administrative privileges by default, etc. Far more secure then turning UAC off completely!

The quiet mode in TweakUAC is basicaly a registry tweak at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ System\ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin. The default DWORD value is 2 for on, the value 0 (zero) is for off.

The UAC enablestate is being managed in registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA.
The default DWORD value is 1 for on, and the value of 0 (zero) for off.

FxVisor v2.0 (Shorcut overlay remover)

System - Desktop and display tools

Added to my selection today.
FxVisor v2.0 (Shorcut overlay remover): FxVisor, former Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover now called Vista Shortcut Manager allows you to remove the shortcut overlay arrow on shorcuts or to customize it to a light arrow or custom arrow. This is for VISTA only, NOT winxp! The best working alternative is a registry tweak with the “Shell Icons Method”. Instructions here.

Software updates

System - Defragmentation
JkDefrag v3.30

System - Defragmentation
JkDefrag GUI v1.0

Internet and Communication - Browsers
Firefox v2.0.0.11

GPU overclocking tools

Added to my selection today.

System - CPU, GPU and Memory tools
ATITool v0.27 Beta 3 : is an overclocking utility designed for ATI and NVIDIA video cards. The artifact scanning mode to test for GPU stability is a handy overclock feature (after tweaking with Rivatuner as an axample)! Use the latest beta's for Vista 32 bit support.

RivaTuner v2.06: is a complete powerful tweaking environment, providing you everything you may need to tune NVIDIA GPU based display adapters, including fan speed. In addition to complete NVIDIA hardware support, RivaTuner also provides limited support for display adapters based upon ATI RADEON 8500 and newer ATI graphics processors. This is a handy GPU overclocking tool.

Software updates

Multimedia - Multimedia Players
VLC media player 0.8.6c

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements
AkelPad 3.4.4

Software updates

Productivity and Office - Calculators
ESBCalc 6.2.2

System - Desktop and display tools
ZoomIt 1.72

Files and Folders - Backup and synchronisation
Allway Sync - 6.8.2


System - uninstallers
Revo Uninstaller - 1.40

VirtuaWin 3.2

System - Desktop and display tools

Added to my selection
VirtuaWin 3.2: is an open source virtual desktop manager to organize applications over several (maximum 9) virtual desktops ("workspaces").

Can be used portable. See my equivalent web page about portable freeware for instructions.

Windows Live SkyDrive

Internet and Communication - Free storage and sharing services 1GB and more

Reviewed this selection. Limited now to 1GB or more of storage.
Removed Filenanny.com(only 500MB of storage).

Added to my selection today.
Windows Live SkyDrive: 1 GB of free online storage. Create personal, shared, and public folders. Works with Firefox 1.5 or higher, or Internet Explorer 6 or higher. Your personal folders are password-protected with your Windows Live ID. Friends you're sharing with need to sign in with their own Windows Live ID and password.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Website building
FileZilla 3.0.4

System - Miscellaneous tools
AutoIt v3.2.10.0

Graphics - 3D tools
3D Canvas 7.0.4.2

Internet and Communication - Browsers
Mozilla Firefox - 2.0.0.10

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging
Pidgin - 2.3.0

OpenDNS

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools and services

Added to my selection.
OpenDNS: is a free service that aims to improve the reliability, performance, and functionality of the plain-vanilla DNS service your ISP already provides. OpenDNS automatically protects you from accessing malicious sites that try to steal your personal information or money. With a free OpenDNS account there are even more advantages(you must have a network). Simply change your Internet connection setting to use OpenDNS’s DNS servers: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, and you are using OpenDNS. Experiencing problems with your ISP's DNS server? Use this as a reliable replacement for Slow ISP DNS Servers.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Browsers
K-Meleon - 1.1.3

System - Registry and File Cleaners, Registry Tools
Crap Cleaner 2.03.532

Productivity and Office - Editors with structured management
Notecase 1.7.2

Overclocking tools

Preparing myself for doing some overclocking , i was looking into the process of overclocking and useful tools to accomplish this safely today. These are freeware programs that will be helpful.

To be on top of the CPU:
CPU-Z : System -System information (already in my selection)
CPU-Z gathers and displays information on some of the main devices of your machine, including CPU, motherboard, memory and operating system.

To be on top of CPU temperature:
Core Temp : System -System information (Added to my selection today.)
Core Temp is a compact, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperatures. It shows the temperature of each individual core in each processor on your system. You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU.
AND / OR
Speedfan : System -System information (already in my selection)
A tool that can change your computer's fan speeds, read the temperatures of your motherboard and your hard disk, read voltages and fan speeds and check the status of your hard disk using S.M.A.R.T. or SCSI attributes.

To stress test the CPU (find stable settings):
Prime95 : System - CPU, GPU and Memory tools (Added to my selection today.)
Prime95 is a program designed to be used to find Mersenne Prime numbers. It is a great, popular application for stress testing CPU and memory.
AND / OR
SP2004 Orthos Edition: System - CPU, GPU and Memory tools (Added to my selection today.)
SP2004 Orthos Edition is a GUI around Prime95 to make things easier.

Software updates

System - System information
CPU-Z v1.42

Productivity and Office - Editors for programming
Notepad++ v4.6

System - System information
PC Wizard 2008 v1.81

System - Context menu handling
ShellExView v1.19

Software updates

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD
The GIMP 2.4.2

Security and Privacy - Firewalls
Comodo Firewall Pro v3.0.12.266

System - Keyboard and Mouse tools
AutoHotKey - 1.0.47.05

EasyBCD v1.7.1

System - Startup handling

Added to my selection.
EasyBCD v1.7.1: EasyBCD's GUI makes it relatively easy to modify the Windows Vista bootloader, allowing you to add and remove entries to it for dual booting with other versions of Windows and other operating systems. Depending on your system configuration, creating a multi-boot system can be as simple as clicking a few buttons (but it may also require copying and editing of system files). The program can backup and restore your current boot settings, and undo any changes if you run into problems.

Software updates

Security and Privacy - Firewalls
ZoneAlarm v7.0.462.000


Productivity and Office - Editors with structured management
MemPad v3.23-b

MozBackup 1.4.7

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools and services

Added to my selection.
MozBackup 1.4.7: is an utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.

Can also be used portable. See the equivalent web page for instructions on portability.

Software updates

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - 7.5.503a1205

Multimedia - Audio
Mediacoder v0.6.0.3980

GOM Player v2.1.8.3683

Multimedia - Multimedia players

Added to my selection.
GOM Player v2.1.8.3683: is a multimedia player that supports most popular codecs (AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX plus many more) with its own embedded codec system. For those codecs that require a license that cannot be distributed, GOM will automatically lead you to an open-source codec web-site. GOM can play broken AVI files and files that are still being downloaded. You can watch video files while you are downloading them. GOM supports a lot of advanced features for advanced users.

Xion Audio Player v1.0.82

Multimedia - Audio Players and DJ stuff

Added to my selection.
Xion Audio Player v1.0.82: is an audio player with nice skins, 10 band equalizer with presets and support for all popular file formats as well as Internet streaming. Xion includes all the standard features including playlist support, audio library, repeat and random play, visualizations. It also offers several online radio station presets, extensive hotkey operation and one-click stop/start from the tray icon.

Can be used portable. Check my website for instructions.

Software updates

Graphics - 3D tools
3D Canvas - v7.0.4.0

Internet and Communication - Download managers
Free Download Manager - v2.5 build 727

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools and services
HTTrack v3.42

Security and privacy - Secure notepads
fSekrit v1.3

Games - Breakout games
Jardinains 2! v2.02

DirMS-CL v2.2.1

System - Defragmentation

Did some clean up.
Removed: DIRMS and BUZZSAW defragmentors.
Reason: the free versions requires re-registration every 30 days.

Removed: also Diskeeper Lite.

Added.
DirMS-CL: is executed as a command line program. It is recommend for advanced users. This program can be used to implement scheduled defragmentation. Plugins for BartPE or UBCD4WIN bootdisks exist.

Google Translation

Internet and Communication - Website Translation
AND
Productivity and Office - Translations, Thesaures, Dictionaries

Added.
Google Translation: Google offers online translation of text or website. Translation is not perfect, but it gives you an idea. Added it to my selection as a free online service now DUTCH translation is also implemented at last.

CWShredder v2.19

Removed CWShredder from my selection.
CWShredder, originally created by Merijn, creator of HijackThis, now owned by Trend Micro, hasn’t been updated for quite a long time now (since November 2005).

Yamipod v1.7 final

Multimedia - Miscellaneous Audio Tools

News.
YamiPod - 1.7 final has been released.

Unstoppable Copier v3.2:

System - Other storage tools

Added.
Unstoppable Copier v3.2: Recovers files from disks with physical damage: scratched CD's or defective floppy/hard disks. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.

Can be used NOT STRICT portable. Check my portable equivalent web page for portable use.

JkDefrag v3.29

System - defragmentation

News.
JkDefrag v3.29 is out.
Changes:
- Total rewrite of the "-a 7"..."-a 11" sorted optimizations.
- Total rewrite of the code that calculates the begin of the zones.
- Excluded files are no longer listed in the "These items could not be moved" report.
- Bugfix in the Windows version for very long filenames.
- Added exception to ignore the Symantec GoBack configuration files.
- Added protection against defragging hybernated disks.
- Added to the list of build-in spacehogs:
?:\\windows.old\\*
*.dvr-ms
*.wmv

Recuva v1.08.174

Files and Folders - File recovery

News.
Recuva v1.08.174 is out.

EssentialPIM V2.13

Productivity and Office - Personal Information managers

News.
EssentialPIM V2.13 is out with improvements.

3D Canvas v7.0.3.0

Graphics - 3D tools

News.
3D Canvas 7.0.3.0 is now available. If you are upgrading from an earlier version that you will need to uninstall the previous version before installing the new version.

Skype for Windows 3.6.0.216

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

News.
Skype for Windows 3.6.0.216 is out: some improvements and bugfixes.
One new feature: Calling support for MySpace with Skype users

Drivermax v3.0

System - Drivers and tools

Added.
Drivermax: does a great job with both backing up and restoring drivers. All it needs after restoration is a single restart of the computer. No more hassle, no more restarts after each driver installation. Driver download is not supported yet. You're required to get a free registration code after the 30 day evaluation periode. No personal information is being asked, just a valid email address.

CurrPorts v1.31

System - System information

Added.
CurrPorts v1.31: displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process, the time that the process was created, and the user that created it. In addition, CurrPorts lets you close unwanted TCP connections, kill the process that opened the ports, and save the TCP/UDP ports information to a HTML , XML, or TSV text file. CurrPorts automatically marks suspicious TCP/UDP ports owned by unidentified applications (Applications without version information and icons) with pink color.

Can be used portable.

GPU-Z v0.1.1 beta

System - System information

GPU-Z v0.1.1 beta is out. Offers some improvements.

Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.35

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware

Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.35 is out.

YamiPod 1.7b4

Multimedia - Miscellaneous Audio Tools

YamiPod 1.7b4 is out.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 released.
Fixes problems with earlier release 2.0.0.8.

Sandboxie v3.20

Security and Privacy - System Security

Sandboxie v3.20 is out.

AkelPad v3.4.3

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements

AkelPad v3.4.3 is out.

Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Multimedia - Audio

News.
Audacity 1.3.4 beta released.
Improvements on features,interface, Opening/Saving Formats, effects, Recording/Playback.
It does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users.

Métamorphose v1.1.0

Files and Folders - File rename

Added.
Métamorphose: is an open source program to mass rename files and folders which combines enormous flexibility with an intuitive interface. Renames files and folders simultaneously, undo an operation, Wide use of regular expressions, add counting sequences: numerical, alphabetical, and Roman numeral, and more...

Can be used portable.

SavageEd 1.3.5

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements

SavageEd version 1.3.5 released.

Miranda IM v0.7.3

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

News about Miranda IM:
Miranda IM v0.7.3 Released. Contains critical fixes for MSN and Jabber.

µTorrent 1.8 build 6102 alpha

Internet and Communication - P2P and Filesharing

News about µTorrent:
The first alpha release of µTorrent version 1.8 has gone public today.
µTorrent is a small and feature rich BitTorrent-client with a small footprint.

Art of Illusion

Graphics - 3D tools

Added.
Art of Illusion: is an open source 3D modeling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with J2SE 1.4 or later. You can also download a variety of plugins for specialized tasks.

Click the title of this post to go to my web page.

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)

Internet and Communication - Browsers

Added.
Internet Explorer 7: Download the latest version of Internet Explorer for free (IE 7 is already included in Windows Vista). OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6. It offers tabbed browsing, an antiphishing toolbar, a redesigned interface and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls.

Internet Explorer 7.0 (IE7) is available free for everyone, no matter your Windows is genuine or a pirated version. There is no longer a Windows Genuine Advantage validation requirement during downloading and installation of IE7.

Update

Updated information on Vista compatibility for web page Files and Folders .

File Seeker removed as search software.

Webmon and InfoIC

Internet and Communication - Website Monitoring

New category, new additions.
InfoIC: scans Web sites for changes, prompts you when they change, and highlights the changes with colors. Offers the option to add some or all of the websites from your favorites list. One caveat: Works only with Internet Explorer. Installs a toolbar in IE. The easiest way is to surf to the desired website in Internet Explorer and press the “Add” button of InfoIC toolbar, but sites can be added using the “page” menu from within InfoIC main window.

WebMon: is a web page update monitoring program - it keeps you updated by automatically checking web pages to see if they have changed. It detects changes by calculating and comparing a checksum. It does NOT highlight changes.

Click on the title of this post to go to my web page.

McAfee SiteAdvisor

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware

New.
McAfee SiteAdvisor: is an Internet service that warns users when downloading software or filling out forms on a web site that may make them victims of malware or spam. The plugin is available for Internet Explorer and Firefox and displays a color rating for each site visited: Green – Safe, Yellow – Caution, Red – Warning unsafe, Grey - The site has not been tested, or is in the process of being tested. Relies entirely on white lists. Display the safety ratings over your current Google or Yahoo search result page.

Click the title of this article to go to my web page.

Added some games

Games

Added some games. Some are a bit older, but are still maintained or played. Some are compatible with Vista; all are playable on Win xp.

New action games.
Soldat: A mutiplayer side scroller, action game with up to 32 players online. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal.

Gunz: An online character, shooting game.

New space shooter game.
Space Cowboy Online: is an action based Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) 3D Space Shooter. In Space Cowboy Online, players can pilot their own space fighter ships (Gears) on an imaginary planet and upgrade skills or the Gear itself.

New Breakout game.
Jardinains: is a Breakout game with a twist.

New racing car game.
TrackMania Nations: is an arcade racing game. 100 singleplayer missions, but also multiplayer. StarForce copy security.

New adventure game.
King's Quest I and II: Remakes of older Sierra adventure games.

Click the title of this blog article to go to my games web page.

CPU-Z and GPU-Z

System - System information

New.
CPU-Z: gathers and displays information on some of the main devices of your machine, including CPU, motherboard, memory and operating system.
Can be used portable.
Check my webpage for instructions on portability. (Click the title of this blog article)

GPU-Z: is a small utility that gives you all information about your video card and GPU. Supports NVIDIA and ATI cards; displays adapter, GPU and display information; displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available). No installation required. Still béta for the moment!

AM-Deadlink

Internet and Communication - Favorites/Bookmarks

New.
AM-Deadlink: detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and delete it permanently. Supports the bookmarks of: Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and also URLs from tab delimited text files and URLs from comma separated text files. AM-DeadLink can also download FavIcons .

Two online document conversion services

Productivity and Office - Document format converters

New.
Online-utility's Image converter: This is an online image converter. Supports over 100 major image formats.

Youconvertit: Online service to convert files to another format (Documents, Images, audio & Video) without buying or installing anything on your PC.

AutoIt

System - Miscellaneous tools

New.
AutoIt V3: is a BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks. It's small and standalone with no external .dll files or registry entries. Scripts can be compiled into stand-alone executables with Aut2Exe. AutoIt is popular in the system administration field as a tool for automating administrative tasks. But you can use AutoIt to automate anything in a Windows environment. It allows you to create complex Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

IE7PRO and other IE add-ons

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools and services

New.
IE7PRO: is an add-on for IE 6 and IE 7 which adds some features and extras to make your IE easier, more useful, secure. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins and many more power features. Support for IE 6.0/7.0 and above. Works on NT /2000 /XP /2003 /Vista.

Other IE add-ons: add-ons for Internet Explorer. The add-ons available have been carefully screened by Microsoft and rated by users. Some are commercial; a lot are free!

Dexpot

System - Desktop and display tools

New.
Dexpot: is a virtual desktop manager to organize applications over several (maximum 20) virtual desktops. It lets you open windows simultaneously to work far more efficiently and comfortably.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

System - Miscellaneous tools

New.
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007: Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer, to try out new software or to run an application that doesn't get along with Vista as an example. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. It doesn't have all the features of the higher-end virtualization utilities, but it has almost everything the casual user will need—for free! Runs on: Win XP TABLET, XP PRO, Server 2003, Vista E/B/U.

Sweet Home 3D

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD

New.
Sweet Home 3D: is an open source interior design application that helps you placing your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview. It is meant for drawing plans of a home -- including laying out furniture -- and viewing the result in 3D. Has an import wizard for updating the program with new 3D models that are offered on a number of sites.

Free Download Manager

Internet and Communication - Download managers

Update.
Free download manager: just noticed i missed the newest version (V 2.5). The update function in the previous version i was running, is still lying there is no newer version! So i updated the info about Free Download Manager on my website.
Big change: it's open source now and has a build in option to make a portable version!

Free Download Manager is a full-featured open source download accelerator and manager. FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously. Free Download Manager allows you to: adjust traffic usage; to organize and schedule downloads; download video from video sites; download whole web sites with HTML Spider; and more! Offers HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent support. You can choose between a full version and a lite version. Offers also a branded version for free under conditions. As of v2.5 there's an option to make a portable version. FDM will be automatically detected by the Flashgot extension in Firefox as your download manager unless you use the portable version, then you have to config Flashgot manually.

Trashmail.net

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

New:
Trashmail.net: gives you as many disposable email addresses as you need. All email to this address will be forwarded to your real email address. No need to register, just fill in an account name, enter your real email address, set the number of forwards (1-1000), set the lifespan of this account (1 day – 6 months). You can enable the Challenge-Response Spam Filtering system or leave it disabled. The option to be notified when the account has expired is enabled by default. Once you clicked the “create disposable email address” button, you should receive an email on your real address with all the information about that account: login, password,...You can always login and change the settings on that account or even delete it! When logging in on an account you can reach options to use the whitelisting feature or not. Emails from whitelisted people wont count for the number of forwards. The Trashmail service is also available trough a Firefox extension.. When installed: Click the right mouse button in an editable field. A menu will appear with the option to paste a disposable email address

Poster Forge

Graphics - Posters and banners

New
Poster Forge: allows you to quickly make your own posters without any efforts. You can print your big size posters or publish them on the Internet (myspace, livejournals, flickr, etc.).

Launchy & SmartStartMenu

System - Program Starters

New
Launchy: indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! When you run Launchy, it is completely hidden. You activate it by pressing [Alt-Space], and dismiss it by pressing [Esc]. Enter the first few letters of a file or program, and Launchy automatically displays the rest of the name. You simply press [Enter] to open or launch it.

SmartStartMenu: is a program launcher that turns the task of opening any program, document, folder, or website into a two or three key-stroke effort! It scans your start menu and other locations on your hard drive to locate items . Scanning can be done anytime you want... even during system startup. Once scanning is completed you simply type a few letters and SmartStartMenu will use type-ahead technology to generate an alphabetized list of items that match the criteria for you to select from...."

SneakEmail & Spamgourmet

Internet and Communication - Email and messaging

New: two disposable email services.
SneakEmail: is a disposable email service. You can link a free account to up to 10 real email addresses and you can apply rules for delivery. Maximum message size:150KB, maximum monthly bandwidth:10MB , unlimited Sneakemail addresses, does not expire, messages per day: 500, Bandwidth per day:10MB. Your real address is hidden by Sneakemail even in replies! This service is very useful for giving away your email address for online registrations. Set up an alias in sneakemail for every registration you make. Email messages are being forwarded to your real email address. Once you start receiving spam on that address you will know from whom it comes. Just delete that specific sendemail alias, and the spammer bytes the dust! No more spam on that address!

Spamgourmet: protects your personal email account from spam using a disposable, selfdestructing email account. Create a spamgourmet account and enter the email address you want to be protected. Spamgourmet will forward to this address all the emails sent to your spamgourmet addresses. The disposable addresses are like: someword.X.user@spamgourmet.com where someword is a word you have never used before, x (optional) is the number of email messages you want to receive at this address (up to 20, and the number 3 will be used by default if you leave it out), and user is your username. You can receive no more messages then the optional number you assigned to the Spamgourmet address. This service is very useful for giving away your email address for online registrations.

Runscanner

Security and Privacy - Antivirus and Antimalware

New
Runscanner: scans your system for all configured running programs and autostart locations and detects autostart programs, spyware, adware, homepage hijackers, unverified drivers and other problems. Startup analyzer utilities are hard to use for novice computer users but this one is easier because it has online malware analysis, MD5 hash calculation of files + online file rating and online lookup of scanned entries. All this makes RunScanner easier to determine which entries are likely to be malicious. The “beginner mode” is for users with little computer knowledge that want to do a scan and upload their results to a forum or send their results to a malware specialist. You can import and export your results and let a specialist helper help you to solve your problems. It also has a powerful process killer, Host file editor, backup and restore. “Expert mode” is for advanced users for tweaking startups, scanning, reporting, filtering. Delete features are made available in expert mode. Always consult an expert before fixing entries on your system...unless you are one of course.

OS:Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista

FileZilla

Internet and Communication - Website building

New
FileZilla: is a fast and reliable FTP client with lots of useful features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. It supports resume for both uploads and downloads, timeout detection, SSL, SFTP, firewall support and many more.

Windows 2000, XP and Vista are supported.

Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition:

Security and Privacy - System Security

New
Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition:
The Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition is a powerful virtualization technology that completely mirrors your actual computer setup and it can create a virtual storage disk within your PC where you can save documents, data, and files while using the System Protection feature. Very simple: protection is ON or OFF. A restart of the system is the only way to turn Returnil’s protection off. When the Virtual System Protection is OFF, you can install or remove programs, save documents within the Windows disk drive, install security upgrades and software patches, alter configurations, and update user accounts. When it is ON, no actual changes will occur on your primary partition. While Returnil works extremely well for temporarily installing and testing programs within the virtual environment, programs that require a restart to install cannot be tested with Returnil as the restart switches off the virtual layer!

Platforms: Windows XP/ Windows Server 2003/ Windows Vista 32-bit

Badongo.com & Filefront.com: free big file hosters

Internet and Communication - Free storage and sharing services 500MB and more

New: Two file hosters.
Badongo.com: Max file size to upload is 1GB. No restrictions on file type and unlimited uploads. For registered users: unlimited downloads but 12GB/day limitation, max downloadspeed is 500kbps, files will expire in 45 days of inactivity, maximum Parallelle Downloads is 1. For not registered users the download limitation becomes 4,8GB/day and files get deleted after 25 days of inactivity.

Filefront.com: UNLIMITED storage space.Max file size to upload is 1GB. No restrictions on file type and unlimited uploads. After upload you get a link to share your file. If you sign up (free), you can manage your files. No info found about file inactivity.

Font Frenzy

System - Fonts and Tools

New
Font Frenzy: Every font that gets installed on your PC slows down the boot-up time and slows down your normal operational speed. Font Frenzy is a free font manager that helps you to view, install, and uninstall your fonts. Font Frenzy allows you to strip away all your excess fonts and restores your system to only the fonts that are essential to Windows with one button, make a snapshot of your installed fonts, restore a snapshot...

Folder Marker Free

System - Installation Configuration and Tweak

New
Folder Marker Free: Lets you mark any folders with color-coded icons to find them easy on sight. This free edition of Folder Marker is an older version then the newest edition and contains basic functions: Support of 32-bits icons, assign an icon to a folder from: ICO, ICL, EXE, DLL, CPL or BMP file, change folder color, ...If you extract it with Universal Extractor, it works standalone.

Folderico

System - Installation Configuration and Tweak

New
Folderico: A program like Folder Marker. Folderico allows you to change the default icon of any folder. And even if you plugged the hard drive into another computer, the icons will remain as you made them.

IE Privacy Keeper

Security and Privacy - Privacy

New
IE Privacy Keeper: automatically ( or manually ) cleans up all traces of your IE, Firefox and system activities. Very flexible cleaning options. Offers also a portable “TakeAlong” Version.

Should I Use a Registry Cleaner? (Winxp – Vista)

Should I Use a Registry Cleaner? (Winxp – Vista)


Most MVP's dont advocate the use of any Registry cleaners.
Read what Mark Russinovich, co-founder of Winternals and Sysinternals, now a senior Microsoft employee has to say about this.

Question:
Hi Mark, do you really think that Registry junk left by uninstalled programs could severely slow down the computer? I would like to 'hear' your opinion.

Mark Russinovich answers:
No, even if the registry was massively bloated there would be little impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive searches.

On Win2K Terminal Server systems, however, there is a limit on the total amount of Registry data that can be loaded and so large profile hives can limit the number of users that can be logged on simultaneously.

I haven't and never will implement a Registry cleaner since it's of little practical use on anything other than Win2K terminal servers and developing one that's both safe and effective requires a huge amount of application-specific knowledge.

Additional problems: Applications installed on a machine that is used by more than one person can creates entries for each user in their private registry store: HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Because registry cleaners (and REGEDIT.EXE) operate under SYSTEM permissions with the logged-in user security token, they cannot access these other registry entries.

Mark Russinovich wrote:
Uninstallers typically delete their application’s system-wide settings from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE part of the Registry and any per-user settings of the user running the uninstaller from HKEY_CURRENT_USER. But what happens to the per-user settings of the other users that used the application? You guessed it, Registry junk gets created - and possibly file system junk in the application's Application Data folder in the \Documents and Settings directories of other users. An uninstall is only thorough if the user performing it is


You have these issues with a registry cleaner:
-If an application is installed and used only by one user, a registry cleaner run by another user will remove "invalid" entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and disable the application from working by the other user(s);

-If an application is installed by User #1, and used as well by User#2, the registry cleaner operation run by User#1 cannot remove the instances of the application created by User#2.

-On top of these technical issues there is the argument made by Mr. Russinovich: only if the registry cleaner has a sophisticated database of all application software installation registry changes would it have a chance of being safe to use.


So what should I do about the registry then?
The best thing you can do is to enable System Restore and add to your Autostart applications a registry backup. Strongly recommended for this is ERUNT (freeware):
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
It's listed in my freeware selection on http://decomp.110mb.com/ .
A utility such as ERUNT can be used to restore the System hives even if the computer cannot boot.

Be aware that ERUNT has its limitations. There are security barriers to backing up all NTUSER.DAT files in other user profiles from that of the logged in user. ERUNT saves only registry files which are in use by the system. It obtains information about these files from registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ hivelist.
Registry hives not listed there, for example those of other users of the computer, cannot be saved by ERUNT.

Having said that: System hive corruption is fatal for all users. The individual's NTUSER.DAT if corrupted is annoying, but not fatal. ERUNT can save your day!


Installing & Using ERUNT:
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html


But I backup my registry reqularly using REGEDIT.EXE !
Oh boy! The backups created by Regedit are of no use to you!

It does not export the whole registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the current registry with the old one. Your re-imported file, is merged with the current registry without deleting anything that has been added since the export, leaving you with an absolute mess of old and new entries.

In summary:
There are many registry cleaners out there, many for free.
I've listed some popular ones in my freeware selection.
But dont bother: it is unlikely they are of some help, but they can cause harm!
There are no real benefits from running registry cleaners. Unecessary entries in the registry do no harm. This should not be done on a regular basis and most certainly if done, should not be automated.

Sometimes a fast registry editor with search is needed to fix a single issue under Expert hands. There is no justification for the regular use of automated registry cleaning tools and they are of dubious merit.
If you decide to use a registry cleaner, make sure it creates backups and hope that you can get into Safe Mode to restore your backup!

References:
Mark Russinovich blog: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx
XP Myths: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

Windows SteadyState

System - Miscellaneous tools

New:
Windows SteadyState: Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState, formerly known as Microsoft® Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP, helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them. Features: Windows Disk Protection, User Restrictions and Settings, User Account Manager, Computer Restrictions. Supported OS: Windows XP Home and Pro Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. In short: it restricts access on the computer, wipes away any changes a user makes to your computer and removes any files they leave behind. Even if something defeats this profile security, Windows Disk Protection wipes away all changes made to the hard drive at each reboot. Some write it is compatible with Windows Vista, although a release date for the Vista version has yet to be determined. I would NOT try it, unless you're up for an adventure i guess!

Multi file tool

Files and Folders - File attributes

New:
Multi file tool: Multi File Tool allows you to batch manipulate various properties of selected files/folders. Functionality: set the attributes and date of all files and folders, create a list as text file of all files and folders, calculate the MD5 signature of all files, search for duplicate files, ...
Vista compatibel, portable.

110MB.com and Joynic.com

Internet and Communication - Website building

Removed: Sitesled.com as free website hoster

Added:
- 110MB.com: 110MB.com free Webhosting: Free personalised Webadres: yourname.110mb.com. 5 GB Webspace , 300 GB Bandwidth, PHP 5, MYSQL 5, CGI/Perl... Max File Size Upload Limit is 6MB.
-Joynic.com: Register your personal domain now - absolutely free of charge! If your Webspace hoster changes: Your Domain always remains with you and can be forwarded completely simply to your new Webspace provider!

Website moved to http://decomp.110MB.com

For a week now, Sitesled has vanished of the earth without any warning and my website was not accessible. I'm a patient man, I know I get what I'm (not) paying for, but it starts to look ugly now! This looks like a crash and burn.

I tried to move my website to Awardspace.com that gets good reviews.
Boy, was that a bummer! In short: they have a SECRET list with forbidden words that they use as a filter for security reasons. If a page has one or more forbidden words on it, it is not showing and being replaced by an Awardspace webpage. In the faq they mention forbidden words like AOL, PAYPAL.
The list with forbidden words is kept secret, so your completely left in the dark.
Come on guys!

So today, I moved my website from Sitesled.com to free website hoster 110MB.com.
My new website is located at http://decomp.110MB.com.
Website hoster is: http://www.110MB.com
110MB.com offers at the moment:
-5 GB Space - FREE
-300 GB Bandwidth - FREE!
-PHP 5, MYSQL 5, CGI/Perl ,...

Thanks for having me 110MB.com!

Logon Screen Saver Changer

System - Installation Configuration and Tweak
Added Logon Screen Saver Changer for Windows Vista, XP, 2000:
Logon Screen Saver Changer is a tool that you can use to change the logon screen saver (the one that pops up when no user is logged on) avoiding changing it manually with regedit in the registry. You can also use it to adjust the logon screensaver settings (such as the timeout period). No installation required. Small file.

The registry settings involved are:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
-the SCRNSAVE.EXE string value : for setting the screensaver file
-the ScreenSaveTimeOut string value : for setting the timeout time (in seconds)
-the ScreenSaveActive string value : for enabling (1) or disabling (0) the logon screensaver
So You can change these setting manually with regedit, if your up to it.

Go-oo.org

Productivity and Office - Office Suite

Go-oo.org : OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites. The go-oo version of OpenOffice.org is designed to give a foretaste of new features in development and includes functionality not yet accepted up-stream. Simply download the en_us file, and your native lang-pack, and install them one by one.
Is a bit quicker then Openoffice.org and provides more functionallity.

Freeware for Vista?

Since many among us are brave people and are already running some flavour of Vista (new systems come with Vista anyways) and i'm planning to get myself a new computer system with Vista early 2008, it's probably interesting to check wich freeware runs on Vista.
So, today, i started reviewing all freeware listed in my freeware selection on my website towards Vista. I'm inserting an extra column for Vista compatibility.

I'm tagging software with a "YES" as compatible for Vista if the author on his or here website claims it is. I tag it with an "OK" if I can find it on compatibility lists.

If software is not marked "Vista ready", it does not necessarily mean it wont run on VISTA.

(Takes some time. Not every author is clear about system requirements on his or here website!)

c't Projekte - Offline-Update, alternative for Autopatcher

System - Miscellaneous tools
Replaced Autopatcher with c't Projekte - Offline-Update:
This is an alternative for “Autopatcher”, wich is no longer available. Lets you install Windows updates without an internet connection. The offline update 3.0 script collection downloads the entire body of updates for Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers in one swoop and then uses them to create patch packages on CD, DVD or USB stick. Those in turn allow you to update as many PCs as desired. If you install Windows XP fresh from the original CD and then head over to the update website, the website recommends that you download 60 updates at an overall data volume of around 40 MBytes for a system running XP Service Pack 2. And don't forget: that number keeps growing with each Patch Tuesday. This project is a solution to update one or more computers offline with only one update package.

Gigabytes of free ONLINE storage, for sharing or hotlinking or just as backup!

Internet and Communication
Added 3 new categories:
- Free ONLINE backup 1GB and more
- Free sending services
- Free storage and sharing services 500MB and more
Together, all links listed in those categories, represent a load of gigabytes for free online storage, sharing or hotlinking!

IZArc

Files and Folders - File compression
New: IZArc
IZArc is an archive utility that supports many formats, including ZIP, ARJ, RAR etc. It supports drag-and-drop, multiple spanning archives, self-extracting archives, repair of damaged ZIP archives, converting from archive type to another, view/write comments etc. With IZArc you can also open CD image files like ISO, BIN, CDI and NRG. IZArc supports 256-bit AES encryption to secure your data.
IZArc2Go is a portable version of it.(portable section)

Onlineconversion.com

Productivity and Office - Unit Converters
New:
Onlineconversion.com:
ONLINE service to convert just about anything to anything else: over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions available.

CSVed and uniCSVed

Productivity and Office - CSV editors and tools
Added
CSVED:
CSVed allows you to manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator. You can add/delete columns, rearrange column order, change separator, filter items, remove duplicates, split/join columns etc.

and
UNICSVED:
uniCSVed, is a Unicode compatible CSV editor. When running under Windows XP and 2000 uniCSVed enables Unicode mode. UniCSVed has the same features as CSVed, It is the Unicode version of CSVed. Unicode compatibility is partial. Can process and display Unicode content, but unable to open files with Unicode names.

RMP(Remind-Me-Please)

Productivity and Office - Calenders, time and alarm
Added RMP(Remind-Me-Please):
Remind-Me-Please is a reminder program which will give you advance warning of upcoming events. Enter one-off or repeating events: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and specials like 'Every two weeks from 1/1/2008' or 'Third Sunday of each month'. Once it's set up properly it'll give you a splash screen listing all upcoming events whenever you reboot your computer, followed by a splash screen for items due NOW.

REMLAP knowledgeBASE

Productivity and Office - Personal Information managers
Added REMLAP knowledgeBASE:
Just about anything can be stored within a KnowledgeBASE Document, including text, pictures, spreadsheets, Graphs and Charts. Closely mapping the way we think, KnowledgeBASE utilizes a Keyword Indexing system, which is powerful and flexible. Other features include multi-user/network support, auto-backup and more. There is no password security!

JQL Avatar Sizer

Graphics - Miscellaneous
Added JQL Avatar Sizer:
Avatar Sizer has been designed to make images smaller, quickly and easily. Ideal for making Avatars! Creating your Avatar is done using an easy to use Wizard type interface. The Wizard guides you, step by step: select the image, set the maximum size, press "Next >>" (and your Avatar is created), save your Avatar. Avatar Sizer automatically sorts out the "Aspect Ratio" of the image and uses "Smooth Resizing" to make your Avatar look as good as the original image, only smaller.

Numerical Chameleon

Productivity and Office - Unit Converters
Added: Numerical Chameleon
The NumericalChameleon is an open source, platform-independent and localized software to convert units. It converts numbers with a precision of up to 1000 significant figures. It supports more than 3200 units in 82 categories. This is probably the most complete converter available. This is your converter if you work with more “exotic”, special units.

JKDefrag GUI

System - Defragmentation
Added JKDefrag GUI:
This is a GUI for JKDefrag, a disk defragment and optimization utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. While JKDefrag runs automaticaly and the behaviour has to be controlled by command parameters, this GUI offers you a nice, easy interface.
JKDefrag is probably the best free defragger at the moment: does a good job, handles big files well even when free drive space gets low.
This program is even portable!

Linguistic online tools

Productivity and Office - Translations, Thesaures, Dictionaries
Added 5 linguistic online tools for Dutch and English that could be useful.
Van Dale online, WinDi, Woordenboek.eu, Merrian-webster, Schoolbieb.nl.

yWriter

Productivity and Office - Wordprocessing and Desktop Publishing
yWriter: a novel or story writing program for authors. The program lets you organize your novel as a project. It allows you to break your novel into chapters and scenes within chapters. You can reorder scenes using drag and drop, and you can print out a number of reports (summary, synopsis, scene list, work schedule).

yTimer

Productivity and Office - Calendar, time and alarm
- yTimer: This program lets you run up to 40 countdown timers, with an audio alert and a popup window when the countdown reaches zero. You can also choose to run a program or open a URL in your default browser when the timer goes off.

Hosts file management

Introduced a new section "HOSTS file security and management" on the "Security and Privacy" page. New freeware:
- HostsXpert : a good Hosts file manager (for Win98 - Vista). Edit, update, download and merge your hosts files with ease.
- HPHOSTS file: a community managed and maintained hosts file that offers an additional layer of protection
- MVPS hosts file: This is a good, popular hosts file, regulary updated.
You can use HostsXpert to manage your hosts file. You can download both "HPHOSTS file" or "MVPS hosts file", and replace your existing hosts file with a new one from WHITIN HostsXpert!

Internet radio

Introduced a section "streaming internet radio and video" on the Multimedia page.
New freeware there:
-Radio Online: a streaming radio program that works completely whithout windows interface.
-Screamer Radio: bundles thousands of radio stations from all over the world together in one program.
-ASFRecorder: allows you to grab a streamed file to watch at a more convenient time.

Mobysaurus Thesaurus

On Productivity and Office, section Translations, Thesaures and Dictionaries:
Mobysaurus Thesaurus.
Free, comprehensive, feature-rich, off-line English thesaurus that brings the exact word to your mind, serving your everyday speaking and writing purposes.

Bryce 5.5

Graphics - 3D tools: Bryce 5.5
Bryce is a program for making realistic 3D landscapes and animations.

PDF-XChange Viewer

Productivity and Ofice, PDF section: PDF-XChange Viewer.
A good, alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files.

Wordweb free & Wordweb Online

Two English dictionaries, the one as Windows software, the other as an online service in the section Translations, thesaures, dictionaries on the Productivity and Office page:
Wordweb free & Wordweb Online.

Two online CHAT dictionaries

Placed two CHAT dictionaries in the section Translations, thesaures and dictionaries on the page Productivity and Office:
- Het chat woordenboek: DUTCH chat dictionary
- Steve Grossman's chat dictionary: ENGLISH chat dictionary

Handy Math & Transfz

New additions on the Productivity and Office page.
Calculators: Handy Math: a site with online technical calculators.
Miscellaneous: Transfz: Integrated search from any application using the Global Context Menu.

New games

Took another look at the games webpage. Added some new games to the list.

New storage tools

New on the System page in the section for "other storage tools": SeaTools, Discwizard (Seagate). Also links to tools provided by: Fujitsu, Western Digital, Hitachi.

Multimedia: DJ stuff

Multimedia page reorganised.
Added in Multimedia - Audio players and DJ stuff: Foobar,Mixvibes free, Mixx, Ots Turntables, UltraMixer Free edition

Websearch & Website translation

On the Internet & Communication page.
Search on the net: Added more good search engines and Telescope Search.
Inserted Website translation: Applied Language Solutions, Babelfish, Freetranslation.com. (Handy if you're on a website that's in a language you dont understand. But dont expect to much from the translations as a result! These are machine transalation services!)

New in Files and Folders

In Filesplitters: Dariolius
In Filemanagers: Unreal Commander

IncrediMail Message Extractor

New in Internet and Communication: IncrediMail Message Extractor

New freeware System related

New in Fonts and tools: Fontlist.
In Miscellaneous: Printfolder.
In Codecs and Tools: Vista Codec package.
In Uninstallers: Revo Uninstaller, ZSoft Uninstaller.

New security & privacy applications

New in Security and Privacy:
-Antivirus and Antimalware: Hitman Pro and DriveSentry.
-Miscellaneous: EULAlyzer and KeyScramble Personal.

New load!

New additions today:

In Graphics - Image viewers and converters: XnView, Faststone Image Viewer, Irfanview, Faststone Maxview, Pix Image Viewer, Imgv.
In Graphics - Miscellaneous: Exif Image Viewer.
In Graphics - Image Organizers: Picasa, iWebAlbum, JAlbum.
In Graphics - Flowcharts and Diagrams: yED, Dia.
In Graphics - Animation: Beneton Movie GIF.
In Graphics - Posters and Banners: PosteRazor.
In Graphics - Photo stichers and Panorama tools: hugin

New additions

New additions today:
in Graphics - 3D tools: Blender, POV-Ray, Google SketchUp, 3D Canvas, OpenFX, Font Magic, Boxmaker Classic.
In Graphics - Image Editors and CAD: Paint.NET, GIMPShop, GIMP, PixelToolbox.
In Graphics - Icon editors: LiquidIcon XP.
In Graphics - Miscellaneous: Icons from File.

Change Log fired up

So, this is my first post in this new blog.
I will post all changes and updates here in the blog from now on.
This setup allows me to present some history and gives visitors the opportunity to post a reaction if the urge is there.

New additions today in System - Defragmentation:
Contig, JKdefrag, Auslogics Registry defrag and NTREGOPT.

And here are some recent changes:
- June 21 2007: new additions in Security & Privacy:
*secure notepads: Crypditor, Cryptnote, fSekrit
*antimalware: Sandboxie, Spyware terminator, SuperAntispyware
*firewalls: Comodo Firewall
*password management: Access manager, nPassword, Password Generator (Gajin), Password Gorilla, Password safe, PINs, Yadabyte Passwords, Any password, Key maker, password coral

- June 15 2007: new additions:
*WxDownload: Internet & Communication(downloadmanagers)
*Bitcomet: Internet & Communication(P2P & filesharing)
*Icon Sushi, Ico Fix: Graphics (Icon editors)
*Catfish: Files & Folders (miscellaneous)
*Speed Adjuster: games (Tools)
*Crawler parental Control: Security & Privacy (Parental Control)
*Dependency Walker: System (System Info)

- June 11 2007: added Comodo BOClean: Security & Privacy (antimalware)