Glint – free Windows system activity monitor

Glint monitor shows system activity by making visible system performance counters in local or remote Windows PC.

The program goal is to provide an overall dynamic picture of current system status. Detailed information on system performance can be collected and analyzed with advanced monitoring tools like Process Explorer and Microsoft Performance Monitor.

The utility displays up to 200 indicators, each showing data from a single system performance counter. Recent counter values can be also shown as graphs. The monitor also displays the most active processes in system in descending CPU activity order. System counter names and their last values are shown in tool tips, when hovering mouse cursor over the indicators. View modes can be switched by simply pressing keyboard keys or by using Settings Dialog, that also allows to select available Windows system counters and tune their display modes. For convenience Glint provides several standard display schemes with most common counters on Windows XP and 7 systems. User can change these schemes or create more custom display schemes.

The program does not require installation. Simply unzip it into any directory and run. Press F1 for quick Help, right mouse button for menu or ‘S’ to view/change settings.

System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

Download: Glint 1.26

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.

Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

Download: Wine 1.1.41

SystemExplorer – All you need to know about the system

Features:

· Detailed informations about Tasks, Processes, Modules, Startups, IE Addons, Uninstallers, Windows, Services, Drivers, Connections and Opened Files.
· Easy check of suspicious files via VirusTotal or Jotti service.
· Easy search details about file/process via online databases.
· Security Extension for automatic check of processes,modules and selected files.
· “New Task…” dialog with integrated AutoSearch and AutoCompletion.
· Action History for monitoring processes activities.
· Performance graphs for monitoring usage of system resources in time.
· System Snapshots for easy finding of system changes.
· System Report builds rich text report containing major informations about your System.
· Multilanguage and Plugins Support.
· Can be used as Task Manager replacement.

Requirements: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.

SystemExplorer is FREE for personal and commercial use!

Download: System Explorer 2.1.3

WinGuggle, Gets your Windows 7, Vista, XP and Office Product Key easily, and Customizes OEM Information Completely

If you’ve lost your product key, this is very difficult to recover if you will just look for it at your registry.

WinGuggle is a small application that can get your Windows Vista Product Key easily. No Installation is needed, Just unzip the archive and launch the application.

Features:
· Get Windows Vista Product Key (CD Key)
· Change OEM Logo and Information
· Change Performance Information and Tools OEM Logo

Download: WinGuggle 2.1

Windows, Office, Product Key Code Finder Retriever.

Product Key Finder PRO software utility allows you to recover your CD Product key for Windows or Office programs for the purposes of reinstalling / repairing your Windows or Office setup. Recover your lost key for (Windows) 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7. (Office) XP, 2003, 2007.

Product Features

Retrieve Product Keys for:
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Office XP
- Office 2003
- Office 2007

Other Features:
- Quickly save your product keys to a file
- Print your product keys

Windows KeyFinder Pro is completely free software

Supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7

Download: Windows Product Key Finder PRO Freeware 2.2.0.590

Growl for Windows is a Windows-compatible version of Growl, a notification system for Mac OS X.

Growl lets you know when things happen. Files finished downloading, friends came online, new email has arrived – Growl can let you know when any event occurs with a subtle notification. The rest of the time, Growl stays out of your way.

Along with letting you know when things happen, Growl also gives you full control over how you are notified and what action (if any) you want to take in response to the notification. You can choose to be alerted with a visual indicator or an audible alert, both, or neither. You can choose the type of display that is shown, whether the display remains on the screen, the importance of the notification, and even if the notification should be forwarded to another computer. You can have notifications that trigger an email, run a script, launch a program, or are read out loud.

Download: Growl 2.0.1 for Windows

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on February 9th, 2010. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

Important: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Vista; Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3; Windows 7; Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

Download: February 2010 Security Release ISO Image

Slow down, freeze and blue-screen crash are over. Advanced System Care (Advanced WindowsCare) thoroughly examines the Windows system, accurately detects the bottlenecks for slowing down and crashing, fixes these problems and repairs Windows.

All work will be done with 30 seconds and 1 click. The intuitive interface makes Advanced WindowsCare the perfect tool for big dummies.

Advanced WindowsCare is Free

Designed for Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 (32bit and 64bit)

Download: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.5.0 | Advanced SystemCare Beta

ShellMenuNew is a small utility that displays the list of all menu items in the ‘New’ submenu of Windows Explorer. It allows you to easily disable unwanted menu items, so this ‘New’ submenu will display only the items that you need.

System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000, and up to Windows 7.

Download: ShellMenuNew 1.01

Each time you start programs from the Start menu, you use the interface that has not changed for 10 years. No wonder that it becomes more and more difficult to use it due to the increase in the number of programs…

Vista Start Menu is a completely another approach to the interface.It is much easier to find and run the program you need. Everything is visual and extremely easy to use. Your applications are arranged in a table with icons divided into groups, which makes it easier to work with a lot of programs.

And one more really important nuance: when you remove programs or install new ones, other icons remain in their places so you do not have to waste time on looking for “drifted icons” as it usually happens in the system.

Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7

Download: Vista Start Menu 3.55

In addition to its primary function – transferring a screen’s image from another computer – Radmin takes care of other things administrators and regular users need to do often.

Radmin makes copying files between computers very easy. Using Radmin’s file transfer mode, you can copy a file to or from a computer a thousands miles away that is not on the same network. Before Radmin you had to use an intermediate FTP server or LAN file server, fiddle with email attachments or even move the files manually on CD-RW or floppies. Radmin lets you securely copy them directly, via an explorer like interface.

Another very useful feature of Radmin is that you can connect to a remote computer in Telnet mode. This lets you work on the remote computer through command-line so only text commands are transferred (input stream) to it and received (output stream) from it. This allows you to not interfere with a user operating the remote computer, but to work concurrently and independently – it’s almost like a terminal service (only limited to command-line mode). A huge bonus with this method is traffic economy, which is thousands of times less than graphical mode.

Radmin Viewer 3 offers fresh Windows Vista/XP-styled user interface and a lot of useful features.

Requirements:
» Needs to be installed on the local computer
» Supports Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Download: Radmin Viewer 3.4

When Microsoft Windows based operating system starts, it can auto load programs from different locations.
Startup Discoverer will list for you this programs and the source quickly by categories or as one list, it then can be saved as a text file or printed.
Startup Discoverer can be very useful when troubleshooting Windows.
Startup Discoverer is a portable application, There is no install process, just unzip to any folder and run it.
Like all other LeeLu Soft software it is very simple to use.
The main interface have 19 categories that you can click on to get the auto load programs for each category.
Blue category label means that there are auto programs in this category, black label means empty category.
you can click on “Show all runs” button to list all auto loads from all categories.
It is also possible to save a list as a text file and to print the a list to the default printer.

Startup Discoverer was tested on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Ultimat but should run on other Windows versions.

Download: Startup Discoverer 1.0

Protect your computer from unwanted software

Startup Guard is a free, easy tool to choose programs to allow to run on Windows startup. You can specify approved applications, close unwanted or find more about unknown. Startup Guard catches new startup records, so you can even remove a virus or spyware. You can disable unwanted system processes to get maximum computer performance.

Don’t worry that you can make a mess-up! Startup Guard includes UNDO function to roll back any changes you made. If you will delete any startup record that was critically important for running your PC you can always undo changes! This makes this program completely safe to use even by newbie’s.

Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7

Download: Startup Guard 3.25

XdN Tweaker is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Both 32 and 64-bit.

System Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 if you are using Windows XP or Windows 2003.

Download: XdN Tweaker 0.9.2.1

TweakPower 2008 is designed to optimize Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7.

TweakPower gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows default user interface.

With TweakPower you make Windows more faster, comfortable and safer.

Download: TweakPower 2009 1.641 Beta

BootRacer allows you to check your Windows boot speed.

Race your Windows boot using BootRacer and check your boot rating.

If your computer boot time less than one minute you will get Excellent rating!

• Install BootRacer on your computer.
• Click on the Race it button when the main window appers.
• Set up options and restart your computer.

Compatible with Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit).

Download: BootRacer 2.0 Beta

When you are working on your computer and installing a new program, the installation suddenly fails. Now you are left with a partly installed program. You try to install the program again, but you are unsuccessful. Or, maybe you have problems trying to remove an old program because the installation files are corrupted.

Do not worry. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility might be able to help. You can use the utility to remove installation information for programs that were installed by using Windows Installer. Be aware that Windows Installer CleanUp Utility will not remove the actual program from your computer. However, it will remove the installation files so that you can start the installation, upgrade, or uninstall over.

Download: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility 7.2

eHour is a free webbased time tracking tool for companies and organizations who need accurate information on how much time is spend on projects by their people.

eHour makes the amount of time your people spend on projects visible and available as simple and user friendly as possible.

eHour comes in two different flavours, a click-and-go standalone version or a .WAR file which you can deploy on your own Tomcat server. The standalone download contains executables for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Download: eHour 0.8.4

Black Coffee is an application designed to aid system administrators in modifying user and local administrator settings and security. Features to block users such as employees, students and children from: visiting websites, downloading files, installing software, changing settings and files, using Registry Editor, using Command Prompt, and from using Task Manager. This software is excellent for parents, network administrators, medium/small businesses. Black Coffee can only change settings if your on an administrator account, limited users will be unable to change settings, although they can view the settings.

Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Server/Vista/Windows 7

Download: Black Coffee 1.0

MobileMe Control Panel is required to set up and manage MobileMe syncing and manage iDisk settings on a Windows PC.

This update enables you to choose which MobileMe calendar syncs with the default Outlook calendar, provides compatibility with Windows 7, and improves the reliability of bookmark syncing. This update is recommended for all Windows PCs that sync with MobileMe.

MobileMe is the online service from Apple that automatically keeps your email, contacts, calendar, bookmarks, and more in sync across multiple computers, your iPhone, iPod touch, and a suite of web apps on www.me.com.

MobileMe is available in English, French, German, and Japanese.

System Requirements
· Windows XP Home or Professional SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7.
· iTunes 9 or later
· MobileMe account

Download: MobileMe Control Panel 1.5 for Windows

Start programs faster. Speed up computer start time. Increase Internet speed, optimize your Internet Explorer, Firefox and E-mail programs.

Auslogics BoostSpeed will clean up disks and the Registry to speed up your computer and tweak Windows to its peak performance.

Supported Windows Versions: 7/Vista/2008/XP/2003 (32-bit and 64-bit supported)

Download: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.270