Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 |
Black Coffee is an application designed to aid system administrators and advanced users in modifying user and local administrator windows settings. These settings range from Internet Explorer to Disabling Windows Shutdown. 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/2003/Vista
Download: Black Coffee 0.2 Beta
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Monday, September 15th, 2008 |
You can use Debugging Tools for Windows to debug drivers, applications, and services on systems that are running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008. You can also use Debugging Tools for Windows to debug the operating system itself. Versions of the Debugging Tools for Windows package are available for 32-bit x86, native Intel Itanium, and native x64 platforms.
Note: If you have a system with a 64-bit processor and you are debugging an application on it, you must use one of the native 64-bit packages.
Download: Debugging Tools for Windows 6.9.3.113
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008 |
HFSLIP is an open source utility designed to update a Windows 2000, XP or 2003 installation source with the latest hotfixes. The binaries (individual files) of fully supported hotfixes are slipstreamed directly. This means that original files are being replaced with the newer versions present in the hotfix executables you can obtain from the Microsoft Download Center. In the rare occasion that a hotfix isn’t supported (usually because of it being a non-standard package or requiring a special installation procedure), it is integrated instead. HFSLIP leaves these uncommon hotfixes or updates as they are and places them in the SVCPACK folder, to be installed automatically near the end of Windows setup.
The HFSLIP project focuses on critical updates reported by the Windows Update or Microsoft Update web sites. However, all optional updates that show on those sites are currently supported.
For experts and “advanced users” alike, HFSLIP offers additional features such as removing Internet Explorer from Windows 2000 (courtesy of Fred Vorck), reduction of your Windows source, individual source file replacement, codecs slipstreaming, support for “Application Addons”, and many more.
Download: HFSLIP 1.7.8
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008 |
nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn’t include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.
So far it supports Windows 2000, XP x86/x64 and 2003 x86/x64 (all languages !).
Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework.
Download: nLite 1.4.9.1
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 |
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 Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000/ME/98/95/NT4.0 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Download: Radmin Viewer 3.2
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 |
WinVer is a simple replacement of the WinVer tool included in Windows operating system.
It performs the same job as the original, but is highly optimized in size, being almost 10 times smaller.
Quick facts
- Tiny footprint, can be run from floppy disks, USB devices, hard disks, …
- No external dependencies needed (aka DLL).
- Blazing fast program execution.
- Quick startup time.
WinVer is totally free, both for commercial, and private usage.
Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista or 2008.
Download: WinVer 0.95.29
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 |
SystemExplorer - All you need to know about the system
Features:
· Detailed informations about Processes, Startups, Explorer, IE Addons, Uninstallers, Windows, Services, Drivers, Connections and Opened Files
· Action History for monitoring processes activities
· Making of Registry & Files snapshots for easy comparing of system changes. Result of comparation is displayed in tree view and text list. · Can be used for analysation of product installers/uninstallers (like Total Uninstall)
· Performance graphs for monitoring usage of system resources in time
· Easy check of suspicious files via VirusTotal
· Easy search details about file/process via online databases
· Easy access to System Utilities
Download: SystemExplorer 1.5
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008 |
WinUpdatesList displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer. For hotfix updates, this utility also displays the list of files updated with these hotfixes. In addition, it allows you to instantly open the Web link in Microsoft Web site that provides more information about the selected update, uninstall an update, copy the update information to the clipboard, or save it to text/HTML/XML file.
This utility is released as freeware.
Download: WinUpdatesList 1.23 Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 |
Windows Updates Downloader is a small utility that allows you to download all of the current Windows critical updates.
All updates are downloaded directly from microsoft.com to your computer with a single mouse click.
Download: Windows Updates Downloader 2.30 Build 988
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Monday, August 4th, 2008 |
Pitaschio is a freeware which makes it convenient to use Microsoft Windows.
Pitaschio includes a large number of useful functions.
For example,
- Stick window to other windows when moving and resizing
- Restrict window position to inside of the screen
- Minimize window to system tray
- Use small icons in the desktop
- Disable Windows key, Insert key, Alt key etc.
- Lock mouse or keyboard while you are cleaning keyboard or mouse
- Take statistics about mouse and keyboard
- Calculate Moon’s age
Pitaschio is a essential tool to use windows efficiently.
Download: Pitaschio 2.24 Windows 2000/XP/Vista
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 |
When Windows loads it’s Startup file, it attempts to load every program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and grab CPU time so that it can load.
If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.
Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has started, to load each program.
Compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Download: Startup Delayer 2.3.130 | Startup Delayer 2.3 Build 132 Beta
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
ServiceTweaker is a an application to manage and control Windows services.
It shows a list of the current services and you can have full control over them. ServiceTweaker can start or stop a given service. The most important and handy feature is the ability to change the startup type of services, because it allows you to tweak the ones that you don’t need or don’t want at all to be run on your computer.
This frees resources and decreases loading times when Windows is starting up.
You can group the services by display name, startup type or status, giving you more flexibility to navigate the list.
It is a stand-alone application which means it can be run from anywhere. Also, there is an installer for U3 devices and MSI setup for standard Windows installation.
Download: ServiceTweaker 1.0 Beta
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
PowerCmd is a modern and sleek Windows Command Prompt Replacement that allows you to run multiple consoles within a single tabbed window. You can easily organize console windows, use Windows style text editing behavior, auto-save logs, highlight keywords, configure font and colors, customize a toolbar for frequently used commands or tools, shift to a very nice full screen mode, and get much more functionalities.
With much more powerful user interface than Windows Command Prompt, PowerCmd makes the console convenient and friendly.
Download: PowerCmd 1.9
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 |
ToolBox is an application launcher for Windows operating systems with many amazing features. Easy to install, you can get going in minutes. Its drag & drop interface creates shortcuts to almost anything; applications, drives, folders, even simple files. ToolBox helps you organise your desktop and get rid of numerous shortcuts that clutter it and take up valuable space.
The first version of ToolBox was written many years ago as a 16-bit Windows 3.1 application using Borland Pascal. Since then many features have been added to it, in order to maximize its usefulness.
A fully portable application, ToolBox does not need installation. All you have to do is unzip the distribution files on a directory and run the executable. Upgrading your operating system does not affect it. Moving it to a different folder is never a problem. To uninstall you just delete the directory you created for the first run.
ToolBox is particularly useful for removable media (USB drives) or as an application launcher in read-only media (CD-ROM).
Download: ToolBox Launcher 2.78
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |
HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called “File Hashes” to the Windows Explorer file properties. The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files. Many download sites list the MD5 hash along with the download link. The HashTab makes it very simple for Windows users to check these hashes on any file on the system without using external tools.
Operating system: All Windows platforms.
Download: HashTab 2.1
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 |
AutoIt is a freeware 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 in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista out of the box with no annoying “runtimes” required! You can even make compiled executable scripts that can run without AutoIt being installed!
AutoIt was initially designed for PC “roll out” situations to reliably configure thousands of PCs, but with the arrival of v3 it has become a powerful language able to cope with most scripting needs.
Download: AutoIt 3.2.13.1 Beta | AutoIt 3.2.12.1
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |
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 0.8.2
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |
ClipGuru - Your number 1 clipboard assistant
ClipGuru is a Free and easy-to-use Windows clipboard enhancer that lets you save and use an almost unlimited number of text and image clipboard captures.
Download: ClipGuru 2.07
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Monday, June 9th, 2008 |
With VistaMizer you can transform your Windows XP, MCE or Server 2003 into the look of Windows Vista. Therefore over 380 files with new Icons, pictures as well as videos are modified. This means that VistaMizer does not provide own files and change your system files. That has the advantage that VistaMizer works with each language and no changes of the language specifics are made. The installer is so developed that you have completely the change which will be modified and which not. Even if you select files, which are possibly not at all on your system available or not compatible, the application recognizes this and jumps over these. This ensures that the system does not become unstable because of wrong modification. After updates if your system data are overwritten, then a renewal of these is possible by using an extra program that is linked by the VistaMizer. The application examines thereby, which files are updated and re-modify only these. This means a very fast re-modification and it is always the current data in the Backup. However if the result of the installation should not assure to you, you have the possibility to get back the old system by an un-installation. If newer files are already present in the system by updates, this is recognized by the un-installer and only the modified files will be replaced.
Download: VistaMizer 2.5.2.0 Windows XP, MCE or Server 2003
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