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Windows: Portable Software Bundle
PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). It’s open source built around an open format that any hardware vendor or software developer can use.
PortableApps.com Suite™ is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, […]
Microsoft Web Platform Installer
The Web Platform Installer Beta (Web PI) provides a single, free package for installing and configuring Microsoft’s entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft […]
A Powerful Windows KeyLogger
Light Logger is a monitoring software that allows you to keep track of what is happening on your computer. This spy software runs hidden in the background, and automatically logs all keystrokes. Light Logger monitoring software starts at a low level that allow you to make logging even when an anti-keylogger is installed.
It features:
Absolutely free.
Easy […]
Wi-Fi Network Scanner for Windows Vista
InSSIDer is a free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows Vista and windows XP. It is developed as NetStumbler doesn’t work well with Windows Vista and 64-bit Windows XP.
This project was started by Charles Putney on The Code Project. Norman Rasmussen modified the project to use the Managed Wi-Fi C# wrapper for the Native Wi-Fi […]
Windows: Manage Your Desktop with Ease
GridMove is a program that aims at making windows management easier. It helps you with this task by defining a visual grid on your desktop, to which you can easily snap windows. This program comes bundled with some predefined grid templates, that can be easily swaped, but also has ways of creating custom grids or […]
Windows: Open Source X Window Server
Xming is the leading free unlimited X Window Server for Microsoft Windows (XP/2003/Vista). It is fully featured, light and fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Microsoft Windows, easily transported portable as a Pocket PC X server. It is totally secure when used with SSH and optionally includes an enhanced PuTTY Link […]
Windows: Tabbify Your Applications
WinTabber can add tabs to many windows. A tabbed browser ,tabbed putty , tabbed terminal or tabbed shell, tabbed anything. Multi tab your windows in seconds. A terminal or shell with tabs work faster and efficiently! Having multiple windows as tabs will give a better overview of your windows than before. Also having multiple ssh […]
Password Minder Utility
Password Minder is an utility for securely managing, generating, and retrieving passwords on your machine. Protected by a central password, this utility simplifies using good passwords in all websites and applications that require them.
Windows: Hide Your Applications
WinBoss let you hide running applications quickly so that other people will not notice of what you are doing recently. With a simple keyboard combination that you can set (by default it would be ctrl-x) the selected application will dissapear, including from the taskbar, Alt-Tab and the running application list in the Windows Task manager.
To […]
Windows: Tuning Your O/S for Better Performance
In TweakNow WinSecret,the most popular Windows XP/Vista registry settings are provided for you in an easy and safe user interface. All settings are divided in the following sections:
Applications
Control Panel
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Network & Internet
OEM Info
Special Folders
Start Menu
User Accounts
Windows Core
Windows Explorer
RegToy is a free collection of useful utilities : tweaking, window manager, shell context menu extension, disk cleaner, […]
Easy Cut and Paste using PureText
Have you ever copied some text from a web page or a document and then wanted to paste it as simple text into another application without getting all the formatting from the original source?
PureText makes this simple by adding a new Windows hot-key (default is WINDOWS+V) that allows you to paste text to any […]
SysInternas - Desktops for Virtual Desktops
This is a small and handy tools.
Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, […]
Protect Computer from Malware
SafeSpace eliminates the problem of malware by creating a secure barrier between your computer and the internet, protecting you and your personal information against known and unknown malware threats. SafeSpace isolates internet facing applications in a virtual sandbox, which protects your system files and settings from unwanted changes, and blocks unauthorized access to your […]
Windows: Speed up Your Internet Connection
SG TCP Optimizer
SG TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking related TCP/IP parameters in the Windows Registry, making it easy […]
TrueCrypt: Open Source Disk Encryption Software
TrueCrypt is a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Main features as quoted from the website:
Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
Encrypts a partition or drive […]
Detect Wireless Network using NetStumbler
NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:
Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
Detect other networks that might be causing interference with your network.
Detect unauthorized “rogue” access […]
SysInternals Suite
If you are a Windows user, then SysInternals utilties should be in your daily toolbox. It is extremely useful to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications.
There are many utilities available, e.g. Process Explorer, AutoRuns, DebugView, TCPView, Process Monitor, RootkitRevealer, etc. However, you can download the SysInternals Suite which bundles everything […]
Windows: Virtual Desktop Manager
VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’). Virtual desktops are very common in Unix/Linux, and once you get accustomed to using them, they become an essential part of a productive workflow.
VirtuaWin is designed to be […]
Windows: Unlock Your Files Using UnLocker
For those Windows users, this is a must have utility.
How many times you encountered the screen similar to the following?
UnLocker comes to the rescue. Simply right click on the locked resource, and unlock it using UnLocker.
Some more, it is free..
WinDbg: Free Debugging Tool for Windows
As quoted from the documentation., Microsoft Windows Debugger (WinDbg) is a powerful Windows-based debugging tool. It is capable of both user-mode and kernel-mode debugging.
WinDbg provides full source-level debugging for the Windows kernel, kernel-mode drivers, and system services, as well as user-mode applications and drivers.
WinDbg uses the Microsoft Visual Studio debug symbol formats for source-level […]