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Utilities
Automation
http:/ / www.networkautomation.com/ automate/
AutoMate is the leading software for automation of front and back-office IT tasks. Combining raw power with intelligent design, AutoMate enables IT professionals to build and deploy system automation projects in record time. AutoMate tasks are assembled via drag-and-drop, without writing a single line of code, this allows automated tasks to be developed rapidly and maintained at lower cost.
http:/ / shared.snapgrid.com/ gtd_tiddlywiki.html
GTD TiddlyWiki tracks all your Getting Things Done lists - Next Actions, Projects, and context lists - in a you-won't-believe-your-eyes dynamic web page made up of editable chunks. It's searchable and printable on 3x5 index cards, and best of all, web hosting isn't required to use it. Simply save the file to your computer and open it up in your web browser for a private, local, cross-platform webpage app.
http:/ / www.robotask.com/
RoboTask enables you to automate any combination of tasks on your computer, ranging from simply launching applications, to checking email, moving or backing up files to uploading or downloading, sending email and much more. The program allows to easily create simple task, as well as highly complex automations, involving conditional IF/ELSE statements, loops, custom variables and other advanced options.
Communication
http:/ / www.freeconference.com/ Home.asp
Reservationless Standard conferencing is a free service* that does not require you to set up an account or provide us with any information regarding your conference, including the date and time, estimated number of Particpants, Reservationless Dial-in Number, Participant Access Code, etc. Everyone who calls the same Dial-in Number and enters the same Participant Access Code will be bridged together.
http:/ / www.gotvmail.com/
With GotVMail, your business can have a unique toll free or local number, voicemail, multiple mailboxes, custom greetings, music-on-hold, live call forwarding, and other professional virtual office features. Create the impression of a single office by assigning private extensions to employees regardless of location. Get notified of messages via phone or email. Run your virtual office with our unique & feature-rich 800 or local numbers.
http:/ / www.grouper.com/
Grouper is a new Windows based application that allows users to share their personal media within private groups. Grouper uses P2P technology connecting you directly to your friends’ hard drives where you can share large files in a safe, encrypted environment. Grouper is a simple install and requires no firewall reconfiguration.
http:/ / www.icq.com/
The newest version of this chat-messaging program is a collaboration of upgraded material between versions ICQ 99 and ICQ 2003a. It includes voice, message board, data conferencing and Internet games, support for various popular Internet applications, file sharing, multiple-user mode for conferences or just hanging out online, alerts when friends and associates log into the ICQ database, PC-to-PC talk and pull-down menus for e-mail messages and ICQ Phone to make phone calls to another ICQ members. It integrates with Microsoft Outlook to import e-mail or send attachments and the contact list is now on a centralized database.
http:/ / www.jybe.com/
Jybe is a spy ware free plug-in to Internet Explorer and Firefox that enables you to surf the web with your peers in real-time. Jybe lets you browse the web in real-time with friends, family and business partners. Show off your favorite websites or give your customer a live tour of your product catalog.
http:/ / research.microsoft.com/ ~jiangli/ portrait/
Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphone. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device.
http:/ / www.skype.com/
Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes. Skype, created by the people who brought you KaZaA uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other Skype users. Skype calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. Best of all, Skype does not require you to reconfigure your firewall or router—it just works!
http:/ / www.ceruleanstudios.com/
Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.
Database
http:/ / www.rickworld.com/ products.html
It provides a "Find and Replace" function for Tables (searching design elements such as field names, not the data in the table), Queries, Forms, Reports, Macros, and Modules (Access only provides Find and Replace for Modules/CBF). Find And Replace can be used to change names of objects through the entire database (as compared to Access itself which provides minimal built-in name change propagation).
http:/ / www.valesoftware.com/ products-msde-manager.php
Manage MSDE/SQL databases via an easy-to-use graphical interface. You can add, edit and delete databases, tables, views, users, roles, rules, stored procedures, defaults, user defined datatypes and functions. Table designer to add/edit/delete/cut/copy/paste columns, set primary keys, triggers, indexes and constraints. Change the authentication mode. Change the datatypes of your columns (Vale Software - MSDE Manager is about the only one with this functionality)
Email
http:/ / www.mailutilities.com/ adr/
Advanced Direct Remailer (ADR) is a powerful remailer and mass mailer which send your message straight out to the recipient's mail server (without your ISP's SMTP server). ADR realizes multi-threaded direct delivery, and so works several times quicker than usual email client.
http:/ / www.mailutilities.com/ aee/
Advanced Email Extractor (AEE) is designed to extract e-mail addresses from web-pages on the Internet (using HTTP and HTTPS protocols) and from HTML and text files on local disks. AEE supports operation through a proxy-server and works very fast, as it is able of loading several pages simultaneously, and requires very few resources.
http:/ / www.mailutilities.com/ aep/
E-mail plays a great role in business of today, being an effective mean for exchanging information. Information received via e-mail is often used in other applications. To transfer information from e-mail messages to other applications, one has to parse and process it first. Manual processing of messages requires much time and effort, and errors are very probable with it. AEP makes messages processing more effective, as it allows to parse data, process it and transfer to other applications automatically.
http:/ / www.mailutilities.com/ amv/
Advanced Maillist Verify (AMV) is a program that verifies the validity of e-mail addresses in databases, address books and mailing lists. That's not only a standalone program, but can be also easily integrated into existing systems using open COM/ActiveX and CGI/ISAPI interfaces.
http:/ / www.gilc.org/ speech/ anonymous/ remailer.html
Anonymity is essential to protect free speech. It can be used to protect human rights workers reporting abuses, politial dissidents commenting on government actions, writers publishing controversial literature and other important functions where revealing a person's identity would threaten a person's life or wellbeing. Anonymous publishing has been recognized in the United States as being protected by the First Amendment.
http:/ / www.massmailsoftware.com/ extractcd/
Atomic CD Email Extractor is a simple, yet powerful solution for extracting email addresses from any file on your hard drive or CD/DVD. You can specify which files and folders to search and which ones to skip. The email addresses found can be saved to the clipboard or you can specify a filename to save them to. It is also possible to transfer the addresses directly to Microsoft Word or Excel. The program also allows you to instantly stop the search at any time.
https:/ / www.ciphirebeta.com/
Ciphire Mail is the world's most powerful email security tool and requires no learning. It works smoothly with your regular email client. Just download, install, and forget.
http:/ / www.eudora.com/ email/ index.html
The best email program just got even better. Email traffic is on the rise. Eudora is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you're not one of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you. Eudora 6.1 is more than a way to send and receive messages - it's a powerful email management tool with features to increase your productivity and enhance your communications. SpamWatch is a new powerful tool in Eudora 6 to help you stop Spam (Paid mode users only). Content Concentrator is a new tool in Eudora 6 to help makes messages more readable.
http:/ / www.monkeyjob.com/ FileMonk.html
The FileMonkey is a nifty little file utility which enables you to do some clever multiple file manipulation. It's interface isn't too attractive, but it allowed me to quickly extract 5,000+ unformatted email addresses from an munged excel file in under 10 seconds and saved it as a plain text file. It would've taken me many hours to do it manually.
http:/ / www.landolinks.com/ Benign.cfm
Benign neutralizes or strips out the code that makes viruses, worms and scripts and other potentially harmful things run. It's so simple to setup, just import your accounts into Benign® and you're done. Benign® picks up your email before your email program does and neutralizes or strips out the bad stuff. You don't have to change anything about how you normally receive your email, just receive email as you normally would and Benign will neutralize the nasties as they enter your computer.
http:/ / www.landolinks.com/ mailwasher.cfm
MailWasher is a powerful email checker with effective spam elimination. Bounce back unwanted emails so it looks as if your email address is not valid. MailWasher analyses each email as it arrives and warns you if it is suspected junkmail or a virus by heuristic checking and filtering. You can have as many email accounts as you want to check.
http:/ / toolbar.google.com/ gmail-helper/
The Gmail Notifier is a downloadable Windows application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.
http:/ / www.mach5.com/ products/ popmonger/
PopMonger steps through the email in a POP, IMAP, or MAPI email account, matching each one against a set of rules, and then applying a set of actions. It's quite powerful, and has a number of handy uses. Best of all....... it's free!
http:/ / www.mach5.com/ products/ mailer/ ?akey=ssmedia&Coupon=sunstar
M5 Mailer sends each customer, member, or newsletter subscriber an individual e-mail customized directly from your data source. Full-featured. All options feature direct Excel, Access, and text-based data connections, HTML email import from web, duplicate detection, and flexible attachment handling
http:/ / www.mozilla.org/ products/ thunderbird/
Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, support for HTML mail, labels, quick search, smart addressbook, return receipts, advanced message filtering, LDAP address completion, import tools, powerful search, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.
http:/ / www.msgtag.com/
When your email is viewed at its destination, MSGTAG lets you know. You receive notification from MSGTAG telling you that your message has been opened. The notification also details when the message was sent, when it was viewed, and what the delay has been in between.
http:/ / www.practicalsoftwaresolutions.net/ bulkmailer/
PSS Bulk Mailer is a simple to use bulk email application aimed at webmasters and others that regularly send out newsletters and other opt-in bulk mailings. No time limitation or nag screens. Send emails using built in Multi-Threaded SMTP Server or via any third party server. Send emails as Text, HTML or Dual Format (Text & HTML) emails. You can be sure your recipients can read your mailing even if they have HTML content disabled in their email client.
http:/ / www.spampal.org/
SpamPal is a mail classification program that can help separate your spam from the mail you really want to read by using DNSBL lists. email messages that SpamPal considers to be spam will be "tagged" with a special header; you simply configure your email client to filter anything with this header into a separate folder and your spam won't be mixed up with the rest of your email anymore!
File Management
http:/ / www.bitkinex.com/
BitKinex is an innovative FTP client supporting multiple transfer protocols. The latest version allows you to access servers running the FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS and WebDAV protocols. In addition to features found in other popular FTP clients (like support for the SSL/SSH, multipart and multithreaded transfers, file filtering, direct server-to-server transfers or scheduling) BitKinex introduces several unique approaches and solutions.
http:/ / www.freewareweb.com/ cgi-bin/ archive.cgi?ID=1400
Shows extended information about files of several types in popup window of Explorer: graphic files (supports 17 image formats) - image dimensions, color depths; audio files (mp3, wav) - play time, sound parameters, author and composition name; executable files - description, version, company name.
http:/ / gamma.nic.fi/ ~lpesonen/ HFVExplorer/
Support for Mac formatted removable media (CDs, Zip and others) on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/200/XP. No ASPI manager needed. For Windows 9x, cdenable.vxd must be updated. For Windows NT, no driver update is needed.
http:/ / www.tanagra.com/
Zero-Touch Data Preservation (back with versioning w/multiple back-up sources and targets.) Can even back-up to iPod.
http:/ / www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/ space/
Space is a Windows application that offers you several ways of displaying and quickly pointing out the most space-hungry of directories and files on your drives. And Space isn't limited to just hard drives. Network shares and FTP accounts can be scanned; particularly useful for checking remote fileservers, or your webspace usage. Space can also print displays of the disk usage, and export the collected information in CSV format for importing into other programs/
http:/ / www.2brightsparks.com/ syncback/ sbse.html
SyncBackSE allows you to copy locked/open files, enjoy the benefits of a great FTP engine, and speed through backups using the 'Fast Backup' option. Keep your backups completely secure with 256-bit AES encryption. Zip64 Compression.
http:/ / www.gelosoft.com/ adescr.html
Performs foolproof synchronization of files and directories, either one-way or bi-directionally, with many useful options. Files/folders can be easily synched from one computer to another, or from one to several.
http:/ / www.ghisler.com/
Total Commander is the best file manager for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, and Windows® 3.1. Check out the extremely handy list of <A HREF="http://www.ghisler.com/addons.htm">Addons</A>.
http:/ / ccollomb.free.fr/ unlocker/
Annoyed by those Windows messages that you cannot delete a file or folder because it is being used even though you know it’s not being used? Unlocker is a free utility that will unlock any file or folder via a right-click context menu.
http:/ / www.x1.com/
Enables knowledge workers, managers, and professionals to more efficiently find, view, and act on local or network-stored content sources.
Firefox
http:/ / adblock.mozdev.org/ dev.html
Adblock is a content-blocking module for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers. It is both more robust and more precise than the built-in image blocker.
https:/ / addons.mozilla.org/ extensions/ moreinfo.php?id=750&os=windows
RoboForm is Top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling. Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically. Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click. Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security. Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers. Gives you one set of bookmarks and passwords for IE, Firefox, Mozilla, AOL, MSN, Avant, MaxThon browsers. Named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year.
http:/ / extensions.roachfiend.com/ index.php
BugMeNot allows you to access bugmenot.com's database of user-submitted usernames and passwords to bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times) via the context menu.
http:/ / freshmeat.net/ projects/ checky/
Checky is a document validation and analysis extension for Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape. It provides an easy-to-use interface to many free and commercial online validation and analysis services. It allows the user to validate, analyze, view, and inspect documents containing HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML, P3P, hyperlinks, metadata, and many more. It can check Section 508 and WAI compliance of documents with many helpful services. It can help in the design, development, and maintenance of accessible documents for a semantic web.
http:/ / www.iosart.com/ firefox/ colorzilla/
With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can also zoom the page you are viewing and conveniently open any HTML element in the DOM Inspector for further examination.
http:/ / www.coralcdn.org/ plugins/
Simply type in a normal URL, and the URL will automatically be redirected into Coralized form. This may be especially useful, for example, when you are trying to access an overloaded server: try the Coralized URL instead, as it might already be cached in the Coral network.
http:/ / delicious.mozdev.org/
del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others. Context menu, Toolbar & Sidebar integration.
http:/ / derbrowsertimer.mozdev.org/
DerBrowserTimer is a timer/clock/alarm add-on for the Mozilla FireFox browser. Lots of great features. (NOTE: You may have to right-click on the taskbar to add the clock.)
http:/ / diggler.mozdev.org/
Diggler is a small but powerful add-on for Firefox and Mozilla. It adds a menu button next to the address bar with actions relevant to the current URL, for example to step out to the parent directory, or to visit the equivalent ftp URL, or to visit the site in archive.org. A single click on the menu button also clears the location bar (much like the one in Konqueror) - useful for keyboard free browsing.
http:/ / flashblock.mozdev.org/
Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves a placeholder on the page that allows you to click to view the Flash content.
http:/ / philmccluskey.com/ projects/ flickrfox/
Firefox web browser extension FlickrFox lets you browse photos in the sidebar from photo-sharing service Flickr. Keep up-to-date with Flickr photo streams without having to go to Flickr yourself. View friends’ recent photos, a group photo pool or your Flickr favorites while you go about your browsing business - the photo streams automatically update for you. FlickrFox might take up too much real estate to keep the sidebar open all day long, but it’s easily toggled on and off.
http:/ / greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any webpage to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a webpage's style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a webpage's design or interaction.
http:/ / ieview.mozdev.org/
The ieview plugin is a simple Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox extension (for Microsoft Windows systems), which allows the current page or a selected link to be opened in Internet Explorer. I use Mozilla 99.99% of the time, but there are those moments -- particularly when testing new pages, or when viewing that rare IE-only page that's actually interesting -- when I need to see what things look like in IE.
http:/ / www.yellowgorilla.net/ imagezoom/
Right click on an image and select a zoom option from the popup menu, or, hold down the right mouse button in combination with the mouse wheel to zoom in or out on an image.
http:/ / gemal.dk/ mozilla/ launchy.html
Launchy is an Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird extension that will enable you to open current page, links, mailto, images and view source with external applications. Both browsers, media players, FTP clients, download managers and editors are supported. That's applications like Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, Outlook, BSPlayer, Windows Media Player, GetRight and others.
http:/ / livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
Adds information about the HTTP headers in 3 ways: By adding a 'Headers' tab in 'View Page Info' of a web page, bBy adding a tool in the 'Tools->Web Development' menu to be able to display http headers in real time, by letting you edit request headers and replay a URL.<br>
http:/ / maf.mozdev.org/
The MAF project is an archive extension that allows complete web pages to be saved in a single archive file. MAF stands for Mozilla Archive Format and the extension uses RDF to save page meta-data such as the original URL of the page and the date/time the page was put in the archive.
http:/ / update.mozilla.org/ extensions/
Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the browser to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user if they need addtional features, while keeping Firefox small to download.
http:/ / www.yardley.ca/ objection/
objection is an extension for Firefox that adds deletion of Local Shared Objects to the Option > Privacy panel. Local Shared Objects are cookie-like data files stored on your computer by Flash movies viewed by the browser. Not every Flash movie creates a Local Shared Object file; in fact, few do. However, once a Flash movie creates a Local Shared Object file, it remains resident on your computer and the data within it can be read by the Flash movie at any point in the future. It therefore can be used in almost exactly the same way as a cookie.
http:/ / reloadevery.mozdev.org/
The Reload Every extension adds an option to the context menu (the menu you obtain by right clicking on the web page you're currently viewing) to reload the web page you are viewing every so many seconds or minutes. This can be handy if you have a page with for example sports scores, news or stock quotes and want to refresh them automatically.
http:/ / amb.vis.ne.jp/ mozilla/ scrapbook/
ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and easily manage collections. Save Web page, Save snippet of Web page, Save linked Web page, Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection
http:/ / www.quirk.co.za/ searchstatus/
SearchStatus lets you view its Google PageRank, Google Category, Alexa popularity ranking, Alexa incoming links, Alexa related links and backward links from Google, Yahoo! and MSN - all in one place. This combined search-related information means you can view not only the link importance of a site (according to Google), but also its traffic importance (according to Alexa), so providing a balanced view of site efficacy.
http:/ / spellbound.sourceforge.net/
SpellBound is a port of the spellchecker code and user interface from the Mozilla Suite's Composer that enables spell checking in web forms such as html textarea / input elements (html input password elements are not checked by SpellBound) and rich text form elements. This allows you to spell check forms (e.g. message board posts, blog entries, wysiwyg, etc.) before submitting them when using your Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Suite browser.
http:/ / mozmonkey.com/ switchproxy/
SwitchProxy is a Mozilla tool you can use to organize all your proxies. You can add, edit and remove them from a single master list. When you need to use one, just select it from the list and click apply.
http:/ / www.chrispederick.com/ work/ firefox/ useragentswitcher/
The User Agent Switcher extension for Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla adds a menu to switch the user agent of the browser. It is designed to provide functionality similar to the 'Browser Identification' feature of Opera and allows configuration of the list of user agents to display in the menu.
http:/ / www.bitstorm.org/ extensions/
Some websites store cookies on your computer, so these sites can remember you. This can be very handy, but it can also be used to track everything you do on that website. So which websites use cookies and what is stored in those cookies? With the Firefox View Cookies extension, you can find that out easily. You can also remove the cookies.
http:/ / jennifermadden.com/ scripts/ ViewRenderedSource.html
Displays Color-Coded and Styled Rendered Source. Color Coding = Intuitive Validation of Rendered Source At A Glance. Displays Rendered JavaScript Source Only: JavaScript Code is Replaced with Script Markers for an Uncluttered Source View Encourages Well Formed, Cleaned-Up HTML Lightening Fast Much More Readable and More Easily Accessible Than the Browser's Built-in "View Selection Source"
Internet
http:/ / gemal.dk/ browserspy/
BrowserSpy can tell you all kinds of detailed information about you and your browser. Stuff like the version of your browser. What kind of things it supports and what it doesn't support. Furthermore it can provide you detailed information about JavaScript, Java, Plug-ins, Components, Bandwidth, Language, Screen, Hardware, IP, Cookies, Web Server, and much more...
http:/ / curl.tolix.org/
curl is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. Curl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.
http:/ / www.dslreports.com/ stest
This is the OPEN PUBLIC speed test page. It benchmarks your DSL line speed, both up and down. The test servers are located where they can reach major backbones via DS3s (45mbps). These tests work reliably up to about 5mbit or so.<br>
http:/ / www.dyndns.org/
DynDNS provides the flexible services and support that you need to establish a strong and reliable Internet presence. We provide full-featured managed DNS hosting, Dynamic DNS, Static DNS, web redirection, e-mail, and domain registration
http:/ / www.kana.homeip.net/
DynDNS Updater is a dyndns.org update client which will automate your update process. It runs on all 32-bit version of Windows with very few system requirements.
http:/ / www.spadixbd.com/ extracturl/
Extract URL with title, description, keywords meta data from entire websites, list of URLs or search engine results. It presents results in url, base, domain, title, description, keyword, date modified, page size, etc. and user can save extracted data in text, excel, html file or CSV text format to import the output in any complex database tool as desire. Program has numerous filters to restrict extraction like - URL filter, date modified, file size, etc. It allows user-selectable recursion levels, retrieval threads, timeout, proxy support and accesses password-protected sites.
http:/ / www.bradsoft.com/ feeddemon/
RSS Aggregator for Windows. Built-in podcast receiver downloads audio to your iPod or other media player. Watches alert you to items of interest so you don't have to look for them. Search channels which integrate with Feedster, del.icio.us, Flickr and other popular RSS services
http:/ / www.fiddlertool.com/
Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is designed to be much simpler than using NetMon or Achilles, and includes a simple but powerful JScript.NET event-based scripting subsystem.
http:/ / www.foundstone.com/ resources/ proddesc/ superscan4.htm
A powerful connect-based TCP port scanner, pinger and hostname resolver. Multithreaded and asynchronous techniques make this program extremely fast and versatile. Perform ping scans and port scans using any IP range or specify a text file to extract addresses from. Scan any port range from a built in list or specified range. Resolve and reverse-lookup any IP address or range. Modify the port list and port descriptions using the built in editor. Connect to any discovered open port using user-specified "helper" applications (e.g. Telnet, Web browser, FTP) and assign a custon helper application to any port. Save the scan list to a text file. User friendly interface. Lots more.
http:/ / www.ericgiguere.com/ articles/ masquerading-your-browser.html
Here are specific instructions on masquerading your browser by modifying the User-Agent value it sends. A great use for this is when you can't filter by IP address. Simply add a unique string to your useragent and then configuring your statistical software exclude all matching strings.
http:/ / www.planetdns.net/ menu/ list/ 258/ page/ 73/ cur/ USD/
PlanetRemote is a unique software application that enables you to take control of your computer remotely and interact with its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it! You can take control of your computer from any other computer connected to your local network using either a web browser or the PlanetRemote viewer application included with this product.
http:/ / www.smoothftp.com/
SmoothFTP is a web interface to FTP. Simply log on to this website and transfer files from/to any FTP server.
http:/ / doc.uvnc.com/ addons/ singleclick.html
UltraVNC SC is a mini (166k) UltraVNC Server that can be customized and preconfigured for download by a Customer. UltraVNC SC does not require installation and does not make use of the registry. The customer only have to download the little executable and Click to make a connection. The connection is initiated by the server, to allow easy access thru customers firewall.
Internet Explorer
http:/ / www.acqurl.com/
AcqURL uses a tabbed page metaphor to access groups of bookmarks, with each page holding up to 80 bookmarks. The number of tabbed pages is virtually unlimited, and pages can be added, removed or edited at any time. This bookmark manager is not browser-specific, so your bookmarks are not tied to a specific browser or user session and can be shared.
http:/ / www.ad-shield.com/
AdShield is a freeware banner ad blocker that improves browser performance and usability by suppressing the download and display of ad images, pages and popups. Even if you have a fast connection to the Internet you'll benefit from improved browser window and browser cache utilization. Blocks entire categories of advertisements or undesirable content by adding any portion of a URL to the block list. For example, /banners/ will block anything with the string "/banners/" in it.
http:/ / www.kburra.com/ cpal.html
$15 - Cookie Pal is a complete Internet cookie management system for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. Cookie Pal works with your web browser to give you complete control over the cookies which are accepted by and stored on your system... and can be customized by the user to work with most other 32 bit Internet software which uses cookies, including e-mail programs such as Outlook and Eudora.
http:/ / www.dqsd.net/
Dave's Quick Search Deskbar is a tiny textbox that Dave Bau designed for search hounds with weary mouse-fingers. Unlike the Google Toolbar, this little deskbar lets you launch searches without starting a web browser first, directly from your Windows Explorer Taskbar.
http:/ / windowsmarketplace.com/ content.aspx?ctId=63
An extensive list of add-ons to make your browsing with Internet Explorer more productive, fun and safe. From tabbed browsers to search toolbars and much more, these applications from innovative software developers around the world provide you with exciting new ways to experience the Web. All applications listed here either work directly with Internet Explorer or use the powerful and extensible Internet Explorer platform.
http:/ / www.amazesoft.com/ index.htm
FlashGet can split downloaded files into sections, downloading each section simultaneously, for an increase in downloading speed from 100% to 500%. This, coupled with FlashGet's powerful and easy-to-use management features, helps you take control of your downloads like never before.
http:/ / toolbar.google.com/ deskbar/
Google Deskbar enables you to search with Google from any application without lifting your fingers from the keyboard. Installs easily in your Windows taskbar. Search using Google, even when your browser isn't running. Preview search results in a small inset window that closes automatically. Access Google from any application by typing Ctrl+Alt+G. Use keyboard shortcuts for multiple Google searches, i.e., Google News (Ctrl+N),Google Images (Ctrl+I), or Froogle (Ctrl+F).
http:/ / toolbar.google.com/
Search the web with Google from any site. Eliminate pop-up ads. Fill in forms with one click. Link a weblog to the page you're visiting. Restrict your search to pages located in a specific country. Search just within the pages of a site. Highlight search terms on a page. Customize the layout of your toolbar.
http:/ / www.iespell.com/
ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries).
http:/ / www.outertech.com/ index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5
Linkman is a complete bookmarking solution to store, organize, annotate and check your favorite Internet pages. Linkman efficiently handles up to tens of thousands of URLs by using a database to store your links. It can call upon many powerful facilities that replace the browser's native bookmark management systems. You can easily add URLs from all opened browser sessions and let retrieve keywords and descriptions automatically. The user interface is highly customizable. You get the capability to import and synchronize from existing bookmark collections and export bookmarks in a variety of formats. You can even build your own Export Templates. Several Template examples like XML and HTML output are included. Linkman supports multiple versions of ten different Windows browsers.
http:/ / www.paessler.com/ psi/
Paessler Site Inspector is a comprehensive set of website and webpage analysis tools. It is the perfect companion for people creating websites or working with the Internet. Site Inspector brings various analysis techniques and selected online resources together in one place and plugs them into the application already running on your desktop when you surf the Web: Internet Explorer.
http:/ / www.roboform.com/
AI RoboForm is a free password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence. Put passwords on USB KeyChain for extra security. Sync your passwords and safenotes to a Palm. Save offline passwords & notes. Generate Secure Random Passwords.
http:/ / www.pc-tools.net/ win32/ setbrowser/
A very simple program that lets you set the default web browser in Windows. Select the browser you want, and the program will modify the required registry settings. Can now also automatically locate the browser. A valuable tool for anybody who uses more than one web browser on their system (e.g. if you switch between Netscape Navigator/Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and others). Note: I had an experimental browser destroy my settings beyond what I was able to fix using the registry. Only use SetBrowser in situations where browsers don't recognize the current settings. "Forcing" the default browser, as SetBrowser does, is really a last resort.
http:/ / www.microsoft.com/ windows/ ie/ previous/ webaccess/ default.asp
The Web Accessory kit contains eight terrific utilities that let you zoom in and out on any image, highlight text, do custom searches, and much, much more. The Web Developer Accessory helps the Web developer or those who are just curious about how pages are coded. The DOM tree tool lets you view all the Document Object Model properties in tree form via right click or the tools menu. And for those who are tired of scrolling through hundreds of lines of HTML to find that one section of code that does what you want, search no more! Simply highlight the area of Web page that you want to see the source for, right click on it and select "View Partial Source." It's that simple!
Printer
http:/ / www.fineprint.com/
FinePrint is a Windows printer driver that provides advanced printing capability. Among its features are: print 2, 4, or 8 pages on a single sheet - double sided printing, booklets - universal print preview - page deletion and insertion - ability to combine multiple print jobs into a single job - save to bmp, tiff, emf and jpeg formats - watermarks, headers, footers - superimpose on custom electronic letterhead.
http:/ / www.pdf995.com/
It's a "free" suite of products (adware, which means ads will appear -- see site for more details) that lets you create, edit, and secure PDFs. (To kill the ads costs $9.95 each or $19.95 for all three.)
Server
http:/ / www.firedaemon.com/
FireDaemon is a utility that allows you to install and run virtually any application as a Windows NT/2K/XP service. FireDaemon features easy configuration, a low memory/CPU overhead, subprocess prioritisation and CPU binding and scheduling plus monitoring and logging to the NT/2K/XP event log.
http:/ / www.woodstone.nu/ salive/
Servers Alive is a network monitor program. Among the many checks it can do, it can monitor any Winsock service, ping a host, check if an NT Service/process is running, check the available disk space on a server, retrieve an URL, check your database engine, and more. When it detects a down condition it can warn you in various ways, including sending you an email (SMTP) saying what is down, or paging you with a numeric or alphanumeric warning. It's also the first monitoring program to support WAP pages viewable with wireless devices. Servers Alive also supports host dependency and can also be easily interrogated using a TELNET client and/or a web browser.
http:/ / www.tightvnc.com/
TightVNC is a free remote control package derived from the popular VNC software. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. TightVNC is free, GPL-licensed, with full source code available; useful in remote administration, remote customer support, education, and for many other purposes; cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible with other VNC software; and well maintained and being actively developed.
Spyware Removers
http:/ / www.lavasoft.nu/
Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware and scumware components and lets you remove them safely. It is updated frequently.
http:/ / www.microsoft.com/ athome/ security/ spyware/ software/ default.mspx
Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding over 50 ways spyware can enter your PC.
http:/ / www.safer-networking.org/ en/ index.html
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)
System
http:/ / www.joejoesoft.com/ ac.php
ArsClip is a FREE (freeware) utility for the windows clipboard. ArsClip monitors the clipboard and keeps track of the entries. Press a configurable hotkey and select an item (or items) to quickly paste into a program. Features: Multiple permanent items groups; Picture, RichText, File Copy, Unicode, HTML support; Keypress emulation; Form Mode for pasting multiple fields; Highly configurable
http:/ / www.autopatcher.com/
A FREE all-in-one updater for Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003. It combines all of the available fixes and updates into an ISO files that you can run prior to connecting your PC to the Internet. Thus you're able to perform a complete install offline so your PC is up-to-date and protected before you venture onto the web. (Service Pack 1 is required.)
http:/ / www.mdgx.com/
Many links to Windows related products and obsolete (or hard-to-find) programs. My favorite page is the <A HREF="http://www.mdgx.com/xptoy.htm" TARGET=_blank>FREE Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 Extras</A> page.
http:/ / www.nu2.nu/ pebuilder/
Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
http:/ / www.pcmag.com/ article2/ 0,4149,1158997,00.asp
BHOs are a special type of add-in for Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher. Poorly written BHOs can cause Explorer to crash. Windows doesn't provide a way to see the BHOs on your system, and some BHOs (for example, adware) operate invisibly and don't have a user interface. BHO Cop can solve these problems.
http:/ / www.broadbandreports.com/ faq/ 578
DRTCP is not a patch, but a shortcut (GUI interface) into your registry. This is where you set RWIN (RcvWindow). RWIN is the single most important tweak. Raising Rwin from default (8760 for Win95/98/98SE/NT and 17520 for WinME/2K/XP), can greatly improve download speeds. Why? Here is my kindergarten analogy: Default RWIN for broadband, is like having a tiny straw in a thick milk shake, only so much can get through the straw (line), so fast. By putting a larger straw (higher RWIN) in that same thick shake, you allow more shake (data) to come through faster...
http:/ / www.liquidninja.com/ metapad/
metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x and Windows NT with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more.
http:/ / www.microsoft.com/ office/ 000/ viewers.asp
With the help of these converters and viewers, you can share your Microsoft Office files with people who have versions of Office applications different than your own, or even with people who don't have Office at all. Supports Microsoft Office 2000, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Visio.
http:/ / www.geocities.jp/ br_kato/
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.
http:/ / www.sysinternals.com/
The Sysinternals web site provides you with advanced utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows 9x, Windows Me, and Windows NT/2000/XP/2K3 internals that you won't find anywhere else. Process Explorer, Filemon, Regmon, and PsTools.
http:/ / www.megspace.com/ computers/ tinyspell/
Occasionally you need to check the spelling of words in an application that does not include a spelling checker and you don't want to launch your word processor just for that. This is when tinySpell becomes handy. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application. tinySpell monitors your typing on the fly and alerts you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It also checks the spelling of every word you copy to the clipboard.
System Tweak
http:/ / www.candylabs.com/ approcket/
AppRocket is a very natural way of accessing all types of files and information on your computer. Just type a few letters of what you are looking for and AppRocket finds it. It's fast, beautiful, and easy-to-use.
http:/ / www.sysinternals.com/ Utilities/ Autoruns.html
This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them.
http:/ / www.majorgeeks.com/ download.php?det=664
Bootvis.exe is a performance tracing and visualization tool that Microsoft designed to help PC system designers and software developers identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while developing new PC products or supporting software.
http:/ / www.ccleaner.com/
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and FREE! :)
http:/ / www.speedguide.net/ read_articles.php?id=1497
A patching program for removing or changing the limit imposed on connection attempts in SP2. The patcher has the ability to restore tcpip.sys back to the original... Still, you might want to back up tcpip.sys, use it at your own risk.
http:/ / www.faberbox.com/ fabertoys.asp
Faber Toys is a system utility, mainly developed for power users who want to know what's going on in their Personal Computer. It may also be used by programmers as a tool for tracking their applications.
http:/ / www.oxygen-inc.com/ premium/ InsaniSoft/ iEx.htm
iEx is a utility for Windows XP that displays a grid of thumbnails, each representing an open window on your computer. When you click on a thumbnail it brings the corresponding window to the front, so it can be very useful for people who like to have a lot of windows open at once.
http:/ / www.macecraft.com/ index.php?lg=en&id=products_pt&did=
jv16 PowerTools is basically the Tool to control your computer. Until now your computer might had been the one who is in charge, but with jv16 PowerTools you can take the control. The program contains all the tools needed for monitoring, cleaning and controlling the registry, the file system and your Local Area Network.
http:/ / www.konfabulator.com/
Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.
http:/ / www.everythingisnt.com/ hosts.html
A hosts file tells your computer what numerical address (209.61.186.253) is associated with what URL (www.everythingisnt.com.) . This file is a very simple hack which takes ad server URLs and redirects them to non-existant numerical addresses. In other words we're fooling the internet. Its pretty simple and it works. Tens of thousands of people use it everyday with no problems.
http:/ / stevemiller.net/ puretext/
PureText only removes rich formatting from text. This includes the font face, font style (bold, italics, etc.), font color, paragraph styles (left/right/center aligned), margins, character spacing, bullets, subscript, superscript, tables, charts, pictures, embedded objects, etc. PureText is basically equivalent to opening Notepad, doing a PASTE, followed by a SELECT-ALL, and then a COPY. The benefit of PureText is performing all these actions with a single Hot-Key and having the result pasted into the current window automatically.
http:/ / www.ramdisk.tk/
A RAMDisk acts as a virtual drive on your system. It allows you to create directories, copy files to and from it, etc... The data however is not written onto a hard disk, but remains purely stored into a particular part of your RAM memory. Hard disks have mechanical parts that allow to seek to a particular position on the magnetic storage media and to read/write data. This make them relative lazy. A RAMDisk can read and write the same data to upon 30-60 times faster than a hard disk! However, the data stored in your RAM is "volatile" : it disappears when you cut off the power to the RAM memory, with other words, if you turn off your system.
http:/ / www.reallyslick.com/
These screensavers are freeware. Feel free to give them to anyone and everyone. Some of them demand a lot of performance from your CPU and graphics card, so I hope you have a fast computer. These savers use OpenGL for graphics and will perform poorly without OpenGL hardware acceleration. All modern PCs being sold have decent OpenGL support, but the high-end gaming PCs will work the best.
http:/ / www.macecraft.com/ index.php?lg=en&id=products_rs&did=
RegSupreme is the superior standalone, ultra fast and lightweight registry cleaner. With its brand new technology registry cleaning engine the RegSupreme represents a new generation of Windows registry cleaners. Of course, don't just believe us, try it yourself and we are sure you will be amazed by RegSupreme's speed and performance!
http:/ / www.mlin.net/ StartupCPL.shtml
Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple to use and is very small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for system administrators!
http:/ / www.microsoft.com/ windowsxp/ downloads/ powertoys/ xppowertoys.mspx
TweakUI gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. They add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. (Power Calculator, Alt-Tab Replacement, Open Command Window Here, Image Resizer, CD/HTML Slide Show Generator, Vitrual Desktop Manager, Taskbar Magnifier & Webcam Timeshot.)
http:/ / kickme.to/ XPAntiSpy
XP-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP.
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