Freeware programs and applications

[DarkTXKnight]

Hey, I just looked through the list but maybe I just can't find it.... could anyone suggest a good freeware backup utility?????

 

[Penguinus]

Is anyone here actually using Sunbird?

I'm wondering what people think of it

 

[b4u]

Some more software, this time video capture related:


VirtualDub for capturing video (capture to AVI).

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.


GSpot Analyser to get info about video files, like mpeg2, avi, ...

Establishes what video and audio codecs are required to play an AVI file. Version 2.5+ also supports MPG1/2 (DVD, VCD, SVCD) video.

 

[grimmie]

please add Outpost http://agnitum.com to the free firewall offerings list

 

[kmmatney]

For computer programming, check out the new Express products from Microsoft:

L=Microsoft Express Products]http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/[/L]

Programs inlcude:
Visual Basic 2005 Express
Visual C# 2005 Express

These are free (for now at least) and Visual Basic 2005 Express rocks. They finally added Edit-and-Continue to a .NET language, and it runs much better than the full-blown .NET professional IDEs.

 

[keyboardcaper]

is suggest audiograbber instead of these mp3/cd rippers CDex or EAC, audiograbber can rip (alteast on my 3200+ a 5 minute song to 160khz mp3 in <40 sec, and its now free

 

[AlsoNadrag]

Regarding CD Burner XP, it is a great little program but has given me some headaches and I find that it crashes often - I recommend DeepBurner.

You can get the free version here...

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

 

[Mem]

I`ve a had few members asking me about ZipGenius,so decided to post it in here,btw it`s freeware 🙂..

Info.

Screenshots.

ZipGenius is the file compression suite you were searching for: it is free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives, inlcuded RAR, ARJ, ACE, CAB, SQX and the excellent 7-zip.

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[igowerf]

Originally posted by: Mem
I`ve a had few members asking me about ZipGenius,so decided to post it in here,btw it`s freeware 🙂..

Info.

Screenshots.

ZipGenius is the file compression suite you were searching for: it is free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives, inlcuded RAR, ARJ, ACE, CAB, SQX and the excellent 7-zip.

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I used to use ZipGenius actually, but it was still pretty buggy. How is it now?

 

[Mem]

I used to use ZipGenius actually, but it was still pretty buggy. How is it now?

igowerf,I`ve not been using it that long but have had no problems,stability is excellent so far.

 

[forkd]

thanks..awesome

 

[zemel]

download manager: no ads !

leechget

d:

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: zemel
download manager: no ads !

leechget

d:

Hmm... already have that on the list. Thanks anyway! 🙂

 

[AngryDwarf]

Where is the freeware replacement for WinXP? (Primarily for the China and India marketplace.) I am getting tired of MS finding ONE oem CD in some peddlers market in China, and claiming a $400M loss of business.

 

[calyco]

Crap Cleaner

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free. 🙂

Cleans the following:


Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
Recently opened URLs and files.
Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
Including: Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...
Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more...
Backup for registry clean.
This software is completely Freeware and contains no Spyware or Adware.

EVEREST Home Edition

EVEREST Home Edition is a freeware1 system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. It offers the world's most accurate system information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: AngryDwarf
Where is the freeware replacement for WinXP? (Primarily for the China and India marketplace.) I am getting tired of MS finding ONE oem CD in some peddlers market in China, and claiming a $400M loss of business.

Linux?

 

[Zero Plasma]

bump

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: Smoke0
bump

The thread is still stickied isn't it?

 

[vnow]

Originally posted by: deviant03
Crap Cleaner

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free. 🙂

Yeah, I absolutely love this app.

It's 'must have' in my book.

 

[TP]

sorry too tired to go back through list to see if duped

filezilla (ftp client and server)
k-meleon - internet browser
my list of favorite freewares
stroke-it - advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Add this:

Caligari trueSpace 3.2 free full edition linky!
Pretty cool 3D modeling with animation features.

 

[KenSimone]

DIRMS defragger. Worked much better than the disk defragger in XP, which refused to completly defrag my drive. There's another program on the site too, buzzsaw, which runs in the background and defrags your drive during idle time, but I haven't tried that one.

 

[oogabooga]

thanks for this list op + contributers : :thumbsup:

 

[TP]

"**Server Antivirus: Bitdefender Free Edition. I installed this on the free NFR copy of Server 2003 that MS sent me. It works perfectly. Panda, antiVir, and others won't even let you install their free versions. The only downside is that it doesn't provide realtime protection. "

I run AVG free on windows server 2003 and it works fine.. Haven't used Bitdefender so can't comment about it.. AVG is pretty decent though... really good about udpating...

 

[RollWave]

I've GOT to say that I'm totally impressed by CD Burner XP Pro 3! Its just like nero but cooler because its free!