Freeware programs and applications

[suklee]

Any other freeware screen capture utilities?

 

[SGtheArtist]

http://www.autogk.me.uk/

Thats a great app. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TP]

I really prefer mwsnap for screen capture. it doesnt do everything snagit can do, but it covers the basics really well.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: TP
I really prefer mwsnap for screen capture. it doesnt do everything snagit can do, but it covers the basics really well.

Thanks, I'll check it out.. but it's last updated in 2002!

Though I'm used to SnagIt, I only need basic functions as well 🙂

 

[joinT]

Originally posted by: igowerf
PHP Editor: phpEDIT - A good PHP editor that not only functions as a text editor but as a relatively loaded IDE. There are a lot of PHP editors but most of them are lacking one thing or another, or aren't being actively updated. phpEDIT seems to be the best all-around editor, too. They also offer a CodeBeauitifer that helps you clean up your code.
Some third party reviews that support the assertion. *Suggested by beer. Comments also by beer.*

looks like phpEDIT is shareware now...

 

[suklee]

I use Crimson Editor.... http://www.crimsoneditor.com

btw, mwsnap is pretty good as a basic capture application. can't annotate or add anything to the files, but it does do the basics well.

 

[joinT]

yea, i use crimson editor for most things.. wanted to try a PHP IDE tho for debugging..

 

[Carl Uman]

Didn't see an entry for backup/sync software so I'd like to recommend that SyncBack be added for that.

SyncBack link

They also have a version you can purchase but the free is great for backups and synchronizing (yes there is a difference)

 

[Schnozzinkobenstein]

I like WinRAR the best, why isn't it on here? It's shareware, yes, but with unlimited use. You've put other stuff up on there like that.

NetVampire is no longer freeware, by the way.

Star Downloader stinks: It doesn't even catch all of those direct download links that you can just copy and paste to download (even in IE!), and for those few that it does catch, it catches half of them wrong (I have no idea how that's even possible).

 

[raildogg]

I'm looking for a spyware remover. I'm considering the Spybot search and destroy. I used to use it on my old pc but I have yet to install it on my new one. Is there a better alternative or is this still among the best?

 

[Robotoer]

To add to the 3d Modeling programs list, there's also Blender: http://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html. This program is under some license that even allows for models created by it to be used in commercial productions.

 

[Winchester]

Originally posted by: Robotoer
To add to the 3d Modeling programs list, there's also Blender: http://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html. This program is under some license that even allows for models created by it to be used in commercial productions.

Blender was already up there.

 

[Sikedo]

Question on the screen capture programs... Do they screen cap from videos? I know Prt Scrn doesn't capture what was displaying on the video at that moment... Just comes up with a black box where the video was playing...

 

[SGtheArtist]

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Thats due to the fact that the video is overlay. You would need something like PowerDVD or ATI MMC to do screen shots of the video. Unfortunately I am unaware of any freeware software to do this.

 

[SUOrangeman]

OK, having only read the first page (and the last), has anyone mentioned 7-Zip (www.7-zip.org)

 

[fs5]

add the program recovery tool I used here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=33&threadid=1749417

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
OK, having only read the first page (and the last), has anyone mentioned 7-Zip (www.7-zip.org)

Yes. And I just added it to the list. 🙂

 

[Kriz]

Camstudio is a great screen capture program.

http://www.camstudio.org

And Windows Onecare is great for Anti-Virus, Firewall, and automatic tune-ups (defrag), and other stuff. It's in public beta now.

http://beta.windowsonecare.com/

 

[50]

I like mp3 DirectCut for editing music but I will checkout Audacity. Also you might want to note I read that Itunes puts special codes on mp3's your rip from your cds onto the tracks so they can track what you do with your music.

 

[RECEP]

THANK YOU MY FRIEND, ITS A NICE JOB

 

[jquindlen]

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[Ktulu]

SQuirreL SQL Client is a pretty good open source database tool. I've been using it for a little while and i'm very impressed.

It requires JDK 1.4 and set up is pretty easy

Haven't found much i don't like about it except for memory usage.

It's a pretty good replacement to PL/SQL Developer, of course there are some things it can't do, but overall its pretty good

 

[kidcool321]

good job

 

[Framerate]

JCreator is a good, free Java editor and compiler. I like it.

http://www.jcreator.com/

 

[mrza]

Whats better - CleanUp! or CCleaner?