==== Post COOL and USEFUL programs here!!! STICKIED ====

[bleuiko]

Hey guys! Like the title says, post all you little gadgets, gizmos, and all those cool little (or not so little) programs that you use and find useful!!! Better yet if they're freeware cuz they really deserve to be noticed!

btw, don't post microsoft word or anything like that... you know, post stuff that not everyone knows about but should!!

and BUMP me! EDITED: Thanks Mods for the sticky

That's it for now! But I need more cool toys!! POST POST POST!!!

P.S. Excuse all the exclamation points; its late and i'm on a sugar high. =)!!!

bleu

 

[Zim Hosein]

CloneCD, useful for those that do not know about it

http://www.elby.de/CloneCD/english/index.htm

 

[Gorgonzola]

Miranda ICQ
Icq without the bloat!
can now also communicate with MSN users.
the program itself is under 300kb, and you choose which plugins you need instead of installing all the crap from Mirabilis that you never use!

 

[NEVERwinter]

okay, these are (some of) my favourite freeware softwares:
- Winamp : audio player...
- Sasami2K : Advanced Media Player
- VirtualDub : AVI editor
- VCDgear : MPEG converter
- Ragnarok Online : game.. hehehehe....
- DivX CODEC : ......

 

[Phunktion]

Pop Up Stopper - Does what it says and does it perfectly even on XP
CDR Identifier - What more can I say? It identifies you CDR manufacturer + other info..

 

[eplebnista]

Arachnophilia-Html Editor
Ad-aware-Spyware Detector
Directory Printer-Lists HD contents and prints results to a text file or printer
PopUpKiller-Kills PopUp Ads
SmartFTP-FTP Utility
Sygate Personal Firewall
Winzip-Zip Utility
MusicMatch
SiSoft Sandra-Benchmarking Utility
HDTach-HD Benchmarking Utility
XnView-Image Viewer/Format Converter


My $.02,
eplebnista

 

[joohang]

<< Miranda ICQ
Icq without the bloat!
can now also communicate with MSN users.
the program itself is under 300kb, and you choose which plugins you need instead of installing all the crap from Mirabilis that you never use! >>


Sweet! And I hope it's more stable too (gee... well.. that's not too hard). I might actually reactivate my ICQ account again. Thanks.

*bump*

 

[PUNKtotalled]

I use jv16PowerTools, which can cleans up your pc and more... I use too ultimatezip: a freeware winzip clone.www.jv16.orgultimatezip

 

[Gorgonzola]

joohang, Miranda has never crashed for me. in earlier versions there was some compatibility problems with some versions of ICQ and also problems with file sharing, but that has all been sorted out now, so you should have no trouble at all.

 

[StevenYoo]

Motherboard Monitor: Displays CPU and case temps
Absolute FTP: an FTP client with a great interface
CoolMon: the app that lets you display system info on the desktop
SETI@home: help out TeAm AT!

 

[VicLavigne]

Trillian -- monitors ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, and MSN IM's all at the same time www.download.com
Xteq-Tweak -- allows all manner of tweaks to your system, Win9x to WinXP www.download.com

 

[murphy55d]

IsoBuster from here

GeForce tweak utility from here

Belarc advisor from here

and WS_FTP from here

 

[PUNKtotalled]

smartftp freeware ftp navigator on www.smartftp.com

 

[bjb86s]

Good suggestions, guys, keep 'em coming.

 

[thirdeye]

AIM+ICQ+IRC+MSN+YAHOO=Trillian

 

[FOBSIDE]

<< AIM+ICQ+IRC+MSN+YAHOO=Trillian >>



i used trillian. i did not like it at all. the original chat programs are what i find to be better.

 

[danparkcityut]

Assuming my links work (my keyboard doesn't always spell too well):

'K, I give. Guess you'll just have to cut and paste:

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1461989-100-5943130.html

In case you want to know what really loads when you boot windoze up, and how to control it...

and:

Irfanview

It's a great little graphics viewer.


Both free for the downloading...

edit: just as suspected. Well, this kb is only about 5 years old, so couldn't have been further than kindergarten yet

 

[corkyg]

My favorite and most used freeware is Email Remover 2.4 by Victor Javier in Singapore.

It lets you see your POP3 box and look at all the headers and message parameters, then lets you select those you do not want, and it deletes them from your POP server BEFORE you ever download them. I get rid of all spam and some viruses that way without ever downloading them into my system. I use it every time I check mail. It works!

Email Remover

 

[randypj]

I guess this is considered a cd-rom emulator? :
Daemon Tools

For checking the speed/quality of rips from your cd-roms and burners. This is also included in newer versions of Nero, I believe. They also have Nero Tools available for download on their page:
CD Speed 2000

Very helpful for W9x. Ends any programs running in the background that you preselect. With W98, I used it before I started a resource intensive game. May work with W2K and XP.....dunno. There might be a newer version somewhere.
EndItAll
--Randy

 

[mariner]

Some great apps here. Of course everyone is bound to have too many to list. Some I like:

Regcleaner get rid of all those dead keys
Motherboard Monitor if you overclock this is a must
CPUIdle if you overclock this type util is a must
EAC great for maiking mp3s
Zone Alarm great for monitoring incoming/outgoing activity
WinMX for locating those hard to find files

Hope all those links work

mariner

 

[Lars]

good thread - bump

 

[danparkcityut]

Another little gem, freeware:

PrintKey

Or, if my link doesn't work (as usual), C&P:

http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/1096.html

It's PrintKey. Actually gives you your Print Key back!

 

[CSFM]

Blaze Media Pro

Handy program for recording Audio streams from the internet. Also for converting almost every audio and video format.

 

[vital]

DiskDB allows you to store a database of all those data cd's you have in windows explorer style...i use it to catalog all my apps that i burn to cdr/w.

4-MP3 allows you to store a database of all those mp3's you have on any hd, tape, cdr, etc...pretty useful mass renaming and fuzzy logic search function as well.

 

[spanky]

WSFTP 5 LE

hey...its free