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Answer» Essential Software Tools This is our master list of all the useful (and free!) software and tools that we use and recommend. Feel free to add to this thread; suitable software will then be incorporated into the main posts. Note that some software here is only free for personal use, or may be limited in some way. The majority however is completely free and unfettered. Categories Tip: Use your browser's "find" feature (Ctrl+F) to go to your chosen category quickly.
Key - recommended (i.e. I use it a lot) - new in this issue Filesystems Name/Link - Description Ant Renamer - Clever multiple file renamer Eraser - SECURE total file eraser/shredder JDiskReport - Disk/space analysis JkDefrag GUI - Front end to an exceptional defragger FIPS - DOS/FAT non-destructive partition resizing tool IsoBuster - CD/DVD DATA recovery tool KillBox - Delete stubborn files Smart BootManager - Boot from any device, even unsupported CDROMs NTFSDOS - Access NTFS partitions from DOS Ultimate Boot CD - Boot CD with lots of diagnostic tools Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - As above, but completely "Windows-ised" version Games Note: Of course games are "essential software"! Name/Link - Description Flyff - Online RPG Legends - Multiplayer FPS with some innovative features Nexuiz - Multiplayer 3D deathmatch FPS a la Quake Unreal Tournament Graphics Name/Link - Description The Gimp - Photoshop-rivalling bitmap editor IconShop - Manage ICL and EXE icon libraries Inkscape - Open Source scalable vector graphics Editor Irfanview - Graphics viewer with HUGE feature set Paint.net - Paint Shop Pro-rivalling bitmap editor Picasa - Picture album/organiser from Google Hard drive diagnostics Name/Link *Testdisk - generic free data recovery tool* Fujitsu Hitachi Maxtor Samsung Seagate Toshiba Western Digital Hardware Name/Link - Description Aida32 - System information, diagnostics and benchmarking CmosPwd - BIOS password recovery Everest Home Edition - System inspection Memtest86 - Stand-alone memory diagnostic Prime95 - A program to find prime numbers, commonly used for stress-testing SiSoft Sandra - Information & diagnostic utility System Information for Windows - And again! (This one is quite up to date.) Internet/Networking Name/Link - Description Angry IP Scanner - Quick IP and port scanner *Blocked Russian URL*/]ejabberd[/url] - Jabber server (instant messaging) ePrompter - Auto-check web, POP3 and IMAP email Firefox - Open Source tabbed Internet Explorer replacement FileZilla - FTP client/server software FTP Surfer - Excellent FTP program HOSTS Secure - Automatically update hosts file to assist in blocking ads etc. HTTrack - Recursive website copier Karens WhoIs - A useful lookup tool KompoZer - WYSIWYG HTML editor derived from NVu LogMeIn - Another remote control program NetMeter - Realtime bandwidth monitoring tool NetStumbler - Wireless network discovery Opera - Another good web browser PeerGuardian - Blocks government etc spies POPTray - Reads POP mail on the server Psi - Client for Jabber (instant messaging) PuTTY - Telnet/SSH program Sam Spade - Comprehensive collection of network tools for Windows UltraVNC - Remote control PC software Graphics Name/Link - Description The Gimp - Photoshop-rivalling bitmap editor IconShop - Manage ICL and EXE icon libraries Inkscape - Open Source scalable vector graphics Editor Irfanview - Graphics viewer with HUGE feature set Paint.net - Paint Shop Pro-rivalling bitmap editor Picasa - Picture album/organiser from Google Hard drive diagnostics Name/Link *Testdisk - generic free data recovery tool* Fujitsu Hitachi Maxtor Samsung Seagate Toshiba Western Digital Hardware Name/Link - Description Aida32 - System information, diagnostics and benchmarking CmosPwd - BIOS password recovery Everest Home Edition - System inspection Memtest86 - Stand-alone memory diagnostic Prime95 - A program to find prime numbers, commonly used for stress-testing SiSoft Sandra - Information & diagnostic utility System Information for Windows - And again! (This one is quite up to date.) Internet/Networking Name/Link - Description Angry IP Scanner - Quick IP and port scanner *Blocked Russian URL*/]ejabberd[/url] - Jabber server (instant messaging) ePrompter - Auto-check web, POP3 and IMAP email Firefox - Open Source tabbed Internet Explorer replacement FileZilla - FTP client/server software FTP Surfer - Excellent FTP program HOSTS Secure - Automatically update hosts file to assist in blocking ads etc. HTTrack - Recursive website copier Karens WhoIs - A useful lookup tool KompoZer - WYSIWYG HTML editor derived from NVu LogMeIn - Another remote control program NetMeter - Realtime bandwidth monitoring tool NetStumbler - Wireless network discovery Opera - Another good web browser PeerGuardian - Blocks government etc spies POPTray - Reads POP mail on the server Psi - Client for Jabber (instant messaging) PuTTY - Telnet/SSH program Sam Spade - Comprehensive collection of network tools for Windows UltraVNC - Remote control PC software Inventory/catalogue software Name/Link - Description eLibPro - Excellent book inventory software Multimedia Name/Link - Description Audacity - Advanced audio recorder/editor – Cross platform AudioGrabber - Audio CD ripper, MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis encoder CDEx - Audio CD ripper dBPowerAmp - Audio conversion tool HACP Audio CD PLAYER - Tiny, efficient CD player with FreeDB support KRISTAL Audio Engine - Multitrack audio mixer and sequencer MediaCoder - Convert between many audio/visual formats ScreenShotAssistant - Take screenshots in MS Windows SUPER - All-format multimedia file converter The-Codecs - All the codecs you'll ever need VLC Media Player - Extremely compentent DVD/Audio/Media player and LAN streamer Office/Business Software Name/Link - Description FreeMind - Mind-mapping (idea-linking) software Keynote - Powerful tree-based notebook/information store OpenOffice.org - Free MS Office Pro replacement OSes, Emulators, Virtualisation Name/Link - Description DOSBox - Intel x86 emulator FreeDOS - MS-DOS compatible OS Knoppix - Complete OS on a CD - useful for diagnostics Microsoft Virtual PC - Run multiple virtual OSes on one machine Microsoft Virtual Server - Run multiple virtual servers on one machine Security Name/Link - Description A² Free - Anti trojan/malware scanner Ad-Aware - Adware detector/remover AVG Free - Personal anti-virus Clam for Windows - Fully open source antivirus ewido - Anti trojan/malware scanner HijackThis - Startup/browser hijack detector IE-SpyAd - Bad IP safeguard - Spybot Search & Destroy - Ad/Spy/Foistware detector/remover SpywareBlaster - Browser hijack prevention tool X-Cleaner Free - Malware Detector/Remover Plus System Tools Name/Link - Description CCleaner - Cleans temp folders redundant registry entries etc Dial-a-fix - Easily fix many problems with 32-bit Windows Win9x Power Toys - Tweaks and addons for Windows 9x XP-AntiSpy - Fixes annoyances and loopholes in XP XP Power Toys - Very useful tweaks for XP Utilities Name/Link - Description 7Zip - Archiver AutoHotKey - Macro scripting/keyboard shortcuts/etc. Convert - Unit conversion program DeepBurner - DVD and CD burning program Foxit Reader - Acrobat Reader replacement Notepad++ - Notepad replacement/syntax-highlighting programmers' file editor Notepad2 - Notepad replacement Notetab - Tabbed notepad replacement PrimoPDF - Save from any application to PDF TClockLight - Enhance the system tray clock Weather Watcher - System tray weather forecast ZipGenius - User-friendly zip/archival tool Other places to look
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FEEL FREE TO POINT OUT ANY ERRORS/OMISSIONS. Removed table formatting and combined all Rob's posts into one post. Added: JKDefragGUI KompoZer NetStumbler Opera SUPER Removed: O & O Defrag (in favour of JkDefrag) SlimBrowser (superseded by other browsers, including IE7) A lot more to come - watch this space!I SEE Malware bytes referred to often in the forums and I use it myself but I didn't see it listed under security. I have tried many free programs and I keep a list of them which I rank from 1 to 5 stars. I have quite a few five star programs but TuxPaint is a 5+. It can be used on almost (if not all) OS's and is a fun way to introduce children and mature people to the world of computing. Although it is simple and easy to use I have been able to create some extraordinary works of art with it.Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on January 07, 2008, 05:58:47 AM A lot more to come - watch this space! ... we're still waiting! Hmm... perhaps I should do something about that...Great post! Only noticed it now... BTW, some categories are there twice...these are also useful. smart defrag 2.2 protected folder google transliltrator advance system care5.0 iobit malware fighterQuote from: namsnice on January 14, 2012, 02:31:56 AM transliltrator What language is that? yup its translitrator only (not translater). this is a powerfull tool given by google to write your local languages by directly typing the concern words or the languages installed and selected. as in my language for writing जाओ i have to type it in english same as i pronounce it. hope its available for your language too. nice and very handy tool with small size of approx 8 mb.I guess this would go under hard drives. If you ever want to swap out a larger hard drive for an SSD. I would recommend MiniTool petition it made it easy.Since you managed to bork your HD...not sure if this will be taken seriously... Just sayin.paint.net page not found on http://www.eecs.wsu.edu try this: http://school.eecs.wsu.edu/node/798 Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - As above, but completely "Windows-ised" version is no more. |
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