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Technical Help & Discussion => Windows PCs & Software: Help, News & Discussion => Topic started by: Mac on March 29, 2006, 00:48

Title: General Technical Information and Freeware
Post by: Mac on March 29, 2006, 00:48
Anti-Virus

ON-LINE ANTI-VIRUS - ANTI-TROJAN SCANNER (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
 
AVG HOME EDITION ANTIVIRUS (http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10342876.html)
 
MICROSOFT WINDOWS MALICIOUS SOFTWARE REMOVAL TOOL (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356&displaylang=en)
 
Anti-Trojan
 
ADAWARE SE  (http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html)
 
SPYBOT SD  (http://beam.to/spybotsd)
 
SPYWAREBLASTER (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html)

Cooling CPU and VGA

ARCTIC COOLING (http://www.arctic-cooling.com/cpu2.php?idx=79&disc)
 
Drive Cleaning and Registry
 
CCLEANER (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner.html)[/b]
 
ERASER (http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/download.php)

TUNE-UP UTILITIES (http://www.tune-up.com)

Drive Performance Diagnostics

BOOTVIS (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/default.mspx)

SEAGATE DRIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS (http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools)

DEFRAGMENTATION and DRIVE PERFORMANCE FLASH DEMO (http://www.diskeepereurope.com/assets/flash/fulltour_uk_swf/diskeeper_tour.htm)

DEFRAGMENTATION and DRIVE PERFORMANCE EUROPEAN SITE (http://www.diskeepereurope.com)

MAINTAINING THE HARD DRIVE FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE (http://pc-pals.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=125466#125466)

Internet Browser
 
OPERA (http://www.opera.com)
 
Multi-Media
 
DAEMON VIRTUAL CD/DVD DRIVE (http://www2.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5)
 
K-LITE CODEC PACK (http://www.k-litecodecpack.com)

QUICK TIME ALTERNATIVE (http://www.filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative)
 
REAL PLAYER ALTERNATIVE (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm)
 
Office Software
 
ADOBE PDF FILE READER (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)
 
FOXIT PDF FILE READER (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php)
 
OPEN OFFICE SUITE (http://www.openoffice.org)
 
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR (http://www.calculator.org)
 
UNIT CONVERTOR (http://www.joshmadison.com/software)
 
Performance Related

CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php)
 
ERUNT-NTREGOPT NT-XP REGISTRY BACKUP AND OPTIMISER (http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt)
 
EVEREST HOME EDITION DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html)
 
USER PROFILE HIVE CLEANUP SERVICE (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en)
 
WINDOWS XP POWERTOYS TWEAKUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx)
 
Data Recovery
 
KNOPPIX ISO ENGLISH (http://ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso)

R-DRIVER II USB TO IDE CABLE (http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0190)
 
Memory test bootable CDR ISO files

MICROSOFT MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp)

Miscellaneous

FILE HIPPO FREEWARE (http://www.filehippo.com)
 
KILLBOX FILE DELETER (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php)
 
MAGICAL JELLY BEAN KEYFINDER (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2612.html)

Recovery Console

INSTALLING RECOVERY CONSOLE (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654)

RECOVERY CONSOLE COMMANDS (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/recovery_console_cmds.mspx)

Slipstreaming Programs

AUTOSTREAMER (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml)

NLITE (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/nLite.shtml)

Support Tools

WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 SUPPORT TOOLS (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en)

See also your XP CD Support Folder!

Windows XP Operating System Repairs

FILE ASSOCIATION REPAIRS (http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm)

GENERAL REPAIRS (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm)

REGISTRY REPAIRS (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm)

MEDION MD 8800

Repartitioned 250GB SATA hard drive 3.0GHz Dual Core Processor with 4 x 512MB DDR2 RAM

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa327%2FXPOS%2FMD8800.jpg&hash=30fa111ba8fadfead17f20b738c0053e571399d6) (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa327%2FXPOS%2FMED-250-MD90080-01.jpg&hash=ba647660180b96ac1af749b8ca87047af38ef233) (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa327%2FXPOS%2FSAMSUNGSM204B20-1.jpg&hash=ca3fa1b442208a3e99a112eb9a1eae1792d217c2)

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa327%2FXPOS%2FDriveManMed07.jpg&hash=32c56add26b33c27b418c89829b74390d610dd13)

With additional 250GB external drive.

Samsung SM204B 20.1" monitor which can rotate to full A4 portrait view.
Title: General Technical Information and Freeware
Post by: Simon on March 29, 2006, 08:12
Wow!  An extensive archive there - thanks Mac!  One glaring ommission, unless these are purely personal recommendations, is Mozilla / Firefox from the Browsers heading.  ;)  Also, it might be worth mentioning that the links to items on the Aldi / Medion forum require registration / log in.
Title: General Technical Information and Freeware
Post by: Rodders on March 29, 2006, 10:46
Nice one, Mac!  You may also wish to bookmark Eric Howes' SpywareWarrior (http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/main-nf.htm) site, which contains by far the most comprehensive collection of links to security tools and apps currently available.
Title: General Technical Information and Freeware
Post by: Mac on March 29, 2006, 12:52
Quote from: "Simon"
Wow!  An extensive archive there!


From a couple of other sites I used to subscribe to.
Title: General Technical Information and Freeware
Post by: Reno on March 30, 2006, 16:03
Nice lists.

I wish they rated the files in archives like those.
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Post by: blogGreen88 on May 08, 2006, 17:49
Post removed by Clive.  Blatant spam.  Bannination ensued.