Window Killer 0.98b Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
(FileSize: 477 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Sometimes you enter a Web site and advertisement windows start popping up faster than you can close them. This is especially annoying when that site is among your favorites. In most cases, the captions of those annoying windows are always the same, so Web Window Killer automatically closes any window with a caption or caption fragment that appears in a customizable list.

Go to: Window Killer Website

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Process Explorer 8.41 Windows 95/98/NT4/Me/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 230 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

Go to: Process Explorer Webpage

Bulk Rename Utility 2.1.0.4 Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
(FileSize: 313 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily rename multiple files and directories, based upon flexible criteria. For example, if you have a whole load of files prefixed with "2002", you can quickly rename all these to "2003". Similarly, if you have lots of "html" files then you can quickly rename them all to "htm". The utility is easy to use and has a small memory ?footprint? so can be left resident without consuming all your memory.

Go to: Bulk Rename Utility Website

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IZArc 3.4.1.6 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 3 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

IZArc is the ultimate archive utility suports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ,
TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support. IZArc is the most complete archive utility available today.

Go to: IZArc Webpage

TextMorph 2.1 Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 1.3 mb - 2.2 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

TextMorph is a powerful ASCII text formatter. It is also a text editor, similar to Notepad. There are lots of text editing programs around, but TextMorph has a number of things that set it apart. TextMorph has a number of "tools" that you can apply to the text, such as converting from text to HTML and vice versa, cleaning up emails (removing all those ">" signs and so forth), search and replace by words OR multiple paragraphs, changing upper/lower case, etc. - all with the click of a mouse! You can also create your own custom tools that utilize the pre-set tools. Plus, with the Multiple File Morph wizard, you can apply tools to a large group of files at one time, without having to open and edit each file. This makes TextMorph an ideal program for people who work with large numbers of text files or archives of HTML or text content, as it can quickly and easily apply formatting to all files.
But most people can benefit from TextMorph if for no other reason than using it to quickly "clean up" forwarded emails. TextMorph is a fairly simple program to use, but it is also very powerful and provides many advanced options including command line processing of files and the ability to actually make your own tools and interface them with TextMorph, which can be very useful to programmers.

TextMorph runs on all 32-bit Windows platforms from Windows 95B on, and is easy to install and uninstall. It has been thoroughly tested on Windows 95B and Windows XP. Complete program information and examples are given in the help file that comes with the program.

Go to: TextMorph Website

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Juke 3.8 Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 1.5 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Juke is the one player for all your sound, music, and video files, and also including music CDs. It allows you to create mixed playlists easily by dragging and dropping. Juke plays .wav's, .mid's, .mp2's, .mp3's, .mod's, .avi's, .mpg's, .mov's and many other file formats. Use DirectX plug-ins to turn Juke into a professional music production system with an equalizer, compressor and limiter.

New:

• Add-in support (Raduga compatible)
  
• support for media player keys on Micrososft keyboards
  
• File properties dialog
  
• ID3 tag and Windows Media meta data support
  
• choose base folder (music directory) for Explorer tree
  
• Unicode version for Windows 2000/XP

Features:

• Unlimited playlist length
  
• Use directories as playlist
  
• Intro Scan, Random play mode
  
• Windowless mode, control via task bar menu
  
• Support for DirectX Plug-Ins
  
• Full Screen playback
  
• Build-in Directory Tree
  
• Priority control
  
• Languages: English, German, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese, Russian
  
• Supports ID3 tags and Windows Media meta data

Go to: Juke Webpage

* Top Pick *

The GodFather 0.60 Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 2.76 mb) [Freeware] [ScreenShot 1] [ScreenShot 2]

Do you own .mp3 files ? How about .ogg, .mpc .ape or .flac files ? Do you have a lot of them ?
If yes, then you probably already know that it is easier to create a chaotic budge of files with strange names and in wrong locations than to have a clean and nice collection where every file is where it is supposed to be, with a perfect name and Tag information.
Sounds like the truth... don't worry The GodFather is here to put order to chaos and put you in control.No more strange file names and endless search for "that song"!.Rename,update Tags,restructure files on hard disk, create/merge play lists,encode-decode with LAME/Ogg Vorbis/MpcEnc, export/import to/from file, play, use freedb.org & allmusic.com, catalog them in a library... with ease of use and perfect results every time.

Finally it is about time to rest assure that you will find the files you want to listen to instantly.Stop struggling, sit back, and enjoy your favorite music.

Go to: The Godfather Website

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Text Effects v1.00.537 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 414 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Create stunning 3D, multicolor, shaded, rotatable text for that special web image/greeting card/logo.
Updated toolbar, define new canvas size, enlarge/shrink 25%, invert, shade light/dark, distort, manual resize, ´active´ text box prompt.

Features:

• Text shading (depth, angle, multicolor)
  
• Rotate text 90, 180, 270 degrees
  
• Horizontal/Vertical/Flip/Mirror text
  
• Parallel processing dialog box
  
• Realtime screen color grab - click and drag
  
• Realtime rapid, size/font display
  
• Super large font size option
  
• Paste to fit/resize picture
  
• Definable background color
  
• Invert/Mirror/Flip/Rotate Left-Right 90, 180, 270 degrees
  
• Multiple picture formats: (BMP,JPG,ICO - true color solid and transparent,PPM,PGM,PBM,XBM,TEP,HTM/HTML - email signature)
  
• Comes with 42 example TextBrushs
  
• Command line parameters for opening picture and TextBrushs
  
• Print - Image Printer required
  
• Complementary tool for Animated ArtCard Creations and Snappy Photocard Creator
  
• Sizeable
  
• Integrated Help
  
• Multilingual interface - see our Select Language

Go to: Text Effects Website

* Top Pick *

Everest Home Edition 1.10 Windows 95/95/NT/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 2.6 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Special Note: Aida32 was one of the greatest pieces of software, for computer info and diagnostics. The author Tamas Miklos, ended development of Aida32, and moved on to join a group called Lavalys. Everest Home Edition is basically the continuation of Aida32. The Home Edition is Freeware, and they also offer a Shareware version.

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.

Go to: EVEREST Home Edition Webpage

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MR Tech Systray 2.5 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
(FileSize: 147 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Special Note: MR Tech Systray 2.5 is Freeware. There is also a newer 3.0 beta 1 version for download. It has more features and he also mentions that "PRO" features will be coming soon. So it looks to be that the 3.0 beta at this time, is also free. However once they add Pro features, then it will probably be Shareware. Although I can't find any mention of that on the Website.

MR Tech Systray is a swiss army knife of tools, tweaks and system options. It will not only let you quickly shut down, restart or log off from Windows, it can help keep your hard disk a little cleaner, organize your MP3 & Other Media files, edit MP3´s iD3 tags, sort text lines, log reboots and tune your system. Other features include: system-wide shortcut keys, an incredibly fast program uninstaller, a directory jump list, enhanced system information, save or print screenshot/window and more.
The primary functionality is the fact that it runs quietly in the system tray and allows you to run it by either left or right-clicking on the icon. Left clicking will open up the main windows containing several pieces of system information as well as a plethora of tools, tweaks and options. Many options are available quickly via right-click menu in your systray. And there are also several system-wide keyboard shortcuts that are created on startup.

Go to: MR Tech Systray Website

Billy 1.03 Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 665 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Billy is an audio player that allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3 files. It can usually load files 2 to 8 times faster than winamp or media player. Billy plays music albums without any gaps between tracks, so an overlapping applause or beat will continue. The player is 100% controllable by keyboard and its easy finder and special rename functions help you to find and organize your files quickly.

Features:

Freeware
Runs on Win 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003
No skins, no mp3 tags, no equalizer, no nonsense
Supported formats: MP3, WAV, OGG
High quality sound engine, by Un4seen Bass
Extremely fast, loads 1000 mp3 files in a second
Gapless trackchange of mp3 files
Directory based or playlist based
Filenames renamer to organize your music albums
Calibrated dB level meter
100% controllable by keyboard
Low memory and cpu usage
Queueing your next songs
Find a specific song quickly
Sleep timer
Drag & drop

Go to: Billy Webpage

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AB Invoicing 2.7.1 Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP
(FileSize: 2.3 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Doing the job or delivering your product isn't enough. You have to write an invoice to get paid too. Mostly dull and tedious work that you have to do in your spare time. This program makes that job much easier. And at no cost! It is a free program that lets you write as many invoices as you like without spending any money on it. Install the program on as many computers as you like, use it as long as you want. No limits in of any kind! This must be the ideal solution for the newly started enterprise. No cost in the beginning and a way to grow for a very modest price.

Go to: AB Invoicing Webpage

Couple of good links from LockerGnome newsletter

WinTricks v3.0d Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 651 kb) [Freeware] No ScreenShot

WinTricks is a jam-packed publication filled with zillions of tips, tricks, and secrets for Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, and XP. It's easy to find the information you need as it's all categorized by Windows version, and topics include Registry, Desktop, AOL, Laptop, and the Internet. The newest version of this compendium includes 59 new tips/tricks/secrets! Whether you're new to computing or you think you know your OS like the back of your mouse, you're bound to turn up a few fresh leads to make your Windows world that much more habitable.

Go to: WinTricks Website

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*Cool Website*

CSS Creator

CSS Creator site is a place for you to learn about and create CSS, Cascading Style Sheets. The CSS Forum is a place where you can discuss CSS page layouts, positioning, bugs and just about anything related to cascading style sheets. The forum is new, free and most of all needs people like you to create a community. Talk about css, ask questions, find solutions, and help each other learn at the CSS Forum.

Go to: CSS Creator Website

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Also available for Linux and Mac OS X
(FileSize: 5.9 mb) [Freeware] Small ScreenShot

Mozilla's Thunderbird mail client is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Its goal is to produce a cross-platform, standalone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It is modeled after the Mozilla Firebird rewrite of the Mozilla browser. The intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another non-Mozilla browser) as his or her primary browser and who wants a mail client based on Mozilla that plays nice with the browser. Some of the new features in version 0.7 include a smaller and faster Windows installer, new themes and Extension Manager, Crash Analysis Tools (Talkback), Thunderbird now supports a user interface for creating multiple identities per e-mail account.

This software may work well enough to be relied upon as your primary messaging client, as it's based on the stable Mozilla 1.6 architecture. However, Mozilla Thunderbird is still a preview release, and therefore several features may not be complete.

Go to: Mozilla's Thunderbird Webpage

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* Top Pick updated??? *

Special Note: It was pointed out in alt.comp.freeware by a long time member Mr. Corliss, that this update is probably bogus. As most of the major websites have no info on this update. So I would tend to agree that this is probably a bogus update. However I have downloaded the program, and have found no problems with it. It's a great program, but proceed with caution if you choose to try this version.

Proxomitron 4.5 Windows 95/98/NT4/ME/Win2k/XP
(FileSize: 1.4 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Have you ever wished you could turn off some of those fancy new HTML features your web browser supports? Are you tired of pages filled to the brim with blinking banners, pop-up windows, and other such aggravations?
Enter The Proxomitron, Re-Writing the web Your way...
Using special HTML filters, the Proxomitron can transform web pages on the fly - changing most anything you wish. Speed your browsing by saying goodbye to slow loading cyber spam and other web-gimmickry. Customize pages to suit your tastes. Take control of your web viewing, and don't be slave to some web-master's whims.
It works with most any browser (not just the big two) and, for starters, can do the following keen things...
-Stop or limit Pop-up windows
-Control MIDI music and other sounds
-Freeze animated .GIFs - load only the first frame
-Kill most all advertising banners
-Stop Web-Branding and other scripts added by web space providers
-Stop Pop-up alert/confirm boxes
-Remove slow web counters
-Stop web pages and ads from "auto-refreshing"
-Remove Dynamic HTML
-Prevent getting stuck in someone's frames
-Remove frames or tables altogether for that matter
-Kill or change selected Java scripts and applets
-Add your own scripts to pages!
-Remove or replace web page and/or table background images
-Stop Status bar scrollers
-Unhide URLs obscured by status line text
-Convert blinking text to bold
-Remove Layers and Style sheets
-Automatically re-write or redirect URLs
-Create lists of sites to block or allow
-Create similar lists for just about anything else
-And as they say, much, much more...

Go to: Proxomitron Download page

Simpli-File Statistics 1.0.1 Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(Filesize: 580 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Are you a statistics nut? There is an easy way now to get statistical information about files and folders on your computer. Just choose a directory and this program will spit out tons of information about the files and subfolders in that directory. It's extremely easy, and best of all, FREE! Simpli-File Statistics is the easiest way to get information about a directory and provides tons of data about: File Sizes, File Lines, Dates, File Types and much more! This is a program everyone should have when trying to get information about a collection of icons or music for example, or just for the curious minds out there that want to know more about how files and folders are arranged on their computer. This premier software is one of the many Simpli-File programs that help you get on your way to organizing all your files.

Go to: Simpli-File Statistics Website

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Earthquake Monitor 2.0 Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 1.9 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Earthquake monitor is a desktop strip which sits on the desktop and keep you up to date with the earthquake activity in California and Nevada. Additional world wide maps are supplied to show other activity around the world. It also alerts of major activity levels with a popup screen and sonic alerts. Most functions are configurable.
-It's free
-It's precise
-It's does not have ads
-It keeps you up to the minute with the recent earthquakes
-It runs on all Windows computers.
-It runs on the desktop
-It alerts you of the big ones (customizable)
-It's a beauty (specially in Xp)

Go to: Earthquake monitor Website

Spam Private Investigator v1.0.470 Window 95/98/NT4/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 3.45 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Tired of getting Spam and want to fight back? Download Spam PI and get started. Just Paste the entire source of the email message into the main text box and hit process. A complaint message will be opened in your email program with the companies that were associated with the original spam email.

Go to: Spam Private Investigator Website

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Unforgettable! v3.58 Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 1.8 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Unforgettable reminds you about your important and casual tasks. You can place reminders/alarms for specific dates/time or schedule them for regular repeats (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.)

Alarms can execute one or more actions, like playing a sound, displaying a note, sending an e-mail, running a program, logging off, shutting down, or restarting the system.

You can easily keep track of your scheduled tasks in a Task List window. Filter them by schedule (tasks scheduled for today, for the next seven days, all tasks), in order to keep on track easily.

I would be very glad to here your opinion and ideas about Unforgettable!
Write down every thought that comes up to your mind about this program and send it via e-mail.

Go to: Unforgettable Website

WeatherCheck 1.0 Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 156 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Whether you're in the office or at home, don't leave without checking the current weather with your computer using Weather Check.

Weather Check makes getting the latest weather information amazingly easy and accurate. There's no need to download over-sized, memory-hogging weather browsers that contain advertising. Weather Check bring the latest local weather to your desktop in a small system-tray application that is accessible at anytime, regardless of what's on your screen.

Go to: Weather Check Website

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Startup Inspector for Windows 2.09 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 831 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Startup Inspector for Windows is a Windows platform software that helps Windows user to manage Windows startup applications. On www.windowsstartup.com, there are more than 4,300 known programs in the database. Startup Inspector for Windows can thus provide a consultative information on the programs that are running at your Windows startup process. Whether a program is necessary to the system, or is the program a spyware. Scans all programs that are in the Windows Startup Folder, Registry, and provides you with a background information of the program. Remove harmful programs like spyware, virus, dialers, make your system healthier. Remove unnecessary programs like reminders, monitors, improve your systems performance.

Download it here: Startup Inspector for Windows

Regmon 6.1 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
(FileSize: 72 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Regmon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the Registry. With static tools you might be able to see what Registry values and keys changed. With Regmon you'll see how the values and keys changed..

Regmon works on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows 95/98/Me and Windows 64-bit for Itanium and x64.

Go to: Regmon Website

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Web Tarantula 3.6.2 Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
(FileSize: 857 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Special Note: System Requirements:

. 32-bit Windows
. Internet Explorer 5.x
. VB6 Runtime Files

Web Tarantula does NOT make any changes to file associations, default browser settings, or the Windows registry.

A mulitplex web browser - automatically loads up to 8 of your favorite web sites in 8 independent windows. You can specify an alias for each site (e.g "Downloads" for webattack.com), which will also be displayed in the tab, rather than the original title. Each window has a home page button that will return you to the original page if you decide to maximize a Window and follow any links. Additional features include an auto-refresh function and the option to view windows in a tabbed, tiled or cascaded format.

Go to: Web Tarantula Webpage

BHOList 1.40.0 Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 44 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

BHOList is a simple frontend for Tony Kleins BHO Collection.

It fetches the list of currently known BHOs (Browser Helper Objects) and allows you to search it. You can also filter the list to show all known BHOs that are installed in your browser.

Each BHO entry is noted as Safe or Legitimate (at the descretion of the author). Useful tool for advanced users.

Go to: Download and learn more about BHOList Webpage

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Motherboard Monitor 5.3.6.0 Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 1.92 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShots

Motherboard Monitor will access one or more of the following chips: LM75, LM78, LM78-j, LM79, LM80, WinBond W83781D, WinBond W83782D, WinBond W83783S, WinBond W83627HF, Asus AS99127F, GL518SM, GL520SM, ADM9240, ADM1021, ADM1020, MAX1016, MAX1016a, FMS2701, VIA686A, THMC10 and THMC50 on your motherboard and provide you with information about your motherboard`s temperature, voltages, fan speeds ,CPU temperature and more. It's a nice tool.

Go to: Motherboard Monitor Website

Connection Keeper 6.2 Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 2.4 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Connection Keeper prevents your Internet connection from appearing idle or inactive. It does this using almost no bandwidth or system resources. If a connection is lost, Connection Keeper can automatically dial back in. It can even automatically simulate a button click to close popup windows (such as those asking if you wish to remain connected). You can configure precisely how your line is kept active, and Connection Keeper's window can be minimized to the system tray.

• Works with all versions of Windows® 95, 98, NT4, 2000, ME, XP, and 2003.
  
• Can be set to automatically redial if the connection is lost.
  
• Can automatically close popup windows that ask the user if they want to stay online.
  
• Can be minimized to the system tray so that it does not take up space on your taskbar.
  
• Can run when you are not even connected to the Internet. It waits patiently until you connect before it does anything.
  
• Uses very little computer resources.
  
• The query that is sent to the ISP takes up almost no bandwidth. You can run Connection Keeper in the background regardless of whether or not you are using the Internet without fear that your connection will be slowed down.
  
• The interval at which Connection Keeper queries the ISP is adjustable, or it can be set to a random interval.
  
• You can choose whether or not Connection Keeper requests a real or bogus URL. You have full control over the real URL's that are queried.
  
• If you are a webmaster, Connection Keeper can be used to monitor your web site. It will let you know if a page is not downloading properly. Errors can be reported by a popup window or by email.
  
• Command line parameters can be used to close a specific popup window.
  
• Command line parameters can be used to check for the existence of a file. A message window will only appear if there is a problem. This is useful for checking the status of your network when your computer boots up, for example.
  
• Command line parameters can be used to download a web page and report any errors that occur. This is useful for checking the status of your web site when your computer boots up, for example.
  
• Connection Keeper installs no spyware and displays no advertisements.

Go to: Connection Keeper Website

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Fastream NETFile FTP/Web Server 6.6 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 2.08 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Secure FTP server and Web server
Fastream NETFile Server is a secure FTP server and Web server combined together in one application.

Internet's most reliable and fastest protocol to transfer files!
The name says it all. File Transfer Protocol! The Internet's most reliable and fastest protocol to transfer files! And HTTP. The infamous reliable transport protocol of the Web!

Fastream NETFile FTP Server is a multi-threaded FTP server with virtual links, quotas, U/D ratio and extremely fast directory and file caches. Besides being a fast FTP server with full user and group based permissions and file and directory cache, NETFile Server is also a Web server that is developed for sharing files.

Fastream NETFile HTTP Server is a web server with full HTTP 1.1 compatibility with support for multi-part downloads and keep-alive connections. Licensing model is simple: FREE for personal usage!

Go to: Fastream NETFile FTP/Web Server Webpage

BitWise Chat 1.0.2a2 Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003
(FileSize: 1.24 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

BitWise is the first encrypted, private, cross-platform and totally interoperable instant messenger offering the same features on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. No ads, no spam, no clutter, but loaded with features: fast, reliable file sharing, "tabbed" interface, automatic encryption of messages and files, whiteboards, XML and plaintext logging, invisibility, offline messaging and more. You owe it to yourself to protect and secure your instant messages like you protect and secure the rest of your PC. Best of all, it's free!

Why switch to BitWise if I already use another IM?

Read BitWise's Top 25 Features list detailing 25 great reasons to use BitWise (includes a screenshot for each feature). Also, compare BitWise to some of the competition:

Did you know that AIM's privacy statement allows AOL to share information about you and your browsing habits? Read for yourself. At BitWise, we don't give, sell or track anything about you.
Are you tired of MSN Messenger not logging in or failing to transfer files? Switch to BitWise where file transfers are fast and reliable.
Do you get frustrated trying to chat or send files to buddies using other operating systems? BitWise works seamlessly among Windows, Linux and Mac OS X--even when sharing files.
Are you finding yourself bogged down in the cluttered interface of ICQ? It's easy to find features in BitWise.

Go to: BitWise Chat Website

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BgInfo 4.05 Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
(FileSize: 100 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version? If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more. You can edit any field as well as the font and background colors, and can place it in your startup folder so that it runs every boot, or even configure it to display as the background for the logon screen.

Because BGInfo simply writes a new desktop bitmap and exits you don't have to worry about it consuming system resources or interfering with other applications.

BgInfo works on 95 and higher, and Windows NT 4.0 and higher.

Go to: BgInfo Website

Skype 0.98.0.06 Windows 2000/XP
(FileSize: 7.8 mb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.

The technology is extremely advanced – but super simple to use... You’ll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!


-Free unlimited worldwide phone calls to other Skype users
-Superior sound quality – better than your regular phone
-Works with all firewall, NAT and routers – nothing to configure!
-Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
-Super-simple and easy to use
-Your calls are encrypted “end-to-end” for superior privacy
-Based on cutting edge peer-to-peer technology developed by the creators of Kazaa and Joltid

Go to: Skype Website

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SwizzTool 2.0 Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
(FileSize: 676 kb) [Freeware] ScreenShot

Easy to use alarm clock to set alarms/reminders that can display messages, play sounds/music, execute programs, run system commands, reboot/log out, turn of computer, open/print documents and more. All tasks that alarms can execute can also be executed manually.

Built in Memo with easy access to open URLs, and search various Internet sites. Clipboard manager that let you save three extra clipboard texts, actions can also be directly applied to the current clipboard, like open in browser, add it to the Memo or search on websites that you can specify yourself.

Go to: SwizzTool Website