Bob Helmer

Vista Start Menu A convenient alternative to the Start menu for starting programs quickly (go to 'free software'). http://www.vistastartmenu.com/index.html Tidy Start Menu As time goes by, the list of programs in the Start Menu can become too long. ... As a result, each time you want to launch a program, it takes too much time to find it in the menu. The "Tidy Start Menu" program will help you to put the menu in order and make your work comfortable. For setting the menu in order, the program offers you to categorization features. For example, the Internet programs can be put into the " ... (view more)

Packet Trap Network Management Tools Many network management tools on the market are expensive, non-intuitive, or poorly supported. PacketTrap free network management tools are forever FREE, up to date with an elegant user interface, and are fully ... supported. To make your life easier, PacketTrap free network management tools are also consolidated into the free pt360 Tool Suite in an effort to eliminate some of the burden that you, as a Network Engineer or System Admin, face every day. http://www.packettrap.com/product/pt360/pingscan.html Vista4experts Vista4Experts is a treat for computer ... (view more)

Mojopac MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB hard/flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and ... environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere. Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. http://www.mojopac.com/portal/content/hellomojo.jsp Unattended Windows ... (view more)

Mitaka Mitaka is software for visualizing theoretical, computational, and observational astronomical data, developed by the Four Dimensional Digital Universe (4D2U) project of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). Users can ... seamlessly navigate across the universe from Earth to the edges of the known universe. http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/html/program/mitaka/index_E.html Win Mover WinMover is an application for moving windows more easily in Microsoft Windows. It is fully customizable and can mimic the behaviour of many window managers for UNIX and Linux. http://www.majorgeeks.com/ ... (view more)

Mail Store Home Mail Store Home allows you to back up all your e-mail messages from multiple applications into one safe archive. You can import your mail from Outlook, Windows Mail, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Exchange, as well as POP/IMAP ... accounts and local files. You read your mail from within the interface, search fast through all your messages by keyword and advanced criteria, and even burn a Backup CD. Messages are stored MIME-compatible, and can be recovered at any time without information loss. http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx Top 10 Usb Thumb Drive Tricks Make use of ... (view more)

Open Courseware Open Courseware shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1,800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum. Just don't tell the prof. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm GREENFISH ICON EDITOR ... PRO This program is a professional, yet easy to use tool for creating icons, cursors, and other small pixel-graphic images. http://greenfish.extra.hu/ (view more)

Flexense File management toolkit allowing one to perform: File System Classification and Categorization, Fault-Tolerant, High-Speed Data Migration, Advanced Storage Utilization Analysis, Duplicate Files Detection, Disk Space Clean-Up. ... http://www.flexense.com/ Five Quick Windows Tips Five quick Windows tips that are very useful and probably not known to anyone reading this article. 1. Start Internet Explorer 7 without add-ons, 2. Rename Recycle Bin, 3. Display all Symbols in System Tray, 4. Make sure all extensions for all file types are always shown, 5. Show all Devices in Device Manager. ... (view more)

LINUX READER FOR WINDOWS Get safe and quick access to alternative file systems with this Linux Reader for Windows. DiskInternals' Linux Reader is a new, easy way to do this. This program plays the role of a bridge between your Windows and Ext2/Ext3 ... Linux file systems. This easy-to-use tool runs under Windows and allows you to browse Ext2/Ext3 Linux file systems and extract files from there. http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ Design Design is a suite of web-design and development assistive tools which can be utilised on any web-page. Encompassing utilities for grid layout, measurement ... (view more)

Usb Pc Lock Pro Turns any USB Flash Drive into a key that prevents unauthorized people from using your computer. USB PC Lock will automatically lock your computer and perform other actions when you step away from it. ... http://www.speedapps.com/index.htm Pc Accelerate PC Accelerate increases the priority of foreground windows and optimizes their memory status, allowing you to work with maximum performance. http://www.new-utilities.net/index.html (view more)

PORT FORWARDING TESTER The port forwarding tester is a utility used to identify your external IP address and detect open ports on your connection. This tool is useful for finding out if your port forwarding is set up correctly or if your server ... applications are being blocked by a firewall. It is important to note that some ports, such as port 25, are often blocked at the ISP level in an attempt to prevent malicious activity. http://www.yougetsignal.com/openPortsTool/ 15 Must-Have Firefox Tricks How to tweak, hack and bend Firefox to your will. http://computerworld.com/ (view more)