Bob Helmer

Vital Desktop Vital Desktop is a desktop animation utility, a program designed to bring a fresh new look to your desktop. Never again will you be faced with the same static background every time. Now, your desktop actually comes alive. ... http://vital-desktop.sourceforge.net/ Hadoop Easily write and run applications that process vast amounts of data. It distributes the data and processing across clusters of commonly available computers. These clusters can number into the thousands of nodes. Hadoop automatically maintains multiple copies of data and automatically redeploys computing tasks based ... (view more)

Ultra Defragmenter UltraDefrag is a powerful Open Source defragmentation tool for Windows NT. It is very fast, primarily because the defragmenting is done by a kernel-mode driver utilizing three interfaces: graphical, console and native. ... http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ Trust-No-Exe An executable filter for Windows that prevents users opening suspicious executables. However, Trust-No-Exe has the ability to weed out the more threatening files, meaning it won't be a total pain in the neck. http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/trust-no-exe/ (view more)

Folderico Change the icon representing any folder to significantly brighten up your Microsoft Internet Explorer. That kind of customization can make special folders much easier to spot. http://eng.softq.org/ Sshutdows Skin your shutdown dialog boxes ... without editing system files. It allows a user to redraw the menu when 'shutdowning' a computer, and also has some features which pleasantly distinguish from the usual Windows. http://eng.softq.org/ (view more)

Dirkey Dirkey is a small utility that enables you to define bookmarks for folders and go back to these bookmarked folders from within File Open/Save dialogs and Windows Explorer. You can set and go to these bookmarks using your keyboard by pressing ... Ctrl+09 in the same or another supported window. All bookmarks are global and are preserved when you turn your computer off. You can also open bookmarked folders in a new Explorer window. http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/ Minimize miniMIZE is a small desktop enhancing application that catches windows that you minimize and puts a thumbnail of the main ... (view more)

All Snap allSnap makes all of your open windows snap to position. Not sure what we mean? allSnap is a small system tray app that makes all top level windows automatically align like they do in programs such as Winamp or Photoshop. ... http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~iheckman/allsnap/ Disable Windows Games Via Restriction Policies Employees not getting their work done because they're spending too much time playing Solitaire? This program will show you how to disable applications from a central management location. No more Mr. Nice Guy. http://maximillianx.blogspot.com/ (view more)

Xneat Xneat is a very cool Windows tweak app with lots of features, one of which is a TaskBar Sorter that allows a user to reorder the programs in the taskbar. In addition, Xneat also displays a new menu when you click on a window title bar using ... your mouse middle button. You can also add extra items to the right click menu, and more. http://www.xneat.com/windows_manager/ Cross Loop CrossLoop is a free secure screen sharing utility designed for people of all technical skill levels. CrossLoop extends the boundaries of VNC’s traditional screen sharing by enabling non-technical users to get ...<a href="/news/2883/xneat-and-cross-loop" class="more-link">view more

Aerobar AeroBar shows title in Explorer's titles bars when Aero is Active in Vista. Aerobar and the website that offers this fantastically simple but extremely useful download are available in both French and English. ... http://www.psscript.net/utils.htm Bardat Knowing the hour and day of the week is pretty important in the hustle-bustle of corporate life. Solution? BarDat adds the date and time to an active window's title. You'll never again have to ask Bob what day it is -- even if you're recovering from last night's margarita party. http://www.psscript.net/utils.htm (view more)

Input Director Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two (or more) computers set up at home and find themselves ... regularly sliding from one system to the other. With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse across a set of systems. You switch which system receives the input either by hotkey or by moving the cursor so that it transitions from one screen to the other (in a very similar fashion to a multi-monitor setup). Input Director also supports a ... (view more)

Hoekey HoeKey is a teeny program to assign hotkeys to do most anything. Win-N to run notepad, Win-G to Google search on a currently highlighted word, etc etc. It's configurable with a simple.ini file. http://www.bcheck.net/ Capster Have a program ... run at the startup of Windows, but only if your caps-lock key is down at the time. Capster allows you to take some control of those applications that so demand attention every time you fire up your system. http://www.bcheck.net/ (view more)

Virtual PC 2007 Save time and money as Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs. With ... Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, you can create and run one or more virtual machines, each with its own operating system, on a single computer. This provides you with the flexibility to use different operating systems on one physical computer. http://microsoft.com/downloads/ Qt Lite QT Lite is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime that contains only the ... (view more)