Freeware

Speed Defrag Restarts your pc and runs defrag program only, which optimizes defragmentation speed and also it automatically shuts down your pc after completion. So just before going to bed, switch it on and in the morning you'll find your hard disk ... defragged and pc shutdown. http://www.vcsoftwares.com/ Win Backup Now free, version 1.86 of WinBackup. Rated best backup software of the year by Computer Shopper. The award-winning WinBackup 1.86 remains the obvious choice for home users and small and medium sized businesses alike. As one of the most efficient and reliable backup solutions ... (view more)

Panel Hider Attach any desktop window to one of the screen edges and auto hide it like the windows TaskBar. http://hofi.fw.hu Jap JAP makes it possible to surf the internet anonymously. JAP uses a single static address which is shared by many JAP ... users; that way neither the visited website, nor an eavesdropper can determine which user visited which website. Instead of connecting directly to a web server, users take a detour, connecting with encryption through several intermediaries, so-called mixes. http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html (view more)

Drive Image Xml Easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows you to: Backup logical drives and partitions to image files, Browse these images, view and extract files, Restore these ... images to the same or a different drive, Copy directly from drive to drive. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Restore images to drives without having to reboot. ... (view more)

Charm Charm has eight icons that can be picked up and dropped onto any visible window or application. Each icon performs a different task. For example, showing or hiding a window. If you are having trouble checking a tick-box, or entering text ... because the control is disabled, simply pick up the "Enable" icon, and drop it on the control. http://www.broccolisoftware.com Picture Resizer Powerful utility can do two things: it can change the size of a picture (including smooth resize) and it can convert pictures from one graphic format to another. http://www.imageresizer.com/ (view more)

99 Useful Run Commands Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For many users, this feature is rarely used. The reason being: nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be ... accessed through Windows. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, here are 99 Run Commands and what they correspond to. http://www.fixmyxp.com/content/view/20/42/ Windows Live Safety Center Windows Live Safety Center is a new, free Microsoft service designed to help ensure ... (view more)

Pod Xp PodXP is a skinnable desktop gadget program for XP. PodXP includes the following: MiniTask - a taskbar replacement with integrated Window Preview and Alt+tab; MinTray - SysTray replacement; MiniStartMenu; MiniBox - a customizable container ... for files, directories, etc.; MiniRemoteWMP/MiniRemote Winamp - controls WMP or Winamp, MiniClock, MiniIcon, MiniHide Taskbar; MiniNote - yet another desktop sticky note; MiniSlideshow; MiniMeter - for various system information. Note that this site is in French; to help you navigate, the direct download link is given below. http://www.podxp.com/ ... (view more)

Floppy Office Floppy Office is a collection of small, self contained no-install applications which enable the end use access to every tool, utility and program imaginable for home, business, and student users alike. All of the self-contained, ... standalone applications require no installation, whatsoever, and for this reason make the perfect companion software package for your USB stick. All one needs to do is to extract all the zip files containing each application to their USB, configure them to their liking, and they are all set. The applications included in this bundle are: a spreadsheet ... (view more)

Mixere Mixere is a free, open-source application for mixing audio files. It runs on Windows NT/2000/XP, and supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Flac, and Mod audio files. Mixere is optimized for live performance, and especially for creating live ... sound collage. Conceptually, it’s like a rack full of CD players connected to an automated mixer. Mixere's features include dynamic looping of audio, auto-triggering of audio, fully automated sliders, "soft" (gradual) mute/solo operations, crossfading between documents, and unlimited undo. A Mixere document consists of a number of tracks, each ...<a href="/news/858/mixere-and-memtrace" class="more-link">view more

Tiny Disk TinyDisk is a program which turns TinyURL and TinyURL-like services (such as NanoURL) into a system for saving files. It creates an anonymous, persistent and globally shared filesystem. Once something is uploaded, only the database admin ... can delete it. Everyone can read it. No one can know who created it. Think of it as a magical CD-R that gets burned and placed on a network. http://www.msblabs.org/tinydisk/index.php Juice If you want to listen to podcasts, this program is for you. Juice is the premier podcast receiver, allowing users to capture and listen to podcasts anytime, ... (view more)

Visual Studio Express From Microsoft - Provides a range of tools that offer many benefits for individual developers and software development teams: Be more productive and obtain faster results. Build dynamic Windows, Web, mobile, and Office-based ... solutions. Communicate and collaborate more effectively within your software teams. Ensure quality early and often throughout the development process. Includes: Visual Web Developer 2005 Express, Visual Basic 2005 Express, Visual C# 2005 Express, Visual C++ 2005 Express, Visual J# 2005 Express. Until November 7, 2006, Microsoft is offering the ... (view more)