Free PDF Creator and Converter

Convert your files to PDF using PDFCreator, as long you can print your files, you can convert it to PDF using this software, PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.

Key Features:

• Create PDFs from any program that is able to print
• Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc
• New: Digitally sign your PDFs to ensure that you are the author and the file has not been modified
• New: Create PDF/A files for long term archives
• Send generated files via eMail
• Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS
• AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc.
• Merge multiple files into one PDF
• Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed
• Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without problems
  
• And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.
• Supports Windows Vista and Windows 7

Download:
PDF Creator

Free download of ViewNX 2

Nikon's image browsing and editing software with improved editing and printing functions for still images and movies
Greater collaboration with my Picturetown, Nikon's image storage and sharing service

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that ViewNX 2 is available for free download from the following Nikon website beginning today. ViewNX 2 is the comprehensive new version of Nikon's image browsing and editing software, ViewNX, offering improved functions and greater collaboration with Nikon's image storage and sharing service, my Picturetown.

Download website (http://nikonimglib.com/nvnx/)

ViewNX 2, available for free download beginning today, inherits its basic functions from ViewNX and offers improved operation and image editing and printing functions. In addition to a revamped user interface, which offers three different workspaces suited to common uses of the application, ViewNX 2 includes new editing functions for still images such as Crop and Straighten, as well as new movie editing functions, including one that allows movie frames to be saved as still images. ViewNX 2 also offers greater control over print settings, making it a convenient image browsing and editing software application for all users of digital cameras, from beginners to advanced users. ViewNX 2 also provides greater collaboration with my Picturetown, Nikon's image storage and sharing service, making image upload simpler. ViewNX 2 is an all-in-one software application for browsing, editing and sharing of still images and movies.

read more...

source: www.nikon.com

Download Free Media Converter (MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF/MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV)

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.
Provides functions below:
All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file.
MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
Source files support RMVB.

Format Factory's Feature:
1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
2 Repair damaged video and audio file.
3 Reducing Multimedia file size.
4 Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats.
5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
6 DVD Ripper.

Download Here : Format Factory

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Synchronize Your Documents For Backup

In order to facilitate automatic backup of important faculty and staff data, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences uses features in Microsoft Windows called Folder Redirection and Offline Files. This simply redirects the My Documents folder (typically located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents) to a "home drive" located on the College's SAN (Storage Area Network) Server.

Additionally, the files stored on the home drive are made available Offline and stored on the local hard drive of a user's computer. This allows users to take their data with them, particularly helpful for laptop users. When logging on or off (or when reconnecting the VU network) Windows Synchronizes any changes between the copy on the server and the copy in the Offline Files Folder.

When you are working offline (disconnected from the SAN server), you will get the following message in the bottom right-hand task bar:



What should be stored in My Documents?

The standard disk space quota for a user's home drive is 1.7 GB. Personal pictures, music and video files should not be stored in My Documents. Please note that the default location for many software programs to store pictures and music is within My Documents- please adjust the settings of the software to default to another location.

Please Note:

• Microsoft Access or other database files (including Outlook PST Files) cannot be made available offline, and will only be available when connected to the Villanova Network. These files will display error messages at the end of the sync process.
• A Sync can be manually initiated at any time by right-clicking on My Documents and selecting Synchronize.
• Home drives are created for Full-time Arts and Sciences Faculty and Staff only.
  

A more detailed explanation of the process.

The sync process is accomplished through a user Group Policy in the Windows domain (VUAD) which tells your My Documents folder to redirect to your home drive folder (//artscistore.vuad.villanova.edu/users/%username%).



Additionally, the policy tells your windows user profile to make the home drive "available offline", a feature that creates a copy of everything in the home drive/My Documents to an "Offline Files" folder buried within the C drive of the computer (The Offline Files folder cannot simply to be accessed like a typical folder for system and security reasons).

This feature helps the many laptop users to disconnect their computer from the network/take it home and have access to everything in My Documents. When a user reconnects to the campus network, the sync process will quickly scan for new or modified files and automatically copy them up to user's home drive on the server. When a user is connected to the network, they are always working off the server copy. When they logoff or shut down, any new or modified files are copied to the Offline Files folder.

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Software to extract all file archive like winzip, winrar, 7-zip, windows installer, etc

Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it´s a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This is still a work in progress, but so far it´s proven quite useful and I feel others can also benefit from it.

I should stress that Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving software. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc.
The original motivation behind this project was that I wanted an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time. In the process I got a little carried away and ended up throwing in support for every kind of archive format I possibly could find.

Version 1.6 improves on the core functionality of UniExtract, most notably:

• Full Vista support
• Individual vs. global preferences (see ChangeLog for details)
• new Preferences GUI
• Code execution warnings
  

It also, of course, includes support for additional formats, as well as the latest versions of support binaries such as 7-Zip.

Downlaod:
universal extractor

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Reconfigure your Windows 2000 DNS server to forward requests

Takeaway: Get Windows 2000 DNS server to forward requests

You know how DNS is supposed to work: You type in http://www.techproguild.com on your workstation’s browser, your DNS server resolves the name into an IP address, and then your workstation’s browser connects to the page at that address and displays the page. So, after you go to the trouble of setting up Windows 2000, Active Directory, and Windows 2000’s DNS server, why would you be unable to resolve any addresses for resources outside of your local network?

This problem occurs because Windows 2000 can sometimes configure its DNS server to act as a root server. As a root server, the DNS server will only resolve addresses that it contains. In this Daily Feature, I’ll show you why this happens and how to fix it.
Author’s note
In this article, I am only going to focus on making your Windows 2000 DNS server forward requests for addresses that it can’t resolve itself. I’m not going to go into deep detail about what DNS does in general or how to set up a Windows 2000 DNS server. For more information about DNS and Windows 2000, see the Daily Drill Down “Using the Windows 2000 DNS service.”

What’s the problem?
In a Windows 2000 environment, DNS fills two roles. First, Windows 2000’s DNS can provide traditional name resolution for clients on your network that need to access Internet resources. Secondly, Windows 2000’s DNS can provide access to Active Directory and network resources.

When you first install DNS and Active Directory on your network, Windows 2000’s Setup program can cause these two roles to come into conflict with each other. Setup can accidentally configure DNS to resolve Active Directory resources but not allow clients to access Internet-based DNS servers.

When Setup runs, it checks your network for other DNS servers. If it doesn’t find any, Setup assumes that it’s the only DNS server on the planet and sets itself up as a root server. By definition, root servers are authoritative. Basically, they are DNS know-it-alls that don’t require help from other DNS servers.

In a network that’s not connected to the Internet, having your main DNS server configured as a root server isn’t a problem. Because there aren’t any external addresses to worry about, the root server indeed knows all there is to know about addresses on your network. However, things become complicated when you finally connect your network to the Internet. At that point, your internal DNS server can’t know the address for every Internet resource, so it requires help from external DNS servers.

If Setup has configured your DNS server as a root server, the DNS server won’t look for help from external DNS servers. As a matter of fact, if you try to configure forwarders or root hints on a Windows 2000 DNS root server, it will outright refuse to accept the information.

Tearing it out by the root
So what do you do to allow your internal Windows 2000 DNS server to forward queries for addresses it doesn’t contain to other DNS servers? Fortunately, you can manually administer an attitude adjustment to your DNS server to make it realize that there are other DNS servers it should refer to, essentially removing the DNS server’s root server configuration.

To do so, click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | DNS. This will start the DNS Management Console. Expand DNS Server object in the left pane. Expand the Forward Lookup Zones folder. Select the zone folder that is marked with a period (.), right click it, and select Delete.

If you’re using Active Directory Integrated Zones, the DNS MMC will display a dialog box informing you that when you delete the zone, the MMC will also delete the zone from Active Directory and any DNS server that references Active Directory. Click Yes to remove the zone from both Active Directory and the DNS server.

Setting up forwarders
After you restart your Windows server, you can then configure DNS to forward to other DNS servers. To do so, start the DNS MMC, right-click your DNS server, and select Properties. When the Properties window for the server appears, click the Forwarders tab. Select the Enable Forwarders check box.

If this check box is grayed out, then your DNS server is still configured as a root server. Recheck to make sure you’ve selected the proper DNS server and that you properly removed the root zone folder as mentioned above.

After you select the Enable Forwarders check box, enter the DNS servers you want to forward to in the IP address field. You’ll need to enter the IP address of each server one at a time, clicking Add after each one. When you have finished, click OK.

Going forward
Once you remove the DNS server’s root capability and configure forwarders on your DNS server, your workstations will be able to access both internal and external network resources. You can also save yourself the headache of entering multiple DNS addresses on client workstations. Just direct client requests to your Windows 2000 DNS server, and it will handle the requests as it sees fit.

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Remove unused file to make your windows faster with this Free Software

CCleaner Portable is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it´s fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and FREE! :)

Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer: Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.
• Firefox: Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history.
• Opera: Temporary files, URL history, cookies.
• Windows: Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
• Registry cleaner: Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature.
• Third-party applications: Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more...
• 100% Spyware FREE: This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.
  

This is the portable version of CCleaner which does not require installation.

Notes for Portable version.
Start the CCleaner by double-clicking on portable.exe instead of CCleaner.exe and use CCleaner normally.

Known limitations:
CCleaner Portable requires administrator or power user rights to run. These rights are needed for registering the required CCleaner components.

CCleaner Portable Settings:
To change CCleaner Portable Settings you need to manually edit the values in portable.ini under [PORTABLE] section.

• DebugMode - Show CCleaner
• Portable debug window.  ( 0 - Disabled (default) ; 1 - Enabled )
• CCleanerPath - Full or relative path to folder containing CCleaner files.
• CCommandLine - Add parameters in CCleaner command line.
• IfInstalled - Changes the behaviour when CCleaner is installed on the system. ( 0 - Backup installed CCleaner (default) ; 1 - Run installed CCleaner ; 2 - Error message )
  

CCleaner Portable command line options:

• /DEBUG - Adds /DEBUG in CCleaner command line.
• /AUTO - Adds /AUTO in CCleaner command line.
• /REG - Registers CCleaner component´s and writes settings in registry.
• /UNREG - Unregisters CCleaner component´s and removes CCleaner registry entries. *
• /NOIC - Skip CCleaner installation check.
• /DBG - Shows the CCleaner Portable debug window.
• /FORCE - Starts CCleaner even when there is fatal errors.
• When using /UNREG CCleaner Portable skips the CCleaner installation check.
  

CCleaner Settings:
Since version 1.37 CCleaner supports loading/saving settings to an INI file (CCleaner.ini) rather than the registry. CCleaner Portable uses this option and it should not be disabled. CCleaner settings are stored in CCleaner.ini under [Options] section.

What´s New in version 2.10.618:

• Added Type Library cleaning to Registry Cleaner.
• Improved File Extension scanning in Registry Cleaner.
• Added /SHUTDOWN command-line parameter to shutdown the computer after cleaning. Only works with /AUTO.
• Added Shutdown option to system tray menu.
• Added support for Vista common dialogs.
• Fixed bug in Uninstaller Tool where some items were hidden.
• Fixed multi-monitor issue with dialogs.
• Fixed incompatibility with Windows Search 4.0.
• Added seconds to filename when saving .REG files.
• Improved RegEdit location navigation.
• Improved Google Earth cleaning and detection.
• Memory usage optimizations.
• Minor bug fixes.
  

Download:
CCleaner Portable

Internet Ghost Attacked the PlayStation's Website

The Attack cracker appear to not have the death. Currently internet ghost this attacked the site of PlayStation United States. This was announced by Sophos, the security information technology company. The researcher in Sophos say that thins internet ghost has the success used the SQL injection to invest the code in the page for several game.

Further was revealed by the researchers that cracker tried to deceive the special page visitor game Singstar Pop and God of War by making the existence warning of the virus in their computer. The user was then asked for downloading a software antivirus actual was the bad program that would install the virus and Trojan Horse to casualties's computer.

This cracker also used fake software antivirus that to get the data of casualties's credit card.
Estimated, cracker this had the potential to carry out the attack that was more dangerous including to install the code to guide Windows PC to one botnet or stole even more secret information from his casualties.

Modify your windows installation

nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn´t include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.

nLite Features:
Service Pack Integration
Component Removal
Unattended Setup
Driver Integration *
Hotfixes Integration **
Tweaks
Patches ***
Bootable ISO creation

What's New in version 1.4.7:
fix: Russian NLS file removed with other langs
fix: Missing nLite.inf if only Tweaks selected
fix: KB951376 direct integration

Download:
nLite

Free CD Burner Software

CDBurnerXP Pro is a freeware burning solution with many features. It can burn any Data on CD-R / CD-RW / DVD+R / DVD-R / DVD+RW / DVD-RW, including double layer mediums, Blu-Ray discs and HD-DVDs. It can also burn and create ISO files and burn audio discs.

Features:

• burn all kinds of discs
  

• audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
  

• burn and create ISO files
  

• data verification after burning process
  

• create bootable discs
  

• multi-language interface
  

• bin/nrg to ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!
  

• Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
  

Download:
CDBurnerXP Pro 4.1.2.678

BackUp your Driver

Driver Magician Lite is freeware, it identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the "saved" drivers just as if you had the original driver diskettes in your hands.

download:
Driver Magician Lite

Scan Unknown Device Identifier

Unknown Device Identifier enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager. Reports a detailed summary for the manufacturer name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown devices. With the collected information, you might contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with a simple click. With this utility, you might immediately convert your unidentified unknown devices into identified known devices and find proper driver on the Internet and contact the hardware device manufacturer or vender. Known devices recognized by Microsoft Windows will also be analyzed independent of the operating system.

download :
Unknown Device Identifier v5.02

Manual Antivirus 2008 removal

Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirus 2008, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these Antivirus 2008 processes:
Antvrs.exe
AntiVirus2008.exe
AntvrsInstall.exe
AntvrsInstall[1].exe

Remove these Antivirus 2008 DLL files:
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

Remove these Antivirus 2008 Registry files:
Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\3BA4271E-5C1E-48E2-B432-D8BF420DD31D
HKEY_USERS\Software\antivirus 2008
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\3P_UDEC
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "3P_UDEC"

Remove these Antivirus 2008 files:
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
AntiVirus 2008.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
AntiVirus2008.exe
AntvrsInstall.exe
AntvrsInstall[1].exe
Antvrs.exe
AntiVirus 2008.lic

Antivirus 2008 is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only Antivirus 2008 can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Antivirus 2008 trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Antivirus 2008 offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Antivirus 2008 not only does not fix the errors, but it takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus 2008, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install Antivirus 2008, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus 2008, is nearly impossible to remove manually.

Customize your VISTA

In just two clicks, WinBubbles will help you to customize and tweak your Windows Vista easily. Its features cover Customization, Security and Optimization.

What´s new on WinBubble 1.73::

• "Restore All Settings to Default" Button
  

• "Create a Restore Point" Context Menu option (Right-Click Menu)
  

• "Device Manager" Context Menu option (Right-Click Menu)
  

• Help Links was added
  

• Taking the Ownership of File and Folder options
  

• Anti-Bug feature was updated
  

• Automatic Back-up of OEM Information was added
  

New Features (1.72)::

• Enable/Disable Multiple Monitor Configuration was updated
  

• Search Button Restoration was removed
  

• Help Links was added
  

• Icon Customization was updated
  

• Anti-Bug feature was added
  

New Features (1.71)::

• Enable/Disable Start Menu Search option in Windows Vista SP1
  

• Compiled and Tested on Windows Vista Service Pack 1
  

• "My Tweaker Tool", Create your own Tweaker
  

• Firefox support was added
  

• Add/Edit/Delete DVD/CD drive Labels
  

• Disable IE connection Settings
  

• Disable Changing the Homepage settings
  

• Delete specified IE URL history
  

• Auto-detect of new versions.
  

Version 1.65:

• "Alt-A" was added for applying customization and tweak
  

• Disallow Flp3d and Changing wallpapers, Disable Internet access, Remove "Map/Disconnect Network Drive" in Computers Context Menu
  

• More Context Menu Customization (Desktop, Windows Explorer: all files, folder and drives)
  

• Disabling Windows Sidebar and Failed DNS Caching was transferred to Optimizations Tab
  

Version 1.6

• WinFlog option was added
  

• "Open with notepad" context menu was added
  

• Aurora screensaver was added
  

• Downloads Folder Icon customization was added
  

• Changing IE Download Directory
  

• Added more Tool buttons (System File Check, Reset Folder views, Clear DNS Cache, Hide/Show your comp, Winflog Control Panel)
  

• Tools button Customizations (Create your own toolbox!)
  

• Context Menu Customization Tool (Computer, Desktop/Explorer, Start Menu and Network icon)
  

• Miscellaneous tweaks (Enable Password protect of screensavers, Disable Low disk space checks, Balloon tips, Mobility Center, Windows Sidebar, Disable Failed DNS caching, taskbar thumbnails and Win+Letter Keys)
  

Version 1.5

• Changing Windows Vista Icons easily (Customizations and Restoration)
  

• Added "Browse" option in changing shortcut icons
  

• additional performance tweaks (Speed up Shutdown and Network Connections)
  

• more security features (complete UAC options and USB storage security)
  

• IE tools
  

• other miscellaneous tweaks
  

Other Features:

Windows Customizations:

• Add/Edit OEM Logo and Information´s
  

• Edit Owner Information
  

• Context Menu Customizations: Move To, Copy To, Take Ownership, Pin To, Turn OFF/ON Aero, Disk Clean-up and
  

• Winbubble launcher
  

• Customize Screensaver (Bubbles, Ribbon and Mystify)
  

• Customize and Remove the Arrow on Shortcut icons
  

• Desktop Icons: Show IE, Computer, Network, Control Panel, Username folder and Public Folder to Desktop.
  

• Hacking Windows Experience Score
  

• Re-enable Hibernation
  

• Enable Aurora Bootscreen guide
  

• Launch WinSAT Aurora
  

• Show Windows Vista Build on Desktop
  

• Enable Slow-Down Animations
  

• Enable/Disable Welcome Center
  

IE Customizations:

• Internet Explorer Window Title
  

• Start Pages
  

• Enable/Disable Pop-up Blocker
  

• Enable/Disable Phising Filter
  

• Enable/Disable Download Complete Notification
  

• Enable/Disable ClearType font
  

• Remove Search Box
  

• Hide Command Bar
  

Optimizations:

• Speed-up Start menu search (Stops searching the File index, Favorites and History, and Communication files)
  

• Clear Multiple Monitor Configuration
  

• 3 ways to turn off Windows Aero, Increases Performance for Gaming and Battery Usage
  

Security:

• Remove "New" in Explorer´s Context Menu
  

• Remove "Folder Options"
  

• Disable Taskmanager
  

• Disable AutoPlay in All type of media
  

• Disable access to Display Property
  

• Disable access to Control Panel
  

• Increasing security by forcing to input the Username before entering the windows
  

• Add Encrypt/Decrypt to Explorer´s Right-Click Menu (Context Menu)
  

• Enable/Disable UAC
  

• Disable RUN command in the Start Menu and Task manager
  

• Hide ALL Fix Drives
  

• Hide a specific Drive
  

• Hide Shutdown button and options in the Start Menu
  

• Internet Explorer Security settings 1: Disable File->New, File-> Open, Save As, View Source, Favorites, Right-Click, Download, Tools->Internet Options.
  

• Internet Explorer Security settings 2: Internet Options Window, Hide General Tab, Security Tab, Privacy Tab, Content Tab, connections Tab, Programs Tab, Advanced Tab
  

System Requirements:

• Windows Vista only
  

Download :
WinBubble

Make XP like Vista (Preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar)

Visual Task Tips was designed to be a simple lightweight shell enhancement utility. It provides a thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar, like in Microsoft Windows Vista.

Features:
Simple - Visual Task Tips is a quite simple utility. Just download and install it.
Useful - By using Visual Task Tips you will significantly increase your workflow productivity.
Free - Yes, it´s absolutely free for non-commercial use.

What's New in version 3.3:
Text tooltips added.
Problem with Winamp fixed.

Download:
Visual Task Tips

read/write NTFS from DOS

NTFS4DOS Private is the only free for private usage tool that allows unrestricted full read and write access to NTFS volumes. Thereby it is the ideal solution for offline AV scanning, backups or it might be used as an ERD solution.

NTFS4DOS Private is loaded as a simple program like a CD-ROM extension and can coexist with any other tools like TCP/IP network, AV-Scanners or ghosting software.

As a bonus you get an NTFS checkdisk application for DOS as well as a defragmentation utility for any FAT/NTFS volume for DOS.
NTFS4DOS Private is from the same authors then the famous "CIA Commander 2" and "CIA DRiVE.net" recovery tool.

Download:
NTFS4DOS 1.8

Download torrent more efficient

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.

Features:

• Multiple simultaneous downloads
  

• Smart bandwidth usage
  

• File level priorities
  

• Configurable bandwidth scheduling
  

• Global and per-torrent speed limiting
  

• Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
  

• UPnP support (WinXP only)
  

• Supports popular protocol extensions
  

What's New in version 1.8 Build 10364 Beta:

• Change: grey out association buttons if associated
  

• Change: stagger PEX interval per-torrent
  

• Change: keep the RSS publication date after the torrent is added, for 'Added On'
  

• Fix: (XP UPnP) no need to remove the mappings if they are the same port number
  

• Fix: crash when saving resume.dat with very large peer lists
  

• Fix: crash when a connection limit is hit and there is no "most inactive" peer and a local peer connection arrives
  

Download:
uTorrent 1.8

Boost your download speed

Using power of this free download manager and accelerator you can retrieve files and complete websites up to 600% faster than before. It utilizes the entire bandwidth of your internet connection even if you download from slow web sites.

Features of the download manager include: integration with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and FireFox, powerful scheduler, downloading from mirrors, adjusting traffic usage, ZIP file and audio/video preview.

download:
Free Download Manager

Create your own icon for Windows XP and Windows Vista

IcoFX is a freeware icon editor. Create easily icons with transparency for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

In the integrated workspace you can easily preview, save, change your icons. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons to images. With the help of many tools and more than 40 effects icon creation is made easy. It offers powerful tools like Brighten, Darken, Blur and Sharpen for retouching your icons in minutes.

Features:

• Support for Vista icon with PNG compression
  

• Create icons for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
  

• Support for transparency (alpha channel)
  

• More than 40 effects + custom filter
  

• Resolutions up to 256x256
  

• Data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha
  

• Extract icons from 32 bit exe and dll
  

• Import and export images
  

• Transparent, Brighten/Darken, Blur/Sharpen tools
  

• Built in resource editor for creating icon libraries or changing icons inside exe files
  

• Zoom icons up to 10000% for increased precision
  

• Import image dialog, for creating icons from images
  

• Convert Macintosh icons to Windows icons and vice versa
  

• Open, save, edit and convert Macintosh OS X icons
  

• Extract Macintosh icons from resource files
  

• Snapshot window for creating overviews of the icons
  

Download:
IcoFX 1.6.1

Dock your Windows application to the System Tray

Iconize is a simple and small, yet very powerful little program that can dock any Windows application to the System Tray.

Features:

• Can Dock Any Windows applications to the System Tray.
  

• All Applications are restored to their previous states when "Iconize" exits.
  

• If the Internet Explorer shell crashes, Iconize will rebuild your docked icons, and it´s own icon.
  

• Simple right click menu allows you to select any running windows application to be docked.
  

• Double click your programs System Tray Icon to restore the program.
  

• A Simple two mouse clicks will dock any program.
  

• Running programs are to dock are shown in the right click menu list, with their icon.
  

• Does not use any gobal or system wide hooks, too keep your system running faster and smoother.
  

• Double Clicking the System Tray icon will minimize all applications for you. (Great for WinNT, which doesn´t have "Show Desktop"!)
  

Download:
Iconize 2.0