Utilities and Tools - Freeware Files

Freeware utilities, tools, and drivers for Windows.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Application Suites:

Google PackOS:XP/Vista/7
Google Pack is a collection of freeware from Google and other companies. It helps you browse the Web faster, remove spyware and viruses, or organize your photos. Google Updater helps you discover new programs and keep your current software up to date.

PortableApps Suite 1OS:All  
PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable apps, including a integrated PortableApps Menu and a PortableApps Backup utility along with a set of custom icons, an autoplay configuration, folders and a quick start shortcut.

Sysinternals SuiteOS:All
Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains more than 60 of the individual troubleshooting tools and help files.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Automation Software:

AutoItOS:All  
AutoIt is a freeware Windows automation language. It can be used to script most simple Windows-based tasks for PC rollouts or home automation. It can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands in order to automate any windows based task.

Google Calendar Sync 1OS:XP (32-bit)/Vista
Google Calendar Sync allows you to sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. You'll be able to determine the direction of information flow, as well as the sync frequency.

Macro Recorder 1OS:98/NT4/ME/2000/2003/XP
Freelabs Macro Recorder it's a tool that helps you to automate your computer repetitive tasks by creating timesaving macros that will work with any Windows program. With it you can record all mouse and keystroke events and play back the recorded macros.

This application performs poorly on Windows Vista, and would not be installed on Windows 7 test PC

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Backup and Recovery:

AutoVer 1OS:Windows 2000 & Later + .NET 2 
AutoVer is a configurable, automatic or real time backup system. It can be used as a simple real time backup or as a more complex version control system. You can include and exclude certain files and browse the backups with a Backup Explorer.

DriveImage XML 1OS:2003/XP/Vista/7
DriveImage XML allows you to backup drives and partitions to image files, browse these images, view and extract files, restore these images to the same or a different drive (the target cannot be the Windows partion in use), and copy from drive to drive.

GFI Backup Home EditionOS:XP SP2/Vista/7 
Easy to use backyp/synchronization utility, with features like incremental or differential bakcups, with optional compression and encyption, manually or schedule your backups. Supports local-, network drives, CD/DVD and remote FTP.

IdlebackupOS:XP (32-bit)/Vista/7
Easy to use backup and restore program that can make a backup during idle time of the computer. Can also make a compressed (zip) backup. Features manually and automatic mode, mirror backup, full backup zipped and sequential backup zipped.

Paragon Backup & Recovery Free EditionOS:2000/XP/Vista/7 
Paragon Backup & Recovery is a disaster recovery tool for stand-alone Windows-based PCs that protects your entire PC: Data, Operating System, Software, Drivers & Settings. You can choose what to backup, schedule backup and set up differential backups.

This is a great alternative to Norton Ghost and Acronis TrueImage.

RegBakOS:2000/2003/XP/Vista
RegBak is a simple freeware utility, you can create backups of Windows registry files to a location of your choice and then restore these files at a later date. You can also use the backups created by RegBak while running the 'Windows Recovery Console'.

Ultimate Boot CD for WindowsOS:All 
UBCD4Win is a bootable CD which contains software that allows you to repair, restore, or diagnose almost any computer problem. It has network support, the ability to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, scan hard drives for viruses, etc.

Ultimate Boot CDOS:All
Bootable recovery CD that contains diagnostic utilities used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem.

Unstoppable CopierOS:All  
Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. Most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Backup and Recovery » Undelete:

FreeUndelete 1OS:NT4 SP2/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
FreeUndelete is a freeware data recovery program for files accidentally deleted on a NTFS (used by default in Windows XP/2000/NT) and FAT32 file systems. The data restoration is easy, and offers a set various filters on file name, extension or location.

PC Inspector File RecoveryOS:All
Data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 & NTFS file systems. Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged (does not work with NTFS). Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available.

PC Inspector Smart RecoveryOS:All
PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data-recovery program for Flash Card, Smart Media, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, and Secure Digital Card. The software will bring back deleted pictures from any digital camera media.

Recuva 1OS:2000/2003/XP/Vista/7  
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players.

RestorationOS:9x/NT/ME/2000/XP
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted permanently. Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, and so on.

This application does not work on Windows Vista/7 systems (it will crash your computer).

Undelete Plus 2.98 - Portable 1OS:All
With Undelete Plus you can retrieve accidentally deleted files. It supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32,NTFS/NTFS5 and image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Benchmark & Diagnostics Software:

CrystalDiskMarkOS:98/NT4/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
CrystalDiskMark is a utility that tests the performance of your hard drives. The easy to use interface allows to select the number of tests to perform, and the test size of the disk. The program tests sequential and random (4KB/512KB) read/write speeds.

Dead pixel tester 1OS:All
Most manufacturers have a policy which will specify that after X amount of dead/stuck pixels they will replace the screen free of charge (in warranty period). You can use DPT to help identify IF you have any pixels and how many.

Dependency Walker 1OS:All
Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. It lists all the functions that are exported by that module, with detailed info.

Fresh DiagnoseOS:9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
Utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard / motherboard information, and much more...

HD Tune 2.55 - Portable 1OS:All  
HD Tune is a Hard Disk utility which measures the performance, shows detailed information, checks the health status by using SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology), scans the surface for errors and displays the temperature.

HD Tune only measures read performance, to measure write performance you may try CrystalDiskMark.

Memtest86OS:All
Memtest86 is thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86.

Microsoft Baseline Security AnalyzerOS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) analyzes Windows systems for common security misconfigurations. MBSA uses a version of HFNetChk to scan for missing security updates, hotfixes and service packs for Windows, IIS, and SQL Server.

Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6OS:All
Nero DiscSpeed is a free is a CD/DVD benchmark utility that can test the most important features of your CD/DVD drive. Tests include: Transfer rate, seek times, CPU usage, burst rate, DAE quality, spinup/spindown time and CD media quality.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Clipboard Software:

PasteCopy.NET 1, 2, 3, 4OS:98/ME/2000 SP3/2003/2008/XP SP2/Vista/7 + .NET 2  
PasteCopy.NET is a portable Windows Clipboard Manager with multilingual support. It's fully automated and has a (auto-) resizable preview pane. PasteCopy.NET enlarges the capacity of Windows Clipboard and lets you organize csv, html, rtf, text, & images.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Drivers:

ATI Catalyst Software SuiteOS:XP/Vista/7 
The place to download ATI Catalyst Video Drivers for Radeon Graphics, AMD OverDrive and the AMD Fusion for Gaming Utility.

NVIDIA DriversOS:XP/Vista/7
Download drivers for NVIDIA products including GeForce graphics cards, nForce motherboards, Quadro workstations, and more.

RASPPPOEOS:9x/NT4/ME/2000/2003/XP
This is a PPP over Ethernet (short: PPPoE) implementation for Microsoft Windows. PPPoE as a method for establishing PPP connections through Ethernet adapters is described in RFC 2516 and is used by many Internet Service Providers of broadband/ADSL.

Windows ASPI PackageOS:98/NT4/ME/2000/XP
Required by some CD/DVD applications.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Drivers » Bios & System Updates:

DriverMaxOS:2003/XP/Vista/7 
DriverMax is a powerful utility which helps you download, backup and restore the drivers installed on your Windows computer, and check if newer versions are available. Easily download all drivers from one place and restore them after reinstalling Windows.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » File Compression:

ICEOWSOS:9x/NT/ME/2000/2003/XP
With ICEOWS you can extract, test, read properties and comments or view files stored in ICE, ARJ, ZIP, GunZip, TAR, Microsoft CAB, RAR, ACE, MIME, Mac HQX, UUEncode, XXEncode, Base64, JAR, EAR, WAR, LHA, IMP, BZ2 files without an external program.

IZArc 1OS:2000/2003/XP/Vista/7  
Archive utility supports; 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

PeaZipOS:All
PeaZip is a file and archive manager supporting creation of 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP, and extraction of more than 95 archive types. Other features include; split/join files, compare/checksum/hash files and much more.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » File Management:

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition 1OS:2000/XP/Vista/7 (32-bit) 
EASEUS Partition Master is a disk partitioning utility with RAID support. You can create, delete, format partitions on your hard disk quickly and easily. It can also resize/move your partitions without destroying data, and also copy dynamic volumes.

HashCheck Shell Extension 1OS:All 
The HashCheck Shell Extension makes it easy for you to calculate and verify file hashes/checksums from Windows Explorer. It can process and verify the hashes/checksums stored in checksum files with a double-click, or create a new one with a mouse-click.

Paragon Partition Manager Free EditionOS:2000/XP/Vista/7 
Organize your hard drive and redistribute free space to enhance system performance. You can optimize your hard drive with Create, Format and Delete Wizards. Paragon aslo has a Hot Resize technology to enlarge partitions without rebooting Windows.

Peter's Flexible Renaming Kit 1OS:98/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7 
Peter's Flexible RenAmiNg Kit (PFrank) is a Freeware bulk file renaming program. This application focus on flexibility; You can easily build any renaming command sequence you like, preview all of the results, press the rename button, and you're done!

ReNamer 1OS:All  
Powerful and flexible file/folder/meta tag renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, as well as advanced functions like letting users program their very own renaming rule, combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set.

SyncToyOS:XP/Vista/7 + .NET 2 
SyncToy is an easy to use synchronization utility that helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.

TeraCopy 1OS:2000/XP/Vista/7  
TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy/move files faster and more secure. TeraCopy can resume broken file transfers and skips bad files during copy and even shows the skipped files at the end of files transfer.

The File Splitter 1OS:All  
The File Splitter is a free Windows program that will split any file into pieces of any size and later combine the pieces to form the original file.

Universal Viewer 1OS:All (32-bit)
Advanced file viewer with wide range of formats supported. View Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: Any files, of unlimited size, in addition to all general graphics formats.

VerMapOS:All
VerMap is an intuitive file management utility that compares the version of the files (filtered, if needed) on two directory paths, and displays a list highlighting the differences.

WinDirStat - Portable 1OS:95 with IE5/98SE/ME/NT4 SP5/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants). WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views: a directory list; a treemap; and an extension list.

WinMerge - Portable 1OS:98/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for Windows. It is highly useful for determing what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » File Management » Defrag Software:

Defraggler 1OS:2000/2003/XP/Vista/7  
Defraggler is a file defragmentation tool. It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the files and defragment.

IObit Smart DefragOS:2000/XP/Vista/7 
With "Install it and forget it" feature, IObit Smart Defrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest.

MyDefrag - MyDefragPowerGUI /JkDefragGUI - JkDefrag (Old version)OS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
MyDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer (a maintenance utility to make your harddisk faster). Included are a set of easy to use scripts for endusers, a scripting engine for demanding users, a screensaver, and also support for scheduling.

MyDefragPowerGUI downloads and setup a portable version, and makes the application easier to use.

PageDefragOS:NT/2000/XP  
PageDefrag uses advanced techniques to provide you the ability to see how fragmented your paging files and Registry hives are, and to defragment them.

UltraDefragOS:NT/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
UltraDefrag is a powerful, open source defragmentation tool. It's engine is very fast, because it is created as a kernel-mode driver. There are three interfaces to them: graphical, console and native (will run at boot time in a manner similar to chkdsk).

WinContig 1OS:2000/XP/Vista/7  
WinContig is an easy-to-use stand-alone defragmentation tool. Its purpose is to quick defrag files without the need to defrag the whole disk. It aslo allows you to group files into profiles, and also it accepts a number of optional command-line switches

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Maintenance & Optimization:

Advanced SystemCare FreeOS:2000/XP/Vista/7 
System care and PC repair made free and easy. Advanced SystemCare Free repairs and cleans PC computer registry in one click. It aslo apply protection from malware, diagnose your system and has a lot of extra utilities to optimize your system.

Comodo System CleanerOS:2003/XP/Vista/7
Comodo System Cleaner is a powerful suite of utilities and tools that allows you to make your Windows computer faster, more efficient and more secure.

Fresh UIOS:9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
Fresh UI covers customizing & optimizing techniques, such as customizing and tweaking hidden settings, optimizing system settings, optimizing hardware settings, customizing Windows application settings, and controlling the user environment with policies.

Glary Utilities 1OS:2000/XP/Vista/7  
Glary Utilities offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces.

TweakNow PowerPack 2009OS:XP/Vista/7 
Fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser. It features a Registry Cleaner, a Windows tweaking tools that provides hidden Windows settings, and a system information utility.

Wise Disk CleanerOS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
Wise Disk Cleaner is a fast and easy-to-use disk utility designed to keep your disk clean by deleting any unnecessary files. Usually, these unnecessary, or junk files appear as a result of program's incomplete uninstalls, or Temporary Internet Files.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Maintenance & Optimization » Registry:

Free Window Registry Repair 1OS:98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Free Window Registry Repair repairs your registry making your system more stable and help Windows run faster. With a few mouse clicks, you can easily attain maximum optimization of your windows registry with this freeware tool.

RegSeekerOS:98/NT/2000/XP
RegSeeker Includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more! RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS.

TweakNow RegCleaner 1OS:XP/Vista/7
TweakNow RegCleaner has a high performance engine which indentifies and deletes obsolete Windows registry entries fast and secure.

Wise Registry CleanerOS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
Wise Registry Cleaner is a easy-to-use Registry cleaning tool. It scans the Windows registry thorough, safe and fast, and finds incorrect or obsolete information. If you wish, all problems can be corrected automatically, and be undone if necessary.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Memory Optimizers:

FreeRAM XP Pro 1OS:9x/ME/2000/2003/XP
Automatic memory monitoring and optimization which helps increase the system performance and productivity. It's intelligently scales how much RAM is freed with your current system status, thus optimizing RAM without slowing down your computer.

RAM Idle LE 1.5.0 1, 2, 3, 4OS:98/ME/2000/XP
RAM Idle LE is a smart memory management program that will keep your computer running more efficiently, faster, and longer. The program intelligently manages the free RAM that is available to Windows, preventing your PC from running progressively slower.

Ram OptimizerOS:9x/ME/2000/XP
Optimize your memory (RAM) and avoid application crashes due to low memory. This program monitors your memory, and frees up RAM if it falls below a certain minimum. It consumes little memory & you can configure it to free memory automatically or manually.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Networking Software » Network Management:

Spiceworks IT DesktopOS:2003 SP1/2008/XP Pro SP2/Vista/7
Network Monitoring Software for Network Management. SpiceWorks is a free tool for managing and monitoring your computing, network and software assets, and for identifying problems when they occur.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Networking Software » Remote Access:

UltraVNCOS:All
UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free software that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Operating Systems & Updates:

AutoPatcherOS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista  
AutoPatcher automatically dowloads all hotfixes and updates to Windows and Office systems which later can be slipstreamed into the Windows/Office disk, or installed directly using the fully automated (no user input) built-in installation process.

DirectXOS:98/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7 
Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio.

Windows Updates Downloader 1OS:2000/2003/XP + .NET 2 
WUD allows you to download all of the current Windows Updates using a simple interface. Once WUD has complete it's downloads, you simply integrate them into your Windows source using one of the many popular tools such as nLite.

WSUS Offline UpdateOS:XP/Vista/7  
Use WSUS Offline Update to easily download patches and updates for your Windows and Office without going through the whole procedure on Microsoft's Windows Update website. Once downloaded files can be compressed to an ISO file, and burned to a CD.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Printer Software:

iCopy 1OS:2003/2008/XP SP1/Vista/7 + .NET 3.5  
iCopy lets you combine your scanner and printer into a powerful, but easy to use photocopier by only pressing a button. You can modify scanner and printer settings, like brightness and contrast, scanning mode and quality, and number of copies.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Specialized Tools:

HD DVD Interactivity JumpstartOS:XP SP2
A collection of tools for testing, debugging, and simulating HD DVD interactive content. For advanced users...

Inno Setup UnpackerOS:All
With this tool you can extract files created with Inno Setup compiler (EXE files). Recovers portions of the Inno Setup installation script (.iss file), including the registry changes and the compiled Innerfuse/RemObjects Pascal Script, if available.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » System Information:

AutoRuns 1OS:2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
Shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.

CPU-ZOS:All  
CPU-Z is a free diagnostic tool that provides information on your CPU and some of the main devices of your system, including: mainboard, memory, and system: Windows and DirectX version.

DISCInfo 1OS:All
DISCInfo is a freeware program to display hardware information from an ATAPI/SCSI device (CD/DVD drives) under Windows operating system. Basicly what it does it that it sends SCSI commands to the device and retrives the information from them.

GPU-ZOS:2000/XP/Vista/7
GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU. It support NVIDIA and ATI cards; displays adapter, GPU, display information & overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available); validation of results.

HWMonitor 1OS:All  
HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors: voltages, temperatures and fans speed. The program handles the most common sensor chips, and can read modern CPU as well has hard drive temperatures.

Nero InfoToolOS:All
Nero InfoTool a utility which analyses and displays the most important information about a drive, disc, configuration and installed software. The information can also be printed or saved to a text file.

PC Wizard 1OS:All  
PC Wizard 2009 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis, and even benchmark many kinds of hardware. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies.

ShellExView 1OS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.

SIWOS:98/NT4/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
SIW gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings. It includes detailed specs for CPU, network, TCP/IP, memory, hardware, users, network shares, and more, as well as real-time monitors for CPU, memory and network traffic.

SpeccyOS:2000/XP/Vista/7  
Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, graphics cards, hard disks, optical drives and audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » System Utilities:

Folder Guide 1OS:All 
Provides fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders. Add a list of folders to display by right-clicking mouse when opening save as dialog, when you save files.

Game BoosterOS:2000/XP/Vista/7 
Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button by temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance.

Unlocker 1.8.9OS:2000/2003/XP/Vista (32-bit) 
Unlocker is an explorer extension to delete, rename or move a file that is locked. With a simple right-click of the mouse on a file or folder, get rid of error message such as "access denied", "sharing violation", "in use by another program or user" etc.

UPnPTest 1.15 1OS:Windows XP & Later  
Utility to help get UPnP setup correctly in Windows XP.

Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) - Windows Vista SP1/2008 - Windows 7 ver.OS:2003 SP1/XP SP2/Vista
Help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Microsoft Windows Vista family of operation systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, and create Windows PE images.

Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT)OS:2000 SP4/XP/Vista
Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) migrates user files and settings during deployments of Windows XP and Windows Vista. USMT captures files and settings from the source computer and then migrates them to a new Windows installation.

Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup UtilityOS:XP
The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on your XP computer and whether or not the decoder is compatible with WMP 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » System Utilities » Process/Resource Managers:

DTaskManagerOS:9x/NT/2000//XP/Vista  
Task-Manager, specifically engineered to give additional functionalities that the Windows bundled TaskManager (and other third party products) do not have; "termination request", "forced termination", suspend and reactivate a process, and a port monitor.

Process Monitor 1OS:2003 SP1/2008/XP SP2/Vista/7  
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry, and process/thread activity. It adds an rich and non-destructive filtering, logging and comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names.

Serious SamurizeOS:2000/2003/XP/Vista
Samurize provides all the information you need about all your computers in one central location on your desktop. It can provide: CPU usage, disk utilization, network traffic, system temperatures, top processes, memory information, WMI classes and more.

SpeedFan 1OS:All 
SpeedFan monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitor chips. At the lowest level, it is a hardware monitor software, but its main feature is that it can control fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc.

Task Killer 2.30 1OS:All 
This process manager allows you to quickly terminate applications, processes, windows, to start/stop Windows services and etc. ie. you may "kill" a frozen (hanged up) application, process or service by clicking on a windows taskbar menu list.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » System Utilities » StartUp Management:

CuperUtilities StartUp Manager 1.1 1OS:9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista 
CuperUtilities StartUp Manager is a handy free tool that allows you to control what programs run at system startup when you turn on or logon to your computer. It enables you to display, enable, disable, or delete these programs loading at system startup.

StartUp GuardOS:9x/ME/2000/XP
Startup Guard monitors your system's auto-startup programs and informs you when new programs are added to the startup, in real time, and you can approve/disapprove them. It can also monitor changes to your browser home page and search page hijacks.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Tweaking Tools:

ATI Tray Tools 1OS:2000/2003/XP
ATI Tray Tools is a utility that runs in the system tray and provides easy right-click access to your ATI video card's crucial settings. You can adjust image quality, turn on/off special driver features, or tweak clock settings (core and memory speeds).

Microsoft Fix it CenterOS:2003 SP2/2008/XP SP3/XP Pro SP2 64-bit/Vista/7 +  
Fix it Center finds and fixes many common PC & device problems automatically. It also helps prevent new problems by proactively checking for known issues and installing updates, and helps consolidating the many steps of diagnosing and repairing a problem.

RandyRants SharpKeys 1, 2, 3OS:NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
SharpKeys is a Registry hack that is used to make certain keys on a keyboard act like other keys.

Security & Privacy Complete 1OS:XP/Vista
Security & Privacy Complete can disable all services which might be a security-risk for your computer. It also includes privacy features for Internet Explorer, Media Player, and Mozilla Firefox.

Tweak And TuneOS:XP 
Tweak And Tune is a tool to tweak hidden Windows settings. Tweak And Tune gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows default user interface, including start menu settings, Explorer settings, and taskbar settings.

TweakNow WinSecret 1OS:XP/Vista/7
TweakNow WinSecret includes the most popular Windows XP/Vista registry settings and provides them for you in an easy and safe user interface.

TweakVI Basic 1OS:Vista
TweakVI Basic is designed to both tweak and optimize Windows Vista. Tweak hundreds of hidden features of Vista, optimize your machine and customize it to your needs. TweakVI bundles lots of different utilities in one and has many plugins available.

Vispa 1OS:2008/Vista  
Vispa allows you to easily tweak your Windows Vista for better privacy and security, even system performance. Vispa is no tool for beginners, just a more convenient way of tweaking your operating system the way you know you want it.

Vista4Experts 1OS:Vista
Vista4Experts is kind of a treat for computer experts who don't want security center notifications, User Account Control dialogs, automatic Windows Defender scannings, automatic update installations, or want Google set as default search engine etc.

VistaTweaker 1OS:Vista  
VistaTweaker is a complete tweaking utility designed for windows vista. It has software-, performance-, usability- and other kinds of tweaks to improve the overall Vista experience.

XdN TweakerOS:2003/2008/XP/Vista/7 + .NET 2  
XdN Tweaker is a freeware tweaking program for Windows that lets you fine-tune several hidden settings in the Windows operating system.

XP BootVis.exe 1.3.37OS:XP  
BootVis is a Microsoft tool to provide faster XP boot and resume times, and a performance trace visualization utility that you can use with Windows XP systems.

XP-AntiSpy 1OS:2000/XP/Vista/7
The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP. XP-Antispy can disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP.

xpyOS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
xpy is a program which will disable the default threats of your Windows XP installation. Besides the classic antispy features, xpy closes recent security holes like the remote procedure call (rpc) service and the distributed component object model (dcom).

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Tweaking Tools » Integrators:

HFSLIPOS:Windows 2000 & Later with administrative privileges
HFSLIP is an open source utility designed to update a Windows 2000, XP or 2003 installation source with the latest hotfixes. The individual files are being slipstreamed directly (original files are replaced with the new updated ones).

nLite 1OS:2000/2003/XP + .NET 2  
nLite lets you choose which components to remove from your Windows before installation. You can make a bootable ISO with it and even easy slipstream Service pack with a click of a button. It aslo lets you automate CDKey and other personal information.

RVM Integrator - RyanVM's MSFN Files 1OS:2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
RVM Integrator slipstreams (overwrite & replace) hotfixes and third party utilities into your Windows install disks. Integrating is simply a way to attatch setup files into your Windows disk and have them install at a specific moment during Windows setup.

vLiteOS:Vista + .NET 2  
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources. vLite provides you with an easy removal of the unwanted components in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking. vLite can also create a bootable ISO and apply the tweaks directly.

» Freeware Files » Utilities » Uninstallers:

Advanced UninstallerOS:2000/XP/Vista/7  
In addition to a normal uninstall part, it also has Advanced Uninstall and Forced Uninstall modules built in the software that helps you clean leftovers, and remove programs that are corrupted or cannot be uninstalled by Windows "Add or Remove Programs".

MyUninstaller 1OS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7  
MyUninstaller displays a list of all installed applications, and allows you to uninstall an application or delete an uninstall entry, and provides additional information like product name, company, version, uninstall string, and installation folder.

Windows Installer CleanUpOS:All 
With the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility, you will remove a program's Windows Installer configuration information. You may want to remove the Windows Installer configuration information for your program if you experience installation (Setup) problems.

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