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Freeware UtilitiesCD-DVD Burner:CDBurnerXP Pro, DeepBurner, HT Fireman and InfraRecorder are complete CD and DVD burning packages. burnatonce.net OS: All Read and write image files (ISO) BurnAware OS: NT/2000/XP/Vista  Create data and multisession CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs, Audio CDs & jukebox CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs & DVDs-Video. Create and burn disc images. CDBurnerXP Pro CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. DeepBurner OS: 98/98SE/2000/2003/XP DeepBurner is an advanced and extremely powerful CD and DVD burning package. It even removes the hassle of making autoruns, creating and printing your own labels and booklets. ImgBurn OS: All Read and write image files (ISO). Supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI. InfraRecorder OS: 2000/XP/Vista InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration. ISO Recorder OS: 2003/XP/Vista Read and write image files (ISO). Very easy to use by right-clicking drives/folders. * A image file is a file that contains all files on a CD/DVD, complete with hidden files etc. When you burn a image file back to a disc, all files will be laid back on the disc. CD-DVD Tools: Daemon Tools - Mounter OS: 2000/2003/XP/Vista You can link different Imagetypes directly to Daemon Tools with these Tools. Daemon Tools OS: 2000/2003/XP/Vista Open a ISO file, and read the contents without burning it to a disc. IsoPuzzle OS: All Recovers files from scratched or damaged CDs or DVDs. LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling. MagicISO Virtual CD-DVD-ROM (MagicDisc) Create and manage virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. Save a CD/DVD to harddrive and use it as if the disc was inserted. Compression: ICEOWS - Compresser OS: All 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 - The Ultimate Archive Utility Open CD image files like ISO, BIN, CDI and NRG. It is also possible to convert such files from one type to another (BIN to ISO, NRG to ISO). This is my favourite. PeaZip, archiver, encryption and file split tool OS: All PeaZip free archiver utility is a portable, open source file and archive manager. * Both IZArc and PeaZip has a portable edition. Defragmenter: Auslogics Registry Defrag  The program will scan through the registry to remove slack spaces, reducing the registry size and ultimately the amount of RAM the registry takes up, and improving your computer performance. Defraggler - Defragment your files!  Quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. IObit Smart Defrag This Freeware will give you a complete diagnosis of your current hard disk performance status, then defrag and boost performance in minutes. JkDefrag Defragment your computer with a single click, and can even be used as a screensaver automatically defragmenting your system. Can also defragment Windows Registry. UltraDefrag OS: NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/All 64-bit editions of Windows Has the Ability to defragment system files at boot time. WinContig  Quick defrag files without the need to defrag the whole disk, group files into profiles. Hardware: ATI Tray Tools OS: 2000/XP (including 64 bit version)/2003 (including 64 bit version) ATI Control Center replacement. CPU-Z CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system. DISCInfo OS: All DISCInfo is a freeware program to display hardware informations from and ATAPI/SCSI device under Windows operating system. HWMonitor  HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors: voltages, temperatures, fans speed. iCopy  A portable software that lets you combine your scanner and printer into a powerful, but easy to use photocopier by only pressing a button. Nero 8 (Info Tool) OS: All Nero InfoTool provides information about the most important features of installed drives, inserted discs, installed software, and much more. Nero CD-DVD Speed OS: 2000/XP/Vista  A program for testing optical drives and media. PC Wizard PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. Multimedia: Jing Project Image & Video Capture & Wisdom Screen Capture & Screen Recorder let you record or capture screen. e.g if you want to show how to use a application you can record when you open it and what to do, and save to a video or image. CamStudio - AVI & SWF Video & Audio Streaming  CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs). Jing Project Image & Video Capture Snap a picture of anything on your desktop. Record video of what you do, or what you see. Instantly uploaded. Share in email, IM, or blogs. Windows Macro Recorder OS: 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. Wisdom AutoScreenRecorder OS: 98/NT4/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista AutoScreenRecorder 3.0 Free is a completely free screen recorder to save your screen activities into video files. Wisdom ScreenHunter OS: 98/NT4/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista ScreenHunter is a completely free screen capture software for you to easily take screenshots. * My recommendation is Jing Project, when Wisdom has some limitations. Multiple Appz: Genuine Microsoft Software & Google Pack includes miscellaneous applications. VCOM - Powerdesk are a Explorer replacement, with lots of extra functions, like displaying dual pane. Highly recommended. Genuine Microsoft Software OS: All Genuine Microsoft software is published by Microsoft, properly licensed, and supported by Microsoft or a trusted partner. Google Pack OS: XP/Vista Google Earth, Norton Security Scan, Google Desktop, Firefox with Google Toolbar, Adobe Reader, Skype, Star Office, Google Toolbar for IE, Spyware doctor, Picasa, Google Photos Screensaver, Google Talk & RealPlayer. Miscellaneous Utilities - NTWind Software OS: All Utilities are absolutely free, easy to use and take seconds to install: Hidden Start - run apps in the background, Visual Subst - virtual drives in effect, Close All Windows & Bad Application ;-) XPero's utilities OS: Vista, .NET 2.0 (Already included in Vista) Folder Type Fixer, Take Control, Shrink It!, eXPander, Reg File Merger, DLL Register, Reshacker Script Creator Pen Drive: Applications you can run from a Pen-Drive requires no installation on the computer, nor do it leave traces at the computer. U3 Applications requires a special U3 Pen drive, while the other applications can be installed on all Pen drives and on hard dri AS3 Personal Firewall OS: 98/Me/NT/2000/XP AS3 Personal Firewall is device designed to prevent outsiders from accessing your network even if it is run from a USB drive. MojoPac Carry data files and your applications (such as Outlook, games, IMs) on a USB storage device or iPod. PortableApps.com  Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. PStart  PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks. Stand Alone Apps Miscellaneous portable applications. U3 smart Application List of software packaged exclusively to run on U3 smart drives. U3 Software Central List of software packaged exclusively to run on U3 smart drives. * At PortableApps you can download a suite with most applications you need, in one installation. PStart is a handy tray menu, that keeps shortcuts to all applications at you Pen Drive. Both is recommended. If you have a U3 Pen Drive, you should also check o Tiny Appz: These links includes miscellaneous applications. DSHUTDOWN OS: All  Stand-alone program that allows you to easily shutdown and wake up local or remote PCs, with many specific options. DTaskManager OS: 2000/XP/VISTA  Task-Manager, specifically engineered to give additional functionalities that the Windows bundled TaskManager (and other third party products) do not have. Free Soft Collection of sundry tools. Hoverdesk OS: All 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 ! PasteCopy.NET  A simple Clipboard Freeware Utility. Windows Sysinternals Help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. * Index.dat is a file used by the Internet Explorer web browser. It functions as an active database, which runs as long as Windows is active. It functions as a repository of redundant information, such as web URLs, search queries, and recently opened files. Tools: AutoVer AutoVer is a configurable automatic or real time backup and personal versioning system. Have a few extra functions compared to Vistas Shadow Copy. CCleaner CrapCleaner deletes unnecessary files on your system, recommended, but unfortunately it also deletes saved cookies in Internet Explorer 7 in some cases. Free Window Registry Repair OS: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista  Repair invalid registry entries that are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. Increase system speed and stability. PFrank File Renamer PFrank is an acronym for Peter's Flexible RenAmiNg Kit. This is a Freeware Professional Grade bulk file/folder renaming program that runs under Windows. With this tool you can easily organize your music, picture, video, or any other types of files. ReNamer A great tool for renaming multiple files. Sizer OS: All but Vista Resize any window to an exact, predefined size. Task Killer  Process manager to terminate applications (tasks) quickly and tracking their memory usage. The File Splitter Split files easily. UNLOCKER Sometimes you get an error message when deleting/moving files; "file in use and cannot be deleted", then UNLOCKER does the job. UNLOCKER works great on XP, but have some issues on Vista. WinMerge  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. WiseCleaner OS: 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/XP-x64/2003/Vista/Vista-x64/2008  Wise Registry Cleaner speeds up your PC by cleaning your Registry. By cleaning your disk with Wise Disk Cleaner, your computer will run faster. * Cookies are use by your web-browser to store information, like TV-channels in a TV-guide. SundryTools.com stores a cookie of what language you've selected. Next time you open SundryTools.com the cookie make sure the same language are selected. Tweaks: Acelogix Software OS: Win9x/ME/2000/XP Startup Guard (Monitor your system's auto-startup programs), Ram Optimizer (Optimize your memory), Tweak N' tune (fine-tune settings that are hidden in Windows). Comodo Registry Cleaner Clean your Windows Registry with one click of the mouse. Make your computer run faster by repairing and optimizing your Windows Registry. Fresh UI OS: 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP Solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95/Me. IObit Advanced WindowsCare Personal Tweak and clean your system. TweakNow RegCleaner Standard OS: 2000/XP/XP x64/2003/Vista Clean your Windows registry. TweakNow WinSecret Professional OS: XP/Vista We have gathered the most popular Windows XP/Vista registry settings and provide them for you in an easy and safe user interface. XdN Tweaker OS: XP/2003, 32 and 64-bit/Vista/Server 2008, .NET 2.0 (Already included in Vista) Tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. * Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems by reorganizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file close together and contiguously. Failing to defrag your system regularly affects performance. Vista Tweaks: TweakVI Basic for Vista, Vispa & VistaTweaker gives you the options to tweak a lot of hidden settings in Vista. Vispa & VistaTweaker requires no installation and are easy to use. TweakVI Basic for Vista OS: Vista  Tweak and optimize Windows Vista. Vispa OS: Vista  Vispa allows you to easily tweak your Windows Vista for better privacy and security, even system performance. Vista Battery Saver OS: Vista Removes aero interface and windows sidebar when on battery and reopen when you reconnect the power cord. Great Tool. (Aero is not available in Vista Home Edition). Vista Boot Logo Generator OS: Vista This tool will simplify the process of creating the new high resolution boot logos for Vista. Vista4Experts OS: Vista  Change annoying settings in Vista. VistaTweaker OS: Vista  VistaTweaker is a complete tweaking utility designed for windows vista. Has software, performance, usability and other kinds of tweaks to improve the overall Vista experience. XP Tweaks: Security & Privacy Complete, XP PowerToys, XP-AntiSpy & xpy gives you the options to tweak a lot of hidden settings in XP. All but XP PowerToys requires no installation and are easy to use. FreeRAM XP Pro OS: 95/98/ME/2000/2003/XP  Free and optimize your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory), resulting in an increase in system performance and productivity. RegTweakage.NET OS: XP Registry Tweaker. Security & Privacy Complete OS: All Protects agains viruses, worms and malicious code by disabling unsecure operating system components. Protects against hackers and script-kiddies. protection agains unknown vunlerabilites (0day protection). TweakNow RAM Idle LE OS: 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's intelligently manages the free RAM that is available to Windows. XP BootVis.exe 1.3.37 Decreases XP boot time. XP PowerToys OS: XP PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released. XP-AntiSpy OS: XP The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP. xpy OS: XP Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation. Help me expand the Freeware Directory by suggesting new Freeware Utilities. |