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PassMark DiskCheckup 2007-12-04 19:33:00 PassMark DiskCheckup™ allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a particular hard disk drive. SMART ( Self Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology ) is an interface between a computer's BIOS (basic input/output system) and the computer hard disk. It is a feature of the Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE) technology that controls access to the hard drive. If S.M.A.R.T is enabled when a computer is set up, the BIOS can receive analytical information from the hard drive and determine whether to send the user a warning message about possible future failure of the hard drive. SMART monitors elements of possible long term drive failure, such as 'Spin Up Time', the number of start/stops, the number of hours powered on and the hard disk temperature. http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm ...

With Startup Delayer you can speed up Windows' boot 2007-12-04 19:31:00 When Windows boots, it loads at the same time a lot of programs (ie: Antivirus, firewall, office quickstart bar, mouse manager, messenger...): this puts an high overwork on the hard disk (it has to read simultaneasly from totally different parts of the disk) and this saturates Ram and CPU (launching a new program is often resources expensive). It's easy to understand that, in this way, boot is really slow.http://www.jockersoft.com/english/startupdelayer_index.php ...

RunScanner V1.5 2007-12-04 10:32:00 RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility which scans your system for all configured running programs and autostart locations. You can use runscanner to detect autostart programs, spyware, adware,homepage hijackers, unverified drivers and other problems. You can import and export your results and let other people help you to solve your problems. http://www.runscanner.net/ ...

Returnil Virtual System - a powerful virtualization technology 2007-12-04 10:29:00 The Returnil VirtualSystem Personal Edition is a powerful virtualization technology thatcompletely mirrors your actual computer setup and it can create avirtual storage disk within your PC where you can save documents, data,and files while using the System Protection feature. Returnil Virtual System's protectionconcept is very easy to understand. It provides a simple, effective,and smart way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being madeto your supported Windows® Operating System and the drive whereWindows® is installed. You operate your system in a virtualenvironment, so anything you do will happen in the virtual environment,not in the real PC. If your computer is attacked or gets infected withMalware, all you need to do is simply reboot the PC to erase allchanges. Once restarted, your system will be restored to the originalstate, as if nothing ever happened! Meanwhile, Returnil Virtual Systemcan create a virtual storage disk for you; the purpose of thispartition is to pr ...

Songbird The Free Media Player 2007-12-03 17:21:00 Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird iscommitted to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, onthe devices you want, challenging the conventions of discovery,purchase, consumption and organization of music on the Internet.http://www.songbirdnest.com/ ...

Windows Steady State 2007-12-02 21:17:00 Who needs Windows Vistas parental control if you have all the optionsin Windows XP as well if you download the Microsoft software SteadyState which probably was not designed with parental control in mind butwith user control in general on Windows XP systems. The major benefitof Steady State is that you can create user accounts, restrict thoseaccounts plus define that all changes made with these accounts areundone after rebooting the system. This is great if you have some friends, family members or other guyswho tend to break things or do stuff on your computer that you do notwant. With Steady State you do not care at all anymore because all theydo is gone after rebooting the computer. After adding a user, which canbe imported if you are using Steady State on another computer, you canselect either one of the pre defined security profiles such as High,Medium, Low, No Restrictions or Custom ones. Custom ones are probably the most important ones because you get tocontrol what the selected ...

Stop Autoplay 0.7.1 2007-12-02 21:03:00 Well if you surf and load alot of websites like I do.... before reading them then you will like this:))Disable the autoplay of the embedded music and movie.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1765 ...

Gmail S/MIME 0.3.0 2007-12-02 20:57:00 Send and receive signed and encrypted messages in Gmail. With the Gmail S/MIME extension, you can send and receive signed andencrypted S/MIME messages in Gmail. Secure your e-mail today, includingyour attachments! Version 0.3.0 successfully inter-operates withMicrosoft Outlook 2003, Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird,and Apple Mail.app, and should work with others.Version 0.3.0, which adds many features and bug fixes, is pendingreview here on addons.mozilla.org. Until then, you can download 0.3.0directly at:http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-smime/gmail-smime.htmlhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/592 ...

OpenDNS a free DNS service 2007-12-02 20:22:00 Start using the world's largest and fastest-growing DNS service. Make your network safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. It's free :)))))) OpenDNS protects more than a million people a day across hundreds ofthousands of schools, businesses and homes as they navigate theInternet. We block phishing sites and give you the power to block adultsites, proxies and individual domains. OpenDNS was founded in late 2005 by DNS expert and entrepreneurDavid Ulevitch. With its team of the brightest andmost creative minds in the industry, OpenDNS is constantly adding new features toimprove the Internet experience for everyone from sysadmins at large organizationsto parents at home. http://www.opendns.com/ ...

FREE Multiple Storage Clipboard Utility 2007-12-01 22:10:00 Turbocharge Your Windows Clipboard with ClipboardMagic! Clipboard Magic is a Windows clipboardenhancementutility. This clipboard extender can dramatically enhance yourproductivity when cutting andpasting text or when filling in repetitive web forms. Freeware:))))http://www.cybermatrix.com/clipboard_magic.html ...

Make your computer Faster for FREE 2007-12-01 20:32:00 I use this utility always:))) Its Freeware"IObit SmartDefrag is a smart tool to maintain your system performance, speed and stability for no cost at all."- Editor's Choice, FreedownloadsCenter.com, October 2006"IObit SmartDefrag is a free defragment tool and worth investigating. It’s also rather fast."- Editor’s Review, Feb 2007The World’s Most Efficient FREE Defragmentation Software. What’s the primary cause of slow/unstable PC performance?It’s disk fragmentation. IObit SmartDefrag helps defragment yourhard drive more efficiently than any other product on the market–– free or not. What is the performance status of your hard disk? --You no longer need to guess... this Freeware will give you a completediagnosis of your current hard disk performance status, then defrag andboost performance in minutes. Features of this powerful, award-winning defragmenter program include: An "Install It and Forget It" feature that works automatically and quietly in the background on your co ...

Wise Registry Cleaner v2.96 2007-12-01 18:35:00 Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry cleaning tools available in the market today. Its scanning engine is thorough, safe and fast.freeware:))) http://www.wisecleaner.com/ ...

Eraser 5.86 RC2 beta 2007-11-30 22:46:00 Eraser is an advanced security tool, which allows you to completelyremove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it severaltimes with carefully selected patterns.Missing "Erase Unused Space" message in Explorer context menuFree space erase when non-elevated under Vista results in files scattered all over the AppData folderSome users could erase free space using the first/last 2kb option.The new behaviour (although the option could be selected) would be thatNOTHING will happen, and all runs will report it as a failure. The UIcould not be changed due to a flaw in the desihttp://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Eraser/1010751436/1 ...

Privacy through Prepaid Credit Cards 2007-11-30 22:31:00 If you've known me for any length of time, you know that I'm a privacy freak. Ican't explain why, but I'm hyper-sensitive about giving out personalinformation. I practically hyperventilate when I consider all the databases ofthings I've bought, people I've called, and movies I've watched. I may not beespecially private about my social life, my body, or mydesktop...but I'll be damned if Safewayneeds my phone number or address to sell me a loaf of bread. Unfortunately, this can make life complicated. For example, I get all my mail atwork. I don't have a cell phone. I buy plane tickets and hotel rooms with cash.I've frozen my credit report with allthree agencies. It'sinconvenient, but doable.read more at Snarfed ...

Image and Backup logical Drives and Partitions 2007-11-30 21:44:00 DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives.Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowingyou 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. Never again be stuck with a useless backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and WindowsVista only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formattedwith FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS. FREEWARE:))) http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm ...