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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Program that'll allow you to change what pops up in place of Task Manager

« on: March 20, 2006, 06:39 PM »

Sorry for bringing it back up, but I just recently learned of how to replace Task Manager. All you have to do is:

• First, Open the Registry Editor
• Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
• Create a new key there called taskmgr.exe.
• In the newly created key, add a string labeled debugger.
• Edit the debugger string with the path (in quotes if necessary) to the program that you want to replace the Task Manager with.
• Finally, close the Registry Editor

BTW, I learned of the above from a MSDN blog post (http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnfa/archive/2004/10/06/238923.aspx)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?

« on: March 19, 2006, 10:44 PM »

btw, is there an English page for Amembo?

-lanux128 (March 19, 2006, 09:56 PM)

Yes, there is. It can be reached at http://nora.rurula.com/app/amembo/index.en.html.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?

« on: March 18, 2006, 11:25 AM »

Mine doesn't have as many icons as the ones already shown

Process Viewer (http://www.prcview.com)
SecurWall (http://www.securstar.com)
ClipMagic (http://www.clipmagic.com)
Volume Icon
Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc)
Ad Muncher (http://www.admuncher.com)
Ashampoo antiSpyWare (http://www.ashampoo.com)
Amembo (http://nora.rurula.com)
Locate (http://locate32.webhop.org)
KatMouse (http://ehiti.sdf-eu.org/katmouse/)
Spamihilator (http://www.spamihilator.com/)

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General Software Discussion / Songbird

« on: February 14, 2006, 08:12 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Songbird is a Web player built from Firefox's browser engine. It is open source and will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions. Play any MP3 on the Web without leaving the page. It can view Web pages as dynamic playlists that it can play, save, or automatically download every day. It plays your music too. It has all the features you expect in a desktop media player.

Screenshot:



Homepage: http://www.songbirdnest.com
Download: http://download.song...2/Songbird_0_1_0.exe
License: Open-Source
IRC chatroom: #Songbird on irc.landoleet.org:6667

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General Software Discussion / Re: Gigaget

« on: February 11, 2006, 06:57 AM »

EDIT: it seems to be a peer-to-peer as it claims using networked computers, or maybe it's server-peer based - that will speed you up but the details are very unclear on their site, which I find worrying.

-nontroppo (February 09, 2006, 09:45 PM)

Basically, it searches for servers that are hosting the same file and then uses them along with the original server (which speeds up the download).

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General Software Discussion / Gigaget

« on: February 09, 2006, 09:38 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Gigaget is the next generation download manager which utilizes cutting-edge Net Grid technology that improves your download speed by 7-10 times.

Screenshot:



Homepage: http://www.gigaget.com
Forum: http://www.gigaget.com/index.php
Download: http://planetmirror....Gigaget.1.0.0.21.exe
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / MyViewPad

« on: January 24, 2006, 11:40 PM »

Description from the SnapFiles listing:

MyViewPad is a simple and easy to use image viewer that can read about 80 image formats and write to about 25 formats. In addition to standard viewing features (zoom, rotate, slideshow, full-screen etc.) it also offers several image correction options, including sharpening/unsharp mask, color/contrast/brightness adjustments, blur, grayscale and more. MyViewPad displays EXIF and IPTC information next to every image (if available), supports embedded color profiles, and can also import images from a Twain source (scanner, camera etc.) and more.

Screenshot:



Homepage: http://www.myviewpad.com
FileForum listing: http://fileforum.bet...ViewPad/1111040747/1
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / Re: CubicExplorer

« on: January 13, 2006, 04:50 PM »

v0.73 was released today. Here are its new features/fixes:

• Reported bug's fixed
• Rewrote auto refresh
• Added option to show captions in toolbars
• Added toolbar for Bookmark and Folder panel visibility
• Added Ctrl + B to toggle Bookmark visibility
• Added Ctrl + F to toggle Folder browser visibility
• Added swith for disabling hints
• Added list for selecting visible file types
• Added support to drag bookmarks
• Added "Remember tabs" feature (beta)
• Compressed with UPX
• Removed ZIP browsing for now (still needs more work)

You can get it from the same link I provided in the first post.

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General Software Discussion / CubicExplorer

« on: January 08, 2006, 05:19 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

CubicExplorer is a file manager/browser software. It's designed to be easy to use yet powerful to handle multiple directories at the same time. It uses tabbed browsing and bookmarks. It also has a build-in text editor which has highlighters for many different file types.

Screenshot:



Homepage: http://www.cubicreality.com
Forum: http://www.cubicreal....com/forum/index.php
Download: http://cubicreality....icExplorer_Setup.exe
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / Copynicus

« on: December 30, 2005, 05:27 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Copynicus is a Clipboard capturing utility. Whenever you 'copy' or 'cut' a piece of Text or Graphic - it automatically grabs it and places it on its own clipboard. It can keep the record of unlimited 'cut' or 'copy' operations (limited only to your free hard disk space). You can merge the selected captures into one file. It can capture text and images from any application that exhibit 'cut' ot 'copy' operations. It can also handle custom clipboard format data.

Screenshot:

Homepage: http://www.geocities...com/iamvikramgandhi/
Download: http://www.myfilesta...5/Copynicus_0.86.exe
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / Re: SpyDefense

« on: December 29, 2005, 03:15 PM »

Yes, its an anti-spyware program.

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General Software Discussion / Core Force

« on: December 23, 2005, 09:40 PM »

http://fileforum.bet...e_Force/1135050843/1
Description from the FileForum listing:

Core Force is the first community oriented security solution for personal computers. It is free and provides a comprehensive endpoint security solution for Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems.

The security framework provided by Core Force is leveraged by a community of security experts that share their security configurations for a growing list of programs. These security profiles can be downloaded by any user of Core Force from the community Web site and they're also completely open so that they can be peer-reviewed to minimize security hazards. The community approach to endpoint security also allows end-users who are not security experts to work in a secure environment.

Screenshot:

Homepage: http://force.coresecurity.com
Download: http://force.coresecurity.com/themes/force...up.0.70.111.exe
Forums: http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=xarbb
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / Re: Pando

« on: December 13, 2005, 10:06 AM »

Because YouSendIt is web-based while Pando is an application that uses BitTorrent as its backend.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SpyDefense

« on: December 13, 2005, 09:46 AM »

Well, if you were to look at its list of programs (by trying to add it), you would see that its already there (just not visible on the site yet).

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General Software Discussion / SpyDefense

« on: December 13, 2005, 09:09 AM »

Description from its website:

SpyDefense protects your computer against annoying, and harmful software such as Spyware, Adware, Trojan horses, etc. SpyDefense is anti-spyware software that prides itself on a very user friendly environment. SpyDefense utilizes our proprietary technologies to provide advanced spyware scanning, and removal quickly and precisely. Combining our unique scanning technology with user friendly controls and interface, provides a complete spyware software package for users of all skill levels.

Screenshot:

Homepage: http://www.everestlabs.com
Download: http://www.everestla...loads/SpyDefense.exe
Forums: http://www.everestla....com/forum/index.php
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / Pando

« on: December 13, 2005, 09:01 AM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Pando is free software that lets you send and receive files and folders of any size with your existing email account. Send your home videos, giant presentations and entire folders of original quality photos to anyone with an email address. It bypasses email attachment limits, Opens .pando attachments emailed to you, and accelerates downloads of huge files and folders.

Screenshot:

Homepage: http://www.pando.com/beta/
Download: http://www.pando.com...Pando_Beta_Setup.exe
Forums: http://www.pando.com/phpbb/index.php
License: Freeware

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General Software Discussion / FileBoss

« on: November 28, 2005, 05:44 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Whether you need to rename 1,000's of files, replicate a tree structure without its files, or copy a group of files with error recovery, you will find that FileBoss performs ordinary, and many not-so-ordinary.

Screenshot:

Homepage: http://www.theutilityfactory.com
Download: http://dl.filekicker...E/fileboss_setup.exe
Forums: http://www.theutilit....com/forum/index.php
License: Shareware
Price: $50

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General Software Discussion / Pixel Image Editor

« on: November 13, 2005, 10:09 PM »

Description from the FileForum listing:

Pixel32 is a powerful image editor, animation authoring tool, artistic media painting tool, photo retouching and web authoring application.

Homepage: http://www.kanzelsbe...om/pixel/?page_id=12
Download: http://www.kanzelsbe...el_win32_demo484.zip
Forums: http://www.kanzelsberger.com/forum/
License: Shareware
Price: $32

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great HD search tool

« on: November 08, 2005, 09:29 AM »

The latest build now supports searching for multiple files at the same time (ex: *.tmp;*.bak).

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General Software Discussion / Re: TrustPort - Phoenix Rebel

« on: October 28, 2005, 12:22 PM »

Those are licensed by AEC for their use in TrustPort Antivirus and are installed when you install it.

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General Software Discussion / TrustPort - Phoenix Rebel

« on: October 28, 2005, 11:30 AM »

Free security solution TrustPort® Phoenix Rebel for non-commercial use (A link to
register for a 1 year free license can be found on its info page)

AEC company started to provide a free license of it's new security solution for a
non-commercial use. This solution included the following products:

TrustPort® Workstation Antivirus - Antivirus product based on Norman/BitDefender Antivirus engine
TrustPort® Personal Firewall - Firewall for network protection
TrustPort® DataShredder - Solution for secure erasing of data
TrustPort® eSign - Solution for electronic signature of e-mail messages
TrustPort® Disk Protection - Solution which allows you to work with encrypted disks

More information are available on webpages of the AEC company.
http://www.aec.cz/WebNET/Main/Default.aspx?Template=TMain.ascx&phContent=ArticleShow.ascx&CatID=2LngID=1&ArtID=446

Screenshots:


                                    Viewing the engines it supports


                        Scanning the hard drive


                 A virus has been detected


                              Shredding a file
Source:
http://www.infovir.org/En/index.htm

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General Software Discussion / Re: replace cmd

« on: October 26, 2005, 10:01 PM »

Here's what I did, I renamed Cmd.exe to cmd.bak and Console.exe to cmd.exe. Then I set the ComSpec environment variable to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.bak. After that, I coped the files the Console.exe requires to C:\Windows\System32.

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General Software Discussion / Prisma Firewall

« on: October 23, 2005, 08:51 PM »

From its homepage:

Designed for home and small office settings, Prisma Firewall software provides a reliable solution to intrusion prevention, a personal firewall for individual PCs. Using multi-layered protection, Prisma filters the traffic at network packet level as well as controls the applications network access.

Screenshot:



Download: http://www.prismafir.../prisma-trial-en.exe
Homepage: http://www.prismafirewall.com
Forum: http://www.prismafir....com/forum/index.php
Size: 1.9 MB
License: Shareware
Price: $39.50 (excluding VAT)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Arovax Shield

« on: October 14, 2005, 10:28 AM »

Speaking of Arovax. They just recently made the alpha of their AntiSpyware program (Arovax AntiSpware) available for download. You can download it by visiting its website, which is http://www.arovaxantispyware.com.

Here's a screenshot of it:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Supercharged Alt-tab replacement utility

« on: October 10, 2005, 11:12 AM »

I use AltSwitch: http://www.ironbytes.com/altswitch/

I'll do a review on it tonight with better screenshots than that site.

-Nighted (October 09, 2005, 07:26 PM)

Well, where is it?

EDIT: I see it after recently checking the Mini-Reviews forum section.