Freeware

Finger Print A utility to see if any files in one or more directories have been created, deleted, or changed since the last scan. It's useful for checking if a program, e.g. viruses and trojans, has changed your all-important Windows files (this is ... similar to such security software as Tripwire). The use of MD5 checksums guarantee detection of file changes. FingerPrint can also be used to find duplicate files, search for files with a specific MD5 value, and save MD5 values to file (and compare with). A command line version is also included. http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub. ... (view more)

Visual Task Tips Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell enhancement utility. It provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar, like in the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista. http://www.visualtasktips.com/ Path Copy Shell ... extension offers nine ways to copy the path of a file or directory to the Clipboard from the Context Menu. You can then paste the path in to your document, e-mail, etc. You copy the path of a file or directory by right-clicking it in the Windows Explorer and choosing Copy Path from the context menu. http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm (view more)

Auto Clip Replaces text as you type with any formatted text, image or other clip. Handy for instantly expanding your initials into your e-mail signature, with image and all. http://www.donationcoders.com/skrommel/ Yamipod iPod manager. YamiPod is a ... freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod under Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation. Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do! http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ (view more)

Uber Icon UberIcon lets you extend the Windows operating system to include new effects for your icons and folders. It is completely plugin based allowing the user to have control over the look and feel of their system. The program's name translates ... to "OverIcon" which we feel is perfect for a program that adds effects on top of the icons in your system. http://www.punksoftware.com/ubericon Yahoo! Go Yahoo! Go is a new Yahoo service (free) that includes your own digital video recorder (DVR) software and lets you record and watch your favorite shows anytime for free. Beta. http://go.connect. ... (view more)

V-Grep V-Grep is an easy to use while feature-rich application that brings regular expressions power to Windows users. Even in DOS you could use 'masks', to speed-up searching for files. Masks are special types of strings that with the help of ... reserved characters; for example: an asterisk and question mark allow you to easily describe complex patterns. Sounds complicated? It isn't. A very simple expression '*.txt' describes every string that ends with '.txt' phrase. Regular expressions use basic concept of masks, but they add even more special characters that can represent definite number of ... (view more)

Internet Logger Save both incoming and outgoing Internet traffic (all data sent or received by browser) on the hard drive for future use. http://www.softx.org/internet-logger.html Easy 2 Share Sharing files between computers can be daunting even for ... experienced PC users. It doesn't help that Windows scatters the menus and wizards you need for networking seemingly at random all over the operating system. GlobeSoft has created easy2share to alleviate many of the technical issues and to overcome the apprehension around sharing information between computers connected through a network or ad hoc ... (view more)

Zip Repair Wizard The zip file format is the most popular form of data storage. It is widely used for backup and transfer of information over the internet. As any format with a well-defined structure, it is highly sensitive to corruptions. In case ... of even a minor corruption of the file structure standard zip tools will no be able to extract its content. This is because all zip tools check archives for integrity. If CRC values of the original files of an archive don't match the extracted ones, the standard tools won't extract them. In such a case DiskInternals ZIP Repair helps repair zip ... (view more)

Fly A Kite Osx Modify. Simplify. Aquafy. FlyakiteOSX is a software package designed to make an XP based computer look like OS X. http://osx.portraitofakite.com Unlocker Unlocks in-use files so you can manipulate them. Solve all these Windows errors: ... Cannot delete file: Access is denied, There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use. The file is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker (view more)

Active Desktop Cookbook Active Desktop. Old versions of this were a bit buggy, but it works fine under XP (and it's even enabled by default, so let's see what can be done with it). Here's the cookbook. ... http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=129 Remove The Explorer Menu Bar Removes the IE and Windows Explorer menu bar: works in Win 9x/ME/2K/XP. http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=124 (view more)

Rocket Dock RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha-blended application launcher that is similar to ObjectDock. RocketDock renders quickly like MobyDock, has the visual sharpness of Y'z Dock, and stability. It is compatible with every dock skin ... format we are aware of. http://www.punksoftware.com/ Index Your Files Search Windows with database index files and advanced features. http://www.indexyourfiles.com/ (view more)