VARIOUS
- The OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows! – http://osswin.sourceforge.net/
System information tools / Gathering system information
- Belarc Advisor – http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
- SIW – http://download.cnet.com/SIW/3000-2094_4-10326678.hml
- CPU-Z – http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
- WinAudit – http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winaudit.html
- WinAudit allows you to perform a detailed audit of the hardware and software configuration of your computer. The resulting audit report contains details on installed software, license information, peripherals, memory usage, processor model, network settings, startup programs and more. It can be viewed from within the application, or optionally exported to text, nicely formatted web page, XML and spreadsheet formats, or sent by email. WinAudit also supports ODBC connections and can export audit data to an existing database. Very small, standalone program that works well.
- SystemReport by Gaijin – http://www.gaijin.at/en/dlsysreport.php – Gatters informations about the hardware, operating system, installed software, and much more of the local machine. SystemReport is a package of console applications, which also can be executed individually. With batch files the gathering process can be automated. The included graphical user interface enables you to configure the process and run each of the console applications automatically. The informations are displayed in a window and can be exported as RTF or plain text file.
- Speccy by Piriform – http://www.piriform.com/speccy | download – http://www.filehippo.com/download_speccy | info – http://ixplizit.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/speccy/ – an advanced System Information tool
Benchmarking
- HD_Speed – http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=20
RAM tools
- Memtest86+ – http://www.memtest.org/
Hard disk size usage
- TreeSize – http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize; [FREEWARE]
- WinDirStat (Windows Directory Statistics) by assarbad – http://windirstat.info/ | http://sourceforge.net/projects/windirstat/; [FREEWARE]
- SequiaView tremap – http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/; [FREEWARE]
- DiskMapper – http://www.miclog.com/dm/index.shtml; [$30++]
Hard disk defragmentation
- Auslogics Disk Defrag – http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html
- Smart Defrag – http://download.cnet.com/Smart-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10759533.html
Partitioning hard disks
- Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2 – http://download.cnet.com/Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
- Parted magic – http://partedmagic.com/; [FREE]
Currently running processes
- ProcessExplorer by Sysinternals@Microsoft – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx; [FREEWARE]
Port mappers / Currently open ports
- FPort by Foundstone@McAfee – http://www.foundstone.com/us/resources/proddesc/fport.htm; [FREEWARE]
- CurrPorts – http://www.snapfiles.com/get/cports.html [FREEWARE] – it allows viewing a list of ports that are currently in use, and the applications using them. You can close a selected connection and also terminate the process using it, and export all or selected items to a HTML or text report. Additional information includes the local port name, local/remote IP address, highlighted status changes and more. Other features include logging of changes, custom filters and more.
- Opened Ports Viewer by Gaijin – http://www.gaijin.at/en/dlopview.php – … displays a list with all opened ports on a machine, including the associated process (similar the console command “netstat”). The port list can be sorted and filtered. An export function enables youto save the list as HTML, CSV or plain text file. Opened Ports Viewer can be used in multi-user environments and on USB sticks.
Control of startup programs
- Autoruns by Sysinternals@Microsoft – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx; [FREEWARE]
- MSConfig – a Windows native comandlet (“System Configuration Utility”): Start > Run > type: msconfig
- article: START-UP APPLICATIONS, DO YOU REALLY NEED ALL OF THEM? – http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
- ProcessManagement – http://majorgeeks.com/Startup_List_d4926.html
System maintenance and Patching
- Advanced SystemCare Free by IObit – http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
- Driver Detective – http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/ – Windows service packs & updates for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Server 2008 and Windows XP
- Microsoft Security Bulletins – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/
- Windows service packs & updates for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Server 2008 and Windows XP – http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html – cumulative patches and list of yearly issued patches for these Windows OSes.
Mics:
- Make Windows Run Faster: http://blog.jimmyr.com/Make_Windows_Run_Faster_25_2008.php | applications – http://www.buildquiz.com/reinstall.txt
Registry cleaning and maintenance
- Registry Mechanic – http://download.cnet.com/Registry-Mechanic/3000-2094_4-10190447.html
- Clean My Registry – http://www.getusb.info/u3-software-clean-my-registry/
Uninstallers
- Revo Uninstaller – http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html
Undeleting/recovering files
- Pandora Recovery – http://download.cnet.com/Pandora-Recovery/3000-2094_4-10694796.html
- Data Recovery – http://download.cnet.com/Data-Recovery/3000-2094_4-10664893.html
- PC INSPECTOR File Recovery – http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1
Misc:
- “Recover Deleted Files from USB Drive” by (enrii.blog; 2008.04.12) – http://blog.enrii.com/2008/04/12/recover-deleted-files-from-usb-drive/. Short summary:
- Free Undelete 2.0 from Office Recovery – Not working
- PC Inspector File Recovery – ugly interface but working/recommended
Recovering product keys
- RockXP – recover XP activation code – http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rockxp.html; [FREEWARE]
Backup
Misc
- Dial-A-Fix – http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix; [FREEWARE]
- Bart’s Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD – http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/; [FREEWARE]
- Unlocker – http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/; [FREEWARE], [PORTABLE]
Toolkits
- Sysinternals Suite at Microsoft, by Mark Russinovich – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx; [FREEWARE]
- Foundstone Suite at McAfee – http://www.foundstone.com/us/resources-free-tools.asp; [FREEWARE]; Mainly security tools.
- Glary Utilities – http://download.cnet.com/Glary-Utilities/3000-2094_4-10508531.html – various tools for system optimization
Spam protection
- MVPS HOSTS Files – http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
- WinHelp2002’2 sample etc/hosts file – http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Here: Security tools –https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/security-tools/ | Portable tools – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/portable-applications/.
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