Useful free apps - post your picks - Page 2

Munkie · #11 03-04-2009, 05:38 AM

SlowView from File Forum... look at all image files and media files as well.

Open Office useful for those of you who want Microsoft Office or Works but can't be faffed to pay the fees they command.

~~ditchdj~~ · #12 10-31-2009, 02:16 PM

http://connectify.me/

If you have Windows 7 you can turn your computer into a wifi hotspot. It can allow your computer to take any signal from a router and re-transmit it from your computer that has Windows 7.

More about it here....

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Win...tify,8971.html

joe hx · #13 10-31-2009, 08:16 PM

I like magic disk.

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Quoth Naaman

Personally I'd go for VLC player rather than faffing with codecs. I've used it for a while and have yet to come across something that it won't play.

I've had VLC pop up and say something like "VLC can't play this video" and when I click ok, VLC plays it anyways... Weird.

Blade_Raver · #14 11-01-2009, 11:47 AM

Use a lot of IM clients, but need one program to access them all... and for free?

Trillian is your answer.

They have 2 versions, basic (free) and pro (costs money).

Been using it for the last 4-5 years, fantastic piece of software!

Dreamstalker · #15 11-01-2009, 02:28 PM

MailWasherSpam filter. It has its quirks at times, but I've found it useful.

BackTrack Linux. Intended for forensics/penetration testing, but I've found it useful for some network diagnostics.

PhotoRec--recovers photos from pretty much any media

WinSockFix

MemTest. Bootable CD (or floppy) that tests RAM extensively for problems.

http://www.foundstone.com/us/resourc...sictoolkit.htm

TheSHAD0W · #16 11-01-2009, 03:21 PM

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Quoth Blade_Raver

Use a lot of IM clients, but need one program to access them all... and for free?

Trillian is your answer.

Trillian is nice, I use it myself, but it's still a resource hog. (Not as bad as running multiple contact lists, of course!)

If you need to save even more system resources, use Pidgin instead.

Broomjockey · #17 11-01-2009, 03:43 PM

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Quoth TheSHAD0W

If you need to save even more system resources, use Pidgin instead.

Or you could repeatedly stab yourself in the face with a fork. Same aggravation levels, but the psychological trauma's a lot less. Seriously, that damned thing would crash on me multiple times. A DAY. Just... don't use it. Don't. I don't care if you know someone who's used it a lot without problems, or if "it's better now," because it's not.

Seriously. Face stabbing. It's better.

TheSHAD0W · #18 11-01-2009, 04:16 PM

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Quoth Broomjockey

Or you could repeatedly stab yourself in the face with a fork. Same aggravation levels, but the psychological trauma's a lot less. Seriously, that damned thing would crash on me multiple times. A DAY.

When did you last try it? It's gotten better.

Broomjockey · #19 11-01-2009, 04:29 PM

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Quoth TheSHAD0W

When did you last try it? It's gotten better.

Face. Stabbing.

technical.angel · #20 11-02-2009, 05:30 PM

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Quoth Blade_Raver

Trillian is your answer.

They have 2 versions, basic (free) and pro (costs money).

I've been running Trilly for about well, 8? 9? 10? years, and I LOVE it. It's actually the first piece of shareware I actually paid money for. And that's saying ALOT.

Way back in the day, it had a word filtering plugin. So if was was, ah hem, not passing the night in my room................, I could send myself an IM, and change my away status to show my "I'm sleeping" away message.

I, at least, THOUGHT I was tricking my mom...