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 Jan 10 2008, 06:41 AM
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Distinguished Member  Group: Members Posts: 702 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,989  |
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Jan 10 2008, 07:46 AM
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 Forum Addict Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 3,979 Joined: 7-January 07 From: UK Member No.: 105,123 |
Portable apps, loads of apps available can be installed on a flash drive so no need for carrying instalation CDs or spending the best part of an hour downloading open office http://portableapps.com/
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Jan 11 2008, 12:54 PM
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 The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,865 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
QUOTE(Yourhighness @ Jan 10 2008, 09:57 AM)  The great FeedDemon rss reader is now freeeware! If you do not wish to create an online account for synchronisation purposes, click "skip this step" and you can continue without an account for the newsgator services provided in the first screen I had used it when it was still trialware, but according to these sources [1], [2] & [3] its now freeware  .
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Jan 11 2008, 01:49 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 25-October 07 From: Sydney, AUSTRALIA :] Member No.: 165,216 |
I know of an online free backup site (i believe it hasnt been mentioned either =] )
E Snips it offers 5GB of free storage. You can choose if you want to share your files or not. Dont worry though, your personal files are safe if you dont wish for others to see them. There is a toolbar offered for easy upload. Please note that it is for IE 6&7, Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ only (bad luck for us safari and opera users  )There are some limitations though. You can only upload 100MBs of files at a time or only 50MBs if they're zipped files. I do use this site reguarly to back up my music, videos, photos, and some documents. I think its fantastic so give it a try 
-------------------- "People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling but great emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think, 'If I had known this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood." - Yoshinori Kitase |
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Jan 16 2008, 02:09 AM
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 Senior Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 464 Joined: 23-November 07 From: California Member No.: 171,969 |
I've been playing around with freeware and I found this awesome CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD application, Starburn. It is made by Rocket Division, and it is an awesome program. Quality is definite, as prices are as high as $500 each.
Link can be found here. http://www.rocketdivision.com/download_starburn.html The other programs are the download/order are probably also good, but I haven't checked them yet. Cheers
-------------------- "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way." - Bertrand Russell
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Jan 24 2008, 01:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 10-January 08 From: Lima Member No.: 182,428 |
REFERENCE MANAGER SOFTWARE
I work in academics, and I found this software to be really a good help. I'm talking about Zotero, a Firefox plugin that helps you deal with your references while working on a research. It's really light (I think it isn't bigger than 1 MB) and free. However, please note the following:
Hope it helps somebody. Best regards, -------------------- Kike G.
(Lima, Peru) (Please, before considering my name as some kind of offense, take note that in my country---a Spanish-speaking one---it is not, it's just a man name, and it's pronounced differently). |
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Jan 26 2008, 09:30 AM
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 aut viam inveniam aut faciam Group: Members Posts: 3,510 Joined: 14-November 06 From: Ossendrecht/The Netherlands Member No.: 95,557 |
Ausdefrag link is dead
New link http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download --------------------  Free antivirus : AVG Free Free Anti-spyware AVG Anti Spyware Free Firewall :Zone Alarm Ccleaner Ad aware & Manual SpybotS&D&Manual Free Handy programs |
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Jan 26 2008, 07:07 PM
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 SPAM Magnet Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,807 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
Thanks, fozzie.
Link has been updated. -------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Jan 26 2008, 08:07 PM
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Forum Addict Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 3,979 Joined: 7-January 07 From: UK Member No.: 105,123 |
WampServer http://www.wampserver.com/en/ Gives php/apache/mysql. Very handy if you need to do server side scripting and dont have a server.
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Feb 3 2008, 03:04 AM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,865 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
Finjan Vital Security - SecureBrowsing : "Utilizing innovative security technologies, proven in large enterprise environments, it helps keep you safe from online scams as you search and browse the web"
MozBackup - "MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc. It's an easy way to do Firefox backup, Thunderbird backup ..." F-Secure Onlinescan Beta - Onlinescan for XP/2000/Vista This post has been edited by Yourhighness: Feb 3 2008, 03:07 AM -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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Feb 3 2008, 03:18 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 3-February 08 Member No.: 187,990 |
Could someone suggest a program that will rip the audio tracks ouf of a DVD so I can make a CD of just the music?
Thanks, Joel |
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Feb 3 2008, 10:32 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 2-February 08 Member No.: 187,961 |
I just stumbled on this one: Comodo's iVault for Password Management.
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Feb 3 2008, 12:33 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 11-June 07 From: Cymru/Wales Member No.: 136,036 |
Spiceworks: Scans your network and grabs info from your network devices, as well as providing a Web and Email ticket based helpdesk. For windows devices this includes the Event log, free disk space, last login and installed software. Networked Printers\Photocopiers that support SNMP usually show remaining Ink Levels etc. There is SSH support for *NIX as well, although not as much support as for Windows. Can be configured to email you when certain machines\devices are offline.
Originally posted it in the wrong place, see http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic129035.html <-- That thread @Crystaloptical: You can do this manually using Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.com This post has been edited by tswsl1989: Feb 3 2008, 12:35 PM -------------------- Tom
Tswsl1989 Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together |
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Feb 3 2008, 02:29 PM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,865 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
Please note that Zonealarm now comes with the Ask toolbar. I do not support Zonealarm in my suggestions for freeware firewalls anymore and if someone has installed it, I point to this blog post: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-security-company-succumbs-to.html
I would like to ask to either remove ZA, or make a note on the first page of this thread, pointing to the blog post. Merci YoHi This post has been edited by Yourhighness: Feb 3 2008, 02:29 PM -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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Feb 3 2008, 03:28 PM
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 To INSANITY and BEYOND !! Group: Moderator Posts: 9,296 Joined: 10-September 04 From: NJ USA Member No.: 2,608 |
Just a reminder too all making a suggestion for inclusion in this topic.. Thank You.
QUOTE(tg1911 @ Aug 25 2006, 10:37 PM) Please, feel free to suggest any additions to this list, that you might have. All we ask, is that you abide by these 3 conditions: 1. It must be Freeware (free programs). 2. It must not contain any Spyware/Malware. 3. It must be a program, that you have, or are still using. Registry cleaners are not included in this list due to the fact that, in the hands of inexperienced users, they could cause irreparable damage to the Operating System, and render their computer inoperable. So to be on the safe side, they aren't included in the list. If you feel you have the need for a registry cleaner, inquire in the forums, and someone will direct you to one. Please do not recommend any registry cleaners for inclusion into this list. Any registry cleaning programs that are posted as suggestions, will be removed from this topic, without any explanation!! So, if you have a program that's not on the list, that you use and like, please suggest it. Who knows, it might be "just the program" someone was looking for. All suggestions, will be considered for addition to the list. If you find any links that don't work, or that don't lead to where they are supposed to, please post them as a reply to this topic, or send me a PM. BTW nice find Youhighness 
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