FreewareBB Information

Posting & Replying On Our Forums

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:54:24 -0400

Here's a quick guide to get started on posting and replying on any of the FreewareBB forum areas. The forum area's include things like our Info Forums, Community Forums and Comments Forums.

1. First of all decide which forum it is you wish to post in and go to that forum, such as Info, Community or Comments (note that the comments forums are accessible from the download pages when you wish to comment on a particular download). In our example, we're going to the "Community Forums".
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2. OK, we're now in the "Community Forums" below, and we're going to make a new post in the "Hints, Help, Tips & Advice" section. We enter that forum by simply pressing on it.
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3. Now we see a list of those post's already in that forum, and we can also see the "New topic" button at the top-right, to start a new post we hit that button.
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4. On the post screen we can now start to enter our post details, such as the title and description and we can also choose to include any of the shown smiley's or other code but for now we're only really interested in getting a title and description.
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5. Scrolling further down the page we have more options which should generally be left as they are. If you want to include a 'post icon' simply choose one. This post icon will be visible when others are viewing the list of post's available in your chosen forum (like the view in Fig 3 above). To see how your post will look before actually submitting it, you can hit the "Preview Post" button. When you are happy with the post details, you simply hit the "Post New Topic" button and depending on your membership level on our site your submission will either go live straight away or will be queued for approval.
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6. Now, in the case of replying to an existing post, which could include you own, you need to be viewing the post you want to reply to. We've chosen a post below in Fig 6 and at the top right hand corner we can see the "Reply" and "New topic" button. Hitting the "New topic" button is another way to start a post in that area but in this case we're going to reply to this topic so we hit the "Reply" button.
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7. When replying to post's it's pretty much identical to starting a post although you won't be able to specify a title for the post as one already exist's, but everything else is the same where you simply enter the details of your reply in the blank area. Once you've entered your reply, scroll down again and this time you'll see an "Add reply" button and that's what you hit to submit your reply. Again, you have the option to preview your post before actually submitting it.
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8. There is also a "fast reply" function for all topics on our site and you can find this at the very end of the post you wish to reply to as in Fig 8 below. Using this method of reply is great when you're not interested in adding any special functions to your reply but can still be used to add emoticons, hyperlinks, and text features such as bold, underline, etc and this type of reply usually works best for most people.
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So, there we have it, how to start and reply to post's on FreewareBB ...
Look forward to seeing your post's soon

Why am I restricted on FreewareBB?

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:03:02 -0400

Restrictions on FreewareBB can fall into a few categories:

BANNED - If you decide to break any of our rules then you may find yourself in this category, and as a consequence will have zero access to this site.
UNVALIDATED MEMBER - This is when you have registered for an account on our site, but haven't yet confirmed your registration using the email we sent (see below for more details)
RESTRICTED - If, for some other reason, we feel your account isn't, or can't conform to the standard we would expect, you may find your member account in the restricted group (see below for more details)

UNVALIDATED MEMBER
When you register for an account on FreewareBB, we will send you an email (usually instantly) to confirm your registration. Within the email you will find a validation link, which you must click to complete the registration process. Until you do this you will have limited access on our site and all unvalidated accounts are removed from our system automatically after 30 days. If you have not received a validation email from us, log into our site using the details you provided at registration and click the "resend validation" link at the top right-hand corner of the screen (next to your username). If you still do not receive a validation email from us, you may need to CONTACT US as it would appear you are not able to receive mail from us.

RESTRICTED
The main reason for finding yourself in this group is that email messages from our site are no longer reaching you and instead are coming back to us as "not deliverable". If we continued sending emails to those email addresses which cannot receive them, we then run the risk of our email server being considered a spam server and we could see ourselves banned from sending mail to many ISP's or email providers.

It could be your email provider has wrongly classified us as spammers, which I'm sure all our members will agree that we most definately are not, or it could be you have wrongly classified mail from us as spam. Other reasons why mail from us isn't being accepted by your mail account could include things like your mailbox is full or has been disabled because you haven't accessed it in a while!.

If you are in the restricted group then you will be severely limited in what you can and cannot do on our site which is purely to avoid someone setting up a temp email account and then abandoning it only to start spamming on our site. Here's what you can do to rectify the issue:

1. If receiving mail from us or being restricted on our site doesn't bother you, then you really don't need to do anything although we feel you could be missing out on many opportunities and important announcements because of it,
2. If you do want to sort the issue, the first step would be to contact the people responsible for your email, such as your ISP and explain to them you are unable to receive mail from freewarebb.com. If you believe the issue no longer exist's you are free to CONTACT US and let us know where we will send you a test message. If you receive an email from us all is well again but if we receive a mail from your email provider (these emails are automated) telling us the email was undeliverable then we will have no choice but to place you on restriction again until resolved.
3. If you have previously terminated or discontinued your email address, it's worthwhile re-registering for an alternative email account with your mail provider and then update your member account on our site with the new email address then let us know about the changes and we will re-test your account.
4. Finally, pay particular attention to emails that may be in your "junk" or "spam" folders, as if mail from us is in there this may be the reason we are not able to send emails to you. Always mark mail from us as "not junk" or "not spam" to allow messages to get through to you .

Please note this issue does not relate to those who opt NOT to receive emails from us via their control panel.

As always, we are happy to help anyone experiencing difficulties and please let us know if you require any assistance throughout this matter.
Kind Regards
Marko

Many Emails Still Not Getting Through!

Tue, 05 May 2009 19:40:26 -0400

Unfortunately, our old email problem has surfaced once again although we feel now that the main bulk of the issue seems to lay with the email holders themselves. Many members have chosen to sign up with "throwaway" email accounts and simply abandon them which now means when freewarebb send emails to members we are receiving a whole heap of NDR's which is clogging up our systems. Therefore, we now have no alternative but to mark these accounts as "Email Bouncers" which means they will be excluded from future emails from us and the member accounts themselves will be highly limited on our site.

We are limiting these accounts purely for safety reasons as when people use "throwaway" email accounts it could be they simply don't know whether the site they are signing up for will spam them or it could be for other, more sinister reasons (i.e. they intend to spam the site).

If you find that your member account has been marked as an "Restricted" incorrectly, unfortunately there is little we can do about it as we have went to great lengths to ensure our site remains in line with the policies of all email providers and ISP's and we feel we have done all we can therefore future email issue's will need to be addressed between yourself and your own email provider or ISP.

It is regrettable that we have to take this action although we simply do not have the resources or time to constantly battle with everyone's email systems in an environment where legitimate websites such as ours cannot compete against the ever increasing and changing policies put in place by the big email providers who, in our opinion, are doing more to dissuade the good guys than they are to fight to spammers.

Over and out!
Marko

Featured Freeware Awards

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:47:02 -0400

When we award software our Featured tag this means we have found the software to be extremely useful and deserved of the title. Unlike others, we DO NOT award software because we want the author to place a link to us on their site, we award software which has stood out or proved very popular with our visitors and members.

Similarly, favourable reviews in our Reviews section also contribute to freeware receiving our Featured award so if you consider your favourite freeware title should be tagged as Featured you can write a review and we'll give it some serious consideration

Well done to those authors who have already received the award, a complete rundown of which you can find HERE.

Marko

Further email issues with Hotmail, Yahoo & AOL

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:42:44 -0500

Despite our continued efforts to conform with the major free email account providers it appears that mail from FreewareBB is still not being received by many. We currently have a large number of unvalidated users on our site who we presume are not receiving our validation email in order to confirm their accounts. We also notice that multiple subscribers to our daily update service are also unvalidated.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you are receiving emails from us, please ensure these emails are not delivered to your 'junk' or 'spam' folders and if they are mark our emails as 'NOT SPAM' or 'SAFE'. This is particularly important for Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL email users as feedback such as this can help determine a domains trust.

If you are not receiving emails from us, yet would expect to, please contact your email provider and explain this to them. An important note to remember is that we ONLY send email to those who opt in to receive it. In the case of members, they must validate their account first via email and there is a clear choice to "receive emails from admins" or not and each email we send to members has details of how to stop receiving such. For subscribers to our daily updates service, again, they must validate their subscription via email first and similarly all emails sent have clear instructions on how to unsubscribe.

We do not, never have, and never will send unsolicited emails as we hate them as much as you do although we go to great lengths to ensure our users are provided with useful, reliable and informative emails as and when they require them and these issues could put a stop to this and any future plans we have for email distribution. Please help us to help you and:

* Ensure our emails are not in your spam/junk folder and if they are mark them as 'NOT SPAM'
* Contact your email provider if you expect mail from us but don't receive it
* Unsubscribe properly if you no longer wish to receive emails from us and PLEASE DON'T simply mark our mail as 'junk'

Thanks
Marko

Daily updates for non-members returns

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:05:50 -0500

We could never have anticipated the response we received in regards to our daily update service and in particular it's withdrawl recently!. We have been overwhelmed by those who received these updates asking if they could help in some way and have the service return and although we were reluctant we have nevertheless worked on the subscription issue and are now happy to inform everyone that our daily updates is back!.

As per usual, subscribing to the daily email updates is simply a case of entering your email in the "Daily Email Updates" text box which will then require you to confirm your request using a link we will send to your email address. Should you wish to unsubscribe, the process is exactly the same in that you re-enter your email address in the "Daily Email Updates" text box and confirm your request using another link we will send to you via email.

We are still trying to work with Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL to stop them unecessarily blocking mail from us and hope to reach a satisfactory resolution shortly.

A big thank you to all subscribers who showed their support for our service.

Marko

Daily updates for non-members will stop Tue 18th Nov

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:21:38 -0500

Unfortunately our daily updates in it's current form will cease on Tuesday 18th November 2008 and will be replaced with a members only much improved version (see below) type newsletter sent on a weekly basis. Over the past year or so we have experienced huge volumes of signups for our daily updates, mostly from non-members. The effect of this is now clear from a few mail providers, in particular Yahoo.

When someone enters their email address to subscribe to our daily updates they are automatically enrolled without confirmation and although clear instructions were given on each email sent on how to unsubscribe to the service we feel that some subscribers may have simply marked our mail as spam after deciding they no longer wish to receive the updates thus causing Yahoo to believe that further mails from us were unsolicited and putting us within a greylist or blacklist. As our daily updates did not require confirmation from the subscriber, it's possible also that our updates were sent to those who didn't request it and therefore, again, our mail would be classed as spam.

Making our newsletter available to members only means upon registration the member has a clear choice whether they want to receive emails from us or not and they can, at any time, remove this permission. Members are also required to validate their email accounts which means our mail can then only be sent to those who have specifically requested it upon registration.

I can only apologise if anyone experiences inconvenience through this issue although we really do have little choice.

If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please feel free to reply here and you can also have your say in THIS POST regarding our new planned weekly newsletter and in the meantime we hope to take on the matter once again with Yahoo and with the assistance of our host get a satisfactory resolution to the matter for current and future members.

Here's a screenshot of how our new daily updates will look ...

FreewareBB Toolbar for IE & Firefox

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:17:53 -0400

Our browser toolbar contains everything you need to keep up-to-speed on the latest from FreewareBB such as important site links, our RSS Feeds and a real time news ticker alerting you to our new downloads. We have also included some extremely useful features for your everyday personal use, like the "E-mail Notifier" which can group all your email accounts in one place and notify you from the toolbar when you have new mail, a "Privacy" button to quickly clear your browser cache, history or cookies, local weather and a great little radio utility to bring you the music you like. Of course, our toolbar, like everything from FreewareBB is 100% virus, spyware and malware free and can be uninstalled completely at any point easily and quickly. The toolbar can also be customized to better accomodate your particular requirements.

We hope you enjoy using our new toolbar and welcome any comments or suggestions you may have in our Feedback & Suggestions forum.

Grab our toolbar HERE.

External URL Scanning on FreewareBB

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:01:09 -0400

We've always been careful about what we allow onto FreewareBB, but now we're going even further!. We recently introduced a URL check using WOT (Web Of Trust) which means that before we accept anything from anyone, their URLs are checked as part of the submission process.

Why check the URLs?
We pride ourselves as a family friendly website and this doesn't just include safe downloads, now it includes checks on the authors own website. When freeware is submitted to our site we take a look at the authors website and run the URL through the services mentioned above. If they get the all clear then we continue with the submission process as usual and make the necessary security checks on the download itself. However, if we find they are associated in any way to other less reputable sites, and in particular sites which are known to distribute spyware, malware or viruses, then we reject their submission outright.

How does this affect me?
Most of us nowadays have became used to how the internet works and can take care in our daily browsing activities, but each day new threats immerge and more cunning methods of tricking people into visiting unscrupulous websites appear, therefore it is important to know that the websites you visit are not supporting those sites with dangerous intentions (such as trying to push spyware, malware or viruses to your PC). Because we provide a link to the authors website on our downloads, we want to know that they, like us, are concerned enough about your safety to make the necessary checks on other sites they associate themselves with.

Does that mean you won’t have as many downloads as other sites?
Not necessarily, it simply means that those sites which associate themselves with those known to distribute spyware, adware, etc, will not be published by us. Remember, our policy has always been quality over quantity, with safety being our No.1 priority.

Doesn't this take more time?
You bet it does! But hey, you're definitely worth it

Can I use a URL checking service of some kind?
Yes you can, by simply installing the WOT (Web Of Trust) add-on (completely 100% safe) you too can check every single URL you browse automatically as well as participate in the simple rating of websites you love or hate. The add-on works silently in the background and if you happen to stumble upon a dangerous site, WOT will tell you this and give you the option to back-out or proceed. If you find a dangerous site that isn't yet noted by WOT then as a registered member you can make others aware of this. Visit http://www.mywot.com and grab the add-on. FreewareBB have already received some favourable raves on WOT, and we just know you'll be itching to add to them HERE

Safe Surfing
Kind Regards,
Marko

Freeware recommendations from the world

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:21 -0400

As the owner of a freeware site, it�s often the case that we�re asked for our recommendations on certain applications and we often give them. It may not always be the case that the most downloaded file would automatically be our choice, but there�s no getting away from the fact that the majority rules. It�s great to be asked for a recommendation and it shows people trust you to make that decision. However, whereas I take pleasure in making a recommendation when asked, I always find it a bit odd when people take it upon themselves to compile the �Top 1 Million freeware apps to have�. The thing that worries me the most about this is that it is often purely based on their own feelings towards a particular freeware application and not necessarily the feelings of others.

So, in contrast to this what I�ve done is to compile a list of freeware software based on our own stats of the most popular freeware downloaded by thousands of people all across the world.

We realise not everyone is into video editing or web development so we�ve created our list based on software most people would or could use in their everyday computing life together with software which everyone should (but not always does) have on their machine. We hope you find this list of use.

AUDIO/CD PLAYERS
Winamp Full 5.541
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, WMA, Audiosoft, Mjuice, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins and audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Download and enjoy it free of charge, free of guilt.

CODECS
K-Lite Codec Pack Full 4.1.7
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codec�s and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codec�s are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

CD RECORDING
CDBurnerXP Pro 4.2.1.864
CDBurnerXP Pro is a freeware burning solution with many features. It can burn any Data on CD-R / CD-RW / DVD+R / DVD-R / DVD+RW / DVD-RW, including double layer mediums, Blu-Ray discs and HD-DVDs. It can also burn and create ISO files and burn audio discs.

TV & RADIO APPS
anyTV 2.20
Watch local TV, world Tv, Live TV, satellite TV from countries of all world in different languages on your PC with anyTV not just at home, but at the OFFICE , work or wireless. Watch 2630 Online TV channels, 6910 Video clips. Listen to 4750 Online Radio stations. Using anyTV means you can watch numerous of international TVs without a television, TV Tuner Card or a satellite receiver.

VIDEO RIPPERS
Free DVD Ripper 2.25
Free DVD Ripper is a very useful tool, which allows you to rip DVD movies, convert DVD VOB-files to one VCD, SVCD, DivX, MPEG1, MPEG 2, MPEG4, AVI file. Easy to use, friendly interface, useful features!

VIDEO PLAYERS
MPlayer for Windows
This package contains the latest builds of MPlayer for the Windows platform as well as SMPlayer and MPUI.. Thanks to the award-winning MPlayer engine, more than 192 Video- und 85 Audiocodecs are supported natively!
For maximum performance the package includes optimized MPlayer binaries for various CPU types. Furthermore the Full-Package includes the Binary Codec Package to enable even more audio/video formats.

OFFICE APPS
SSuite Office - The Fifth Element 1.2
This office suite runs on all Windows platforms and all hardware systems. With its full 32-bit architecture and stability, it can improve your productivity and document format compatibility. This office suite introduces some new innovative concepts in interface design and user-friendly application interaction. You get instant system access, top class application design and a cleaner desktop to name a few and includes Personal Productivity Software, Communications, Graphical Software, Multi-Media, General Utilities, Security, Desktop Enhancements

ANTIVIRUS, SPYWARE, FIREWALLS & SECURITY
Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.10
Ad-Aware 2008 Free is a popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week. This free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identity theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers.

avast! 4 Home Edition 4.8.1229
avast! 4 Home Edition is a free complete ICSA certified antivirus software for home non-commercial use. avast! obtained VB100% awards in 2002/4 Virus Bulletin comparative reviews under Windows.

ZoneAlarm 7.0.473.000
Keep hackers and data thieves out of your computer with ZoneAlarm, the PC firewall that protects against Internet-borne threats like worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. ZoneAlarm provides the basic protection individuals need to secure their PC and keep their valuable information private. ZoneAlarm barricades your PC with immediate and complete port blocking. And, then runs in Stealth Mode to make your PC invisible on the Internet - if you can�t be seen, you can�t be attacked.

Hotspot Shield 1.01
Sure, public Wi-Fi hotspots are great. After all, what would life be without checking your email each morning at your favorite caf�? But while you're enjoying your latte and a bagel, some hacker might be accessing your passwords, credit card numbers, sensitive company data and much more. And standard antivirus software won't protect you. That's why AnchorFree is pleased to offer Hotspot Shield. This free security software keeps your Internet connection secure at public hotspots, home or work.

CHAT & INSTANT MESSENGERS
ClicksAndWhistles 1.9.7
ClicksAndWhistles is a freeware Windows IRC client.

DOWNLOAD MANAGERS & ACCELERATORS
FlashGot 1.0.5
FlashGot is a free Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird extension, meant to handle single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads with several external Download Managers.
FlashGot turns every supported download manager in a download manager for Firefox!

EMAIL & SPAM TOOLS
POP Peeper 3.3.1.0
POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on any of your POP3, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite, Lycos.com, or RediffMail accounts.

Spamihilator 0.9.9.41
Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background.
The new Learning Filter (Bayesian Filter) uses the rules of Thomas Bayes (English mathematician, 18th century) and calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase.

FILE SHARING & FTP
StrongDC++ 2.21
StrongDC++ is a client for sharing files in Direct Connect network. It is modification of program DC++ and it brings many news and features from other modification. Since DC++ is developed under GNU/GPL, you can download source and modify it.

INTERNET BROWSERS
Mozilla Firefox (Gran Paradiso) 3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured browser for Windows that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

INTERNET SEARCH/DOWNLOAD
VDownloader 0.7
VDownloader can download and convert videos from Youtube, Google Video, Metacafe, MySpace, DailyMotion, Yuvutu, and many other similar sites, saving them in AVI or MPG format. VDownloader can save videos in many formats, including AVI, MPG, iPOD, PSP, 3GP, VCD, SVCD, DVD, FLV and MP3 (audio only). Search and find videos in many sites with just one click. It's integrated search engine can searc for videos in several sites at the same time.

RSS READERS
RSS Xpress 2.7.46
RSS Xpress will read RSS feeds versions 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 2.0.1 and atoms. The application includes the essential functionalities for using RSS feeds and even more.

VOIP
Ventrilo 3.0.1
Ventrilo is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure them selves as they attempt to imitate it�s features.

WEBCAM UTILS
WebCam Viewer 4.2005
WebCam Viewer is a small tool that allows you to monitor web cams from all over the world. The program can automatically refesh and cycle through the list of web cams. It can also run in fullscreen mode. WebCam Viewer comes pre-loaded with several web cam locations, and you can edit existing cams or easily add your own.

GRAPHICS & PHOTO
Visualizer Photo Resize 6.1
Visualizer Photo Resize is a complete package for digital photographers and webmasters who wants to resize, improve and share photos fast and easy. With Visualizer Photo Resize you can achieve the results you want without any graphic or web experience, all you have to do is select an image folder and enter the resize ratio for your images and click Resize - it�s that easy.

Paint.NET 3.35
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP or 2000. Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.

Twins Visions 0.3.5.1196 Beta
Visions is an innovative 3D image management system (3DIMS) which allows you to navigate through your photos in a 3D (three dimensional) world. This way you can view your folders as a collection of boards spread on your screen, allowing you to easily perform cross folder actions such as moving photos from one folder to another, comparing two folders or simply viewing photos from several folders at the same time.

HP Photosmart Essential v2.5
HP Photosmart Essential makes it fast, fun and easy to organize, edit, print, share, and enjoy your photos - all in one place. Create and print beautiful photo books in your own home using HP Photosmart Essential 2.5 and HP Photo Book kits!

SCREEN CAPTURE
Gamescreen 1.0
Gamescreen is a new software developed by StageSoft (www.stagesoft.co.cc) that can capture screenshots of your in game action without even having to pause your game! Gamescreen is very user friendly, and does not hog up your system resources, so it is the perfect solution to taking screenshots of your games, whether your a developer, gamer, whatever. Gamescreen is for everyone who plays games, whether you�re computer-literate or not.

BACKUP & RECOVERY
CloneGenius 2008
Why should you backup and restore your system partition?
Because you will need to restore your disk to ensure that even if a user does, or infects a computer with a virus, the computer will be restored to a clean, working state. The restore process is the safest approach to resolve problems, when a computer shows signs of malfunctioning, or every time a user logs off. Creating a full and complete disk image is the best way to create a backup of a system disk.

COMPRESSION
7-Zip 4.60 Beta
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio offering the highest compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression. Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB. For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip

DESKTOP ENHANCEMENTS
Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.1
Vista Transformation Pack will replace many of the resources in Windows XP/Windows Server 2003. It can change such things as Boot screen, Welcome Screen / Logon Screen, New msstyles files (visual styles), New desktop and file icons, New toolbar icons, Progress Dialogs, Sounds scheme, System Tray icons, New Wallpapers
Windows Media Player Skins, And much more

FILE & DISK MANAGEMENT
HDD Low Level Format Tool 2.36 Build 1181
HDD Low Level Format Tool is a freeware utility for low-level hard disk drive formatting. Supported interfaces: S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, USB, FIREWIRE. Big drives (LBA-48) are supported. Supported Manufacturers: Maxtor, Hitachi, Seagate, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujitsu, IBM, Quantum, Western Digital.

Defraggler 1.02.085
From everyone here at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... we now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!. It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!

PASSWORD MANAGERS
ALPass 2.7.4
Free for home users, ALPass is the best and easiest way to securely store logins and passwords for all your online memberships and subscriptions.

REGISTRY TOOLS
Argente - Registry Cleaner 1.4.3.3
With Argente - Registry Cleaner you can safely clean and repair problems in the Windows registry � with just a few clicks of the mouse. Problems with the Windows Registry � are one of the common causes of failures of the system and error messages from Windows. By using a registry cleaner regularly and repair your registry, your system will not only be more stable but it will also help Windows � and its software to run more quickly.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Advanced WindowsCare Personal 3.0 Beta 2.8.5
Slow down, freeze, crash and security threats are over. Advanced WindowsCare Personal is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes an one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer. Scanning and finding what other utilities miss, it can keep your PC error-free and smooth than ever.

AutoMZ Ultimate Tweaker 4.1
With a specially designed algorithm, scans your hardware (CPU, RAM, Graphic Card, Hard Disk, CD/DVD, Modem ect.) and your software. Then applies the best values for over 50 powerful tweaks!

TEXT/DOCUMENT EDITORS
Notepad 3 1.0
The original Notepad shipped with Windows is probably the handiest program of all times, small, fast, without frills! Notepad2 tries to follow this principle, it�s a small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

UNINSTALLERS
Revo Uninstaller 1.71
With its advanced and fast algorithm to scan before and after uninstall of an application you can remove unnecessary files, folders and registry keys left over in your computer. Even if you have a broken installation Revo Uninstaller scans for application�s data on your hard disk drives, Windows registry and shows all found files, folders and registry items so you can delete them.