Freeware

PangingJr · Mar 15, 2005, 07:16 AM

lol, some freewares are really good, man. i have many of them, 100s of them, i think. most of it are small in size and it's an standalone EXE, both in form of the command line tools and a win32 programs. these can be stored anywhere, update it sometimes, and i use it sometimes or all the time on some programs.

Logla · Mar 15, 2005, 09:13 AM

Battleaxe, those comments would have been best kept to yourself man.

We only really want links in this thread. Thanks.

PangingJr · Mar 15, 2005, 10:03 AM

most of the Windows utilities in these pages are small,
but vey useful and working best in XP.

NirSoft Freeware Utilities - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html

Sysinternals Freeware by Mark Russinovich & Bryce Cogswell - http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml
(this one has been posted many time around here)

some of the Windows utilities in this page are old, check it out.
Useful Freeware Utilities - http://thethin.net/download.cfm

Callandor · Apr 11, 2005, 10:06 AM

About that Shutdown Machine app I posted earlier in this thread, it seems that the link to the download I posted at download.com actually results in the download of a corrupted Shutdown Machine more often than not. So I thought I'd just post this for all the memebers that would like to shut their machines down after a preset period of time, but don't know how to.

Click "Start" to bring the windows start menu up and then click on "Run". In the Run text box type the following

shutdown -s -f -t 00

Where 00 stands for the amount of time to shutdown in seconds, and can be set to anything from 00 (which will force the PC to shutdown immeadiately) to 99999 or whatever, just calculate how long you'd like it to take before it shuts down keeping in mind it's timed in seconds. Be sure to put a space between all parameters, or else it won't work, it'll just flash a DOS window quickly on and off.

Be advised that the shutdown -will- be forced so don't be too surprised if it interupts an important procedure (eg scandisking or defragmenting or burning or something) if you miscalculate the time and spoils what you wanted to happen. So preferably make sure you've done the exercise before so you can estimate well to avoid messing up your windows installation, giving your hard disk bad sectors, etc.

Edit:

Actually should have posted this here:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...215#post589215

but anyway, since it applies even here, it's okay. Btw, you can also get a tone of nice freeware at the above stated link.

Edit: Or you can just download DH Shutdown

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardwareheaven-tools-discussion/68152-driverheaven-shutdown-1-7-a.html

SwiRly · Aug 21, 2005, 02:11 AM

Thanksss

BWX · Mar 12, 2006, 06:37 PM

http://www.iespell.com/

Sticky Mick · Apr 9, 2006, 10:41 AM

Loads of stuff on here http://www.magnesiummedia.com/pcutilities/

It`s a PC mag that`s available over here in the UK

MitchRapp · Nov 7, 2007, 04:35 PM

Any Vista x64 only apps?
I'd love to complement my Ultimate Vista 64 with some little things here and there

blkskull · Jan 2, 2009, 08:45 PM

Here's one I find quite useful:

TightVNC: VNC-Based Free Remote Control Solution

blkskull · Jan 2, 2009, 09:12 PM

And some more:

Gizmo's - Gizmo's List - the best freeware reviewed and rated | Gizmo's Tech Support Alert

SourceForge.net: Open Source Software

jandarsun8 · Feb 21, 2009, 01:28 AM

Thought I would add a site that I get stuff from periodically.
SnapFiles - software reviews, download freeware and free trial programs

They have tab that's strictly Freeware and for Shareware and everything is broken down from there. Everything from IP scan tools to CD Burner and Benchmarking tools.

Everything is checked for spyware/malware/adware so everything should be clean. I have yet to run into any programs that have been infected with anything.

Jand

Apr 11, 2005, 10:06 AM	#34
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 6,876 Rep Power: 256 System Specs	About that Shutdown Machine app I posted earlier in this thread, it seems that the link to the download I posted at download.com actually results in the download of a corrupted Shutdown Machine more often than not. So I thought I'd just post this for all the memebers that would like to shut their machines down after a preset period of time, but don't know how to. Click "Start" to bring the windows start menu up and then click on "Run". In the Run text box type the following shutdown -s -f -t 00 Where 00 stands for the amount of time to shutdown in seconds, and can be set to anything from 00 (which will force the PC to shutdown immeadiately) to 99999 or whatever, just calculate how long you'd like it to take before it shuts down keeping in mind it's timed in seconds. Be sure to put a space between all parameters, or else it won't work, it'll just flash a DOS window quickly on and off. Be advised that the shutdown -will- be forced so don't be too surprised if it interupts an important procedure (eg scandisking or defragmenting or burning or something) if you miscalculate the time and spoils what you wanted to happen. So preferably make sure you've done the exercise before so you can estimate well to avoid messing up your windows installation, giving your hard disk bad sectors, etc. Edit: Actually should have posted this here: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...215#post589215 but anyway, since it applies even here, it's okay. Btw, you can also get a tone of nice freeware at the above stated link. Edit: Or you can just download DH Shutdown http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardwareheaven-tools-discussion/68152-driverheaven-shutdown-1-7-a.html __________________ Last edited by Callandor; Apr 12, 2005 at 08:58 AM.

Mar 12, 2006, 06:37 PM	#36
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	http://www.iespell.com/ __________________

Apr 9, 2006, 10:41 AM	#37
Sticky Mick DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Behind the fridge with the spiders in the UK. Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Loads of stuff on here http://www.magnesiummedia.com/pcutilities/ It`s a PC mag that`s available over here in the UK __________________

Jan 2, 2009, 08:45 PM	#39
blkskull HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Re: Freeware Here's one I find quite useful: TightVNC: VNC-Based Free Remote Control Solution __________________ ASUS Sabertooth X58 Core I7 MSI GTX 570 OCZ SSD 64gb WD 640gb x2 raid SataII Samsung DVD/RW Win 7 Home Corsair 6gb DDR3 1600 Ram OCZ ZX Series 850W

Jan 2, 2009, 09:12 PM	#40
blkskull HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Re: Freeware And some more: Gizmo's - Gizmo's List - the best freeware reviewed and rated \| Gizmo's Tech Support Alert SourceForge.net: Open Source Software __________________ ASUS Sabertooth X58 Core I7 MSI GTX 570 OCZ SSD 64gb WD 640gb x2 raid SataII Samsung DVD/RW Win 7 Home Corsair 6gb DDR3 1600 Ram OCZ ZX Series 850W

Mar 15, 2005, 07:16 AM	#31
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	lol, some freewares are really good, man. i have many of them, 100s of them, i think. most of it are small in size and it's an standalone EXE, both in form of the command line tools and a win32 programs. these can be stored anywhere, update it sometimes, and i use it sometimes or all the time on some programs.

Mar 15, 2005, 09:13 AM	#32
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	Battleaxe, those comments would have been best kept to yourself man. We only really want links in this thread. Thanks.

Mar 15, 2005, 10:03 AM	#33
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	most of the Windows utilities in these pages are small, but vey useful and working best in XP. NirSoft Freeware Utilities - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html Sysinternals Freeware by Mark Russinovich & Bryce Cogswell - http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml (this one has been posted many time around here) some of the Windows utilities in this page are old, check it out. Useful Freeware Utilities - http://thethin.net/download.cfm

Aug 21, 2005, 02:11 AM	#35
SwiRly DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Thanksss

Nov 7, 2007, 04:35 PM	#38
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Any Vista x64 only apps? I'd love to complement my Ultimate Vista 64 with some little things here and there

Feb 21, 2009, 01:28 AM	#41
jandarsun8 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MN, US Posts: 321 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Re: Freeware Thought I would add a site that I get stuff from periodically. SnapFiles - software reviews, download freeware and free trial programs They have tab that's strictly Freeware and for Shareware and everything is broken down from there. Everything from IP scan tools to CD Burner and Benchmarking tools. Everything is checked for spyware/malware/adware so everything should be clean. I have yet to run into any programs that have been infected with anything. Jand __________________