Mitch's Corner For May 2002

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HOME EDUCATORS NOTE:
GREEN titles may be of special interest.

USEFUL APPS

ESB Unit Conversion W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.esbconsult.com.au/esbunitconv.zip
http://www.esbconsult.com.au/esbcalc/esbunitconv.html
"Includes Units for Temperature,
Distance, Mass, Area, Volume, Pressure, Velocity, Acceleration,
Force, Energy, Power, Fuel Consumption, Flow, Torque, Angles, and
Radioactivity."

HotKeyz W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.skynergy.com/hotkeyz/hotkeyz_setup.exe
http://www.skynergy.com/hotkeyz.html
You know if you don't need to use the mouse very often. Especially
if you type you can use keyboard shortcuts - so the mouse just isn't
necessary. With this you can create your own hotkeys. You can open
your Web browser, launch your e-mail client, and open... pretty
much anything. You can set different combinations for opening
windows minimized or maximized. "The HotKeyz system tray icon
will change to indicate a key press. The shortcuts work with the
WIN, CTRL, ALT, SHIFT modifier keys and most other keyboard keys.
You can even enable or disable unwanted Hotkeys without deleting
them from the Key List."

RQ Words W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://medlem.tripodnet.nu/rqwords/SetupRQWords.exe
http://medlem.tripodnet.nu/rqwords/rqwords.html

"Students can use the program to learn a new language, and many other
creative people, this means that the words are the important. And,
after all, it's just a tool."

Restart FREE
Switch among operating systems
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r381.html
One member of the family wants to useWindows XP, while the others like 98.
What to do? Keep them both, switching between them with Restart.This tool
can reboot your computer and load another operating system with one
click of a mouse button. Sits in your system tray, and doesn't take up
much space and memory.

SoftCuisine W 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP FREE
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r396.html
"SoftCuisine is a simple and easy to use recipe manager. Uses little memory.
View Recipes, Ingredients, Meal Plans, and Shopping Lists in separate windows.
Each Recipe can be edited and new Recipes can be added easily. Stores recipes
in a single database You can view quantities in US, UK or metric units and it
automatically convert between these different measurement types. Create as many
categories as you like to aid searching. View multiple Recipes on the screen at the
same time in order to compare them. Print preview. Search your recipes by
categories, calories, ingredients, or difficulty. Includes a glossary, conversion tables
and context-sensitive help. Includes Links to go to your favorite cooks pages.
You can import Recipes in Meal-Master and MasterCook II formats.
You can export Recipes and send them via email to your friends. "

MP3 SiGN FREE
A batch ID3 tag editor
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r397.html
"If you create MP3 files from your own CD collection or download unsigned sound
files from the Internet (just for your personal use, of course), you may find the
prospect of naming and providing genre/album/artist etc. information for every
single sound file intimidating. MP3 SiGN will do this job for you. MP3 SiGN is
a compact utility that lets you batch rename your MP3 files, automatically create
ID3 tags from the names of the files, erase information tags and do other useful things.
The tool allows you to set the same settings (genre, album, artist, year, comment)
for a group of MP3 files stored in one directory or manually change information
about any selected file. It can also write the track number automatically. Other
features include creating WinAmp playlists from a bunch of files in a specified
location, plain text playlists and lists of songs in HTML program. The program
is fast and free. Download it today and save time batch renaming your MP3s."

Windows Navigator W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://download.wanari.hu/products/gynav127.zip
Home: http://www.wanari.com/products/gynav/home.htm
Screenshots: http://www.wanari.com/products/gynav/screens.htm
Like PowerDesk But don't wann pay for it? Try this puppy!
Norton Commander clone: includes a command-line interface,
parallel file operations, search functionality, archive support,
drag & drop, and context menus and much more.
"Supports: bmp, avi, txt, rtf, jpg, gif, ico, cur, wmf, and emf file formats;
Checks for changes of the currently viewed file and offer the reload
(like a log viewer); network handling is in a separate thread; rename
capability on the overwrite dialog (Source or destination); more."
extremely customizable - perfect for tweakers.

BossKey FREE
Create multiple virtual desktops
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r403.html
The problem of clogging up the desktop and, in particular, the taskbar,
recurs again and again. You could dedicate more screen space to it, but
it would mean less space for your application windows. BossKey is a tiny
program that lets you create and manage virtual desktops on your system.
Once you run the program and modify its settings, you can use up to ten
virtual desktops, calling them up and switching among them with hotkey
combinations. You can also keep a list of windows that should be shown
on every virtual desktop. The program takes up just 10 KB of your
hard drive space and makes hardly any impact on your available memory.

DYMO LABELWRITER Address Fixer for Microsoft Word FREE
http://www.dymo.com/common/scenarioforms/promotions/addressfixer.jhtml
"Address Fixer picks up where spell-check leaves off. [It]
automatically checks any US address against the USPS master
database while you're connected to the Internet. Mistakes are
automatically corrected, the ZIP+4 is added, and formatting is
adjusted to Post Office standards. This speeds mail delivery and
eliminates returned mail. Ensure accurate mail delivery from your
favorite applications! Address Fixer works as a stand-alone
Windows utility, or with Microsoft Word, Palm OS4 and higher, and
the latest DYMO LabelWriter software. Using Address Fixer with a
DYMO LabelWriter label printer is the fast, easy way to ensure
accurate and speedy mail delivery!"

Volumizer W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://fp.futuresights.com/~angstrom/volumizer.zip
http://fp.futuresights.com/~angstrom/volumizer.html
Enables you to save various volume settings for four volume controls;
CD, Line-in, MIDI, and Wave. Volume settings may get changed
by individual programs. If you're running this application, you can put
levels back to whereyou want them. instead of manually adjusting the
controls each time. "Volumizer is especially useful for gamers
- you can have a custom sound scheme for each different game."

Space Odyssey W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.ultrasoft.ro/download/spaceo.exe
http://www.ultrasoft.ro/page_so.htm
{Clean your hard drive} Space Odyssey will get rid of all those
"garbage" files. Temporary files, IE cache files, and
duplicate files. Once these files have been found, you can delete
them (orwhatever). "Detects temporary files created
by install tools, specific files using customizable search
criteria, and duplicated files. Allows you to move, delete, or ZIP
detected files."

PolderBackup W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.xs4all.nl/~philippo/Setup.exe
http://www.xs4all.nl/~philippo/PolderBackup.htm
"PolderBackup is an easy to use backup tool with a good array of features
that will meet most basic backup needs. You can select directories and files
to be backed up and save them as templates, keep multiple backup sets
and only start the one you need. Even backs up to Adaptec DirectCD
The program is aware of recursive directories, file filters, and moves
redundant files to the Recycle Bin. Your backup process is clearly
documented, and all steps are logged and accessible." You never know
when disaster is going to strike. Don't get caught.

Columbus W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://columbus.arup.com/downloads/columbus-2-4-b.exe
http://columbus.arup.com/
Categorize documents under a single header, make it easy to
access/edit these documents from anywhere. It also allows work sharing,
printing, and it will notify users of important issues via e-mail.
"The Benefits of Columbus: fast access to any file; roam anywhere
on LAN, WAN, Internet; available to ALL users, for ALL work;
automatically extract titleblock info from AutoCAD DWG's;
standardized project structures; same system for Extranet work;
issues documents to both your Extranet site and to a local record
set; notifies participants of issues via email; free to everyone
over the Web; being organized becomes easy; requires little
training."

CatView 2000 W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://california.tucows.com/files6/cv2kv108.exe
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/spurry/catview/catview.html
"Although it is possible to search a file with the Find feature in
a word processor or Web browser, this will not cater to finding
groups of words or returning a list of matching lines. Only one
line of text can be searched for when using a Find dialog, so even
if you can use wildcards, you still have to get the word order
right. If there are many matches, you will have to iterate through
all the matches in the document until you locate the one you're
looking for. If it is a large file, this can be very tedious. With
CatView, you search a file by typing text in up to 3 keywords (in
separate text-boxes). For example, to return a list of lines that
contain cases with a 250 watt power supply, you might type [sample
text] into the Keyword boxes in CatView."

TreeSize Win9x/NT/2000/XP FREE (mailware)
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r417.html
No matter how large is your hard drive, there will come the moment
when there will be no available space for new software and files.
To find out where the space has gone to, you can browse the disk
and discover hidden 'treasures', such as long-forgotten MP3 archives,
manually or use TreeSize. TreeSize is a smart program that scans your
logical drives (including removable media) and tells you the location of
huge files or large folders. The program's features can be accessed
through the context menu that is available in any folder or file on the
system as well as the standard method - running the program from the
Start menu shortcuts. The tool lets you scan files and present the results
in an easy-to-understand form. You can generate reports and print out
information on how much space is wasted by the system. One of the most
interesting features is the ability to assess how much space a certain folder
would take up on a CD. Try this tool today and clean up your hard drive!

IESpell W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.freewebz.com/iespell/ieSpellSetup.exe
http://www.freewebz.com/iespell/
"ieSpell is a Internet Explorer browser extension that spell
checks text input boxes on a page. It should come in particularly
handy for heavy Web mail and/or forum users. Even if the form
includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to
install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a
server-side solution. Plus, you get to store and use your personal
word list across all your forms, instead of maintaining separate
ones on each application. The program installs as a new button in
the IE toolbar (as well as a new menu item under Tools). After
filling out a form, just hit the ieSpell button and it pops up a
dialog, similar to the MS Word spell check."

SunBook W9x/2k/XP &bsp; FREE
http://avala.yubc.net/~sslavko/book.zip
http://users.yubc.net/~sslavko/software/sunbookch1.htm
SunBook place to keep your passwords, jot down notes,
keep addresses, and an alarm clock
SunMetronome - "a slick, attractive music utility for music
students and professional musicians that includes a metronome,
tuner, CD player, recorder and Pocket (MIDI) Piano, all in one."
SunyNotePad - "a powerful large plain text and RTF editor, as well
as HTML, HEX, NFO / DIZ. Spelling checker, FTP Client, HTML
wizards, formatting options and many useful tools make SunyNotePad
a viable alternative to brand name word and HTML processors."

LAN SUITE. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP FREE
http://www.software602.com/free/
We'll save the best for last, but for starters, the 602
LAN Suite easily installs in less than 10 minutes to provide a secure mail
server, virus and spam resistance, and automatic download and sorting of
email from remote POP3 and local mailboxes. A Web mail interface can be
customized for text signature, email preview, ZIP support, spell checking,
shared address books, delivery notification, and the list goes on. It
supports.

USEFUL SITES

College Bound http://www.collegebound.net/
Site set up to help those who are on their way to college.
You'll get financial aid info, you'll tour campuses online, and
maybe feel a little less overwhelmed by the whole experience.

Oxymoron List http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
private e-mail, Microsoft Works (Oh stop your kill'n me),
twelve-ounce pound cake, Civil War,
That sound of silence means you're not listening,
or I've been writing with invisible ink.

Do It Yourself Network http://www.diynet.com/
. "DIY answers the call for more how-to projects with
easy step-by-step directions. Whether you're creating a craft,
remodeling a home, or planting the perfect garden, the DIY Network
gives you the details you need, and the DIY Web site lets you see
it again, print it out and take it with you."

Phibot http://phibot.org/
A search engine for more than 150.000.000 million webpages worldwide.
Phibot identifies physics-related pages out of this collection.
Up to now, 5 million physics-related web doc's are accessible by phibot.
In addition to the webindex, it provides a powerful news search engine.
Search worldwide news, science news and computer&internet news
for a specific time or just display the latest news from those channels.
A collaborative project of the University of Mainz, the German Research
Center of Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and Brainbot Technologies AG .

Mail For My Kids http://www.mail4mykids.com/
An e-mail client that protects kids from unsavory characters. Set the
criteria, and any inappropriate message is sent to your email - not your
kid. "The sender and subject of the unknown mail are immediately
shown to the parent, but the full message text is tucked away as
an attachment. If the parent can decide on the correct action to
take without reading the full text, he never needs see it."

CRPuzzles
http://www.crpuzzles.com/
{Puzzles and words} You've got your crosswords, word finds, and
scrambled words. But what happens when you don't know a five-
letter word for "extremely short mythical creature." No, it's not
a dwarf. Put together the pieces with CRPuzzles. Basically, it's
is full of games that challenge your mind. You'll also find some
killer logic puzzles here, too. Nothing wrong with that. Unless,
of course, you find it illogical to play games. Kal-toh takes
years to master. "Committed to giving solvers free, daily-updated,
print magazine-class puzzles. User-friendly, Java interactive
solving capabilities and careful construction by experienced print
puzzle contributors distinguish CRpuzzles from other sites."

WOODY'S WATCH
SIX GREAT PUBLICATIONS - FREE
http://woodyswatch.com/ It's about time somebody told the
truth about Microsoft Windows, Office, Access, Project, and Win XP
doncha think? If you want the latest up-to-the-second news -or if you're
going crazy trying to figure out how to use Office or Windows - go to the
right place. Join 510,000 subscribers for a FREE, unbiased, jolt of cold,
hard reality, made to help you get the most out of Microsoft's products,
delivered straight to your email. If you want old, warmed-over tips, or the
Microsoft Party Line, look somewhere else. These emails feature original
articles from internationally known, award-winning experts who have
descended into the belly of the beast, and survived to tell the tale.
No Microsoft marketing drivel.

Return Path FREE
http://www.returnpath.net/
When a contact discovers that your old e-mail address is no longer current, Return
Path's service helps locate you. The requester enters your old e-mail address and
asks for your current one. Give friends, relatives and business associates a
way to find you from your old e-mail address - free. Also, notify with free e-cards!

Send a FAX from your Web Browser FREE
http://www.tpc.int/tpc_home.html
Check coverage area befroe you fax Coverage area list
"There are several ways to use the Remote Printing service, and
[this] WWW form is one of them. The more versatile way involves
sending your FAX by email with a correctly formatted e-mail
address (the [other] page does it all transparently), and allows
you to include files which contain much more formatting than just
the plain ASCII text which you may send here. The experiment is a
project in outreach: to integrate the e-mail and facsimile
communities through the creative use of e-mail, to send a FAX -
which travels almost all of its distance through the Internet,
making only the final 'local' hop from computer to FAX machine
courtesy of a 'Remote Printer.' [That's] a cell which has been
specifically configured to provide coverage for that region, or
local calling area. Working together, many sites cooperatively
provide 'remote printing' access to the international telephone
network."

The Cloak http://www-new.the-cloak.com/
{Anonymous surfing}The Cloak stands between you and the site you
visit, encrypting all communications. "Without the-Cloak, you are
connected directly to the machines you visit. These machines know
where you are coming from. They know your computer's name, and
they can even find out your name if your machine supports finger
or identd."

COLLECTIONS...........
(FREE stuff from generous programers)

NETSCAPE BROWSER ARCHIVE FREE
http://sillydog.org/narchive/ FREE
Lots of you guys asked me where you could get a free
download of Netscape 4.79. Well here it is.
Be sure and email me if you want any help setting it up.

Cheztabor Tools, Samples, and Wizards FREE
http://www.cheztabor.com/projects.htm
UrlRunAddIn is a little console app that I use to reconnect
URLs split between lines in an email. It's smart enough to take
out spaces and '>' characters when an URL is split between forward
lines in an email. It will clean it up and start it in IE.
Source Tree is an Explorer bar for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The Explorer bar displays a tree view providing quick-access to
the source code for a Web page, including frames and external
scripts and style sheets.
ImageExplorer. This programmer's tool
finds bitmaps, icons, and cursors in running processes, and
extracts them to disk."
many, many, more......

Web Development software collection FREE
http://silveragesoftware.com/handytools.html

Vallen-Systeme GmbH FREEWARE area
http://www.vallen.de/freeware/index.html

WebDEV

Flex Window FREE
http://www.flexwindow.com/
{Site management via e-mail} You add code to certain areas of the site
(usualy, areas that are regularly updated). These windows
are what allow you to send your changes through e-mail. This is
also nice if you have someone working on your site who might not
know a lot about Web design. "You can also include images in your
message by using Insert | Picture (from the client menu) or just
copy and paste them into the message."

Gif Colour Mapper FREE
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r410.html
GIF Color mapper provides quick changing colors in the palettes
of a number of GIF files. It provides the ability to change the Design
or Colour Scheme of your Web Site in a moment. For your
convenience it's packed with built-in color picker to capture
desired colours both for source and destination that lets you totally
concentrate on the creative process of Web Design

UTILITIES/FIXES

Activescan Web-Based Anti-Virus Tool FREE
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
"Now, ridding your computer of viruses is even easier, with Panda
ActiveScan, the on-line antivirus. Because you don't need to
install any programs, just connect to the Internet and simply
click whenever you want to clean your computer. It scans,
disinfects, and eliminates viruses from all parts of your system,
hard disks, compressed files, and all your e-mail. It is updated
at least once a day, so each scan will be able to detect the very
latest viruses. Approximate download time: 28.8 Kbps Modem / 10
minutes. It uses ActiveX technology and works with a single-click
from your browser. It is capable of detecting and eliminating more
than 60.000 viruses and Trojans."

Patches, We Got Patches...

BIOS Central FREE
http://www.bioscentral.com/
"Welcome to BIOS Central. My goal here is to provide the most
comprehensive PC BIOS information on the Internet. It's going to
take a lot of work and time to do it all. As I am the only one
working on this site, updates are slow to come. Please understand
that I work on this site as a hobby. I am not paid, nor do I
receive any income from it. If there is something that you would
like to see added or have suggestions on the site, please e-mail
me. The original purpose of this site was to document PC BIOS Post
Codes because the manufacturers of these BIOS haven't provided
adequate documentation. However, I have decided to expand this
site to include more details about the BIOS and how it works in a
PC. Also, I'm attempting to branch out some and include other
information as well. Operating systems and hardware."

Windows Update could be less of a pain
(Gee Mitch, a MS proggie that is troublesome...who woulda thunk...)
What we're going to do is set the transfer dialog to "debug" mode.
So we can keep an eye on each stage in the process.
In Registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \
Microsoft \ Active Setup. New String Value and label it:
"SteppingMode" (sans quotes). Give the String a value of Y.
Next timeWindows Update should be more descriptive.
If you want to disable , simply switch this value to N.
Another way to get the downloads is using the
Corporate version of Windows Update.
http://corporate.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/Thanks.asp

VIRUS REMOVERS FREE
You probably know that Symantec has nice FREE little proggies
that will remove all traces of most of the nasty little trojans that
those rotten thirteen year olds nail you with.
But I'll bet you don't have the page where they all can be had at once.
Well here it is....Download them all and burn them onto a CD.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

SHORTCUTS - TWEAKS

ColorControl W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://aisle4.pair.com/personal/software/ColorControl.zip
http://aisle4.pair.com/personal/software.php3
Color changer for Windows, You can tweak colors which are
otherwise untweakable. "The Export button allows you to save the
color settings to a registry file that can be run to install the
scheme later, but you must reboot after executing one of those
files for the changes to take effect."

The "secret" Work menu in Microsoft Word.
"Adding & Removing an entry"
Right-click on a Toolbar or Menu item
/Customize /Commands /Built-in Menus /then drag and drop "Work" anywhere.
Removing an entry may prove to be tough. The easiest way is to use
CTRL + ALT + minus sign keyboard shortcut. Upon
Your cursor will become a horizontal line.
Open a menu, then select the item you wish to remove.
To add this feature to a menu, open up the toolbar customization dialog again,
open the All Commands category, then scroll to "Tools Customize
Add Menu Shortcut" and to "Tools Customize Remove Menu Shortcut."
Place this in your Work menu and then you can just click it.
You can rename the shortcut nd assign it an ALT key shortcut.

Do you use Start Menu's 'Run' to open websites?
You probably know you can't do it for sites without the "WWW".
Her is a fix for ya... In Regedit,
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows
\ CurrentVersion \ URL \ Prefixes. Create a new String Value,
rename it "noWWW" (or whatever) prefix, open it, and type in
- "http://" (sans quotes). You can do this for any similar variations too.

Change Word Options in the Windows Registry for Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q318796
"This step-by-step article describes how you can use the Registry
Options (RegOptions) macro to examine Word settings and to make
changes to Word settings in the Windows registry. The following is
a list of the options that are available in the macro and a brief
description of each option's purpose: AutoSave-Path: Sets the
folder where the AutoRecovery files are saved; DOC-Path: The
default folder that is used for Word documents; BAK-Extension: The
default extension that is used for Word backup files - the default
extension is WBK; DOC-Extension: The default extension that is
used for Word document files - the default is DOC; NoFontMRUList:
Turns on or turns off the most recently used (MRU) font list;
SpellingWavyUnderlineColor: Use this to change the color of the
wavy underline that is displayed under misspelled words; OLEDOT:
Specifies the document template that is used when you create a
document object in Word or in another OLE application." More."

CD Match Application W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/57946.html
Launches any program for just inserted CD - choose program(s) to launch
with your CD. - change the program(s) to launch quickly and easily.
- collects files by their extensions on the "foreign" inserted CD - define what
(video, archives, applications) to collect and show for the CD just inserted.
- can insert collected files into the agent's right (CD's context) menu.
- can insert only the requests into the agent's left (show by query) menu.
It also can: - open program from "autorun.inf" file (default Autorun)
- open CD door on the window's session ending if there is a CD.
- quick (forced) "logoff - restart - shutdown" - are provided also.

JUST FOR FUN

MP3Gain W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~djmrob/mp3gain/mp3gainFULLinstall.zip
http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
This program will make sure all songs are at the same volume.
Especially if you use a portable digital media player
(or burn various songs to CDs often). Your
music will experience no change in quality, either, since
everything is lossless. "It does not just do peak normalization,
as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis
to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear."

Audacity W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win.php/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You can import all the major audio formats, and then edit, mix, and
apply effects until you get the aural masterpiece you desire. "Has a
built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram
mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis
applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and
Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects."

Ultimate Cribbage W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.ultimatecribbage.com/crib552.zip
http://www.ultimatecribbage.com/
"It supports both local computer opponents and human opponents
over most network connections. It supports the widest array of
rule variations, including 5 card cribbage."

HoverNews W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://files.deviantart.com/software/HVNSetup.zip
http://software.deviantart.com/details.php?id=282
"HoverNews will scroll the headlines from your favorite sites so
that you can be kept abreast of a variety of news. Included are:
deviantART, CNN, ABCNews, Slashdot, kuro5hin, etc." To move the
window, hold down the SHIFT key first.

Amateur Radio Freeware FREE
http://www.qsl.net/dxlab/
I'll throw this one in for Bob Young and any other 'radioheads' out there.
"DXLab is a suite of interoperating applications designed to
automate DXing activities. Each application can be independently
installed and utilized; when multiple applications are running,
they sense each other's presence and interoperate appropriately.
All DXLab applications are free, and contain no advertising; they
run on Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT, 2000, and XP. Commercial use is
expressly forbidden. DXView: displays DXCC info and country maps;
plots QSOs, spots, beam headings, solar position, and the solar
terminator in real time on a world map. Pathfinder: locates QSL
information from web-accessible sources. Commander: controls and
communicates with Icom, TenTec, Kenwood, and Yaesu radios;
displays frequency-dependent settings for amplifiers and tuners.
WinWarbler: conducts RTTY QSOs, with dual-channel diversity decode
when an external RTTY modem is available."

INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK (This is very cool)
http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
Ingenuous Industorious Clock then displays the time in a
rather unconventional flash movie. It requires Flash 5.0

For PROPHEADS & UBERGEEKS

Parallel Port Customizer W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://dl.winsite.com/win95/miscutil/ppc20.zip
http://www.obock.de/html/ppc.html
"I coded Parallel Port Customizer for a friend who wanted to
control an external electronic device using his PC. He told me
that it would be nice to use the single pins of the parallel port
to turn on / off those tiny devices like transistors and stuff
like that. Cause he didn't find any tool solving his problem I
offered him to code one for him. So, if you are interested in
electronics this should be a nice testing tool for you! You may
think "This GUI application isn't really supposed to be used in
automated environments". Because of this Parallel Port Customizer
comes with a small dynamic link library (DLL). With this DLL all
you coders out there can implement the complete functionality of
PPC in your own applications! With this tool and the DLL you get a
complete suite to build and test software with interfaces that can
control nearly everything - use your imagination."

yEnc32 W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://california.tucows.com/files3/yenc32-003.exe
http://www.yenc32.com/
"yEnc32 is a Win32 implementation of the yEnc binary encoding
system, which is primarily used in Usenet newsgroup posts. It
supports basic file yEncoding / yDecoding, with a friendly, easy-
to-use interface. The yEnc format itself is an excellent
alternative to UUencode and Base64. yEncoded messages are up to
40% smaller than UUencoded / Base64 equivalents, and include
built-in CRC error checking and multipart file support. The demand
for the sample apps was overwhelming, so we decided to create a
'proper' yEncoder for the general public. yEnc32 is the result. We
now have a yEnc32 tutorial for Outlook Express Users."

Pipteen W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.68k.org/~interiot/pipteen/pipteen_v1.0b.zip
http://www.68k.org/~interiot/pipteen/
"Pipteen, a graphical ping. Features: ICMP pings a single host;
graphs response time; displays cumulative statistics; logs
statistics at regular intervals (CSV format); and intermittently
pings, to not waste bandwidth when used continuously for long
periods of time. Also available from this site: a personal CSS
style sheet to make Web surfing less obvious, an anagram tool (for
Scrabble), Real and imagined piracy protections for the Xbox,
Sokoban solver and board generator: a high-level design document,
Advantages and uses of broadband, text editors implemented in Java
that can be used within a Web browser, Windows XP performance as
compared to previous version of Windows, etc."

LANster W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/58226.html
http://www.warpengine.com/wes-software.htm
LAN search tool, The search feature works much like the
Windows Find function; it allows you to sample files, as well as
explore the various connected folders. "It is especially useful at
LAN parties. Search for MP3s, game patches, picture and video
files or whatever."

Eyemage IIE W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.proporta.com/apps/Windows/eyemageiie_windows.zip
http://www.proporta.com/eyemage/
Encrypt any information you wantto send or keep in a bitmap
"When you want to hide stuff in images with super
security, Eyemage IIE is a refreshing alternative to the alternatives."

File Investigator FREE
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r419.html
Computer viruses get more and more intelligent every day, trying to sneak
into your system under the disguise of innocent image files. Another
problem may arise when you have a file without extension, or you can't
open it with the program it is supposed to be run with. To find out what
those files are really are you can use File Investigator. File Investigator is
a tool that identifies a file by its content rather than its name. This program
recognizes more than three hundred different file types and lists all available
information about a specified file. The program can be accessed both from
the command line with parameters (path to file) and the context menu.

RColours W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taylorfamily1/rcol100.zip
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taylorfamily1/rcolours.html
"RColours is a program for Electronics hobbyists. It will convert
a given value into the colour bands that are used to represent
that value - or it will display the value represented by the given
colour bands. Installation is simply a matter of expanding the ZIP
file into a directory of your choice. A help file is included.
This program has been written using Microsoft Visual Basic version
3.0, so it will run under all versions of Windows. If you do not
already have the file 'VBRun300.DLL' on your machine (probably in
the 'Windows \ System' directory), then you will need to obtain a
copy from this page. RColours is Freeware so no registration is
required. If you wish to suggest improvements or report any
problems, I will be pleased to hear from you."

Binary Calculator W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.jintek.com/demo/WinCalc.zip
http://www.jintek.com/binary.html
"Binary Calculator is a simple RPN-style calculator designed for
programmers. It lets you manipulate numbers in a variety of
formats and do binary operations on them that few other
calculators allow. With BinCalc, you can directly turn bits on and
off just by clicking them. HP Calculators use a four-element
stack. The stack is made up of X, Y, Z, and T values. The X value
is the main working value. Certain operations (shift left / right,
increment / decrement, not, and clear) work only on the X value.
When you press Enter the stack is rolled up and the X value is
recopied into the X element. Swap switches the values of the X and
Y elements. Whichever edit field is active controls the numeric
format of the stack. There are six fields where you can enter
digits or characters: INT, UINT, Hex, Octal, Double, and Chars.
Except for double all of them are 32-bit values. All of the
buttons can be operated from keyboard shortcuts. The standard math
operations are easy to perform from the numeric keypad."

XP, 2000, and/or IE only
Use Netscapes email and bookmarks and you'll never wanna go back to IE

IE Quickstart W9x/2k/XP FREE
http://www.iequickstart.com/Download/IEQuickStart-Exe.zip
http://www.iequickstart.com/
Open several Web pages simultaneously. "You can delay the time in which
each window is opened, how the windows are opened (minimized, maximized,
normal, etc.), and perform a DNS or host lookup on any Web page in your list."

Partial Workaround For WinXP Product Activation
A way to foil Windows Product Activation (WPA), but rather is a
way that users of XP software can avoid having to reactivate
the software after a full install:
The trick is to copy and re-use the c:\windows\system32\wpa.dbl file.
It's small--- mine is just 13K long--- so it will easily fit on a
floppy. Or, you can copy it to another safe location on your hard drive.
Once that's done, go about your reinstallation task normally.
After you've reinstalled XP, either boot to a DOS floppy or start in
XP's Safe Mode/Command Prompt (i.e. hit the F8 key when your system
"beeps" during the boot process). Then copy your original wpa.dbl from
its safe location back into the c:\windows\system32 folder, and then
reboot.
Because nothing on your system has changed--- it's the same BIOS, CPU,
RAM, etc., and because you're installing the same copy of XP that was
previously installed, the "old" WPA key should be accepted as valid,
saving you the hassle of re-Activating the software.
Note: This won't work if you try moving the file to a different machine,
but this may save you from having to re-Activate the new installation.

PowerShell ME/XP FREE
http://www.jastek.net/downloads/Powershell-XP.zip
http://www.jastek.net/programs.html
{New options in My Computer} If you're running on Windows XP, this
program will change your registry, adding a few more options to
the My Computer context menu. Now you can drop into DOS, log off,
restart, shutdown, and do all sorts of stuff right from your
desktop. Now, that's what I call convenience. You can even
(easily) edit the registry from this new and improved context
menu! As I've stated many times before, however, you shouldn't
mess with the registry unless you know what you're doing. Your
computer might not like you if you render it useless. It's just a
simple REG file that someone has put together. No need for any
extra software! Now, another one (for Windows ME) is available
from the site.

Sharemon 2k/XP FREE
http://www.wololo.org/
"Sharemon is a freeware windows share monitor for Windows. It can
be used to log user access on a windows server or just to monitor
the current connections. It cannot be used on Windows 9x/Me
because the network API used isn't available on that platform. No
9x/Me version is planned (yet). Welcome to my personal programming
projects page! My name is Björn Harrtell and I study Computer
Engineering at Mid Sweden University. I'm currently involved in
developing win32 applications. I do all my coding in C++ *without*
the MFC classes. Feel free to contact me if you need to know
anything about my work published here. Bug reports and other
constructive criticism are highly appreciated."

Clear Microsoft's Windows Media Player History in XP
Download of the free "Bonus Pack" from WINDOWSMEDIA.COM
This tool will clear the MRU list quickly, but here's a way to do it
without software:
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \
Software \ Microsoft \ MediaPlayer \ Player \ RecentFileList - and
export this "Selected branch" to a REG file. Edit that REG
file in your favorite text editor, insert a minus sign between the
opening bracket and the "H" in "HKEY." This will
remove the branch (and all subkeys) whenever the REG file is
"merged." Make a shortcut to it, add the "/S" switch to the
Target field to "silence" the task, then place it in your Startup
folder to clear "the list" every time you boot into Windows.
Another key which may hold an MRU: HKEY_USERS \ .Default \
Software \ Microsoft \ MediaPlayer \ Player \ RecentFileList.
NOTE: DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON.... Messing with the
Registry is NOT for the faint of heart nor the slow of wit.
You could torch your system in one bad move.