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12-May-2008, 07:54 AM #1666
G'day folks, Glary Utilities is a great piece of software.

Glary Utilities 100% freeware

Glary Utilities is the #1 free, powerful and all-in-one utility in the world market! It offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC.


The "Disk Analysis" module is great for showing you everything on your hard drive!

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14-May-2008, 08:38 AM #1667
Hi,

Anyone know of a free hosting site with a music player? I used to use snap drive but their site has been down now for weeks. I thought it was a problem they had to work out but I doubt that now. Their is no way to contact support and when you ask in the forum there is no replies. It almost seems abandoned.

Thanks.
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14-May-2008, 09:23 PM #1668
Winkey! It's the first program I install after a fresh Win XP installation.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html

A short description:
Create keyboard shortcuts to launch programs and files.
Many of us don't like our mouses: Not only can they cause repetitive strain injury, but they can slow us down. This program returns you to the "old school" of computer operation by helping you create keyboard shortcuts to access your favorite programs, documents, and files. Once you've made a shortcut, simply press your desired key combination to launch your program. This tool supports up to 200 key assignments, giving you lots of choices and room to grow.
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15-May-2008, 03:36 AM #1669
CamStudio

Much simplier than HyperCam and also it's free
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15-May-2008, 09:41 PM #1670
Thumbs up IMHO the best free photo retouch download....
Let's see if this noobie can give something back to the TSG Forums, that is if no one has posted it yet.
I'm told that GIMP for Windows v2.4.5 is similar to PhotoShop in many ways, but not having PhotoShop I can't say one way or another.

Get Gimp2 Here.
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18-May-2008, 12:24 PM #1671
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06-Jun-2008, 09:21 AM #1672
I stumbled across a really useful program I think you all might want to try too.

Have you ever wondered what is the true audio quality of your sound card? I know I have. For instance, how does my sound card compare with a high-fidelity stereo? (Or maybe the question is, how much worse is my sound card than a high-fidelity stereo? )

For instance, what is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the total harmonic distortion (THD), the overall frequency response, etc? That's extremely useful information to know, especially if you have ever used your sound card to record old cassette tapes/records into digital format like I've done before; and that's something I've never seen spec'd in any of the manuals that came with my computer.

Well I actually stumbled across a program that does this called "RightMark Audio Analyzer":
http://audio.rightmark.org/products/rmaa.shtml

Note that the test results it returns are for the combined playback and recording quality of your sound card, because unless you have more than one sound card, the program uses the same sound card for both playback and recording obviously, and the results cannot be separated. I would also recommend downloading the manual too when you go to the download page, because it is not included with the program by default.
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06-Jun-2008, 10:23 AM #1673
Kewl thread.
I'm looking for a free clipboard for when I'm doing multiple copy and pastes. Anyone know of a good un?
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09-Jun-2008, 11:52 PM #1674
Not sure if any of these are already listed (I went though all 112 pages of the thread, but I could've glossed over a few of the posts), but I use these alot of the time when troubleshooting and or doing maintenance on my own as well as my friends/family machines:

System Spec - comprehensive information gathering tool ( http://www.alexnolan.net/software/sysspec.htm )
Memtest86 - RAM Tester ( http://www.memtest86.com/ )
CWShredder - Cool Web Search removal tool ( http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products...der/index.html )

And a friend tipped me off to a package of various tools he found at TechNibble.com ( http://www.technibble.com/computer-r...-kit/#more-688 ).

I also use Spybot, Ad-Aware, Advanced Windows Care, CCleaner, and a few others that are already mentioned in this thread.

The antivirus tool of choice for me is AVG 8.0. I've always been an avid user of AVG's previous version(s), and the newest entity has a built-in Site Advisor (similar to McAfee's and others).

Out of the various firewall programs mentioned throughout this thread, I'll stick with my Outpost Firewall provided by Agnitum.
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13-Jun-2008, 01:33 AM #1675
Free typing tutor

http://www.typingweb.com/
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13-Jun-2008, 08:46 AM #1676
This might not be your cup of tea, but a great free bible program- allows you to search all the bible or just selected books. Comes with some commentaries and several versions of the Bible including Hebrew OT and Greek NT. It is called e-sword.

Does anyone else know of any free bible programs?
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13-Jun-2008, 12:17 PM #1677
no, but another user here turned me onto e-sword a couple years back....very powerful tool, excellent layout, and the search function has been in unbelievably helpful.

especially in certain debates.
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13-Jun-2008, 06:03 PM #1678
I hate tea.
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15-Jun-2008, 07:22 PM #1679
and I think we have a winner in the coveted 'post from left field' contest..........
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15-Jun-2008, 11:36 PM #1680
I have used The Online Bible for years....it is an actual program that installs in your computer. Has a lot of great features and lots of free modules (Bible dictionaries, devotionals, etc.) BTW, eSword is a great program too as mentioned above.

Here is the link: http://www.onlinebible.net

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