[kidcnote]

This looks informative
http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/screenshots.shtml

TreeSize Professional is a powerful and flexible chard disk space manager for Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. Find out which folders are the largest on your drives and recover megabytes of disk space. TreeSize Professional shows you the size, allocated and wasted space, the number of files, 3D bar and pie charts, the last access date, the file owner, the NTFS compression rate and much more information for several folders or drives you choose.

[etaf]

but not freeware

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by etaf

but not freeware

dag nab it.. Sorry, thought it was freeware..

[Noyb]

I just picked this off another forum and thought it was interesting.
It enables you to print to a text file – the contents of a folder.
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

I normally use Better File Rename (not freeware) for this purpose and haven’t tried Karen's version …. Yet.

[Wallenberg]

The pro version is not freeware but there is a freeware version.

I no longer use Treesize because I find there is a great add-on for MS Windows that displays the folder-size. You can get it from SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/foldersize/

I find that listing the size occupied by each folder in the same column as the size occupied by each file, gives me everything that TreeSize did - but without any extra time or trouble.

One note of caution: when you install the file FolderSize.msi you must have the Windows service "Windows Installer" running.

For those people who don't like Windows Explorer, the file manager XPlorer2 had this capability built-in. The freeware version of XPlorer2 has many nice features that Windows Explorer does not. You might want to give it a try. It is easy to find with a Google search.

[rameam]

I found this one for printing directories (works good):

http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jdirprint.htm

JR Directory Printer



The JR Directory Printer Utility allows you to print a listing of every file contained within a directory and/or subdirectory(ies).

The result displayed in NotePad or default text editor as "dirprint.txt" file. This file is created in "JR Directory Printer" installtion folder, each time you click "Start" button.

Options:

Check Recurse Sub-directories option to see a complete list of all subdirectories and all files in all directories.

The Lowercase Filename option will force all file names into lowercase regardless of the actual file name.

Dos style filename option will limit the file name length within 8 chars.

Display Sub-directories will result in a list of all subdirectories contained under the selected directory along with a list of all individual files contained under the root directory. It will not list all subdirectories or individual files contained in the main subdirectories. To see a complete list of all subdirectories and all files in all directories, you would check the Recurse Sub-directories option and click on the Start button. This would rewrite the"dirprint.txt" file using the new options.

You can limit length file names so that they fits properly in list. By default this value is 35 chars.

You can check/uncheck Display Size, DateTime and Attributes option to list/unlist the file size, modified date/time and file attributes (a - Archives, r - Read Only, s - System, h - Hidden).

[hewee]

Dead Pixel Buddy

http://www.laptopshowcase.co.uk/downloads.php?id=1

Version: 1.1

Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003

Coded By: Chris

Description

This is a dead pixel test program. It allows you to easily test your LCD screen for dead pixels.

Before trying to grasp the meaning of a dead pixel, first you need to understand the technology behind LCD displays. An LCD display is essentially made up of pixels. Each pixel is made up of red, blue and green valves. The valves in each colour either block or pass the light source. By manipulating the amount of light passed through, each pixel displays a distinctive colour on screen. Pixels consisting of these valves are what make up the image that is ultimately displayed on the screen. A typical monitor has millions of pixels. A dead pixel refers to a pixel with a defect in its ability to display the correct colour output. It may look like a tiny black spot on your screen, or any other colour that does not correspond to what the actual image should look like.

A typical 17 inch monitor contains up to 4 million pixels. Even a tiny dust particle on one of the pixels during the manufacturing process can create a dead pixel. Or a slight bump during shipping can break one of the highly sensitive pixels.

If you've scoured every inch of your screen but can't find a single dead pixel, you are in luck. Because of the complexity of the design, it is generally regarded dead pixels appearing in some products are inevitable. If you need to absolutely make sure whether you have purchased a defective display, you can use this program. It simply paints your entire screen with one of the colours that make up a pixel to make the dead pixel more conspicuous to the naked eye. Run through the red, green and blue colours in turn and check for pixels that do not match.

Just unzip and run it. No install is needed. I have a CRT and it opens and works but don't think a CRT gets dead pixels.
You can pick from the pre-set background colors or pick a custom color background so that helps you in getting a color you can see best any dead pixels you may have.

[Force.apdz]

www.ccleaner.com

[etaf]

I have had a look at some of these cleaner programs and been a little concerned around registry etc, have you used the CCleaner registry option and is it OK and reliable

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by etaf

I have had a look at some of these cleaner programs and been a little concerned around registry etc, have you used the CCleaner registry option and is it OK and reliable

Yes, been using it for 2 yrs with no problems.. unclick the "Old prefetch data"
http://www.pixpond.com/1/xibx4o.jpg

[xico]

I 've used CCleaner and Cleanup for years and never had any problems. Cleanup has the sound of a toilet flushing, but both do an excellent job, and I have not had any problems caused by either one.

[Force.apdz]

I use ccleaner nearly every hour ROFL!!! Well thats a bit of a exhaggeration... but yeah it's good and hasn't messed up my computer ever... just make sure you uncheck the boxes of stuff that you don't want deleted though,lol.

[John Burns]

Originally Posted by xico

I 've used CCleaner and Cleanup for years and never had any problems. Cleanup has the sound of a toilet flushing, but both do an excellent job, and I have not had any problems caused by either one.

Fully agree!

[Stoner]

I use ccleaner often but not the registry option.
Never had any problems.

[Pistoff]

I may be piggybacking on someone else's thread here and I will apologize up-front if that is the case.
MWSNAP has that cool app that lets a user take snapshots of their entire screen or a predetermined portion of it. It is great for clients to ‘snap’ an error message that is on their screen and e-mail it for a possible quick fix. It has also helped myself when I purchase an item on-line from their shopping cart. Instead of saving the complete HTML file, I use this handy dandy tool to get only what I am interested in capturing.
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html