[monkeymoon]

I just love this thread, Cowboy!! I 'm cheap and I might as well admit it. I used to download freeware all the time, but stopped in the last year because of being afraid of getting spyware/malware. This thread at least makes me know somebody else tried the program, liked it, and as far as they could tell, it's safe and has no spyware. So, I downloaded several, including your much smaller PDF reader, and Kenny94's Rainbow Folders. I used to have an app like that, but somehow or for some reason, got rid of it. I miss it. Thanks to everybody who's posted their favorites, especially those programs still compatible with Win98, and to you, Cowboy for starting this thread.

[Space Cowboy]

Glad you like MM..

Looks like one of my fav's has just put out a update. I like the new menu

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and FREE!

[Kenny94]

Here's a great program called DG-Defragmenter, a high performance defragmenter which built on top of full DOS based defrag engine at: http://www.beoncorp.com/dgdefragmenter.html And it has a few cleaning tools............

[stantley]

Like Space Cowboy, I'm also a big fan of CCleaner. I tried out a whole bunch of file cleaners and Crap Cleaner is by far the best. I like it even more now that it cleans up Firefox cache, history, cookies and download history.

And thank you to Kenny94 for pointing out DG-Defragmenter. I was already using DIRMS and Find Junk Files, so this is an easy way to access both.

Here's a few more I find very handy:

Clipomatic - from Mike Lin, the guy who brought you Startup Control Panel.

Clipomatic is a clipboard cache program - it remembers what was copied to the clipboard even after new data is copied, and allows you to retrieve the old data.

http://mlin.net/Clipomatic.shtml


TinySpell - It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application.

http://tinyspell.m6.net/


SceenPrint32 - A very versatile screen capture program.

ScreenPrint32 allows you to print and/or capture to disk or clipboard, the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen.

http://www.provtech.co.uk/software/screenprint32.asp

[rameam]

"Clipomatic is a clipboard cache program - it remembers what was copied to the clipboard even after new data is copied, and allows you to retrieve the old data."

I tried this one, but couldn't get it to recopy text with original format, mainly superscript numbers with regular text. Also tried ShortkeysLite, but couldn't get it to do it either. I'm trying to learn how to use AutoHotKeys. It confuses me, but I'm gonna' hang in a while longer with it.

[rameam]

"Here's a great program called DG-Defragmenter, a high performance defragmenter...."

On the website it says its "for all Windows 2000 and XP". Does that mean all Windows including 2000 and XP, or what?

[Stoner]

Yankee Clipper is another usefull clipboard app:

http://www.intelexual.com/products/yc3/

Features:

* Current version: 1.0.4.3
* Saves past 200 text and RTF, 20 BMP and Metafile, and 200 URL clipboard entries.
* Has the ability to save and re-use "boilerplate" clippings. Simply right-click on the item and select "Send to boilerplate". Unlimited boilerplate collections can be created.
Free support and free upgrades for ever
* URL aware- links copied to clipboard can be instantly launched.
* Can float on top of other applications for fast pasting.
* No size limits for "clippings".
* Prints any text clipboard entry, nicely word-wrapped.
* This is a simple program to understand and use.
* Has a global hotkey to make the application visible when hidden, and another to instantly show and select past "clippings" without showing the application.
* Clippings can be dragged & dropped to/from YCIII.
* Can strip unwanted "quote" characters ("<", "|") from "clippings".
* Supports ordering of boilerplate items.
* Can automatically re-connect to clipboard when rogue applications break clipboard chain.
* Support for Internationalization. Install include Italian, French, and German. More to come ... Just rename Internation.ini.[Language] to International.ini (Looking for people to translate to other languages, please)

And it's free...

[Kenny94]

Originally Posted by rameam

"Here's a great program called DG-Defragmenter, a high performance defragmenter...."

On the website it says its "for all Windows 2000 and XP". Does that mean all Windows including 2000 and XP, or what?

Yes it mean all Windows versions.

[rameam]

Thanks Kenny94.

Someone has already mentioned this program I think, but I just wanted to add my two cents. LeechGet is the best downloader I've ever used. Most others don't add any speed to the d/l, but this one definitely does. It's not a tremendous amount, but when you normally d/l at 3kb or less, whatever increase in speed you can get is welcome. I probably average 4kb now.

[rameam]

Sorry, I thought it was this link I read about LeechGet, but after no search results in this thread, thought I should post the link. Check it out.

http://www.leechget.net/en/

[stantley]

Just to clarify which windows versions DG-Defragmenter is compatible with - DG-Defragmenter uses DIRMS.exe and according to their web site

http://dirms.com/

'Defragmentation Programs for Windows NT4, NT2000, and XP', but it does not work with Windows 98 or ME.

[Kenny94]

Originally Posted by rameam

Thanks Kenny94.

Someone has already mentioned this program I think, but I just wanted to add my two cents. LeechGet is the best downloader I've ever used. Most others don't add any speed to the d/l, but this one definitely does. It's not a tremendous amount, but when you normally d/l at 3kb or less, whatever increase in speed you can get is welcome. I probably average 4kb now.

rameam,
stantley is right on this. stantley wrote: "Just to clarify which windows versions DG-Defragmenter is compatible with - DG-Defragmenter uses DIRMS.exe and according to their web site"
http://dirms.com/

Heads up stantley

[Space Cowboy]

You ever wanna just browse thru your wav files and see what is what?

Instead of having a program open each time you double click on them just put this little gem in a folder and associate the wav extension with it and your all set. Now just double click on the wav and it play's without opening up anything. It also will play *.au 's and a few other formats.

I've been using it for years and love it

Winplany

[Gamerhomie]

Oh man, not sure if people have mentioned this, but here's Audacity

(Right off thier website)

The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
Screenshots

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

But it's a lot more than you think. It's freeware, so give it a try, it wont hurt you, it's just got so many options for a free program.

[Space Cowboy]

Now that I have a computer that can handle the resources needed to play I'm thinkin I would like a wallpaper randomizer. Can anyone suggest a nice and small freeware one?

Thanks
Cowboy

I've been playin with this and it's pretty cool

Would be a great science project or somthin.

Earth3D

Earth3D is a program that visualizes the earth in realtime in a 3D view. It uses data from NASA, USGS, the CIA and the city of Osnabrück. I would like to thank these organisations to allow me to use their data! The program is available as binary for Linux, MacOS X and Windows under the GPL license