any great shareware or free programs that you guys would recommend?

[bigslammer]

there are a couple great programs that I use all the time(ie freemem, rain,powerstrip). Do you have any suggestions as to which ones I should tryout or use. Does anybody know if there is a newer version of rain out there, i've got version 1.0. thx

[codybear]

if you like freemem i have a program that works on the same concept but uses less resourses and actually works better..its called more ram and its a freeware...small enough to email to you if interested

[grandslammer]

I use regclean, from MS ( the one prog Wild Billy peddles that I actually like!)

I also use cacheman (manages all aspects of you VCACHE), it has presets for low memory, multimedia, standard sys, power user, and gaming. Also lets you specify any values you may want to use.

I use the freeware version of cpuidle, run it in the sys tray all the time. It says that it "optimizes" your cpu also (who's to say?)

I guess that's it for now, if I think of anything else I use, I'll let you know!

Good Luck In All,

Mike P.

[socalgal]

Motherboard Monitor - monitors your CPU and case temps, and fans and voltages

SoftFSB - lets you change your FSB on the fly

WCPUL2 - a L2 Cache Latency control program

WCPUID - analyzes/identifies your CPU, and gives info on AGP and Caches

[bigslammer]

thanks for the heads up guys. I've pretty much tried most of them but I'm gonna try one or two that I haven't heard of.

[Comtech]

I've got a whole site dedicated to this stuff (free mostly, but some shareware).
http://members.cnx.net/reboot

[bigslammer]

hi codybear yeah I'd be interested in the program. could you tell me where to download it or if it's not too much trouble could you email it to me. One of my many email accounts is socalch@yahoo.com

thx

[Spacetop_]

12Ghosts Save Layout - allows you to save your icon layout on you desktop, since windows screws it up like every second boot or so.. Get it at Download.com

[LED]

Go to http://www.tweakit.com and check the software forum.

[U-96]

There's a little program called Regmon that um, monitors your registry. /forum/smile.gif
As it does this in real time, you can see what your apps are messing with in there.
It also has filtering ability, so you can focus on one particular program that may be giving you a headache.

*DANGER WILL ROBINSON*
Messing with your registry can be very bad!

U-96

[bigslammer]

thanks again for the tips guys. found a much of trialware, free stuff that I will tryout.

[MrEd]

You now have a wealth of information at your fingertips, but might I add just one more suggestion. It's called MTUspeed, I've been running it a couple of days now, and it seems to speed up my already superfast internet connections. The site takes a long time to load under any circumstances, or it seems to be that in my case, but it's much worth the wait.

http://www.mjs.u-net.com/

-MrEd
/forum/smile.gif

[IRED]

IfranView:Excellent Jpeg viewer.

WindowWasher:Cleans all kinds of internet junk an then some.

Startup Cop:Controls the startup items without having to go into msconfig or restarting your computer.

System Mechanic:Cleans registry plus much more

All the Web Ferrets:Find anything FAST on the NET

[RobRich]

For anyone with a Super7 m/b, get PowerTweak. It allows you to change settings not found in your bios, plus optimizes your chipset and cpu. It available for Windows, Linux, and BeOS.
www.powertweak.com (http://www.powertweak.com)

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[Bob-NB]

I always got tired of making new folders the windows way...I found this program that lets you simply right click on any folder to create a subfolder. It's available at: www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/diskutil.html (http://www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/diskutil.html)

Here is the description from the site. (BTW..its free)

subfold.zip 41KB 12-27-97 SubFolders allows you to create a subfolder within another folder by right-clicking the parent folder and selecting SubFolder. This method has several advantages: It is quicker than the usual File->New->Folder - The program is faster than Windows95's built-in method - If you have a selection of files you won't lose the selection when you create the folder. You can select your files then create a new directory for them then move them there.




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[Ceeffa]

HJ Spilt Splits larger files up into 1.44Mb bits then re-joins them.
Ideal for transfering stuff from one PC to another by floppy ez-split does the same thing /forum/smile.gif



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[Ed_S]

KBMacro - allows you to program any key to work in conjunction with Windows key to launch programs or whatever.


http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000WCP&b=

Found this at Ziff-Davis publishing co.'s software library - tons of other stuff available there!