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There are, of course, thousands of utility programs of varying quality and price on the Internet

These, in our humble opinion, are the best and yet they are all Freeware too

Key: tickgreen Runs OK, crossred Doesn’t run, green_question_mark Probably yes, with tweaks, red_question_mark Probably not, make take lots of work

red_exclamation May be too intensive for machines of this age of O/S Product discontinued or link changed

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FUNCTION

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98/Me

NT/2000

XPHome

XPPro

Vista

OS-X

*NIX

PowerPro

Take control of programs, etc.

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StartStop

Manage start up programs

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StartUpControlPanel

Newer start up manager

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Tclockex

Add Date and time to the second to the clock

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Dimension 4

SNTP time synch

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Putty

Windowed Secure Shell (SSH)

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FileZilla

Windows FTP client (Open Source)

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CoreFTP

Windows FTP Client (free)

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WinSCP

Windows FTP Client (Open Source)

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GoFTP

Windows FTP Client (free)

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Cesar

Windows FTP Server

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WinZip

Ubiquitous compression program

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7-zip

Alternative compression program

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Acrobat Reader

Ubiquitous PDF reader (huge)

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PDF X-Change Viewer

Fast PDF reader, even has Flash stick version

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FoxIt PDF Reader

Fast PDF reader, great for older machines

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CoolPDF  PDF Reader

Fast PDF reader, great for older machines

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doPDF

doPDF, generate PDF from anything

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Mozilla

THE alternative browser to IE/OE

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Opera

An alternative browser to IE/OE

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Simple Search-Replace

Good for rapid patching of HTML. Replace MS rubbish search

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NS-Batch

Name Server batcher handy for attacks

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TweakUI

Sorta OK add on for Windows

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NetMeter

Shows Internet UL & DL rates

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Karens Net Monitor

Monitor life of servers & log

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Karens Replicator

Backup files from disk system(s)

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Burst! For bittorrent

Bittorrent client – genius stuff

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RealVNC remote control

Like pcAnywhere but better

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Jabber Exodus

Secure messaging not through AOL or MSN

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Jabber PSI

PGP (GPG) secure Jabber client

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AIM

Sorry, we just don’t trust this version of IM

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Netstumbler

Look for local 802.11 WiFi nodes

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TextPad

The best Text editor in the world!

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NetworkProbe

Java based very good network tool

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RealPopUp

A good in-house network messenger

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Jalbum (Java)

THE way to do web photo albums & slideshows

(use Java version, not the Windows one)

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DIY Map (Flash)

THE way to do maps

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PopTray

Keep your email client closed!

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Pop Peeper

Keep your email client closed!

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PopMan

Keep your email client closed!

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Magic Mail Monitor

Keep your email client closed!

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Listmaster Pro

Keep your email lists under control

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SimplySafeBackup2005

Only reliable backup for BIG files on Dells

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XXCOPY

Useful for backup scripts

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DeepBurner

Great CD/DVD burner

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Stickies

Simple reminders

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AutoIT

GUI controller. Amazing!

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UNIX>>DOS

UNIX commands for DOS

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Berkeley UNIX>>DOS

Berkeley commands for DOS

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HD Tune

SMART HDD monitor program

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Help Maker

Makes help files in various formats

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Winmail Opener

Open those pesky winmail.dat files from Outlook

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Diagram Designer

Fantastic flowchart designer and more

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MyScreen4U

Capture the screen and email to somebody

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CoffeeCup

DHTML fixed location Menus

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SourceTec

DHTML moveable Menus

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IconEasel Create Icon files easily

Browsealoud

Speaks web pages out loud

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Dell Fan Control

Got a Dell notebook? You NEED this!

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MAPPING

MAP

AERIAL/SATELLITE

COMMENTS

OTHER

Google

 world

world 

Hit "Link to this Page" to get real co-ords

Fast, intuitive interface

Mapquest

world

None

Unusable co-ord system

 

Yahoo

USA Canada

None

Complex URL

 

MultiMap

world

UK

Hit WebAddress link to get real co-ords

Fast, accurate

Terraserver (MS)

USA

USA

Lat/Lon readout is handy

 

Live Local (MS)

world

USA

Hit "Share/View Permlink" to get real co-ords

Terraserver

None

world

 

Slow, poorer imaging

 

VoIP

PC TO PC

PC TO ‘PHONE

‘PHONE TO PC

PLATFORMS

Skype

Free

SkypeOut

SkypeIn

Windows/OS-X/[Linux]

Gizmo  [SIP]

Free

CallOut

CallIn

Windows/OS-X/[Linux]

Ekiga  [SIP]

Free

CallOut

CallIn

Windows/OS-X/[Linux]

Google Talk

Free

?

?

Windows

Yahoo

Free

PhoneOut

PhoneIn

Windows

VoIPCheap

Free

PhoneOut

PhoneIn

Windows

   

 

MISCELLANEOUS

INFO

Well known port numbers

IANA

ASCII values

-

Unit conversions

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MS Office 2007 conversions

Microsoft

 

 


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