FREE Great Programs for Windows 7 [2]

[Jerryw]

Advanced Uninstaller PRO: A Swiss Army Knife for PC Users - Completely uninstall any program, even if it has no uninstaller of its own
Hi Brink and All 7 forum members
I found Advanced Uninstaller Pro FREE version with the link above several months ago
and i am using it now i was using Revo uninstaller FREE version but i find it lacking when it comes to uninstalling 64 bit programs it does not find them , you have to buy there paid version to uninstall 64 bit programs !
Advanced Uninstaller Pro FREE does find all 32/64 bit and will uninstall them with no problem !
Just make sure you uncheck the optional addons you do not want .
Good Luck
Jerry W.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I don't know how many times i've tried, and given up with ZoneAlarm. Every now and then a version is released that crashes my PC (it has issues with other software i may be using). So i've switched permanently to Comodo

Curious. I've never had a problem with Zone Alarm.

It just has random conflicts with random programs. I can't remember the sordid history with other apps, but most recently it wouldn't play with uTorrent. I changed the firewall and no more system freezes. Oh, it also usually rates poorly here: www.matousec.com

Hey Recusant this is another good source of review / test material Comparatives||tests - reviews - reports just dig around in the list at the left of the page ie Proactive tests etc

 

[Dave76]

All links for Driver Sweeper have been diverted to Treexy Driver Fusion, including the link on the first page.

Does anyone have any information on Driver Fusion?
Is it any good?

 

[Brink]

Thank you Dave. Driver Sweeper removed from list.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I cannot find any reference to it but I was told of a search app that I have since tried and it beats anything else I have used for looking for bits and pieces.

https://www.jam-software.de/custome...guage=EN&PHPSESSID=17lmebjqa4agpkhqk6r35nf8f7

http://www.jam-software.de/ultrasearch/

 

[Brink]

Thank you John. UltraSearch added.

 

[MilesAhead]

I cannot find any reference to it but I was told of a search app that I have since tried and it beats anything else I have used for looking for bits and pieces.

https://www.jam-software.de/custome...guage=EN&PHPSESSID=17lmebjqa4agpkhqk6r35nf8f7

UltraSearch - Freeware fr die ultra-schnelle Dateisuche

I had 1.5 on my system. But I was only using it occasionally. Updated to 1.61 when I saw it used MFT instead of indexing. I don't know why but when minimized to tray, Shift Backspace seems to work as hotkey in addition to whatever is selected in options.

This is a really nice little utility.

edit: seems to be not smooth on shutdown or logoff when Minimize To Tray is enabled. Also may interfere with MagicJack when "autocheck new drives" is enabled. I would really like it if those rough spots were sanded down. Nice simple interface.

edit2: I noticed I added an entry to my general-purpose tray hotkey script to open UltraSearch in response to Shift Backspace. The weird behavior may be do to my script and not an UltraSearch bug. If I find out more I'll edit here. Don't mean to blame the software. With these hotkey things it's easy to forget when you add one.

 

[mohaman]

Owww fulll what these a huge good list of programs .... Thanks very mach

 

[jadinolf]

Many thanks, Brink, for this invaluable information.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum now I have seen Dariks mentioned but not the others - haven't had a look yet so can't say if any good.

Five hard disk cleaning and erasing tools | TechRepublic

 

[Loki]

Hi Brink,

I think TinyWall should be added to the list:

TinyWall is a free software to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows Vista and Windows 7.

TinyWall - A free, lightweight and non-intrusive firewall

Loki

 

[Brink]

Thank you Loki. Added.

 

[MilesAhead]

PastePath 1.5.0.0

How many times have you opened Explorer and created a new folder. Now you want to save a file from an editor or other program using SaveAs Dialog? The choice then is drill down in the SaveAs Dialog and click the button, or go to the Explorer Window address field highlight and copy, then paste into the SaveAs so you don't have to type in the path.

With PastePath running in the tray, as soon as you create the new folder and it's the active window, then just open the SaveAs Dialog, click to put the focus to the Edit Line, and Control-Right Click. The folder path from the last active Explorer Window is pasted in. A simple hotkey. But it saves a lot of drilling down.

It's free for you to use at your own risk. You may download from my Hotkeys Page

See the Requirements Section at the top of the page.
The zip includes the Autohotkey_L scripts, custom icon, compiled exe and Readme.txt. If you compile it yourself I recommend using the latest AutoHotkey_L 32 bit Unicode build.

Edit: Update to 1.2.0.0. I changed the hotkey to Control Winkey Right Click. This should avoid conflicts. Now the target window may be any window that accepts text paste from clipboard. For example, a text editor, any dialog with an edit line etc..

Edit: Update to 1.3.0.0 Now saves and restores text Clipboard contents around the path paste.

Edit: Update to 1.5.0.0 Added ability to paste into command prompts. Paths containing space(s) are wrapped in double quotes. See Readme.txt for details.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Some interesting weather apps in here EarthView - CNET Download.com

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Just found these b=via a newsletter thought they might interest some folks.

The Best Free Tools for Creating a Bootable Windows or Linux USB Drive - How-To Geek

 

[kado897]

I saw that too. My favorite YUMI isn't on the list. YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator (Windows) | USB Pen Drive Linux

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I saw that too. My favorite YUMI isn't on the list. YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator (Windows) | USB Pen Drive Linux

Hey kado I ma a bit slow on the ermm uptake but is that just for Ubuntu based systems or can I use it for Windows? I shouldn't say it I know but Ubuntu has got me out of a few scrapes from time to time and really I don't mind it.

Sort of bit like a lifejacket

 

[kado897]

YUMI is a linux based system but you can have windows ISOs in it.. I have a stick with the following windows based ISOs.

1. Windows Defender Offline
2. Macrium WinPE rescue disk.
3. Windows Rescue disk.
4. Hirens CD.

and a number of Linux based rescue systems UBCD, Kapersey, Puppy Linux etc.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

YUMI is a linux based system but you can have windows ISOs in it.. I have a stick with the following windows based ISOs.

1. Windows Defender Offline
2. Macrium WinPE rescue disk.
3. Windows Rescue disk.
4. Hirens CD.

and a number of Linux based rescue systems UBCD, Kapersey, Puppy Linux etc.

Hum so you run KIS then? cos I do on all of my machines and oh thanks for the heads up

 

[deevee8]

very interesting - thankyou