FREE Great Programs for Windows 7 [2]

[ICIT2LOL]

Netspeed Monitor download links are dead

FlorianGilles.com - NetSpeedMonitor

Yes I use that on my desktops and have doen for some time but I find it difficult if not impossible to run on my laptops.

I can't even download it, I just get file not found errors.
Do you still have the install? Could you mirror it?

Mmm I just tried that link and I get to the Windows 64bit download and then it baulks perhaps it has gone down the gurgler?? or is temporarily out of action as mentioned in the reply to the link.

Mind you I did get it to download from here Download NetSpeedMonitor my security (Kaspersky) rants and raves about it but that probably is because I have high check levels set.

PS Just tried it and it only supports 32bit systems

 

[nums]

The developer seems to have fallen off the map. Twitter, Facebook, everything. Site itself doesnt seem to have been updated since '11.

Anyone know of any alternatives?

 

[Brink]

Netspeed Monitor download links are dead

FlorianGilles.com - NetSpeedMonitor

Yes I use that on my desktops and have doen for some time but I find it difficult if not impossible to run on my laptops.

I can't even download it, I just get file not found errors.
Do you still have the install? Could you mirror it?

Thank you. I've updated the list to use the downloads from Softpedia below instead.

NetSpeedMonitor Download - Softpedia

 

[ICIT2LOL]

The developer seems to have fallen off the map. Twitter, Facebook, everything. Site itself doesnt seem to have been updated since '11.

Anyone know of any alternatives?

Yep looks like it - shame really as it was good to a point my desktop versions still work and I did a clean install just two months ago and it was alright then

As for other stuff there are some but they need starting up each time instead of having a real time readout like netspeed has, though I did fid this but haven't tried any yet The Top 20 Free Network Monitoring and Analysis Tools for Sys Admins

 

[NoN]

For those using their Windows Phone reading e-book, there's also an e-book management call "Calibre" for PC Desktop, running x64bit and x32bit too.

Calibre E-book management

 

[kado897]

Yes calibre is an excellent program. I'm surprised it's not already on the list.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Another vote for calibre.

(Btw, calibre is spelled with a lower case c.)

 

[groze]

Another vote for calibre.

(Btw, calibre is spelled with a lower case c.)

I looked at their website, you are correct but is very ungrammar like, I know I shouldn't be saying this with my grammar problems

I always thought a product name or service had to be capitalized. Comcast, Microsoft, MiniTool Partition Wizard, Macrium Reflect, Microsoft Works and so on. Unless you are texting of course then you can throw out all the grammar rules out the door.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Kovid Goyal is the owner and principal programmer of caliber and he can spell it however he wants (he does get teased about it from time to time over on the calibre forums at mobileread.com)

 

[kado897]

New release out today. he is back from his hols.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I haven't updated in a couple of years now (it's been so long I'm half afraid to). I don't go to the forums anymore because of the heavy handed, uneven moderation by moderators who think they are gods and some of the jerks that haunt the forums.

 

[kado897]

I know what you mean Jeannie. It has changed quite a bit in the last two years but should still be OK to update. In the worst case you may have to uninstall before the install and just point it at your library.

 

[NoN]

Another vote for calibre.

(Btw, calibre is spelled with a lower case c.)

I didn't knew about that lower case spelling...: Caliber vs. calibre

@Lady, just uninstall previous without rebooting, it does keep your files safe in the calibre library with the new install.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

What I'm afraid of is my data base and library is so old, a new version might not be able to read it or, as has happened in the past, it will update the old version, meaning it will no longer be compatible with the earlier version. If I didn't like the newest version, I would be SOL unless I went to the trouble to backup the old library and db and make an image of my C: drive just before updating. I've had other priorities lately.

 

[catalogue]

   Information

These are completely FREE programs for Windows 7.

Are you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.

Year after year, more and more freeware sites have turned into the worst kind of shitty clickfarms that barely list freeware at all (Softpedia) or/get flooded with dishonest trial versions and shareware that masquerade as true freeware to lure in users. I don't recall seeing any of this on Gizmo's.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Are you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.

Me too and for the ads the trusted bleeping computer is going down the gurgler in that respect:sarc:

But there you go too much money to be had and probably more companies desperate to sell their products.:sarc:

 

[MilesAhead]

Are you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.

Me too and for the ads the trusted bleeping computer is going down the gurgler in that respect:sarc:

But there you go too much money to be had and probably more companies desperate to sell their products.:sarc:

I've read Gizmo's for a long time. I even got a mention of one of mine on there one time(Topmost Toggle for setting a window stay on top.) The main drawback to it lately with Windows versions coming out left and right, is many of the categories are a year or two since last update. But often reader comments include some newer not so well known software. You can find a gem in the comments but it's more work.

 

[DavidE]

I got alerted of VLC vulnerabilities, and version 2.2.0 was released to fix this.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in VLC Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system

Source: Security Advisory SA62720 - VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia

VLC 2.2.0 is available here:
VideoLAN - Download official VLC media player for Windows

 

[kado897]

PatchMyPC

This may prove useful in keep some of your software up to date. https://patchmypc.net/download

It can install and monitor the installation of an extensive list of programs for updates...

List of Supported Products

7-Zip
Adobe Air
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Plugin
Adobe Reader
Adobe Shockwave
Any Video Converter
Audacity
AutoHotkey
Avant Browser
AVG AntiVirus FREE 2015
CCleaner
CDBurnerXP
Classic Shell
Core FTP LE
CPU-Z
DAEMON Tools Lite
DavMail
Driver Booster
EditPad Lite
eMule
Evernote
FeedDemon
File Zilla Client
Foobar2000
Foxit Reader
Free Download Manager
FTPRush
GIMP
Glary Utilities
GOM Player
Google Chrome (x64)
Google Chrome (x86)
Google Earth
Hotspot Shield
HWMonitor
iCloud
Imgburn
IrFanView
iTunes
Java 7 (x64)
Java 7 (x86)
Java 8 (x64)
Java 8 (x86)
jetAudio Basic
KeePass
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Launchy
LibreOffice
Magic ISO
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Media Player Classic
MediaInfo
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Silverlight
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
MP3Tag
Nokia Ovi Suite
Nokia PC Suite
NotePad++
NoteTab Light
OpenOffice.org
Opera
Origin
ownCloud
Paint.Net
PDFedit
PeaZip
Picasa
Pidgin
PNotes
PotPlayer
Process Hacker
PureSync
PuTTY
qBittorrent
Quicktime
RealPlayer Cloud
Revo Uninstaller
Safari
Samsung Kies 3
SandBoxie
SCCM 2007 Toolkit
Simple System Tweaker
Skype
SMPlayer
Sony PC Companion
Spybot: Search & Destroy
Startup Delayer
Steam
SumatraPDF
SUPERAntiSpyware
TeamSpeak 3 Client
TeamViewer
TeraCopy
TortoiseSVN
Unchecky
UPlay
µTorrent
Virtual Box
VLC Media Player
Vuze
WhoCrashed
WinAMP
WinDirStat
Windows Repair
WinRAR
WinSCP
WinUAE
Wireshark
Wise Registry Cleaner
WorldWide Telescope
Yahoo! Messenger
Zoner Photo Studio

It installs these without any user input and no toolbars or other crapware are included.

 

[Anak]

Nice find Kado, there's quite a bit on the list that would be useful to me, but I'm going to have to watch if there's any conflict with the resident program updaters.

Have you been using it long?