Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 heres a good reg compacter for all versions of windows,use after using reg cleanerregcompact1.0.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leo49 Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 OK here's my Freeware essentials:AdawareAcrobat ReaderAida32AnalogX Script DefenderAVGCamel MPEGJoinChange IconCleanUp!dbPowerAmpDirectory ListerDivXEndItAllEditPadLiteFavOrganiserFileBoxExtenderFloatMenuHjSplitIconXtractorIETextArchiverIrfanViewJV16PowerToolsMP3DirectCutMRUBlasterPeckJoinPicaView32PopUpStopperQuicktimeRegCompactorRoboformScreenrip32StartPageGuardStartStopStartUpMonitorThe RenamerTickTweakuiUltimateZipWebtimeX-FonterXVid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leo49 Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Plus, of course, DownloadExpress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 leo you missed any out there,don't see how anyone else is gonna post as you seem to have covered them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leo49 Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 I just posted some of the progs I use - hopefully other folk can suggest others which will be improvements. These are are the basics I have on 4 of my OS's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyespy Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 I just posted some of the progs I use - hopefully other folk can suggest others which will be improvements. These are are the basics I have on 4 of my OS's.Leo, I don't see SpybotSD there !! :D regards, bill :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyespy Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Alan, what's the make on "regcompactor" ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 The registry is a central part of the Windows operating systems. The data in the registry is stored in more than one file, each file called a hive, hence the beehive icon for RegCompact. On Windows95 and 98 there are two registry hives, System.dat and User.dat. On WindowsNT and 2000 there are System, Default, SAM, Security and Software hives. Most programs store their configuration data in the registry. Over time, as programs are installed and uninstalled, the registry becomes fragmented. Also, when data is removed from the registry it's space is not reclaimed until more data overwrites the empty space. This has a significant impact on the performance of Windows and programs that make heavy use of the registry. It is most evident at boot time and when running programs that use lots of COM classes (such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, any programs written in Visual Basic, and lots of commercial software). Whenever you install software data is written to the registry so the software can later be uninstalled. What RegCompact Does: RegCompact eliminates registry fragmentation by writing the data in the registry out into a temporary file. This data is written sequentially, so there are no holes from deleted data or fragmentation. RegCompact then reboots the system, and the compacted registry hives are replaced when the system starts up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 For a moment there ...ellas ...I thought you had a brain...............Then I realised it was a "cut and paste " job..........arf arf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 its big al to you tankus :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 wow i wonder if ellas copied and pasted there.......mmmmmmmmmmm...............lets seeooooooooooops sorry Mr A Shearer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leo49 Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 "I don't see SpybotSD there !!"I'm hanging on for the new Adaware in February - if that doesn't appear then I'll probably install it. I forgot one of the most important - 2xExplorer.Totally indispensable and replaces Windows Explorer which I probably haven't opened for over 6 months.Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyespy Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Ellas,   what's the make on "regcompactor" ??LOL ! Thanks Alan !I was just wondering who made "regcompactor" . :P kindest, bill :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyespy Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 "I don't see SpybotSD there !!"I'm hanging on for the new Adaware in February - if that doesn't appear then I'll probably install it. I forgot one of the most important - 2xExplorer.Totally indispensable and replaces Windows Explorer which I probably haven't opened for over 6 months.RegardsTry it...you'll like it !!regards, bill :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurrWalnut Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Here's one I've been using for ages. It works on 95, 98 and ME.It analyses delays in boot up but has a bug - it doesn't record the time exactly, it's a few seconds out. It's called bla.exe and is a short download. http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clint Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 eyespy, you can get RegCompact from here:http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_desc...fid,7718,00.aspif you haven't already found it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leo49 Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 eyespy - you were dead on.Installed SpybotSD last night and I LIke It. :) Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 What about Javacool's finest ?SpywareBlaster + SpywareGuard ? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 PC Magazine Utilities From A-Z The mag is no longer in paper format, :( - but you can get to all the free utilities they offered in the past 5 years by this link.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1937,00.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ddraigcoch Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Some of my favourites freebies:After Connect to load security programs once an Internet Connection is detectedBrowser Hijacker Blaster to easily prevent your homepage and Internet Explorer being hijacked by spywareCookie Wall for managing your CookiesDependency Walker to see whether dll's are shared and dependent on other programs before uninstalling or removing programsEasy Cleaner for cleaning the Registry and redundant files, but if you're running ME/XP, you need to type "help" in the skip field, to prevent it removing the htc registry entriesEnd It All to close multiple programs in one go, prior to shutdown or for installing softwareXP Anti Spy to disable XP's "calling home" servicesIE Spyad Registry file, to add known adware/spyware sites to your Restricted Sites ZoneMailwasher to manage your SpamHTA Stop, DSO Stop, Sock Lock to disable HTA's being downloaded, to patch the Data Source Object Browser Vulneribility and to lock your Winsock to prevent it being changed by Trojan/SpywareLavasoft Adaware 6 to scan and eliminate spywareMRU Blaster to safely remove all your Most Recently Used ListsPassLock to patch the MPR.dll to prevent it disclosing password information to spyware/trojansRegistryProt to monitor the Run keys in the Registry, often changed by spyware and trojansRegshot to take before and after shots of the Registry, allowing you to compare shots when installing softwareResource Hacker allows you to open exe files and change their contentsSpider for Win95/98 to clean out your temp, temporary internet files and empty your index.datSpyware Blaster to block known malicious Active X controls at source, to prevent your browser downloading themSpybot S&D to scan and eliminate spyware, registry inconsistencies, now includes Immunization to block malicious Active X ControlsSpyblocker to monitor Port 80 (http) blocking web bugs, cookies, ads, spyware, worms, CSS, websites, scripts scanners. It's not free, but at £14 is well worth the moneyStartMan to manage your start up programs, especially useful for Win95 and Win2K users Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 nice list and all the links to them,nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clint Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Yes, nice list. I echo ellas' comments. I've just d/loaded Dependency Walker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Me too ! I was using Camtech's "Dependency" - but Dependency Walker is much better. :) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spook Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 Wow - with this kind of stuff pinned, it makes me wonder why I bother with PCa.No contributions from me (sorry), you've covered it - but I need a utility for opening RAR files. Was wondering what works best for XP, doesn't cost or bugger the system about. As unobtrusive as possible - if you have any suggestions as I didn't see anything mentioned...ThanksWin Ace (Shareware) - what you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ddraigcoch Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hi SpookPower Archiver is XP Compatible and supports RAR Files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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