What Free Software do you use?

ossie

Spy Ware Terminator

Free 100% Real-Time Protection is included in Spyware Terminator basic version – an essential function most other applications charge you extra for. Effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats

http://www.spywareterminator.com/

-

Shawz

BGInfo

Displays info about your pc on the background eg IP address etc



http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/bginfo.mspx


I also use the netsh command in batch files to change my TCPIP setting when using my laptop in different places

e.g

set ip address
netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 155.6.1.200 255.255.0.0 155.6.2.1 1

set primary dns
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 195.6.80.163 register-primary

set secondary dns
netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection" 195.6.80.164 index=2


If you want to set your ip and dns to dhcp then its as follows

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp

I then also use bginfo in the batch file as I have created a different background depending on which network I am using

e.g
"c:\tools\bginfo.exe" "c:\tools\network1.bgi" /timer:0

Much cheaper then buying software to do it!
Hope this helps someone

Shawz

Lots of useful free software here

http://www.nirsoft.net/




The main ones I have used so far are

Recover lost password for an outlook pst file

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pst_password.html





View Internet History

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iehv.html



Both of these program can run straight for a USB stick or CD Rom as they don't need to be installed.

Hope these help someone

simate

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more. You get MediaPortal as Open Source software. This means you can help in developing MediaPortal or tweak it for your own needs with lots of innovating plugins from our great community.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

marka87uk

chuckles1066 wrote: »

There are some (acknowledged by the author) display issues with XP systems so I found TClock Light which does exactly the same but is cosmetically superior:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclocklight/index.html

You could also drag the taskbar so it's twice as high as standard, then it displays the date.

darkteckno

Ubuntu Linux https://www.ubuntu.com

simate

Vignetting Reducer for all you budding photographers out there.

darktechno, Ubuntu has already been mentioned on page 1 lol

indesisiv

I use super converter from here http://www.erightsoft.com/Superdc.html

It converts pretty much any audio - movie file to other version.
eg. mpg - gp2
mpg - mp3

allows you to just take the sound or images from movies etc.

Hope this helps someone

Steve

darkteckno

simate wrote: »

Vignetting Reducer for all you budding photographers out there.

darktechno, Ubuntu has already been mentioned on page 1 lol

Doh! If any one is interested in Ubuntu the latest release comes out in 4 days time!

Miró

Autostitch™

The world's first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever, Autostitch is a breakthrough technology for panoramic photography, VR and visualisation applications. This is the first solution to stitch any panorama completely automatically, whether 1D (horizontal) or 2D (horizontal and vertical).


Autostitch is built using cutting edge research from the AI lab at UBC, but it's incredibly simple to use! Just select a set of photos, and Autostitch does the rest: digital photos in, panoramas out.


http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html