Interesting Sites

Interesting Sites for various categories 

• Windows

SP3 for Windows XP     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4

SP1 for Windows Vista 32-bits     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyID=F559842A-9C9B-4579-B64A-09146A0BA746
SP2 for Windows Vista 32-bits     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=891AB806-2431-4D00-AFA3-99FF6F22448D
SP1 for Windows Vista 64-bits     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=86D267BD-DFCD-47CF-AA76-DC0626DCDF10
SP2 for Windows Vista 64-bits     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8AD69826-03D4-488C-8F26-074800C55BC3
System Update Readiness for Vista/7     support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/
c`t Offline Updater     www.h-online.com/security/Offline-Update--/features/112953
AutoPatcher Updater     www.autopatcher.com/downloads
AutoStreamer (SP slipstreaming)     www.majorgeeks.com/download4444.html
nLite: slipstreaming Windows XP     www.nliteos.com
vLite: slipstreaming Windows Vista     www.vlite.net
Download DLL-files     www.dll-files.com

• Hardware

Double Driver (back-up drivers)     www.boozet.org/download.htm
DriverMax (back-up drivers)     www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax
Driverpacks XP     www.driverpacks.net/driverpacks/latest
Driverpacks Vista     forum.driverpacks.net
PowerStrip (optimizing video card)     www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm
GPU-Z     www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
CPU-Z, PC Wizard, Hardware Monitor     www.cpuid.com
HardDisk Health     www.panterasoft.com
SpeedFan     www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Intel Active Monitor     www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm
Hardware Sensors Monitor     www.hmonitor.net
Intel Chipsets & Graphics     www.intel.com/support/chipsets

• Partition\Multiboot\MSDOS

GParted Live CD     gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
EASEUS Partition Manager     www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
Parted Magic     partedmagic.com
Paragon Partition Manager     www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal
MrBooter en EFDISK     www.masterbooter.com
Ranish Partition Manager     ranish.com/part
EasyBCD     www.neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
GRUB boot loader     www.gnu.org/software/grub

• Bootdisk/boot CD

MS-DOS BootDisk images     www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Bart`s PE builder     www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
VistaPE     www.vistape.net
Ultimate Boot CD     www.ultimatebootcd.com
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows     www.ubcd4win.com
System Rescue CD     www.sysresccd.org
MemTest86+     www.memtest.org/#downiso
Knoppix     www.knoppix.org
DBAN: Darik`s Boot And Nuke     www.dban.org/
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool     www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm

• TWEAK Software

TWEAKUI Powertoys voor XP     www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
TWEAK Outlook Express     downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new/internet/e_mail/QWOeTweakerInstall101.exe
X-Setup     www.x-setup.net
IE7 Runonce Remover     www.download.com/IE7-Runonce-Remover/3000-8022_4-10683012.html
Vistalizator (change interface language)     www.froggie.sk
Windows SteadyState     www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

• Registry tools

NT Registry Optimizer     www.snapfiles.com/get/ntregopt.html
WinRescue     www.superwin.com
Tracker     www.evans-programming.com/tracker.asp
Advanced Registry Tracer     www.elcomsoft.com/art.html

• System cleaning

Windows Installer Clean Up     support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/nl
WMUtil (repair Windows Mail archive)     www.oehelp.com/wmutil
PC Decrapifier     www.pcdecrapifier.com
UpdateStar     www.updatestar.com
Ad-Aware     www.download.com/Ad-Aware-Anniversary-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html
Windows Defender     www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d
Disktective     www.disktective.com
SpaceSniffer     www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
Duplicate Cleaner     www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/content/duplicate-cleaner
Active@ Eraser     www.active-eraser.com
Eraser     www.heidi.ie/eraser
Process Library     www.processlibrary.com
AutoRuns, Process Explorer, …     technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals
Unlocker     ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
IE History View     www.nirsoft.net/utils/iehv.html

• Synchronisation tools

Windows Mobile Device Center     www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/device-center-download.mspx
SyncBack Freeware     www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware
Dropbox     www.dropbox.com
SyncPlicity     www.syncplicity.com
Windows Live Mesh     www.mesh.com
Windows Live Sync     www.foldershare.com
Windows Live SkyDrive     skydrive.live.com

• Office utilities

Windows Live Mail     download.live.com/wlmail
Attachment Options for Outlook     www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
Outlook Connector     office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102218231043.aspx
NewsGator Inbox (RSS in Outlook)     www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NewsGatorInbox
OpenOffice.org     www.openoffice.org
FlashPaste (quickly pasting text)     www.download.com/Flashpaste-Lite/3000-2384_4-10537714.html
WordWeb (english dictionary)     www.wordweb.info
1-Click Answers (english dictionary)     www.answers.com/main/download_answers_win.jsp
Notepad++     notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
SharePoint Designer 2007 (voorheen FrontPage)      office.microsoft.com/nl-nl/sharepointdesigner/default.aspx

• Internet tools

NetStumbler     www.netstumbler.com
Vistumbler     www.vistumbler.net
Copernic Agent Basic (meta internet search)     www.copernic.com
Autoroute SMTP     www.mailutilities.com/ars
Google Calendar Sync     www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955
AM-DeadLink (cleaning up favorites)     www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm

• Anti-spam

MailWasher     www.mailwasher.net
SPAMfighter     www.spamfighter.com/product_Info.asp
SpamAware     www.jam-software.com/freeware/
SpamExperts     www.spamexperts.com/en/solutions/smes-private-users/desktop/introduction.html
Spamihilator     www.spamihilator.com/

• Security

Comodo Internet Security     www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
PC Tools Firewall Plus     www.pctools.com/firewall/
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall     www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/free-upgrade-security-suite-zonealarm-firewall.htm
Sunbelt Personal Firewall     www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-Firewall/
Avira AntiVir Personal     www.free-av.com
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition     free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
avast! antivirus Home Edition     www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
PortForward.com     www.portforward.com
Replacing HOSTS file     www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
AxCrypt (file encryption)     www.axantum.com/AxCrypt
Keepass (password management)     www.keepass.info

• Free online virusscans

Trend Micro HouseCall     housecall.trendmicro.com
McAfee     us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Panda     www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
Bitdefender     www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html
Kaspersky     usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-virus-scanner.php

• Recovering passwords

NirSoft Password Recovery Utilities     www.nirsoft.net
Cain & Abel     www.oxid.it/cain.html
FTP Password Recovery     www.gsmblog.com/freeware/fpr/index.htm
Password Recovery tools     www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html
Password Revealer     www.rekenwonder.com/revealer.htm
Free Word/Excel Password Recovery     www.freewordexcelpassword.com
Excel Password Remover 2009     www.straxx.com/excel/password.html
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor     home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd
Ophcrack     ophcrack.sourceforge.net
CmosPwd (decrypting BIOS password)     www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
ProduKey (CD product keys)     www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
LicenseCrawler (CD product keys)     www.klinzmann.name/licensecrawler.htm
RockXP (CD product keys)     www.rockxp.org

• ZIP/image software

Partition Saving     www.partition-saving.com
Macrium Reflect     www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
DriveImage XML     www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
DrvImagerXP     www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/DrvImagerXP.shtml
HDClone     www.miray.de/download/sat.hdclone.html
7-Zip (zip/unzip)     www.7-zip.org

• FTP software

Core FTP LE     www.coreftp.com
FileZilla     filezilla-project.org

• Live Messenger

Live Messenger     download.live.com/?sku=messenger
A-patcher     www.apatch.org
Messenger Plus! Live (add features)     www.msgpluslive.net
ConCon Retriever: back-up emoticons, winks,…     concon.110mb.com

• PDF software

Adobe Reader     get.adobe.com/reader/
PrimoPDF (create PDF)     www.primopdf.com
PDFCreator (create PDF)     www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator
CutePDF Writer (create PDF)     www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp
PDF995 (create PDF)     www.pdf995.com
PDF Toolkit (editing PDF)     www.sheelapps.com/index.php?p=PDFTools.HomePage

• Other software

Virtual PC + Windows XP mode     www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
Virtual PC 2007     www.microsoft.com/netherlands/ondernemers/downloads/virtualpc2007.aspx
HxD (hexadecimal editor)     mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
Net Profiles (automatic switching network)     code.google.com/p/netprofiles/
NetSetMan (atuomatic switching network)     www.netsetman.com
ShadowExplorer (browsing shadow copies of files)     www.shadowexplorer.com
PC Inspector File Recovery and Smart Recovery     www.pcinspector.de
Recuva     www.recuva.com
Nero 9 Free     www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php
IsoBuster (CD/DVD recovery)     www.smart-projects.net/
ISO Recorder     www.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
Virtual CloneDrive (loading virtual CD images)     www.slysoft.com/nl/virtual-clonedrive.html
Total Commander     www.ghisler.com
Paint.Net     www.getpaint.net
Picasa (picture management)     picasa.google.com
HoverSnap (printscreen to file)     www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
CamStudio (capture video from screen)     camstudio.org
TaskSwitchXP     www.ntwind.com/software/taskswitchxp.html
John`s Background Switcher     www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/
Any Wallpaper     www.anyutils.com/anywall.php
TrayIt! (minimizing to system tray)     www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm
MultiMon (multiple monitors)     www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm
IconRestorer (save iconposition desktop)     fsl.sytes.net/iconrestorer.html
MozBackup (for Mozilla products)     mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
MBX2EML     luethje.eu/prog/
GSpot Codec     www.headbands.com/gspot
MediaInfo     mediainfo.sourceforge.net/nl
K-Lite Codec Pack     www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm
Vista Codec Pack     www.free-codecs.com/vista_codec_package_download.htm

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