Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 81 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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Ammyy Admin: quick remote PC access with nothing to install, configure, or register
November 19, 2008 – 9:52 pm | 12 Comments

Ammyy Admin Screenshot Ammyy Admin is a free remote computer access tool that offers quick, easy, and reliable connections with nothing to install, no accounts to sign up for, and no technical configuration or messing with IP addresses and routers. It offers file transfers and desktop sharing, and can be used to connect with unattended machines.

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“Everything”: small, lightning fast desktop search for NTFS drives
November 1, 2008 – 10:27 pm | 63 Comments

Everything Screenshot“Everything” is a free, lightning fast file and folder name search program that offers right-click context menu integration. It works with NTFS filesystem hard drives only because it does not scan your hard drive but rather uses the Master File Table of the NTFS volume to build its database.

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GTD-Free: a simple yet powerful GTD-based task manager
October 17, 2008 – 8:52 pm | 19 Comments

GTD-free screenshot overview tabGTD-Free is a multiplatform, free task management program that is based on the “Getting Things Done” (GTD) methodology. It aims to be lightweight and simple while offering a wide range of features such as editable lists, projects, priorities, etc.

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ComiX: browse more than 150 comic strips in one small interface
October 16, 2008 – 5:24 am | 9 Comments

Comix screenshotComiX is free comic strip browser that downloads and displays more than 150 comic strips browsable by their publication date.

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TED: find and download your favorite TV shows
October 10, 2008 – 7:44 am | 14 Comments

TED screenshot - main interfaceTED (Torrent Episode Downloader) is a free tool that can find episodes of almost any TV show for downloading using a torrent client. It’s database of torrent sources is updated periodically to include new shows, and the program allows users to search for and add any shows that are not listed.

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Remobo: instant VPN, filesharing, and remote desktop control
October 8, 2008 – 6:37 am | 19 Comments

Remobo ScreenshotRemobo is free app that can connect computers instantly via VPN. Based on a P2P structure, it allows you to connect to and control your computer remotely, to access your files from anywhere, and to run any application between computers on top of Remobo. It also offers secure file shares via private BitTorrents as well as the ability to share your entire music collection online using Remobo and Opentape. Remobo is multiplatform Windows and Mac OSX.

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Desktask: display your Outlook tasks and calendar items on the desktop
October 1, 2008 – 8:46 pm | 14 Comments

Desktask screenshotDesktask is a freeware companion to Outlook that displays Tasks and Calendar events for the entire week on your desktop. Desktask will periodically access Outlook and refresh its displayed data according to a user-defined time period.

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MobaLiveCD: launch Linux LiveCDs from within Windows
September 30, 2008 – 9:16 pm | 6 Comments

MobaLiveCD ScreenshotMobaLiveCD is a free program that can run Linux Live CD’s on Windows in emulation mode without the need to burn the Live CD ISO into a CD and boot into it.

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Slax: boot into a portable Linux on a USB
September 30, 2008 – 4:55 am | 9 Comments

Slax ScreenshotSlax is a Slackware-based Linux operating system that can be run on Live CD, booted from USB, or run from RAM. It is small in size yet highly customizable and comes with a full range of pre-installed applications.

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PrinterShare: share any printer over the internet
September 26, 2008 – 11:51 pm | 19 Comments

Shareprint screenshotPrinterShare is a free service that allows your computer to share printers with any other computer, given that both are online and running the PrinterShare software. Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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OSD Mute: displays Mute status on the desktop
September 24, 2008 – 8:11 pm | 12 Comments

OSD-mute ScreenshotOSD-Mute is a tiny free app that displays a semi-transparent “Mute On” message on your desktop whenever the system volume is muted.

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xNeat Clipboard Manager: a lightweight clipboard manager with a number of useful functions
September 22, 2008 – 9:52 pm | 10 Comments

xNeat Clipboard Manager Screenshot - translate textXNeat Clipboard Manager is a free clipboard manager program that allows you to maintain a history clipped text, files, and folders and to use these to perform a number of useful functions, including pasting historical items, searching for clipped text in Google, translating clipped text, making clipped items “permanent” (sticky) for later use, and a number of other functions.

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