Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 71 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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Copy Handler: speed up and control file copying and moving operations
June 5, 2008 – 7:51 am | 37 Comments

Copy Handller context menuCopy Handler is an open source program that resides in memory and significantly enhances the copying or moving of large files in Windows. It introduces the ability to pause and resume copy/move operations, can speed up transfers by up to 6-7 times, and adds filtering functions that determine exactly which files and folders to copy or move.

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Bradicon: convert images to icons using this web app
June 3, 2008 – 11:07 pm | 3 Comments

bradicon screenshotBradicon is a web service that will convert any image you upload to 32-bit icons in ICO format that you can then download.

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Easy2Add: schedule meetings and events in Outlook quickly and easily
June 3, 2008 – 3:57 pm | 7 Comments

Easy2add screenshotEasy2Add for Outlook is a small app that allows you to quickly set up meetings, appointments, or events with Outlook using simple, regular English syntax. Accessed through the system tray or the Vista sidebar, this program resides in the background until you need it, without needing to open Outlook.

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Bonesaw: travel back in time with this playable, retro platformer
June 2, 2008 – 8:00 pm | 3 Comments

bonesaw-32Bonesaw is a platform game which in terms of graphics, sound, and even the gameplay has a retro look and feel. The fast-paced action involves travelling through 30 levels of the game, solving puzzles and fighting bad guys.

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Deleket icons on deviantART: download outstanding free icon packs
May 31, 2008 – 4:19 am | 6 Comments

deleket icons4Deleket’s icon gallery on deviantART features multiple, freely downloadable icon packs provided for free download under the Creative Commons license.

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Ubericon: add visual effects to your icons
May 29, 2008 – 7:49 am | 8 Comments

UberIcons Screenshot4UberIcon is a windows tweak that adds visual effects when double clicking on an icon. It comes with three different effects to choose from, extendible by downloading and installing additional plugins from the Ubericon website.

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Phantasmagoria: transform your images with an arsenal of cool effects
May 29, 2008 – 6:23 am | 14 Comments

Phantasmagoria ScreenshotPhantasmagoria is a free image manipulation program that offers a number of potential interventions, ranging from common editing operations (scaling, rotating, cropping, annotation, etc.) to sophisticated effects such as adding background textures, applying color adjustments, distortion and warping, blurring and sharpening, and a number of other effects. It also includes Flickr and Twitter uploading support, as well as the option to receive Twitter messages.

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Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer: get better performance out of XP
May 28, 2008 – 8:41 pm | 9 Comments

Thoosje screenshotThoosje Quick XP Optimizer is a free program that provides 1-click performance enhancement for Windows XP, including faster startup, faster HD access, faster apps, faster intente, and faster overall system performance. It also offers the option to completely undo whatever intervention that it performed on a system.

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CloseWin: instantly close all open windows
May 27, 2008 – 6:19 am | 2 Comments

CloseWin ScreenshotCloseWin can close all open windows and programs in the taskbar in a single swoop. It also allows the user to create profiles for and selectively close windows/programs based on text in the window.

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Pteroglider: blast your enemies to oblivion
May 24, 2008 – 5:45 am | 2 Comments

Pteroglider ScreenshotPteroglider is a vertical scrolling shoot em up featuring four levels of non-stop action, outstanding production qualities, and an innovative "mouse targeting" firing system.

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Desk Drive: get automatic drive/media shortcuts on your desktop
May 23, 2008 – 4:00 pm | 16 Comments

Desk Drive ScreenshotDesk Drive is a free program that adds automatic shortcuts on the desktop to flash drives and other media when you plug them in, and removes these shortcuts automatically when the drives are unplugged. Supported media include (CD’s/DVD’s, removable drives, fixed drives, networked and RAM drives).

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