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[Mark Zanger]

Nominated already: Textpad, Photoshop, Netscape 7Odd things I use a lot: FTP Navigator, TC Monitor (freeware part of "The Cleaner"), tables in MS WordTwo favorites from ten years ago working at a magazine with old MACs: z-term, organicer (the best $7 shareware program I ever registered, I sent a check to some kid in Norway).Common software I'm surprised no one mentioned: Quicken, HR Block Tax-Cut8-bit memory: RogueBest one-hour problem solvers: Norton Disc Doctor, Partition MagicOdd personal preferences: Adobe Go-Live and In-Design over Dreamweaver and Quark XPress

[Jeber]

I've been preparing a review of EverNotefor Lockergnome, and I can't express how impressed I am with this note-taking and note-storage application.From their site:

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All Your Notes in One PlaceWith EverNote, all your notes are stored in one convenient place: an endless digital roll of paper. No need to search through folders, files, bookmarked web pages or scraps of paper.Take Notes in Any FormatEverNote works with all types of notes, including Text Notes, Web/HTML, Digital Ink, and many types of images.Fast Search & RetrievalMultiple methods for finding notes: visually, by time, categories, automatic labeling and keywords.Categories, Not FoldersNo need to limit your notes to one folder; you can assign multiple categories to your notes for easy organization and retrieval.NEW! AIR-search in imagesSearch photos and graphics stored in your notes to find embedded typed or handwritten text. Use it for snapshots of whiteboards, product labels, in-store packaging and pricing, business cards, trade show badges, and more.

It's available as freeware, shareware and as a mobile application.  I use the paid version, but the free version is full-featured enough for the casual user.  No longer do I have to open a notepad app to copy text to then open My Documents to find a place to store the info.  Now I simply click the taskbar EverNote icon and paste.  It saves automatically.  This one app has revolutionized the way I keep notes in Windows.Now if they'd only make a Linux version...

[Catmoves]

Nominees: CCleaner and IE 7. Micro$oft finally seems to be getting it right. Oh, and with IE 7 I love Calling ID. Look it over for yourself. Firefox simply does NOT work on my 'puter.

[Jeber]

Twitterand FriendFeed.  I'm quickly becoming addicted.

[Gary]

FirefoxOffice 2007JV16 Power Tools 2008Vista ManagerSIWSpywareBlaster 4.0Spyware TerminatorTotal Unistall 4.0X-Setup ProPaint.NetAvast

[RandomBox]

Jeber, on May 20 2007, 05:59 PM, said:

I've been preparing a review of EverNotefor Lockergnome, and I can't express how impressed I am with this note-taking and note-storage application. ...

This EverNote sounds like a genetic improvement via a combination of EditPad +ClipCache +MicrosoftOffice OneNote, spliced together with great results.  Thank you!RipBot264 for video conversion as a FREEware is pretty nifty.Cheers

[striker]

UltraEdithttp://www.ultraedit.com/index.html(BTW: I'm too lazy to read the whole thread, so in case it was already mentioned, I apologize. Aha, found them, #23 #25 #44 #138 )Their support: top of the notch.

[abarbarian]

Don't like filling in "user names or passwords" then this is for you. The FREE version only allows 10 logins to sites. You can use Robo Form with GNU/Linux with their on-line tools but I have never done this. http://www.roboform.com/features.htmlhttp://www.roboform....q_fixedportableI ended up getting the Pro version for £7 via one of those try this get this free deals and I must say it has made life a lot easier.  

[jcgriff2]

My #1 favorite app = Altap Salamander file manager - http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/I use it in lieu of Windows Explorer because Altap, running at elevated admin level, will allow you to go places in Windows 7 & Vista that Windows Explorer never will.  Current version 2.54 is x86, so you will be redirected to the x86 \windows\syswow64 when accessing the x64  \windows\system32.A great compromise included in v2.54 until an x64 version released - you can access \windows\system32 through the virtual \windows\sysnative directory (icon appears as a shortcut or Junction).Altap can handle zip, rar, cab, iso, compressed, + other files; has FTP interface and much more.

[LilBambi]

jcgriff2, on Oct 15 2011, 03:20 AM, said:

My #1 favorite app = Altap Salamander file manager - http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/I use it in lieu of Windows Explorer because Altap, running at elevated admin level, will allow you to go places in Windows 7 & Vista that Windows Explorer never will.  Current version 2.54 is x86, so you will be redirected to the x86 \windows\syswow64 when accessing the x64  \windows\system32.A great compromise included in v2.54 until an x64 version released - you can access \windows\system32 through the virtual \windows\sysnative directory (icon appears as a shortcut or Junction).Altap can handle zip, rar, cab, iso, compressed, + other files; has FTP interface and much more.

I used to love salamander file manager, but these folks want $30 for it. Used to be freeware. Oh, wait, that was Servant Salamander file manager free. That has been around since at least Windows 95. Not sure if it even works with Windows 7/Vista or 64-bit. So if one really likes a 'stereo' windows file manager shell, similar to Norton Commander or mc in linux but in true GUI form, Altap Salamander File Manager would be it now. I love a dual panel or 'stereo shell (404 on the files now)' (another good one that's gone the way of the 'divide by zero' error and never fixed). We talked about File Manager replacements like these in this topic here on the forums.Welcome John C Griffith/jcgriff2 aka J C Griffith, friend of our own Corrine! And a wonderful specialist in Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)! Welcome!!Great welcome!

[Tushman]

jcgriff2, on Oct 15 2011, 02:20 AM, said:

My #1 favorite app = Altap Salamander file manager - http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/I use it in lieu of Windows Explorer because Altap, running at elevated admin level, will allow you to go places in Windows 7 & Vista that Windows Explorer never will.  Current version 2.54 is x86, so you will be redirected to the x86 \windows\syswow64 when accessing the x64  \windows\system32.A great compromise included in v2.54 until an x64 version released - you can access \windows\system32 through the virtual \windows\sysnative directory (icon appears as a shortcut or Junction).Altap can handle zip, rar, cab, iso, compressed, + other files; has FTP interface and much more.

Welcome John!

[jcgriff2]

Thank you for the warm welcome.My apologies for not mentioning that Altap Salamander was not freeware. On the -0- cost side, the SysInternals Suite by Mark Russinovich available free from Microsoft TechNet is at the top of my list.  My favorites out of the 70 stand-alone executables:- AutoRuns- LoadOrder- Process Explorer- Process MonitorThese 4 specifically have helped to solve a variety of system problems for users seeking help.

[LilBambi]

Excellent choices! Certainly all of those are my personal favorites. Don't you have a BSOD information gathering program that you wrote as well?

LilBambi, on Oct 21 2011, 08:34 AM, said:

Excellent choices! Certainly all of those are my personal favorites. Don't you have a BSOD information gathering program that you wrote as well?

Maybe you will be so kind as to post a similar posting like you have on other Windows Forums and then we can Pin it so folks will find it easily.

[Corrine]

LilBambi, on Oct 21 2011, 08:35 AM, said:

Excellent choices! Certainly all of those are my personal favorites. Don't you have a BSOD information gathering program that you wrote as well? ;)Maybe you will be so kind as to post a similar posting like you have on other Windows Forums and then we can Pin it so folks will find it easily.

Without a doubt, jcgriff2's BSOD File Collection application is the tool of choice for analyzing BSOD's.  However, complete analysis of BSOD's generally requires not only that tool, but often others as well that have rather large output and need to be zipped and attached to forum posts for review by qualified analysts.  That said, a separate topic -- or group of topics --  on updating drivers, harddrive & memory diagnostics, etc. in The Learning Center would be an outstanding addition for Windows users.  Between jcgriff2 and others such as usasma (John Carrona), there is an incredible amount of knowledge.

[Tushman]

Corrine, on Oct 21 2011, 01:05 PM, said:

Without a doubt, jcgriff2's BSOD File Collection application is the tool of choice for analyzing BSOD's.  However, complete analysis of BSOD's generally requires not only that tool, but often others as well that have rather large output and need to be zipped and attached to forum posts for review by qualified analysts.

I'm not sure that I would consider myself to be n the "qualified" category, but on topic of analyzing output data, I have found windows debugger a very useful tool in troubleshooting very perplexing problems where standards tools/applications have left me stymied.  There is both a 32-bit & 64-bit version available on the download page.

Edited by Tushman, 21 October 2011 - 07:38 PM.

[LilBambi]

Corrine, on Oct 21 2011, 02:05 PM, said:

Without a doubt, jcgriff2's BSOD File Collection application is the tool of choice for analyzing BSOD's.  However, complete analysis of BSOD's generally requires not only that tool, but often others as well that have rather large output and need to be zipped and attached to forum posts for review by qualified analysts.  That said, a separate topic -- or group of topics --  on updating drivers, harddrive & memory diagnostics, etc. in The Learning Center would be an outstanding addition for Windows users.  Between jcgriff2 and others such as usasma (John Carrona), there is an incredible amount of knowledge.

That would be wonderful!!!

[Corrine]

We'll have to see how much time he has available.  

[abarbarian]

  Exact Audio Copy   is a so called audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives.With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip.

[abarbarian]

Seeing as I am on a roll.

NetWorx – Free Bandwidth Monitoring and Usage Reporting

Key Features

• Clear graphic and/or numeric display.
  
• Usage reports with export to a variety of file formats, including Excel, MS Word and HTML.
  
• Permits close supervision of uploads and downloads.
  
• Works with dial-up, ISDN, cable modems, ADSL, Ethernet cards, and more.
  
• Includes network information & testing tools with advanced netstat that displays applications using your Internet connection.
  
• Option to notify user or disconnect from the Internet automatically when network activity exceeds a certain level.
  
• Speed meter to accurately time downloads and report the average transfer rates.
  
• Dial-up session journal with detailed information about every session.
  
• Absolutely free and does not contain any adware/spyware/malware.

[Temmu]

nice finds, abarbarian!

of note, as i type this, the top of the page is jan of 2007! and the entry before abarbarian's is oct 2011!

[temmu takes air hose and blows piles of dust off of self & this thread.]

[LilBambi]

Yes, thanks to abarbarian for resurrecting the topic!

There are so many new programs and it's great to know if they are any good!

[RandomBox]

Woot!  It has been almost 10 years (05 June 2003) since this post was initially started.
Thank you abarbarian, for the "networx" utility link.  If it was not for my trusted PAYware DUMeter; I would definitely be using your FREEware recommendation.

One of my all time favorite FREEware programs going all the way back to WinXP days has got to be BillP Studios WinPatrol.
WinPatrol has saved my bacon so many times that I paid for a permanent license for it many a moon ago.
Recently, I was recommended a set of FREEware utilities from Nirsoft and they are worthy to try out.

Afterall, friends should only recommend friends FREEware!

[crp]

I nominate No Script , which I gladly donate once a year to . Whenever i'm on a pc without it I wonder how people using the pc manage surf productively. It is really the main reason IE is not my main web browser.