System Utils Downloads   Downloads for Automation Tools , Backup Tools , Application Launchers , Connection Tweaking , System Tweaking ,System Maintenance , Registry Tools  Powertools , System Monitoring , Voice Technology ,Misc. CD-R/W Tools , Disk CleanUp, Clipboard Utilities, Command Line Tools, Disk Tools Startup Managers, File Management, Memory (RAM) Tools, Data Recovery Tools ,File Renaming Tools, Shutdown Utilities This is the page for all those checked out downloads that may interest you and ones that we have used ourselves. On a monthly basis we will update this page  and add new downloads . We try to ensure they are all freeware products and we will be changing them on a regular basis.        TO GET THE DOWNLOADS PLEASE CLICK ON THE download BUTTON under the name of the program.   ONCE SAVED RUN THE PROGRAM SETUP FROM ITS LOCATION IN YOUR COMPUTER. ALWAYS VIRUS CHECK YOUR FILES WHEN DOWNLOADED. THESE FILE ARE FROM A REPUTABLE SOURCE BUT NEVER THE LESS CHECK THEM TO BE SURE PLEASE RESPECT THE COPY WRITE LAWS IN THE PROGRAMS.          Freeware Freeware programs are either distributed for the love of humanity, for fame, or as stripped down versions of programs that do cost money. Remarkably, some of the very best programs for using the Internet are completely free. Most freeware, even though it's not commercially sold, is copyrighted by the author. Always check the license agreement if you consider using the application for anything than your personal use. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL USERS Please note that due to server restrictions that have now been placed upon myself I had to make a slight change in all download categories. The programs no longer download direct from this site but you are now taken directly to the download page of the home page for the actual program and can download it from there. I do apologise but this is the only way I could keep this web site active for everyone. AllWAY SYNC Allway Sync is a simple directory synchronization tool that allows you to keep files in two folders synchronized. The folders can be on the local drive, network machine or removable drive, and the differences are shown before the synchronization takes place. You also have the option to exclude selected files or changes the default sync direction. The program analyzes file differences based on an algorithm, rather than the system clock. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page SLICKRUN SlickRun is a 32-bit floating command line utility for ,that gives you almost instant access to any program on your computer. It allows you to create command aliases, so for example C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes "Mail". You can also enter a web URL into SlickRun and it will launch your browser and navigate to the specified address. Slickrun uses a very small command window that is small enough to be placed anywhere on your screen, and can also auto-hide to the system tray. A nice utility for powerusers.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Dexpot - virtual desktop mananger Dexpot allows you to create multiple, virtual desktops to increase the work area of your screen by up to 20 times. Each virtual desktop is independent from the others and can have its individual wallpaper, resolution, and icons (or no icons at all). You can easily switch between desktops from the tray icon, or via hotkey, or even use an automatic desktop slideshow that rotates all virtual desktops. In addition, you can move and copy windows from one desktop to another among the desktops, set up rules to automatically move, copy or close windows and more. Dextop is one of the most advanced desktop managers out there, that is easy enough for beginners, but offers some great flexibility for more demanding users as well. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page SAFEXP Safe XP allows you to quickly tweak various (basic) security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, service settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more. The settings can be saved and stored to a file, allowing you to easily alternated between specific settings. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page FABER TOYS Faber Toys is a system utility, mainly developed for power users who want to know what s going on in their Personal Computer. It may also be used by programmers as a tool for tracking their application. It provides a list of all running processes and also a list of all modules loaded by a process. For each running process, Faber Toys can display the number of threads, priority, version, description as well as the parent process. It also shows the shows the date, size, ActiveX status, version and description of each loaded module. You can chose to kill selected processes or also change their priority. Additional features include filtering, application aliasing, detailed file examination, HTML reports and much more. A great tool for power users.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page DISK CLEANER Disk Cleaner allows you to easily clean up disk space that is used by temporary files like those in the system temporary folder, the Internet Explorer Cache and Cookies folder, and the Recycle Bin. In addition, you can erase personal tracks like recently used documents, typed URLs and more. The program comes with an attractive, user friendly interface. The program also supports command line arguments, to be run in quiet mode without user intervention.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page OVERDISK OverDisk is an interactive disk space explorer that displays your hard drive with clickable charts, allowing you to spot files and folders that are the most space consuming, and also get an overall idea of how your disk space is used. It can display charts based on physical size, logical size or wasted space and allows you to quickly browse and explorer a folder with a single click.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page WINPATROL WinPatrol allows you to get a better understanding of what programs are being added to your computer. It monitors important system areas that are commonly altered by many malicious programs. This includes the startup groups (registry and startup folder), cookies and active tasks. You can terminate processes and enable or disable startup programs. The cookie monitoring option allows you to automatically delete cookies based on a keyword found in the cookie name. Additional features include a WHOIS lookup tool and an option to alert you on changes. WinPatrol is easy to understand, yet quiet powerful. Optional upgrade to a Plus version available.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page AUTORUNS AutoRuns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Services, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can highlight an entry and click the "jump to" button to launch regedit with the selected entry.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Dr. System Dr. System is a system maintenance tool, that allows you to perform routine maintenance tasks like running ScanDisk, Defragementing your disk and deleting temporary files. The program performs the operations from within an optimized environment, immediately after boot, but before your other programs are started. This allows for faster performance, better defragmenting, since fewer files are in use.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page Remove on Reboot Shell Extension Remove on Reboot Shell Extension is a simple but useful shell extension, that allows you to delete files automatically after the next reboot. This is useful if you need to deleted a file that is currently in use (locked) and cannot be deleted from within Windows. Just right-click and select "Delete on Reboot" and the file will be automatically deleted.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page Doc Scrubber Doc Scrubber allows you to view and optionally remove the hidden information contained in Microsoft .doc files. The information contains your registered name, editing time, revision information with names of users that have edited the file and more. While this information can be very useful for internal purpose, it may not be appropriate for distribution, so this little program allows you to scrub the file(s) and output a clean copy, or overwrite the originals. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Easy Uninstaller Easy Uninstaller is a tool to remove software installations from your computer. It offers a view advantages over the default Add/Remove Software applet that comes included with Windows. It loads quiet a bit faster, and displays the additional information with clickable URLs (if available). In addition, it allows you to perform multiple uninstalls in a row - just check all the software that you want to remove and the program will automatically launch the next uninstaller after the previous has finished. It also offers an option to backup your uninstall list, and to remove items from the list, if they are corrupt. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page ERUNT ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) allows you to keep a complete backup of your registry and restore it when needed. The standard registry backup options that come with Windows back up most of the registry but not all of it. ERUNT however creates a complete backup set, including the Security hive and user related sections. ERUNT is easy to use and since it creates a full backup, there are no options or choices other than to select the location of the backup files. The backup set includes a small executable that will launch the registry restore if needed. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page Service Controller XP Service Controller XP is a handy interface that allows you to control your Windows (NT/2000/XP) services. You can instantly see which ones are running and view detailed information about all the standard Windows services. In addition, the program provides information that lets you decide whether to enable or disable a service. It prevents you from accidentally disabling critical operating system services and suggest whether to disable a service or not based on the use of your computer (e.g Default, Gaming, Internet Gateway etc.) You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page PC Inspector Clone Maxx PC Inspector Clone Maxx is a DOS based hard drive cloning (copy) program that offers high speed data transfer with speeds up to 3.3 GB per minute. This high speed is achieved by PC Inspector Clone Maxx through intelligent inspection of the PC motherboard and the hard drive controller. The software independently determines the fastest data transmission rate and achieves these exceptional speeds through optimal utilization of the DMA chipset on the motherboard of your PC. PC Inspector Clone Maxx installs to a Floppy disk and needs to be inserted and run at boot time. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   PC Inspector Task Manager PC Inspector Task Manager allows you to automatically start programs at specific times or intervals. Functionality is similar to the Windows task Manager, and allows you to launch programs with optional command line parameters. In addition, this program comes with several pre-defined task options that allow you to perform schedule reboots, shutdowns (local or remote) and more. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Simply Safe Backup (Free Version) Simply Safe Backup is an easy-to-use backup program with integrated CD and DVD burning. You can backup your files to local disk, CD/DVD or to a remote FTP server ands easily restore them in full or part when needed. The interface is very similar to the NTBackup tool that comes included with XP/2000 but offers additional features as well as a search option and basic encryption of your data. Additional features include a Backup and restore wizard, options to exclude files folders, backup of files in use, volume splitting, registry backup and more.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   SyncBack SyncBack is a flexible backup and synchronization program that allows to to maintain backup copies of your files and folder, or to synchronize them, so that both locations always have a complete copy (e.g Laptop/PC). It offers different types of actions that let you choose how older and newer files are processed, which files should be excluded (by mask) and more. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   CloneSpy Do you often download files from the internet? Is your hard drive crowded with these files? Have you ever asked yourself which files you already downloaded more than one time? CloneSpy can help you saving hard drive space by detecting and removing duplicate files. CloneSpy can find files that have exactly the same contents regardless of their name, date, time and location. Moreover Clonespy is able to find files that are not exactly identical, but have the same filename. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Registry Commander Registry Commander is a registry editor, that can be used as a replacement for the standard Windows Regedit applications. It offers all the features that Regedit offers as well as many additional options. You can bookmark frequently used keys, perform advanced searches, edit registry values and more. Registry Commander provides an interface that allows you to browse the registry in a folder-like environment, but also provides a traditional tree view.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   mst IsUsedBy mst IsUsedBy is a handy little tool that reveal the processes that are currently using a specified file. It is very simple to use - just drag the file (e.g a dll) onto the interface, and it will reveal what processes are currently using it. Useful if you want to move or delete a file, but can't because it is in use.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page Service View Service View is an alternate interface to the Windows Service Manager. It lists all available services and indicates by icon colour which ones are currently running. You can quickly view and edit the properties for each service, using all standard options, as well as a few additional ones. The program does not add much functionality, however the interface is faster and more comfortable to work with than the standard Windows MMC interface. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   QuickStart QuickStart allows you to quickly find items in your Start Menu, Favourites, Recent Files, Desktop and History, that match a typed keyword. In addition, you can specify a custom directory, as well as file extensions to look for. Just type in the keyword and press enter to be presented with a list of items that match your entry - you can then select and launch the program, link or file by selecting it from the list. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   TweakUI XP                                  This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. You must uninstall any previous PowerToys before installing the new ones. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   TweakUI                                     With the Tweak UI 1.33 update, you can adjust your Windows User Interface, including menu speed, window animation, automatic logon, several privacy settings (Paranoia) and Microsoft Internet Explorer. TweakUI is available from the system Control Panel, just right click on the .INF file and select "install" You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Xteq X-Setup X-Setup is the most complete system tweaking tool today. More than 750 hidden functions can be controlled with some simple button clicks (e.g. Windows, Internet Explorer, Instant Messaging, Office, Explorer appearance, Server options, Network settings, Security...). You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   RAMBOOSTER With RamBooster you can continuously monitor the amount of available RAM. If the amount of free RAM goes too low, free more with RamBooster. RamBooster can do this automatically if you wish. Totally customizable, for predictable automatic operation. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Poweroff               Poweroff is a small program to schedule a shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff/Standby/Hibernate/Lock/Wake-On-LAN at a certain time on the local machine or a remote machine on the local network. It also supports command line options that allows power-off to be used in batch scripts. The program comes with a built-in scheduler and allows you to run another application before performing the action. In addition, you send warning messages to any use that is logged on, wait for a process to finish, remote control the program and more. PowerOff can optionally run in the system tray. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Cobian Backup               Cobian Backup is a small and simple utility to backup files and directories from some place in your computer to another place in the same computer or to a shared drive in another machine.You can set the program to automatically make a backup within regular intervals of time, for example daily, weekly etc. Cobian Backup offers additional support for PKzip compressions and can be run as a service under NT/2000/XP. cb5setup You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Internet Connection Booster 2000                Internet Connection Booster 2000 is a utility that can improve the speed at which you browse, send and receive e-mail, and download files from the Internet. Internet Connection Booster 2000 adjusts and modifies the various "hidden" configuration parameters used by the Internet protocol (TCP/IP) under Windows 95 and 98.By default, the Internet settings in both Windows 95 and 98 do not come optimized for people accessing the Internet with a Dial-Up or Modem connection, but instead come optimized for In-House Networks (LAN s). By adjusting and optimizing these settings, Internet Connection Booster 2000 can improve the performance of all your Internet-related software. Support for Internet Connection Booster 2000 is available from the home page You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   G-Lock                 G-Lock Temp Cleaner finds and cleans space-wasting garbage files on your hard drive. The program searches your drives potentially unwanted files and allows you to deal with them all with just one click. It comes pre-configured with the most common junk file types and allows you to add your custom extensions. G-Lock Temp Cleaner is easy to use and allows you to optionally delete files to the recycle bin, allowing you to restore them if you make a mistake. Additional features include network support as well as an exclusion list and support for different profiles. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page SecuRE|copy               SecuRE|copy is a file transfer tool that enables you to do local and network transfer with resume support. If you have ever copied large amounts of data from one machine to another, you know that it can be time consuming and often slow down computer performance. With SecuRE|copy, you have the option to pause and resume your file transfers at any time. The program does not replace the standard Windows copy function but rather appears as an additional option after drag/dropping a folder or drive and only jumps into action when you select it. SecuRE|copy provides a compact interface as well as an advanced interface that adds additional options like file queue, detailed statistics, buffer size variations and more. A must-have tool for power users! You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Nero CD Speed             Nero CD Speed will scan and analyze your CD drive. it includes a ScanDisc function with File Test & Surface Scan to verify the integrity of the CD as well as several other tests, including Overburning Test.The ScanDisk function consists of two parts, the File Test which simply reads all files on the disc and reports all errors and can also be used for benchmarking to give you an idea on how well the drive performs. The Surface Scan checks the quality of each sector and shows the results in a graph. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   RegSeeker              RegSeeker is a handy tool for managing several popular registry items and searching the registry by keyword. It offers quick access to Startup Entries, Uninstall Information, Colour Schemes, History items (URLs, Recent Documents etc) and IE Favourites. The program also includes a registry cleaning feature that finds invalid and unused registry entries, allowing you to delete them. RegSeeker can automatically create a backup before deleting any registry entries. The program comes with an attractive, easy to use interface. Nevertheless it is not intended for complete beginners and you should feel comfortable working with the Windows registry before using it. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Starter Starter is yet another startup manager, that allows you to view and manage all the programs that are starting automatically whenever Windows boots. It lists all the hidden registry entries, as well as the common Startup Folder items as well. You can choose to safely disable selected entries, edit them or delete them altogether (if you know what you re doing). Expert users can even add their own entries. Very nice interface, easy to use, no documentation though (but hardly needed). You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Ultimate Boot CD                     Ultimate Boot CD allows you to run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. It consolidates a wide array of popular diagnostic tools in to a bootable CD interface.                    The applications (from other companies) included are: MemTest86 Ver 3.0, Data Lifeguard Ver 10.0 for Western Digital HDD, PowerMax Ver 3.04 for Maxtor/Quantum HDD, Drive Fitness Test Ver 3.40 for IBM/Hitachi HDD, SeaTools Desktop Edition for Seagate HDD, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Ranish Partition Manager, AIDA16 - Worldwide Sysinfo Tool, F-Prot Antivirus for DOS (Note: for personal use only), Autoclave - Hard Drive Sterilization, SavePart - Partition Saving. Ultimate Boot CD provides a text-based menu after you boot your PC with the CD inserted, that lets you select the tools that you want to run. The download comes as an ISO image. You should be comfortable with command line utilities to use the software. Requires CD writing software to burn ISO image to bootable CD. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Fresh UI Fresh UI is a tool for configuring and optimizing Windows. It comes loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows such as: customizing the User Interface (UI), optimizing system settings, optimizing hardware settings, customizing Windows application settings, control user environment with policies. Fresh UI is organized by section for easy navigation and completed with detail description for easy reference. Great tool! sun Requires free email registration. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Fast Defrag Standard Fast Defrag is a tool that can free and optimize RAM and the swap-file usage. It displays current memory usage and statistics and can also be run from the command line (useful for automation). Fast Defrag cleans only the memory that was filled by previous loaded applications and does not remove Windows components or active programs from memory. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   MemTest MemTest is a RAM reliability tester. It evaluates the ability of your computer s memory to store and retrieve data. A correctly functioning computer should be able to do both these tasks with 100% accuracy day in and day out. A computer that fails these tests, perhaps because of old hardware, damaged hardware, or poorly configured hardware, will be less stable and crash more often. By running MemTest, you can ensure that your computer s RAM is correctly functioning. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Free RAM Optimizer XP Free RAM Optimizer XP is a small utility that runs in the system tray and monitors your memory usage. If the available memory drops below a certain level, it will automatically attempt to free a specified amount of RAM, making it available to other applications. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   ClearTweak ClearTweak allows you to change the contrast setting of the ClearType setting for Windows XP. The program is designed to enhance LCD displays. It may appear slightly blurry on standard desktop monitors. To use ClearType, you must have a video adapter and monitor that support a color setting of at least 256 colors. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   TweakAll TweakAll is a small program that allows you to take control over your Windows operating system. It offers access to the SendTo menu, the StartUp programs, Add/Remove entries and more. You can also free memory, make selected programs run faster, disable Internet Explorer menu items, optimize your Internet settings and some other things. TweakAll can be extended with plug-ins.   You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Smart Uninstaller Smart Uninstaller is a program that you can use instead of the standard Windows Add/Remove applet. It lists all installed applications, including hidden entries and allows you to either uninstall the application or to remove the entry alone. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   PageDefrag One of the limitations of the Windows NT/2000 defragmentation interface is that it is not possible to defragment files that are open for exclusive access. Thus, standard defragmentation programs can neither show you how fragmented your paging files or Registry hives are, nor defragment them. Paging and Registry file fragmentation can be one of the leading causes of performance degradation related to file fragmentation in a system. PageDefrag uses advanced techniques to provide you what commercial defragmenters cannot: the ability for you to see how fragmented your paging files and Registry hives are, and to defragment them. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Registrar Lite Registrar Lite is a powerful registry editor, that offers an Explorer style interface and allows you with easy access to the registry. It offers fast background search and replace, a built-in bookmark manager which allows you to add descriptions to registry keys as well as advanced registry value data editors to tweak selected keys and values. Import and export of all native registry file types are supported. When running on WinXP/2000/NT Registrar Lite offers security editors which allow you to set registry key permissions, auditing and ownership. This program is the freeware version of the advanced registry manager called Resplendent Registrar from the same author. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Registry Cleaner Registry Cleaner is a tool to scan the Windows registry for invalid entries and to optionally remove or edit them. Upon start, it scans the registry for invalid entries and displays a list of them in a tree view. Furthermore, you can specify a backup folder location and protect selected keys. Requires free registration. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Windows Registry Guide The Windows Registry Guide contains tips, tricks & tweaks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows 95, 98, ME & NT/2000 operating systems, all packaged in a convenient Windows HTML help file. A must have if you are getting started or are an advanced user that wants to find some additional tweaking tips. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.0 PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data-recovery program for Flash Card, Smart Media, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, and Secure Digital Card. The software will bring back deleted pictures from any digital camera media. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page   Startup Mechanic 1.0 Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error-free with Startup-Mechanic. Startup-Mechanic will scan your system for known data mining, advertising, and tracking components, and rid your system of these tracking components, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web. You will be taken directly to the download section of the home page