Software
This is a list of programs that members have found useful. Please email Laurence with any other recommendations.
Internet
Cute FTP
CuteFTP simplifies FTP by offering a user-friendly Windows interface instead of a cumbersome command line utility. CuteFTP gives novice PC users the ability to upload, download and edit files on remote FTP servers around the world.
Forte Agent
Forte Agent is a powerful and easy-to-use newsreader. It allows you to browse newsgroups both online and offline.
Get Right
GetRight is a tool to help you download files from the Internet. It plugs into your web browser and catches clicks on downloadable files, which can be resumed if the connection is broken.
Web Washer
WebWasher is a powerful filter program for Web pages developed initially by Siemens. It is installed on your PC or server as an add-on to your browser. Unwanted content - such as advertising - is not even loaded via the network.
Zone Alarm
ZoneAlarm is an Internet security utility and firewall that detects Internet access on your computer and controls which programs have access to the Internet.
Ad-Aware SE
Ad-Aware SE is the award winning and industry leading line of antispyware solutions and represents the next generation in Spyware detection and removal. It is quite simply the most advanced solution available to protect your privacy. With the all new Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology that we have developed, you will not only be protected from know content, but will also have advanced protection against many of their unknown variants.
Graphics
ACD See
ACDSee is several tools in one. A full-featured image Viewer quickly generates a high quality display of your image. The image Browser lets you efficiently find and organise your images. ACDSee also provides several image manipulation functions, including a convenient Photo Enhancer.
Hyper Snap
HyperSnap-DX is a screen capture tool for Win 9x, ME, 2000 and NT. Captures screens from standard desktop programs and hard-to-grab DirectX/Direct3D, 3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games. HyperSnap-DX 4 even snags frames from many DVD players and other video software.
Icon Forge
IconForge allows you to create new or edit existing icons, cursors and other small images for use with your Windows desktop.
MultiMedia Builder
MultiMedia Builder authoring system allows you to create autorun CD menus, Multimedia Applications on CD-ROM, Demos, Presentations, MP3 players and much more. The software is great for beginners as well as for advanced users. MMB creates small stand-alone Windows exe applications and has all the bells and whistles you will ever need.
Paint Shop Pro
Paint Shop Pro contains all the tools you need for creating, editing, and retouching your images. It is friendly enough for the casual user who wants to enhance family photographs, yet powerful enough for the professional who needs to create multi-layered graphics.
Xara 3D
Xara3D produces high quality three-dimensional images and nothing else. These images would typically be used on Web pages although they can be used anywhere. Xara3D can create animated 3D images with absolute ease (AVI movie or GIF). You have control over the text, the font, the depth of the 3D extrude, the type of the bevel on the edges and the lighting.
Audio
Sound Forge
Sound Forge is one of the most comprehensive digital sound editors you can get. Sample from any sound source using your sound card and then manipulate the wav file. Filters, conversions, reverb, chorus, playlists (to re-arrange sections of the file in real time) and many other features can be added to with third party plug ins.
Win Amp
Win Amp is an MP3 file player with the ability to use plug ins to add to it's capabilities. It can play wav,midi,CD,mod files and can display graphics in time with the music played. Using skins you can change the look of the program, and it's currently free!
Mp3tag
Mp3tag is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit tags of several supported audio formats. It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for selected files or CDs.
Utilities
Create Install
CreateInstall 2000 is designed for beginners as well as professionals. It's purpose is to create quality installation programs for your applications, self-extracting archives and other similar products. The installer creates compact, easy to use, fully featured installations, with many capabilities. It also supports any language without having to re-compile the program. The output (setup) files are compact (adding only 30k to the file size) and easy to install with a wide variety of options.
End It All
Some programs, particularly install programs, ask you to terminate all other programs before proceeding. EndItAll handles the job with the click of a button. It does its best to terminate every program except Explorer, the system tray, and itself. It's also useful for burning CDs, when you don't want other programs to interfere with the transfer rate.
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Fine Print
FinePrint is a printer driver for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. FinePrint prints any multi-page document onto fewer sheets of paper by printing 1, 2, 4, or 8 document pages onto each physical sheet of paper, while maintaining document integrity and clarity. FinePrint also allows you to customise your printouts by adding headers, footers, and watermarks to your pages.
Trans Text
A small system tray utility that removes the coloured background behind the text below your icons on your desktop. You can select your own text colour or background colour if you don't want it transparent.
ultra Edit
UltraEdit is an excellent replacement for NOTEPAD and a lot more, with support for unlimited file sizes, 100,000 word spelling checker, full HEX editing capabilities, configurable syntax highlighting for programmers, column editing.
Win Image
A disk image is a file which is an exact and complete image of a floppy disk. The image contains information on the disk format and structure, such as FAT, boot sector, directories, and all files. By using WinImage, you can create an exact copy of an original disk, including non-standard capacity and format disks. You can also create ISO images of CD-ROMS.
Win RAR
WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of the RAR archiver - a powerful tool which allows you to create, manage and control archive files. Similar to Win Zip, Win RAR also offers multimedia compression, as well as self extracting files and integration into Explorer.
WinZip
Win Zip is the original program for handling zip files. Compress files for easy distribution, password protect them, include a full path structure and more. Fully integrated into Explorer, it is one the must have programs for your PC.
Bulk Rename Utility
The Bulk Rename Utility is a simple utility which allows you to rename multiple files and folders, based upon flexible criteria. For example, you can add a prefix or suffix to a file, or you can change three letters with four other letters in a filename. There are lots of ways to manipulate file and folder names.
Video
Power DVD
Power DVD is a software DVD player with full resolution playback, captioning, still capture, complete navigational support, bookmarks and other features. You can also apply skins to change the look of the player.
TMPGEnc
TMPGenc converst AVI, QuickTime and other video formats to MPEG1 or MPEG2 files. Create DVD/VCD ready files, tweaking the video settings and frame size. Batch convert files, split the audio and video into seperate files or combine files together.