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FREE SOFTWARE
WINDOWS XP
Alt-Tab
Replacement
in addition to the icon of
the application window you
are switching to, you see a
preview of the page.
ConferenceXP enables
you to see & hear others in
a virtual collaborative
space, called a venue. You
collaborate on an electronic
whiteboard or PowerPoint
presentation, send
messages and more.
FolderShare
keeps important files at
your fingertips - anywhere.
All file changes are
automatically synchronized
between linked computers, so
you always access the
latest files.
GroupBar desktop
tool offers enhanced window
management capabilities in a
taskbar-like setting.
Through simple drag-and-drop
operations on window tiles
within the bar, users can
create lightweight,
transient grouping
relationships that allow
them to perform certain
higher-level window layout
functions on multiple
windows at once.
Location Finder turns
a regular WiFi enabled
laptop, Tablet or PC into a
location determining device
without the addition of any
separate hardware. Location
Finder uses WiFi access
points - or reverse IP
lookup when WiFi is not
available - to center and
display the person's
location on the Windows
Live Local.
MapCruncher converts
existing maps into an online
format that’s easy to use as
Virtual Earth. PDF and
raster maps can be
converted just by clicking
on corresponding landmarks
on the user's map. (Support:
Website)
My Font Tool
converts your handwriting
into a TrueType font, making
typed text appear written by
hand.
Open Command
Window Here adds
an "Open Command Window
Here" context menu option on
file system folders,
giving a quick way to open a
command window.
Power Calculator graphd
and evaluated functions as
well as performs
many conversions.
Scalable Fabric task
management system. A central
focus area, defined by you,
contains windows that behave
in the traditional way. When
you drag a window into the
periphery, it becomes
smaller and continues to get
smaller the closer you get
to the edge of the screen.
This makes it possible to
keep windows open all the
time, and change "minimize"
to mean "return to the
periphery". (Support:
Website)
Tweak UI gives access
to system settings not
exposed in the default user
interface, including mouse
settings, Explorer settings,
taskbar settings, and more.
Virtual Machine
is Microsoft's Java Virtual
Machine for Internet
Explorer, allowing you to
view java applets on Web
pages.
Webcam Timershot takes
and saves pictures at
specified time intervals
from a Webcam.
UTILITIES
ActiveSync
synchronization of
Outlook information,
Office docs, pics,
music, videos and
applications from your
desktop to Windows
Mobile-based Pocket PCs
& Smartphones.
Clear
Cache Feature for
Internet Explorer
– automatically
deletes all
temporary Internet
files, cookies, and
history files. This
was developed to
programmatically
clear these files
when a corrupt entry
caused errors with
Internet Explorer.
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Developer
Toolbar provides
a variety of
tools for
quickly
creating,
understanding,
and
troubleshooting
Web pages. (Feedback)
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Community Bar
adds
context-dependent
content to the
web browsing
experience.
As users browses
the web, they
can see (and
leave) notes
from other
people who
visited the same
page, chat with
other people
viewing the same
page, tag the
page with a
bookmark or
category label,
view all the
inlinks to the
page, find
related pages,
perform
context-specific
search, and see
blog postings
related to the
page.
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Compressed (LZH)
Folder Add-on
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Games
Add-in
gives you 40+
puzzle games,
20+ card & board
games, 150+
downloadable
games, 20+ word
& trivia games,
80+ free online
games, with new
games posted
weekly.
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Lotus
Notes Add-in
developed by MSN
– This Protocol
Handler allows
you to easily
find your Lotus
Notes e-mail and
search the
contents within.
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MSG
iFilter Add-in
to Desktop
Search
– This
iFilter
allows searching
on all elements
of your Outlook
MSG (.MSG) files
including
Message Body;
Subject; From;
From Name; From
Address; To
Name; To
Address; CC
Name; CC
Address; Doc
Title Prefix;
Sent Date;
Received Date;
Primary Date;
Conversation ID;
Attachment Names
and will
indicate if an
attachment is
present within
the .MSG.
Additionally,
content within
attachments are
indexed and
searched.
(Support:
KB917402)
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Phishing Filter
Add-in
works to prevent
high-tech scams
using phony web
sites with
actual brands
designed to
steal valuable
personal
information such
as usernames,
passwords,
credit card
numbers, and
Social Security
numbers.
(Support:
How to.
. .,
Anti-phishing
White Paper)
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PHLAT
(Prototype for
Helpful Lookup
and Tagging) is
an interface for
Windows Desktop
Search, enabling
search through a
user's own
e-mail, files,
and viewed Web
pages. PHLAT
makes it easy
for users to
specify queries
and filters,
attempting to
integrate search
and browsing in
one intuitive
interface. In
addition, PHLAT
supports a
unified tagging
scheme for
organizing
personal content
across storage
systems, such as
files and
e-mail. (Support:
Blog
Article)
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PrivBar -
An IE/Explorer
toolbar to show
current
privilege level.
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Search Preview
Add-in -
Make your
searching more
productive and
convenient.
Search
Preview displays
a thumbnail
preview next to
each result.
Enlarge the
preview by
rolling over it
and put an end
to
"click-look-back"
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Weather Add-in
Keeps the local
three-day
weather forecast
at your
fingertips.
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Windows Live
Favorites service allows
you to store and
quickly access
all the
interesting
sites you find
on the web from
any computer,
any time, any
where.
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Windows Rights
Management
Add-on
provides a way
for users to
view, but not
alter, files
with restricted
permission.
These
restrictions
enable authors
to prevent
sensitive
documents,
Web-based
information, and
e-mail messages
from being
forwarded,
edited, or
copied by
unauthorized
individuals.
These
restrictions
provide
protection, not
only while the
information is
in transit, but
also after the
recipient of the
information has
received it.
SequoiaView
- Treemap
visualization of
hard drive’s
contents. (Utility approved
by the PowerToys
group)
Shared
Computer Toolkit
is designed for
schools, libraries,
Internet and gaming
cafés, community
centers, and other
locations where are
"shared" computer is
used.
SyncToy helps copy,
move, and synchronize
files with digital
cameras, e-mail, cell
phones, portable media
players, camcorders,
PDAs, and laptops.
(Support:
How to . . .)
Transliteration
Utility
(TU) tool for
transliterating one natural
language script to another
(like Serbian Latin to
Serbian Cyrillic or Latin to
Inuktitut). Plus, it can be
used to create, edit, debug,
and test natural language
transliteration modules used
to convert one script to
another. (Support:
How to . . .)
Tweakomatic utility
that writes Windows
Management Instrumentation
(WMI) scripts enablimg you
to retrieve and/or configure
Windows and Internet
Explorer settings locally or
remotely.
User State
Migration Tool
(USMT) migrates user files
and settings during large
deployments by capturing
desktop, network and
application settings as well
as a user files, and then
migrates them to a new
Windows installation.
(Support:
Homepage)
Virtual PC
is a powerful software
virtualization solution that
allows running multiple
PC-based operating systems
simultaneously on one
workstation. (Support:
Technical Overview)
VirtualWiFi
abstracts a single WLAN card
to appear as multiple
virtual WLAN cards to the
user. The user can then
configure each virtual card
to connect to a different
wireless network. Therefore,
VirtualWiFi allows a user to
simultaneously connect his
machine to multiple wireless
networks using just one WLAN
card.
Wntipcfg
This GUI tool gives you
information about your IP
configuration.
SUPPORT &
TROUBLESHOOTING
Bootvis
– Microsoft states this tool
is
not available,
but they still “ support
it”. Bootvis
“was” a performance tracing
and visualization tool
designed to help identify
performance issues for
boot/resume timing while
developing new PC products
or supporting software.
Desktop Heap
Monitor examines
usage of a WIN32 subsystem
that has an internal heap
area known as "desktop
heap". When running large
number of programs, "Out Of
Memory" error messages
appear when you attempt to
start new programs or try to
use programs that are
already running, even though
you still have plenty of
physical and pagefile memory
available. (Support:
KB126952)
Fiddler is
an HTTP Debugging Proxy
which logs all HTTP traffic
between your computer and
the Internet. Fiddler allows
you to inspect all HTTP
Traffic, set breakpoints,
and "fiddle" with incoming
or outgoing data. (Support:
HTTP Debugging)
MDAC Component
Checker
helps you determine
installed version
information and diagnose
installation issues with the
Microsoft Data Access
Components (Support:
MDAC Website)
Port Reporter
logs TCP and UDP port
activity on a local
Windows system
by running as a service
logging which ports are
used, which process is
using the port, if the
process is a service,
which modules the
process has loaded and
which user account is
running the process.
(Description of
Microsoft Port
Numbers &
All Port Numbers)
Port
Reporter Parser Tool
is a log parser for
Port Reporter log
files. Port Reporter
Parser has many
features that can
help you analyze
Port Reporter log
files.
User Mode Process
Dumper (userdump)
dumps any running Win32
processes memory image
(including system processes
such as csrss.exe,
winlogon.exe, services.exe,
etc) on the fly, without
attaching a debugger, or
terminating target
processes. Generated dump
file can be analyzed or
debugged by using the
standard debugging tools.
User Profile
Deletion Utility
(Delprof) deletes all data
that is stored in a user
profile including desktop
settings, favorites,
program-specific data that
is contained in the
Application Data folder, and
the contents of the My
Documents folder.
User Profile
Hive Cleanup helps
with slow log off and
unreconciled profile
problems ensuring that
user sessions are
completely terminated
when a user logs off
when using Roaming
Profiles or locked
profiles as implemented
through the Shared
Computer Toolkit.
Video Decoder
Checkup Utility helps
determine if an MPEG-2
DVD video decoder is
installed, and whether
it's compatible
with Media Player 10
or Media Center Edition.
Windows
Support Tools are
intended for use by
Microsoft support
personnel and
experienced users to
assist in diagnosing
and resolving
computer problems.
SECURITY, ANTI-SPYWARE &
ANTI-VIRUS
Baseline
Security Analyzer
includes a graphical and
command line interface
that can perform local
or remote scans of
Windows systems. MBSA
will scan for common
security
misconfigurations in the
following products:
Windows 2000, XP, Server
2003, IIS 5.0 & 6.0, SQL
Server 7.0 & 2000, MSIE
5.01 and later, and
Office 2000, 2002 &
2003. MBSA also scans
for missing security
updates, update rollups
and service packs
published to Microsoft
Update. (Support Tool:
Visio Connector
for MBSA 2.0,
MBSA Homepage)
Malicious
Software Removal Tool checks for
infection by specific,
prevalent malicious
software (including
Blaster, Sasser, and
Mydoom) and helps to
remove the infection if
it is found. (Updated on
the second Tuesday of
each month.)
Promqry
and PromqryUI detects
if a network sniffer
that is running on a
computer. If a
system has network
interfaces in
promiscuous mode, it
may indicate the
presence of a
network sniffer
running on the
system.
PromqryUI
provides a
Windows
graphical
interface that
can be used to
detect network
interfaces that
are running in
promiscuous
mode.
Promqry
is a command
line tool that
can be used to
detect network
interfaces that
are running in
promiscuous
mode.
Windows
Defender protects
against pop-ups, slow
performance and security
threats caused by
spyware and other
potentially unwanted
software.
Windows Live
Safety Center
– Web service designed
to ensure the health of
your computer with free
scanning
tools helping get rid of
unwanted software.
MULTIMEDIA
Easy Camera
Calibration Tool determines
a camera’s internal
parameters (focal length,
aspect ratio, radial
distortion, etc.). The
technique only requires the
camera to observe a planar
pattern shown at a few (at
least two) different
orientations. Either the
camera or the planar pattern
can be freely moved. The
motion need not be known.
(Support:
Website)
GroupShot creates
a composite image from a
series of photos. The photos
must be of the same scene,
taken from the same point of
view within a short period
of time. (Support:
Help,
Website
& Channel
9 Video)
Media Capture
capture uncompressed AVI
video files with mono,
stereo, 5.1, or 7.1 channels
of audio, with up to 24 bit
resolution and sampling
rates up to 192KHz.
Media Encoder provides
support for high-quality
multichannel sound,
high-definition video
quality, new support for
mixed-mode voice and music
content, and more. (Support:
Introduction to . .
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Media
Professional Exhibitor
intended for playback at
full-screen resolution at
all times. All transport and
playlist controls appear on
a (required) second monitor
allowing for a theatrical
viewing experience.
Paint.Net originated
as a Computer Science senior
design project at Washington
State University, and is
still developed by the two
alumni Rick Brewster and Tom
Jackson who now work for
Microsoft. Don't forget the
Free Paint.Net
Plug-Ins!
Photo Story create
slideshows using your
digital photos. With a
single click, you can
touch-up, crop, or rotate
pictures. Add stunning
special effects,
soundtracks, and your own
voice narration to your
photo stories.
Producer 2003 for
users of PowerPoint 2002 &
2003, includes improved
audio and video quality,
better synchronization, and
presentation-sharing tools.
RAW Image
Thumbnailer and Viewer for
serious
photographers. Organize and
work with digital RAW files
in Windows
Explorer, providing
thumbnails, previews,
printing, and metadata
display for RAW images.
(Support:
White Paper)
TweakMediaPlayer gives access
to advanced settings for the
library, CD burning, and
full-screen mode. Adjust
music queuing in the
library, automatic volume
leveling for burning audio
CDs, full-screen animations,
and much more.
Video Cube
loads an AVI movie file as a
volume, and play back the
movie sampling space and
time in different ways. It
also provides a single
cutting plane for
interactively viewing single
spacetime slices of the
video. (Support:
Video Cubisum)
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