Monthly Disk March 2005

Freeware & Shareware

MD0305 - 1-4a Rename - Ver: 1.56.0
A file renamer which renames many files at once, it has Undo. You can preview changes instantly, thus no danger. Licence: Free

MD0305 - Active Ports - Ver: 1.4
Active Ports - easy to use tool for Windows NT/2000/XP that enables you to monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer. Active Ports maps ports to the owning application so you can watch which process has opened which port. Licence: Free

MD0305 - AscToHTM - Ver: 5.0
AscToHTM is a powerful and highly configurable utility that converts text files into HTML pages. The software uses advanced text-recognition algorithms to detect the headings, bullets, indentation levels, emphasized text, tables and ASCII art in the original text. The result is a good-looking HTML page that faithfully reflects the structure of the original. Licence: Shareware; Cost $30

MD0305 - Backer - Ver: 6.4
Backer keeps all your computers and disks up to date. With Backer you can synchronize, back up, archive, and transfer directories and files. Sync your notebook before you travel and your desktop PC afterwards; transfer files between your office and your home; on the road. Licence: Trial; Cost $39

MD0305 - Backup To CD-RW Made Simple - Ver: 5.1.87 Back up your valuable data to CDs or DVDs quickly and easily. Back up your entire computer, specific folders and files, or recently modified files to as many discs as you need. Follow a few simple steps to identify what to back up, and Backup To CD-RW (Made Simple) saves it to CD-RW, CD-R, or to any of the DVD formats. It even saves your instructions as a backup plan so you can make the same backup again whenever you want. Licence: Trial; Cost $39

MD0305 -Crypto - CD ROM
Encryption is now a vital part of digital communication and computer users at all levels should have some awareness of how it works. The CD serves that purpose very well, making no assumptions of any technical background in crypto. The explanations, with interactive examples, of how public key systems and RSA work are the best I have seen for lay readers. Not to be missed. Licence: Free

MD0305 - Dexster - Ver: 2.7
Dexster is an audio-editing tool for music production that supports many popular audio formats and features audio-CD burning. It allows you to edit an audio file visually, apply effects, add noise and silence to an audio file, and insert and change information about a marker. Licence: Trial; cost $40

MD0305 - Dialupass - Ver: 2.43

When you use the "Dial-Up Networking" module for connecting to the Internet or to other networks, the operating system give you the option to store the password and use it when it needed. Although the password is constantly stored in your computer, the operating system doesn't allow you to watch it. if you forget your password and you want to extract it from your computer, you can use the Dialupass utility for viewing the password. Licence: Free

MD0305 - Dimin Viewer - Ver: 5.5.0.2
View images in countless formats, and apply a variety of effects with this small, fast, and powerful application. Dimin Viewer incorporates unique visualization ideas, such as Panoramic Photographs Tool and Big Image Navigator. It also features a multi language interface. Licence: Free

MD0305 - EarthView - Ver: 3.0
EarthView is a dynamic desktop wallpaper and screen saver, which displays beautiful views of the earth with daylight and night shadows. It produces colourful, high quality, high resolution images for every screen resolution - even beyond 1600x1200. Licence: Trial; Cost $25

MD0305 - eMule++ - Ver: 1.0.7
eMule is a file-sharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network, but offers more features than the standard eDonkey client. eMule++ is the third generation eMule/eDonkey compatible client created to improve the clients abilities and features, in both work efficiency and user interface. With a dedicated team of coders, beta testers, and translators, it has since evolved into a feature-rich, stable, and thoroughly tested eMule client. Licence: Free

MD0305 - FastStone Image Viewer - Ver: 1.7
FastStone Image Viewer is an image browser, viewer, converter, and editor with features including resizing, renaming, cropping, colour adjustment, watermarks, and a broad array of other image-managing features. Licence: Free

MD0305 - FileZilla - Ver: 2.2.1
FileZilla is an FTP program for file upload and download to your FTP site, FTP server, or FTP host. FileZilla lets you transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer. This software enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously. Licence: Free

MD0305 - IconXP - Ver: 2.12
Use this powerful utility to edit icons and customize Windows. IconXP contains a variety of paint tools to let you edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, in colour depths up to 32-bit True Colour. Licence: Trial; Cost $19.95

MD0305 - Image Stacker - Ver: 1.03
Professional-grade cameras yield the best results, but they also command a premium price. With Image Stacker, you can simulate the long exposures of a professional camera after seeing the images. Image Stacker can "stack" several short-exposure shots into one. Licence: Trial; Cost $17

MD0305 - iTunes for Windows - Ver: 4.7.1
iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalogue, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalogue now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. Licence:

MD0305 - Karen's Directory Printer - Ver: 5.0
No more fumbling with My Computer or Windows Explorer, wishing you could print information about all your files. Karen's Directory Printer can print the name of every file on a drive, along with the file's size, date and time of last modification, and attributes (Read-Only, Hidden, System and Archive). Licence: Free

MD0305 - Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) - Ver: 1.1.115
Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) is a multipage browser based on the Internet Explorer core (IE 5.x or 6.0 required). It can open multiple Web pages in just one window, and it takes only a few system resources when you're surfing with the integrated user interface. Licence: Free

MD0205 - Mil Shield - Ver: 2.6
Mil Shield 2.6 protects your privacy by removing all tracks from your online or offline computer activities (it also shreds the content of the infamous INDEX.DAT files). Licence: Shareware; Cost $29

MD0305 - NoteTab Pro - Ver: 4.95
NoteTab Pro is a text editor, HTML coding tool, and Notepad replacement. You can handle multiple large files with a simple tabbed interface, use a spelling checker and thesaurus, format text, use multiple undo, and bookmark documents. You can build templates, use powerful system wide searches, and do global multiline replacements. Licence: Trial, Cost $19.95

MD0305 - PDF SpeedUp - Ver: 1.42
PDF SpeedUp allows you to significantly speed up the time it takes to load Adobe Reader. If you notice that when the Reader starts it loads many plug-ins which you may or may not need, this program simply disables the plug-ins and loads only the absolute necessary ones so the program starts quickly. Licence: Free

MD0305 - Picasa 2
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you know. Licence: Free

MD0305 - PolyView - Ver: 4.22
PolyView is a graphics utility designed for creating, viewing, converting, and printing images. The program supports image acquisition from TWAIN scanners, as well as animated GIF creation and playback, full-screen and window slide shows, and a number of filtering options. Licence: Trial; Cost $29.95

MD0305 - Print Screen Deluxe - Ver: 5.1
Print Screen Deluxe is the ultimate screen capture utility. It provides a fast and easy way to capture, print and save your screen. With one keystroke you can capture and print the entire screen, the current window, or a selected region. Licence: Trial; Cost $29.95

MD0305 - Sateira CD&DVD Burner - Ver: 1.71
Sateira CD&DVD Burner is a full-featured package for audio and data CD/DVD burning. With this program you can create and burn audio and data CDs/DVDs, CUE/ISO images, multi-session and bootable CDs/DVDs, and extract sessions from a multi-session disc. Licence: Trial; Cost $30

MD0305 - Schedule Wizard 2005 - Ver 3.52
Schedule Wizard 2005 provides a friendly interface to let you to schedule a variety of timed events. Easy scheduling wizards and excellent documentation make this powerful utility a breeze to master. Have your backup and anti-virus programs launch on specific dates and times, and schedule important pop-up messages. It even includes a birthday/anniversary wizard to provide as much advance warning as needed for special occasions. Licence: Trial; Cost $29

MD0305 - Smart DVD/CD Burner - Ver: 3.0.17
Smart DVD/CD Burner is a DVD/CD burning software for beginners and professionals. With this burning program you can create high-quality CD (audio/data) and DVD discs, containing your music and files. Licence: Trial; Cost $29.95

MD0305 - SnapFolders 2005 - Ver: 1.1
SnapFolders helps you create faster, more powerful shortcuts. Instead of forcing all shortcuts to open the target folder in a folder window, SnapFolders gives you the choice of having shortcuts open Explorer windows with the target folder either selected or as the root folder. SnapFolders' shortcuts automatically appear on the Start Menu; from there, you can copy, move, rename, or delete them. Licence: Free

MD0305 - TMPGEnc - Ver: 2.524
TMPGEnc converts AVI files to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using a variety of options in TMPGEnc, you can compress your video file in high quality. TMPGEnc enables you to adjust bit rate, quantize matrix, GOP structure, interlace and many other parameters so that you can create the most appropriate movie file for your purposes. Licence: Free

MD0205 - Total Privacy - Ver: 4.5 Total Privacy is a safe and easy-to-use Windows privacy protection tool that securely deletes Internet tracks and program history information stored on your computer. Total Privacy is a complete privacy tool. Licence: Shareware; Cost $29.95

MD0305 - WinXP Manager - Ver: 4.88.1
Offers an easy way to optimise, tweak, tune up and clean up Windows XP. It bundles more than 28 different utilities in one! Get system Information, get access to hundreds of hidden options to improve system's performance and security, clean registry and junk files, optimise network to speed connection, backup data of Outlook Express, change wallpaper auto, and many other miscellaneous utilities. Licence: Trial; Cost $34.95


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