Monthly Disc May 2006

Freeware & Shareware

MD0506 - AllGone! - Ver: 4.0
AllGone! Was developed to help preserve your Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, & XP resources by restricting more than one (1) instance of your current WEB Browser to be activated. With AllGone! Installed, you can visit WEB Sites and not worry about a massive amount of web sites popping open, as AllGone! will close each window (WEB Page) that tries to open other than the initial one you started. Licence: Shareware; Cost $10

MD0506 - America's Army - Ver: 2.5
America's Army provides players with the most authentic military experience available, from exploring the development of soldiers in individual and collective training to their deployment in simulated missions. Licence Free - Please note this program is classified as "M". Recommended for mature audiences.

MD0506 - BDV Notepad - Ver: 5.0
It is a comfortable text editor, Windows Notepad replacement. In this program are combined: extended functionality, comfortable interface, flexible adjustment and all of this is absolutely free-of-charge. Program can work with files of any size, supports shortcuts, multilevel Undo/Redo, autosaving, URL-autodetection and start. It has customisable multi language interface, improved printing engine and many additional opportunities. Licence: Free

MD0506 - CCleaner - Ver: 1.28.277
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation and privacy tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free. Licence: Free

MD0506 - dotWidget - Ver: 1.0
Bring the power of desktop widgetery to your Windows 2000, XP or 2003 PC. Through the use of simple yet powerful scripts, you can bring your desktop to life with widgets that do just about anything you can imagine. Not only that, but they look great too. Licence: Free

MD0506 - ExtractNow - Ver: 4.09
ExtractNow lets you extract multiple archives with the ease of a singular button. Supports ZIP, RAR, ACE, JAR, ISO, BIN, IMG, IMA, IMZ, 7Z, GZ, LZH, LHA, SIT archive formats. Licence: Free

MD0506 - FavOrg - Ver: 1.4
Favicons appeared with Internet Explorer. Whenever you connect to a Web site that proposes a favicon, Internet Explorer will download that icon to your system and will use it for any shortcut or menu item created for this web link. The downloaded icon file is stored as a temporary file. Which means that after a while, the favicon will disappear and your shortcut will be associated again with the standard Internet Explorer icon. FavOrg will fix this problem and ensure that your favicons are made sticky. That is, once downloaded, the icon will be assigned to the shortcut permanently. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Fresh Download - Ver: 7.44
Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager. The key features of Fresh Download include the acceleration of downloads in both FTP and HTTP protocols, pause-and-resume capability, recovery from dropped connections, and multiple connections. This tool uses four connections per file to get the highest possible download speed. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Gigaget Download Manager - Ver: 1.0.0.23
Gigaget is the next generation download manager which utilises cutting-edge Net Grid technology that improves your download speed by 7-10 times. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Handy Recovery - Ver: 3.0
Handy Recovery is a data recovery software designed to restore accidentally lost files. The program supports FAT 12/16/32, NTFS and NTFS 5 + EFS file systems. It shows probability of successful recovery for each file. This tool can recover files from deleted and formatted partitions or create disk images for deferred recovery. Licence: Trial; Cost $30

MD0506 - iCarbon - Ver: 2.2.1
iCarbon allows you to combine your printer and scanner into a photo copier using a small and fast program. All TWAIN-compatible scanners on your computer can be acquired with one click, as can all your printers. Scan/Print is just one simple operation. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Jarte - Ver: 2.6
Whether you're writing a business letter or the great Australian novel, you don't need to fork over the cost of a few hardcover books just to use your PC as a typewriter. You don't need tons of extra bells and whistles getting in between you and your deathless prose, either. Jarte is a compact word processor - small enough to put on a USB key - that's completely free of charge. Licence: Free

MD0506 - JCreator LE - Ver: 3.5
JCreator LE is a light-weight development environment for Java technologies. Features include project management, templates, customisable syntax highlighting, class views, tabbed documents, multiple compilers, wizards, and a fully customisable interface. Licence: Free

MD0506 - MadTracker - Ver: 2.6.1
MadTracker is the music composition tool that creates the shortest path between imagination and sound. Based on the tracker concept, MadTracker provides a clean and intuitive interface for a powerful and efficient approach to making music. Versatility and compatibility are guaranteed due to full VST, ASIO and ReWire support, while its computer charge is minimal. Licence: Free

MD0506 - MediaMonkey - Ver: 2.5.2.948 RC-2
MediaMonkey is the music organizer for the serious collector. Manage a music library consisting of small to very large collections (50,000+) of audio files and playlists, whether they're located on your hard drive, CDs, or a network. Organise, browse, or search music by Genre, Artist, Year, Rating, etc., and never waste your time trying to find mp3s you know you have. Automatically identify tracks that are missing information, whose tags are not synchronised, or that are duplicated elsewhere. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Nero InfoTool - Ver: 4.03
Nero InfoTool is a utility which analyses and displays the most important information about a drive, disc, configuration and software. The information can also be printed or saved to a text file. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Paint .NET - Ver: 2.6
Paint.NET is a photo and image editing tool designed for computers running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000. It serves the digital imaging community as a free alternative to the standard paint application included with Windows. It brings powerful features to the desktop, a myriad of special effects, plug-in extensibility, and layer manipulation. Licence: Free

MD0506 - PDF Creator - Ver: 0.9.0 Creating a PDF file doesn't have to be a difficult, time-consuming process. PDF Creator is a printer driver that lets you create Adobe Acrobat files from within most Windows applications. Licence: Free

MD00506 - PhotoCleaner - Ver: 2.2
PhotoCleaner lets you employ a plethora of touch up and clean up techniques to your photos by simply dragging and dropping. Like a car wash for your photos, PhotoCleaner automatically performs a sequence of operations to clean up and correct general photo problems, such as dullness or colour shift. If you want more control, PhotoCleaner lets you manually select the processes you want it to perform, or leave it on automatic and let it do its thing. Licence: Trial; Cost $13

MD0506 - Pure Sudoku - Ver: 1.10
Pure Sudoku is a completely free, attractive version of the Sudoku puzzle for your Windows XP PC. It has easy to use controls, attractive backgrounds, four difficulty settings for players of all skill levels and 20,000 unique puzzles. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Rainlendar - Ver: 0.22.1
Rainlendar is a customisable calendar that displays the current month. It is a very lightweight application that doesn't use much system resources or take much space on your desktop. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Samurize - Ver: 1.63.1
Samurize is the popular advanced system monitoring and desktop enhancement engine for Windows. IT professionals, overclockers, gamers and desktop modders alike use Samurize for system information, weather reports, news headlines and much more. Licence: Free

MD0506 - SETI@home - Ver: 5.2.1
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running this screensaver, which downloads and analyses radio-telescope data. There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Simple File Shredder - Ver: 3.2
Simple File Shredder is a utility that securely deletes your files so they can't be restored using recovery software. When you delete a file using the conventional Windows delete method, the file is not actually destroyed. Windows simply acknowledges the file is no longer needed and considers it free space. The deleted file will exist in a recoverable state until it's over-written with other data. When you use Simple File Shredder to shred a file, the file is over-written with random bytes before it's deleted. If the file was ever restored using recovery software, it would be worthless. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Smart NTFS Recovery - Ver: 2.0
Smart NTFS Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the NTFS file system. The software easily recovers data from hard disks and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card with NTFS file system Licence: Free

MD0506 - TweakNow RegCleaner - Ver: 2.6.7 The Registry is the heart and soul of any Windows system. It contains information that controls how your system appears and how it behaves. When you install an application, new Registry entries will be created. These entries automatically will be deleted when you uninstall the application. Unfortunately, this process does not always work. Sometimes, some applications fail to remove their own Registry entries. These entries become obsolete. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Viewer & Slide Show - Ver: 4.5
WildBit's Viewer is an easy to use image viewer with built-in slideshow features all packaged in and "explorer" like GUI. It supports most popular image formats. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Virtual Desktop Toolbox - Ver: 2.70.6
Virtual Desktop Toolbox enlarges your monitor by dynamically creating multiple non-virtual (standalone) or virtual (shareable) desktops. You can organise programs and windows by categories in different desktops, share programs and windows between virtual desktops (either statically or dynamically using rules), group your desktops within a virtual screen and easily and quickly switch from one desktop to another one. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Vista Start Menu - Ver: 1.4
Vista Start Menu is a convenient alternative to the "Start" menu. It's now easier to find and run the program you need. Visually-based, and easy-to-use. Your applications are arranged in a table with icons divided into groups, which makes it easier to work with multiple programs. Licence: Free

MD0506 - WCPUID - Ver: 3.3
WCPUID is a program that displays the CPU information of your personal computer. It displays the processor type, frequency, multiplier, chipset, brand, and other technical details. It also shows your system's operating system and memory, and there is an option to view details for more than one processor. Licence: Free

MD0506 - WinBackup - Ver: 1.86
WinBackup 1.86 is the backup and recovery solution that awards 100% reliability and superior performance at a click of a button. The award-winning WinBackup 1.86 remains the obvious choice for home users and small and medium sized businesses alike. As one of the most efficient and reliable backup solutions available, WinBackup 1.86 guarantees 100% accuracy of restores. Licence: Free

MD0506 - Windows XP Home - Upgrade Advisor
As members will be aware, July 11, 2006 will bring a close to Extended Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me as part of the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. Microsoft will retire public and technical support, including security updates, by this date. The Upgrade Advisor will give you an idea if your current hardware is able to handle Windows XP Home. Licence: Free