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This is of great potential for those meticulous with what gets o their system. Thanks for dugging it out.

Does it work in Windows XP?

hi admrich after wiping a file with eraser it shows in the erase schedule

i erased a test file you can see how it has been added to erase schedule

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1797/testiv.png

thanks for taking a look at hardwipe

Oh OK :)

My comment is more of a question. Does anybody out there know if any of these anti-virous software packages is available on a disk that can be inserted into a computer ?
I have a laptop and am not able to download online software due to being infected with some virouses. Any HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED !! THANK-YOU !

This appears to be a good site. It is on my list of sites to evaluate for online backup.
Can you keep me posted how well it works after using it for a few months.

kyengineer category editor

Wow! Great tool. Thanks.
System state monitor is very useful too.

Thanks for the comment.

kyengineer

There's some useful information about the pros, cons and current status of this program here:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/software-suggestions/8724...

"the terms and conditions clearly state you are giving them permission to install tool bars and re-direct searches to their sites and partners"

Thank you so much for sharing that. maybe that is why there are no restrictions on the use of this software!!!

OUTSTANDING!

Just come across Toolwiz and on initial it's very easy and attractive interface,with a good depth of tools,only proviso is that you have to enable System restore in tool menu.

Thanx, v.laurie !

Can you please clarify exactly what the 3 passes with CCleaner were?
Was that the Free Space Advanced Overwrite.
That should certainly clean away all old data.

Maurice

Thanks franco, That was perfect, all i needed was windows to be a more friendly firewall.

Quite a job!
Looks great, IF, I ever have the need, but anyway, I learned a few thing all ready ☺

Sadly as a veteran of many years of playing wurm I recently left it forever. Unless your willing to pay to play you have become more or less cannon fodder for those that do pay . There is no way to protect what you spend a very long time building and developing in this game from any 7 year old kid with access to a credit card from dropping or extending a deed over your property and your house which more or less deprives you of ownership. Paying players are able to bash through your fences and kill and steal you very hard earned pets and possessions openly and freely within the rules a great deal of the time.
I personally do not consider the act of being permitted to act as cannon fodder in a mmorpg to be a true definition of free to play, and respectfully suggest you look closer at the rules in place within Wurm for nonpremium players before reccomending it as such. As a pay to play I believe it to be a wonderful game with hours of potential entertainment and possibly without match but true free to play it is not.

Sarel Wessels is not wrong.
All you need to do is go to:
http://www.fraud.org/news.htm and you wont find any news after 03.25.2008

I'm liking the Microsys Launcher a lot!

I have used PAF 5 for years and have no complaints at all. I'd like to correct one misstatement in your summary -- that you can only put one citation in for a date, place, etc. All you have to do to add a second, third, or more citation is be on the first citation page and click the "New" button. You will get a "select source" screen. Select a source or enter the new source, fill in the citation detail, click "OK", and voila. (If you've entered a new source, you have to "select" it before entering the citation details.)

Why CCleaner over Tweak Me?

OUTSTANDING! I have been searching for a solution for my Win7 which lost its ability for explorer's auto-refresh -- This application fixed it with a single check-box!

"Microsoft Answers" had NO answers on approximately 18 forum threads -- simply the endless try edit registry, turn off services and reboot/reboot/reboot, disconnect network drives, disable this, reload that, send us more info, and on and on. This simple little tool did the trick painlessly - I can't thank you enough!

Great find.

Thanks for the heads-up.

However, my personal preference remains CCleaner (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner), augmented with CCEnhancer (http://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/), both free as well.

Hamster Audio Player : http://www.ondanera.net/ita/hamster.aspx

Not sure if anyone reads this thread anymore as the last date was 2008 - but basically I want to sell my old PC and need to delete all (already deleted) files. I have rebooted from recovery discs so all that is on PC is operating system - I have also used CCleaner (3 passes), will this suffice or can files still be recovered? Thanks

Wow... awesome! Thanks for posting this here :).

Tried UWC, but it keeps saying there is an update when I am using the latest version, and downloading a file to my desktop without asking! Not very clever behaviour!

MeGUI is this choice of most videophiles at doom9. It's difficult to learn but produces the best results due to it's versatility. Your current description is simply misleading and should read "for experts only". In fact I know more than one professional who uses it.

This is good stuff but WHY must we go thru all these gyrations just to be able to surf online with a tad of privacy & security? Most of the violators of our privacy are not "hackers" but are "reputable" (?) agencies such as GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, ADOBE, ANCESTRY.COM, etc. Why is it even legal for these outfits to snoop on all of us the way they do?

EaseUS backs up the MBR in the disk image but not in the partition image.

Your own thoughts mirror my own reasons for switching to "The Beak" :D
Since changing to Duck I now enjoy the search results I've asked for, rather than those someone else thinks I should see.

I very much respect you, MC, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Almost none of the AV programs are "real time" only; they almost all have an on-demand scanning component. It would be trivial for them, once the user has chosen to disable RT protection and chosen to use the AV as on-demand only (which is an option the AV itself offers!), to not keep a permanent service.

Now they are obviously under no obligation to do so, and the "self-defence" reason is good.

But not offering this option to users (who either have special circumstances or want a backup on-demand scanner) doesn't strike me as wise. For example, If I'm using AV1 as my regular AV and AV2 as a backup, and notice that AV2 detects viruses AV1 has missed, I might well switch to AV2. But I'm not even going to try AV2 as a backup if it insists on consuming unnecessary resources.

They makes their choices, I makes mine. As you say, there are other good products.

On my two ASUS laptops there's a hotkey (fn + F9) to disable the touchpad. On my other laptops I temporarily do it by sticking little yellow notepads over the touchpads :p

I totally missed the reply, anyway, I understand your point of view, though I disagree for the following reasons:
1- Although an application has a main function it usually turns out to provide features that are way beyond it main purpose. Namely Firefox extensions.
That's why in PortableFreeware many applications are listed under more than one category. Foobar2000 is listed under Converters as well as music player, but there's plenty of examples.
2- But more importantly than all of the above stated criteria points, is what's the best criteria thinking of the user that reads a guide, for example in this guide the reader is looking for a program to convert audio and video and he/she doesn't actually care whether the application is essentially a music player or anything else, but that is able to convert with quality on mind the files for free.

Wrong. Citation please.

i am happy to find a website that you can get for free

Hi- Enjoy and thanks for your emails. John Until I get thru and scroll down to the bottom and see "save" or "preview" and I do not want to do either; I want to "send". Now let me figure out which of these mean "send"; no "save" does not mean "send", it must be the other: No "preview" does not mean "send" either............Huummmmm. Let me think like a geek....one of these has to be send, there is no other explanation. Is there????????? I give up. John

I just switched over to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine due to Google's new tracking consolidation policy effective March 2012. I was surprised by DuckDuckGo's explanation of bubble filtering for searches by Google (and probably other big name search engines). Duck has a much cleaner design and I'm liking their policies.
Cancelled my Google + account and spent a fair amount of time tweaking my Google Dashboard to opt out of everything and changed all my info to bogus text. I'll be using different browsers for most Google services specifically YouTube. My default browser has been IRON portable for the last few years.
I really got tired of Google's announcements, invites and requests to join Google+ and other Google services. They changed their News page last year and now are changing G Mail's appearance (which I can't stand)

Z.

My suggestions for a new category – Hardware Tools (i.e. that use the phone’s sensors. Not all phones or tablets have the same range of built-in sensors, but there’s nothing I can do about that)
A good range of free tools are provided by Smart Tools Co.
Screen Ruler: Puts a ruler on the screen, can be calibrated to correct screen size errors
https://market.android.com/details?id=kr.sira.ruler&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImtyLnNpcmEucnVsZXIiXQ..
Distance measurement: Uses the camera and trigonometry to calculate distance to an object
https://market.android.com/details?id=kr.sira.measure&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwia3Iuc2lyYS5tZWFzdXJlIl0.
Metal Detector: Uses the compass sensor to detect local magnetic interference i.e. ferrous metals
https://market.android.com/details?id=kr.sira.metal&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwia3Iuc2lyYS5tZXRhbCJd
Sound Meter: Reads the noise or sounds and gives a dB measurement
https://market.android.com/details?id=kr.sira.sound&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwia3Iuc2lyYS5zb3VuZCJd
Vibration Sensor: Uses the movement sensor to display the vibrations – lay the phone flat not in your hand
https://market.android.com/details?id=kr.sira.vibration&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwia3Iuc2lyYS52aWJyYXRpb24iXQ..

For the Calculation Tools category (or sub-categories?)
For architects, solar panel installers, photographers, gardiners:
Sun Surveyor Lite: 3D compass with the overhead path of the sun. Can change date to get winter/summer extremes.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ratana.sunsurveyorlite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yYXRhbmEuc3Vuc3VydmV5b3JsaXRlIl0.
Shadowfacts: a 2D compass with more accurate measurement tools
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.resmass.shadowfacts&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yZXNtYXNzLnNoYWRvd2ZhY3RzIl0.

For engineers:
Frame Design 2D: a 2D frame structural analysis, allows versatile input, gives axial, shear, moments and reactions.
https://market.android.com/details?id=dako.dakosoftware.nl&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImRha28uZGFrb3NvZnR3YXJlLm5sIl0.
The same developer, CloudConstruct, also provides your frames to be backed up to a cloud server and generate QR codes for sending links to your peers.
https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.letsconstruct.cloudconstruct
Also a concrete section design module:
https://market.android.com/details?id=concrete.dakosoftware.nl
A steel section design module:
https://market.android.com/details?id=steel.dakosoftware.nl
and a few more handy gems. These are by default in Metric units but can be changed to US for people with 12 fingers, 14 toes , 16 teeth and who still hold a grudge against the crews who pilfered the goods on Atlantic voyages in the colony years.

On a different note, for video downloading, if you are tired of limitations of the default browsers compared to what you can do on your PC, there is a browser called VBrowser which has a greater range of streaming media decoders built-in and the ability to detect and download the video files. It is a little quirky in terms of the interface and is big on private browsing but the media features make up for this.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vxbrowser&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52eGJyb3dzZXIiXQ..

Thanks for the recommendation on which anti-virus.
I mentioned the phone is a Samsung Galaxy SII, GT-I9100.
It has 1.45Gb internal device memory and a 1.87Gb (2Gb) SD card memory.
I have to disagree with you about Android handling apps and memory well - on a non-rooted phone, the apps can do what they want without the user having any control except install/uninstall. Andorid may only let them start up in the background for a few minutes, do their thing (which we users know nothing about) and then terminate them again, but the overall result is that the more apps you have installed, the heavier the battery use.
Also remember that not all app developers are the same - some produce excellent software which is functional, efficient and geared towards the user experience. Others may do their intended task well, but may be memory or data hoggers, be set to intermittently start up and check the ether for something and many (especially music players) do not terminate fully, they keep on running a service in the background.
Of course the user can go settings/applications/memory usage/running and then select/force close for each app, or a task-killer or memory manager or battery saver with a good schedule rate and an intelligent and customisable list of "do not kill" apps will automate this for you.
I stand my ground on this one - the battery lasts half a day longer when I schedule a task-killer. I've uninstalled the memory manager I was trying because it seemed to be mucking with the OS and causing problems - probably my fault for not giving enough time to calibrate it correctly.

Screenshot Captor 3 is out.

Hi Bluesjunior, this is Catherine from Wondershare Software. First of all, thanks very much for your interests in our products. This free PDF to word currently can't support Open Office (we are still working to it), instead, it supports libreOffice perfectly! :)

Hi ag0044,

In case you want to use NetWorx for BOTH your "static speed setting" AND "variable speed setting", you can use the "installer" version of NetWorx and the "portable" version of NetWorx together at the same time.

http://www.softperfect.com/board/read.php?8,11893

I like the Deskband feature in the "installer" version which I have set to monitor my entire router bandwidth, and the "portable" version with window to show my what my PC is using...

cheesemonkeyboy

super...

@Cheri ONeill;
It sounds like you need elevated administrator rights.
A few suggestions:

Follow the directions in the link above for downloading and installing the Ask Toolbar Remover; there's a new version that should remove it.
Downloads - AutoClean

Download and run the portable Revo Uninstaller version uninstaller according to the directions in the article; you can get it here:
Download Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Free and Full Download - Uninstall software, remove programs, solve uninstall problems
The portable version is listed at the bottom of the page.

If you are using Windows 7 you can go to the command prompt (Start/All Programs/Accessories), right click on the command prompt and choose Run As Administrator, then uninstall the file.

thank you 4 your efforts

Do either Macrium or EaseUS ToDo back up the MBR?

If so, and assuming there are multiple partitions on drive 0, is the MBR backed up only if the entire physical hard drive is backed up or also when the C: partition alone is backed up?

EdP
After all the reading I've done here I'm beginning to think sticking with [commercial software] is a good idea.

[moderator's note : edited out commercial software]

I have been testing these programs for years, but none can do the following two things:

1- Up and download per network name (I want to check how much I download at work and at home)

2- Distinguish between local network up/downloads and internet usage.

Bitmeter came the closest, but alas, not good enough. Anybody know which freeware can do these two things (in particular Nº1).

Thanks & keep up the excellent site!

Happy_gizmo_user

I used this software when it was released first on softpedia, and I also tried the latest update. Thing is the first one was super-accurate, but the latest version has missed detecting a malware or two. But what I just love about it is the speed and size. It's quite impressive for it's accuracy.