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manage it somehow. Luckily, this free utility makes recovery a snack.




Locate Required DLLs
This free utility can be a lifesaver. It identifies all the DLL and OCX support files
required to operate any Windows 32 bit executable file.

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Free NFO Viewer
Many freeware files are distributed with descriptive NFO and DIZ files as part of
the distribution package. These are just plain text files so you can view them with
Notepad or other text editor but often the formatting is lost. Try this tiny little
viewer that's built for the job. It's free and once associated with the NFO and DIZ
file types, works seamlessly, a true "install and forget" product.




Lock Down Your Icons
Sick of Windows moving your icons around on the desktop? Lock them down with
this nifty free utility. (400KB)




Monitor Your User's Backup Needs
BackupWatcher is a free tool that allows LAN administrators to measure the

backup requirements of network users. It does this by monitoring the file churn
rate on each PC since last backup. Full reporting facilities are provided that allow
problem areas to be easily identified. Quite a neat way of reducing unnecessary
backups and ensuring necessary ones are actually carried out. (2.57MB)




Free Utility Kills Instant Messaging Viruses
If you use IRC or instant messaging then you should check out SOFTWIN, a
company that provides a number of totally free anti-virus utilities than scan all data
transfers associated with IM products. All the utilities make use of the virus
signature databases from the BitDefender Professional anti-virus product so
signature file updating is simple. There are versions for MSN Messenger,
NetMeeting, ICQ, mIRC, and Yahoo! Messenger.




Photoshop Replacement for Nix Updated
Oriens Enhancer is a graphics processing program similar in function to Photoshop
and Paintshop. The big difference is that it's free, the others cost big bucks. But
don't think free means limited. On the contrary this product can read more than 40
file formats, has filters, textures and color effects to burn and can even handle
layers. On my XP PC it was both fast and reliable though I have known folks with
other PC configurations that have had stability problems. (4.05MB) If you have
problems with Oriens, then try the open source program called "The Gimp." The
latest version is excellent.
(4.05MB)

Free Utility Stops Browser Hijacking
There's a browser hijacking plague at the moment. All it takes is a visit to a pushy
web site or a loaded shareware install and next minute your Internet Explorer
homepage has been changed, your default search setting altered or phantom
bookmarks added to your favorites. This free monitor will let you know when
something's trying to change your settings and pass control back to you. (394KB)




Hides Personal Files from the Boss
Camouflage is a free utility that will hide your personal or confidential files within
another file. The neat thing is that the container file looks and works like a normal
file of that format. So, by way of example, you could embed a secret message in a
Word file which could be opened by anyone and appear to be just a normal Word
file. The intended recipient could use their
copy of Camouflage to open the file, enter the password and extract the embedded
information. This free program is not intended to provide military strength
protection but rather a convenient way to sneak information past unnecessarily
prying eyes. Note: It looks like the author's web site is down, however you can
download Camouflage from the other links below. (2.65MB)

Outlook Add-in Gives Email Account Flexibility
RealAccount is a freeware plug-in for MS Outlook 2002 that allows you to
designate a default email account and signature for any Outlook Folder. The
program is a late beta but has proved totally stable on my Windows XP Pro PC.
Yet another free utility that provides functionality that should have been included
in the original product. (338K)




Share Bookmarks between Browsers
BookMarkBridge is a free open source utility that allows you to share and
synchronize your bookmarks between several browsers. I've got 3 browsers
installed at the moment: IE 6, Mozilla-FireFox and Netscape 4.7. BookMarkBridge
correctly identified and synchronized the first two but it couldn't cope with the old
version of Netscape.(2.69MB)




Protect Your Defenses
Most users are not aware that their anti-virus scanner, firewall, spyware monitor
and other defenses can easily be pulled and/or destroyed by trojan horses and other
hostile programs. Process Guard is a unique program that prevents this from
happening by protecting each individual defensive program. Process Guard itself
cannot be pulled down because it runs as a kernel level service not a normal
application. Process Guard is a commercial product but the demo version rather
handily allows you to protect one process (such as your firewall) without time
limit. It's not the simplest program to install but the extra layer of protection makes
the effort definitely worthwhile.

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New software downloads for week ending Feb-07-2005

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CONTENTS

- Freeware of the week
- This weeks new freeware downloads
- This weeks new shareware downloads



************** Freeware of the week ************

Blaiz Chimer
See and hear time through antique Chimer. A clock with all the flavours
of yesteryear, and today's modern technology.


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This weeks Freeware downloads


Inbit Messenger
Is secure instant messaging software that allows your enterprise to

reach new levels of collaboration with

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Folder Tag
This program adds the new document "Folder tag" to Windows Explorer
"File|New" menu. Tag - small file with text

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HDDlife
Worried about a hard drive failure? Get HDDLife - a real-time hard drive
monitoring utility with alerts, malfunction protection

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DeluxeFTP
Unlike other Free FTP clients, DeluxeFTP does not force you to view ads,
registration reminders or unwanted e-mail

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Desktop Fun
Do you like jokes or to fool others? Then, this program is for you.
Choose deskop effect - it will be shown in preview window.

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Magnifying Glass
The program magnifies part of screen, pointed by cursor. Magnification

range: 1 x - 10 x.Keys 'Q' and 'S' - increase /

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Flower Power Screensaver
Let grow colorful flowering meadows on your desktop! Customize rate and
density of the flowers, whether a new screen will be

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CF Rollover WIzard
Is a program that allows you to create a rollover or link effect in
about a minute(depending on your typing

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Book of 5 Rings Screen Saver
Scenes of Japanese castles and quotes from Samurai Miyamoto Musashi's
Book of 5 Rings.