DESKTOP ENHANCEMENT SOFTWARE DIRECTORY

ACCESSIBILITY SOFTWARE
ALARMS + CLOCKS + TIMERS
CLIPBOARD UTILITIES
DESKTOP NOTES
FILE CONVERTERS + VIEWERS
ICON MANAGEMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTEPAD REPLACEMENTS
OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY
REMOTE DESKTOP MANAGERS
REMOTE PC ACCESS
SCREENSAVERS
WALLPAPER MANAGERS
WINDOW MANAGERS

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MAIN DIRECTORY

ACCESSIBILITY SOFTWARE

MAGNIFIER

• EzMagnifier - This small utility magnifies a portion of the screen, and you can choose the zooming factor and resize the magnified portion to suit your needs. You can capture images and save them in the same folder as the program, and you can save multiple captures sequentially. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

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• Lens Magnifying Glass is an easy-to-use graphic tool for viewing the screen area in different zooms (it magnifies from 1x to 64x). This program was designed as a demo of the krpRegions library (the library for creating cool-looking user interfaces), however, many people with poor eyesight have found this freeware program very helpful. Lens - Magnifying Glass has a skinnable interface, so you can modify the program's appearance for your convenience. You also can easily create your own skins for this program, using any graphic editor. Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

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• Magnify 2.0 - Magnifier is a tiny stand-alone program designed to zoom in on areas of your desktop. Zoom capacities are between 1 and 20 times the actual image size. A resizable, floating window maintains a zoomed image of the area under your mouse pointer. Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

TEXT-TO-SPEECH

• AnalogX SayIt - Inspired by the old Speak and Spell toy, AnalogX SayIt will read (via speech synthesis) any word or phrase you type in. Type in any word or phrase, set the sliders to the appropriate settings, and click the Render button to create a WAV file. Or use the Preview button to hear what it sounds like. Several options let you tweak the voice from sounding young to old or from male to female, change the speed, and more. AnalogX SayIt outputs 16-bit WAV files and can handle phrases of up to 500 characters. Windows 95/98/NT.
  AnalogX SayIt Website

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• Natural Text to Speech Reader - This free text-to-speech software lets your computer read any part of the news, weather forecasts, e-books, and your e-mail. The application also can read Word documents, rich-text files, and PDF files. The speaking speed and voice quality can be changed. The application is very easy to use, just one click, you can have your computer read any selected text from any program aloud without having to copy and paste the text from other programs. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

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• ReadPlease - The world's most popular text-to-speech software- and still free! If you are finding there is just too much on-screen reading with all of this technology, then you will love using ReadPlease. ReadPlease shatters the myth that computers must sound robotic and monotonous. Just imagine having web pages and e-mail read aloud to you. Reads any web page, makes .mp3/.wav, zooms any page, text only version web pages, translates and much more! US, UK, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch & Portuguese.

ALARMS + CLOCKS + TIMERS

• Alarm Alarm will remind you of appointments, birthdays, broadcasts, or anything you like. Four types of configurable alarms are available; date, daily, weekly, or annual. Alarm displays the current time in either a digital or an analogue format and offers you some options to change the appearance of the clock display. In addition your computer's time can be synchronised with the time from an internet time server which is usually accurate to within a couple of seconds. Windows 95/98.
  Alarm Website

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• Alarm Clock for your PC, has a total of eight alarms- one for each day of the week, as well as an additional one-time alarm for use at any time. You can use the built in sound (very obnoxious!) or you can even have it play MP3's. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Alarm Clock Website

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• Chimer acts like a carriage clock, chiming out the hours with a sound sample of your choice. Not only are you able to configure Chimer for every hour, you can also add chimes that chime every quarter hour. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.
  Chimer Website

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• Cool Timer is a countdown timer with a cool, customizable interface. It can be set for up to 100 hours and plays any WAV, MP3, or MIDI file when time expires. Whether you are baking a cake, taking a nap, or rationing out video games or computer time to your kids, this free program makes it easy. Version 2.1 adds the ability to save and load preset times, adds the ability to customize colors, and adds the ability to use MIDI files for alarm. Fixed bug that caused crash in XP with SP2. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, VB6 Runtime.
  Cool Timer Website

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• Daily Alarm Clock is a full-featured alarm clock perfect for a college student. The alarm clock has programs for each day of the week to work with your varying class schedules with two alarm times per day. The program allows you to wake up to a WAV file, CD track, or by running a file. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• Desk Clock - Choose from three styles: analog, digital, or text-based. The analog clock includes a seconds hand, and you can set a reminder that displays a message, plays a sound, or runs a program. Show a second clock for an alternate time zone in your choice of style. Many customizable options allow you to control the look and feel of your clock. Desk Clock also features a quick-reference calendar. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.
  Desk Clock Website

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• Easy MP3 Alarm Clock, which supports MP3 and other audio files, will help you wake up to the pleasant sound of your favorite audio clip. Simply choose your audio file, set the time, and go to sleep. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• FoxyTunes is an Extension for Mozilla Firefox that supports the Mozilla Suite and Mozilla Thunderbird. It allows you to control your favorite media player without leaving the browser. The controls are positioned on the status bar or one of the toolbars, so no extra space is wasted. FoxyTunes has several nice features. You can control the playback, adjust the volume, and see what's playing. Many more features are in development, among them advanced music-related searches. New features include Unicode support, a seek slider, an alarm clock, a sleep timer, and the shortcuts names are now more intuitive. Windows 2000/XP; Firefox Browser, Mozilla Suite, or Thunderbird.
  FoxyTunes Website

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• Free Cellular Alarm Clock (FCA) is a completely 100%-free product that will use your cellular phone to give you a wake-up call, remind you of an important meeting, send a reminder to your child's cell phone, or remind you of an important meeting no matter where you are. FCA works with almost any cellular provider that has text messaging. You define your cell phone number and select your provider. (Over 200 providers are supported.) Tell FCA what message to send and when. Then, automatically at the appointed time, FCA will send your cell phone the message via the internet. FCA acknowledges events with its own computerized voice. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Free Cellular Alarm Clock Website

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• gAlarm is a simple program that allows you to turn your computer into a fully functional alarm clock. Includes support for 3 seperate alarms, and 3 types of alarms (buzzer, silent, and music). Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• GYM-O-FIZZ - With minimum expense and lots of fun you can improve your fitness to the max with GYM-O-FIZZ. GYM-O-FIZZ is the new inter-active fitness fun for the office. With the help of your PC and GYM-O-FIZZ you can improve your physical and mental efficiency as well as your general well-being and health in the easiest possible way. This is how GYM-O-FIZZ turns your PC into your personal fitness trainer. The breaktimer, a type of short time alarm clock, reminds you at regular intervals to take active breaks. Many short exercises that take approx. one minute, added together they provide a total of 10 to 30 minutes training per day. All exercises can be completed wearing your normal work clothes. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• H9KTimer is a world clock with 16 customizable clocks and alarms. You can use different skin files for a personal look. It includes a screensaver with the H9KTimer window and shows the time the window has been running. You can show any GMT/UTC time zone, beats, local time, ticks, and so on. Version 2.01 has a few minor bug fixes and a new GUI. You can also now display the dates and have a monthly calendar. Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

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• HalfMoon Calendar - Easy-to-use calendar, has advanced features such as downloadable skins and languages, drag-and-drop creation of reminders, and the ability to get maps to events. The calendar functions permit you to show a reminder, open a file, or execute a program at a specified date and time. You can use recurring events to do something repeatedly--for example, play an MP3 every weekday morning as an alarm clock. Reminders can be created by clicking a date or by dragging and dropping text or files onto a day. HalfMoon skins permit customizing the appearance and functionality of the calendar. Share events via e-mail. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  HalfMoon Calendar Website

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• iAlarm is an evolution in alarm clocks. iAlarm allows users to control how they wake up in the morning by leveraging the power of OS X. iAlarm provides 5 basic alert types for users; play iTunes, speak the local weather, speak the headline news, speak a custom message and of course a standard beep. Advanced users can create their own custom AppleScript to be executed by iAlarm or select text files to be spoken. Mac OS X.

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• jCron is a completely free, powerful, and intuitive Java-based task scheduler for Windows NT/2000 that will run as an NT service and will not die if the user logs out (a common problem in other Windows NT/2000 scheduling applications). It is based on the familiar Unix cron with a time granularity of one minute. Using jCron makes it possible to schedule the invocation of the main method of any Java class with arguments. It will also run Win32 EXEs.
  jCron Website

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• Karen's Alarm Clock - Turn your $2,000 computer into a $20 alarm clock. Set up to five different alarm times. Wake up to a beep, any wave or MIDI file, even a track from your favorite audio CD. Great for travellers, or the executive who likes to sleep on the job. Version 3.0.3 adds the ability to easily browse for shortcuts (*.lnk files) when selecting Alarm File to play or open. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Karen's Alarm Clock Website

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• MB-Timer is a multi function timer that can be used to time various events. It can count up or down, and changed midway through the timing. Has alarm on or off funtionality, and can be resized to any size the user would like it to be. It is based on Flash, and is in a projector file so no web browser is needed to use this, and no software needs to be installed for this to run. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  MB-Timer Website

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• Minute Timer (MinTimer) is a general-purpose, simple desktop count-down timer and alarm. It's easy to use and is perfect for reminding yourself to do certain things -- like getting up from the computer and stretching your legs (for example)! Timer now has 0.5 second accuracy over any interval. Fixed drifting clock issue under Windows 9x. Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000.

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• Multilingual Speaking Clock mimics a LCD alarm clock and can speak in different languages. It has a reminder alarm that goes off at a pre-set time and can play WAV files. The default language is English. Additional languages, including Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, and German are also available. Previous updates included a full graphical interface, improved design, additional alarm functions, and improved help system, and an optimized install/uninstall routine. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.
  Multilingual Speaking Clock Website

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• Notec WakeUp works like an alarm clock that plays MP3 files. Features include volume control, snooze with adjustable duration, to-do messages, play list function, and fade-in/fadeout with adjustable speed. Notec WakeUp also contains safety features to prevent sleeping through the alarm. Recently added control over failsafe option and ID3 Tag information of MP3s. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Notec WakeUp Website

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• Pathways Planner is a planning tool to help you and your family members live a balanced, satisfying life. Set goals for the important stages in your life, and develop strategic stepping-stones to each. As you determine alternative paths to your goals, the Planner delivers diagnostic reports to help you choose which will give you the greatest fulfillment. To complement this process, Pathways Planner also includes time and money budgeting, a to-do list, an activity calendar, pretty printable calendars with background images, an alarm clock that will invoke your music player, expenditure tracking, bank reconciliation, an address book to organize names, addresses, and portrait photos, and project-planning features. Conforms to Windows regional settings for more convenient international use. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• Qlock - For a free program, this customizable clock application strikes us as a very nice download. Upon launch, Qlock opens four clocks showing the date and time in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo. However, you can easily add as many new locations as you want by right-clicking any clock and hitting Create. All clocks can easily be minimized to the system tray, then quickly recalled. Qlock lets you change the color scheme, size, and time format for any clock. The alarm function can notify with both a pop-up and a WAV file of your choice, though the program supplies its own alarm sound. Unfortunately, you can only set one alarm per location at a time. Still, we certainly think Qlock makes a fine choice for international businesspersons and frequent travelers alike. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.

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• Standard Timer is a simple program allowing user to time any events or activities on the computer. It is very simple and easy to use. Windows XP/NT/2000, Java Runtime Environment 1.2.2.

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• ThroughClock is an analog clock which is transparent except for its hands and dials. It is placed on your desktop so it will not disturb your everyday tasks. You may customize its appearance with various options. Its alarm system will help you in scheduling many everyday tasks; such as executing time sensitive programs, shutting down your windows operating system or simply acting as an alarm. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• TimeKeeper is a handy little utility with a fun, and highly graphical user interface. According to your system clock settings, TimeKeeper displays the current time and date, including day, month, year, and even the day of the week. The other functions of TimeKeeper are an alarm clock, a timer, and a stop-watch. Choose from five silly sounds to alert you when the time is up, but if you need a few more minutes just hit snooze! Snooze can be set to 5, 10, or 15 minutes. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  TimeKeeper Website

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• TimeLeft is a countdown, reminder, clock, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, sticker and time synchronization utility. TimeLeft uses Winamp skins to show digits and text. The main feature of TimeLeft is a customizable reminder, which can alarm you at a specific moment of time or run periodically. It can also remind you before a specified event or keep on reminding after it. Reminder can show a message, play music, open a link/document or shutdown your PC. One more TimeLeft feature is a countdown, which lives on your desktop and shows the amount of time left to (or passed after) the specified event. Countdown reminds you of forthcoming or job to be done. Also you can place your countdown on a Web page. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.
  TimeLeft Website

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• Toon Clock is desktop alarm-clock software with interchangeable cartoon characters. You can mix and match character's skins--all of your favorite heads, bodies, clock hands, clock dials, clock bodies, and sounds to express yourself with your own style of toon clocks. Windows 98/NT/2000/XP.
  Toon Clock Website

CLIPBOARD UTILITIES

• CLCL is clipboard caching utility. All clipboard formats are supported. Template can be registered. Pop-up menu is displayed by 'Alt+C'. Menu can be customized. Items are pasted automatically. Picture is displayed on a menu. Tool tip is displayed on a menu. The format to leave and the format to save can be set up. The ignored window can be set up. The paste key for every window can be set up. Function is extensible with plug-in. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• Clipboard Buddy - Cut, copy and paste without losing your Windows clipboard data. Always typing the same text over and over again? Load it up in the clipboard on startup. Clipboard Buddy will save you time. Use it for business, school or everyday computing. Captures text, rich text and images. A number of options can be set for your working environment. Have Clipboard Buddy hide itself automatically to the side of the screen or down to the system tray. Your twenty most recent clipboard items, (text, rich text and images), can be easily selected again for pasting. By setting a clipboard file to load at startup, you can have your most used text only a mouse click away. Ideal for office administrators, data processors, programmers or anyone else who uses a computer and would like to save time and keystrokes. Best of all, Clipboard Buddy is absolutely free. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• ClipBoardIsHistory - The clipboard in Windows is a small but very handy feature for storing text-items. The only problem is that you can hold only one piece of information at any one time. That's where ClipBoardIsHistory comes in. ClipBoardIsHistory can keep EVERY piece of ClipBoard text-information, up to 999 days worth OR Up to 999 items - you choose! with as many clipboard "pieces" as you like, containing as much information as you like - that can be retrieved at any time and placed back into the clipboard with a few mouse-clicks - literally. Windows 98SE/ME/2000 and XP.

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• Copy2Clip is inspired by Microsoft PowerToy SendToX. It adds ability to copy file name(s) to clipboard. Simply select file names to copy and click on item 'Copy Names to clip' inside SendTo context menu. Holding down control key while sending file names it's possible to choose how to format filenames. For example you can extract only directory names to use inside a batch. You can format path name to Unix format or what you want. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.0.

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• M8 Free Multi Clipboard - Just have M8 running minimized and it captures everything you cut or copy from other programs. It keeps the last 30 clips. When you want to paste one back all you have to do is restore M8 and click on the clip you want. When you move the mouse over the clips you can see them in the viewer. If the clip is text, you see several lines and if it is a graphic, you see a thumbnail. Screen Shots - to capture the entire screen press PrtScr. To capture the active window press Alt+PrtScr. To capture an individual graphic from Internet Explorer or AOL, point to the graphic, right-click, and select "Copy" from the drop down list. Outlook compatible - one of the features of M8 is that you can paste any screen or graphic directly into the body of an Outlook Express e-mail. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

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• Screen Print & Capture 32 allows you to print the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen with a single key press. Add user-defined headers and footers with date/time stamps, resize the image, convert to grayscale or negative image, and fade the image. Capture screen images and save them in GIF, BMP, JPEG or PNG formats. Capture an area of the screen to your clipboard and paste it directly into your documents. Freeware with an uninstaller. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• YankeeClipper YC3, powerful Windows clipboard extender/memory, now in its third generation. Handles Pictures, RichText, URLS, etc., any size. Features printing, drag and drop, optional permanent storage of clippings. Familiar "Outlook" interface. If the OS will run, so can Yankee Clipper; no special memory or processor requirements. Freeware. YC3 run on any 32Bit Windows setup, ie: Win95/98/ME/NT4/Win2K/XP.

DESKTOP NOTES

• ATNotes v9.41 - Create Post-it style reminders on your desktop. Note-taking is healthy habit to develop; even more important is organizing all those tidbits of information, so that you can find them later. ATnotes is a freeware program which creates Post-it like notes on the Windows desktop. You can set single or repeated alarms for each note with visual and audio alarm signal. They can be placed anywhere on your desktop, as well as resized. You can even send notes to other computers in a local network. Choose any font, background color, text color and border color for your notes. If you just had the shocking vision of a desktop just as cluttered as your desk, breathe a sigh of relief; notes can also be hidden until manually activated or until a specified date/time. You can also get an overview of all current notes in the note list and search for notes containing specified text. Windows XP, 2000, ME, NT, 9.x.

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• Memento lets you keep notes on your desktop to remind you of information, dates, and times. It is focussed on ease of use and simplicity. Notes are automatically saved every minute (if they have changed), can be collapsed into the note title bar, and you can change the color of the notes. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.
  Memento Website

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• Post-it Software Notes Lite - What happens when you cross a Post-it Note with a computer? Post-it Software Notes - the classic yellow note designed for your PC! Use the software from the company that invented the Post-it Note. This digital version of 3M's famous canary yellow note is perfect for quick reminders on your computer desktop so you never miss a meeting, event, or thought. With the free Lite version, you can create your own notes with pictures and hyperlinks, stick notes on your computer desktop, and add alarms to your notes as reminders. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Post-it Software Notes Lite Website

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• Stickies 5.1a is a free, small and simple PC utility to post notes on the monitor. Stickies will not mess with your system files, or write to the registry. Stickies stores all information in a single text-based ini file. Stickies are yellow rectangular windows onto which you can put text notes. Once created, they will stay on screen until you take them away, just like a real sticky piece of paper. Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP.

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• SyncNotes helps you keep your important snippets of information at your fingertips, always. It allows you to store, retrieve, and even communicate small pieces of textual information. The SyncNotes system consists of a desktop software that allows you to put up virtual sticky notes on your screen, a Web based system that synchronizes all notes from your PC(s), and a WAP based interface for viewing and adding notes when you are on the go. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, Internet Explorer 6.0.
  SyncNotes Website

FILE CONVERTERS + VIEWERS

• Adobe Reader v7.0 is essential to viewing portable document format (PDF) files. The reader is free, and you can launch it from your desktop, or open it from within your browser when you install the program, an ActiveX control is automatically installed in Netscape or Internet Explorer. This latest version of Adobe Reader lets you save copies of files downloaded in your Web browser.

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• DAMN NFO Viewer is NFO and DIZ file viewer with full ASCII art view. Features shell integration, Hyperlinks autodetection, Most Recently Viewed Files list, Reuse Viewer window option, drag and drop support and more. DAMN NFO Viewer is an utility for viewing text files containing ASCII Art (e.g. .nfo and .diz files). Most of modern Windows fonts just don't have glyphs required for displaying ASCII Art, and those rare ones left are hard to use due to often erratical behavior of localized Windows versions when it comes to displaying text with OEM fonts. DAMN NFO Viewer lets you see ASCII Art the way it's supposed to look, and it's good at it. Windows All.
  DAMN NFO Viewer Website

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• Excel2Latex - It's difficult to create tables in LaTeX, especially if some columns are calculated. Excel2LaTeX allows you to transform the current selection from Excel to Latex. Most of the formatting will be kept (bold, italic, border lines, multicolumn cells, etc.). The LaTeX code can be copied to the clipboard or saved as a LaTeX file, which then can be included in an existing LaTeX document using the \input command.
  Excel2Latex Readme
  Excel2Latex Download

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• GetDiz 3.0 - Many downloadable ZIP archives have DIZ and NFO files included within them. Sure, they are simple text files that can be viewed with Notepad, but GetDiz is a freeware text-viewer especially designed for those files. Small, handy and specific. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

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• Microsoft Office Online File Converters and Viewers - With the help of converters and viewers from Microsoft Office Online, you can share your Microsoft Office files with people who have different versions of Office programs, or even with people who don't have Office installed. Converters allow you to open files created by people using different versions of your Office programs. Viewers provide a means for people who don't have Office programs to see your work. You can provide them with the appropriate viewer along with your Office files. Free download links for Access 2002, 2000, 97 viewers - Excel 2003, 2000 viewers & Excel 2000, 97 converters - Outlook 2000, 97/98 converters & Outlook 97/98 viewers - PowerPoint 2003, 2002, 2000, 97 viewers & PowerPoint 2000, 97 converters - Microsoft Project 2000 converters - Visio 2002 viewers & Visio 2000 converters - Word 2003, 2000, 97 viewers & Word 2002, 2000, 97 converters - Mactopia downloads, Converters and viewers for Macintosh users.

ICON MANAGEMENT

• Icon Filter - Those who build programs or desktop themes will never have enough glyphs and icons. Only this explains why some still download these huge icon collections. With Icon Extractor you can create a starting place for your own icons by extracting all icons from a your EXE or DLL files. Icon Filter then stores the files as ICOs or CURs, or it converts to a BMP file. For quickly getting your own icon collection, you may choose to extract all icons from the EXE or DLL files in the Windows directory with one mouse click. If you decide to produce BMP icons you can also generate a HTML gallery to view those images. Windows 95/98/ME/2000. - Download.com
  Icon Filter Website

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• Icon Restore gives you the ability to save the placement of your desktop icons and restore them to their saved placement any time they get moved. Simply place your icons wherever you want them on your desktop, right click My Computer (or any system icon) and left click on 'save icon layout' from the pop up menu. If your icons ever get moved because your computer entered safe mode or you changed the screen resolution, right click My Computer and left click on 'restore icon layout' from the pop up menu. It is the perfect solution for anyone that needs to change the screen resolution frequently. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• IconArt is an icon editing and drawing tool, that allows you to create new icons from scratch, edit existing ones or to import an image (or part of it) and turn it into an icon. The editor provides all the tools you need, including pen, spray, fill , selections and objects. You can also move, rotate and flip the icon, apply masks, change colors and more. In addition, the program allows you to extract icons from .exe and .dll files and import them into the work area for editing and also supports static and animated cursers. IconArt is easy to use, compact and well worth the download. Free. No limitations. Windows 98/NT/2k/Me/XP. - SnapFiles.com
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  IconArt Website

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• IconDesk is a powerful utility that gives you control over the icons in your computer desktop. IconDesk can make the background of these labels transparent so that you can see the wallpaper behind. IconDesk can change the color of these labels so that you can see them clearly. IconDesk can hide the icons on your desktop. IconDesk can make the display properties available and reboot your computer from the system tray. Free. No limitations. Windows9x/ME/NT/2K/XP.
  Download IconDesk

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• Iconoid - Use Iconoid to hide your desktop icons when your cursor is not on the desktop so that you can see your desktop wallpaper. Also, make your desktop icon backgrounds transparent or change the color of the text or background. Save and restore icon positions and Hide windows quickly. Iconoid can be hidden or it can live in the system tray. Other features as well. Very customizable. Not resource intensive. Freeware. No limitations. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Iconoid Website

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• SeeThru - Allows the background colour for the text under icons on the desktop be made transparent. Colour of the icon text can also be selected to ensure good contrast with the desktop colour. Works under W95, W98, NT4 and W2000 (but not if Active Desktop is running). This was one of the first utilities to do this, written way back in the middle of 1997. Many have appeared since, most of which either reverse-engineered this program or are based on articles that appeared at the time which explained how the feat was accomplished. Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

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• Show Desktop Icon - Restore Missing Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch in Window XP. This utility will allow you to quickly and easily restore the Show Desktop icon to your Quick Launch bar. This utility is freeware. Doug Knox, MVP

MISCELLANEOUS

• Desk Projection is a program that allows you to project a transparent image of your choice on top of your desktop, thus creating a rather neat effect. DP can be controlled through either a tray icon or with command line arguments for use with shells such as Litestep. See screenshots on the programs homepage. Windows 2000/XP.

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• Extension Changer is a very simple program that can change the extension of any file, just drag and drop the file into the form or choose to change it from the context menu. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

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• HoverMatch is a FREEWARE utility designed to allow desktop customizers to modify exiting themes and skins to their tastes by altering an images Hue, Saturation and Brightness values and saving the results. This utility makes it possible for users to modify themes and skins without requiring an image editor program like Photoshop. Windows All.

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• OEM Logo Manager - Install fun or serious Logos onto your system properties. It comes complete with loads of samples to try. You can save files to install onto any other machine (ideal for business). Features grab, view, restore and you can use transparent bitmaps. Easy to use. Freeware. Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

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• SecureXP 2005 provides you with the ultimate tool to control your PC. Don't want people using your computer to change your settings? SecureXP allows you to customize your access control settings for your Windows software. Prohibit access to the control panel, Remove Add/Programs, Hide and disable items on the desktop, Clean your history, Customize your Internet Explorer, Restrict your network use. Free, Coupon Ad Supported! Win95,Win98,WinME,Windows2000,WinXP,Windows2003.
  SecureXP 2005 Website

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• Template for Creating Resumes - Writing one's resume is one of the less joyful tasks in life. Take a little pain out of the experience by using these templates, which work with Microsoft Word 97 and 2000. There are three types: elegant, contemporary, and professional. All allow you to simply input the proper information and avoid the tedious work of tabbing and centering your words. Windows ME, 9.x.

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• Template for Writing Resignation Letters - This download link takes you to 12 free templates for writing resignation letters. All are mannered and professional, but they have different tones and content. Sample themes for the templates include "Please accept my resignation, I leave with pleasant memories," "I wish to resign due to travel demands," and "After much soul-searching I have decided to resign." Windows 2000, ME, 9.x.

NOTEPAD REPLACEMENTS

• BDV Notepad is a comfortable text editor which can replace a standard Windows Notepad. This program combines extended functionality, convenient habitual interface, and flexible adjustment all free of charge. This word processing program works with files of any size, and supports shortcuts, multi-level undo and redo, auto-saving, URL auto-detection, auto-replacement and a multi-language interface. 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.

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• DAMN NFO Viewer is NFO and DIZ file viewer with full ASCII art view. Features shell integration, Hyperlinks autodetection, Most Recently Viewed Files list, Reuse Viewer window option, drag and drop support and more. DAMN NFO Viewer is an utility for viewing text files containing ASCII Art (e.g. .nfo and .diz files). Most of modern Windows fonts just don't have glyphs required for displaying ASCII Art, and those rare ones left are hard to use due to often erratical behavior of localized Windows versions when it comes to displaying text with OEM fonts. DAMN NFO Viewer lets you see ASCII Art the way it's supposed to look, and it's good at it. Windows All.
  DAMN NFO Viewer Website

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• EditPad Lite is a convenient text editor and Notepad replacement. It has all the features a solid text editor needs. You can open as many files at a time as you want, with no arbitrary file size limit. Each file will have its own tab. You can convert between ANSI, ASCII, and Unicode, and work with Unix and Mac files. You can search and replace across all open files. It has unlimited undo and redo and powerful print preview. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Linux.
  EditPad Lite Website

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• GetDiz 3.0 - Many downloadable ZIP archives have DIZ and NFO files included within them. Sure, they are simple text files that can be viewed with Notepad, but GetDiz is a freeware text-viewer especially designed for those files. Small, handy and specific. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

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• Metapad is a small, fast, 32-bit Notepad replacement. Not only does Metapad have almost every feature in Notepad, it contains many extra features that make it considerably more powerful than Notepad, unlimited file size, saved window placement, intelligent find and replace, external viewers and useful keyboard shortcuts. Metapad is useful for web site maintenance and simple programming tasks. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. - All my Software Tips, Tech Tips and all my web pages are created with Metapad. - Gene

OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY

• Quick Info - Free popup area codes and timezone information for Windows 9.x/ME/2000/NT. This FREE utility gives you the information you need quick an easy! Quick Info is a reference lookup tool for U.S. telephone area codes and time zones, international direct phone-dialing codes and time zones, and Internet domain suffixes. With more than 2000 cities worldwide, 320 area codes, and 250 national Internet suffixes listed, you're sure to find some piece of information that you need to get your hands on quickly. A quick find feature jumps to the proper section of the area code listing as you enter the numbers. Windows 9.x/ME/2000/NT.

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• Time, Money & Activities gives you some interesting statistics on buying habits as well as time management habits over your lifetime. If you've ever wondered how much money you could save by kicking the smoking habit or how much time you spend watching TV compared to the amount of time you devote to your kids, then this program is for you. Time, Money and Activities discovers much about you through your date of birth and an estimate of your lifetime income. It can calculate the percentage of your life or earnings devoted to activities or stuff you've purchased. Use Time, Money and Activities to reach your goals! Freeware, no advertising or nags and, does not expire. Windows.

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• Unit Calculator converts units bits and bytes, distance, plane, volume, speed, temperature, mass, and energy. It converts every normal unit and some other units such as speed of light, light-years, square inches, or ounces. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• UUR - This is a very simple time tracking program. It is useful, if you need to report how you've spent your working time. UUR asks you from time to time what are you doing and writes your answer to a simple text file. Windows 95/98/NT.

REMOTE DESKTOP MANAGERS

• LogMeIn Free remote access is a reality with LogMeIn. Secure and ease-of-use come together in a powerful remote control solution that's 100% free and gives you full control of your home or work PC from anywhere you are with an Internet connection. LogMeIn is Web-based so it's far easier to use than alternatives - yet offers layers of security that others just don't including end-to-end 256-bit SSL encryption, dual authentication and RSA SecureID. Control your PC from anywhere quickly, easily, and securely. Whatever you can do when you're physically at the PC, you can now do remotely over the web: Access from any browser; Access from wireless Pocket PC; Easy-to-use interface; Open remote files; Check your email; Run programs; Support remote users; 100% FREE to use! Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server - Download.com
  LogMeIn Wiki
  LogMeIn Free Website
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• ManageEngine Desktop Central is a remote Windows Desktop management software that provides remote configurations, patch management, software installation & Active Directory reports. It leverages AD & GPO of the Windows 2000/2003 Domains to manage the Desktops. Desktop Central helps Network Administrators to reduce Helpdesk calls by proactively configuring the systems and user profiles with its predefined configurations and automated patch deployment. It helps to secure and standardize the Windows desktops. Key features include: predefined configurations to achieve most of the desktop management tasks; automated vulnerability assessment & patch management; targets for configuration can be defined using include/exclude criteria; collection helps to group configurations, which can be applied to same set of targets; provides the status of the applied configurations; readymade reports of the Active Directory infrastructure. Version 4.0 provides automated patch management, schedule tasks, local user & group management. Desktop Central is available as a single download for both Free and Trial Editions. On installation, the product will start as a trial edition and after 45 days(trial period) it will change to free edition. It is fully functional during the trial period and you can manage unlimited desktops, while the free edition can manage only 10 desktops. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server & Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5+. - Download.com
  ManageEngine Desktop Central Website
  ManageEngine Desktop Central FAQ

REMOTE PC ACCESS

• CrossLoop is a free, secure screen-sharing utility designed for people of all technical skill levels. CrossLoop extends the boundaries of traditional screen sharing by enabling non-technical users to get connected from anywhere on the Internet in seconds without changing any firewall or router settings. It only takes a few minutes to setup and no sign up is required. Security is built into all aspects of CrossLoop. Session data is encrypted at the end-points before being sent using a 128-bit encryption algorithm and a randomly generated 12-digit access code. Explicit permission is required before any screen images are sent to a remote computer. CrossLoop is a secure tool to remotely assist any PC on the planet. No limitations. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista. Free. - Download.com
  CrossLoop FAQ
  How CrossLoop Works
  CrossLoop Website

SCREENSAVERS

• Bikini Screen-saver with the beautiful models in the hottest thong bikini swimsuits. Easy screen-saver settings with password protection. Best of all it's all 100% FREE. No Spy-ware and No Ad-ware. Easy Install & Easy Un-install. Includes a free copy of the Advanced Searchbar. - It gives you the option to install with or without the Advanced Searchbar. They install separately to "C:/Program Files/Advanced Searchbar" and "C:/Program Files/Bikini" by default, but that can be changed during the install. Bikini Screen-saver and/or the Advanced Searchbar can be removed separately from the "Add or Remove Programs" in the "Control Panel". Personally, I like the Advanced Searchbar which has many features and it's on my recommended toolbar list. - Gene

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• Holding Pattern Screensaver - Holding Pattern turns your idle computer screen into an airplane window, complete with a moving aerial view. It generates a random flight every time your computer plays it. Sometimes you will encounter rare views that have a low probability. You might also catch Holding Pattern's own flight-safety diagrams. Be patient and let the screensaver play for a while, and you'll see this flight does have a destination. Free. No limitations. Windows All. - Download.com
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  Holding Pattern Screensaver Website

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• Screensaver Deletion Tool - This tool only deletes the .scr file in the Windows or windows\system directory (after you've selected the screensavers you want to delete and clicked on the 'delete selected screensavers' button). It does not delete: Datafiles or other files belonging to the selected screensaver(s); Entries in the registry or INI files; Any Spy or Ad-ware that sometimes comes with a screensaver. Only use this tool if the screensaver you want to delete has NO UNINSTALL or if it does not appear in start --> control panel -- > software. Spyware or adware is usually not deleted with the uninstall of the screensaver! This tool is FREEWARE and presented "as is".
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• Webshots Desktop 2.2 is a free photo management application that combines wallpaper and screensaver functionality with tools for managing and sharing your own personal photos. The latest version makes managing all your photos much easier right from your desktop software. Now you can drag-and-drop photos to Webshots from Windows, search your Webshots collection, and update your albums in a flash. Webshots members can browse the world's largest photo network and use the Web's best photo search. Webshots provides consumers with a variety of ways to enjoy and share photos on computer desktops, TVs, and mobile phones. Only Webshots enables its members to share photos with family and friends through unique features such as Photo Messages TM, moblogging, online photo albums, and custom prints and gifts. CNET Networks operates Download.com and Webshots. Windows ME/NT/2000/XP.
  Webshots Desktop Website

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• WPanorama is an image viewer, specially designed for panorama pictures. It displays the images by scrolling them horizontally or vertically on the screen, and can also run in full-screen or screensaver mode with additional options. It supports 360 degree scrolling, as well as back and forth scrolling with adjustable scroll speeds, mirror mode and more. Furthermore, you can create AVI and BMP export, background music, panorama shows and more. Free. No limitations. Windows 95, 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP. - SnapFiles.com
  Download WPanorama at SoftPedia.com
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  WPanorama Website

WALLPAPER MANAGERS

• Panorama 32 is an unobtrusive, but flexible and powerful, Wallpaper Manager for Windows. Here are some key features of "Panorama 32": Support for JPEG, GIF and PNG files! Use JPEG, GIF and PNG files as wallpaper; Change your wallpaper at any interval--from every second up to every 24 hours; Runs in the Explorer's Tray Notification Area (The System Tray). If you want it to, of course; The wallpaper may be changed in random or sequential order; You can choose to automatically tile small bitmaps; Automatically search your hard disk for image files; Supports MS Plus! scaling. Free. No limitations. - SoftPedia.com
  Panorama 32 Website

WINDOW MANAGERS

• ArtTray - There are two ways to remove a program window from the screen without closing it. You can minimize window or hide it. Minimized window puts its buttons into taskbar. Hidden windows are invisible. Many applications use system tray icons (right and left corner of the screen) for opening of hidden windows. But you cannot put icon of standard application there. If you prefer see your hidden program icon in the system tray you could use ActTray. After starting this program all other programs will hide into system tray instead of minimize. If you like it you can put this program into Windows Start Up menu. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• Auto Window Manager automatically manages any window you specify. It can set application windows to automatically maximize (minimize, normal, minimize to tray, stay on top) every time they start. The rule of applications autostart could be customized based on your choice. Adds several menu items to standard window system menu. The commands are: minimize programs to system tray, keep window stay on top, set windows transparency, align and resize window. Version 1.22 adds checking for update. Free. No limitations. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003. - Download.com
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  Auto Window Manager Title Menu Screenshot
  Auto Window Manager Website

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• AutoSizer automatically resizes any window you specify. For instance, some web browsers open up in a non-maximized window. Using AutoSizer, you can set those windows to automatically maximize every time they’re opened. AutoSizer works with almost any application, including web browsers, Notepad, etc. AutoSizer stays running in the system tray (next to the time), so it stays out of your way while it works. Free. No limitations. Windows All. - SoftPedia.com
  Download AutoSizer at FreeDownloadsCenter.com
  AutoSizer Website

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• ClickOff is a program which does a daily and very annoying task for you: click Buttons on useless notification and error-messages. The software is very easy to use: If a message like 'Are you sure you want to exit the program' shows up, you start the window-detection of clickoff and then point on the button you want to be clicked if the message shows up again, in this case this would be 'Yes'. If an ad-popup shows up then you open a menu called ‘add window’ and select the browser-popup from there. All buttons and windows are stored in a list which can be edited at any time. Entrys can be marked inactive if you don't want to delete them, parts of a window title can be replaced by wildcards so that one entry can close several windows with similar titles. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

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• FolderHolder is a free, simple, no-nonsense program that keeps shortcuts to all your most frequently used and favorite folders in one tidy window, which minimizes to the system tray. So, no more cluttering up your desktop or endlessly navigating Explorer windows. The program takes seconds to download and install, for a lifetime of use. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• SnappyWindows is a Windows add-on that lets you quickly and easily move and resize any Window so that it 'snaps' to a 'pretty' position on your screen - such as next to a border or another window - perfectly touching with no wasted space, yet not overlapping! It's as if your window had strip magnets on its edges - it will stick to any edge that is close to it. And snapped windows can then be dragged and resized as a group - the same way that a splitter bar works. On any app that you run under Microsoft Windows - Snap any window inside your app (or snap the app itself on your desktop) - SnappyWindows handles them all!. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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• Taskbar Button Manager is a simple utility that helps you arrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar in any way you want by using drag and drop. Moving your task buttons is very easy, no hotkey needed. In addition to drag and drop you can also use a special program window for moving the taskbar buttons. You can hide running programs too, so they don't show on your taskbar. Version 2.3 solves a minor problem that appeared for users using the large fonts option. Free. No limitations. Windows XP, 2003 Server. - Download.com
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  Taskbar Button Manager Website

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• WinUtil - Keep your application windows under control. WinUtil adds three buttons to your window headers. The H button hides the window without putting a tab in your task bar The A button keeps the window on top of all other windows. The T button makes a window transparent. Windows 2000/XP.

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• Zigzag Cleaner - This easy-to-use utility lets you clear the desktop with one mouse move. Just make a quick Z with your mouse and Zigzag Cleaner will hide applications. You may restore open windows in the same way, quickly and easily. Additionally, the program collects mouse usage statistics. This program installs no cookies or adware. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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