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05-15-2009, 05:29 AM
LAN Search Pro (http://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/lansearchpro_portable.zip) is a freeware portable utility for fast file searching across your LAN. Quickly search for files, folders, file types, hidden network resources, restricted network resources and more. For those of you who are familiar with another utility by the name "Everything" you are going to love this. Super fast search across your entire network.
Sandboxie Portable (http://patrickpatience.com/nascent-project/wraithdu/dld/download.php?id=1) provides protection by allowing you to run applications in a safe, 'sandboxed,' environment that does not allow changes to be made to the registry or windows. Very useful tool for those of you testing software as you can do so without making any changes to the system you are working on. Also works with your browser so if you open your browser in a sandboxed environment you run no risk of having your computer infected because nothing ever touches your hard drive.
Transmute (http://www.gettransmute.com/download/Transmute150Portable.zip) allows you to convert bookmarks from one browser format to another. Useful tool for those of you who are wanting to move your clients from internet explorer to Firefox or Google Chrome. Now you can move all their bookmarks over with great ease. This application is portable and free.
VirtualBox portable (http://www.german-winlite.de/wbb/index.php?page=DownloadDBData&dataID=7)[/URL] is a good virtual machine application to test Operating systems without having to install them on your computer. Again, I can't post links but I can tell you that it was created by a German guy on an nlite forum.
IP2 (http://keir.net/download/ip2.zip) tells you the LAN and WAN IP address of your computer. So it gives you the IP assigned by your client's router, if they have one, and the public IP address.
XPSysPad (http://download.cnet.com/3001-2344_4-10431266.html?spi=307dd8c7aa14b68ef2ebde20b340a15f ) (the following is from a website) XP SysPad is a Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information and Windows system utilities, such as the individual control panel applets, as well as putting the “hidden” applications in Windows at your fingertips. XP Syspad also recovers lost Windows & MS-Office product keys
With XP SysPad, you can easily access hundreds of Windows operating system utilities and system monitoring information. You can also recover your Windows 2000/XP product key, get your IP address, execute web queries, monitor any running system process, launch any program, search files, and more. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. XP SysPad has well over 250 functions in all!
Desktop Info (http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/files/DesktopInfo060.zip) displays system information on the desktop in real time. Info includes time, host, user, cpu usage, OS info, Service packs, .NET version, memory usage, network info, IP addresss, DirectX Version, DHCP Server, Gateway, Domanin Name, disk usage, event logs, terminal services, file updates and registry updates and more. Great little tool to have as an autorun when working on a new computer you will immediately have this information on the desktop.
CamStudio portable (http://www.camstudio.org/CamStudio20.exe) is a free portable screen recording application. I like using this to create short tutorials on how to perform certain tasks for my best customers. Very similar to Camtasia. Another free alternative is VTute recorder (http://www.vtute.com/recorder/vTuteRecorder.exe).
DeskDrive (http://www.brothersoft.com/d.php?soft_id=187358&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.brothersoft.com%2Fdesktop_u tilities%2Fthemes%2FDeskDrive172.msi) creates a shortcut for your usb devices right on your desktop. No more having to go look for your usb device under "My Computer."
Other free portable apps worth mentioning:
HFS (http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/)
DropUpload FTP (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/FTP-Servers/DropUpLoad.shtml)
PeerGuardian 2 Portable Firewall (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/)
Crossloop portable (http://portable.lococobra.com/CrossLoopPortable.V.1.3.zip)
OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) not an application but still very good free internet filtering service. Very simple to use. Just use their DNS servers instead of the ones assigned by your ISP and voila, Illicit websites are blocked.
TrayURL (http://www2.webng.com/MikeB/Files/TrayURL-v20.zip) - portable bookmark manager
Phun (http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home) is a cool toy to pass time when there is nothing else to do. Make sure to scroll down and watch the video to see what this nifty application can do.
Explorer++ (http://www.explorerplusplus.com/software/explorer++_0.9.3.2_x86.zip) allows you to open Windows Explorer windows as tabs inside one window with added features. The link provided is for the 32bit version. To get the 64 bit version or languages other than English visit: http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download
MobaLiveCD (http://mobalivecd.mobatek.net/en/MobaLiveCD_v2.0.exe) -From the website: MobaLiveCD is a freeware app that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".
MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer.
TinyTask (http://www.brothersoft.com/tinytask-195313.html)
AutoText Saver (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/Auto-Text-Saver.shtml)
Hope this helps some of you. These are some of my favorite portable apps.
Sandboxie Portable (http://patrickpatience.com/nascent-project/wraithdu/dld/download.php?id=1) provides protection by allowing you to run applications in a safe, 'sandboxed,' environment that does not allow changes to be made to the registry or windows. Very useful tool for those of you testing software as you can do so without making any changes to the system you are working on. Also works with your browser so if you open your browser in a sandboxed environment you run no risk of having your computer infected because nothing ever touches your hard drive.
Transmute (http://www.gettransmute.com/download/Transmute150Portable.zip) allows you to convert bookmarks from one browser format to another. Useful tool for those of you who are wanting to move your clients from internet explorer to Firefox or Google Chrome. Now you can move all their bookmarks over with great ease. This application is portable and free.
VirtualBox portable (http://www.german-winlite.de/wbb/index.php?page=DownloadDBData&dataID=7)[/URL] is a good virtual machine application to test Operating systems without having to install them on your computer. Again, I can't post links but I can tell you that it was created by a German guy on an nlite forum.
IP2 (http://keir.net/download/ip2.zip) tells you the LAN and WAN IP address of your computer. So it gives you the IP assigned by your client's router, if they have one, and the public IP address.
XPSysPad (http://download.cnet.com/3001-2344_4-10431266.html?spi=307dd8c7aa14b68ef2ebde20b340a15f ) (the following is from a website) XP SysPad is a Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information and Windows system utilities, such as the individual control panel applets, as well as putting the “hidden” applications in Windows at your fingertips. XP Syspad also recovers lost Windows & MS-Office product keys
With XP SysPad, you can easily access hundreds of Windows operating system utilities and system monitoring information. You can also recover your Windows 2000/XP product key, get your IP address, execute web queries, monitor any running system process, launch any program, search files, and more. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. XP SysPad has well over 250 functions in all!
Desktop Info (http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/files/DesktopInfo060.zip) displays system information on the desktop in real time. Info includes time, host, user, cpu usage, OS info, Service packs, .NET version, memory usage, network info, IP addresss, DirectX Version, DHCP Server, Gateway, Domanin Name, disk usage, event logs, terminal services, file updates and registry updates and more. Great little tool to have as an autorun when working on a new computer you will immediately have this information on the desktop.
CamStudio portable (http://www.camstudio.org/CamStudio20.exe) is a free portable screen recording application. I like using this to create short tutorials on how to perform certain tasks for my best customers. Very similar to Camtasia. Another free alternative is VTute recorder (http://www.vtute.com/recorder/vTuteRecorder.exe).
DeskDrive (http://www.brothersoft.com/d.php?soft_id=187358&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.brothersoft.com%2Fdesktop_u tilities%2Fthemes%2FDeskDrive172.msi) creates a shortcut for your usb devices right on your desktop. No more having to go look for your usb device under "My Computer."
Other free portable apps worth mentioning:
HFS (http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/)
DropUpload FTP (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/FTP-Servers/DropUpLoad.shtml)
PeerGuardian 2 Portable Firewall (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/)
Crossloop portable (http://portable.lococobra.com/CrossLoopPortable.V.1.3.zip)
OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) not an application but still very good free internet filtering service. Very simple to use. Just use their DNS servers instead of the ones assigned by your ISP and voila, Illicit websites are blocked.
TrayURL (http://www2.webng.com/MikeB/Files/TrayURL-v20.zip) - portable bookmark manager
Phun (http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home) is a cool toy to pass time when there is nothing else to do. Make sure to scroll down and watch the video to see what this nifty application can do.
Explorer++ (http://www.explorerplusplus.com/software/explorer++_0.9.3.2_x86.zip) allows you to open Windows Explorer windows as tabs inside one window with added features. The link provided is for the 32bit version. To get the 64 bit version or languages other than English visit: http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download
MobaLiveCD (http://mobalivecd.mobatek.net/en/MobaLiveCD_v2.0.exe) -From the website: MobaLiveCD is a freeware app that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".
MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer.
TinyTask (http://www.brothersoft.com/tinytask-195313.html)
AutoText Saver (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/Auto-Text-Saver.shtml)
Hope this helps some of you. These are some of my favorite portable apps.