Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Process Monitor 2.8
Process Monitor is an advanced system monitoring tool that enables you to monitor file system, Registry and process/thread activity in real-time.The pop-up is also available as the toolbar Event menu and Other pull-down menus manipulate the great amount of information . A button bar offers single-click icons for the most used commands. Three commonly used filters appear on the bar to show Registry Activity, File System Activity, or Process and Thread Activity.The captured activity can be viewed in real-time and also saved and exported to file.
Features
- More data captured for operation input and output parameters
- Non-destructive filters allow you to set filters without losing data
- Reliable capture of process details, including image path, command line, user and session ID
- Configurable and moveable columns for any event property
- Filters can be set for any data field, including fields not configured as columns
- Advanced logging architecture scales to tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data
- Process tree tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace
- Native log format preserves all data for loading in a different Process Monitor instance
- Process tooltip for easy viewing of process image information
- Detail tooltip allows convenient access to formatted data that doesn't fit in the column
- Boot time logging of all operations
Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.You can save event logs in a native Process Monitor format or to a comma-separated value (CSV) format file that can include all the event captures, only those events that meet the current filter, or selected events. Events saved in the native Process Monitor format can be read back into the utility at a later time.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
O&O CleverCache 6 Professional Free License
O&O CleverCache 6 Professional is a unique tool that optimizes the File Cache Management for Windows Vista, NT, 2000 and Windows XP. This results in an enormous increase in performance boosting a system’s performance at times to up to twice its original speed. All this is achieved without the need for additional hardware or any reduction in your system’s stability.
Features
O&O CleverCache 6 Professional Edition single license listed price costs $29.95.Here is an opportunity for you to Grab O&OCleverCache 6 Pro for FREE.Follow the instructions.
1.Please visit here .Fill the request form,where fields marked with an * are compulsory.Submit the form.
2.Check you mail for license key and instructions
3.Visit here to download O&OCleverCache 6 Professional .You have to provide the License key and E-mail ID here.
4.To activate ,run the installer and provide THE EXACT NAME, COMPANY and LICENCE from the email received from O&O.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Hiren's Boot CD v10
Hirens Boot CD is a boot CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems. It is a Bootable CD thus, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hirens Boot CD has an extensive list of software.
Hiren's BootCD - All in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these utilities:: Partition Tools, Disk Clone Tools, Antivirus Tools, Recovery Tools, Testing Tools, Hard Disk Tools etc
Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant however, they present choices through UI differences. Hirens BootCD - All in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these Utilities.
Or
Or
Guidelines
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Find and Remove Duplicate Files
If you are an active PC user, there is every chance for duplicate files accumulation on your computer. You may download gigabytes of music and video files, documents and applications from the Internet or local network, share those files with your friends .Most people are unaware of how many duplicate files there are cluttering their hard disks.
Keeping unnecessary duplicate files on your computer means wasting valuable hard disk space. These not only waste your hard disk space but also slowdown your PC.By deleting duplicate files you can reduce time needed to defragment your hard drives and minimize time used by antivirus to scan your computer. Especially when large collections of files are stored on the hard drives and storage devices, it can be quite cumbersome and time consuming to find out duplicates.
If you suspect your PC have multiple copies of large files like photos, music, or videos, there are utilities that can help you locate and delete duplicates.Here are some of them.
1.
- Identify and recover wasted disk space.
- Reducing the time and media used for backups
- Minimize time used to unneeded virus scanning
- Increase free space on "limited" resources, like laptops and memory disks
- Reduce files searching time
- Remove duplicate files to eliminate synchronization problems
- Runs much more quickly than others in its class, very safe and reliable.
2.Duplicate File Finder('DupFiles'), is a utility that identifies duplicate files in one or more paths. Unlike other utilities that only check file names, it performs a binary comparison of file contents and can locate files that are alike regardless of names.
SysReq:Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtime components |
3.Auslogics Duplicate File Finder: helps you find duplicate files that may be scattered all over your hard drive. This can compare files based on size, date, content and name. You can select multiple folders or an entire drive to be scanned, specify the methods used to determine duplicate files and then view the list of results and delete unnecessary files.
4.Duplicate Cleaner:This fully featured, program will work at home or in a networked environment. Best of all Duplicate Cleaner is freeware, meaning you get the full program and it doesn't cost a thing.
- The fastest way to find duplicate files
- Award Winning
- Deep scan music formats - mp3, wma, flac, ogg, ape, etc
- Delete, move or hard link duplicate files. Save disc space!
- Multiple language support.
5.Fast Duplicate File Finder:This will help you find fast all duplicate files in a folder and its sub folders. The applications will compare the content of your files so it will find duplicates even if they are using different file names. It uses fast binary comparison algorithm and has internal preview supporting a lot of image, video,music and text file formats.
Monday, August 17, 2009
How to Delete Undeletable Files in Windows
We store files, folders, applications and data on our PC for future use.However ,once we have no use for such files ,they are nothing but a waste of space.Deleting those files are the best option.But many occasions, it is almost impossible to delete unwanted files from your PC due to many reasons.
The main reason behind this is that the explorer.exe process locks files that are in use, effectively preventing you from deleting them.Here are some tips,tools and tweaks which can help you get rid of these troublesome files for good.
Use Task Manager
Using the task manager to delete a troublesome file is one of the common methods.Ensure that you have quit all other applications.
- Press Ctrl+Alt +Del to launch the “TaskManager”
- Go to the Processor Tab
- Select Explorer.exe and click “EndPocess”
- Click “Files > New Task”,enter “Command” ;click “OK”
- In the command prompt navigate to the folder which contains the file that you want to delete.
- Once you are in the folder, simply type “Del” followed by a space and the filename.For example Del SnareCore
- Type “exit” and press “Enter” key to close the prompt.
- In the task manager click “File > New task”.
- Type “Explorer.exe” in the box and click “OK”
Windows Recovery Console
The Windows file Recovery Console helps you to recover( with administrative rights) your systems form fatal crashes & other problems.
- Insert the bootable Windows XP CD
- Click ”Start>Run”
- In the command prompt ,enter ” E:\i386\winnt32.exe/cmdcons” (where ‘E’is the CD-ROM)
- The “Windows Setup”dialog box will appear on your screen.This dialog box will contain brief information about Console.Click “Yes”.
- The installation will complete automatically .After it completes ,restart your machine.
- Select “Windows Recovery Console” on startup.
- Wait for the files to be copied into your system.
- If you have Windows installed on only one drive the enter ”I” and press enter.Else select which installation of Windows you want to start.
Next time Windows starts,Recovery Console will automatically start.Use this console to navigate to the location where the file is stored and delete it
UnlockMe is a useful tool that will help you get rid of stubborn files.With this you can delete, move or rename files or folders that are temporarily locked by other processes.It integrates into the Windows right-click menu which unlocks the file with one click.
Remove on Reboot Shell Extension is a simple but useful shell extension, which allows you to delete files automatically after the next reboot. With this useful tool you can delete a file that is currently in use (locked) and cannot be deleted from within Windows. Just right-click and select "Delete on Reboot" and the file will be automatically deleted.
Read More from SparksSpace :How-to: Delete Undeletable Files
Friday, July 24, 2009
Smart Way to Manage Windows Services
'Windows Service' is to perform specific service which is started automatically when Windows boots and runs as long as System is up and running.Often malware applications use services to monitor and control the target system.Default Windows Service manager will not be able to detect Malwares running in Windows.AdvancedWinServiceManager a freeware ,which eliminate such malicious services by separating out third party services from Windows services.
Features
- Detection of hidden Rootkit services
- Enhanced user interface with dynamic resize functionality.
- Arrange the services based on various parameters
- Easier detection of malicious service
- Export the services list to standard html format
- Export to File' option provides easy way to save the displayed service list to html based log file for offline analysis.
- Show services based on status and vendor.
- Option to start, stop, enable or disable services with just a click.
- Displays detailed information for each service
You can view only third party services or all running services. Malicious Rootkit services will be shown in red color to differentiate it from normal services. Third party services are displayed along with detailed information by default which makes it easy to differentiate between legitimate and malicious services. Its dynamic resizing capability makes it to adjust the screen according to the user needs. It comes with sorting functionality to arrange the services based on service name, description, status, user account, company name, binary path, file size etc. This helps in quick searching of the service.
SysReq:Windows 2K, XP, 2003, Vista | 
Monday, June 29, 2009
MSconfig & XPSyspad
If you are frequently using XP System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe) and if you updated your Windows XP with Service Pack 3,you may surprised to see that it had suddenly sprouted another tab,entitled Tools.
This provides shortcuts to all sorts of commands that sometimes take a lot of rummaging
through the Start Menu or obscure buttons in remote dialogues. Among those on offer are the System Information tool, the Event Viewer, and Network Diagnostics. Other items here, such as System Properties and the Command Prompt, are more accessible, but it’s useful to have the mall in one place.
If it doesn’t appear to be available via Windows Update, it is available for download separately. You can download it from here. The same page also shows you how to customize the list of tools.
XPSyspad is a a third-party toolbox, which provides access to administrative and system tools, Control Panel items and special folders. It 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. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. XP SysPad has well over 250 functions in all.
Its absolutely FREE tool and also a portable one so you don't need to install it. Just download and run the file. You can carry it on your USB drives. Its a great troubleshooting tool. It also supports Windows Vista and 7.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
A Handy Tool to Clean Your Computer-YourCleaner
Your Cleaner is a free system optimization and cleaning tool. It removes space-wasting temporary files and other unnecessary disk cluttering files from your computer .Bu using Your Cleaner Windows to work faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.It contains a registry cleaner that will fix all your register problems. The program has the convenient and clear interface and has additional functions which does its usage simply and easily.It also includes free duplicate file finder and autorun manager.
It performs detailed cleaning of traces of your online activities -
- Internet Cache
- Cookies
- Internet History
- Download History
- Autocomplete Form
- Saved Passwords
- Typed URLs of all most popular browsers :
IE,
Chrome,
Opera,
Firefox,
Netscape ,
Safari.
OS:Windows Vista, Windows XP|Freeware|586KB|
Monday, May 11, 2009
Instantly Unlock/Delete Locked Files With LockHunter
Some times you are not allowed to open/delete/move files or folders from the PC ,you get an error message saying it is already in use.That could be quite a frustrating when you need to delete the files quickly.This may due to some malware.
Here comes, LockHunter a free tool to rescue you. It is useful for fighting against malware, and other programs that blocks files without a reason. Unlike other similar tools it deletes files into recycle bin so you may restore them if deleted by mistake.It integrates itself to the Windows Explorer right-click context menu and this application will actually show you what programs are locking the file you are going to delete
You can either delete the locked file or close or delete the locking process using the other menu in the tool.
Features
SysReq:Windows 2000\XP\2003\Vista 32 |1.12 MB |Freeware | Download | Homepage
Saturday, April 25, 2009
PC Tools Privacy Guardian - FREE License
Privacy Guardian guarantees your privacy by ensuring all traces of your online Internet and computer activities are permanently erased and unrecoverable on your PC. Information 
Privacy Guardian feature highlights
- Completely cleans all traces of online Internet activities on your computer including cache, cookies, index.dat and history
- Permanently deletes recycle bin contents, temporary files, document history, plus many more PC tracks
- Bleaches free space and deleted files using Department of Defense standard (DoD 5220.22-M) making them unrecoverable using regular methods
- Restores valuable hard drive space and improves system performance
- Plug-ins to clean the history of 100+ third-party programs, including chat, image viewing, P2P applications and more
- Supports Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers
To Get a FREE copy of PC Tools Privacy Guardian , please do the following
1. Go here > PC Tools Promotional Offer . Ensure to provide a valid email address.
2. PC Tools Privacy Guardian License key will be sent to the email address that you specified .
3. Download PC Tools Privacy Guardian from here.
4. Install the software and apply the e-mailed license key to activate your software.
Current Version: 4.1.0.37|Size: 3,875 KB|Platforms: Windows® Vista™ 32-bit, XP, Me, 98 and 2000
Friday, April 3, 2009
Top Tools for your PC
SparksSpace brings you some selected tools that will make working with Windows easy and ensure a fast, stable and secure system.This include Hardware, Optimization Tuning, Privacy,Backup and Recovery. Optimization of Windows makes your system run faster and improves its efficiently. Many of these are open source software
- Copernic Desktop:Search for all documents.
- DirSync: Synchronize two folders.
- Gigabank Software: Upload files online.
- GImageX: Interface for WIM format.
- SelfImage: Create images of partitions.
- USBDLM : USB port auto-start actions.
- Z-Cron: Interface to control other tools.
- Drive Backup 9 Professional: Backup your drive securely.
- Titan Backup Professional: Full version program for drive backups.
- CrystalCPUID:Improves the multiplier of the AMD-CPUs.
- ATI Tool: Overclocks the graphic card.
- 8rdavcore: Boost the motherboard clock rate.
- WCPUID: Reads out processor data.
- ClockGen: Overclock Pentium and Athlon systems.
- SpeedFan: Regulate ventilator speed.
- PC Wizard 2008: Analyze entire system.
- CPUCool: Regulates voltage, frequency and temperature.
- CPU-Z: Sounds the system out .
- AMD OverDrive: Optimizes motherboards with AMD chip set.
- Registry CleanUp 2008: Registry fix-it.
- X-Setup Pro: Offers thousand of Windows-tweaks.
- Ashampoo WinOptimizer: One click optimization of Windows.
- EnhanceMyVista Free: Speeds up Windows Vista.
- Dexpot: Manage multiple desktops.
- RocketDock: Mac OS X like taskbar.
- Windows Blinds: New skins for PC.
- Crystal XP: Transparent windows in XP.
- DeskSpace: Projects several desktops onto a cube.
- WinFlip: Enables Vista’s Flip3D for XP
- Torpark: Secures Firefox.
- JAP/JonDo: Conceals your browser data.
- JonDoFox: Enables anonymous surfing.
- TrueCrypt5: Encodes partitions.
- Zfone Beta: Encodes VoIP conversations (SIP).
- Skype: Encodes VoIP conversations on Skype only.
- CookieCooker: Hides the user's surfing data and characteristics.
- Proxomitron: Conceals information about the browser.
- Steganos Locknote: Protect text files.
- Exif Tag Remover: Delete EXIF metadata from camera RAW images
- DivFix++: Helps run damaged DivX films.
- IsoPuzzle: This tool repairs scratched CDs and DVDs.
- Object Fix Zip: This utility repairs corrupt data archives.
- PC Inspector Smart Recovery:Specializes in the recovery of photos and video files.
- PhotoRec: Recovers picture files.
- TestDisk: Restores hard disk partitions.
- Undelete Plus: Starts with USB sticks and recovers files.
- Unstoppable Copier: Retrieves data from scratched CDs.
- VirtualDub: Helps run damaged videos.
- Recuva: Freeware recovery tool.
- Partition Manager 2009: Manages partitions.
- Defraggler: Arranges the saved data.
- Gigabank Software: Allows online backup.
- HDCleaner: Removes junk auto-start entries
- HDD Health: Sounds alarm before data crash
- MHDD: Helps to search for hard disk errors
- O&O Drive LED: Reads out the SMART values
- PC Inspector File Recovery: Recovers data in an emergency.
- Smartmontools: Checks SCSI disks for errors.
- UltraDefrag: XP defragmentation and more.
- Z-Cron Scheduler: Automates data security
- 7-Zip: Creates archive and hides secret information.
- My Lockbox: Masks folders and directories.
- ShadowExplorer: Cracks folder lock in Vista.
- CyberGhost VPN : Anonymizes IP addresses.
- GnuPG : Encodes files and protects them.
- Thunderbird Portable: Bug-proof email.
- Enigmail: Interface for safe emailing.
- Tor: Conceals your identity on the Internet.
- Steganos Safe One: Caches private data.
- TorChat: Allows bug-free chatting.
- Exif Tag Remover: Removes metadata from image files.
- BeCyPDFMetaEdit: Deletes unnecessary information from PDF files.
- Abylon Basic: Encodes individual files or entire directories in a few clicks
Optimize Your PC With TuneUp Utilities 2009
It is very common among computer users that after a passage of time they notice a considerable change in the performance of their system. This manifests itself as a longer boot up time,sporadic error messages and frequently occurring system freeze-up. There are only a limited number of solutions to this kind of a problem. Either you format the hard drive and reinstall Windows or follow a complete set of procedures from trimming down the registry to defragmenting the hard drive.
TuneUp Utilities 2009 which will make your Windows operating system run much faster. There are six main modules in this optimization tool.
1.The ‘Increase performance’ modules consists of ‘TuneUp Drive Defrag’ which defragments the hard disks, ‘TuneUp StartUp Manager’ controls which programs require to be executed at Windows startup, ‘TuneUp Speed Optimizer’ which apart from speeding up the system, offers tips for system configuration, ‘TuneUp Registry Defrag’ corrects physical errors in the registry and defragments it, ‘TuneUp Memory Optimizer’ monitors and optimizes free memory in the background .
The ‘Free up disk space’ module removes unnecessary files and backups, deactivates selected Windows functions that take up particularly large amounts of disk space, and comes with a ‘TuneUp Disk Space Explorer’ that provides information about the disk space usage of your system and helps you clean up your hard disks.
The ‘Clean Up Windows’ module contains the ‘TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance’ feature which cleans up the system and defragments the local hard drives at the click of a mouse button, and ‘TuneUp Registry Cleaner’ removes invalid entries and references from your system. TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner &TuneUp Uninstall Manager other two features available in this module.
‘Solve Problems ‘ has three features ,TuneUp Disk Doctor,TuneUp Repair Wizard and TuneUp Undelete.‘Disk Doctor’ finds and corrects errors on the drives, ‘Repair Wizard’ corrects frequently occurring Windows problems quickly and easily, ‘Undelete’ recovers files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin.
‘Customize Windows’ module has ‘TuneUpSystem Control’ allows you to control the look and feel of the Windows interface, ‘Styler’ lets you change the Windows symbols, logon screens, the Welcome screen and the visual style.
Finally ‘Additional Tools’ contains ‘Process Manager’ allows you to manage currently running programs, ‘Registry Editor’ helps you to edit and browse the registry, ‘Shredder’ deletes important (selected) files securely, ensuring that they cannot be recovered later, ‘System Information’ provides comprehensive information on your computer.
