Looong post, comments inline, FWIW, YMMV. Did NOT include complete text of the original, unlike many top-posters here do.
On 3 Aug 2009 at 18:04, Michael Hoffman wrote: > Along with those mentioned I´ve currently playing with Ketarin - to keep > them all up to date. http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/ Cool tool, I'm going to start using this one. On 3 Aug 2009 at 18:51, Peter van Houten wrote: > I would put Total Commander at the top of the list: http://www.ghisler.com So would I. I bought a 3-user license many versions ago and now that it's portable I just carry it around on my USB toolstick, and I have it tweaked with a number of custom buttons pointing at other freeware tools on the stick. I use the PQI U339 because it has a write-protect switch, which means I can protect my utilities against infection ... PQI U339 http://www.pqi.com.tw/product2.asp?CATE1=18&PROID=31 I haven't seen a good file-comparison tool listed. I use both ExamDiff and the antique PC Mag utility COMPARE, depending on the circumstances. http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp http://www.google.com/search?q=pcmag+"compare.zip"; > Would substitute ImgBurn for CDBurnerXP. +1 ... although I have to admit I use burnatonce more often than ImgBurn, mostly because of the inertia of having it installed on the machine where I burn the most. BAO's development stalled a couple of years ago. BAO also needs admin rights to run under XP, unfortunately. http://www.burnatonce.net/ > Ultra VNC. Say no more: +1 ... I use this all the time, especially the SingleClick version I use to support home-user clients. Sure saves on gas money. Wish it had a Mac port. Also wish it wasn't detected as malware by many AV packages, requiring me to override the settings. > TrueCrypt. Brilliant file and whole-disk encryption: +1 ... ditto. I've had my laptop data partition encrypted for years using TC, started using it long before it did WDE. > Testdisk. Get down low with your HDD: > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download I've looked at this, but I use Spinrite from grc.com (NOT free) whenever I need to recover data from a failing disk. > USB Deview. Untangle all those devices sensibly. In fact, most of Nir's > utilities are good: +5 ... I use lots of the nirsoft tools, although many of them are sometimes detected as malware, unfortunately > Angry IP scanner. Very quick: +1. Sometimes detected as malware, unfortunately, especially by home-grade AV packages. > >> DBAN - Securely wipes hard drives to DOD standards +1 > > Notepad++ +1 > > 7-Zip +1 > > WinDirStat I prefer the last free version of SpaceMonger: Old SpaceMonger v1.x http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php > > FileZilla Client I use the FTP tool that is part of Total Commander, plus also WinSCP, the free SFTP and FTP client for Windows http://winscp.net/eng/index.php. WinSCP is available as a portable app, too. > > Firefox +10 On 3 Aug 2009 at 9:57, Kurt Buff wrote: > Clonezilla http://clonezilla.org I've used this successfully. > Portable Apps - many of these are damn useful Agree > PasswordSafe - others prefer KeePass, but I haven't used it None of the GPL password databases I have seen have a real Palm module, and since I'm still using a Palm PDA/phone, I use YAPS. The Palm part is free, you have to purchase the Windows viewer (for a whopping $9) if you want to view (and use) your passwords on your desktop. http://www.msbsoftware.ch/yaps.html On 3 Aug 2009 at 12:08, Brad DeHart wrote: > I've always been partial to Ultimate Boot CD > (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/). It has over 100 tools for diagnostics and > repair. I have a copy of this, also have a BartPE that I use quite frequently. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-895-3270 ~! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
