Top 10 Freeware - May 2006

Top 10 Freeware
(May 2006)

Programs listed alphabetically

1by1
Version 1.55, release date: May 5, 2006
Tired of creating and updating playlists? 1by1 is a small, fast and handy player which is not only small: It provides powerful tools to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks.
Directory Player (needs no playlists) · Extensive file navigation · Full resume play (remembers last track and position) · ACM (mp3) and mpglib (mp3/mp2) support · Winamp input plugin support · Audio dynamics and stereo enhancer · Gapless/track mixing · Directory finder (plays whole drives) · Cue sheet support · Playlist support · Favorites
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7-Zip
Version 4.42, release date: May 14, 2006
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. It also compresses to ZIP 2-10% better than PKZip and WinZip.
Screenshot | Download (818 kB)

A43
Version 2.46, release date: May 24, 2006
A43 is a freeware file management utility for Windows 2000/XP.
- Integrated text editor with unlimited size. Dynamic highlighting for the web.
- Integrated zip/unzip features. Simply drag-n-drop files or click a button. You can also turn your zip archives into self-extracting archives the same way.
- Integrated file search to quickly locate and jump to those lost files.
- Integrated quick launch area for fast access to the programs you use the most.
- Favorite buttons to quickly open those often used folders.
- Dual-pane view for those that demand speed in file management.
- Requires no installation, no data is written to the system registry. A43's configuration information is saved in a local .ini file.
Keep it on your pen/jump drive and take it where ever you go.
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Asterisk Key
Version 7.9, release date: May 26, 2006
Asterisk Key shows passwords hidden under asterisks.
Features:
- Uncovers hidden passwords on password dialog boxes and web pages
- State of the art password recovery engine - all passwords are recovered instantly
- Multilingual passwords are supported
- Full install/uninstall support
Screenshot | Download (425 kB)

DCleaner
Version 1.07, release date: May 10, 2006
DCleaner is a freeware system cleaner and optimizer that cleans up unused temporary files and recent file lists from your computer. While doing this it improves overall performance and reliability for your pc while gaining your precious hard-disk space back that has been lost overtime. DCleaner efficiently erases tracks left behind from Windows, Internet Explorer, and from a wide variety of Third Party Applications. While DCleaner does one thing, you gain two!
Screenshot | Download (340 kB)

Easy Text To HTML Converter
Version 3.0.0, release date: May 24, 2006
Easy Text To HTML Converter provides fast and easy conversion of Text Files (*.txt, *.rtf formats) and Text Blocks pasted from Clipboard to HTML. The conversion is being performed in three separate modes: 'Single File', 'Files List' and 'Text Block'.
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MultiRes
Version 1.57, release date: May 18, 2006
MultiRes works very much like a 32-bit version of the venerable Microsoft QuickRes 16-bit applet for Windows 95, with administrative scripting facilities and extended capabilities to handle refresh rates and multiple monitors. Supported resolution and refresh rates are accessible from the command-line or from a simple menu that pops up from the system tray. An optional timed confirmation prompt – enabled by default in the program About box – ensures that any changes you make can be reversed safely, without fuss. While MultiRes - unlike EnTech’s PowerStrip - does not allow you to define new display settings, it does give you quick and easy access to the ones the driver makes available – in a simple, compact and conservative package. MultiRes is free for personal and non-profit organizational use.
Screenshot | Download (100 kB)

SpiderSEO
Version 1.0, release date: May 11, 2006
Open source meta tag generator and report. Create automatically keywords and description from the content of web pages. Pages are parsed recursively. Report links and metas. PDF manual included. HTML manual on the website.
Screenshot | Download (646 kB)

TaskSwitchXP Pro
Version 2.0.10, release date: May 20, 2006
TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to the dialog and also enhances it by displaying thumbnail preview of the application that will be switched to. TaskSwitchXP also has a powerful process and window management capability that allows you quickly to close/minimize applications and their groups. The unique capabilities of TaskSwitchXP make it useful for tracking down multitudinous windows, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work. TaskSwitchXP works only on Windows XP/2003 based operating systems.
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XPize
Version 4.4, release date: May 16, 2006
XPize is a GUI enhancer that replaces most of the non-XP icons, avis and bmps that Microsoft has always overlooked. It also includes some extras and a reloader, which you can use after visiting Windows Update.
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April 2006