1071 Giveaway of the Day Forums » User Favorites: Lwaxana en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:09:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16303 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:55:26 +0000 JerryChance 16303@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes, still digging around trying to find good freeware sites. Speaking of which -</p> <p><a href="http://www.winaddons.com/top-300-freeware-software/" rel="nofollow">http://www.winaddons.com/top-300-freeware-software/</a></p> <p>300 programs to choose from (with short descriptions) from the excellent winaddons website. Good hunting lovely people!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16181 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:20 +0000 RunesageMagik 16181@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hah, I see Jerry's still here. This was the thread from 4 months ago I wuz talking about! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16177 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:32:59 +0000 JerryChance 16177@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>150 FREEWARE downloads from Microsoft! Yes - Microsoft!! The link is at -</p> <p><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns" rel="nofollow">http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns</a>!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry</p> <p>I gleaned the link from <a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cybernetnews.com</a> which I have to say, once again, is a brilliant software and freeware information site. Give them a visit and be prepared to get excited!!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11257 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:34:20 +0000 JerryChance 11257@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>OK you guys and gals - this is THE definitive, bestest super duper, top of the range Freeware facility! It is described as "The Ultimate Freeware Guide" by our friends over at <a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cybernetnews.com</a> (Pay them a visit sometime, they are fabulous!)</p> <p>It comes with a health warning however, because once you click onto this link you will spend countless hours perusing the site. Better still,save it to your 'Favourites' folder because you'll want to come back again and again! Click onto -</p> <p><a href="http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html</a></p> <p>Enjoy yourselves folks!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11236 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:49:03 +0000 Pete4r 11236@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.yown.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.yown.net</a> : only best freeware<br /> new skin and more software :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11214 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:08:37 +0000 Nancy 11214@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>jerry,<br /> you can save them on a .txt and update it every once in a while. All you have to do later is copy the url and past it. that is what i do. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11210 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:23:09 +0000 JerryChance 11210@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thank you 'ender' for the above websites! Excellent stuff - my only problem is that my 'Favourites' folder is getting fatter by the minute. Two other websites in a similar vein that may be of interest to everyone are -</p> <p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.downloadsquad.com</a></p> <p>and also</p> <p><a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cybernetnews.com</a></p> <p>I visit these sites daily and they have an amazing amount of information for freeware and software addicts.</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11165 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:36:52 +0000 ender 11165@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>personally, i love these two sites , that i visit daily along with giveawayoftheday, that have reviews to the freeware that they are recommending: </p> <p><a href="http://www.freedownloadaday.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freedownloadaday.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.freewaregenius.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewaregenius.com/</a></p> <p>and of course, Gizmo's <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/</a><br /> newsletter, both the free and the paid version, are superb.<br /> He has the only newsletter, where I am actually a paid subscriber!<br /> the 10 dollars per year are totally worth! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11154 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:45:12 +0000 Nancy 11154@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>all are great sites. thank you guys. i made a compilation of all links that were mentioned above:</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249?replies=31" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249?replies=31</a></p> <p><a href="http://all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?action=newlinks" rel="nofollow">http://all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?action=newlinks</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sillysot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sillysot.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://osswin.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://osswin.sourceforge.net/</a></p> <p><a href="http://portableapps.com/" rel="nofollow">http://portableapps.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.tinyapps.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyapps.org/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oldversion.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldversion.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.carolsvault.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.carolsvault.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.perfectdownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.perfectdownloads.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/" rel="nofollow">http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.freshdevices.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freshdevices.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://rocketdock.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rocketdock.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.8start.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.8start.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.appsapps.info/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.appsapps.info/index.php</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows" rel="nofollow">http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows</a></p> <p><a href="http://bearbottoms1.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bearbottoms1.com/</a></p> <p>cheers. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-9841 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:15:05 +0000 JerryChance 9841@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi there Freeware addicts!</p> <p>Everything has gone very quiet on this thread - where has everyone gone? Time for me to suggest another Freeware website that may well catch your imagination. This website includes some lesser known and rather unusual Freeware and Open Source offerings plus information about technical support sites and forums, as well as games and fun links etc. It is published by someone called 'Bear Bottoms' and he offers links to other Freeware sites, as well as full descriptions of the software that is recommended. Well worth a visit and a good link to include in your 'Favorites' folder!</p> <p>The all important link to click onto is at -</p> <p><a href="http://bearbottoms1.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bearbottoms1.com/</a></p> <p>Good hunting folks!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace<br /> JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-9217 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:18:05 +0000 JerryChance 9217@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There is a web page at Listible.com entitled 'The Most Popular Freeware for Windows'<br /> Obviously a controversial claim - but have a look, it has 195 resources listed altogether - some that you will be familiar with of course. However, there are also some unfamiliar programs well worth investigating. The web address link to click onto is as follows :</p> <p><a href="http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows" rel="nofollow">http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows</a></p> <p>Good hunting folks!</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8945 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:42:05 +0000 BigThunder1 8945@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's a nice well designed little site owned by one of our members named <a href="http://www.appsapps.info/index.php">Apps103</a>. Has a handful of neat apps and a great source of links for programmers etc.. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8714 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:48:32 +0000 JerryChance 8714@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There's a gentleman called Gizmo Richards who produces an absolutely BRILLIANT computer technical support Newsletter every month. As well as producing masses of technical information, plus hints and tips - he also provides numerous links to FREE Software. If you go to the following link, you will find Gizmo's suggestions for his best 46 free utility software programmes. He has undertaken an enormous amount of work researching these programmes and they are worth close inspection. After perusing these, if you then click onto his Home page, you can subscribe to his monthly Newsletter. If you are interested in Freeware, plus accessible information about computer technical issues, then I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you to subscribe. You will not be disappointed I promise you - and all Subscribers are given additional links to a further 55 FREE Utilities! The Newsletter is freely available, but for a small annual fee you can also receive the premium edition. The link for Gizmo Richards' website is -</p> <p><a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm</a></p> <p>Good hunting!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace<br /> JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8251 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:04:30 +0000 BigThunder1 8251@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@ Lwaxana:</p> <p>Hi. Hmmm...they worked fine just after posting. I'll ask BuBBy or Lee to check and see if it was my mistake or some other. Anyway, below are the raw URL's to the site page(s) which are all relative actually. I just posted links to the separate pages for convenience and to hopefully save you or anyone interested some time searching.</p> <p>Main page @ MS Tech Net = <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx</a></p> <p>Utilities list page = <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Processesandthreadsutilities.mspx?wt.svl=featured" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Processesandthreadsutilities.mspx?wt.svl=featured</a><br /> (This page can also be accessed from the "Process Utilities" link on 'main page'. (3rd link down under "Featured Resources").)</p> <p>Process Explorer = <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx</a><br /> Alternate for 'Process Explorer' = <a href="http://www.mrtech.com/news/messages/5918.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mrtech.com/news/messages/5918.html</a></p> <p>Hope these links work for you.</p> <p>You are most welcome for my help, and I'm sure I can speak for all here in saying "Your Welcome Anytime"!</p> <p>Regards,<br /> BigThunder1 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8245 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:36:47 +0000 Lwaxana 8245@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BigThunder1: 2 of the links you posted don't actually link. I found 'Process Explorer' easily enough but I'm having a little difficulty with 'here'. :-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8244 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:28:38 +0000 Lwaxana 8244@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks to everyone for your help. I knew that if I posted my question here, as convoluted as it was, I would get some great suggestions and advice. Thanks again.</p> <p>-josephine </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8217 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:41:39 +0000 BigThunder1 8217@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Lwaxana,</p> <p>Lots of good ideas and options here, but I think Kat had the best option in the simplest form. A firewall such as Kat suggested would pop up a flag (little window in the corner of your monitor) each time something tried to access the Internet. It allows you to decide weather to allow or deny the action. You'll see a reference on that pop up window as to what file is trying to access the Internet. From that you can research and reference that file (back track) to see what application it's related to and either remove the offending application or change settings to stop the automation in most cases. Not fool proof, but should tell you what's going on for the most part with your system.</p> <p>Another way, although time consuming, would be to open the 'Run Box' from your start menu and type "msconfig" in the box then hit OK. This will open the configuration dialog for your system (be careful what you mess with). Click on the startup tab and you will see all the things that start/auto-load when you boot your system. There are check boxes next to each event. You can clear these check boxes to stop that particular file/app from starting. Do this one at a time in an effort to track down which one may be the culprit. Then close the box and restart your PC. Watch things and if your still having trouble, then reopen the dialog as above, check the box you cleared, and chose another to clear and try. It's time consuming and not a 100% guaranty that you'll find what your looking for because not all background services that can be accessing the Internet will be listed or show up there.</p> <p>Hope that gives you some direction towards your need to find what's taking up your bandwidth. The other options/software referred to here may be beneficial as well. I haven't tried them so can not comment. I do suggest go with the firewall first and go from there. Good firewalls of this nature can log all the Internet activity/access too so you should be able to review it and figure out what's accessing when. Good luck!</p> <p>Regards...</p> <p>Edit:<br /> Here's a free application that will list the processes active in real time called &gt; <a>Process Explorer</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx ">MS help page to understand system internal processes</a>.</p> <p>A list of application utilities to help track things down can be found by clicking &gt; <a>here</a>. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8215 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:05:03 +0000 Kat 8215@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi BuBBy,<br /> Thanks so much for the RocketDock link, it ROCKS! I've spent hours tweaking and customizing it.<br /> Kat </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8212 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:26:15 +0000 Face 8212@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BuBBy:</p> <p>Thanks for the links! Do you know if they can be used together?<br /> I have a lot of icons to manage (thanks to GOTD and GGOTD!) and at first glance they seem to have different and possibly complimentary advantages. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8178 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:41:42 +0000 BuBBy 8178@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Direct links<br /> 8Start Launcher - <a href="http://www.8start.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.8start.com/</a><br /> Rocket Dock - <a href="http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock" rel="nofollow">http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8165 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:13:47 +0000 jplutchok 8165@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I like Iconoid. However, I find a better approach to organizing desktop icons and clearing up the desktop is represented by 8start Launcher (free). I describe it in my weekly blog on free and cheap utilities, <a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com</a> (#25, 17 June 2007). There are other similar launchers, too (I've heard good things about Rocket Dock but haven't tried it yet).</p> <p>I hope this is helpful. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8163 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:33:14 +0000 BuBBy 8163@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>This is sometimes useful: <strong>PendMoves v1.1 and MoveFile v1.0</strong></p> <p> There are several applications, such as service packs and hotfixes, that must replace a file that's in use and is unable to. Windows therefore provides the MoveFileEx API to rename or delete a file and allows the caller to specify that they want the operation to take place the next time the system boots, before the files are referenced. Session Manager performs this task by reading the registered rename and delete commands from the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations value.</p> <p>This applet dumps the contents of the pending rename/delete value and also reports an error when the source file is not accessible. </p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/pendmoves.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/pendmoves.mspx</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8162 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:29:12 +0000 Face 8162@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Lwaxana (a StarTrek fan or just a coincidence?):</p> <p>Process Guard will ask permission every time a new program wants to start (which will be all of them in the beginning) or if a program has changed since the last time it started. It also protects against malware. There is a free version and a paid one:</p> <p><a href="http://www.diamondcs.com.au/processguard/" rel="nofollow">http://www.diamondcs.com.au/processguard/</a></p> <p>There is another program, called Port Explorer, in the same family - I think by the same people, that monitors all incoming and outgoing traffic - from their page: "...has an intuitive GUI that allows you to quickly see all the network activity your computer is involved in." (which is what you also asked for), which I have not tried:</p> <p><a href="http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/" rel="nofollow">http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/</a></p> <p>See if these cover your needs. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8155 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:19:00 +0000 Archangel 8155@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>alexiussg, there was one posted a few months back. I can't remember the name of it but it logged everything and the program that caused any action on your pc. I removed it because of the memory it used.<br /> EDIT: I remember now. It was called "Actual Doc" it did a great job alexiussg.</p> <p>I don't think that would help Lwaxana. It appears that he/she is wanting something that notifies and allows the user to authorize or not the program to run to conserve internet usage. So a firewall might be whats best at this time because I don't know of any software that does that kind of job.</p> <p>The only other thing I could recommend would be to regulate the programs that are id'd that is updating and remove them from the start menu by using a startup manager. Then the user would have to manually double click whatever to open and update when the user was thru using the internet. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8141 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:35:35 +0000 alexiussg 8141@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@Lwaxana - the thread heading sounds like you are looking for a program that tells you what is going on in your computer system rather than asking for a firewall program... so which do you want?</p> <p>anyway, i'd like a software that is able to logged down everything a program or several programs does to my computer system- from giving detailed information about where a setup program installs its files on my computer and the changes it makes before rebooting to programs that logs onto the web automatically to register itself.</p> <p>is there a program that does this? i'd like to have it! :D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8133 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:36:28 +0000 Kat 8133@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Lwaxana,<br /> I use Comodo Firewall Pro (free edition) and it alerts me whenever a program wants to connect to the internet. I then allow or deny access. It makes it easy to tell which programs "call home" for whatever reason. It's free for personal use and is a very highly rated firewall. Here is the link:<br /> <a href="http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/license_registration.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/license_registration.html</a><br /> Hope it works for you! Kat </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1366#post-8132 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:08:50 +0000 Lwaxana 8132@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I still have dial up. Yes, yes, I know, 20 years behind the apes. Anyway, most software today assumes everyone has an always-on connection and vast amounts of bandwidth so I go on-line and the next thing I know I can't go anywhere because some piece of software is off and running looking for the latest updates - without asking me and without telling me. I hate that! I have changed the option to manual download for most of the big culprits but there are still some that go anyway (some are from GOTD). Is there a piece of software out there (preferably freeware) that will monitor who's going out on its own and tell me, and even better, force it to ask me if now's a good time. I hope I've explained myself well. I'd hunt for it myself if I had any idea what to call it. Thanks</p> <p>-josephine </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8105 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:57:15 +0000 BigThunder1 8105@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Hi Bobby,</strong></p> <p>You and <strong>Archangle</strong> are welcome from all of us I'm sure! Link you posted is a nice site. Just checked it out and it looks like it's fairly popular. Search by keywords. I noticed it seems one has to reset filters on each new page which I don't like personally, but no biggy because they're right at the top of the results section. Thanks for the addition Bobby. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8089 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:25:49 +0000 Bobby 8089@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks to all for the heads-up on Iconoid and OSSWin Project. Have you tried the 'Best Vista Downloads' site? The apps are not strictly for Vista, but they do work on Vista (nice change there, eh?). Both freeware and shareware. <a href="http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8042 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:45:38 +0000 Archangel 8042@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Now this is a great thread. I can see everyones desktop filling up with icons. LOL</p> <p>Thanks for all the links members. </p>