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Giveaway of the Day Forums User Favorites: mindnova http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums User Favorites: mindnova en Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:45 +0000 Conceptworld on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-40907 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:39:10 +0000 Conceptworld 40907@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for suggesting Piky Basket. There is a new version of PikyBasket at <a href="http://www.conceptworld.com/Piky/" rel="nofollow">http://www.conceptworld.com/Piky/</a> PikyBasket is now part of PikySuite. JerryChance on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-36163 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:11 +0000 JerryChance 36163@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ For those of you who haven't yet come across the infamous Gizmo, go to this link to find "The Best-ever Freeware Utilities" list. Something for everyone. Whilst you're there sign up to his free Newsletter; it is truly brilliant! I would subsequently recommend that you sign up to the 'Premium Edition' - unsurpassable value for the wannabe Geeks! It's okay I'm not on the payroll - just an ardent fan!! The link for the Freeware is - <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/</a> Good hunting! Love, Light and Peace JC Quantum Dragon on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-32358 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:21:15 +0000 Quantum Dragon 32358@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Let me add a few freeware sites to this list ! Adding links for individual freeware programs I like would take a month (at least) :) Freeware World Team : <a href="http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php</a> Freeware Guide : <a href="http://www.freeware-guide.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freeware-guide.com/</a> Freeware Files : <a href="http://www.freewarefiles.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewarefiles.com/</a> maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-31152 Tue, 27 May 2008 10:10:53 +0000 maizeydaze 31152@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.nbxsoft.com/sound-recorder.php">Free MP3 Sound Recorder</a> is a powerful sound recording program to record sound from microphone, Internet streaming audio, music played by Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quick-Time, Real Player, Flash, Games, etc. The recorded audio can be saved in MP3, WAV, OGG or VOX audio formats. You can choose the output audio’s frequency, bitrate, channel and quality. Free MP3 Sound Recorder can work directly with your system sound card, so that you can record anything you hear from your computer such as Internet audio, or music played by any program. Also it can record audio from microphone. You can select the audio source you want to record from on the Device options dialog. (Choose Stereo Mix or Wave Mix or similar option to record all audio through your sound card.) maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-31150 Tue, 27 May 2008 09:58:48 +0000 maizeydaze 31150@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.flash-gallery.org/">Flash Gallery</a> is a free application that allows you to create a slideshow on your website easy and fast. You won't need any programming skills to install or use it. Just embed it into your website and script will automatically scan a specified folder and form a slideshow. maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-30333 Thu, 22 May 2008 20:09:56 +0000 maizeydaze 30333@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil/index.php?id=Home">Pencil</a> is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. ________________________________________________________ <a href="http://www.poppeeper.com/">POP Peeper</a> is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite, Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts. IMAP supports allows you to access AOL, AIM, Netscape and other services. Send mail directly from POP Peeper and use the address book to email your frequently used contacts. POP Peeper allows you to view messages using HTML or you can choose to safely view all messages in rich or plain text. Several options are available that will decrease or eliminate the risks of reading your email (viruses, javascript, webbugs, etc). POP Peeper can be run from a portable device and can be password protected. Many notification options are availble to indicate when new mail has arrived, such as sound alerts (configurable for each account), flashing scroll lock, skinnable popup notifier, customized screensaver and more. ________________________________________________________ <a href="http://www.desksave.de/">DeskSave</a> * Saves the icon layout according to current user and screen resolution * Restoring works properly, even if 'Auto Arrange' or 'Align to Grid' (Windows XP/Vista) is activated * Accepts command line parameters * Auto restore after resolution change, program start or resume from standby/hibernation * Auto save at logoff * Unicode support, layouts are saved UTF-8 encoded * Starts with Windows, if desired * Saves icon layouts to files * Undo after restoration * Provides backups of current and saved layouts * Optional portable mode, leaves no traces on the system * Supports multiple displays * Supports English and German language * Optional shell extension for the desktop, thereby easy access to functions without background process * Very small size (DeskSave.exe: 78,5 kB, Shell extension: 79,5 kB) * No setup routine, just unpack the archive and DeskSave is ready * Easy deletion of all saved primary layouts, backups settings, DeskSave is completely removable * Supports Windows 98, 2000, XP and Vista (32 bit) maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-28729 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:32:41 +0000 maizeydaze 28729@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ GET ORGANIZED! _______________________________ <a href="http://www.datacrow.net/index.html">Data Crow</a> is the ultimate cataloguer and media organiser. Always wanted to manage all your collections in one product? You want a product you can customize to your needs? Your search ends here! Using Data Crow allows you to create a huge database containing all your collected items. You can use the excellent online services to retrieve the information instead of typing all the information yourself. Don't strain yourself in organizing your items and trying to keep track of their location, start using the best cataloging software today. Start using Data Crow. - Out of the box experience - Audio, software, book, movie and photo collections organizer - Customizable UI: select a skin, change the fonts, customize views and much more - Create your own module from within Data Crow! - Everything in Data Crow can be modified to your own needs! Add your own categories, genres, states, .. - Rename your files based on the item information in Data Crow - Advanced user management - Keep track of loaned items using the simple loan management system - Use online services like Amazon.com, Imdb.com, Musicbrainz.org, and many others, to retrieve information - The internal powerful image editor enables you to manipulate any image - Create pdf and html reports. Create your own reports by supplying new XSLT documents - Use templates to fill your default values - Mass update your items - Auto number your items using the auto numbering functionality - Create a backup of your items and settings by using the "backup & restore" functionality - Easily upgrade to newer versions of Data Crow Data Crow is 100% free and 100% free of ads, viruses and spyware. Data Crow runs on any system where Java is installed. Note: I haven't tried Data Crow yet. I've been using <a href="http://www.getlibra.com/">Libra - DVD, Book, Audio CD, Game library organizer software</a>. Even bought a CueCat barcode reader to scan my books & Cd's into the database. It's a nice program, but there are some occasional glitches and the developers haven't been very responsive to their users problems since November 2007. I'm looking forward to tying this new program out. ________________________________________________________________ Create your own customized database with <a href="http://www.fileamigo.com/Home.htm">FileAmigo LE 7.3</a> Free Software! Within minutes of installing FileAmigo LE, create a database, import data, add supporting data such as notes and action items, and create reports. Print directly from the data grids and create as many reports as you need. Click on an e-mail address in a data grid to start an e-mail. Use active hyperlinks directly from data grids for URL's and files. Interface directly to MS Word for mail merges and MS Excel for spreadsheets. Note: Touted to be much more user friendy and easier to use than the more popular database programs (i.e. MS Access). maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-26833 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:56:41 +0000 maizeydaze 26833@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm">Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery</a> to recover lost images. goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-26114 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:24:41 +0000 goodgotd 26114@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ new link for WinFF: <a href="http://www.winff.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.winff.org/</a> freebio on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-24882 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:38:34 +0000 freebio 24882@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Not only programs, but rather all kinds of free services (especially web services): <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/">MakeUseOf.com</a> Very cool stuff. I also subscribe to their newsletters. I don't use, but they have RSS feeds also. BuBBy on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-24463 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:15:46 +0000 BuBBy 24463@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Please don't turn this particular topic into a 'discussion' - just links and recommendations only. Thanks. Robert on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-24460 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:24:55 +0000 Robert 24460@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ W2K...I sometimes wish I hadn't replaced it with XP. I still have that version and I'd love to work with it again.But I don't know if it's possible to make a dual boot *after* you have XP installed. There should be a trick to do this but I can't find the workaround anymore. Thanks for the nfo ,goodgotd! :) But I do still have an image of W2K ,but I guess then again I need a special entry to adjust the boot.ini file. goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-24456 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:56:08 +0000 goodgotd 24456@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ well, yeah, to most of that, but ghost doesn't care as I use ubcd 4.11 to boot freedos to run it. I'll see what it does when I get to it. terri's running (just fine) a test restore from a copied (and dvd saved) ghost image of a 4-gig drive with a basic-needs install including drivers, so I'll never need a win2k install disc for that machine again. I'm gonna do that for all of 'em. Robert on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/3#post-24445 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:06:25 +0000 Robert 24445@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ goodgotd Hi Does Ghost 2001 still work well with WINXP? I always used Ghost in the past(prior to XP), but they kept launching new versions so I assumed it was not recommended anymore.(Or how to milk the customer?) I guess EASEUS disk copy works a bit like Acronis True Image...(sector by sector copy) Copmom Be sure to make a thorough 'checkdisk' before you start cloning! copmom on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-24440 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:34:40 +0000 copmom 24440@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Milton... I'm downloading it right now.. then I'll copy my HD to my spare HD in case this one dies on me! goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-24432 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:12:22 +0000 goodgotd 24432@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ thanks for the link to disc copy- I'll add it to the ultimate boot cd alongside my old ghost pe 2001. maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-24416 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:47:32 +0000 maizeydaze 24416@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.andrewsellick.com/73/100-great-free-and-open-source-tools-for-web-developers">100 great free and open source tools and applications for web developers</a>. milton on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-24224 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:55:42 +0000 milton 24224@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yes, i have used some of them and there is a freeware Disk Copy, a great backup programme wiich provide sector-by-sector disk/partition copy regardless of your operating system. <a href="http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/index.htm</a> Thank me later BuBBy on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-23477 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:44:42 +0000 BuBBy 23477@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/">The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-23468 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:46:01 +0000 goodgotd 23468@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ various image to iso converters- nrg2iso <a href="http://www.immensetech.com/nrg2iso/home.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.immensetech.com/nrg2iso/home.php</a> WinBin2Iso <a href="http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Software/WinBin2Iso&language=english" rel="nofollow">http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Software/WinBin2Iso&language=english</a> IsoBuster (install using 'free functionality only') <a href="http://www.isobuster.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.isobuster.com/</a> goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-22456 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:11:13 +0000 goodgotd 22456@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ best freeware for memory card photo recovery by testing on sd cards: gui, no mpg recovery: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5 <a href="http://www.pcinspector.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcinspector.de/</a> text mode, recovers mpg and many other formats: PhotoRec <a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec" rel="nofollow">http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec</a> goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-21980 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:39:53 +0000 goodgotd 21980@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ transfer speed and usage (volume of transferred data) monitor BitMeter 2 - <a href="http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=home" rel="nofollow">http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=home</a> goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-21792 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:49:01 +0000 goodgotd 21792@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ info on disc cloning alternatives from: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning</a> for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista <a href="http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm">DriveImage XML</a> is a free option. boot-to-freedos, <a href="http://www.partition-saving.com/">Partition Saving</a> is available. another is <a href="http://selfimage.excelcia.org/">SelfImage</a>, worth a look. <a href="http://freeghost.no-ip.org/">Free OpenSource Ghost</a> appears to be just starting, but bears watching. <a href="http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/">Clonezilla</a> looks right handy. Then there's <a href="http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12">Trinity Rescue Kit</a>. RunesageMagik on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-20489 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:37:34 +0000 RunesageMagik 20489@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ goodgotd - Though not something I'd be interested in myself, the Freespire site doesn't appear to have folded. Forum's active, download was accessible a few minutes ago. Something to consider for those who aren't fans of Billie Behemoth's monopoly - <a href="http://www.noooxml.org/petition" rel="nofollow">http://www.noooxml.org/petition</a> MadisonAvenue on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-20429 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:56:59 +0000 MadisonAvenue 20429@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ The PCMagazine staff just came out with a freeware list of 157 s/w tools. Many you probably already know. Some you probably already use. <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp</a> MrFishy on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-20209 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:21:47 +0000 MrFishy 20209@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware</a> <a href="http://old-versions.net/" rel="nofollow">http://old-versions.net/</a> goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-20133 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:54:02 +0000 goodgotd 20133@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ andLinux- <a href="http://www.andlinux.org/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.andlinux.org/index.php</a> andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista; 32-bit versions only). This project was started for Dynamism for the GP2X community, but its userbase far exceeds its original design. andLinux is free and will remain so, but donations are greatly needed. andLinux uses coLinux as its core which is confusing for many people. coLinux is a port of the Linux kernel to Windows. Although this technology is a bit like running Linux in a virtual machine, coLinux differs itself by being more of a merger of Windows and the Linux kernel and not an emulated PC, making it more efficient. Xming is used as X server and PulseAudio as sound server. andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications without modification. Requirements * OS: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista (currently only the 32-bit versions are supported) * Memory: at least 128 MB (192 MB or more is recommended) Note that you should have enough memory left for Windows (at least 128 MB for Windows 2000 / XP / 2003; at least 512 MB for Windows Vista)! * Hard disk space: 2.5 GB (XFCE version) / 4.5 GB (KDE version) Note that you need an NTFS file system (which is default since Windows 2000) because you can't create files larger than 2 GB on FAT(32) file systems! * A good internet connection (to be able to install further applications via apt-get / Synaptic) * Some basic Linux skills to proceed once andLinux is installed What you will get You will get: * a fully functional Linux system, however without the usual desktop (you've already got one from Windows) * a second panel (e.g. at the top of your Windows desktop) or a second start menu (in the system tray next to the clock), from which you can start Linux applications * Linux applications and Windows applications can be used simultaneously and you can cut and paste text between them * apt / Synaptic to install further applications You will NOT get: * another desktop * the bench of applications that usually ship with Linux distributions (you have to fetch whatever you want) * a printer driver * trouble with further drivers ;-) Security warning: It is recommended to use andLinux only on single-user-PCs or in a trustworthy environment because the communication with the X-Server and the launcher is not secured, i.e., every user who can login to Windows can access andLinux. goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-20097 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:44:17 +0000 goodgotd 20097@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ fax software for fax modems WinFaxLite <a href="http://encoderx.co.uk/fax/" rel="nofollow">http://encoderx.co.uk/fax/</a> Stupid Fax V1.1.0.11 works with TAPI Fax modems to automatically print and save incoming fax calls. Incoming faxes are automatically routed and printed to the windows default printer. All incoming calls are logged with time, date and status information. All printed files are logged with time, date and print status information. Users can reprint historical faxes if needed. StupidFax was created to help users who just need a simple, reliable program to receive faxes. You'll find StupidFax really isn't so stupid when you need a program to just act as an incoming Fax Machine. Keywords: Free fax software easy TAPI modem <a href="http://www.maxmax.com/aDownloads.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.maxmax.com/aDownloads.htm</a> Budgie 1.6 (last freeware version) Win98/NT/ME/2000/XP This suite contains a contacts manager, word processing capabilities, a database manager, a spreadsheet utility, an e-mail manager, an image tool, a scheduling utility, a ZIP manager, and a fax manager. You can use it as a stand-alone or as an add-on to your existing Office software. Because it's contained in one application or integrated via the plugin system, each module is integrated. Budgie is contacts-driven and you can use contacts data in all the main modules. You can interface your contacts data files with the user-created databases. If you reference a contact in the Schedule you can get a running history of what you did with that contact or the whole history of the company he/she works for. The spreadsheet is closely integrated with whatever databases you create. Naturally the communications tools (email and fax) integrate with contacts, and the word processor can merge data from contacts files and user-created databases. The word processor has a special database mode through which you can create a hierarchical filing system for most documents in compressed form. Moreover, you won't have trouble importing your data from other applications. The word processor has extensive file import and export converters so you can read and save in many formats. The spreadsheet reads Microsoft Excel files, files in text-delimited format and dBase files and saves in these formats as well as its own special format. Contacts natively reads QuickBooks export lists and has a simple-to-use importer for dBase files (which you can create in the spreadsheet from other formats, or export to from your existing software). You can use the spreadsheet to query your user-created databases and save the result in several formats. The Schedule and Contacts can synchronize with a Pocket PC. <a href="http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page12.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page12.html</a> or <a href="http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/business/Budgie.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/business/Budgie.html</a> maizeydaze on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-19822 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:57:20 +0000 maizeydaze 19822@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I like this little program and have been using it for years now. Note: McAfee give this site a red light because of online affiliations. The downloads are clean. <a href="http://www.stratopoint.com/pfolders.htm">PrintFolders</a> List your files and folders, MP3 music or DivX movies into text or HTML files with a single click of mouse. PrintFolders offers three customizable output formats: HTML, plain-text and unformatted plain-text. All you need is to choose what to include into the list, how the list will look and where it will be placed. Other features include: support for ID3 v1.x, v2.3.x and v2.4.x tags, the "Custom root" function for more convenient cataloguing of files to be burned onto a CD, ability to limit the number of subfolders ("Deepest subfolder level"), file filter for filtering what to include into the list, HTML output customization. Trial limitation: <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/3906925-83b">nag screen</a> goodgotd on "FREEWARE LIST HOME" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2#post-16628 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:25:42 +0000 goodgotd 16628@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ That reassuring tidbit only means it won't let you make a typo, so you can't have 2 = signs in a row, and hopefully checks and makes sure there's a directory where you say it is. In DOS based systems this stuff was in autoexec.bat where you could get at it. But... It lets you change the TEMP and TMP variables, which point to the temporary directory, which is where the system puts temporary files, the gaotd and ggaotd installers put temp (.tmp) files, winrar, winzip and so on put... you get the picture. General catch all. An example, using the default location for temp: If you try to install, say, I love kittens! (253 MB) which you downloaded to someplace on the c: drive and start the install, the ggaotd wrapper unpacks it to the temp dir (now there's 506 MB used on c:), starts the game's installer, and if you choose to install it to c:, then you'll need at least another 253 megs (probably lots more) to get it done, or something over 760 megs. If you downloaded to d:, and your temp directory is on e:, and installed onto c:, then D: and E: only need 253 megs free, and C: only needs the space the installed game takes up. Default is usually c:\documents and settings\[username]\temp, which is a pain to get to when you wanna clean it out, and sucks space on the c: drive. (under WinNT, 2000, XP, that is... Under the Win9x-ME series it's c:\windows\temp - as an aside, while desktop, sendto, and 'my documents' under NT OS's are in the documents and settings tree- split up depending on permissions, usernames and whim- Win9x puts 'my documents' at c:\my documents and stuffs the rest under c:\windows. <sigh> Microsoft.) Make the directory first, Click on the little plus next to the temp and tmp entries, and remove the default and add your new one. I use f:\!getrid, personally. It also lets you add directories to your path, which is a list of the places windows looks for a dll or exe or bat file if it isn't in the directory here the call for it was placed. if unsure, bail- until you use the save button, it's safe. it's a more 'manual' approach than this item (which I forgot to post here, idiot that I am, and windows darn well does grow!): I haven't tried it yet (I moved mine the "hard way"), and for all my distaste for eaz fix- under freeware they have this: <a href="http://www.eazsolution.com/en/download_foldermover.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.eazsolution.com/en/download_foldermover.php</a> Software: Folder Mover Type: Free Size: 1.69Mb OS: Win9x/ME/2000/XP Version: v1.0 Why move System Folders to another drive or partition? Most folks place their personal data in My Documents, in Outlook Emails or on Windows Desktop. Unfortunately, these files or folders are by default located on the C: drive, the same drive that contains the Windows operating system. Storing these two things together on the same drive is not a great idea for several reasons. Here are just few: First, your personal data is very likely to be growing in size while Windows is not. In this era of multi mega pixel digital photos you are in real danger of filling up your C: drive. This progressively degrades Windows performance. Sooner or later you'll fill up the disk and have to make more space by deleting some of your personal files or get into the complex and problem- fraught exercise of increasing the size of your primary disk partition.... <more on the page>