Utilities, Share yours

Paft · 09-08-2008, 05:59 PM

A place to share and discover nifty utilities. Can be anything so long as it's purpose is useful.

The few things I'm using and now consider essential are:

RBTray* or Trayit!
Folder Marker (free)* or iColorFolder
Tinyspell
Unlocker

And the more common:
Rainelender (thanks Drain Bamaged)
Rocketdock with Stacks Docklet

I am after a alternative to windows clipboard. Haven't had a proper look yet because as with everything there are so many around and many variations. Any recommendations?

Edit:
From now on please post like this so post are easy to see and don't get buried:
Link in bold green text size 3. With a brief description. vB code List if you need it: http://www.fortress-forever.com/foru....php?do=bbcode

Unlocker
"Unlocker is an explorer extension that allows you with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of error message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder"

פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ · 09-08-2008, 07:21 PM

You, sir, are welcome.

Apps I use:

Objectdock, kinda like Rocketdock but different.

Hott notes 4: this is a BILSS when you have a habit of forgetting stuff, and I have one!

And I'm experimenting with Aston Shell, I'm trying to convert the entire desktop to look like the DODnetSystems menu in Crysis.

That's about it, iColorFolder looks nice, might use it.

FrenchToast · 09-08-2008, 08:12 PM

Google Desktop w/ analog clock, scratch pad, Gmail, weather, 6 shortcuts and a recycle bin.

Suits me.

Acid Reflux · 09-09-2008, 08:03 PM

http://www.ubcd4win.com/
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm <<Ghetto Ghost your HDD.

פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ · 09-09-2008, 09:57 PM

Looks like you need a recovery cd a LOT.

Check out Hiren's Boot cd, that's a good one too.

Acid Reflux · 09-10-2008, 12:28 PM

If it contains all that is listed, I'm impressed! I'm downloading the rar now.

פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ · 09-10-2008, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid Reflux

If it contains all that is listed, I'm impressed! I'm downloading the rar now.

Yeah it's very usefull if friends call you alot with questions like 'hey, my screen turns blue and I can't do anything, can you come check it out?'

But seriously, it's about the only cd you'll ever need to un-fuck a fucked up system.

Acid Reflux · 09-10-2008, 12:46 PM

Lots O' goodies! Thanks!

Gwarsbane · 09-10-2008, 04:24 PM

Here are some that I use...

CPU-Z
SpeedFan
Netstat Live
Process Explorer
Autoruns
Hijack This
Tweak UI

Innoc · 09-10-2008, 08:42 PM

I'm surprised no one's mentioned SIW. Great tool for telling you a bunch of things about a system...including product keys....password....etc

link

פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ · 09-10-2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwarsbane

Here are some that I use...

Process Explorer
Autoruns

Ah yes, forgot about those, I've grown so custom to them

ensiform · 09-10-2008, 11:28 PM

NOD32 AV (Not Free)
FreeRam XP Pro (Free)
TaskSwitchXP Pro (Free)
SlySoft AnyDVD (Not Free)
SnagIt (Not Free)
Pidgin (GPL)
PeerGuardian2 (Free)

Site with lots of freeware utilities:
http://www.nirsoft.net/

Mooga · 09-13-2008, 07:41 AM

TweakUI is a MUST for any windows system. The only GUI modification I use (if you can call it that) is Yahoo Widgets with simple CPU, RAM, and Bandwidth gauges. I have a few other widgets, but nothing I use often.

I've considered messing with some GUI mods, but most of them are either useless, clutter, or crazy window hacks that can cause stability issues.

Paft · 09-14-2008, 01:49 AM

Good stuff guys.

The Wonderful Icon

About The Wonderful Icon:
The Wonderful Icon 2.2 is a small Windows utility that resides in your PC's taskbar tray. Try it and you'll be hooked!
TWI has lots of wonderful features. With it, you can:

Assign hotkeys for common tasks such as minimize windows, restart Windows, etc.
Minimize programs onto the taskbar tray instead of just onto the taskbar, either by a keystroke or by right-clicking a window's Minimize button with your mouse
Configure a menu of easily-accessible commands
Increase or decrease speaker volume with the press of a button
Automatically run programs at start-up, and hide them, minimize them to the taskbar tray, etc.
Lots more!
Oh yeah, and it's free!

Damascus · 09-14-2008, 05:07 AM

PowerMenu to hide pr0n into the windows tray.

Sebhael · 09-14-2008, 05:50 AM

RocketDock
CCleaner
Defraggler
Trillian

Then of course the necessities; Firefox, WinAMP...I believe thats it :O

Paft · 09-14-2008, 05:56 AM

I haven't defragged since I was in Win 98 5 years a go.

Titan` · 09-14-2008, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paft

A place to share and discover nifty utilities. Can be anything so long as it's purpose is useful.

The few things I'm using and now consider essential are:

RBTray* or Trayit!
Folder Marker (free)* or iColorFolder
Tinyspell
Unlocker

And the more common:
Rainelender (thanks Drain Bamaged)
Rocketdock with Stacks Docklet

I am after a alternative to windows clipboard. Haven't had a proper look yet because as with everything there are so many around and many variations. Any recommendations?

I have been using rocketdock, but that stack docklet is very nice... Any suggestions on where to get some better winxp themes (I forget the name of the specific .dll) and nice wallpapers?

**Crazycarl** · 09-14-2008, 05:57 AM

SequoiaView
Shows the contents of your drive as boxes relative to the files's size. Extremely useful if you need to make space but you don't know what to delete.

Paft · 09-14-2008, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titan`

I have been using rocketdock, but that stack docklet is very nice... Any suggestions on where to get some better winxp themes (I forget the name of the specific .dll) and nice wallpapers?

The one I am using I got from: http://customize.org/xpthemes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazyarl

SequoiaView
Shows the contents of your drive as boxes relative to the files's size. Extremely useful if you need to make space but you don't know what to delete.

That looked baffling at very first glance. Gave it an install, damn PG2 is using 7gb atm. Would never have thought. This is indeed extremely useful.

TeraCopy - Copy your files faster and easier

09-08-2008, 05:59 PM	#1
Paft Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK - http://forums.fortress-forever.com Class/Position: [O] Med Gametype: CTF/Skills Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Utilities, Share yours A place to share and discover nifty utilities. Can be anything so long as it's purpose is useful. The few things I'm using and now consider essential are: RBTray* or Trayit! Folder Marker (free)* or iColorFolder Tinyspell Unlocker And the more common: Rainelender (thanks Drain Bamaged) Rocketdock with Stacks Docklet I am after a alternative to windows clipboard. Haven't had a proper look yet because as with everything there are so many around and many variations. Any recommendations? Edit: From now on please post like this so post are easy to see and don't get buried: Link in bold green text size 3. With a brief description. vB code List if you need it: http://www.fortress-forever.com/foru....php?do=bbcode Unlocker "Unlocker is an explorer extension that allows you with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of error message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder" __________________ TFC Resource TFC/FF/TF2 customs at: ZZUBYTTIHS - www.tfcgaschamber.com - www.ozfortress.com - www.fpsbanana.com - mrclan.com - TFC Essentials Jan 2012 Last edited by Ihmhi; 02-03-2009 at 06:55 PM.

09-08-2008, 08:12 PM	#3
FrenchToast The 1337est D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Omagosh Canada. Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Google Desktop w/ analog clock, scratch pad, Gmail, weather, 6 shortcuts and a recycle bin. Suits me. __________________ James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had' ; 'had had' had had a better effect on the teacher.

09-10-2008, 08:42 PM	#10
Innoc Hitman 2 1 Actual Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: "Oscar Mike" Gametype: FPS or RTS (just say NO to MMO) Affiliations: Your Mom Posts Rated Helpful 8 Times	I'm surprised no one's mentioned SIW. Great tool for telling you a bunch of things about a system...including product keys....password....etc link __________________ Mooga on Obama: He can cut taxes. Actually do something useful. Punch Nancy Pelosi in the face. Just to name a few. You eventually run out of other people's money to spend.

09-10-2008, 11:28 PM	#12
ensiform Time Lord, Doctor Beta Tester Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The TARDIS Class/Position: Engineer Gametype: CTF Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	NOD32 AV (Not Free) FreeRam XP Pro (Free) TaskSwitchXP Pro (Free) SlySoft AnyDVD (Not Free) SnagIt (Not Free) Pidgin (GPL) PeerGuardian2 (Free) Site with lots of freeware utilities: http://www.nirsoft.net/ __________________ Open Fortress Developer TrashedGamers.com - Root Access Admin

09-13-2008, 07:41 AM	#13
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	TweakUI is a MUST for any windows system. The only GUI modification I use (if you can call it that) is Yahoo Widgets with simple CPU, RAM, and Bandwidth gauges. I have a few other widgets, but nothing I use often. I've considered messing with some GUI mods, but most of them are either useless, clutter, or crazy window hacks that can cause stability issues. __________________ ~ Mooga ...w00t? SRCDS.com \| Twitter

09-08-2008, 07:21 PM	#2
פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ Annoying people since 1986 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Belgium a.k.a. absurdistan Class/Position: O fatty, pyro - D engy, pyro Gametype: CTF Affiliations: This space for rent. Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	You, sir, are welcome. Apps I use: Objectdock, kinda like Rocketdock but different. Hott notes 4: this is a BILSS when you have a habit of forgetting stuff, and I have one! And I'm experimenting with Aston Shell, I'm trying to convert the entire desktop to look like the DODnetSystems menu in Crysis. That's about it, iColorFolder looks nice, might use it.

09-09-2008, 08:03 PM	#4
Acid Reflux Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: out of the closet Class/Position: Pyro / D Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	http://www.ubcd4win.com/ http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm <<Ghetto Ghost your HDD.

09-09-2008, 09:57 PM	#5
פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ Annoying people since 1986 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Belgium a.k.a. absurdistan Class/Position: O fatty, pyro - D engy, pyro Gametype: CTF Affiliations: This space for rent. Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Looks like you need a recovery cd a LOT. Check out Hiren's Boot cd, that's a good one too.

09-10-2008, 12:28 PM	#6
Acid Reflux Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: out of the closet Class/Position: Pyro / D Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	If it contains all that is listed, I'm impressed! I'm downloading the rar now.

09-10-2008, 12:46 PM	#8
Acid Reflux Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: out of the closet Class/Position: Pyro / D Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Lots O' goodies! Thanks!

09-10-2008, 04:24 PM	#9
Gwarsbane Slayer of humans D&A Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mostly on earth though in some alt dimensions Class/Position: I'm an Offensive Defensive person Gametype: Fortress Forever Affiliations: I'm a merc, only thing that talks is money Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	Here are some that I use... CPU-Z SpeedFan Netstat Live Process Explorer Autoruns Hijack This Tweak UI

09-14-2008, 01:49 AM	#14
Paft Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK - http://forums.fortress-forever.com Class/Position: [O] Med Gametype: CTF/Skills Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Good stuff guys. The Wonderful Icon About The Wonderful Icon: The Wonderful Icon 2.2 is a small Windows utility that resides in your PC's taskbar tray. Try it and you'll be hooked! TWI has lots of wonderful features. With it, you can: Assign hotkeys for common tasks such as minimize windows, restart Windows, etc. Minimize programs onto the taskbar tray instead of just onto the taskbar, either by a keystroke or by right-clicking a window's Minimize button with your mouse Configure a menu of easily-accessible commands Increase or decrease speaker volume with the press of a button Automatically run programs at start-up, and hide them, minimize them to the taskbar tray, etc. Lots more! Oh yeah, and it's free! __________________ TFC Resource TFC/FF/TF2 customs at: ZZUBYTTIHS - www.tfcgaschamber.com - www.ozfortress.com - www.fpsbanana.com - mrclan.com - TFC Essentials Jan 2012

09-14-2008, 05:07 AM	#15
Damascus Comic Artist D&A Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	PowerMenu to hide pr0n into the windows tray. __________________

09-14-2008, 05:50 AM	#16
Sebhael Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Princeton, IL Class/Position: Pyro \| O Gametype: Capture the Flag Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	RocketDock CCleaner Defraggler Trillian Then of course the necessities; Firefox, WinAMP...I believe thats it :O

09-14-2008, 05:56 AM	#17
Paft Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK - http://forums.fortress-forever.com Class/Position: [O] Med Gametype: CTF/Skills Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	I haven't defragged since I was in Win 98 5 years a go. __________________ TFC Resource TFC/FF/TF2 customs at: ZZUBYTTIHS - www.tfcgaschamber.com - www.ozfortress.com - www.fpsbanana.com - mrclan.com - TFC Essentials Jan 2012

09-14-2008, 05:57 AM	#19
Crazycarl D&A Member Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 31 Times	SequoiaView Shows the contents of your drive as boxes relative to the files's size. Extremely useful if you need to make space but you don't know what to delete.

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