Prickett
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Contents
My Choices of Best Freeware
System Utility Related
Virtual DVD/CD Drive
- What
- Daemon Tools
- Why
- Does what it is supposed to do
- Link
- Daemon Tools Homepage
Multimedia Related
Screen Capture Utility
- What
- MWSnap
- Why
- Functionality most like SnagIt's
- Notes
- Wish it had the ability to highlight areas within the snapshot
- Link
- MWSnap Homepage
Video Format Change
- What
- Auto Gordian Knot
- Why
- Can convert my captured TV shows from MPGs to AVIs with no tweaking. No other program I could find did that.
MP3 Volume Normalization
- What
- MP3Gain
- Why
- Can convert an entire directory's worth of MP3's to the same volume in a lossless manner.
- Link
- MP3Gain Homepage
Multimedia Player
- What
- BSPlayer
- Why
- Handles a more diverse set of Codecs than other players.
- Link
- BSPlayer Homepage
Codec Identification
- What
- AVIcodec
- Why
- Identifies the audio and video codec required by a selected video file
- Link
- AviCodec Homepage
Security Related
Spam Control
- What
- SpamBayes
- Why
- Most accurage spam control program I've found. Works as either an Outlook plugin or as a proxy for other clients.
- Link
- SpamBayes Homepage
Anti Virus
- What
- Avast
- Why
- AVG missed some things, and returned false positives on others. Avast wins by default.
- Notes
- Am testing AntiVir on another machine to see how well it performs.
- Link
- Avast Homepage
Disposable Email Address
- What
- SpamMotel
- Why
- Creates an email address that can be turned off should spam start flowing into this address. Also, gives the ability to create a distinctive label that gets added to the subject line. Filters can then be used to classify the email.
- Link
- SpamMotel Homepage
Disposable Email Address
- What
- SneakEmail
- Why
- Creates an email address that can be turned off should spam start flowing into this address. Also, gives the ability to create a distinctive label that gets added to the subject line. Filters can then be used to classify the email.
- Link
- SneakEmail Homepage
Internet Related
Browser
- What
- Avant Browser
- Why
- Offers all the extra's that people are flocking to Firefox for, but seems more intuitive to me than Firefox (popup stopper works better, tabs work better).
- Link
- Avant Browser Homepage
Favorites
- What
- myVmarks
- Why
- Online storage of bookmarks. Especially useful when combined with Avant Browser - can have myVmarks always open on one tab.
- Notes
- Wish it had the ability to export bookmarks. Painful to rearrange the bookmarks. Both features are to be addressed in the next release.
- Link
- VMarks Homepage
