SQL Stripes 0.90.500 Beta 
Beta Version
User Rating: 4.1/5
Author: Adi Sapir
Program Type: Freeware

http://www.docmusic.com/ 

SQL Stripes is an application that helps you, the SQL Server DBA, to have complete control over your servers. From the high-level of monitoring essential components to the low-level of analyzing your various databases. The idea is that each one of your servers gets a ‘Stripe’ which contains valuable real-time data on the selected server. It is an intuitive and easy to use component, and is intended for SQL Server DBA’s.

Changes in Current Version:
Updated setup with newer DLL’s
Some icons were fixed
Minor fix on ‘Login Failed’ Detection
Agent service is not tested if Login has failed
Help has been updated 

SecuRE|copy – resume local file transfers

http://www.pineda.no/

SecuRE|copy is a file transfer tool that enables you to do local and network transfer with resume support. If you have ever copied large amounts of data from one machine to another, you know that it can be time consuming and often slow down computer performance. With SecuRE|copy, you have the option to pause and resume your file transfers at any time. The program does not replace the standard Windows copy function but rather appears as an additional option after drag/dropping a folder or drive and only jumps into action when you select it. SecuRE|copy provides a compact interface as well as an advanced interface that adds additional options like file queue, detailed statistics, buffer size variations and more. A must-have tool for power users!

 
License: Freeware 
Price: Free
Windows:  98/ME/NT/2000/XP
File size: 1887 kb 
Author: pineda:net
Version: 2.2.300
Last update: Sep 20, 2003  version history  

STGThumb – create thumbnails from your images

 http://www.stgsys.com/stgthumb.asp

STGThumb allows you to create high-quality thumbnails from your images. You can choose to select individual files or entire directories, and the size and quality of the thumbnail images can be customized. You can also automatically add a prefix or suffix to the newly create files and optionally rotate the resulting images or apply several filters like blur, sharpen, emboss and others. STGThumb even lets you create thumbnails from animated GIFs, in which case, the program will use the first frame of the animation for the thumb image. Additional features include customizable HTML page and slideshow generation.

 
License: Freeware 
Price: Free
Windows:  98/ME/NT/2000/XP
File size: 1131 kb 
Author: Starglider Systems
More: 2 other programs from this author 
Version: 1.95
Last update: Sep 19, 2003  version history  

 7-Zip – file compression tool

http://www.7-zip.org/

7Zip is an open-source file archiver, that offers a the highest compression ratio, using the new f 7z format, which delivers compression results that are usually 30-50% better than standard ZIP. We tested it with a server log file, which compressed with ZIP had a file size of 18 mb and using 7-Zip was reduced to 8 mb (results may vary, depending on file type). In addition, 7Zip also supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats, so it can be used with all popular archive files as well. The program offers a basic file explorer interface and also integrates into the Windows right-click menu. It can be associated with any of the supported formats and also offers commandline support. Interface and additional features are fairly basic, but the compression ratio is outstanding.

License: Freeware  Price: Free Windows:  98/ME/2000/XP File size: 920 kb  Author: Igor Pavlov Version: 3.13 Last update: Dec 13, 2003  version history 

BIMP – Batch Image Processor – image processor

http://www.cerebralsynergy.com/

BIMP is a small and simple batch processor for image files, that allows you to perform various functions on multiple images. It can be used to create thumbnail images from your pictures, add a prefix/postfix, replace spaces in the file name with underscores, flip or rotate images and also apply anti-aliasing and emboss effects. The thumbnail resizing allows you to force a specified width or height and keep the proportions, or define fixed image dimensions. In addition, the program can also convert the file format to GIF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, MIFF or TGA. All of the actions can be performed individually, or combined.

1site (LITE) 6.5.163

With this professional and easy Web publishing tool you can make fancy Websites, with frame-to-frame links, styles, rollover images, shopping cart and more… quickly. Can archive 1 site in 1 file. No HTML / tech details. Compatible with any browser. [Update | License: Freeware 0 | Requires: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Size: 1976KB]

http://www.1site.info/

PDF Info 1.00

Change PDF document properties, including author, title, subject, keywords, creator, and producer information. You may even add or remove hidden information. [New | License: Freeware 0 | Requires: Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Size: 913KB]

http://www.bureausoft.com/products.html

PDF Compress 1.00

Compress PDF files and reduce the actual size of PDF files by compressing text and graphics. Compressed PDF files can be opened and viewed normally by Adobe Acrobat Reader all versions. [New | License: Freeware 0 | Requires: Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Size: 914KB]

http://www.bureausoft.com/products.html

PixVue – image viewer and more

http://www.pixvue.com/

PixVue integrates with Windows Explorer and allows you to organize your images into virtual galleries – the original image remain in its location, but a thumbnail (and optional copy) are create in the gallery, which allows for additional annotation and extended search functionality. You can even create slideshows to be burned on a CD (including the autorun files and viewer) and organize your images in galleries. In addition, PixVue adds XMP, IPTC and EXIF details to the Windows file properties dialog (and optional mouse hint) of JPEG and TIFF files. Very nice! License: Freeware Price: Free Windows: 98/ME/2000/XP File size: 2688 kb Author: WebSite Version: 1.4.0 Last update: Apr 14, 2004 version history

Convert that E-mail Inbox into an RSS Feed

MailFeed is a PHP script that checks a POP3, IMAP, or NNTP mailbox on demand and returns an RSS feed containing the messages in the mailbox. This is great if you run a controversial web site that gets tons of hate mail, because now posting it to make fun of people is like, no hassle at all.

http://wonko.com/software/mailfeed/

Universal Village-UVC Collaboration Suite

http://www.universalvillage.net/UVCOnline/Home.shtm

UVC brings together all the features of traditional desktop contact managers with the new technology and real time advantages of the Internet. The UVC application consists of an Online Address Book, an Instant Messenger/Communicator component, an Online Calendar and Events tracker and a Task management system. It also includes a Poll and a Media Conferencing and Broadcasting module. UVC will help you to organize your life on both a personal and a professional level and is suitable for both home and office use. By using the UVC application you will be able to: * Get instant access to all your relevant information * Retrieve data from anywhere you can access the Internet worldwide * Eliminate having to maintain multiple separate organizers in paper or on the computer * Setup group meetings with your colleagues * Coordinate your calendar and tasks with your office assistant * Have an audio and video chat with your friends * Record all aspects of your life in one place

Outlook 2002/2003 Attachment Security Unlock Applet

“From Microsoft’s knowledge base (Q290497): Outlook 2002 includes a new security feature that blocks attachments considered unsafe. If you receive an e-mail message that contains one of the blocked file types, you may see the following warning message: Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: […] Although access to the attachment has been blocked, the attachment still exists in the message. The article goes on to explain how to manipulate the registry to allow access to these attachments. This applet does that for you. Please note: Microsoft blocked access to these files for a reason – make sure that you understand the consequences of opening attachments that would have been blocked. VisionTech Limited can accept no responsibility for any loss or other consequences resulting from the use of this tool.”

DOWNLOAD: MultiRes v1.44 [99K] Win98/2k/XP FREE

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm

{Enhance monitor settings} Do you oftentimes need to change your screen resolution and refresh rates? Sometimes you may want to view certain content or play a game in a different resolution. MultiRes is a simple tool to make this task a little quicker. The utility sits in your system tray for easy access, and you can also use command line parameters to call the functions if you wish to do so. Upon changing your settings, a popup box will appear to confirm that you want to keep the new look. It’s a simple, small, and free utility that does what it says. It would be nice to see these three factors in more of the software that is released these days. [Brandon]

CopyLock

http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc#CopyLock

Overview:     
 Version: 1.08
Size: 121KB
Date: April 9, 2004
License: Freeware 
OS: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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  CopyLock is a small program that allows replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many files which are currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or virus/trojan files.)

Add the files to update, click Apply, restart and that’s it!
You can also list and edit the pending operations from the system after you ran an installer or view the processes which use the locked files.

Disclaimer: you can crash your system or make it unbootable if you are not careful, use at your own risk. 

DeskNow Mail & Collaboration server – mail and collaboration server

http://www.desknow.com/

DeskNow Lite is a free mail and collaboration server. In addition to standard SMTP and POP3, it offers Web-based collaboration tools such as advanced Web mail with spam filtering, document management to let users store and share documents online, unlimited Web calendars with sharing and combined views, shared address book and message boards. You can also use your existing ISP instead of the built-in mail server capabilities. Despite the many features, DeskNow is remarkably easy to us, thanks to the well designed and user-friendly interface that allows you to understand and use the system in a matter of minutes. The initial configuration wizard will guide you through the setup and you will have a fully functional collaboration server up and running in about 5 minutes. It even includes a Java based instant messenger that allows you to chat with other users that are currently logged in. The free Lite version can be upgraded to the Professional version (commercial), which adds secure instant messaging, access from Palm, PocketPC and WAP devices, access to remote files as a network drive, and more. If you are looking for a collaboration server, this is one of the first you should try!

License: Freeware 
Price: Free
Windows:  98/ME/NT/2000/XP
File size: 31986 kb 
Author: Ventia
More: 1 other programs from this author 
Version: 2.3.9
Last update: Apr 17, 2004  version history 
 

Review: FinePrint Gives You Print Control

Wish you had more control over printing from Windows applications? You can, thanks to FinePrint 5.0.

Review: FinePrint Gives You Print Control

 

Despite improvements in printers, drivers (and Windows itself) still offer little control over printed output. Sure, you can switch from portrait to landscape, and you’ll sometimes find a printer with a driver that lets you print four pages to a physical page, but beyond that, pickings are slim.

FinePrint 5.2, from FinePrint Software, comes to the rescue. It installs a virtual printer (a technique also used by fax software); you direct your output to FinePrint (instead of, say, your LaserJet printer), and FinePrint will do its magic. Once Windows has “printed” your output to FinePrint, the program opens its main window (see illustration). You can choose the number of pages to print (1, 2, 4 or 8) on a physical page or print copies (again, 1, 2, 4, or 8) of each page of your original on a physical page. You can create “stationery”, which is really a group of settings that puts a header, watermark, and/or footer on your page. (In the online screen shot, you’ll see the custom watermark we added, as well as a header and a footer. Any of these elements can include a variable, such as the current date.)

 

Jaws PDF Creator

http://www.jawspdf.com/pdf_creator/index.html

Overview
Jaws PDF Creator provides an affordable and reliable means of creating PDF files from virtually any document in any application. Using Jaws PDF Creator, businesses are able to easily create electronic documents that can be shared across a wide range of hardware and software.

Microsoft Adds Another XML Schema to Its Published List

Microsoft added its Visio 2003 XML reference schema to the list of Office schemas that it has published and is making available for free for download. More than 22,000 customers and partners already have downloaded information on the Word, Excel and InfoPath 2003 schemas that Microsoft has been releasing, starting last November, according to the Redmond software vendor.

FAVORITES: Turn on the LAMP

Looking to get into the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, & PHP) phenomenon? These 4 sites cover the total range of LAMP topics. Check out this 4 way favorite.

Linux Forum – Linux Forum is a large community of Linux users, developers and enthusiasts that are here to help each other with FREE Linux Support, Linux Questions, Linux Help, Linux Problems, and anything else related to Linux.

Apache Freaks – Apache Freaks is an online community built to help each other with the ever so popular Apache Web Server. This community is completely Free to use and get the information you need to solve your Apache Web Server problems.

MySQL Freaks – MySQL Freaks is an online community built to help each other with MySQL. This community is completely Free to use and get the information you need to solve your MySQL problems.

PHP Freaks – This Web site exists to provide you with information to use while learning or developing PHP and MySQL. If you need PHP Help or you would like to provide PHP Help to other developers, you are in the right place. Additionally, we offer Apache Help, MySQL Help, Javascript Help, CSS Help, XML Help and much more. [Jason]

HTML SlidingMenu

http://www.menulab.com/slidingmenu/index.aspx

SlidingMenu 2.0

SlidingMenu creates z-piled stacks of layers in a browser and client dynamically navigate through these layers. Using HTML inline tags it is not only easy supporting a creative focus, it is fun and it opts for a more efficient use of web space. [New | License: Freeware 0 | Requires: Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Size: 351KB]

Toddler Keys – lock keyboard and CD drives

http://sneezy.usu.edu/~dschaeffer/tk/

 
Toddler Keys is a useful tool for parents that allows you to lock your computer keyboard, CD drive doors and power-off button. When the keyboard is used it will display images and play sounds every time a key is pressed, thereby preventing access to the desktop and applications, while adding some entertainment value for the kid. You can select the images and sounds to be used by copying them to the Toddler Keys folder. To exit the locked screen, just type the word QUIT.

License: Freeware 
Price: Free
Windows:  Win XP
File size: 175 kb 
Author: D. Schaeffer
Version: 1.0
Last update: Apr 14, 2004 
 

Crypto Anywhere – secure email client

http://www.bytefusion.com/products/ens/cryptoanywhere/whatiscryptoanywhere.htm

Crypto Anywhere is a secure, portable email client that is small enough to fit on a single floppy or USB key chain drive. It allows you to send secure email messages from anywhere, without the need to install any software. You can decrypt and encrypt messages using PGP, OpenPGP, SecExMail and others. The program also offers the choice of self-decrypting messages (receiver only needs the password) or public key encryption (receiver needs decryption software). Crypto Anywhere implements strong encryption algorithms based on RSA public key encryption, the Twofish block cipher and the ISAAC random number generator. Additional features include support for attachments, secure friends list (stored keys), message decryption and more. Crypto Anywhere is easy to use and free for personal use. Commercial version requires registration.

License: Freeware
Price: Free
Windows: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
File size: 2987 kb
Author: Bytefusion Ltd.
More: 5 other programs from this author
Version: 2.0
Last update: Apr 13, 2004 version history

Handy Recovery 1.0

http://www.handyrecovery.com/

“Handy Recovery is an easy to use program designed to restore files accidentally deleted from a hard disk or a diskette. The program can recover files damaged by virus attacks, power failures and software faults. If some program does not use Recycle Bin when deleting files, Handy Recovery can restore such files. It can also recover files moved to Recycle Bin after it has been emptied….Handy Recovery works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems. The program supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32 and NTFS/NTFS 5. If you need to recover a file right now, click the download button below. Handy Recovery 1.0 is easy to setup, and you can use it free of charge.”

MdbToMySQL XP – convert .mdb files to MySQL

http://www.mdbtomysql.de/

MdbToMySQL is a small and easy to use utility that allows you to convert a Microsoft Access database into MySQL compatible SQL statements, that can be executed to create a copy of the database (with data) on a MySQL server. Just choose the .mdb file to convert and select the tables to be included, and you are ready to go. In addition, you can choose to export only the structure or only the data, drop existing tables before creating the name one and more.

License: Freeware
Price: Free
Windows: 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
File size: 130 kb
Author: ZEBRA Databases
Version: 0.9
Last update: Apr 11, 2004 version history

Business Functions Basic Freeware

http://www.businessfunctions.co.uk/

This Excel add-on provides 102 functions for financial modeling, business planning and financial projections. There are categories for date and time arithmetic, and discounted cashflow analysis. The system comes with a function selector, a help file, a quick reference, examples and a trace facility for finding errors in function inputs.