XStudio-graphical and modular in design test management application

http://www.xqual.com/

XQual Studio (XStudio) is a FREE 100% graphical and modular in design test management application that handles the complete life-cycle of your QA/testing projects from end to end: users, requirements, specifications, SUTs, tests, tesplans, test reports and test campaigns.
In addition, XStudio is a powerfull but simplistic-to-use bug-tracking database. Hence, you will be able to manage your defects as any bug-tracking database but also to "link" these defects to your test campaigns.

Using a MySQL database as principal storage, XStudio allows to schedule or run instantly fully automated or manual test campaigns.

Installing XAgent (a free program running in background) on several hosts will allow you to run the test campaigns on these PCs remotely.

Uniquely, XStudio provides a "simplistic-to-use" system that integrates all the tests you may already have -or you're planning to develop- whatever the language they are written into. Because XStudio can be used with any kind of tests (C/C++, Java, C#, Python, Perl, JUnit, CUnit, VBScript, JavaScript, any proprietary languages provided by dedicated tools such as AutoIt etc.), all types of industrie can take advantage of it.

SourceMonitor-monitor complexity in source code

http://www.campwoodsw.com/

The freeware program SourceMonitor lets you see inside your software source code to find out how much code you have and to identify the relative complexity of your modules. For example, you can use SourceMonitor to identify the code that is most likely to contain defects and thus warrants formal review. SourceMonitor, written in C++, runs through your code at high speed. SourceMonitor provides the following:

    * Collects metrics in a fast, single pass through source files.
    * Measures metrics for source code written in C++, C, C#, VB.NET, Java, Delphi, Visual Basic (VB6) or HTML.
    * Saves metrics in checkpoints for comparison during software development projects.
    * Displays and prints metrics in tables and charts.
    * Operates within a standard Windows GUI or inside your scripts using XML command files.
    * Exports metrics to XML or CSV files for further processing with other tools.

SlowMousion-slows down mouse cursor speed

http://www.mystercrowley.com/sw_sm_en.php

SlowMousion is a (very) small application that slows down mouse cursor's speed when pressing and holding down a key or button. This provides you more sensitive mouse movements when drawing shapes, dragging something or anything you are doing with mouse.

SocketSnif-watch the Windows Sockets (WinSock) activity

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/socket_sniffer.html

SocketSniff allows you to watch the Windows Sockets (WinSock) activity of the selected process.For each created socket, the following information is displayed: socket handle, socket type, local and remote addresses, local and remote ports, total number of send/receive bytes, and more. You can also watch the content of each send or receive call, in Ascii mode or as Hex Dump.

ProcessWatch-automatic bind proceess to specific cpu core

http://smartconsultant.de/forum/index.php/topic,11.0.html

With ProcessWatch, you can do automatic binding processes to specified CPU cores, automatic assigning process priorities, automatic switching active power schema profiles, automatic terminating black listed processes and automatic stopping and starting system services based on the currently running processes and there configurations.

Even if you’re an ordinary user with a standard single core computer, you can still use ProcessWatch to manage your power profiles dynamically and have some older applications running smoothly on your machine. You can also block other users on your PC to execute certain application

Kiwi application monitor-application and processes

http://www.drinkprog.com/kiwi/index.html

Kiwi application monitor is a small program which lets you monitor your applications/processes. It's freeware and without any spyware or adware.All you need to do is select an application or proccess from the build-in process viewer or enter an application's exe name. The program can be set to start with Windows and run in background with small system resources usage. 

Adeona-opensource laptop recovery system

http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/

Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop.Adeona is designed to use the Open Source OpenDHT distributed storage service to store location updates sent by a small software client installed on an owner's laptop. The client continually monitors the current location of the laptop, gathering information (such as IP addresses and local network topology) that can be used to identify its current location. The client then uses strong cryptographic mechanisms to not only encrypt the location data, but also ensure that the ciphertexts stored within OpenDHT are anonymous and unlinkable. At the same time, it is easy for an owner to retrieve location information. 

Copy Cat-skip the bytes which are not readable on CD and DVDs

http://www.vcsoftwares.com/cc.html

Copy Cat 2.0 actually skip the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation. Copy Cat can be helpful at times when you want to copy a CD or DVD which is scratched,when you want to copy data from harddisk area which is partially not readable , when you want to copy data from floppy which is currently not being copied by windows .So download and enjoy.

#     Copies your oldest collection of CDs and DVDs
# It even tries to copy a highly damaged media byte by byte
# It gives you the option to skip the bytes if bad area found
# It is a very fast data recovery tool
# It also tries to copy damaged files on your hard disk
# Unlike Windows copy operation it does not stop the copy if bad area found

Copy Cat can be of great use to people who think their old memories are garbage now, try using this product to recover data and it will not disappoint you. Please note that a physically damaged disk area cannot be copied in any case but if such comes between a big file then it can be skipped so that atleast some data is recovered. 

System Explorer-task manager replacement with online file check

http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

    * Detailed informations about Tasks, Processes, Modules, Startups, IE Addons, Uninstallers, Windows, Services, Drivers, Connections and Opened Files.
    * Easy check of suspicious files via VirusTotal or Jotti service.
    * Easy search details about file/process via online databases.
    * Security Extension for automatic check of processes,modules and selected files.
    * "New Task…" dialog with integrated AutoSearch and AutoCompletion.
    * Action History for monitoring processes activities.
    * Performance graphs for monitoring usage of system resources in time.
    * System Snapshots for easy finding of system changes.
    * System Report builds rich text report containing major informations about your System.
    * Multilanguage and Plugins Support.
    * Can be used as Task Manager replacement.

WinExt – desktop with a horizontal bar

http://winext.hulubulu.net/

Customise your desktop with a horizontal bar that gives you easy access to all your programs and documents. WinExt is not an alternative to the windows shell, but a good expansion which gives your shell at set of new features.WinExt consists of a bar docked to the top or bottom of the screen and gives access to wide range of features while you work at your computer.The menus system serves you programs and documents with very few mouse clicks. You can set up your own menu structure that fits your needs by adding the files and folders you use most frequently.Below the menu you find an optional infobar with status indicators for CPU, memory, battery, and hard disk drive usage. This bar helps you monitor your system and gives easy access to the file manager and task manager.

SuperOrca-replacement to the Orca MSI Editor

http://www.pantaray.com/msi_super_orca.html

SuperOrca from "Pantaray Research Ltd." is a direct replacement to the "Orca" MSI Editor from Microsoft. SuperOrca may be used to examine and modify an MSI database.

   SuperOrca highlights:

    * SuperOrca – is a free software.
      
    * SuperOrca – can be easily downloaded from the internet, no need to download and install the entire Microsoft SDK.
      
    * SuperOrca – will allow you to scan and manipulate all MSI database tables in an intuitive and user friendly manner.
      
    * SuperOrca – will not lock the MSI file you are working on, so you can test it with other tools or even install it while the file is still opened in SuperOrca.
      
    * SuperOrca – features a powerful "Compare" function that will compare two MSI files, and display any differences in a clear and meaningfull way.
      
    * SuperOrca – features a powerfull "Search All" function that will search a text literal across all database tables in one operation.
      
    * SuperOrca – version 1.X is distributed free of charge to the software development and IT comunity.

Nawras PC Supervisor-easy configure windows restrictions

http://npcsupervisor.googlepages.com/

PC Supervisor gives you control over just about everything you might want to restrict. Control panel access can either be blocked completely or limited to only those options you want displayed. Hide drive letters and features like "run as," network connections, and the places bar

Clone Detective for Visual Studio

http://www.codeplex.com/CloneDetectiveVS

Clone Detective is a Visual Studio integration that allows you to analyze C# projects for source code that is duplicated somewhere else. Having duplicates can easily lead to inconsistencies and often is an indicator for poorly factored code.

Continuous LINQ- create continuous self-updating result sets

http://www.codeplex.com/clinq

Continuous LINQ is a .NET Framework 3.5 extension that builds on the LINQ query syntax to create continuous, self-updating result sets.
In traditional LINQ queries, you write your query and get stale results. With Continuous LINQ,

you write a query and the results of that query are continuously updated as changes are made to the source collection or items within the source collection.

CLINQ has tremendous value in GUI development and is especially useful in binding to filtered streams of data such as financial or other network message data. 

LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/31/linq-to-sql-debug-visualizer.aspx

One of the nice development features that LINQ to SQL supports is the ability to use a "debug visualizer" to hover over a LINQ expression while in the VS 2008 debugger and inspect the raw SQL that the ORM will ultimately execute at runtime when evaluating the LINQ query expression.

For example, assume we write the below LINQ query expression code against a set of data model classes:

Hibernate Trigger- do actions on suspend or hibernation mode

http://www.desimonesystems.com/suspendtrigger/index.php

Hibernate Trigger is a small program that will detect whenever the system is put into suspend or hibernation mode. When the system starts going into suspend, Hibernate Trigger will halt the Suspend operation and execute a command of your choice. Also, when the system resumes, hibernate will execute a command of your choice.

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools-Linq to SQL ADO.NET Entity Framework

http://www.huagati.com/dbmltools/

Do you want to be able to automatically update your Linq to SQL classes to reflect your database schema after making schema changes?  You don't need to look for the "refresh" button anymore – it is available now as an add-in for Visual Studio!

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools is an add-in for Visual Studio that adds functionality to the Linq2SQL/DBML diagram designer in Visual Studio 2008, and to the ADO.NET Entity Framework designer in Visual Studio 2008 SP1. It adds menu options for synchronizing Linq2SQL designer diagrams with the underlying database, and for renaming Linq-to-SQL (DBML) and EF (EDMX) classes and properties to use .net naming conventions.

MyEventViewer-alternative to the standard event viewer

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/my_event_viewer.html

MyEventViewer is a simple alternative to the standard event viewer of Windows. As oppose to Windows event viewer, MyEventViewer allows you to watch multiple event logs in one list, as well as the event description and data are displayed in the main window, instead of opening a new one. Also, with MyEventViewer you can easily select multiple event items and then save them to HTML/Text/XML file, or copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl+C) and then paste them into Excel. 

DefaultBrowser-set the default web browser for your user profile in Windows XP

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm

DefaultBrowser allows you set the default web browser for your user profile in Windows XP, without affecting the other users. The list of browsers you see in the Presets are tested and working flawlessly as user defaults. Note that the user interface in Windows XP does not provide an option for setting the default browser for each user.

MbUnit-Generative Unit Test Framework NET

http://www.mbunit.com/

This is the home of the Generative Unit Test Framework for the .NET Framework.  MbUnit provides advanced unit testing support with advanced fixtures to enable developers and testers to test all aspects of their software.  MbUnit has just released version 2.4 and has a dedicated development team working on MbUnit

xp-AntiSpy-built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP

http://www.xp-antispy.org/

The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP.
For example, there's a service running in the background which is called 'Automatic Updates'. I don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these functions manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why wast time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP. It's customiseable, but comes up with the Default settings, which are recommended. This utility is DONATIONWARE! This means, you don't have to pay anything for this program and you can give it to anyone who's interested in it, as long as you don't sell it. If you find this tool useful, and wanna gimme something back, think about donating a small amount of money.
Thanks.

HostsMan is a freeware hosts file manager and editor

http://www.abelhadigital.com/

Features

    * Automatic update of hosts file
    * Enable/Disable hosts file
    * Built-in hosts editor
    * Scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks
    * Hosts file backup manager
    * Exclusion list
    * Local HTTP server
    * …

DH Shutdown- shutdown the pc after a time you enter

http://www.drivercleaner.net/?site=tools

DriverHeaven Shutdown. With this program you can shutdown the pc after a time you enter.

Avi2Dvd- convert Avi Ogm Mkv Wmv Dvd to Dvd Svcd Vcd

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/softwareavi2dvd.php

Avi2Dvd is an All In One tool in order to convert with just few clicks an Avi/Ogm/Mkv/Wmv/Dvd to Dvd/Svcd/Vcd.

Supports multiple audiostreams and up to three textual external subtitles. From the version 0.3.4 and later it can support DV-AVI videos, so it can handle captured avi's from digital videocameras. Avi2dvd can also produce semi professional dvd menus with chapter/audio/subtitles buttons with extreme facility !
This utility is 100% freeware and uses only freeware software.
For any comments/questions try out our forum. Please use the search function to get an solution for your problem.
Check out our guides to find out the correct use of avi2dvd. Also take a look at the features page to find out what codecs do you need in order to work correctly with avi2dvd.
Note that avi2dvd is codec dependent so mega-codec packages may affect the functionality of avi2dvd. Try to install the codecs that are recommended on the features section. Morgan splitter is known for istance that gives several problems with avi2dvd. Nero filters too… Once you have a codec problem make sure that you have uninstalled the unsupported codec and try reinstalling avi2dvd again.

ISO Recorder – burn create CD and DVD images on vista

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Welcome to the ISO Recorder download page. ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.

ISO Recorder has been conceived during Windows XP beta program, when Microsoft for the first time started distributing new OS builds as ISO images. Even though the new OS had CD-burning support (by Roxio), it did not have an ability to record an image. ISO Recorder has filled this need and has been one of the popular Windows downloads ever since.

With an advent of Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 the version 2 of ISO Recorder has been released, which introduced some new features including ISO image creation and support for non-admin user.

Finally, in Windows Vista it became possible to address another long-standing request and provide DVD burning capability.

Since the very beginning ISO Recorder has been a free tool (for personal use). It is recommended by MSDN download site along with Easy CD and Nero and is used by a number of companies around the world.