Free or Open Source software replied by DarkByte @ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:53:58 +0800

DarkByte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:53:58 +0800

This software can download video/music/streaming media from sites such as Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare and supports RTMP.It also includes a download accelarator to make your downloads faster.

Quick Media Converter

Converts all your video and audio media, to and from a myriad of formats and much much more

Pic Resize

A free online picture editor

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:15:13 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:15:13 +0800

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

Mess with the installers, LOL. Specifically for .MSI files.

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:33:02 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:33:02 +0800

http://www.winbuilder.net/news.php

WinBuilder, a program that helps you to build and customize Live CDs. It's similar to tools like BartPE.

A PE environment is actually a lightweight version of an OS. Specifically, from XP onwards.

It allows you to recover your system if it crashes (LOL... DOS-based tools are a bit limited and that's where GUI comes into good use).

Those who suck at DOS will find this useful. It's like booting up to a Linux CD, copy all the things you need and reformat. For the more technically advanced, you can do repairs to a PC without having to resort to reformatting and reinstalling a system.

Those who have used ERD Commander before (used to be from Winternals before MS bought the company) , then you've used a PE environment.

A little more info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment

Going to try my hand on the Vista version. Looks challenging.

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:54 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:54 +0800

http://getsongbird.com/

Songbird Media Player by Mozilla. First look at it reminds you of iTunes, but you can't say it's an iTunes clone nor is it able to replace iTunes.

Good enough to replace Windows WMP.

A picture describes more. Some of its features. Other features can be added by using add-ons.

Free or Open Source software replied by s.roylee @ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:10 +0800

s.roylee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:10 +0800

lol.. Looking at all the links. It is time for Microsoft to considering opening their windows.. lol

Free or Open Source software replied by Jamie Zawinski @ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:49:56 +0800

Jamie Zawinski — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:49:56 +0800

OpenProj

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Thu, 29 May 2008 16:38:43 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:38:43 +0800

Removed Trillian.

See here - http://certifiedbug.com/blog/2008/05/23/trillian-multiple-vulnerabilities/

It's not the multiple vulnerabilities that's of interest, it's the extra programs bundled that are of interest.

Free or Open Source software replied by lifeisgood9989 @ Fri, 23 May 2008 18:49:16 +0800

lifeisgood9989 — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:49:16 +0800

hey guys, i've got a very nice mkv converter which i recommend for all to use. check this program out at:

AlltoAvi

the best avi converter i have came across so far. and the best part is that this program is free! :D

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Fri, 23 May 2008 15:55:12 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:55:12 +0800

For IE Lovers (not sure if it works for IE6), seems buggy for IE6.

InlineSearch

*wonders why I didn't find it earlier*

OK, this software is old, the page has been freezed since 8 December 2006, but works well.

One thing about IE search is it is stupid. I hate that dialog box. This addon mimics Firefox's way of searching which is way much better.

Free or Open Source software replied by kenn3th @ Sat, 10 May 2008 13:50:26 +0800

kenn3th — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:50:26 +0800

eXPerience Pack - 9x to XP look enhancements

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=15

Half-Life 2 - Enhancer - Tweak up your Half-Life 2 game

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=19

Winamp5 Update & Easy Tune - Small utility that can help you shaping up Winamp5

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=21

Auto Cleaner XP - Cleaning up your junk silently

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=23

nTweaker - Empowering nVIDIA graphic card performance with profile tweaks

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=25

Optimizer XP - Ultimate freeware optimizer program

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=28

Windows Server 2003 - XP Conversion Pack - Convert high performance server OS to be the best workstation OS

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=30

UXTheme Multi-Patcher - Visualize your Windows XP/2003 with 3rd-party visual styles

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=37

Free or Open Source software replied by FireIce @ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:24:44 +0800

FireIce — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:24:44 +0800

Adobe Photoshop Express (web-based)

Free or Open Source software replied by kenn3th @ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:07:16 +0800

kenn3th — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:07:16 +0800

If you have a song or a part of it but cannot find the name of it.. well use Tunatic and it will find you the song and artist easily within seconds. Tunatic is a song search engine that will analyze the music you play and find the details for you.

Screenshots

According to Tunatic Website the software supports only Mac OSX 10, Windows 2000/XP but it seems to work in Vista as well.

Download Tunatic here (Windows only)

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:46:44 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:46:44 +0800

Active@ ISO Burner

Free ISO image burner.

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:15:25 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:15:25 +0800

InstallPad - Reinstall all your programs easily, especially after you've reformatted and reinstall Windows. For the cheapos who don't want to buy Ghost or Acronis True Image and for less techy who knows nothing about imaging Windows.

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:44:31 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:44:31 +0800

Some online desktops

G.ho.st

Desktoptwo

Free or Open Source software replied by playmemory @ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:58:22 +0800

playmemory — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:58:22 +0800

simplest way to merge mp3 files is to copy and merge them is sequence ...

Free or Open Source software replied by Jamie Zawinski @ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:32:08 +0800

Jamie Zawinski — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:32:08 +0800

any freeware for merging of mp3s?

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:51:22 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:51:22 +0800

Adobe Acrobat & Gliffy - no relationship?

I would think Gliffy is more of an alternative to MS Visio.

Microsoft Office 2007 and iConv - again, no link. Just another converter IMO.

Live Messenger and Live Web Messenger - LOL. My preferred alternative to Live Messenger is aMSN. There are others like Pidgin, Miranda and Trillian.

Anyway, enough of my crap.

Here are some free Wordpad replacement programs. If you have no need to use a Word program or want something better just plain text.

TextShield, works on XP and 2000. Not tested on Vista or Windows 9x or Windows ME.

One glaring bug of this program is the lack of scrollbars. You have to press the page up/down buttons or arrow buttons to navigate around the whole document. Irks me enough as my documents are always long and scrolling using this method is really irritating. And your mouse scroll button will not work.

Other than that, it works fine. It hasn't been in development as you can tell from the website... so features are just as it is. If you need a simple one, this one is good enough.

Next one... Ultra-Pad. This one works on Vista. Only thing, kindly do not work in skin mode, because the resolution will be badly screwed up in skinning mode. Use Windows default skin and the resolution is fine.

Another thing to note if you insist on skinning mode. In Vista, the whole menu disappears, apparently due to Windows Aero effects. Just click on the black bar of the program and you will see the menu.

In skinning mode, the scrollbars are also in weird position. Your choice.

Free or Open Source software replied by kenn3th @ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:44:10 +0800

kenn3th — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:44:10 +0800

Most/All these alternatives are completely FREE.

If you find better Alternative Online free solutions than the ones mentioned above please suggest in your comments I will be more than happy to update the post.

Microsoft Office 2007

Google Docs

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Splashup

Adobe Acrobat 8.1

Gliffy

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

iConv

Windows Vista / XP / MAC / Linux

YouOS

Microsoft Outlook 2007

Gmail

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

app2you

MS Calculator

InstaCalc

Windows Faxing

FaxZERO

Sharp Reader (Windows)

Live Messenger

Outlook Organizer

Outlook Calendar

Microsoft OneNote 2007

Stikkit

Microsoft Money Plus Premium

MS Excel 2007

MS PowerPoint 2007

Adobe LiveCycle E

Excel Spread Sheets Invoices

PayPal

Portable Online USB Drive

DivShare

Windows Photo Gallery

Flickr

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:57:47 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:57:47 +0800

ISO Recorder

Tutorial

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:10:10 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:10:10 +0800

WinDriversBackup Personal Edition

Free or Open Source software replied by Jamie Zawinski @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:13:26 +0800

Jamie Zawinski — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:13:26 +0800

any software that starts with "Open"

Free or Open Source software replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:40:07 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:40:07 +0800

Seagate DiscWizard, a clone of Acronis to backup your Seagate hard drive.

Only for Seagate. Others, please source yourself.

Free or Open Source software replied by FireIce @ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:51:32 +0800

FireIce — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:51:32 +0800

MSNBackup

for those who always ask how to transfer emoticons from msn to another comp, use this
then u no need find the darn folder hidden dunno where

Free or Open Source software replied by freekicklegend @ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:02:27 +0800

freekicklegend — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:02:27 +0800

Originally posted by LatecomerX:

If you didn't even bother to read the few posts above yours, you deserve to be RhKed by your dear senior, infantry.

ZOMG UR SIG

ITS CHUCK NORRIS!!!

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