MediaChecker helps you check all your media (fixed or removable like diskettes, zip, magneto-optical disks, or CD-R,...) or only a folder on these media and ensure that all your precious data that you store on them are safe and can be accessed successfully. (Size: 125 KB)

Safarp is a small and fast replacement for the Add or Remove Programs Control Panel applet. It displays a list of the installed programs and allows one to uninstall / repair them. Other features: search function, obsolete list entries removal, export program list to a file, accessibility via the Control Panel, Windows hotfixes can be hidden. (Size: 112 KB)

WinAudit is a software program that performs an exhaustive audit of the hardware and software configuration of your computer. The audit report contains details on installed software, license information, peripherals, memory usage, processor model, network settings etc. You can view the audit report on screen as well as save it in text, web page, XML and spreadsheet formats. (Size: 99 KB)

Startup Inspector for Windows helps manage your startup applications and provides information on programs that run when you start up Windows. It can tell whether a program is necessary to the system or if it is spyware. The application scans all programs in the Windows startup folder and registry, and provides you with background information. There are more than 4,300 programs in the database. The application's features also include the ability to remove harmful programs such as spyware, viruses, and dialers, as well as remove unnecessary programs like reminders and monitors, thus improving your system's performance and health. (Size: 667 KB)

MBRtool lets you back up, restore, and manipulate just about anything in the hard disk MBR and track0. You can edit partition tables and change attributes for partitions. You can also re-create a MBR from scratch. All actions can also be performed on MBR backups, making this tool useful for recovery purposes. (Size: 80 KB)

Utility to force a reboot, shutdown or logoff in Windows/DOS. Logs off the current user, restarts or shuts down the system automatically. Usage: WINEXIT shutdown, logoff, poweroff, reboot, force. Shutdown, shuts down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power. All file buffers have been flushed to disk, and all running processes have stopped. Logoff, shuts down all processes running in the security context of the process that called the WINEXIT command. Then it logs the user off. Poweroff, shuts down the system and turns off the power. The system must support the power-off feature. Reboot, shuts down the system and then restarts the system. Force, Forces processes to terminate. (Size: 25 KB)

Forgotten your Microsoft Word password or Microsoft Excel password and can't open your file? Try Free Word / Excel Password Recovery Wizard before spending any money on commercial software. Free Word / Excel Password Recovery Wizard offers the same functionality and performance as expensive commercial Word password / Excel password software, but is a completely free download. (Size: 237 KB)

Memory Monitor shows the state of memory available to Windows. The monitor window shows the physical, virtual (swap file) and total memory values, along with a usage graph, making it easy to visualise the memory load. (Size: 32 KB)

Videogame & computer enthusiasts can now keep up with the latest tech news, gaming previews, cheats and more with Deskpops Interactive Wallpaper. Unlike ordinary desktop wallpaper, Deskpops Interactive Wallpaper is embedded with regularly-updated headlines. Just a click to a headline opens the story in the user's browser. This new version of Deskpops targets the active videogamer and computer enthusiast. It features news headlines from 70 of the most popular tech sources, including Slashdot, CNET, G4TechTV, Wired, GameSpot and O'Reilly. Users can also keep up with the latest blogs from such tech heavyweights as John C. Dvorak, Leo Laporte and Cat Schwartz. Gamers can learn about the latest cheats for Xbox, Playstation, Gameboy, Dreamcast and PC games. Previews of upcoming games are also available, along with screenshots, movies and reviews. Deskpops' patent-pending Interactive Wallpaper system harnesses the power of RSS in an easy-to-use, always-on application. (Size: 292 KB)

Server for the SimpleIM system. Allows communication over a local area network or the Internet. Only 10 users can connect to the server at one time, an issue that is being addressed in the next version of SimpleIM. There are also issues with server lag, and messages colliding at the server level, this will also be fixed in the next version. (Size: 19 KB)