Toolwiz Time Freeze

No doubt you suspect your Windows PC of hidden talents, and one of the coolest is virtualization. It clones your system, creating fully working copies that you can use normally (or abnormally) without risking your "real" system. Toolwiz Time Freeze makes virtualization very easy to use. It can also protect your files and folders from changes and provide password protection.
Time Freeze has a simple interface for starting and stopping its main features as well as adding files to the File Protection feature (Time Freeze warns not to include Windows system files) and enabling password protection or changing your password. There's a small, optional "toolbar" that merely displays the program's status on the desktop, but it's helpful if you switch between modes a lot. Most of the time, the program's system tray icon handles all the action.
Except for the toolbar and system tray, there's no indication when Time Freeze's virtual system is active, except for a very slight performance lag that will be familiar to anyone who's messed around with virtual machines; it's nothing serious or even annoying, but you can feel it. We ran CCleaner, deleted the files it found, and then exited Time Freeze. The program has two exit options: reject all changes, which requires a reboot, or accept all changes, which can take a minute or two. We chose the first option, but our BIOS called a boot error when none of our disks showed up. Hmm! A hard reboot called up Checkdisk, which found no errors, and Windows opened normally, though our Google preferences had disappeared and our desktop background was corrupted. But when we ran CCleaner, the files we'd deleted in protected mode were still there, so Time Freeze did its primary job. A second run-through also caused a boot failure. But we had no problems when we exited Time Freeze while accepting all changes, or with the File Protection feature.
Despite a few bugs, we really like what Time Freeze is doing here, taking advantage of your system's built-in but little-used capabilities to offer a truly useful new feature. It's a work in progress, but worth keeping an eye on.

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Directory List & Print

Sometimes the best programs are those that don't contain a lot of bells and whistles, but that simply do a specific task easily and efficiently. Directory List and Print is one such program. This basic utility lets users create, save, and print lists of the files on their computers. It's not fancy, but that's the point; it's made to do one thing well with as little fuss as possible.
The program's interface is plain and easy to navigate, with panes displaying the user's directories and the program's output. Check boxes allow users to choose what information they want included in their list: date, time, size, path, and so on. Users then simply navigate to the desired directory, preview the contents in the output pane, and then choose what they want to do with it; the directory information can be printed, copied to the clipboard, or transferred to a Word document or Excel spreadsheet. Directory List and Print can also be added to the context menu, allowing users to right-click on any directory in Windows Explorer and launch the program. The utility comes with a brief PDF Help file, but we didn't need it; everything about it is intuitive. Overall, we think that Directory List and Print is a great choice for anyone seeking a simple way to print directories.
Directory List and Print comes as a ZIP file and is accessible after extraction with no need for installation. We recommend this program to all users.

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PhotoInstrument

Photoinstrument provides a stunning amount of control when editing photos. Even with all the controls, the program still manages to be simple to operate, especially for those willing to invest the time.
Our first impressions were not positive since the program's interface looked slightly childish, thanks to command icons that are all various smiley faces. Fortunately, the tutorial videos that pop up immediately prove that this is a serious tool and seriously easy. We smoothly navigated the program's functions that are represented by the previously mentioned smileys, each offering ways to shade, erase blemishes, and even erase features (the tutorial's example shaves a few centimeters from a man's chin in a profile photo). It was a relief to find that all the tools followed the same pattern of adjusting the size and intensity with sliders and by clicking and dragging the changes on the picture. While a little clumsy at first, the tools got easier with a little practice. The best we tested were the tools that subtly erased blemishes because they smoothly blended the skin defects into the healthy flesh. Our favorite feature was its Original button, which let us toggle between the changes and the untouched photo. Overall, each tool was effective and simple to understand, though each required patience in perfecting.
Photoinstrument's trial does not let users save their work. While the program looks childish and takes some practice, its results were professional enough that we recommend it.

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3DP Net

3DP Net is a useful freeware that will minimize your effort and time spent in finding the drivers for your PC components. 3DP Net has the ability to automatically install the right network driver for your PC even if you reinstalled Windows and cannot connect to the internet due to the absence of appropriate driver. 3DP Net will detect which network adapter is installed on your PC and automatically choose the right driver from its integrated Ethernet card driver pool that enables to use the internet with breeze. 3DP Chip is another useful program that will automatically detect and display the information on your CPU, motherboard, video card and sound card installed on your PC. You can also choose to copy this information into your clipboard with one click for later use (such as posting in a forum). If you have working internet connection, you can choose to download the latest drivers for all of these components.

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O&O Defrag Professional Edition

Windows' disk defragmentation tool is an old workhorse that recent upgrades haven't really improved. In fact, more than a few users were disappointed that the strangely mesmerizing block-by-block progress display had vanished from newer versions. You can get the old view back and much more with O&O Defrag Professional, a powerful automatic utility that can not only improve your system's performance by defragmenting data but also keep it running smoothly by preventing data fragmentation before it happens even as it runs unnoticed in the background.
The software's installation wizard lets you make Defrag Pro your system's default defragmentation tool; you can also deselect background defragmentation when you first run the program. An attractive, businesslike dialog is built around an updated, fully customizable version of the classic data-block display. Clearly labeled icons are grouped by function, and there's an extensive disk information list as well as tabbed selections for both the software's features and the main display. The Jobs and Reports feature simplifies both scheduling and reporting results, compared with the built-in Windows tool. Defrag Pro's most significant departure from the Windows utility may well be its Background Defragmentation feature. With this feature enabled, Defrag Pro manages data as its written to the disk, which keeps it from becoming fragmented in the first place. Unlike past programs designed to run in the background, Defrag Pro didn't seem to slow things down. The acid test of a defrag utility is how well it cleans up your disks. Defrag Pro offers three levels of defragmentation, Optimize, Optimize/Quick, and Optimize/Complete. The disk analysis and error checking stages were noticeably quicker than the Windows tool, and a roughly 5 percent fragmented, 150GB primary partition hosting a copy of Vista took mere minutes to completely defragment.
Regular disk defragmentation can keep your system running fast and smooth, but the Windows tool takes so long that many users don't take advantage of it, even with scheduling. Defrag Pro's speed, flexibility, and ease of use combined with its unique ability to prevent data fragmentation answers every shortcoming.

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Anvil Studio

 Editors Staff, Lyrics, Piano Roll, Percussion's, Loops, Audio, Events. File formats standard .MID and .WAV files. It has unlimited number of MIDI Tracks and includes extensive integrated help. Piano Roll or Rhythm editor with multi-level loops loops can refer to notes, other loops, samples, or Riffs. Enter notes from external MIDI device, on-screen guitar fret board, on-screen piano keyboard, or by dragging notes to the staff. Lyrics, track names, and comments can be in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages. Percussion editor employs standard percussion notation. Align notes with beats and measures. Stretch or compress notes over time. It is Compensation for MIDI and Audio device latency and working with low-latency ASIO and Virtual Instruments. What's new in this version: Version 2012.06.06 adds checkbox to Key Signature and Custom Time Signature dialogs to allow changes to apply to all tracks. Download

IP Net Checker

 IP Net Checker is a network monitoring software that allows you to verify the network connectivity of IP hosts on the Internet and LAN. The program periodically pings, checks TCP ports or check HTTP on user specified computers (workstations, servers) or other network devices (routers). It is able to monitor IP and show notifications when the states of some computers change. You can also view and access shared folders, open web and ftp, ping, trace rout, and sending messages. IP Net Checker can generate status log files.

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