Favorite Files

1. 3d Traceroute
2. Browser Hijack Retaliator
3. Bubble Golden Pack Deluxe
4. Championship Spades Pro
5. Comodo Firewall Pro
6. Deskcalc Pro
7. Desktop Earth
8. DirectX Redistributable
9. diskMETA Lite
10. emailSTRIPPER
11. Evidence Eliminator
12. EZ Macros
13. Far Manager
14. Free Registry Defrag
15. FreeOTFE
16. Genie Backup Manager Pro
17. GFI BackUp
18. GTK+
19. Gunner2
20. Hidden Menu
21. Holiday Lights
22. KeyText 2000
23. Kyodai Mahjongg
24. Microsoft .NET Framework (v2.0 x86)
25. Microsoft .NET Framework (v3.5)
26. Microsoft .NET Framework (v4.0)
27. Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows XP
28. MotherBoard Monitor
29. Mozilla Firefox (v3.6) for Windows
30. Mozilla Firefox (v4) for Windows
31. Mozilla Firefox (v5) for Windows
32. Mozilla Thunderbird (v3.1) for Windows
33. Mozilla Thunderbird (v3.3) for Windows
34. Mozilla Thunderbird (v5) for Windows
35. Nero
36. Netcraft Toolbar for Firefox
37. Netcraft Toolbar for Internet Explorer
38. NirLauncher
39. Outlook Express Backup Genie
40. Palm Desktop for Windows
41. Pepsi Volume Controller
42. PerfectDisk Professional
43. PlexTools Professional
44. PlexTools Professional XL
45. pmaCalc
46. POPFile for Windows
47. Pretty Good Solitaire
48. Process Lasso (x32) Free Edition
49. Ray's Letters and Numbers
50. ReactOS
51. RegClean
52. Registry Defragmentation
53. Registry Mechanic
54. RocketDock
55. RootkitRevealer
56. ShadowSurfer
57. SizeMe
58. Smiling Bubbles
59. SoftMaker Office
60. Spam Bully for Outlook Express
61. Starships Unlimited
62. Startup Control Panel
63. Sunbelt Personal Firewall
64. The GIMP
65. TRACE! Endpoint
66. Trillian Password Recovery
67. Undisker
68. Ventrilo
69. Webshots Desktop
70. Winamp Alternative
71. WinDirStat
72. Windows Media Encoder
73. Windows Media Player for Windows XP (32-bit)
74. Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility
75. WordWeb

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Pretty Good Solitaire

   13.1.0 (Mar 16, 2012)

   Well Mr. Ridling I can only assume that you are not a Solitaire fan. A good majority of people who are Solitaire fans would disagree with you about this software and surprise, surprise; I happen to agree with them. This is by far the best Solitaire software I've ever used; all the way around.

2. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox (v3.6) for Windows

   3.6.22 (Nov 4, 2011)

   I never had any real problems with v3; I believe I was using v3.6.18 when I first upgraded to v4.01.
   
   The only reason I upgraded was to see if v4 would handle heavy flash environments better than v3. V3 does handle Flash well, but in heavy Flash environments, at least for me, it tended to slow down and degrade a lot. V4 does handle the heavy Flash environments better than v3 and is faster overall, but v4 has problems.
   
   Firefox v3 is the most stable and reliable browser I've ever used and I had no problem with my add-on extensions with v3 either.
   
   v3 is still my favorite and I highly recommend it. If they can make the newer versions as stable and reliable as v3 then they will once again have a great browser, but they haven't achieved that yet.

3. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox (v5) for Windows

   5.0.1 (Nov 4, 2011)

   Firefox is my default browser; I won't use IE and I won't use Chrome. IE is still IE with all of it's problems and doesn't hold a candle to Firefox, no matter the version, and it MS so you know they're being nosy. Chrome I've heard works very well with Flash, but it's still the nosiest browser out there then add the fact that it's not configurable. I have Opera installed, but only use it for certain things. I've also tried Apple Safari and oh yeah it's fast, but there are just some facets of Flash it just can't handle and of course it's not at all configurable.
   
   So, that brings us back to Firefox; I upgraded to version 4.01 from version 3 as v3 handled Flash pretty well, but in a heavy Flash environment it tended to slow down and degrade a lot more. V4 seems to be able to handle the heavy Flash environments much better and is much faster overall that v3.
   
   My one complaint with v4.01 is that it crashes quite a bit usually when there is a lot of page switching going on. Other than that is great.
   
   No change with v5; it still crashes with heavy page switching. Other than that I have not problems with it.

4. 
   Review - Auslogics Registry Cleaner

   2.0.4.40 (Sep 6, 2010)

   I have found Auslogics Registry Cleaner to be very effective and quite safe. Does anyone out there trust the results of a registry cleaner scan without checking the results? I mean I've found strings in CCleaner's results that should not be deleted. I always check the results of a scan; if I don't know what it is then I un-check it. I know, I know, checking the results takes time and a little effort.
   
   But, should you accidentally delete a critical or required string Auslogics Registry Cleaner does the same thing CCleaner does; it makes a backup of your registry before deleting anything. So, if you do accidentally delete a required string all you gotta do is open up Auslogics Registry Cleaner and click the "File" drop down menu and select "Rescue Center" and it lists all available registry backups; assuming you haven't deleted them with another program. Select the appropriate backup and click "Restore". If you see no backups in the list don't freak out, just check the box in the lower left corner it will provide you with a full list; again, assuming you haven't deleted your registry backups with another program.
   
   Auslogics Registry Cleaner is just as safe as CCleaner, but it finds a few more things because it's a bit more aggressive. This is a really good program.

5. 
   Review - Pepsi Volume Controller

   4.0 (May 26, 2010)

   I love it too. It works. A very nice graphical replacement for the standard Windows volume controller with a quick launch for the advanced controller and a very nifty sound test; especially if your a Pepsi consumer.
   
   The only thing that would make it better is say a slide out that would enable the user to input the volume control in number text and perhaps another slide controller for the wave, but it does it's job well as it is.