Favorite Files

1. Apple iTunes for Windows
2. aTuner
3. avast! Free Antivirus
4. Belarc Advisor
5. cFosSpeed
6. CloneDVD
7. Comodo Firewall Pro
8. CPU-Z
9. ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Windows (32-bit)
10. FinePrint
11. Hide Folders XP
12. IE7pro
13. Logitech SetPoint (32-bit)
14. Microsoft ActiveSync
15. Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
16. Mozilla Firefox (v2) for Windows
17. Mozilla Thunderbird (v3.1) for Windows
18. Opera for Windows
19. pdfFactory Pro
20. ProtoWall
21. RemoveWGA
22. RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
23. Skype for Windows
24. Spybot - Search & Destroy Detection Updates
25. Sunbelt Personal Firewall
26. Vista Codec Package

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Sunbelt Personal Firewall

   4.3.744 (Mar 21, 2007)

   Whatever the opinions, it works for me with hardly a kickup. Here a changelog:
   
   4. KNOWN BUGS, LIMITATIONS, AND WORKAROUNDS
   -------------------------------------------
   * When using a password to restrict access to the configuration console, you may encounter
   some screen flicker if you cancel the password request dialog.
   
   * There are known issues when using Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall and certain USB
   wireless network cards that may cause General Protection Faults.
   
   -------------
   5. CHANGE LOG
   -------------
   
   * Corrected issue in which registration fails when firewall is enabled.
   * Significant improvement in network performance when web filtering is enabled.
   * Enhanced Process Injection prevention to prevent code inject attempts into Windows system DLLs.
   * Corrected numerous application crashes in the firewall service.
   * Corrected various crashes in assist.exe
   * Corrected issue in which setting password and checking for update does not cancel authentication form.
   * Corrected issue in which binary data appeared in logs.
   * Significant improvement in product stability.

2. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox (v2) for Windows

   2.0 RC3 (Oct 17, 2006)

   Absolutely do not agree with previous opinions. Been on the Bon Echo 2.0 since RC1 and been auto-updating daily. This baby is screaming and most of the 'Add-On' as they're now to be called, work fine or have been bumped, or can be made to work using the Nightly Tester Tool add-in. Particular, TMP, Noscript, IETab, Tab Catalog, Stumbleupon (just a few of the 48 currently active) are very well behaved and integrated. Quite a few extensions could be dropped, to include spellcheck, as the one build in works great and uses multi lingual dictionaries from Thunderbird. A Must have for save and truthful and fast browsing.....rock-solid. (This is not a biased advert L&G)

3. 
   Review - Sunbelt Personal Firewall

   4.3.268 (Jul 20, 2006)

   My security sidekick for a few years both on laptop and desktop. Could do with some x-3rd party product detection as firewalls tread on antivir and antispam territory and vice versa, creating unnoticed holes in the armour due conflicts......to comment on CyberDoc999...only when you're running P2P software!!!!!

4. 
   Review - 7-Zip (32-bit)

   4.43 Alpha 3 (Jul 15, 2006)

   Been using 7-zip for a while. The Interface could use some polishing and there are still the odd quirks, that a compressed file in the window on double clicking simply opens a new 7-zip window with the same view. And yes, you need to keep the ol Winzip at hand for the case that you get a zip-file that was non-standard, proprietary compressed! 'Kaizen' I'd say....its getting better all the time :>)

5. 
   Review - FinePrint

   5.54 (Jun 15, 2006)

   If this one got updated, PDFPrint update should be on its heels. The finest combination to assemble a print, sort it, watermark it, password protect it and send product to PDFprint for final form distribution.

6. Comment - Browser Virtualization Secures Firefox

   5.54 (Sep 19, 2006 - 12:50 PM)

   Does not work with 8.3 file naming disabled.....sorry.

7. Comment - Microsoft Invites Mozilla Devs Over

   5.54 (Aug 22, 2006 - 8:40 AM)

   Soon Vista will be called 'Firefox compatible'.....MSFT has to, since the EU commission is on their case big time. Moreover, after using Bon Echo Beta1, nightly auto update for weeks now, it is blazing away from IE7, literally....in all departments....all! Why do u think the '+' was dropped from IE7 ;>).

8. Comment - Firefox Usage Passes 15 Percent in US

   5.54 (Jul 10, 2006 - 3:37 PM)

   Just got ffx 2.0 Beta 1. Stable as a brick-house, integrated spellchecking a boon.....only thing to follow are the upgrades of the many extensions (now called add-ons) of which their functions were not absorbed in the core of Firefox. Been up since early morning and no slowdown or memory hogging or CPU time eating or craching whatsoever, opposed to IE7Beta 3 which has to be shut down regularly due cache clogging and page update freezing and whatnot
   
   Oh and FFx's page rendering is fast, fast. Zooming pages keeps them in-screen, opposed to IE7 where they scroll of the right side!

9. Comment - Concern as AT&T Alters Privacy Policy

   5.54 (Jun 22, 2006 - 5:12 PM)

   Complete agreement with zriding on (Over)rijpe. Thing is, (s)he lacks intellect to understand.
   
   The whole US affair of handing over personal data, to include the blackmail applied on airlines from allied nations to hand over 34 pieces of information including credit card data is beyond incredible....be aware US citizens have forfeited their rights!

10. Comment - Telecoms Sued Over VoIP Services

    5.54 (Jun 16, 2006 - 5:31 AM)

    This is so boring, why even bother.