Useful Freeware Utilities

http://lifehacker.com/5823584/riot-compresses-images-without-sacrificing-quality

RIOT, or Radical Image Optimization Tool, compresses your images as much as possible without turning them into a horribly pixilated mess. The app gives you a side-by-side view of the original and the compressed version so you can see how the final image will appear.

RIOT allows you to configure exactly how compressed the final image will be. Naturally you'll lose some image quality when you compress, but the RIOT pays close attention to how much is lost and starts with unnecessary data first. You can always dial the compression back without altering the original image. Also, you can see what the final file-size will be above the preview of the compressed version.
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http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/
 
Beautiful list and thank you for you time and effort for the list of awesomeness :)
Just a question, who monitors festival tickets which can be time consuming going to each website! Do you know a free utility which lets say notifies me www.ticketmaster.com that Korn has a tour and tickets are comming soon or something in that lines. Basically tells me when a website page has been updated or tickets has been added
Sorry not making sense :P but i hope you get drift of what i am trying to explain LOL
 
http://lifehacker.com/5825585/wirel...ows-the-computers-and-devices-on-your-network

If you want to create a network plan and need an inventory or just want to see all the devices using your Wi-Fi, Wireless Network Watcher from Nirsoft is a free utility that can help. It scans your network for connected devices and lists their network properties.

The portable program displays a list of each computer or device on the same wireless network, with IP address, device name, MAC address, and network adapter manufacturer. Besides my router and computers, Wireless Network Watcher found my NAS devices, wireless printer, and iPod touch (though it didn't have a device name for that).
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http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html
 
Lifehacker said:
ProEject Disconnects USB Drives Cleanly and Safely

Windows: ProEject is a freeware utility that safely dismounts any removable drive by closing running applications and windows that are based on the drive. It can do this while automatically cleaning the registry and folders of the host computer from any trace the USB drive may have left behind.

Specifically, ProEject removes the MRU (most recently used) sections of Windows Registry, entries created on the ‘Run on Startup' key, and shortcuts created in SendTo, Recent, Quick Launch, Windows Firewall, and Pinned (for Win7) applications and settings.

The utility can be installed on the removable drive itself or on your system's hard drive. If installed on the removable drive, running the application will automatically eject the drive and cleanup after itself.

Advanced features include command line support and a long list of applications that can be integrated in the dismount process if present in the same directory as ProEject. The most useful of these is TrueCrypt.exe; if the USB drive contains a mounted TrueCrypt drive ProEject automatically detects this and dismounts accordingly.

With so many innovations in the Windows series of operating systems it is a bit strange that USB connections are natively handled the same way today as they were in Win98SE. ProEject is a useful tiny (703KB) utility that you should consider adding to your removable drives.
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ProEject said:
ProEject is an easy to use application which allows you to safely dismount a removable drive by closing running applications and open windows, as well as clearing the registry and folders of any trace that the USB drive might have left behind. By placing ProEject on the same drive you want to eject and running, will automatically eject the drive with little fuss. It’s that simple.
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http://lifehacker.com/5828337/proeject-disconnects-removable-devices-cleanly-and-safely

http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/software/proeject/
 
Lifehacker said:
Windows 7: FileSearchEx is a freeware utility for Windows 7 that searches through files faster than the default Windows search. Modeled after the Windows XP search, it features a simple, familiar interface and a variety of search filters.

Once installed, you can search for files within any folder and order your results by the details you see in the screenshot above, making it easy to search through millions of items. In our tests, it's faster than than the standard Windows search and the variety of filters helps tailor the results to what you're looking for. Since it's a portable application with low system requirements, you can send it across multiple computers easily and you can add a context menu if you'd like a right-click option to search through folders.
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FileSearchEx said:
FileSearchEX is the no nonsense file search utility for Windows 7. It offers the simplified search interface like Windows XP yet in an updated and modern fashion. Unlike other search tools, FileSearchEX works well with millions of items in the result pane.
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http://lifehacker.com/5828704/filesearchex-is-a-fast-search-utility-for-windows-7
http://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/index.html
 
Lifehacker said:
AutoWinRarZip Extracts Archives Automatically After Downloading

Windows: AutoWinRarZip is a utility designed for people who download a lot of archives and want them extracted automatically.

By monitoring directories of your choosing for new files, AutoWinRarZip gets rid of the manual application launch and does it in the background without you noticing. You can specify directories for it to extract to and it supports most of the popular and lesser used formats.
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http://lifehacker.com/5839248/autowinrarzip-extracts-archives-automatically-after-downloading

AWRZ said:
AutoWinRarZip - is an easy to use program that allows you to extract (unRar, unZip) archived files different formats. All you have to do:
- chose the folder where archived files will be downloaded
- chose the destination folder where decompressed/unarchived files will be
AutoWinRarZip stays in you system tray, each time you download archives the program will automatically extract them. So, if you download lots of archives, AutoWinRarZip is the best choice.
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http://awrz.org/
 
Lifehacker said:
While it didn't make the top five note taking apps, if you're looking for a utility that's more powerful than a text editor but lighter on the system than one of the more robust web-enabled utilities in the roundup, consider Tomboy, a free, open-source note taking utility that supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Tomboy supports linked notes, easy editing and quick search, and even syncing notes to Ubuntu One so they're accessible on other systems.

Depending on where you have it installed, Tomboy has some specific features to the US its using. For example, in Windows 7, you can pin Tomboy to the taskbar and see recent and pinned notes by right-clicking it, or search all notes right from the taskbar. You can also sync Tomboy notes to Ubuntu One. In all cases, you can link your notes together, connect your ideas, and open and edit notes quickly.

The app also has an active development community around it. Contributors write and update plug-ins that allow you to host your notes on your own server, for example, leverage Dropbox, or sync them all securely over SSL. Tomboy is one of those applications that can be simple and lightweight if that's all you need, or feature rich and full of added tools if you're willing to dig into it.
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http://lifehacker.com/5839633/tomboy-is-a-free-lightweight-note+taking-app-for-all-platforms

Tomboy said:
Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day.

Have you ever felt the frustration at not being able to locate a website you wanted to check out, or find an email you found interesting, or remember an idea about the direction of the political landscape in post-industrial Australia? Or are you one of those desperate souls with home-made, buggy, or not-quite-perfect notes systems?

Time for Tomboy. We bet you'll be surprised at how well a little application can make life less cluttered and run more smoothly.

Tomboy is written in C# and utilizes the Mono runtime and Gtk#. Automatic spell-checking is provided by GtkSpell.
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http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/index.html
 
What about PotPlayer? techsupportalert lists it as the successor to KMPlayer, as it's made by the same Korean guy. The only thing you have to watch for is you can't update it internally as it'll install the Korean version. You must get the English translation from that site.
 
MarcLister said:
Hi. Can I suggesterate this for the video codec zone? http://www.cccp-project.net/

Combined Community Codec Pack. I don't actually use this, I have VLC. But if I did need a codec pack I'd use this.[/QUOTE

I would like also to suggest for CCCP this is what I use also very useful for watching movies and for some movie addicts out their. Also I want to add this in video section a coverter Total Video Converter that can play different file format video and can also convert.
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sieghart said:
Hi. Can I suggesterate this for the video codec zone? http://www.cccp-project.net/

Combined Community Codec Pack. I don't actually use this, I have VLC. But if I did need a codec pack I'd use this.

I would like also to suggest for CCCP this is what I use also very useful for watching movies and for some movie addicts out their. Also I want to add this in video section a coverter Total Video Converter that can play different file format video and can also convert.
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CCCP is already in the Video/Audeo Codecs section and Total Video Converter is not freeware...
 
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