Useful Free Windows Programs Under 2MB

[lordfoul]

Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser.

ShowIP (http://www.bitsoft.se/download.htm)
Shows ones Private and Public IP address and alerts you of changes.

Folder2MyPC (http://folder2mypc.uptodown.com/en/)
With this utility you can add any folders or program shortcut to " My computer " and "Control panel"

Hamachi (http://www.hamachi.cc/)
Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

Alarm (http://bluefive.pair.com/alarm.htm)
Nice free Alarm clock with mp3 support

TrayIt! (http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm)
Minimize anything each application which applies TrayIt! creates a small icon in the System Tray.

HiderPx (http://gbookz.eclub.lv/eclub_download.php?file=HiderPX-v1.1.zip)
Allows one to reopen a window of any process in the background which "vanished" from the taskbar.

NetStat Live (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm)
TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data

MaxMem (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm)
Realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as possible.

CacheBooster (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/cb.htm)
CacheBooster allows you to tweak your harddisk caching to help achieve the best possible performance from your system. Win95/98 ONLY

TuneXP (http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about)
Windows Tweaking software.

CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)
Removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space and cleans traces of your online activities.

HijackThis (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php)
A general homepage hijackers detector and remover.

PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix.

Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/)
Unlocker lets one delete/rename/move a file that is locked by Windows for whatever reason.

µTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/)
A very tiny Bittorrent client and a very powerfull Bittorrent client.

RootkitRevealer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html)
RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility

nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html)
nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows setup.

Citrus Alarm Clock (http://www.ornj.net/citrus/)
Citrus is a software alarm clock which can use your existing Media Player.

TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/about.php)
TerraIM is a free, lightweight, cross-platform AOL Instant Messenger client.

The Wonderful Icon (http://www.thewonderfulicon.com/)
Minimize programs onto the taskbar tray instead of just onto the taskbar and much more.

Sizer (http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html)
Resize any window to an exact, predefined size.

Foxit Reader (http://us01.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php)
Free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents.

IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/)
Very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for Windows.

7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)
File archiver with high compression ratio.

Autoruns (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html)
Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

BurnCDCC (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html)
Used to burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD/BD disc.

KeePass Password Safe (http://keepass.sourceforge.net/)
Password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Notepad2 (http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html)
A small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

Process Explorer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html)
Shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

Pstart (http://www.pegtop.de/start/)
A portable start menu that can be installed on a USB drive or your local PC and provides quick access to programs and documents.

RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm)
A powerful registry cleaner and can display various information like your startup entries.

Restoration (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html)
Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows.

Steganos LockNote (http://locknote.steganos.com/)
Hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place.

TrueCrypt (http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/TrueCrypt/TrueCrypt.html)
Create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual drive.

SyncBack Freeware (http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware)
Small, free, powerful folder syncing utility.

allSnap (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/allsnap.html)
Make windows snap to the screen edges and each other.

Angry IP Scanner (http://ipscan.sourceforge.net/ipscan/)
Very fast IP scanner and port scanner that can scan IP addresses and their ports in any range.

Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/)
A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client.

WinRoll (http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/)
Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the tray or make it stay on top.

Taskbar Shuffle (http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm)
Drag and drop the programs on your Windows taskbar.

SyncToy (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en)
Copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.

desktopListView (http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/)
Turns your desktop icons into a list for viewing.

StartupList (http://www.merijn.org/programs.php)
A simple tool that lists all and every auto starting program on your system.

CDWinder (http://www.cdwinder.de/)
Media cataloging tool for the Win32 platform.

Power Menu (http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/)
Adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system menus.

ATnote (http://atnotes.free.fr/)
"Post-it" type system tray note taking software available in many languages.

AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/)
Write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder to automate almost anything.

Launchy (http://www.launchy.net/)
Index the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/)
Write CD / DVD images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, NEC, Plextor, Sony)

WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction)
SFTP client for Windows using SSH.

freeSSHD (http://freesshd.com/index.php?ctt=overview)
free implementation of an SSH server.

Miranda IM (http://www.miranda-im.org/)
multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows.

SlickRun (http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/)
Instant access to any program or website.

KatMouse (http://www.code-scout.net/katmouse/)
Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows.

Volumouse (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html)
Control the sound volume on your system - simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse.

NirCmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html)
NirCmd is a small yet powerfull command-line utility.

Wallpaper Master (http://jamesgart.com/wallpaperchanger/)
Automatically change your background wallpaper with a huge range of options, and is great for indexing large collections of personal photos or any kind of image.

MWSnap (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html)
Small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

CamStudio (http://www.camstudio.org/)
Record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer; turn those AVIs into Streaming Flash videos.

StrokeIt (http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/)
Advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor.

ShellEnhancer (http://www.nuonsoft.net/shellenhancer/)
enhance the default shell of Windows allows you to make your own tasks and switch between them; tasks can be executed with hotkeys, mouse gestures or screen corners.

RKopie (http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/rkopie/rkopie.htm)
Create and manage customized backup jobs.

XnView (http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html)
Utility for viewing and converting graphic files.

4t Tray Minimizer Free (http://www.4t-niagara.com/)
Minimizes to tray any application.

4t HIT Mail Privacy Lite (http://www.4t-niagara.com/)
Hide email within an image.

Active Ports (http://www.download.com/3000-2085-10062969.html)
Monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer.

A.F.9 (http://www.fauland.com/af9.htm)
Edit files by replacing characters or any other bytes.

Anyone have any other suggestions for the list? I will be happy to add it to this post.

[moiety]

I've always been a big fan of AnalogX's applications (http://www.analogx.com/), especially NetStat, MaxMem and CacheBooster. It's also home to the old, old, old The Screensavers screensaver which always brings a tear to my eye. TuneXP (http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about) is also great, though I think its a tad over 1MB in size if memory serves.

[lordfoul]

Added. :-)

[jdhore]

CCleaner is one of the best small Windows apps

[nextgenxbox]

Woh nice programs! Gonna try out a few.

[moiety]

CCleaner is one of the best small Windows apps

Good call! Overlooked that one. Definitely a must.

[lordfoul]

Nice find - added.

[pamich]

HijackThis is good if you are really screwed and know what you're doing.

Download.com did a thing like this a few weeks ago here (http://www.download.com/Best-bang-for-the-byte/1200-2645_4-5166363.html?tag=sptlt). Nothing fantastic, but still small and free.

[az]

putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)

Handy little ssh/telnet program which I use regularly.

[lordfoul]

Fits the bill - added.

[samureye]

Great thread, keep it up. I sent a PM about the regular updating of this thread.

[f0xh0und]

uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com)
Windows bittorrent software.

RootkitRevealer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html)
Windows rootkit software (kinda like anti-malware).

[jdhore]

Also, nLite is a pretty damn good app for slipstreaming stuff into a WindowsXP setup disk

[adamzx]

Alarm (http://bluefive.pair.com/alarm.htm)
Nice free Alarm clock with mp3 support

Citrus Alarm Clock
http://www.ornj.net/citrus/

http://www.ornj.net

[samureye]

Okay, thread is official now, keep up the good work guys, bonus points if we can get this divided by category, such as security, etc. Also, if somone is willing to do a big brother thread, free applications that are useful with no limit in size, let me know.

[lordfoul]

Updated Again.

[pamich]

TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/). Portable AIM client that boots really quickly.

And you have unlocker listed twice FYI.

[lordfoul]

*Updated*
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[pdesigns]

Submitted to digg:

http://digg.com/software/Useful_Free_Windows_Programs_Under_2MB

[adamzx]

Submitted to digg:

http://digg.com/software/Useful_Free_Windows_Programs_Under_2MB

+dugg!!!
:)

[kip]

A very useful free tray utility, I have been using it for years.

From the developer's web site "The Wonderful Icon 2.2 is a small Windows utility that resides in your PC's taskbar tray. Try it and you'll be hooked!"

http://www.thewonderfulicon.com/

[schrade]

Sizer - A utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size.

http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html

[lordfoul]

Great!

*Updated*

[tke248]

Here is my list http://www.combobulate.com/node/13

[kitersin]

7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)
File archiver with high compression ratio.

AutoRuns (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html)
Shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login.

BurnCDCC (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html)
Allows you to burn an ISO file to a CD or DVD disc.

KeePass (http://keepass.sourceforge.net/)
A free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Notepad2 (http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html)
A small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

Process Explorer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html)
Shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

PStart (http://www.pegtop.de/start/)
A portable start menu that can be installed on a USB drive or your local PC and provides quick access to programs and documents.

RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm)
A powerful registry cleaner and can display various information like your startup entries.

Restoration (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html)
Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows.

Steganos LockNote (http://locknote.steganos.com/)
Hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place.

TrueCrypt (http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/TrueCrypt/TrueCrypt.html)
Enables you to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual disk, that can be accessed via a drive letter.

[jdstorer2]

Nice List! Though I never have liked 7-Zip.

[jpamplin]

Here's a small, free, powerful syncing utility called SyncBack - it really is a swiss-army-knife of folder syncing (the developer has a commercial version and a freeware version that really is functional enough to just about any task):

Current Freeware version is 3.2.13:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware

I would definitely add this to the list.

JP

[sandpaperback]

AllSnap (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/allsnap.html) - make windows snap to the screen edges and each other.

One of the features I hate doing without when I'm using Windows.

Official Site (http://ca.geocities.com/ivanheckman@rogers.com/) is hosted at Geocities, so the link above might be more reliable.

[bman]

Thats a cool program, but alot of program defaults do it now.

[unconfirmed]

Registered just to post this as I think it's fantastic in my line of work. I don't know of any other free and small IP scan tools, although I imagine there are.

Angry Ziber IP Scan (http://ipscan.sourceforge.net/ipscan.exe)
Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP scanner and port scanner. It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports.

[artofwar420]

Wow man, how did you find all those programs?

[mrc]

gaim - http://gaim.sf.net
not a real windows app, but not as bloated as the usual windows messenger stuff..

[elliotm]

WinRoll 2.0 (http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/)

"WinRoll easily manages multiple open windows.

Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the back or make it stay on top. Minimize, maximize or close all visible windows, including minimizing to the tray area. Make a window translucent on Windows 2000 or above. WinRoll is lovingly hand-crafted in 100% pure assembly language to give the fastest response and the smallest memory footprint. WinRoll is proudly a FREEWARE and OPEN SOURCE application."

--WinRoll website

[spin]

Sweet list, thanks you make me hawt inside

[metal4rock]

Very nice list! I use many of these freeware programs, but some I never heard of. It's nice to have links to all these programs in one place. Thanks!

[famicoman]

One word, pUTTy

[sc0ri0n]

I also liked Taskbars Shuffle (http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm) suggested at Digg comments. You may consider adding it.

[drguy]

SyncToy v1.2 for Windows XP (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en)
SyncToy v1.2 helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.
Great for automating backups to a USB drive or vise versa.
Download Size: 922 KB
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehuston/92706027/

DrGuy (disaster recovery guy)

[striker1211]

DesktopListView:
(Turns your desktop icon into a listview, runs then exits, doesnt change them after restart, you have to add a startup key in registry)
http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/

StartupList:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php


this one aint free so dont add it, but ill leave the link]
CDWinder:
(Great for keep track of files on dvds and cds)
http://www.cdwinder.de/

[lordfoul]

*Updated*

Many, many great suggestions. I'll begin categorizing these soon.

[schrade]

ImgBurn - Burn or Create CD Image files (supports many image formats), Burn files to DVD as a data backup or burn DVD-Video files to DVD for playing in a DVD Player. Does not require an intermediate file while burning.

http://www.imgburn.com/ (From the creator of DVDDecrypter)

[bege]

Freeware SFTP and SCP client for Windows WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction) :rolleyes:

[bege]

And, of course, free SSH server ;) freeSSHd (http://freesshd.com/index.php?ctt=overview)
;)

[thequestion]

Miranda-IM Link (http://www.miranda-im.org/) is a ok IM client.

[cskevint]

Excellent command line utility:

http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/

[damage]

Hey this is my choice
Katmouse (http://www.code-scout.net/katmouse/)
Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows

Volumouse v1.31 (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html)
Volumouse provides you a quick and easy way to control the sound volume on your system

Nircmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html)
NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.

And check this Page for more apps
The Great Sysinternals Home page (http://www.sysinternals.com)

And Other Good Site Tynyapps.org (http://www.tinyapps.org/) !!

That is all Pals!!
See u next time!

Damage. From Argentina with lovE!

[elliotm]

Wallpaper Master (http://jamesgart.com/wallpaperchanger/)

Wallpaper organizer/changer. Freeware and shareware versions available.
Note: After installing, the image it chooses is saved to its folder in .bmp format so that will add size to its install folder based on the resolution of your wallpaper image. Nonetheless, the install files and the installation folder initially are well under 2MB. :D

[film42]

What about SciTE

Edits eveything you could possible want

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

-Peace!

[elliotm]

MWSnap (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html)

Screenshot utility. Full desktop, window area, specified area, etc. supporting assignable hotkeys 'n' stuff.

[jdhore]

Camstudio
http://www.camstudio.org/

great Free/Open-Source app so you can take video of your screen...like FRAPS, but a million times better...

[legion1978]

shirusupad (http://hem.bredband.net/danielc/download.html) its like atnotes, but A LOT better. (ive tried them all).

strokeit (http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/) - mouse gestures to launch apps or do system stuff (navigate and others)

shellenhancer (http://www.nuonsoft.net/shellenhancer/) - operations with windows (drag n resize by clicking anywhere on it, transparency, color transparency,rollup, lock, set priority) and also transparency for tasksbar and menus.

Rkopie (http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/rkopie/rkopie.htm) - zip backup files, folders. scheduling jobs

xnview (http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html) - its like irfanview, but i like its interface better

to be continued.. :p

[lordfoul]

*Updated*

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[phorque]

I think Metapad (http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/) would be a worthy addition seeing as you have Notepad2 there.

[thefast]

I don't know if they have to be exactly 2 megabytes, but PE Builder (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download/) allows you to create a preinstalled environment for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This digg story (http://www.digg.com/software/bootable_copy_of_windows_on_a_USB_flash_drive) also tells you how to install the environment onto a flash drive.

[bman]

those are friggin awsome filesish things.

[akuma645]

great list! here are some more possible candidates:

4t Tray Minimizer
http://www.4t-niagara.com/

4t HIT Mail Privacy
http://www.4t-niagara.com/

Active Ports
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/activeports.html

A.F.9 Replace some bytes
http://www.fauland.com/af9.htm

ClearTweak
http://www.ioisland.com/cleartweak/

Daemon Tools
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php

Flash Keeper
http://www.flashkeeper.com/download.htm

Ghost-It!
http://home.rochester.rr.com/artcfox/GhostIt/

Google Web Accelerator
http://webaccelerator.google.com/

Grabit
http://www.shemes.com/index.php?p=download

Hawkeye ShellInit
http://www.hawkeyetech.com/products/freeware.htm

KeyTweak
http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/

MakeTorrent
http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/maketorrent/

metapad
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html

Netstumbler
http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

OpenVPN
http://openvpn.net/download.html

Placesbar
http://www.ioisland.com/placesbar/

Powerstrip
http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm

QuickKill
http://www.anappaday.com/downloads/2006/09/day-16-quickkill.html

QuickPar
http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download.htm

RealVNC Free Edition
http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

Regmon
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html

Replacer
http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

ShortPopUp
http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ShortPopUp/index.html

Streamripper
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

SuperScan
http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/superscan.htm

TCP Optimizer
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Universal Extractor
http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Open_Source&file=index&page=software&app=uniextract

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/uphcservice.html

WinDirStat
http://windirstat******/

Winsock XP Fix
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

Xpy
http://xpy.whyeye.org/download/

Zoom Player Standard
http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml

[elliotm]

"PINs (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html) is a free feature-rich Windows program for safe and comfortable storing of any secure information like passwords, accounts, PINs etc. PINs uses a secure 448 bit Blowfish algorithm to ensure the data are not crackable. The password used for securing access to stored data is not saved anywhere.

PINs does not require installation and does not need any special dlls, drivers or system files which can mess up your system. This means that PINs can run directly from floppy - including data files - without installing anything. This is extremely useful if you wish to easily access your data on other computers as well."

[film42]

Again, ADD SciTE (http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html)


"SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration programs as well as SciTE and Scintilla, themselves: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html"

[striker1211]

Hey, in the description of DesktopListView it sounds like all it does it make a text file or something with a list of what on the desktop, this is what it actually does:

http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/screenTo.gif

[mihailupu2000]

From http://www.gtopala.com/about_siw.html

SIW is a System Information tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings. A utility that includes detailed specs for Motherboard, BIOS, CPU, Devices, Memory, Video, Drives, Ports, Printers. It displays information about Operating System, Installed Programs, Processes, Services, Product Key (CD key), Serial Numbers, Users, Open Files, System uptime, Users, Network, Network Shares, and more, as well as real-time monitors for CPU, Memory, Page File usage and network traffic. SIW also displays currently active network connections, Passwords hidden behind asterisks, installed codecs, and more. A standalone tool that does not require installation.

[wyckedone]

Explore2fs (http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs)

Single executable (356K), no installation needed, that can read ext2/3 filesystems. Handy for pulling data from external hard drives used with Linux systems. ReiserFS support is detection only at this time.

[icedsoul]

very good thread, keep it up.

good stuff in here... good stuff

[nukemdomis]

Hijack this is a wonderful program. I have used that application for some time now. What a gem!

[glenn2041]

RK Launcher (http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/) is a great Apple-ish Dock For Windows. Tiny memory footprint, and damn handy.
Support for themes, PNG's and ICO's and with smooth amazing animations.

[haigis]

Nice post def adding this 1 as a bookmark thanks!

[mi5tery]

A fantastic free tool for controlling what starts when Windows does (even highlights newly added programs since you last ran the tool): Startup Manager (http://f2.org/download/startupmgr-v1.5.2.25.exe) by Bradley Stowers (http://f2.org/archive/software/startupmgr.html).

-mi§tery-

[pamich]

Open Pandora (http://openpandora.googlepages.com/), the joys of Pandora on your desktop.

[bman]

Open Pandora (http://openpandora.googlepages.com/), the joys of Pandora on your desktop.

Love it love it love it love it......always have :D

[lordfoul]

I've partially updated the list but we have hit a technical limit of 10,000 characters for a single post. I'm thinking about a solution; any suggestions are welcome. Cheers

[samureye]

Make another thread and immediately reply, reserving the second post. I'm sure you know how to transfer over the data.

[thefast]

I've partially updated the list but we have hit a technical limit of 10,000 characters for a single post. I'm thinking about a solution; any suggestions are welcome. Cheers

You've got a nice third post with a few thousand characters left on it. That should be able to hold you over for a little while.

[lordfoul]

Thanx Samureye will do.

Usefull Free Windows Programs Under 2MB cntd (http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=687)

[raskman66]

This site is Terrific!!! I am looking forward to meeting new people. Thank you.

Free Text To PDF Converter v1.5
http://www.verypdf.com/txt2pdf/verypdf-free-txt2pdf.exe

[pserrao]

Free video converters would be fantastic.

[triangle]

Hello,

ISO-burner is a great tool to burn images. It is small and extremely easy to use yet quick and reliable. You can find more on it here
http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm

[lordfoul]

*Added*

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[whois]

We should not forget Sysinternals at www.sysinternals.com.

Very compact, powerful and free applications.

[the-painfully-wicked]

Putty and Hijackthis were very usefull along with some other things ive found on the net and made called silent night for the d!#$ head that tried to hack me thanks for the programs they are appreciated!

[the-painfully-wicked]

www.mrbass.org (DVD Decrypter-3.5.4.0) and also (DVDFabDecrypter3) they are older versions but hey they are free to download virus free and they work. They decrypt any movie and with proper burner system can burn on fly! Some of you probally allready knew this but if not check it out!

[forkart]

I prefer to use magiciso to burn iso file. It is reliable and very easy to use.
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-burniso.htm

[strijelcina]

Hi there :)

What about HJ Split ?!
HJSplit is able to split files of any type and any size.

I think it deserves a place on this sort of Hall of fame...

Copyright 1996 - 2007 Freebyte.com
http://www.freebyte.com

Gree(n)tings :D

[alexfrance250291]

Nice list dude!

[kiwiscanfly]

Yeah, I love putty! :) I'll have to give Wallpaper Master a try

[paul77]

Putty and Hijackthis were very usefull along with some other things ive found on the net and made called silent night for the d!#$ head that tried to hack me thanks for the programs they are appreciated! + switch utilities (http://www.switch-utilities.com)

[wolfmight]

Anyone here heard of Netvue Image Finder?
It's under 2MB, free, and it's REALLY nice for finding images off the net. I believe it uses the google image search, but it does a better job than Google Ripper, because it shows you a slideshow as it's searching for images under your keywords and also lets you save em all in a click of a single button! I've been using it for 4 days now and I'm impressed! Best damn image finder software I've seen in years. All the others had problems or cost too much money and wern't worth it, but this one..it's small and it's simple, and I like it very much.

http://imagefinder.netvue.com/ (http://imagefinder.netvue.com/)

http://www.shareapic.net/preview2/004875519.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4875519&owner=Wolfmight)
yea, I'm naughty.

so anyways, as you can see, this program requires no hassle, no ads, no spyware, or any kind of computer expertise. You search, you sit back and watch the show, and then you save em all. couldn't ask for more.
It works off .Net 1.0 and 1.1 (either one will do), so make sure you have that installed first. Other than that, this is a piece of cake.

It doesn't save images off a specific site, but it's great for finding random photos all over the net in lightning fast speeds. Gives more results than GoogleRipper too.

[billoneeg]

Revision 3 is a dream come true & this thread is the icing on the cake! I want to thank all of you who have posted here so far & I also want to extend my thanks & grattitude to all who have created & donated these fine tools. A standing ovation to you all!

[tddupre]

all you need to do is download Hiren's Boot Cd it's totally free and comes with tons of great programs, if not all of them.

[adamzx]

all you need to do is download Hiren's Boot Cd it's totally free and comes with tons of great programs, if not all of them.
do you have a link to Hiren?
I'm not familiar with it

[tddupre]

do you have a link to Hiren?
I'm not familiar with it

http://9down.com/hiren-s-bootcd-9-3keyboard-patch-18605/

[string-bikini-dudes]

Please add Winrar onto the list and Damn NFO reader for reading NFO files.

[cameron-cook]

I am really liking desktopListview since that is how I run win explorer which see's heavy use. Desktop now feels like I am home.......

And damn 7zip for being around 2.7mg installed, super usefull.

[tinhead]

TFTPD32...
http://tftpd32.jounin.net/

For all those that need a small portable tftp server, syslog server and some more =)

Netstumbler.
http://www.netstumbler.com/
Boost your WLAN with a simple check if other WLAN's are on the same channel as yours.

[thing2]

I am really liking desktopListview since that is how I run win explorer which see's heavy use. Desktop now feels like I am home.......

And damn 7zip for being around 2.7mg installed, super usefull.

I liked it (desktoplistview) until it broke my desktop - now I can't get any icons to show up - BEWARE!!

[stevenredbull]

Another great tool and freeware under 2mb is Eusing free registry cleaner 2.5.1.An easy tool to clean and restore your register.It comes in all languages.
Btw many thx for the progs found it very usefull Cheers

[forone]

Forgot what Windows Explorer looks like, best feature is dual pane:

http://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

[ajax299]

VistaSwitcher or AltTabThingy are alt+tab enhancers/replacements that fall under 2mb. Then of course there are those lovely sysinternals utilities...

[ajax299]

Forgot about all the freeware at grc.com. Steve Gibson really likes to write small effective programs. I just set up Wizmo with Speedfan (speedfan of course not written by Gibson). When Speedfan detects my system is getting too hot it'll execute a Wizmo command to shut everything down. I've run into some overheating issues with a new game so this should come in handy. Now I won't have to worry about the system doing that emergency power shut off; it's been screwing with my keyboard and it can't be good for things.

[wizardfingers]

Baku
http://pmcchp.com/baku/index.html

[tokenuser]

Forgot about all the freeware at grc.com. Steve Gibson really likes to write small effective programs. I just set up Wizmo with Speedfan (speedfan of course not written by Gibson). When Speedfan detects my system is getting too hot it'll execute a Wizmo command to shut everything down. I've run into some overheating issues with a new game so this should come in handy.IF your computer is overheating to the point that it shuts down - then you have other problems. Speedfan + Wizmo is putting a bandaid on a deeper problem.

Is this your laptop shutting down? Then ...
1) check that the vents are clear when you are playing, ie - dont play for long periods with the computer on your lap or on a cushion/pillow/bedspread/etc.
2) look into a laptop cooler pad (http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&resnum=0&q=laptop+cooler&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=cHmzS4udFoTeNb7LgIQE&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQrQQwAA).

If its a desktop, then make sure that the internals have plenty of air circulation, and are vented properly. Make sure that the heatsinks (CPU and GPU) are properly seated (I keep saying this - get some decent thermal paste).

[ajax299]

IF your computer is overheating to the point that it shuts down - then you have other problems. Speedfan + Wizmo is putting a bandaid on a deeper problem.

Is this your laptop shutting down? Then ...
1) check that the vents are clear when you are playing, ie - dont play for long periods with the computer on your lap or on a cushion/pillow/bedspread/etc.
2) look into a laptop cooler pad (http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&resnum=0&q=laptop+cooler&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=cHmzS4udFoTeNb7LgIQE&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQrQQwAA).

If its a desktop, then make sure that the internals have plenty of air circulation, and are vented properly. Make sure that the heatsinks (CPU and GPU) are properly seated (I keep saying this - get some decent thermal paste).

Yeah it's a laptop (Dell studio 1555), but it's only heating up a ton on one game I play so I figure speedfan/wizmo combo set to shut things down well below the 105C cpu max temp and 70C HDD max temp will do the trick. 80C and 58C respectively. It's a nice safety net anyway. I do indeed have a laptop cooling pad, most importantly to keep my lap cool (might want children eventually). The laptop is pretty new, it'll turn a year old in late May. I figure I'll open it up and clean out the dust over the summer. My fan works fine even though it isn't up to the challenge the game provides, I make sure the vents are clear when I play. It's sitting on a cooling pad anyway so they're kinda hard to block. When I dust things over the summer I'll make sure everything looks good.

And then I wasn't really using Wizmo at all so it's nice to finally put it to work. I like what I got and I think it'll do just fine.