Useful Free Windows Programs Under 2MB cntd

[lordfoul]

Belarc Advisor
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser.

ShowIP
Shows ones Private and Public IP address and alerts you of changes.

Folder2MyPC
With this utility you can add any folders or program shortcut to " My computer " and "Control panel"

Hamachi
Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

Alarm
Nice free Alarm clock with mp3 support

TrayIt!
Minimize anything each application which applies TrayIt! creates a small icon in the System Tray.

HiderPx
Allows one to reopen a window of any process in the background which "vanished" from the taskbar.

NetStat Live
TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data

MaxMem
Realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as possible.

CacheBooster
CacheBooster allows you to tweak your harddisk caching to help achieve the best possible performance from your system. Win95/98 ONLY

TuneXP
Windows Tweaking software.

CCleaner
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
A general homepage hijackers detector and remover.

PuTTY
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix.

Unlocker
Unlocker lets one delete/rename/move a file that is locked by Windows for whatever reason.

µTorrent
A very tiny Bittorrent client and a very powerfull Bittorrent client.

RootkitRevealer
RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility

nlite
nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows setup.

Citrus Alarm Clock
Citrus is a software alarm clock which can use your existing Media Player.

TerraIM
TerraIM is a free, lightweight, cross-platform AOL Instant Messenger client.

The Wonderful Icon
Minimize programs onto the taskbar tray instead of just onto the taskbar and much more.

Sizer
Resize any window to an exact, predefined size.

Foxit Reader
Free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents.

IrfanView
Very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for Windows.

7-Zip
File archiver with high compression ratio.

Autoruns
Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

BurnCDCC
Used to burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD/BD disc.

KeePass Password Safe
Password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Notepad2
A small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

Process Explorer
Shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

Pstart
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
A powerful registry cleaner and can display various information like your startup entries.

Restoration
Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows.

Steganos LockNote
Hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place.

TrueCrypt
Create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual drive.

SyncBack Freeware
Small, free, powerful folder syncing utility.

DVDFabDecrypter3
Encrypt DVD video files onto your harddrive while removing region code protection and macrovision.

Angry IP Scanner
Very fast IP scanner and port scanner that can scan IP addresses and their ports in any range.

Gaim
A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client.

WinRoll
Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the tray or make it stay on top.

Taskbar Shuffle
Drag and drop the programs on your Windows taskbar.

SyncToy
Copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.

desktopListView
Turns your desktop icons into a menu list.

StartupList
A simple tool that lists all and every auto starting program on your system.

CDWinder
Media cataloging tool for the Win32 platform.

Power Menu
Adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system menus.

ATnote
"Post-it" type system tray note taking software available in many languages.

AutoHotkey
Write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder to automate almost anything.

Launchy
Index the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

ImgBurn
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
SFTP client for Windows using SSH.

freeSSHD
free implementation of an SSH server.

Miranda IM
multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows.

SlickRun
Instant access to any program or website.

KatMouse
Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows.

Volumouse
Control the sound volume on your system - simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse.

NirCmd
NirCmd is a small yet powerfull command-line utility.

Wallpaper Master
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
Small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

CamStudio
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
Advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor.

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
Create and manage customized backup jobs.

XnView
Utility for viewing and converting graphic files.

4t Tray Minimizer Free
Minimizes to tray any application.

4t HIT Mail Privacy Lite
Hide email within an image.

Active Ports
Monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer.

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

[lordfoul]

Sandboxie
Runs any windows app in a "Sandbox" securely preventing it from altering your computer and leave all trace of any used software behind after your done using it.

A.F.9
Edit files by replacing characters or any other bytes.

ClearTweak
Change the contrast setting of the ClearType setting for Windows XP.

DAEMON Tools
A virtual cd/dvd-rom and copy protection emulator.

Ghost-It!
runs in the system tray, and lets you turn windows into "ghost" windows.

Google Web Accelerator
Prefetches web pages and uses compress to speed web page loading.

GrabIt
Newsgroup browser with NZB support.

Hawkeye ShellInit
Scriptable application that creates screen margins where applications can be placed.

KeyTweak
Keyboard remapper for Windows.

MakeTorrent
Bittorrent creator with multi-tracker support.

metapad
Notepad replacement with dual font support.

Netstumbler
Tool that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g.

OpenVPN
Full-featured, free and open source SSL-based VPN solution.

Placesbar
The Windows Common dialogs (Open and Save) have a PlacesBar that appears on the left side of the dialogs PlacesBar Tweaker allows you to customize these locations.

Powerstrip
Advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards.


QuickKill
Quickly kill running tasks.

QuickPar
File verification and repair tool using Par2 with many options.

RealVNC Free Edition
Virtual Network Computing software making it possible to view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet.

Regmon
Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time.

Replacer
Replacer is an easy to use system file replacer for Windows that safely replaces protected or in-use system files.

ShortPopUp
Reduce confusion and taskbar clutter.

Streamripper
Open Source (GPL) application that lets you record streaming mp3 to your hard drive.

SuperScan
Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver.

TCP Optimizer
Tune and optimize your broadband connection.

WinSock XP Fix
WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry entries.

WinDirStat
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows.

xpy
Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.

Zoom Player Standard
Robust Media and DVD Front-End Player.

PINs
Secure passwords manager.

SIW
Computer configuration analysis and diagnostics application.

Explore2fs
GUI explorer tool for accessing ext2 and ext3 filesystems via Windows.

RK Launcher
Sidebar at the edge of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts.

Startup Manager
Enables & disables auto-start programs in the the startup folders, registry & WIN.INI file.

Open Pandora
Pandora webservice in your tray.

SciTE
Text editor with the added feature of automatic syntax styling.

DOSBox
Full 386 CPU emulator giving one the ability to run DOS based software on many OSes.

PureText
Remove formatting from the text when pasting from programs like Word.

Startup Delayer
Specify which programs to start first and which ones to delay when booting Windows to decrease boot time.

Inline Search
Add-on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox's search behavior.

CHM Encoder 1.4
Convert CHM to HTML.

allSnap
Small system tray program that causes all top level windows to snap to the sides of the screen and each other while moving or sizing.

Active@ ISO Burner
Freeware application that will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW.

Process Monitor
Advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.

iColorFolder
Give some color to WindowsXP folders with just a right-click, colorize your folders.

Memtest86
RAM reliability tester that runs under Windows.

ExtractNow
Utility that allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily.

Windows PowerShell
New Windows command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation.

Network Information Requester
Troubleshoot network settings and help find network problems on remote computers.

IObit SmartDefrag
With "Install it and forget it" feature,SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest.

Image Minimizer
Change Quality , size and format of any picture that you want.

Foxit Reader
PDF document viewer and printer with interactive form filler, on-demand download of add-on, self upgrade, Javascript support.

BullZip PDF Printer
Works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.

Launchy
Indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

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[samureye]

I shall sticky this.

[lordfoul]

lol


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[mistergrimm]

AllSnap is no longer available anymore

[lordfoul]

Changed the allSnap link an added a new app.

[sevver]

Memtest86 is another good one, although more for hardware (memory).

[jdhore]

Originally Posted by sevver

Memtest86 is another good one, although more for hardware (memory).

Memtest86 really isn't a windows app...i've always used it as basically a live CD