Favorite Files

1. 1-Click Answers for Windows
2. Ad-Aware
3. avast! Home
4. avast! Professional
5. AxCrypt
6. CCleaner
7. Copernic Desktop Search
8. fSekrit
9. Maxthon (v2)
10. Pico-Currency
11. PrimoPDF
12. RegSeeker
13. Revo Uninstaller
14. Skype for Windows
15. Spyware Terminator
16. SpywareBlaster
17. Unlocker

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Outlook on the Desktop

   1.3.3 (Oct 16, 2007)

   In my opinion this is quite a useless program. When I discovered it I thought that I could run it instead of Outlook itself and save my PC memory as Outlook is quite hungry with resources. But the result was the opposite: each time you switch from Calendar view to Inbox, Tasks or any other part of Outlook on the Desktop a new instance of the service Outlook.exe starts running in the background (you can see it in Windows Task Manager). And all instances of the service Outlook.exe are kept! The program itself takes about 20 MB of memory + each instance of Outlook.exe takes about 15 MB and thus in the end of the day you can find yourself giving this resources hog 200-300 MB of your computer memory! A very bad piece of work!

2. 
   Review - InControl

   2.4.38 (May 9, 2007)

   Genarally I like this proggy. One of the best startup managers I've tried.
   
   PROS: Simple to use and nice-looking. I especially like the Heal My PC feature which other similar programs don't have and Black List - the matter is that there are programs that stubbornly add themselves into startup whenever you run them even if you have previously removed them from there (for example MSN Messenger, Ashampoo Uninstaller Platinum, ABBY Lingvo Tutor). With InControl's Black List it is easily solvable: once you have added an application to the Black List you will never need to bother removing it from the startup list again.
   
   CONS: 1) I don't want Welcome Wizard to pop up each time I run the program and I haven't managed to find how to stop it. 2) I would prefer Black List feature to block intruders for good so that it was not necessary to run InControl for that. 3) The price is too high.

3. 
   Review - fSekrit

   1.2 (Sep 30, 2006)

   Steganos LockNote suggested below by Demetrisk works well but I prefer fSekrit: it does absolutely the same but the app itself and the resulting files are smaller.

4. 
   Review - avast! Professional

   4.7.826 (May 27, 2006)

   One of the best antivirus software around. It seems to be quite reliable with its regular automatic online updates of virus definitions (sometimes twice a day). I switched to Avast from Norton which took SIGNIFICANTLY more of my computer resources than this program and was EXTREMELY slow. Avast works very quickly. It has quite unusual but convenient interface (in pro edition you can switch to more conventional enhanced user interface). I have checked this app with several testing tools and it has passed all the exams. I have already been using Avast during several months and so far haven't noticed any cons.

5. 
   Review - Unlocker

   1.8.3 (May 22, 2006)

   Utterly indispensable for those who often delete files or folders. I'm one of those and I had tried several other apps before found this little tool. It's definitely the best. Now I don't need to reboot to delete a stubborn file or folder. And everything is under your control: before making a decision to delete a file you can see what's locking it.