Favorite Files

1. Adobe Flash Player for Windows
2. Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2008
3. Adobe Shockwave Player
4. Aim 6.0 Ad Hack
5. AlphaCom
6. ASCII Generator dotNET
7. CPU-Z
8. DirectX Redistributable
9. DVD Identifier
10. DVD43
11. DVDFab HD Decrypter
12. Exact Audio Copy
13. Google Earth for Windows
14. GPU-Z
15. Hex Editor
16. IE7pro
17. ImgBurn
18. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
19. Intel Desktop Control Center
20. Intel Processor Identification Utility
21. Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
22. Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)
23. Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
24. MailWasher Pro
25. MAME
26. Memtest86 for Windows
27. Memtest86+
28. Microsoft .NET Framework (v3.5)
29. Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet
30. Microsoft Flight Simulator X
31. Microsoft Image Composite Editor (32-bit)
32. Microsoft Image Composite Editor (64-bit)
33. Microsoft IntelliPoint (32-bit)
34. Microsoft IntelliPoint (64-bit)
35. Microsoft IntelliType Pro (32-bit)
36. Microsoft IntelliType Pro (64-bit)
37. Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows Vista/2008
38. Microsoft Math
39. Microsoft Security Essentials
40. Microsoft Virtual PC
41. Microsoft Windows Defender (32-bit)
42. Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer
43. Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer Companion
44. Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)
45. Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit)
46. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
47. Monitor Tester
48. Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v3)
49. Nero
50. nLite
51. Norton AntiVirus
52. Norton Removal Tool for Windows 2000/XP/Vista
53. Office 2000/XP/2003/2007 Slipstreamer
54. Periodic Table Explorer
55. Periodic Table Standard
56. PrimoPDF
57. Process Explorer
58. Process Monitor
59. QuickTime for Windows
60. ratDVD
61. RipIt4Me
62. RootkitRevealer
63. RyanVM Addon Pack
64. RyanVM Integrator
65. RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack
66. SIW
67. SpeedFan
68. Symantec Registry Repair Tool
69. Sysinternals Suite
70. Undead Pixel
71. Vista Codec Package
72. VistaBootPRO
73. VistaGlazz
74. Windows PowerShell
75. X-Setup Pro

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2008

   9.0 (Jul 3, 2008)

   Note that this installer, AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe, includes Adobe Air and a beta version of acrobat.com, a web-based limited version of Adobe Acrobat that runs browser-less using Air.
   
   A smaller installer, AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe without these two extra apps, is available from Adobe's FTP website at ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu
   
   Both acrobat.com and Adobe Air can be removed using Add/Remove Programs on XP, or the equivalent on Vista.

2. 
   Review - Data Lifeguard Diagnostic

   1.09b (Jun 6, 2008)

   This is the same DLG program for Windows from 2006. Nothing new here.

3. 
   Review - Data Lifeguard Tools

   11.2 (Jun 6, 2008)

   This is the same DLG program for Windows from 2006. Nothing new here.

4. 
   Review - CDVD Info

   1.25 (Mar 25, 2008)

   Only works with Plextor drives.

5. 
   Review - Google Earth for Windows

   4.1.7076 (May 9, 2007)

   Download link is still for version 4.0.2742

6. Comment - Real IDs to Become Real in 2010

   4.1.7076 (Mar 5, 2007 - 11:48 AM)

   Just for the record, 20 years ago US citizens (and everybody else for that matter) had to endure the same method to change their address that we have today: You filled out an oversized change-of-address post card and mailed it to your old post office. You would get a confirmation letter at your old address a few days later. No proof of citizenship or residence required, no passports, birth certificates or driver's licenses to present to some counter clerk.

7. Comment - Will Voting Machine Integrity Decide the Senate?

   4.1.7076 (Nov 9, 2006 - 10:32 AM)

   Innumeracy:
   
   VA: 4 one-hundredths = 4%
   MT: 2 one-hundredths = 2%
   
   Not considered close at all.
   
   Actual margins:
   
   VA: 0.4% = 4 one-thousandths of the total vote cast
   MT: 0.2% = 2 one-thousandths of the total vote cast

8. Comment - Photos: Vista, Office 2007 Packaging

   4.1.7076 (Oct 31, 2006 - 1:49 PM)

   A DVD-style case is smaller, thinner, and uses less plastic than the thicker, book-style case MS proposes (and Apple is already) using. Cardboard DVD-cases are even better.
   
   This is not as so much a global warming issue as a simple landfill issue. Despite the dubious "life-long" protection the proposed MS cases offer, the lifespan of Vista and Office, like every prior OS, is only a few years, and then it's just trash (some may disagree on the use of the word "then"). Cardboard cases at least have some potential to decompose in a landfill; plastic lasts forever unless it's deliberately recycled.

9. Comment - Photos: Vista, Office 2007 Packaging

   4.1.7076 (Oct 31, 2006 - 12:03 PM)

   More non-biodegradable packaging for the landfill. Reminds me of the polystyrene clamshells McDonalds used to use to "protect" their fast food sandwiches for the 2 minute trip from counter to table. They had to be shamed into reverting to biodegradable, environmentally-friendly cardboard.
   
   When was the last time your Microsoft media succumbed to a packaging-related accident? If a hard plastic shell is required, why not something more efficient like a DVD-style case? It's not like they're going to start including lots of printed documentation to fill that big, empty box.

10. Comment - Microsoft to Issue 11 Security Patches

    4.1.7076 (Oct 6, 2006 - 12:13 PM)

    I recently did a fresh install of XP SP2. It required a total of 61 patches, 99MB over 3 Microsoft Update sessions to get it up to date. While I don't think a service pack is forthcoming soon, an update rollup would really make life easier, especially if you don't have a broadband connnection.