Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 72 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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The KMPlayer: one media player to rule them all
June 30, 2008 – 8:29 pm | 32 Comments

The KMPlayer ScreenshotThe KM Player is a free media player that supports a comprehensive range of media format, including broad DVD support using all internal filters and codecs. It is extremely feature-rich, offering a range of features such as applying filters during playback (sharpening, denoise, color effects, etc), excellent subtitles support, playing (and capturing) streaming media over the internet, playing incomplete files, bookmarking parts of videos, and others.

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Click&Clean: clean your system with 1-click using this CCleaner addon
June 29, 2008 – 9:39 am | 19 Comments

Click&Clean ScreenshotClick&Clean is a free tool that works alongside CCleaner to provide 1-click hard drive and browser cleanup from within Internet Explorer, Firefox, or the desktop Quick Launch bar. It can perform an instant, complete uninterrupted cleanup with CCleaner without exiting the browser or dealing with prompts and dilags.

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Ulteo Virtual Desktop: run a virtual Linux environment inside Windows
June 25, 2008 – 9:50 pm | 22 Comments

Ulteo Virtual Desktop ScreenshotUlteo Virtual Desktop installs a virtual Linux environment inside Windows. This free program shows up as a panel inside the Windows desktop and allows you to access Linux applications within Windows with little effect on performance, enabling users to run both Windows and Linux apps simultaneously and to switch between them at will.

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Stick: add “Screen Tabs” to your desktop
June 25, 2008 – 6:45 am | 8 Comments

Stick ScreenshotStick is a free program that introduces tabs attached to the sides of your screen (called "Screen Tabs") that can display notes, folder contents, web pages, RSS feeds, as well as mini apps such as a calendar or calculator.

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CookiePie: launch multiple Gmail accounts (or any other web service) simultaneously in Firefox
June 23, 2008 – 4:38 pm | 19 Comments

CookiePie ScreenshotCookiePie is an open source plugin for Firefox and other browsers that allows the user to open multiple accounts for services such as Gmail, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, or others in different tabs or browser windows simultaneously. It can also be used by developers who want to work with different versions of web pages with each tab or windows having its own distinct cookies environment.

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“Types”: easily configure the default apps, icons, and context menu entries for file types
June 21, 2008 – 4:33 pm | 24 Comments

Types Screenshot"Types" is a lightweight open source configuration utility designed to enable users to edit the program associations, icons, context menus, and other properties of various file types.

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Melloware Placesbar Editor: add favorite folders to Windows and Office open/save dialogs
June 20, 2008 – 8:58 pm | 10 Comments

Melloware ScreenshotMelloware Placesbar Editor is an open source program that allows you to change the default folder shortcuts that are found in the Windows open/save dialog known as the PlacesBar. Moreover, it can also customize the MS Office open/save dialog by enabling the addition of 5 new user-defined folders for a total of up to 10 locations.

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ATunes: get a sophisticated mp3 player with Last.fm integration
June 18, 2008 – 6:21 am | 7 Comments

ATunes ScreenshotATunes is an open source program that combines a powerful, full-featured music player with a Last.fm-powered recommendation engine. Available features include CD ripping, internet radio, audio podcasts, smart playlists, support for portable audio devices, and others.

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FusionDesk Starter: manage your tasks with this GTD friendly organizer
June 17, 2008 – 6:17 am | 11 Comments

FusionDesk Starter ScreenshotFusionDesk Starter is a to-do/project management and time tracking program that is influenced by the”Getting Things Done” (GTD) methodology. It offers a simple interface that supports both tabbed and hierarchical organization, as well as a number of GTD-inspired organizational tools such as contexts, time estimate, and tags. Other features include portability, automatic backups, the ability to add notes and file attachments to tasks, and others.

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Kong: a furious top down 2D shooter
June 15, 2008 – 7:50 pm | 11 Comments

Kong ScreenshotKong is a free 2D top-down shoot em up in a full 3D environment. It can be played single player or multiplayer over LAN or the internet, and features all the usual game modes such as capture the flag, deathmatch, and team deathmatch. It offers a variety of weapons to use and objects to interact with.

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Album Art Downloader XUI: batch-download missing album art
June 12, 2008 – 6:15 am | 10 Comments

Album Art Downloader ScreenshotAlbum Art Downloader XUI is a free program that can download and save album art into your music folders. It is designed to scan your albums for missing album art and perform simultaneous multiple searches in batch. It also offers shell integration for quick album art lookups on the folder level.

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