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PCmover Makes Migration to 7 a Simple Matter
(Reviews) PCmover Makes Migration to 7 a Simple Matter
BattCursor Helps You Keep an Eye on Your Laptop's Battery Life
(Reviews) BattCursor Helps You Keep an Eye on Your Laptop's Battery Life
Intel IT Director Keeps the PCs on Your Network Safe
(Reviews) Intel IT Director Keeps the PCs on Your Network Safe
Serious Geeks Only: Add Advanced Object Representations to Windows Explorer With Link Shell Extension
(Reviews) Serious Geeks Only: Add Advanced Object Representations to Windows Explorer With Link Shell Extension
Seize the Command Line With Take Command
(Reviews) Seize the Command Line With Take Command
Clonezilla Live Images Disks For Free--And For Geeks Only
(Reviews) Clonezilla Live Images Disks For Free--And For Geeks Only
SetPower Free Helps You Conserve Energy
(Reviews) SetPower Free Helps You Conserve Energy
Competent Optical Burning Program GBurner Offers Little Beyond What Free Burners Do
(Reviews) Competent Optical Burning Program GBurner Offers Little Beyond What Free Burners Do
BlueScreenView Relays BSOD Autopsy Results
(Reviews) BlueScreenView Relays BSOD Autopsy Results
Able Freebie ImgBurn Handles Burning Tasks on CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray
(Reviews) Able Freebie ImgBurn Handles Burning Tasks on CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray
Save Time, Keystrokes, and Money With Texter
(Reviews) Save Time, Keystrokes, and Money With Texter
DirSyncPro Syncs Like a Pro...For Free
(Reviews) DirSyncPro Syncs Like a Pro...For Free
Bark Orders at Your PC--And Have It Obey Them--With HAL Ultra Assistant
(Reviews) Bark Orders at Your PC--And Have It Obey Them--With HAL Ultra Assistant
WinX DVD Author Creates DVDs on the Cheap
(Reviews) WinX DVD Author Creates DVDs on the Cheap
The Dude Demystifies Your Network
(Reviews) The Dude Demystifies Your Network
Files to Help You Tread Lightly on PC Resources
(Reviews) Files to Help You Tread Lightly on PC Resources
Check Files for Alterations With Marxio File Checksum Verifier
(Reviews) Check Files for Alterations With Marxio File Checksum Verifier
Geeks, Take Heed: UltraEdit 15 May Be the Text Editor You Need
(Reviews) Geeks, Take Heed: UltraEdit 15 May Be the Text Editor You Need
Advanced Vista Optimizer Works as Promised...But Is It Worth the Price?
(Reviews) Advanced Vista Optimizer Works as Promised...But Is It Worth the Price?
Shorten Your Java Programming Time with JavaRebel
(Reviews) Shorten Your Java Programming Time with JavaRebel
Test Your PC's Limits With HeavyLoad
(Reviews) Test Your PC's Limits With HeavyLoad
Make Unicode Less Onerous With WizKey
(Reviews) Make Unicode Less Onerous With WizKey
Banish Dialog Boxes With Buzof
(Reviews) Stop pressing the same buttons over and over. Buzof can do it for you.
Uncover Disk Secrets with Drive Manager
(Reviews) Look at all of your drives, scan them for errors, and learn their serial numbers with this free and in-depth tool.
Keep Programs Always-On With AppToService
(Reviews) AppToService turns any Windows application into a Windows service, letting the program run under circumstances that would usually stop it.
Hackman Suite: A Hex Editor and More for Programmers
(Reviews) Hackman Suite provides the tools for all sorts of debugging, editing, and disassembling. Strictly for programmers.
Run Programs as Services With FireDaemon Pro
(Reviews) For advanced users only: Run programs or scripts in the background with this utility.
Monitor Your PC's Condition with SensorsView Pro
(Reviews) If you're an advanced PC user pushing your machine to its limits, SensorsView Pro can tell you when it's in trouble. Not all features will work on every machine, though, so give it a test run before buying.
Rainmeter's Widgets Watch Your System
(Reviews) Rainmeter offers lots of widgets to monitor your system, but using them takes serious geek knowledge. If you want fun widgets, look elsewhere.
Give Irritating Alerts a Timeout with UAC Snooze
(Reviews) Customize the way that User Account Control works in Vista.
GPL Ghostscript: A Helper for Adobe Alternatives
(Reviews) If you need Ghostscript to run a program, try this open source version.
Editors Picked 'Em: Best Collections of Downloads
(Reviews) we've gathered up our best downloads and put them in handy, browseable collections.
Downloads: Free and Low-Cost Hardware Helpers
(Reviews) Compress files to save gigs, encrypt sensitive data for security, and burn CDs and DVDs for myriad purposes.
Stop Downloading the Old-Fashioned Way
(howto) Stop Downloading the Old-Fashioned Way
20 Great Low-Cost Utilities
(reviews) 20 Great Low-Cost Utilities
The Best Free Utilities
(news) The Best Free Utilities

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