System Utilities
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ASPI Tools
Benchmarking
- GoldMemory (RAM)
- HD Speed (HDD)
- MemTest86 & MemTest86+ (RAM)
- Prime95 (CPU/RAM)
- SiSoft Sandra (suite)
- SuperPi (CPU)
Boot / Partition Utilities
Cloning
Data Recovery
Defrag Tools
- Auslogics Disk Defrag
- Defraggler (beta)
- Buzzsaw (on-the-fly defrag)
- Dirms (command-line defrag) Instructions here
- Jkdefrag
- PageDefrag (offline page defrag)
- Intel Desktop Utilities (89MB but includes Diskeeper Lite Version 8)
- UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition
- Disk Defragmenter
Emulators
File Systems
- Ext2 Installable File System (Ext2 and Ext3 access for Windows systems)
- NTFSPro (NTFS readonly access for Win9x)
GUI Customisation / Control
- AutoSizer (automatically resize windows)
- Codename: Dashboard (Sidebar)
- Desktop Sidebar
- Fast Launcher (Quick Launch client)
- Flyakite (OSX theme - alternative download at OSX-e.com )
- MouseImp Pro Live! 2nd mouse button scroll, etc)
- Iconoid (MS Windows desktop icon manager)
- Konfabulator
- LClock (Tray clock customisation)
- ObjectDock customizable dock that sits on your desktop, effects similar to the compositing of Windows Vista
- Longhorn Transformation Pack (themes)
- SmartbarXP (Sidebar)
- Startup Control Panel
- TClock Lite (Tray clock customisation)
- TClockEX (Tray clock customisation)
- Wizmo (Windows Gizmo - uncommon, useful miscellaneous functions)
- XPize (icon replacement)
- Y'z Shadow (adds transparency & shadow effect)
HDD Monitor / Tools
- Data Lifeguard (Western Digital HDD Diagnostics)
- DiscWizard (Seagate HDD installation utility)
- HDD Health
- PowerMax (Maxtor GDD diagnostics)
- Seatools (Seagate HDD diagnostics)
- SequoiaView (graphical HDD space usage)
- SpaceMonger (graphical HDD space usage)
- WinDirStat (disk usage statistics & cleanup tool)
Macro & Clipboard Tools
- Clipboard Magic
- CLCL Text & graphics
- PSPad (macro recorder, syntax, spell check, etc)
- Yankee Clipper
Optimisation / Tweaking
Password Managers
See OCAU Wiki.
Registry Tools
- Cacheman
- ERUNT
- jv16powertools
- NTRegMon (monitor)
- NTRegOpt
- RegCleaner
- RegShot (registry snapshot)
- Windows Configurator
- Microsoft Registry Repair
Remote Control
- Internet Remote Control (auto modem disconnect over LAN)
- RealVNC
- Synergy
- TightVNC
- UltraVNC
Shell Replacement
System Monitoring / Information / Tools
- 8RDAVCore (nForce2 MBs)
- BartPE (Preinstalled Environment bootable liveCD)
- Belarc Advisor
- BIOS Agent
- CCleaner (removes unused and temporary files)
- CPU-Z
- Driver Cleaner Professional Editon
- MBProbe
- Motherboard Monitor
- Overclockulator (System)
- Process Explorer
- SpeedFan
- StatBar
- SysUptime
- uGuru (Abit)
- Uptime ScreenSaver
- WCPUID
Video
- 3DAnalyzer (video card manipulation utility)
- MultiRes (display adapter settings)
Misc
- AutoPatcher (MS-Windows updates, patches & registry tweaks)
- ClrCMOS (clear CMOS)
- FlashMenu (Abit BIOS windows flash tool)
- KeyTweak (keyboard re-mapping)
- Magical Jellybean Key Finder (product key retrieval)
- NetRun (run program upon detection of internet connection)
- nLite (MS-Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation customiser)
- Scrujtico (extract icons from .exe, .dll, etc)
- Serious Samurize (programmable multi-function interface)
- VCool (CPU cooling via software)
- VMplayer (runs full 32- and 64-bit applications and operating system environments, virtual machines)
Non-Windows Operating systems
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DOS BASED:
LINUX BASED:
OTHER: