Ram brandt's List: PC_UTILITIES

BootZilla is a toolkit designed with the intent of creating a simple toolkit that can help the computer user or technician in removing pesky virus and malware infections. It can also help in the diagnosis of\nsevere hardware failure, such as memory or hard drive failures. The entire toolkit offers a BootCD functionality, built up off of the Ultimate Boot CD.

x264 HD Benchmark is a reproducible measure of fast your machine can encode a short HD-quality video clip into a high quality x264 video file. It's nice because everyone running it will use the same video clip and software. The video encoder (x264.exe) reports a fairly accurate internal benchmark (in frames per second) for each pass of the video encode and it also uses multi-core processors very efficiently. All these factors make this an ideal benchmark to compare different processors and systems to each other.

Awesome 'Task Manager' replacement. Helps identify viral infections, performance issues, online connections, system glitches and much more.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

For things that go blue in the night.

"Imagine that you recently started a small business and are trying to build your client base—salespeople out on the road every day, working on getting new business. You don't want your salespeople to be left without documents they need while meeting with important clients. You can empower your employees to have important data at their fingertips, at all times."

TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, also providing you with a lot of features.

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.

What you need, when you need it

DrvCareXP uses existing system utilities to clean, scan for errors, and defragment your drives. DrvCareXP is a program, written in C#, that makes the chore of caring for your drives easier.
The program uses existing XP system utilities to clean, scan for errors, and defragment your drives.
Here are some key features of "DrvCareXP":
· Cleans, scans, fixes drive errors, defrags.
· Automatically defrag when your system is idle.
· Use your own defragger if you prefer it over the one that comes with XP.
· Includes scheduling.
· Written in Visual C#.NET.
Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework

Best PDF utilities

"Comodo System-Cleaner is a file cleaner, disk registry cleaner, and privacy cleaner that includes our unique feature: SafeDelete™. With SafeDelete™, accidental deletions are a worry of the past."

"Outpost Firewall Free gives you solid firewall protection with standard packet and application filtering to safeguard your data against unauthorized third parties. Plus, you get advanced protection against illegal program activity that will help stymie unknown threats. All this coupled with minimum impact on your system resources makes Outpost Firewall Free a must-have instrument for an unprotected PC."

"NetDefender is a Free Firewall with source code, which can be downloaded along with firewall executables. Netdefender works only on windows 2000 and above versions of windows."

"After the success of the ZoneAlarm firewall a few years ago dozens of new firewall software programs are published every year. Only some of them are worth your time and your money. Especially for private and non-profit organization many excellent products are available for FREE. This web site attempts to list, test and rate the best FREE firewall products for Windows. All our TOP5 Firewalls support Windows Vista."

"Sunbelt Software has recently (June 2008) done extensive internal research into the performance and resource utilization of the most sold consumer antivirus products on the market. The charts below show the results of this comparison. The test configuration and the specific versions of the software are listed at the end of this chart. The tests were done as objectively as possible and all products in this comparison were purchased on the retail market, immediately before the test.
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"Best Free Firewall"

"IPSec Policy is free and using it can make your security incredibly hard to penetrate. Below we show you how to install such a policy and provide you with a IPSec Policy download."

"Windows ICF is a great firewall, but is there a way to cover the hole that allows internal programs to initiate a connection? There sure is, and it is called the IPSEC Policy which you can downloaded and installed in minutes! Once you have the IPSEC Policy in place, your security should be tight enough for internet travels – and, the IPSEC policy works with all free firewalls that run on Windows."

"At this community site you'll find the best freeware, reviewed and rated. Just click a category."

"Firewall test resources: Are you sure your firewall is operating correctly? How does it stack up against others?"