Useful Apps thread

[Jimmyboy]

Does comodo have an animation in the tray so you can visably see incoming and outgoing traffic as it happens?

[KennyVader]

Sort of, it has little ticks that are supposed to show how much traffic is flowing I think, they're really small and difficult to see though.

[Guest 47846]

I've recently got a Samsung NC10 with o2 mobile broadband and was wondering if there is a utility that will monitor how much of my 3Gb limit I've used? I'm looking for something simple and free that doesn't take up much resources. I can't believe o2 don't supply one.

Sorry if this has been discussed but I couldn't find anything in the search.

Thanks for any help.

[Toge]

Originally Posted by chet-lee

I've recently got a Samsung NC10 with o2 mobile broadband and was wondering if there is a utility that will monitor how much of my 3Gb limit I've used? I'm looking for something simple and free that doesn't take up much resources. I can't believe o2 don't supply one.

Sorry if this has been discussed but I couldn't find anything in the search.

Thanks for any help.

netmeter?

[Guest 47846]

cheers toge, that looks perfect.

[driver8]

January 2009 Security Release ISO Image - This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on January 13th, 2009.

The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

KB958687 / (MS09-001), KB952069 / ( MS08-076), KB960714 / (MS08-078) -- Windows XP, Vista, 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...playlang=en&tm

[mostly]

tidy virtual drive software
http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/overview.php?nID=4

[Welshlad]

Can anyone recommend a decent freeware file-renaming utility to quickly rename multiple files in XP?

Tar

[KennyVader]

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/

It might be a bit over-complex though, since it can do EVERYTHING

[Welshlad]

Originally Posted by KennyVader

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/

It might be a bit over-complex though, since it can do EVERYTHING

Perfecto...many thanks

[Dodgy]

Sysinternals Desktops, 62KB of simplicity - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../cc817881.aspx
It's a must have for me.

[driver8]

thanks Dodgy, will take a look.

Was looking into these apps a few months back.

[Dodgy]

Sysinternals Desktops is brilliant, if you've used Linux you'll already be familiar with the concept of virtual desktops. I have the F1 - F4 bound to each desktop, so it's dead easy to flick between my web desktop, word processor, email etc. Keeps everything a lot neater Been totally reliable for me too, no unexpected behaviour or unrealiability and it uses virtually no resources (944K for me).

[driver8]

^ just had a quick play, but looks like it doesn't support different wallpapers

[Guest 33467]

are there any alternative PDF readers out there? Preferably ones that keep bloatware to a minimum? Thanks.

[vaderag]

Foxit PDF - best on the market

[Guest 33467]

Originally Posted by vaderag

Foxit PDF - best on the market

thanks. installed it and works a treat on Windows 7

[Gerschwin]

IE in a Firefox tab! http://ietab.mozdev.org/

[Alan b]

Yup I use that and even though I don't come across many sites that will not work correctly in Firefox it is always handy to have it at the ready.

[Gerschwin]

Came across a cool Treesize alternitive that works on network drives etc
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/