Random useful applications

[Master Razor]

Hash Helper (http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/46498-Hash-Helper)
A freeware hash checking utility.


Free PDF Reader - Sumatra PDF (http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html)
A lightweight freeware pdf and ebook reader.

[hellman]

MiniLyrics (Not free but available on torrents)
MiniLyrics - Show lyrics in iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc. (http://www.crintsoft.com/)


Display lyrics for your favorite music!

Lyrics plugin software for iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc. You needn't change the way of enjoying music.
Display scrolling lyrics, you can follow along with the artist and catch every word.
Automatically search and download lyrics.
Huge lyrics database, and it is expanding every day.
Download and save lyrics in your song files, you can view these lyrics on your iPod or iPhone.
Amazing translucency skins.
Cross-platform, support Windows, Mac and Android.


2. Neat Image Free
Neat Image - best noise reduction for digital cameras and scanners (http://www.neatimage.com/)

Neat Image is an image filter to reduce noise and grain in photographic images produced by digital cameras and scanners.
Neat Image is indispensable in low-light (indoors, night, no-flash, astro) and high-speed (sport, action, children) photography, as well as in raytracing CG.

Neat Image provides the most accurate noise reduction currently available

Neat Image efficiently reduces noise of the following types:
high ISO noise in digital camera shots
film grain in scanned film and prints
JPEG artifacts and more

Neat Image is currently available as:
standalone application (Windows, Mac OSX or Linux)
plug-in for Photoshop (Windows or Mac OSX)
plug-in for Aperture (Mac OSX)
custom bundles of above versions

[saebrtooth]

Battle Encoder Shirase (per app cpu limiter)
BES, Battle Encoder Shirase 1.6.2/1.7.0-alpha: Controls Per-Process CPU Usage (http://mion.faireal.net/BES/)

[Blocker]

Reeder.

Beautiful RSS Reader. for Mac and iOS

?reeder (http://reederapp.com/)

[yoco]

MiniLyrics (Not free but available on torrents)
MiniLyrics - Show lyrics in iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc. (http://www.crintsoft.com/)


Display lyrics for your favorite music!

Does this support Aimp 3?

[hellman]

Does this support Aimp 3?

yupp both Aimp2 and Aimp3

[Master Razor]

Link Shell Extension (http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html)
A context menu entry that allows you to create hard links, symbolic links, junction and some other link types.
Study it and it will save your life. It is a MAJOR time saver.

[yoco]

yupp both Aimp2 and Aimp3
Gonna give it a try then :D

[hellman]

Gonna give it a try then :D
if patch doesn't work for u just install the trail.. it will work forever but willl ask u to buy every once in a while.. just like winrar

[Sazzy]

The winrar thing is mostly a commercial license, e.g. they don't really care about personal use but you can't install winrar in a professional environment legally.

[anon]

Open a compressed archive at work with WinRAR
Use the arrow keys and Enter to look for the individual file I want to extract
The trial window had popped up, so I accidentally Chrome tab to buy a license
Wonder why we even have installed it anyway, never had to compress anything in RAR and 7-Zip can do everything else.

[Sazzy]

7zip can open a rar file, even ;-)

[anon]

7zip can open a rar file, even ;-)

I know, hence the last line of my post... :unsure:

[Renk]

FireFox 1.0 (http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php?old_firefox=48)

For the 10th anniversary...

[shadowww]

Your eyes will be thankful. I can't imagine anymore sitting in front of screen at evenings/nights without this neat app taking care of color temperature. Also cool thing it doesn't interfere with any games/movies.

https://justgetflux.com/

[Master Razor]

Your eyes will be thankful. I can't imagine anymore sitting in front of screen at evenings/nights without this neat app taking care of color temperature. Also cool thing it doesn't interfere with any games/movies.
My screen just turned yellow. Is this normal? My cursor is white though.

[shadowww]

Yes, its normal. You will get used to it, and not notice 'yellowness' (its too harsh to call it like that anyway) after few minutes. If you think the old unmodified brightness was better try closing program after just 30 min of running it to see direct-instant effect of how bright and annoying your old screen was.

Also, there is science behind it. When you turn off your screen and go to bed you will have easier time falling asleep if you were looking at 'Flux-ed' screen then regular one. Something about brain day/night reception chemistry, I can't remember details, but should be easy searchable.

About cursor: not sure. I'm using linux and my cursor is always black so I'm can't provide useful info for that. In theory everything should be changed, cursor included, but bugs / limitations are always possible.

[anon]

Flux is awesome. Your eyes and sleep cycle will thank you for using it, and after a while, you won't even remember how your non-yellow screen looked like (I've set mine to 2300k).

[hellman]

Your eyes will be thankful. I can't imagine anymore sitting in front of screen at evenings/nights without this neat app taking care of color temperature. Also cool thing it doesn't interfere with any games/movies.

https://justgetflux.com/

thnx alot man.. loved this one.. i really needed it :)

[Master Razor]

UnCleaner - Josh Cell Softwares (http://joshcellsoftwares.com/products/uncleaner/)

The little program cleans your windows OS of temporary files. This is the gets 99.99% of all your temporary files in all known temporary locations and is by far the safest and lightest application of this sort.
I recommend it.

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In Windows, flux cannot change the mouse color because it is rendered by hardware, flux can't access it because it is operating on a software level.



This is where your mouse cursor is being drawn in hardware by the video card. If you are using Windows, turning on mouse trails is the suggested solution - probably because this means the cursor is now being drawn in software instead.
Source - http://ask.metafilter.com/205780/flux-my-mouse-cursor

[Master Razor]

I am back with the best program for RSI disorders.

RSI AutoClick (http://artistdetective.com/rsiautoclick.htm)

This app autoclicks every second and pauses when mouse is moving or location has not moved since previous click.
I have installed basically every application and found this to be the best.

[Master Razor]

Terminals - Home (http://terminals.codeplex.com/)
The best windows terminal manager.


Finestra Virtual Desktops - Home (http://vdm.codeplex.com/)
The best windows multi-desktop but sadly abandoned. Make no mistake, nothing on the market works. This is great but old and buggy.

[Master Razor]

Listary - Fabulous search utility | Keep files at your fingertips (http://www.listary.com/)
The best find utility on windows. Try it and you'll see.


Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare (http://www.scootersoftware.com)
For personal use, the best file folder comparison.


WinMerge (http://winmerge.org/)
Same as above but free.


PureText Home Page (http://stevemiller.net/puretext/)
This utility maps CTRL+C to itself and strips all formatting on the text you copied. Thus, when you do CTRL+V the text will be cleaned.


EventGhost (http://www.eventghost.org/)
All credit goes to Lucius for finding this great piece of software. This is basically an automizer for everything, mouse, keyboard, startup whatever you can think of.
Mostly used in home theather PC's (xbmc).

[Sazzy]

Winmerge is kind of sucky compared to p4merge (http://www.perforce.com/product/components/perforce-visual-merge-and-diff-tools). That being said, beyond compare is probably one of the best for only 30 dollars. hella cheap

[Master Razor]

Resource Hacker (http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/)
The best resource unpacker is back. It was though of being a abandoned for 7 years but now is back in development.

[Master Razor]

Snappy Driver Installer (http://snappy-driver-installer.sourceforge.net/en/index.php)
Good driver finder and installer. Supports command-line arguments and uses the updated drivers made by Sam of SamDrivers (which were created from the original DriverPacks).


WhatInStartup - Disable/delete programs at Windows startup (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/what_run_in_startup.html)
Add startup program everywhere, like registry and startup folder.