I've been using software developed by nirsoft for years and in my opinion his apps are absolutely invaluable to any system admin or hobbyist using the windows platform and best of all there all free.
you can browse the site and download any of the apps there one by one if you choose
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http://www.nirsoft.net/
or you can download the nirlauncher app as it contains all nirsoft apps in a nice little GUI all packaged up and ready to go.
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[COLOR='red']http://launcher.nirsoft.net/download.html[/COLOR]the latest revision on nirlauncher currently stands at version 1.10.08 and was released on the 23rd november 2010 and contains all the following apps.
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Current list of nirsoft applicatio9ns in this pack.
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Utility Name Version Short Description
AlternateStreamView 1.32 Find all hidden alternate streams stored in the file system.
AltStreamDump Dumps the list of NTFS alternate streams
AppCrashView 1.11 Displays the details of all application crashes occurred in your system.
Asterisk Logger 1.04 Reveals the passwords stored behind the asterisks ('***') boxes
AdapterWatch 1.05 displays useful information about your network adapters.
ActiveXHelper 1.12 view essential information about ActiveX components installed on your computer.
BatteryInfoView 1.15 Displays battery information on laptops and netbooks.
BlueScreenView 1.45 Show information about blue screen crashes occurred in your system.
BluetoothCL 1.05 Show bluetooth devices list
BluetoothLogView 1.00 Creates a log of Bluetooth activity in your area.
BluetoothView 1.61 Monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices around you.
BulkFileChanger 1.21 Change date/time/attributes of multiple files.
BulletsPassView 1.25 Reveals the passwords stored behind the bullets.
ChromeCacheView 1.35 Chrome Browser Cache Viewer
ChromeCookiesView 1.02 Alternative to the standard internal cookies viewer of Google Chrome
ChromeHistoryView 1.10 View the browsing history of Chrome Web browser
ChromePass 1.21 Password recovery tool for Google Chrome Web browser.
CleanAfterMe 1.37 Clean files and Registry values in your system.
Clipboardic 1.10 Small and simple clipboard manager.
CurrPorts 2.00 Displays the list of all currently opened TCP/UDP ports on your computer.
CurrProcess 1.13 Displays the list of all processes currently running on your system.
CSVFileView 1.30 CSV/Tab-delimited file viewer and converter
CustomizeIE 1.01 Add/delete toolbar buttons and menu items in Internet Explorer.
CustomExplorerToolbar 1.05 Add Copy/Cut/Paste buttons to the Explorer toolbar of Windows 7.
DeviceIOView 1.02 Watch the data transfer between a software or service and a device driver.
DevManView 1.25 Alternative to the standard Device Manager of Windows.
Dialupass 3.16 Recovers Dial-Up passwords in all versions of Windows.
DiskCountersView 1.05 Show disk drive read/write counters.
DiskSmartView 1.02 Retrieves S.M.A.R.T information from IDE/SATA disks.
DLL Export Viewer 1.60 Lists DLL exported functions and their memory addresses - for debugging.
DNSDataView 1.40 Retrieve the DNS records (MX, NS, A, SOA) of the specified domains.
DomainHostingView 1.21 Displays extensive information about a domain.
DotNetResourcesExtract 1.0.1.0 Extract embedded resources from .NET applications.
DownTester 1.28 Test your Internet download speed.
DriveLetterView 1.12 View and change drive letter assignments
DriverView 1.40 Displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
FastResolver 1.22 Resolves multiple host names into IP addresses/MAC Addresses and vice versa.
FavoritesView 1.31 displays the list of all your Favorties/bookmarks in a single page.
FileTypesMan 1.61 Alternative to the 'File Types' manager of Windows.
FirefoxDownloadsView 1.30 Displayed the list of downloaded files in Firefox
FlashCookiesView 1.12 View Flash cookies stored in your computer.
GDIView 1.15 Displays the list of GDI handles opened by every process
HashMyFiles 1.88 Calculate the MD5/SHA1 hashes of your files
HeapMemView 1.02 View the content of all memory blocks allocated in the heap.
HTMLAsText 1.11 Converts HTML documents to simple text files.
HtmlDocEdit 1.02 Simple HTML designer/editor
HTTPNetworkSniffer 1.10 Captures and displays HTTP requests/responses.
IconsExtract 1.47 Extract icons and cursors from executbale files (EXE, DLL, OCX, CPL, etc.)
IECacheView 1.46 List all files currently stored in the cache of Internet Explorer.
IECookiesView 1.74 Displays the cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer
IEHistoryView 1.70 Displays the list of Web sites that you visited with IE Web browser.
IE PassView 1.26 Recover passwords stored by Internet Explorer (Versions 4.0 - 8.0)
InsideClipboard 1.12 Displays the content of all formats stored in the clipboard.
InstalledCodec 1.25 List Codec drivers and DirectShow filters installed on your system.
IPInfoOffline 1.25 view country information about IP addresses.
IPNetInfo 1.37 Easily find all available information about IP address.
LiveContactsView 1.10 View the details of all contacts in your Windows Live Messenger.
LSASecretsDump 1.21 Dump the LSA secrets from the Registry.
LSASecretsView 1.21 displays the list of all LSA secrets stored in the Registry on your computer.
MACAddressView 1.16 MAC address lookup tool
Mail PassView 1.77 Recovers email passwords
MonitorInfoView 1.10 displays essential information about your monitor.
MozillaCacheView 1.51 List all files currently stored in the cache of Firefox/Mozilla browser.
MozillaHistoryView 1.45 Displays the list of visited Web sites in Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape Web browsers.
MessenPass 1.42 Recovers the passwords of instant messenger programs
MUICacheView 1.01 Edit/delete MUICache items in your system
MetarWeather 1.70 Decode METAR weather reports, and display them in a simple weather report table.
MyEventViewer 1.75 MyEventViewer is a simple alternative to the standard event viewer of Windows.
MyLastSearch 1.55 View your latest searches with Google, Yahoo, and MSN
MyUninstaller 1.74 Alternative utility to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows.
MozillaCookiesView 1.36 alternative to the standard 'Cookie Manager' provided by Netscape and Mozilla.
Network Password Recovery 1.32 Recover network passwords on Windows XP/2003/Vista.
NetResView 1.26 displays the list of all network resources on your LAN.
NetRouteView 1.10 GUI alternative to the standard route utility of Windows.
NetworkTrafficView 1.31 Displays network traffic statistics on your network adapter
NirCmd 2.65 Do many useful tasks from command-line.
NK2Edit 2.05 Full NK2 (AutoComplete) editor for Microsoft Outlook
NTFSLinksView 1.06 View the list of NTFS symbolic links/junctions in selected folder.
OfficeIns 1.05 displays the details of all installed Microsoft Office add-ins on your computer.
OpenedFilesView 1.52 Displays the list of all opened files on your system.
OpenWithView 1.11 Disable/enable items in the 'Open With' dialog-box of Windows.
OperaCacheView 1.37 Cache viewer for Opera Web browser.
OperaPassView 1.05 Password recovery tool for Opera Web browser.
OutlookAttachView 2.20 Extract multiple attachments from Outlook.
OutlookStatView 1.51 Display a general statistics of your Outlook emails.
PasswordFox 1.30 View passwords stored in Firefox Web browser.
Password Security Scanner 1.05 Displays security information about passwords stored in your system.
PCAnywhere PassView 1.12
PingInfoView 1.28 ping multiple host names and IP addresses.
ProcessActivityView 1.11 Show the file activity for selected process.
ProcessThreadsView 1.05 Displays extensive information about all threads of the process that you choose.
ProduKey 1.53 Displays the CD-Keys of MS-Office/Windows installed on your computer.
PstPassword 1.16 Recover lost password of Outlook PST file.
Remote Desktop PassView 1.01 Reveals the password stored by Microsoft Remote Desktop utility.
RecentFilesView 1.15 Display the list of recently opened files
RegDllView 1.45 RegDllView is a small utility that displays the list of all registered files.
RegFileExport 1.06 Export offline Registry file to .reg file
RegFromApp 1.22 Creates .reg file according to Registry changes made by application.
RegScanner 1.85 Scan and find values in the Registry
ResourcesExtract 1.17 Extract resources from dll/ocx/exe files.
RouterPassView 1.38 Recover passwords from router config file.
RunAsDate 1.11 Run a program with the specified date.
RunFromProcess 1.00 Run a program from another process that you choose.
SafariCacheView 1.05 Cache viewer/extractor for Safari Web browser
SafariHistoryView 1.01 History viewer for Safari Web browser
SearchFilterView 1.00 view the search filters installed on your system.
SearchMyFiles 2.06 Alternative to the standard "Search For Files And Folders" module of Windows.
SeqDownload 1.26 Download sequence of images from the Web, and create animation from them.
ServiWin 1.48 displays the list of installed drivers and services on your system.
ShellBagsView 1.09 Displays the list of all folder settings saved by Windows.
ShellMenuNew 1.01 Disable/Enable items in the New submenu of Explorer.
ShellExView 1.70 Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer.
ShortcutsMan 1.05 Lists all shortcuts on your desktop/start menu.
ShellMenuView 1.15 Disable/enable static menu items in cotext menu of Explorer.
SiteShoter 1.42 Save a screenshot of any Web page into a file.
***peLogView 1.21 View log files created by ***pe
SmartSniff 1.92 Captures TCP/IP packets and view the captured data as sequence of conversations.
SniffPass 1.12 capture the passwords that pass through your network adapter.
SocketSniff 1.07 Watch the Windows Sockets (WinSock) activity of the selected process.
SpecialFoldersView 1.15 Easily jump to special folders in your system.
SysExporter 1.52 Grab the data stored in list-views, tree-views, list boxes, and combo boxes.
TableTextCompare 1.05 Compare tab-delimited or comma-delimited (csv) files.
URLProtocolView 1.15 View/disable/enable the URL protocols installed on your system
URLStringGrabber 1.11 Grab URL strings of Web sites from Internet Explorer
USBDeview 2.06 Lists all installed USB devices that you previously used.
USBLogView 1.10 Records the details of any USB device that is plugged/unplugged into your system
UserAssistView 1.02 This utility decrypt and displays the list of all UserAssist entries
UserProfilesView 1.01 View user profiles information on your system.
VideoCacheView 2.15 Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser
VNCPassView 1.02 Recover the passwords stored by the VNC tool.
Volumouse 2.00 Adjust the volume of your speaker with the wheel of your mouse.
WakeMeOnLan 1.28 Turn on one or more computers remotely by sending Wake-on-LAN (WOL) packet
WebBrowserPassView 1.25 Recover lost passwords from your Web browser.
WebCamImageSave 1.10 Capture still images from your WebCam.
WebCookiesSniffer 1.11 Captures Web site cookies and displays them in a simple table
WebSiteSniffer 1.11 Capture Web site files and save them on your hard drive.
WebVideoCap 1.41 Capture Flash Video files and RTSP streams while watching them in a Web browser.
WhatInStartup 1.33 disable/enable/delete programs that are loaded at Windows startup.
WhatIsHang 1.15 Get information about Windows software that hangs.
WhoisCL 1.38 Get WHOIS information about a registered domain from command-line.
WhoisThisDomain 1.76 Get information about a registered domain from WHOIS server.
WhosIP 1.07 find all available information about an IP address from command-line.
WinCrashReport 1.10 Displays a report about crashed Windows application.
WinFontsView 1.10 Display sample of all fonts installed on your system.
WinLister 1.13 This utility displays the list of opened windows on your system.
WinPrefetchView 1.10 View the Prefetch files (.pf) stored in your system.
WirelessKeyDump dumps the list of all wireless keys stored by Windows
WirelessKeyView 1.36 recovers lost wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer.
WirelessNetConsole 1.00 View wireless networks information (console application)
WirelessNetView 1.40 Monitor the activity of wireless networks around you.
Wireless Network Watcher 1.41 Shows who is connected to your wireless network.
WinUpdatesList 1.31 Displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes).-------------------------------------------------------
one thing i will say is this.
you may be told by your anti virus software that this pack contains viruses or trojans. this is NOT true, i give you my word on that.
