Audio
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CDMax
http://clarktisdale.com/index.htm
A CD Player that stores Artist, Title, Track, and notes on each of your CDs
Provides full support for freedb retrievals/Submissions (single or batch)
CoolPlayer
http://www.daansystems.com
MP3 and WAV player that features: - Skins - Simple user interface - Advanced Playlist editor - Internet streaming - ID3 Multitagger - File Renamer - Fast mp3->wav converter - Xaudio mpeg engine - Play MP3,MP3,MP1,WAV files - Smallest executable programmed in blazing fast 'C' - Continuous play - 8 band equalizer - Lot's more...
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DeskTopPublishing - Font Utility
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X-Fonter
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/
Font manager, viewer, and more. Allows you to make nice 3D Graphics that you can use for your webpages, emails and much more... Browse through and preview any installed fonts. Browse through and preview any not-installed fonts. Install or uninstall any TrueType Fonts. Search for fonts on any drive/directory. Network support included. Font Filtering by Font Family, Codepages and Font Style. Adjustable Colors, Styles and Sizes. View Fonts in 3D mode. Character map (ASCII and Unicode). Basic Image editor built in (with cropping). JPG output supported for 3D graphics. Most settings are saved and reused in next session. Very simple and intuitive interface. No extra DLL's required. Uninstall option. Compare fonts in Dual pane. Print font overview. NOTE: no GIF support.
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DeskTopPublishing - Layout Program
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RagTime Solo
http://www.ragtime-online.com
http://www.ragtime-online.com/Content/product_ragtime_solo/index.html
http://www.ragtime-online.com/Content/download_rts_program/index.html
Free version of RagTime for private user. It has the same feature set as the commercial version of the business publishing software.
What are the differences between RagTime Solo and the commercial version?
RagTime Solo asks the user during each startup to acknowledge that it may not be employed for commercial use. Beyond this, it does not require any authorization. RagTime Solo runs on one computer only at any given time in a local area network. Some color profiles for high end devices were left out to save on download size. Dictionaries for spell checking and hyphenation are not included. They can be bought for EUR15.
You don't create text or tables; you create documents. The result of your work is judged by the finished printed document. Reports, price lists, analyses and sales materials are more than simply text, spreadsheets and charts. It is the combination of all the elements, which transforms a text into a report and a table into an analysis that is ready for a presentation.
Up to now, you haven't used layout programs, because you couldn't afford to do without spreadsheet calculations or text processing. Now you can give your work that final polish. With RagTime, you have a single convenient layout environment in which you can process text, tables, drawings, pictures and graphs. The intuitive user interface simplifies your quick access to all of RagTime's functions.
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DeskTopPublishing - Office Suite
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OpenOffice.org 1.1
http://www.openoffice.org/
Multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to that of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 is more powerful, more compatible, more international, more accessible, more open than ever - and best of all, it's still free!
Downloaded EasyOffice Freeware
http://www.e-press.com/freeware.html
EasyOffice is an office suite that is compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel. Features include EasyWord, for your word processing needs; EasySpreadsheet, for creating basic and advanced spreadsheets; EasyPresentation, which includes animation art; EasyBookkeeper, an accounting system that can produce classical income statements, balance sheets, aged receivables, and expense reports; Easy Contact Manager, with hot lists, mass e-mails, and form letters; EasySpeaker, an English-speaking voice module that can read your documents and e-mails to you.
Free for home use.
This version of EasyOffice is completely functional for basic tasks, and has no time limitations or other such limitations. There is a polite start-up licensing screen, as well as small indication on the top toolbar that this is a Freeware version. Otherwise, this version will function quite well.
This version includes multilingual installations, PDF file creation and editing, EasyWord, EasySpreadsheet, EasyContactManager, EasyPresentation, EasyBookkeeper, EasyHelper, EasyBackup, EasyCalculator, EasyDatabase, EasyCalendar, EasyZip, EasySpeller and EasySpeaker.
Publisher's Description
EasyOffice is an office suite compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel, and Adobe PDF files. It functions as a complete standalone office suite, but also will co-exist well with Microsoft Office. Programs include: EasyWord word processor (Word DOC, RTF, HTML, PDF files); Easyspreadsheet(Excel XLS files); a PowerPoint-like presentation tool Easypresentation; EasyDictionary - FULL reference dictionary; Easybookkeeper accounting -classical double-entry bookkeeping; Easy Contact Manager -hot lists, mass e-mails, form letters; EasySpeaker - reads out loud docs,e-mails; EasyZip - a full-fledged zip/unzip program; Easyhelper; EasyImage - image viewer; EasyDatabase - easy-to-learn yet powerful database; Easycalculator - emulates a desktop printing calculator plus thousands of features; EasyCalendar; EasyBackup. Multilingual dictionaries and installation. 'EasyOffice with PDF Filter' is the official name of our downloaded product. Version 5.95 includes EasyPad.
Download.com Review
This robust office suite provides an array of tools for word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, file compression, contact management, and even bookkeeping. What's more, it's free for personal use and cheap for commercial purposes. Installing EasyOffice is a lengthy but painless process. The program supports several languages and gives you options for compact and custom installations. The highly intuitive interface provides Easy and Advanced views, but many of the pull-down menus are long and cumbersome. Stability is an issue for some components, such as the image viewer, but most features work without a hitch. EasyOffice is a remarkably complete solution for office tasks. Though it isn't an industrial-strength suite like Microsoft Office, it is a great way for individuals and small businesses to get work done without breaking the bank.
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DeskTopPublishing - PDF Utility
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PDFCreator
http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm
A free multilingual supported tool to create PDF's easily from nearly any application and save or e-mail it. With the PDFCreator Printer driver you turn any program into a PDF-machine. New in this version is the ability to output to Postscript (PS) and Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) formats, improved program speed, Process priority can be changed (only for NT and above) and many "bug" fixes for machines with special configs or slow processors.
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DeskTopPublishing - Spell Checker
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All-Purpose Spell Checker (APSC)
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/rags/apscinst.exe
http://www.buzzys.net/spellcheck.html
Spelling correction is made easy for just about any document that you display on your computer. With just a few mouse clicks, you can correct that spelling in your Web mail, simple text editor, or anywhere where a spell checker is needed that doesn't have one already!
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DeskTopPublishing - Thesaurus/Dictionary
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WordWeb
http://wordweb.info/free/
Powerful English thesaurus and dictionary. Easy to use on its own or directly from three popular word processors: Microsoft Word (95 or above), Corel WordPerfect 7 and Lotus WordPro. In addition to displaying sense definitions and synonyms, WordWeb can find sets of related words. The database has over 120,000 root words and 100,000 synonym sets.
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Finance
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AceMoney Lite
http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/index_lite.html
Freeware personal finance manager. It is an easy to use application that helps you to organize and manage your personal finances quickly and easily. Generate any report by categories or payors/payees, including pie charts. Find all your withdrawals and deposits by any parameter. Ability to download and import information from on-line banks in QIF and OFX formats, export to HTML, Text, or CSV formats. Bank account and credit card information can be protected by password to keep your data secure...more. Note: This Free version supports all the features required for home or even small business accounting needs but does not support multiple accounts:
Track your spending habits and see where the money goes
Create and manage budgets
Track performance of investments
Do your financial math in multiple currencies
OneStep Accounting Standard Edition 4.0
http://www.enablecomputing.com/index.jsp
An integrated accounting system. Modules include general ledger, sales processing (sales invoice, credit memo, and cash sales), purchase processing (purchase invoice, debit memo, and cash purchase), cash management, inventory management, and report designer. It features customizable document formats.
New features in version 4 include item categorization for management reporting, an enhanced report designing tool, and more than 100 new reports. Free licence keys can be obtained by registering at publisher's website.
Cashbook Home - FREE - Ver 4.07
http://www.acclaim.co.nz/download.htm
(Cashbook, Budgets)
All three types of cashbook (Home, Lite and Complete), are in the same installation file.
Cashbook Home - Includes a cashbook, categories, and the standard reports. It is ideal for keeping track of your personal bank accounts, or for non profit organisations that don't require GST. You can't beat the price of Cashbook Home, it's FREE!!!
Getting started tutorial - http://www.acclaim.co.nz/gettingstarted.htm
Manual - http://www.acclaimsoftware.com/manual/index.htm
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Games
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123 Free Solitaire
http://www.123freesolitaire.com/download.htm
12 games including 2 spiders, 1 freecell, and 1 klondike.
4 Puzzle Collection 1.48
http://www.alex-soft.net/
4 puzzle games (tetris, arkanoid, jigsaw, scramble).
Free Spider
Free Spider games from the makers of 123 Free Solitaire
Free Tetrix
Free Tetis style game
Flight Simulator Graphics
Jigsaw Puzzle Lite
http://www.kraisoft.com/jigsaw/
Fun freeware jigsaw puzzle game with nice interface, categorized puzzle collections and ability to customize puzzles. A lot of free puzzles included in this game, and you can create your own puzzles from your favourite pictures with a few clicks of a mouse. Even though this program comes with only a few features enabled and is more a demo than freeware, the fact that you can import your own pictures (check out www.webshots.com for lots!) and cut them into a variety of number of pieces, it is well worth installing for that ability alone as a freeware. Recommended: Pentium 200Mhz CPU, 64 Mb RAM, 4 Mb video card.
Mastermind
Classic game of guessing the location and colors of 4-6 hidden pegs
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Graphics
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20/20
ftp://ftp.hotfreeware.com/2020/2020s.zip
An image viewer, screen capture and annotation application. It is also capable of creating slide shows, generating thumbnails, and creating muted backgrounds for web pages and stationery.
Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/
The Gimp is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, a expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc. The Gimp is extremely expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins and extensions to do just about anything. NOTE: Restrictions - Because of patent issues, the installer does not install the ability to load or save .gif files. Follow directions on Home Page.
Irfanview
http://www.irfanview.com/
A fast, simple image-viewer and -editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, TGA, and more. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.
Oriens Enhancer
http://www.oriens-solution.com
A simple, light weight but yet powerful graphical environment to manipulate, enhance and extract graphic files in easy steps. With more than 40 filters and 30 effects and different color appliance tools, Oriens Enhancer is a revolutionary release from Oriens Software. Even the memory management is greatly enhanced and you will not even feel the clumpse of heavy application running which slows downs normal execution in the OS.
Ulead Photo Explorer
http://www.ulead.com/download/freedownload.htm
A visual file manager for working with images or multimedia clips. Photo Explorer lets you visually organize and share all of your digital photos, audio files, and videos quickly. A digital camera wizard gets your photos downloaded fast, while a preview window lets you view your images, watch your videos, or even listen to your audio files (such as MP3s). Plus, you can scan your favorite Web sites and download images and audio and video files automatically. With this program you can print your images as thumbnails or multiple photos. You can also create image or video slide shows with music and send them via e-mail. Or you can publish your own Web page albums and slide shows. A free account allows you to share your images on online albums and send your images in e-cards. Note: This version is free; a shareware version with additional features is also available.
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Internet - Anti-Spam
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MailWasher
http://www.mailwasher.net
An easy way to check and manage your e-mails before you download them. allows you to view your incoming email messages before your email software downloads it. It will identify some viruses and spams and you can bounce these back to the sender making it look like your email address is not valid.
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Internet - Chat
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Trillian
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian/index.html
A chat client that can connect to ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and IRC. With Trillian, you can chat, send messages, files and URLs. It is fully skinnable and supports multiple user profiles. While you work with other applications, Trillian alerts you when contacts come online. The alerts are fully customizable with sounds and/or popup windows. Text can be formatted with different colors, size and styles and emoticons and emotisounds can be added. Optionally, a message history can be maintained.
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Internet - Download Accelerator
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Star Downloader 1.32
http://www.stardownloader.com
Free of ads, spyware and other undesirable extras packed into most free download accelerators. The acceleration is achieved by splitting the file being downloaded into several parts and downloading these parts at the same time. Download speeds are further increased by downloading the file from the fastest mirror sites. Features include automatic mirror site detection, automatic resumption of failed downloads, download scheduling, anti-virus integration and more. An integrated unzipping utility can automatically unzip and install downloaded files. Supports FTP and HTTP. Proxy is also supported.
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Internet - HTML
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TheNetter
Free Templates, Graphics & Other Goodies....
http://web.thenetter.com/free_templates_and_graphics.html
Free Graphics & Templates
400 Free Graphics Bundle 1
Free buttons, logos, shapes and backgrounds for websites! Cool colors and textures - perfect for your next project!
Click on the included PREVIEW file once unzipped.
35 Free Web Page Templates Bundle 1 View Screenshot - Download Now!
Free templates from our archives and commercial collections.
Click on the included PREVIEW file once unzipped.
Note: A link back is required if you use our freeware templates
How To Edit Web Page Templates More Info....
An easy-to-follow tutorial for the beginner outlining how to edit web page templates, the software you'll need, tips and resources. Perfect for newbies!
HTML Builder XP
http://www.code-builders.com/hbxp.shtml
A powerful, professional and easy to use development environment for HTML. This development tool comes with an impressive and easy to use interface as well as many of the best features from other top HTML Editors. Some of the features included within HTML Builder XP are Integrated Internet Explorer and Netscape Gecko Preview, HTML Syntax Highlighting, Instant Tag Property Editing (e.g. Delphi & Visual Basic), Full FTP Functionality, Tag Insight Drop Down Helper Lists (e.g. MSVC++), Automatic Tag Completion, Complete HTML Tidy Integration, Fast Spell Checker, Thesaurus, Integrated document preview, Support for external browsers, source formatter, ASP, SSI, CFML, WebTV tags,Editable Code Snippets, Local Project Management, Integrated JavaScripts & DHTML Scripts, + Much More. HTML Builder XP also includes integrated help files, webmaster resources and reference manuals covering HTML 4.0 and CSS.
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Internet - Security
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Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
A free multi spyware removal utility. Comprehensively scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known sypware components (e.g., Datamining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, Keyloggers, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components) and lets you remove them safely. Many options like scanning depth or automatic modes can be set in the preferences menu.Ad-aware features an easy to use wizard-style interface, guiding you through the scanning and removal process. A detailed log file can be created automatically or manually after scanning. NOTE: check Home Page for updated ref files or use RefUpdate. Users report that the program works in Win95. Information on one fix that may be needed is available on the Lavasoft site: Article # 03051201 Missing DLL Message When Attempting To Run Ad-aware on the Microsoft Windows 95 Operating System
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/03/05/1201.html
ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/
An Internet security utility and firewall. Protects you from malicious programs, like Spyware and Trojan horses, by allowing you to control your computer's Internet traffic and how applications access the Internet. ZoneAlarm's Dynamic Firewall can block attempts to connect to your computer from the Internet. It can even make your computer invisible from the Internet, so you won't be a target for hackers and intruders. When an application on your computer tries to access the Internet, ZoneAlarm makes sure it has your permission first. ZoneAlarm also provides protection against VB scripts in e-mail attachments.
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Religious
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e-sword
http://www.e-sword.net
Free electronic Bible and other study texts. Great collection of various Bible translations as well as reference material.
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Utilities - Anti-Virus
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AntiVir
http://www.free-av.com/
The resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically, e.g. downloading of data from the internet. Scanning and repair of macro viruses. Protection against previously unknown macro viruses. Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating. Protection against previously unknown boot record viruses and master boot record viruses. Support is free of charge via AntiVir Bulletin Board. NOTE: Uninstall old versions before updating. In order to update your AntiVir Personal Edition to the latest version, please use the built-in Internet Update Wizard. The program automatically detects whether the entire program or only the virus definition file needs to be downloaded.
AVG
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Get your free copy of the AVG Anti-Virus - AVG Free Edition - and you will be able to use it without any limitations for the life of the product. You can also download free updates to get the latest program virus databases.
Download, install and use AVG Free Edition and get:
AVG Resident Protection
AVG e-mail Scanner
AVG On-Demand Scanner
Basic Scheduled Tests
Free Virus Database Updates
Automatic Update feature
Easy-To-Use Interface
Automatic Healing of infected files
AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files
The AVG Free Edition is fully featured anti-virus software with the following restrictions:
Basic user Interface only
Disabled Advanced Scheduling of Tests
Disabled Creating of Your Own Tests
NO TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Are you interested ?
If you are interested in our offer and you would like to get your free copy of AVG Anti-Virus, you will need to:
agree to the AVG Free Edition License Agreement
fill in the simple questionnaire form
download the program installation package
check your e-mail - you will get your unique AVG serial number via e-mail.
install the program
Recommended by several sources but must be downloaded directly from their site so it is not included on this disk. Check it out!
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Utilities - Compression
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7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/
The main features of 7-Zip are: 1) Highest compression ratio in new 7z format format. 2) Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB. For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip. 3) Self-extracting capability for 7z format. 4) Integration with Windows Shell. 5) Powerful File Manager. 6) Plugin for FAR Manager. A command line version is available. NOTE: distributed under the GNU LGPL.
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Utilities - Conversion
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Convert
http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/
An easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
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Utilities - Database
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dBworx
http://plworx.net
Compact, user-friendly relational database program:
Quick and easy database design
Up to 50 fields per database record
Numerous types of fields including calculated, lookup, relational and memo fields
Ability to search, sort and filter database records
Import and export data to and from other applications
Print reports, labels, charts and documents
Turn dBworx tables into web pages
Customizable help file
Tutorial and example files
Small size (approx. 950K)
No external DLLs, OCXs, or VBXs required
No registry entries
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Utilities - Data Removal
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Eraser
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
Advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is FREE software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License. Securely erase files, folders or even whole disks. Eraser overwrites data area with selectable random data patterns and also wipes data in the paging file, Internet cache, temporary files, Internet cookies, unused disk space and a number of other places where data can secretly lurk. Handles FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS partitions as well.
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Utilities - File/Directory
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File List Generator
Generates list of all files in specified directory/subdirectory.
http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/
This software collects the information about all files and subfolders located under your specified path and generates the list in various file formats. Despite its small program size, it processes high-volume contents at a high speed with the easy-to-use user interface.
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Utilities - Personal Information Managers
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Contact Plus Personal Version
http://www.contactplus.com/products/personal/permain.htm
Customer relationship management software for the small office or home user. Create unlimited databases, free form notes, define your own user fields, import records from mailing lists or other databaes, print mailing labels, create reports and more. You can even calculate the distance to your contact's location automatically! Send personalized email or use Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect for mass mailings! Keep your calendar up to date, schedule appointments, to-do's and more. Single user version of Contact Plus for those with basic contact management needs without the need to share data with others. With Contact Plus Personal you'll be able to keep track of virtually any contact you have with your customers, prospects, and colleagues. Now you can maintain integration with critical contact and calendar information. Keep track of customers in one database and prospects in another. Record notes, send letters, send e-mail, schedule and track events. Go back to letters you've sent last week, last month, or last year. Create reports or charts of contacts you want. The fully functional sample version of Contact Plus Personal is ad supported, with advertising banners appearing on the main screen.
MyStuff
http://www.contactplus.com
My Stuff helps you keep track of your personal home inventory including pictures, appraisal values, depreciation schedules and much more. Perfect for cataloging your home inventory for insurance or estate planning. Great to keep track of your personal "net worth." Prints numerous types of reports. My Stuff is an ad-supported freeware. The banner advertisements are included in the software and do not communicate with any outside agency or third party ad server.
Turbonote
http://www.turbonote.com
A freeware sticky note type program for reminders and keeping electronic notes. Works great with good functionality. If you need to constantly make notes, this is a great program! Great alarm features, too.
WorldTime
http://pawprint.net/wt/
Offers a number of time- and date-related features. Its main window can show an unlimited amount of configurable clocks, each with its own time zone, daylight saving, description, format, color and font. Clocks can be choosen from a list of locations, but can also be Internet Time (Swatch Beat), UTC and Universal Time. The location of each clock can be displayed on a 2D or 3D world map. WorldTime can synchronize your computer's system time to an internet time server. You can define an unlimited number of alarms based on the local time at any location. Alarms can execute applications, synchronize your clock, and dial or disconnect from the internet. Each alarm can include an optional repeat interval. Further features include a stopwatch, a date tracker (tracking the time since or until a specified date), and a time calculator. Nice additional feature: Adds Date & Time into Title Bar of active program!
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Utilities - Recipe/Nutrition
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Recipe Manager
http://www.nutritionanalyser.com/recipe_manager/recipe_manager.htm
Recipe Manager - Your Cooking Companion! (Freeware)
A free and easy-to-use Recipe Database Management System to assist you in organizing your recipes and help you in analysing the nutritional values of your meals.
Food and Recipe Database Management.
Easy to use with simple navigation system.
Add/Modify/Delete food (ingredients) items.
Add/Modify/Delete recipes.
Analyze nutrition of your food, recipes and meals.
help you stay healthy.
Over 6000 Ingredient to customize recipes.
over 30 nutrient (micronutrients, minerals and vitamins) values for analysis.
Add/Update nutrient values in grams or any other serving units (e.g. packages, spoon... etc).
Customise the nutrient list to track specific items and add new nutrients.
Search capability with advance features.
Categorize Food items by Food Group.
Add/Modify/Delete Food Groups.
Categorize Recipe by their type or Cuisine.
Add/Modify/Delete Recipe Type
Add/Modify/Delete Recipe Cuisine.
Export Recipe to a file which can be used for email or any other form of exchange.
Export to HTML which can be used for publishing on the net or simply for printing (Note you can customize the HTML template to produce page with different look and feel.
Import Recipe that has been previously exported by someone else.
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Utilities - Rebates
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Rebate!Rebate!
Program for keeping track of your rebates. When they were mailed when they were received, if there are responses for more information, when that was sent in, how much postage was spent, how much overall on rebates has been saved. Neat program if you do much rebating!
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WallPapers
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Webshots
www.webshots.com
Program to change your desktop wallpaper, can function as screensaver too. Huge online collection of wallpapers.