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• System Programs •
 You can customize the Windows User Interface (UI) with Fresh UI. Optimize the settings of your system, drives and folders, Internet Explorer and Media Player. Customize the Windows application settings and control the user environment with policies. Free for personal, private use only but Registration (also free) is required (Help - Register Menu).
Compatible with Windows 9x - 7.
Download Fresh UI Version 8.62 (1.49 MB).
The Fresh Devices Homepage.
 analyzes and benchmarks many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, RAM, video system info, mainboard info, and much more. Fresh Diagnose is free for personal, private use only. Free for personal, private use only but Registration (also free) is required (Help - Register Menu).
Compatible with Windows 9x - 7.
Download Fresh Diagnose Version 8.44 (2.21 MB).
The Fresh Devices Homepage.
CS Fire Monitor
It's another great monitoring software program. The setup file is a bit large (6,40 MB) and it's only for Windows 2000/XP/2003 but it provides really a very lot of Motherboard and System informations.
Download Version 3.0 of CS Fire Monitor.
The Homepage of CS Fire Monitor.
Another good diagnostic program: PC Wizard.
If you need a portable prog for diagnostics, try System Spec.
Wise Registry Cleaner Free
Advanced users may want to clean the Registry of their Windows Operating Systems. If you (like me) install and uninstall lots of progs to find the right one, you'll have the problem that there are lots of registry entries which are not required. The Windows Registry has grown and is too large which may slow down your system. You can safely remove all entries which are marked as Safe to fix and you can also remove (if you exaclty know what you do) entries marked as Not fully safe to fix. There is an option to defragment the registry and you can create backups before cleaning or defragmenting and you can restore from backups. Update check and lots of languages are integrated.
For Windows 98 - 7 and 64-bit versions. Screenshots
Downloads (Version 5.53): Setup (3.95 MB) Portable (1.58 MB).
The Homepage and the Support Forum.
More free Registry Tools:
PowerTools Lite, NTREGOPT, Auslogics and Eusing.
Data Recovery
Make Backups on two external hard drives every day and you won't need these tools!
PC Inspector File Recovery is is a tool to recover deleted files from your harddrive, even when you deleted the Windows Recycle Bin or your OS crashed or you formatted the hard drive. Automatical partition detection, even if the boot sector or the FAT has been erased or damaged. Recover files with original time and date stamp, even when a header entry is no longer available. You can save recovered files also on network drives.
Get an impression: Screenshots
For Windows 9x - XP and FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS.
Download Version 4.0 (5.83 MB), visit the File Recovery Homepage.
Recuva is another good tool to recover files.
Screenshots: Windows XP Windows 7 64-bit
Recuva is compatble with Windows 9x - 7, 32/64-bit.
Recuva 1.38.504: Setup (3.62 MB) Portable (1.73 MB)
Visit the Recuva Homepage.
For Windows (2000 - 7, 32-bit only): EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition.
Try SoftPerfect File Recovery for Windows 9x - 2008, 32/64-bit.
Free data recovery (FAT, NTFS, ext2/3/4) under Linux, MAC, SunOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DOS and Windows.
Free data recovery for UNIX/Linux ext2/3/4 partitions under Windows: R-Linux.
Your hard drives are broken totally and you need some data from this drive cause you have forgotten to make backups? Contact the specialists from CONVAR or contact a specialist near you. Be aware, there are good and bad guys out there, ask for a binding offer during the phone call, contact several technicians and compare the offers!
Defragmentation
Sure, there is a program for defragmentation integrated within Windows systems but if you want to defragment your drives and partitions really good, you should do this NOT if you're running a Windows operating system cause a lot of files will be in use while the system is running. Even if you're not working with any program, a lot of system files are running always. The best way to defrag is to get a Live-CD (e.g. LiveXP or VistaPE) with pre-installed apps. Boot your machine with the Live-CD and defrag the desired FAT or NTFS drive or partiton with a tool like MyDefrag.
Second-best way: Switch of your Modem and/or Router so that your machine will have NO access to the internet. Close your Windows Firewall, close the Antivirus application or stop the on-access-scanning and close ALL programs you started before. Now start the defragmentation process and do NOTHING until the process is finished.
Good programs which are used also on Live-CDs:
MyDefrag (formerly JkDefrag): Program (also for the commandline) which will analyze and defrag your drives very good and you can select between various options. To get a portable version, simply copy some files (Screenshot) from the installation folder to the MyDefrag folder onto your memory stick.
Screenshot Download: MyDefrag 4.3.1 (1.99 MB)
Systems: Windows 2000 - 7 and corr. 64-bit versions.
Visit the Homepage of MyDefrag.
Defraggler is also a good defragmenter.
Screenshots: Windows XP Windows 7 64-bit
Defraggler 1.21.209: Setup (4.04 MB) Portable (2.77 MB)
For Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 7.
Programs which are using MyDefrag and JkDefrag, respectively but provides more options or easier usage:
MyDefragPowerGUI installs (all portable) MyDefragPowerGUI, MyDefrag, NTREGOPT, innounp, PageDefrag and CCleaner which is also available on my Security related page.
Compatible with Windows 2000 (with GDI+) - 7.
Screenshot Download MyDefragPowerGUI 1.0.1
JkDefragGUI installs JkDefrag itself and JkDefragGUI.
Compatible with Windows 2000 - 7 and e.g. Live-CDs like BartPE or LiveXP.
Screenshots Download: JkDefragGUI 1.15
JkDefrag Portable installs JkDefrag itself and the GUI.
Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008.
Screenshot Download: JkDefrag Portable 3.36
Other recommendable programs: UltraDefrag and Auslogics Disk Defrag.
TCP-Tweaking
Here are two programs to speed up your Internet Connections. The default settings in Windows Operating Systems are not always the best. TCP is the abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol. Short in my words: The protocol which controls the transfering of data thru the Internet. Find a more detailed explanation here: Wikipedia.
Dr.TCP Version 2.1 (23.2 KB)
Screenshot
FAQ
For Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP.
The Homepage.
improveTCP Version 1.1 (190 KB)
Screenshot
Info
For Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
The Homepage.
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