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Stardock LogonStudio allows Windows XP users to edit, change, and apply new logon screens. LogonStudio comes built with a visual editor to make it easy to create your own logons which can then be uploaded to websites to be used by others. 3DNA is a 3D Desktop enhancer that improves the way you work with Windows and the Web. You can choose from different 3D Add-on Worlds to explore and customize for an immersive and entertaining desktop. Talisman is a desktop manager and shell-replacement for Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista. The program lets users design their own desktops and interfaces or choose from hundreds of downloadable themes, which work either atop or as complete shell replacement. Designed for *all* Windows operating systems, Tweaki is your Swiss Army knife of utilities. Configure, secure and optimize Windows, tweak Microsoft Office, validate your Internet Explorer links -and much more. Tweaki, more than just a system tweaker. A Speeder is a magical software. You can use it to change the speed of windows system and change the speed of all applications (such as games) under windows.A Speeder makes your games funnier. 4NT is a powerful replacement for CMD.EXE, the Windows command processor. It makes your command prompt far more flexible and much easier to use, supports existing CMD.EXE commands and batch files and adds thousands of new features. txt2pdf is program to convert old txt, spool, text, textual report to nice pdf (form, invoice, report , sale sheet) on Windows, Solaris, Linux HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS X, tru64, openvms, sco, irix, bsd, ... 4t Tray Minimizer lets you running applications minimized as System Tray icons. The System tray icons can be hidden to let you easily read the buttons on your taskbar. Also you can customize the favorites with special hiding behavior and launch key. This tool adds three new options to your picture file context menu: convert, print, and thumbnail preview. Convert your pictures to GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, TIFF, PCD, and more. The thumbnail option is handy when you are in a file open dialog. Windows 2000/XP Password Recovery instantly decrypts and recovers the password to the user currently logged into Windows. Works on Windows 2000, XP Home and Professional. Are you tired of searching for programs in a long "Start Menu" list? If so, this program is for you. It allows you to arrange all the shortcuts in the Start Menu. Your Start Menu looks neat, and you can easily and quickly find any program you want. enable Virtual Desktop includes: multiple monitor support, customizable desktop size, hotkey desktop switching, mouse and window selectors, fully customizable appearance, semi-transparent display, titlebar control and much more. A desktop toolbar designed to give you easy access to frequently used applications by displaying an organized row of buttons from which to choose. DeskTool is tightly integrated into the desktop shell of Windows 9x and Windows NT/2000. Tired of boring icons on your PC? Get Bee Icons, the best icon manager that will return the excitement to desktop by replacing standard icons. One click and you won't even recognize old desktop – bright colors, eye-catching icons, groovy look. PS Tray Factory is a system tray icons manager that will allows you to: hide low-activity icons from a system tray into special menu,change the order of icons in the system tray (sort tray icons),restore icons in system tray at crash Explorer. This tiny utility lets you minimize any window either to the system tray, or to a special new tray (see image). This helps you keep your taskbar clean for often used apps. Minimizing can be carried out with mouse clicks and/or system-wide hotkeys. Keystroke Converter can customize your keyboard layout, change any key on the keyboard to other keys, replace keyboard shortcuts, execute micro or windows action. ShellEnhancer is a utility designed to enhance the default shell of Windows. Features include: mouse gestures, making any window transparent, always on top, create tasks, X-Window style move/resize, alternative taskswitchers and more... If you are tired of having to choose between the power of the command line and the ease of a GUI, Take Command is the perfect solution. Take Command supports existing CMD.EXE commands and batch files, and adds thousands of new features. Gain benefits from new controls to free yourself from repetitive and annoying windows management activities! Keep any selected window always on top or minimize it to the system tray to eliminate window clutter on the task bar! Try it now! AudioShell is a freeware MS Windows Explorer shell extension plugin which allows you to view and edit music file tags directly in Windows Explorer. AudioShell supports MP3, WMA, Apple iTunes AAC/M4A/M4P, MP4, MPC, Monkey's Audio, OGG and FLAC files. Taskbar Button Manager is a simple utility that helps you arrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar in any way you want by using drag and drop. Moving your task buttons is very easy, no hotkey needed. Hide applications window or close them completely through Mouse Hotkey or Keyboard Hotkey.Resize your programs automatically,such as maximize,minimize,normal,minimize to tray.Set specific windows transparency and arrange the windows on taskbar. Organize your desktop more effeciently and logically. Divide your desktop up into upto 9 'Virtual' desktops. Organize the programs you run, the shortcuts you use and the wallpaper, resolution and frequency of each desktop individually. Ever wished you had several screens on your computer? Active Virtual Desktop is a virtual desktop manager which will create up to 9 virtual desktops allowing you to have different programs running on each of them. Disputing display resolution and brightness options with your colleagues or kids? Stop the squabbles with this program! This is a utility that allows multiple users sharing a computer to set their own display resolution, gamma,brigtness and contrast. FREEWARE program for cybercafe or internet cafe automation and technical administration. Billing, limiting internet speed, increased security, enhanced usability, customizable interface. Copy file names, MP3, digital image and over 280 file properties to the Clipboard, into Microsoft Word and Excel. or disk files. Runs stand-alone or launched by Word or Excel. Gets files from multiple folders or searches in Windows Explorer. TweakWindow is a handy window enhancement utility with a wealth of options. You can set your own transparency options, hide, minimize, roll up, place window on top of all others, ghost it or even change a window's icon/title. Try it FREE now! Windows Explorer context menu extension to include commands for file comparison. With right click on a file or two files starts external file comparison utility. Diff-ext is a context menu extension that include commands for file comparison. Allow to Modify file or folder create/modify/access dates from the command line. It can change dates using either a reference file or a series of YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MIN, SEC, MSEC commands. Handles read-only files MaxMonkey multiple window management tool. Automatically maximize, minimize, close or restore multiple windows. Target all windows or only specific windows. View hidden windows. Runs in the system tray. UIFriend provides easy and powerful quick resolution changing, intelligent behind-the-scenes protection of your desktop icon layout, a better looking desktop, display setting management for multiple users, and increased screen saver power. Fast Folder Access can quick jump to your favorite folders in common Open/Save dialogs,in Windows Explorer,Desktop and Start Button.It can preview image in the context menu and add any file as shortcut to Quick Launch or create new folder to manage. This handy utility sits in the system tray and allows you to control special key behavior. You can easily protect yourself from pressing unwanted key combinations. "Doubleclick" and "Press and hold" modes, sound notifications and more... PropertyEditor extends the context menu of Windows Explorer to let you edit a great variety of properties for the selected file, folder, or drive. You can configure the context menu, change icons, configure NTFS parameters, set attributes and more. Quick Access Folders & Files is an efficient desktop enhancement tool and a powerful explorer assistant . it could greatly increase the speed when users open or access folders / files / web sites (single or in batch ) or execute programs. This software helps you to manage your windows settings. You may set transparency of any window required. Key Transformation can customize your keyboard layout, change any key on the keyboard to other keys. Its on-screen-keyboard ( soft keyboard ) is very easy to use. Dialog Box Assistant greatly speeds up access to your favorite folders and files. It extends the standard Windows Open and Save dialog boxes with two additional buttons: one for the list of the recently used folders, another for the recent files. You need to get to a location and you're tired of constant roaming about this multilevel folder structure? Install Handy Folders and get instant access to whatever you need. Here you can get to a location through different, yet equally short ways. This shell enhancement allows you to access your files quicker. Click on a folder icon, hold mouse button pressed, and a menu will appear displaying the folder's contents. Navigate the menu and its submenus, and locate even a deeply buried file! FolderHighlight is a tool, that makes the management of your folders' appearence more flexible and handy. TrueEraser is an advanced security tool for Windows, which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your compute.TrueEraser implements the Department of Defense standard DOD 5220.22-M, to give you confidence that your file is gone forever. HeldUp keeps any application window in full view on the desktop. HeldUp is resource friendly because it's so small (70kb), and it's simple and easy to use. Just grab the icon from the system tray, drag and drop it on the window to hold up. Folder Guide is the fastest way that allows you quick jump to your frequently used folders in the Windows Explorer, in standard Open/Save as/Browse dialogs, the desktop and the Start Button. Have All Programs In Your Start Menu Become Enormously Numerous? The program Start Menu Tuner will easily solve your problem. Use it to create program categories you need and sort your programs by them. You will do it easily and visually. Smart Desktop Access to all your programs, files or folders through one simple interface Image To PDF can directly convert dozens of image formats, such as TIF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, WMF, EMF, PDF, PCX, PIC and so on, into PDF format. TIFF image to PDF format batch conversion utility (tiff to pdf , tif to pdf, tiff2pdf, tif2pdf ) that converts TIFF files (including multi-page images) into PDF .