Windows has a tendency to make a lot
of temp files and get a lot of invalid entries in the registry. This
means we will need a piece of software to remove the temp files and
the invalid entries from the registry to get less computer crashes,
more disc space and better performance.

I have read that
CCleaner is capable of doing the needed tasks plus offering
secure file erasing, something that might come handy.

Screamer Radio is a Windows application that lets you listen to Internet radio stations without leaving your desktop. You can listen to stations ranging from police radio to BBC. Screamer Radio has over 4000 radio stations in its Radio Directory.
Screamer Radio doesn't only let you listen to radio, it can also record what you listen to.




Screamer Radio supports the following radio streams:

HFS is a program that let you create a http server for sharing files. HFS is a lightweight program that is only about 500kb in size. That is like nothing nowadays.

I use this program very often because I think that programs like MSN are very slow for sending big files, so I just start up a HFS server instead. Click the HFS program file and you're up and running. You don't even need to install the program! When you have HFS up and running this is what you should see:

Ever needed a FREE file recovery program? If yes, then Recuva may be the right program for you. Recuva is developed by Piriform, the same people that made the famous CCleaner. Recuva uses a interface that looks very much like CCleaner's interface. This means that if you have used CCleaner earlier you will be very familiar with it. If you haven't you will get used to it very fast!

Google Earth
Ever wanted to view your house from a satellite? Well this is actually possible if you live in a big city or a special place. You can do this by using Google Earth. Google Earth is a program that is free for personal use.
You can use it for:

SpeedFan

Is your computer making a lot of noise? Or do you want to monitor your computer's temperature?

Then SpeedFan might be the thing for you!

It can monitor the temperature on almost every motherboard that has temperature sensors. It can monitor your harddrive temperature too.

Want a free good looking CD/DVD burning program? We would recommend you trying the Swedish CDBurnerXP.

    CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
    It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a
    multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not
    include adware or similar malicious components.

As many people are getting LCD screens the are also some LCD screens that have dead pixels. This is something that usually can't be fixed. I have found a great program for testing if LCD screens have dead pixels, so you can test the LCD screen you want to buy for dead pixels, even before buying the LCD screen. This piece of software is called DPT - Dead Pixel Tester.

As you might now windows XP with SP2 got a limit of 10 TCP connect attempts at the same time. Microsoft said they made this restriction to prevent worms from spreading. But that is not really true. This restriction will not really prevent worms from spreading...

RockXP

RockXP allows you to retrieve and change your XP product key that you used when you installed Windows XP. This can come very handy if you need to reinstall but have misplaced or lost the CD cover with the serial sticker. In addition, the program also lets you save the product activation to a file, enables you to recover usernames and passwords contained in the Windows Secure Storage, recover your Microsoft Windows Products keys and have password generator.