Sunday, December 16, 2007

Vista Transformation Pack 8.0 Final

Vista Transformation Pack will give your Windows XP system the new and cool look of Microsoft's latest operating system: Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and toolbars and also adds new enhancements to your desktop such as a dock bar or a different system tray clock.


You sure will be surprised if you hear this. From now on you can update Vista Transformation Pack without uninstalling and you can even integrate Vista Transformation Pack into Windows setup files. (Still experimental, though but most of them are fine enough to be implemented).


This release has a lot of update covering from the last build so you'll get much more icons update and much better visual styles and WindowBlinds skin, with bugs from earlier releases fixed.
Note: "Download" links to the Vista Transformation Pack Downloads page.

OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 Final

A free open-source alternative to the Microsoft Office suite. Comprises Writer (word processor), Calc (lets you create tables), Impress (a tool for creating multimedia presentations), Draw (vector graphics editor), Math (equation editor). All the above applications can work with MS Office documents as well.

Internet Download Manager 5.1.1 Build 10

Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike many other download accelerators and managers that segment files before downloading starts, Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process. To achieve better acceleration performance, the program reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages. IDM supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, directories with authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing, and a large number of directory listing formats. Integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, built-in download accelerator, scheduler pro, sounds on events, HTTPS support, queue processor, pipelining of ftp commands, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes etc), command line parameters, and many others.

Net Transport for Vista (32-bit) 2.52

A fast and efficient multi-threaded download manager with support for almost all existing protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS (Microsoft Media Services), RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol), PNM (rename PNM to RTSP).

MediaMonkey 3.0.1 Build 1116 RC4


Description by the Software Developer:
"MediaMonkey is an easy-to-use music manager and media jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and includes an intelligent tag editor and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library. It includes a CD ripper, CD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels so that you don't have continually fiddle with the volume control and supports hundreds of Winamp plug-ins and visualizations; or if you prefer, it can use Winamp as the default player. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly synch tracks and playlists with iPods and other portable audio devices."

Nmap 4.50

"Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available."

Genie Backup Manager Pro 8.0.282.452

A program with a wide range of capabilities for backing up and restoring data. Major features include the following: a flexible and easy-to-set-up scheduler, archiving of open files, encrypted archives creation, self-extracting archives creation, and much more (for instance, with Genie Backup Manager you can easily back up all system settings, including the system Registry, as well as data from communication programs installed on the system - MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora - and also from playlist files, etc.)
Evaluation period: 15 days.

Realtek 10/100/1000 NIC Family All In One Driver 681

Drivers for Realtek 10/100/1000 network cards, operating systems: WinXP 64/Win98SE/WinME/Win2K/WinXP.

QuickTime Alternative (QT7) 2.2.0

A full-featured alternative to QuickTime.

"Download" links to the QuickTime Alternative Downloads page.

ZoneAlarm Free 7.0.462.000

"ZoneAlarm makes it easy. Unlike other personal firewalls, ZoneAlarm protects automatically from the moment it's installed - no programming required. ZoneAlarm barricades your PC with immediate and complete port blocking. And, then runs in Stealth Mode to make your PC invisible on the Internet - if you can't be seen, you can't be attacked.

ZoneAlarm delivers simplicity without compromising your security. A getting started tutorial explains controls and alerts to get you up and running quickly. And, to keep you confident that you're always protected, intuitive color-coded alerts rate security risks - in real time.

For basic, "no frills" firewall protection, ZoneAlarm® is the popular first step for many home PC users. And it's still FREE* for individual & non-profit use."

Plato DVD to MP3 Ripper 6.81

Plato DVD MP3 Ripper is an easy to use Software that Rip DVD Audio to MP3 files for you, record DVD Movie Audio Content to MP3. Key Features: (1)Rip Audio of DVD to MP3 file (2)Specify the Start Position and end Position of DVD Audio Track and Rip it to MP3 file (3)Selectable Program Chain (4)Selectable DVD Audio Track

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