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Archim

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Archim is a program for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions. You can define a graph explicitly and parametrically, in polar and spherical coordinates, on a plane and in space (surface).

Archim will be useful for teachers and students, as well as for everyone who is interested min geometry. With Archim, you will draw the graph of any function and form, just use your imagination.

Archim has a wizard making it easier to draw graphs and more than 30 various sample functions.

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http://www.stochastic-lab.com/archim.html
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WhyReboot?

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WhyReboot is a small (~60KB) Windows application that displays a list of pending file operations that will occur after rebooting your computer.

We hope this helps you determine the extent of any post-reboot changes made by an installer.

This utility is available as a free download. No spyware or adware!

http://www.exodus-dev.com/products/WhyReboot/
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WindowsPowerPro (http://www.ppro.org) - its a really hard soft for all Windows power users : D

it is a powerfull tiny thing, that can make your life more easy : )
various commands to work with desktop, files, system preferences, creating floating or fixed toolbars, setting timers, shedules, greatest support for hotkeys (e.g. i use Win+1, 2, 3... for executing FARManager, connecting to some server, changing status of local cache proxy and other.) and mouse movements (e.g. right click on caption - show extended menu - AlwaysOnTop, Hide, RollUp and other) or again e.g. double click on desktop or moving cursor to top right corner call screenSaver. Also now i use OSD plugin (absolutely free too) for display current time on screen by LARGE font :)
+ it has own script language (very expensive)
and more other features.

MUST HAVE for all computer junkies )
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My second favorite tools is a FAR Manager.
But its truly free only for the xUSSR residents like me. :roll:
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Speaking of Free. Can someone poipnt me to the PB tutorial zip file?
I read that there was one some months ago.
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dna wrote:Speaking of Free. Can someone poipnt me to the PB tutorial zip file?
I read that there was one some months ago.
Is this what you're looking for?

PureBasic survival guide for v4.00

If you don't have it, Kale's book is very good too (though not free)
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Not exactly.

What I saw before was a downloadable zip file that had tutorials in it.

thanks
This is a help though.
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Debugger and Analyzer

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SmidgeonSoft Windows Programming Utilities
http://www.smidgeonsoft.prohosting.com/
a low-level debugger for Win32 and .NET programs
a Portable Executable (Win32) static analysis disassembler
a usermode crash-dump analyzer
It is very easy to use. :D
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My file explorer was crashing when I right-clicked on any folder, but I found this nifty little tool which displays all of your Shell Extensions and lets you disable/enable at will until you narrow down the problem (just look for non-microsoft extensions).

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
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HYCAD free Windows cad program.
Screenshots here
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshot ... 39694.html

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http://www.drawease.com/index-en.htm
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Where can I find document scanning software? Software that can read text correctly?
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Have you tried SimpleOCR? It comes with it's own SDK ;)
http://www.brothersoft.com/software_dev ... 41418.html
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Post by dna »

thanks

I'll try that first.

Also, I am looking for a used (or new) working laptop hard drive for my laptop.
It's a Micron ZX and I think the size is 9.5mm.

The size of the drive should not be less than 15Gig or more than 30.

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Two stunning applications when it comes to clean up and sort all MP3:s for the New Years Eve Party! :D

TagScanner 4.9 - 5.0 (beta)
Incredible multi tag editor with freedb.org support.
http://xdev.narod.ru/
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/TagScanner.htm
http://www.download.com/TagScanner/3000 ... 54245.html

Bulk Rename Utility
This directory and file renamer has it all and then some more.
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
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My Jolly Favorite Freeware

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Okay, I signed up specifically to reply to this post. Thanks a LOT :? I now have 20 tabs of freeware to go browse...I don't even remember how I got here...blasted web :wink:

I started coding in BASIC years ago, moved to QuickBASIC when it was still pretty new, then PDS BASIC. Made a living with PDS for several years before switching to Delphi because VB was still very runtime-driven, limited and bloated. Coded in that for several more years and recently became a layoff statistic at HP where I coded in C/C++ on both the desktop and the Pocket PC platforms.

Okay, that's me, now here's my freeware list.

I'm listing only the best of my favorites. As I am a freeware JUNKIE, my "core" is around 400K installed. Criteria for selection are:
  • :arrow: Must be free, with no registration numbers to enter because it's too much trouble when you switch machines as often as I.
    :arrow: Must be able to be executed without an installer (e.g., creates registry entries/settings/etc on first run if it doesn't find them). I keep my freeware toolbox on a USB pen type drive and execute files on different machines frequently.
    :arrow: Preferrably small EXE size for obvious, purest reasons 8)
    :arrow: Must actually serve a purpose and be something I use. As a freeware freak, this is a dicipline I have yet to master :wink:
#0 I have used ScreenShotCaptor (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/M ... shotcaptor) for not only capturing but more importantly annotating screen captures for going on two years. The program requires a free registration and nags once each load. As much as I dislike this kind of thing, it's proven to be a must have in the office, or whenever I need to help someone with a technical matter that needs a little visual aid.

#1 After months of surfing, downloading and experimenting about a year ago I picked Ted Notepad (http://jsimlo.sk/notepad) as the best cross between small size, fast execution, usable UI, and nifty features for a Notepad replacement. I haven't regretted it since.

#2 System Information for Windows (http://www.gtopala.com). I actually sent this guy money, which was optional (and I'm cheap!) because it is so impressive. Provides extensive list of information about your Win32 desktop.

#3 Xteq Finder (http://www.xteq.com) is a good but not over-complicated tool to help you find a file on your system (searches files for text, or wildcard filename, etc.).

#4 Although I've seen this site mentioned in prior posts to this thread, I haven't seen the BinText text search tool listed (http://www.foundstone.com). It's pretty good.

#5 I don't use this one much, but it's so small I have to give it honorable mention: TheGUN (Grown Up Notepad) editor (http://www.movsd.com/thegun.htm). At about 6K uncompressed (written in pure Win32 assembler), this is a complete notepad clone that makes a good resource for your pen drives.

#6 LanSpy (http://www.LanTricks.com) is a nice tool for verifying your own machine's security not to mention others on the network. And #7 Sam Spade (http://www.google.com) is a good all-around web tool with typical finger, tracer, whois, and other familiar Internet ditties. Note that it does have an external DLL so needs to be installed with an installer (boo!).

#8 RegScanner (http://www.nirsoft.net) is the absolute fastest registery search tool I've ever found. Run this and compare your CPU utilization to the same search performed with Windows' stock RegEdit tool, it'll make you scratch your head as you ponder that which is Microsoft.

#9 On the development front, InstallSpy (http://www.mjleaver.com) is a good tool to see what your installer is doing, and #A API Monitor (http://www.rohitab.com/apimonitor/version.html) allows you to monitor just about any Win32 debugging event. It hasn't been updated in a while but still works.

#B AWIcons Lite (http://www.awicons.com/awicons.html) is the freeware version of this most powerful icon editor. I have several freebies in this category but AWIcons is by far the snazziest.

#C AbstractSpoon (http://www.abstractspoon.com) is probably better known for producing an extensive to-do list which has lived on http://www.codeproject.com for a long time, but another likely lesser-known tool is CodePlotter (http://www.codeproject.com/macro/codeplotter.asp), which allows you to document your code with text-based Visio-like diagrams such as the one below. You type your comments in a GUI app which renders the result to the clipboard, such as:

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//{{DIAGRAM_START
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// .----.      .----.
// |Me  <------<Us  |
// |    |      |    |
// ·v---·      ·^---·
//  |           |
//  |           |
// .v---.      .^---.
// |You >------>Them|
// |    |      |    |
// ·----·      ·----·
//}}DIAGRAM_END
#D And from the author that brought you Yoda's Protector (http://yodap.cjb.net) comes Zero Dump, which is a window spy type tool which lets you drag-and-drop to, say, enable a disabled button on a dialog. Sadly, I'm not seeing it on his site, maybe I'm missing it. You may have to Google this one up...

#E ProgFont (http://keir.net/progfont.html) is a useful tool to fill in all the dirty do-do required to load a font in C/C++ with the Win32 API. Since it produces pure Win32 API code, it's an easy convert to most other languages if you're not coding in C/C++.

#F Lastly, for those who have been bantering about the Opera browser (http://www.opera.com), note that it is no longer a banner-sponsored app; it's now nag-free. I'm using it as I type this hideously lengthy freeware speil. I've finally found an IE browser alternative that suites me. It's highly customizable (a little bewilderingly so at first) and the Tabbed layout works great. In the 9 months I've been using it almost exclusively, it hasn't crashed on me once I don't think, and comparred to IE v6 at least, it does the same thing IE does in have the RAM.

Okay, I've exhausted my arsenal of hexidecimal digits (0-F), not to mention making my fingers a bit numb.

Mike
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