A boot disk will allow you to boot off of a diskette instead of your hard drive. This diskette can be used to fix issues that may arise during the lifetime of your computer and/or to help load older MS-DOS applications.

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MSConfig, or Microsoft System Configuration Utility is a utility to troubleshoot the Windows startup process. MSConfig modifies which programs run at startup, edits certain configuration files, and simplifies controls over Windows services. As part of the base Windows install, MSConfig can be accessed by running ‘msconfig’ on any system on which the user has administrator access.

Important: Put the downloaded file in the c:\winnt\system32\ (c:\winnt\ works also) folder.

MSConfig Features:

• Add/remove programs at startup
• Control some Windows services
• Ensure that your computer boots faster and crashes less
• Edit configuration files
• Back up and restore startup files

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint and later versions. Is commonly used in situations where the person wishing to view the presentation does not have PowerPoint or the Microsoft Office suite installed.

Important: You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the PowerPoint Viewer.

PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Features:

• View presentations created in PowerPoint
• Print presentations created in PowerPoint

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A windows XP boot disk (quickboot diskette) is used to boot into your otherwise healthy XP when your startup files are bad, missing, corrupted, or the MBR is damaged.

While the boot.ini file is technically specific to each machine depending on what partition you have Windows installed on and if you have a multiple boot setup, the majority of pcs have windows on C: in the default folder and are using an IDE hard drive.

Unlike other bootdisks, the quickboot diskette doesn’t care where the 3 main boot files are located, so simply unpacking them to a disk that has been formatted on an XP pc should result in a workable disk for the majority of PCs.

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MiniLyrics, is a lyrics viewer and editor software written by Crintsoft. The software comes in the form of a plugin for media players, with support for the most popular ones (eg. Winamp, iTunes and Windows Media Player) as well as many less known players:

• Quintessential Player
• Musicmatch Jukebox
• Yahoo! Music Engine
• RealPlayer
• J. River Media Center
• Foobar2000
• Helium Music Manager
• MediaMonkey
• The KMPlayer
• JetAudio
• AlbumPlayer
• BSPlayer
• J. River Media Jukebox
• XMPlay
• AIMP2

MiniLyrics Features:

• Build-in lyrics editor
• Open .lrc files
• Localized languages
• Anti-aliasing and transparent fonts display
• Skinnable
• Rate lyrics and save tags to audio files

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PimpMyUSB is a software specially designed to personalize your USB driver: MemoryStick, SD, MMC, MP3 players, Mp4 players, iPod…

PimpMyUSB Features:

• Change folder background
• Add special characters on USB driver name
• Replace USB icon (.ico)
• Backup configuration

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Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools. In fact, Aircrack-ng is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks.

It works with any wireless card whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic.

Important: Documentation, Usage and Troubleshooting available HERE

Aircrack-ng Features:

• Crack 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys
• Recover keys once enough data packets have been captured
• Network detection
• Packet sniffer
• Decrypts WEP or WPA
• Virtual tunnel interface creator
• Stores and manages ESSID and password lists

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Photoshop SpeedUp decreases the time it takes to load Photoshop by disabling plug-ins, fonts and presets.

Important: Adobe Photoshop SpeedUp works with Photoshop versions 3 through 8.

Photoshop SpeedUp Features:

• Do not load Adobe fonts CMap and Base
• Enable or disable the plug-ins as needed
• Do not load Photoshop Presets
• Optimize and reset Maximum Memory Usage
• Restore to original settings with a click of the Restore button at any time

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DeskSpace (previously known as Yod’m 3D) is a software that enable users to work and play on multiple desktops. It offers features like choosing the rotation speed, the graphic level, the zoom, transparency, mirror effect… and more.

The 3D effect looks really nice and it doesn’t use much system resources.

DeskSpace Features:

• Work and play on multiple desktops
• Quickly switch between desktops
• Display multiple desktops in stunning 3D
• Drag windows between desktops
• Configure the hot keys and mouse buttons
• Display desktops in 3D on multiple monitors
• Use DeskSpace in multiple languages

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HJSplit is a little application which can split and merge any file. The interface its very simple, first you choose the file, then you set the size of the chunks and finally click start.

HJSplit Features:

• Split files of any type and size
• Join/Merge files of any type and size
• Does not need to be installed
• Handle files larger than 10Gb

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