Neowin's Freeware Alternative List

WinAudit performs a rapid and exhaustive audit of installed software, license information, security configuration, hardware inventory, network settings and much more. (Description taken from authors site).

It's easy to use, comes with no setup file, it's small and overall a nice application

Theres a couple more but haven't got time right now, maybe a bit later

Keep up the good work :)

2,088 · December 24, 2005

does this fourm include os x applications also or just windows? i seem to notice that most of it was only windows programs.

22,661 · December 24, 2005

does this fourm include os x applications also or just windows? i seem to notice that most of it was only windows programs.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=60

4,232 · December 25, 2005

wow. awesome list. may have to through there and get some of this stuff. thanks!

4,972 · December 26, 2005

I don't think there should be a reason for excluding Mac freeware, perhaps a Mac symbol to denote that the application listed in the particular catergory is Appletastic.

After all, from what I can see, Apple freeware is extremely rare compared to Windows, and not particularily emphasized in Mac discussion groups, such as Neowin's or otherwise.

So saying, I begin my list-

HTML Editors

Taco HTML Edit http://www.tacosw.com/

mi http://www.mimikaki.net/en/mimi/download.html

Graphics

Seashore http://seashore.sourceforge.net/

ImageJ http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/download.html

System Tools

OnyX http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html

Time Out! http://www.dejal.com/timeout/

MenuMeters http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/index.html

Growl http://growl.info/about.php

11,030 · December 26, 2005

Is it me or does the DVD Decrypter Page no longer work. I get Re Directed to Google Everytime.

December 26, 2005

Desktop Enhancements

Locate32

This program saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. Very fast. This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems.

URL: http://locate32.webhop.org/

CD/DVD Burning

SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner

SilentNight Micro CD Burner version 4 is a handy little tool that is able to burn CD/DVD/ISO and AUDIO formats. (1. This burner does NOT need any installation; 2. It is one single executable file, no dll`s or anything else needed; 3. It dont even need windos aspi layer, as it has its own inbuildt; 4. The complete size of the program is just above 1 mb; 5. You can even run the program directly from a CD/DVD or a USBKEY; 6. It is freeware).

URL: http://www.silentnight2004.com/NEW_Download.html

4,972 · December 27, 2005

CD/DVD Burning

ISO Recorder http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

A ressurrection of the XP PowerToy that allows you to burn CD and DVD images, copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.

Context-menu writing wizard.

Available for XPSP2, 2003 and Vista.

December 27, 2005

ERUNT - The Emergency Recovery Utility NT

Features

--------

- Backup the Windows NT/2000/2003/XP registry to a folder of your

choice

- System and current user registries selectable

- Command line switches for automated registry backup and restoration

- Restore the registry in Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP and MS-DOS

(all-in-one restore program) or the Windows Recovery Console

- Included in this package:

NTREGOPT program for optimizing the registry

- All programs in this package are completely localizable

(translate them into your language), German version included

Note ( from the website ):

The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) for

making a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the

whole registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive

is saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the

current registry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file,

it is merged with the current registry without deleting anything that

has been added since the export, leaving you with an absolute mess of

old and new entries.

Edited December 27, 2005 by Jz81

4,972 · December 27, 2005

AntiSpyware

Browser Hijack Retaliator http://www.zamaansoft.com/products/bhr/

Quite good alternative to MSAntispyware, provides real-time monitoring for BHO, searchbar, Hosts file, Start Page and System StartUp hijacks - alerts when changes are made and fixes on demand.

Less than 3mb.

4,972 · December 27, 2005

Mac only

No Frills DVD2iPod http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/DVD2iPod.html

6,244 · December 28, 2005

Wow, this is a pretty nice list. I might need to go and try some of this stuff out.

4,972 · December 28, 2005

Audio Creation

Reaper http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php

Multitrack recorder made by WinAmp creator Justin Frankel.

Currently Beta status, 0.4-0.99 are freeware, but starting with version 1.0 the license will change to very reasonably priced, uncrippled nag-free shareware (supporting full functionality in unregistered form, forever).

December 30, 2005

HTML editor: Notetab light

http://www.notetab.com/

December 30, 2005

is there a free alternative for decompressing rars? no particular reason why lol :whistle:

December 30, 2005

don't forget to put the MV Reg Clean

http://www.velasco.com.br/mvregcln-installer-br.zip

13,214 · December 30, 2005

is there a free alternative for decompressing rars? no particular reason why lol :whistle:

7-zip :)

4,972 · December 31, 2005

3D Apartment Designer http://creditsuisse.databecker.net/index.php?language=en&s=4

3D Graphics, I suppose. People are always asking about Interior Design/Layout software.

January 1, 2006

7-Zip :)

aah thank u happy new year lol, also i searched on google following that post and came up with Free Rar Decoder doesnt look particularly well made but it did the job too

January 1, 2006

AVS DVD Player FREE

AVS DVD Player is a compact and easy-to-use program that has a simple user-friendly interface allowing you to start watching DVD movies with no additional software.

One more pleasant thing about it - it is absolutely FREE!

AVS DVD Player Features:

ABSOLUTELY FREE

It is absolutely free DVD player software. No trial periods, no feature limitations, no watermarks.

No spyware or adware;

UNIVERSAL DVD AND VIDEO PLAYER

Support for a very wide variety of video formats: apart from regular DVD (PAL, NTSC, VCD, SVCD) formats, also supported are: the entire range of MPEG4 (including DivX, XviD, etc.), MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI, Real Media video, Quick Time files, WMV files (including WMV-HD), H.263, H.264, mobile video formats (3GP, 3GP2, MP4).

This strong compatibility makes AVS DVD Player a universal player;

STEREO TO SURROUND TRANSFORMATION

With the inbuilt Surround Effect, a unique development of our software engineers, regular stereo movies can be watched with enhanced audio quality and imitated Multichannel surround sound (3.1, 5.1, 7.1 speaker configurations are supported);

EASY NAVIGATION BETWEEN SCENES

Easy and fast navigation, using sets of bookmarks, interactive chapter interface, ability to manage bookmarks and adjust access settings;

MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT

Ability to select between several audio tracks and subtitle files, support for multiple languages;

COMPLETE SET OF ESSENTIAL FEATURES

Traditionally available set for comfortable viewing - selection of the view angle (if available on a particular DVD), support for various video sources (HDD, portable media, LAN), automatically adjusted Aspect Ratio, one-click switch to full-screen mode, menu options available at a single mouse click, etc.

12,723 · January 2, 2006

Evil Player isn't listed in the audio players. :shiftyninja:

9,037 · January 2, 2006

I'd add vista inspirat and especially vista transformation pack 2 to the list

http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/fr.id.130.htm

http://www.tcmagazine.info/modules.php?mod...ion=show&id=403

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