Tweakers

System Info

Hardware Tweaking

Internet/Network

*X-Setup - Tweaker, for Power Users.

Download:

Old free version

New “Pro” version, not free.

TweakUI - Microsoft's own tweaker.

*SIW – Excellent system into tool.

SANDRA Lite 2005.SR2 – Info, download

Everest – System info tool.

WCPUID - Displays the CPU information of your personal computer. Shows Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset Info. etc ...

Rage3dTweak - ATI video card tweaker.

NVTweak – Nvidia video card tweaker.

Zone Alarm – firewall

*TCP Optimizer – Internet/network tweaker.

Dr. TCP - Internet/network tweaker.

SpyBot S&D - Spyware finder

Ad-aware - Spyware finder

System Cleaners & Utilities

Other Good Stuff

*CCleaner – System cleaner. Changed it’s name from Crap Cleaner to the more politically correct one. I liked the old name better!

CleanCache – System cleaner.

*Driver Cleaner - Removes ATI and nVidia files (among others)that uninstall missed.

PageDefrag - Defrags Page file and Registry hives.

Firefox - Free, feature-rich browser with built-in pop-up blocker. Said to be more secure than IE.

Thunderbird - Free, feature-rich email program. Said to be more secure than Outlook Express.

IZArc - Excellent archive utility (for ,zip files etc.). 

*SyncToy – Excellent backup tool from Microsoft, "helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers."