This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them.
Autoruns v9.3: This Autoruns update adds support for several additional shell extension points, including copy hook, property sheet, and drag and drop handlers, fixes a bug in the Vista gadget parsing code and better handles malformed paths.
Cool Tools
Firefox 3.0.1 Hits Mirrors
Firefox 3.0.1 is currently on the mirror sites. It has not ‘officialy’ been released as of this writing.
Download Firefox 3.0.1 (English, U.S.)
Other operating systems and languages here.
Firefox home page.
*edit 7:08 pm – It is now official.
Release Notes.
Hit the Firefox home page to download it.
UBCD4Win 3.20 Released
This is my #1 PC diagnostic and repair tool.
UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem. Our goal is to be the most complete and easy to use free computer diagnostic tool. Almost all software included in UBCD4Win are freeware utilities for Windows.
Version history.
Home Page, Download & Info.
Download from Major Geeks.
CCleaner v2.09.600 Is Out
CCleaner v2.09
– Added full support for Internet Explorer 8.0 beta.
– Improved Opera 9.5 support to fix cache cleaning.
– Improved interface for Startup tool.
– Changed memory management routines to reduce footprint.
– Fixed rare 64-bit performance issues.
– Added splitter bar to interface.
– Fixed repaint issues with certain themes.
– Fixed Spybot cleaning detection.
– Internal code optimizations.
– Updated installer engine to fix icon bug.
– Minor GUI tweaks.
Firefox 3 Released
Download & Info
Lemme know what you think.
CCleaner v2.08.588
[29th May 2008]
CCleaner v2.08New
– Added Startup tool enable/disable checkbox.
– Fixed problem with Vista “low” folders being removed.
– Improved index.dat detection on multiple scans.
– Secure deletion improved with IE History index.dat files.
– Added OS detection to INI files.
– Added Vista Thumbnail Cache cleaning.
– Added ImgBurn cleaning.
– Added Secure deletion to “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Improved Vista “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Fixed bug with Chkdsk chk files not being removed.
– Added “Select all” checkbox to header of Registry cleaner.
– Added sorting to Startup tool listview.
– Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.
– Added Croatian translation.
– Minor tweaks and GUI improvements.
Sysinternals Cool Tools: Updates and Sysinternals Live beta
Sysinternals Live: We’re excited to announce the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\
or view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com. Process Explorer v11.20: Process Explorer now shows thread permissions, adds process working set minimum and maximum columns, and fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows.
ZoomIt v2.0: This major ZoomIt update adds the drawing color pink, adds screen blanking to the undo history, extends the maximum pen size from 9 to 19 pixels, has an option to hide the tray icon and makes it easy to save zoomed and annotated screens as bitmap files.
Sigcheck v1.53: The CSV column headers have been fixed to correctly reflect the extended version and hash options.
Handle v3.4: This release fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows and adds an option to show the sizes of pagefile-backed sections.
IE7Pro v2.3 Is Out
Download & Info. Some changes, some bugfixes. If you use IE7 and you ain’t using IE7Pro you are wrong! 😉
JkDefragGUI 1.02
JkDefragGUI is an Graphical User Interface which allows you to easily select all the features JkDefrag, a freeware defragmentation tool made by Jeroen Kessels has to offer. But is can do a lot more. JkDefragGUI can schedule a defragmentation, install JkDefrag or it’s screensaver but can also do some small maintenance to your computer. It can be used to schedule a defragmentation of your systemfiles like pagefile and registry files. JkDefragGUI also supports CCleaner which can be used instead of the internal cleaning function. It can also erase any information which is left behind on your harddisk after erasing files. JkDefragGUI was created for people who don’t have the skills of an advanced user but still want to use the powerful features JkDefrag has to offer or for those people who like a GUI instead of using the command line. JkDefragGUI is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, U3 memory pens and with BartPE pre-installed environment.
Sysinternals Updates: Autoruns v9.2, Process Monitor v1.33, AccessChk v4.1
Autoruns v9.2: In order to better support assisted troubleshooting, Autoruns – an autostart analyzer – now exports and imports scan results to enable viewing results on other systems, adds support for enabling and deleting Winsock notification DLLs, and fixes a number of 64-bit Windows issues.
Process Monitor v1.33: This update to Process Monitor, a real-time file, thread, DLL and performance monitoring utility, improves 32-bit stack walking on 64-bit Windows, fixes a driver bug that could cause crashes on 64-bit Windows, and preserves profiling information by default when saving log files.
AccessChk v4.1: AccessChk, a command-line utility for analyzing effective permissions on files, registry keys, process and more, now interprets Windows Vista process owner rights and can show permissions on active threads.