1. [B][I]SYSTEM UTILITIES/MANAGEMENT/KNICK-KNACKS[/I][/B]
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  4. [*][B][URL="http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/"][IMG]http://filehippo.com/img/ex/959__CCv2.gif[/IMG] CCleaner[/URL] (*****) - "CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free."[/B] Really great for cleaning temporary files and finding registry issues.
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  7. [*][b][url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx"]ClearType Tuner[/url] (****) - "This PowerToy lets you use ClearType technology to make it easier to read text on your screen, and installs in the Control Panel for easy access."[/b] Makes things look quite a bit clearer in nearly all my windows applications.
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  10. [*][B][URL="http://www.phy.uni-bayreuth.de/~btp344/fastkake/index.html"]FastKake[/URL] (**) - "will create a set of handy and useful shortcuts which will give you full control of your Windows operating system and simplify your computing life."[/B] I use this to lock my computer screen when I log in from a reboot.
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  13. [*][B][URL="http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/"][IMG]http://www.filehippo.com/img/fhlogo2.gif[/IMG] filehippo.com Update Checker[/URL] (**) - "The Update Checker will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this information to filehippo.com to see if there are any newer releases."[/B] I like hippos.
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  15. [*][b][url="http://filehippo.com/download_launchy/"][img]http://filehippo.com/img/ex/1029__launchy.gif[/img] Launchy[/url] (***) - "Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!"[/b] Wow it is really cool. I avoid my mouse and type commands at my machine, this makes it so much easier! Love it, love it, love it! The only reason it isn't a 5 star, is because it uses 20MB+, I think it ought to use less.
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  18. [*][B][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx"]Open Command Window Here[/URL] (**) - "This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder."[/B] Enough said. Use it a lot when testing command line programs.
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  21. [*][B][url="http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/"]HashTab[/url] (**) - "HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called "File Hashes" to the Windows Explorer file properties."[/b] Rather nice when download sites include the hashes of the download for validity. Simple... should be standard in windows. 
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  23. [*][B][URL="http://filehippo.com/download_file_recovery/"][IMG]http://filehippo.com/img/ex/102__filerecovery.png[/IMG] PC Inspector File Recovery[/URL] (****) - "data recovery program and file undeleter. Recover deleted files with this great freeware utility."[/B] Need I say more?
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  26. [*][B][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx"]Power Calculator[/URL] (*) - "With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of conversions."[/B] Enough said.
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  28. [*][b][url="http://rehash.sourceforge.net/"][img]http://rehash.sourceforge.net/images/rehash.gif[/img] Rehash[/url] (**) - "ReHash is an easy-to-use console-based hash calculation tool written in standard C++. It may be freely distributed and modified under the terms of the BSD open source license."[/b] Supports tons of hash algorithms, and makes it easy for me to spot errors in my media archive.
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  31. [*][B][URL="http://www.jonasjohn.de/lab/red.htm"]Remove Empty Directories[/URL] (**) - "RED is a little utility that allows you to remove empty folders recursively. (for Windows, build with Winbinder)"[/B] VERY USEFUL. Always changing music directories and FTP directories, so I need to clean the old empty folders out.
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  33. [*][B][URL="http://filehippo.com/download_7-zip/"][IMG]http://filehippo.com/img/ex/51__7zip.png[/IMG] 7-Zip[/URL] (***) - "7-Zip is an open source file archiver predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system."[/B] Opens damn near everything, open source, and can be run through the command line.
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  35. [*][B][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx"][IMG]http://www.synergymx.com/imgs/logoSyncToy.gif[/IMG] SyncToy[/URL] (**) - "The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers."[/B] Perfect for backing up home pictures, music, or syncing folders and computers. 
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  38. [*][B][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx"]TweakUI[/URL] (***) - "This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more."[/B] Nice to tinker with. I set my school provided laptop to auto-login to my account always, then with FastKake, cause it to lock the screen. Preloading is Choice.
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  40. [*][B][URL="http://filehippo.com/download_unlocker/"][IMG]http://filehippo.com/img/ex/662__Unlocker.gif[/IMG] Unlocker[/URL] (**) - "Unlocker is the solution to the following types of Windows error messages... cannot delete..."[/B] Great to get rid of those goddamned files you know you want gone!
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  43. [*][B][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx"]Virtual Desktop Manager[/URL] (***) - "Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy."[/B] Really helpful, if you couldn't guess, I do a lot of things all at once, so I move to a new clean desktop with it.
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