Daily Freeware Reviews

Regmon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing – all in real-time.

This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the Registry. With static tools you might be able to see what Registry values and keys changed. With Regmon you’ll see how the values and keys changed..

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Programs can be loaded at startup of your windows machine, this is called autostart. There are unfortunatly numerous places in windows that allow programms to be added to the autostart. The tool autoruns 8.4 from sysinternals.com lists all known autostart places and programs that use this location to autostart.

This is a very useful tool that every windows user should run from time to time to check on his autostarts, I bet there will be more than you think there are. Removing some helps to speed up windows startup as well.

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I always was angered at the fact that I had no possibility to watch certain series and movies in my country while they were highly successful in another. I also dislike the fact that I can´t watch big sportevents live on tv but only recieve a minimal report in the news at that day.

If you feel the same I have a nice software for you that uses P2p technology to provide free tv streams. Its a chinese program but you will be able to watch most of the big US leagues like NHL and also European soccer games live.

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Did you ever ask yourself if your firewall is secure enough for your internet activities ? The major concern nowadays is related to pieces of software installed in your computer which may contact and exchange information with the outside World without being authorizated and noticed by you.

Odds are that your machine is open wide. Some piece of software you have installed in your computer may be sending private and confidencial data to some place in the World without your knowledge.

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Metapad is a small, fast, 32-bit Notepad replacement. It includes all of Notepad’s features and much, much more – without sacrificing any of Notepad’s speed! Plenty of features for casual use and simple programming tasks alike.

These include unlimited file size, drag and drop editing, auto-indent, support for Mac/Unix text files, enhanced find and replace, external viewers and more than 50 keyboard shortcuts. Metapad also features hyperlink support, favorites menu, stay on top window mode, custom font and background colors, a rich set of formatting commands and more. Additionally, you can set 10 quick buffers to paste frequently-used snippets of text. Recent additions include transparent mode and native Windows XP theme support.

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CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.

A new version was released yesterday which added support for Open Office and Nero Burning Rom Cleaning, this is a great tool, make sure you try it out.

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