My Top 5 Of August

Remember my post on monthly favorites, well here is my monthly roundup of the best softwares I have read about and tested.

The snapshots tell the story, the links take you there for more info and downloads if you want to try them out.

In no particular order here I go...

1. System Info : Great utility, get your systems info in less than 30 sec, from network configurations to type and version of Bios installed in the system. Read the full story here



2. AutoRuns : If you are really interested in tracking your startup wares and services then you ultimate option is this utility. It does not only list them but offers the ability to save and compare later. You should read all about it here



3. VistaBoot Pro : When you install a second Microsoft OS the hard way [ i.e not going by the right method or installing an older version on a different partition ]. Rarely will you be able to boot your other OS since the new installation doesn't have any idea where to find the boot loader for the already installed OS. VistaBoot Pro saves you all the trouble as it is able to scan your system and finds all Microsoft boot entries. The full overview is here



4. Google Hacks : If you know how to search for mp3's and other stuffs using google search by typing strings like "?intitle:index.of?...." I think you should be tired by now. If you haven't heard about it well it's been here for a while now and it gets better each time. Get GoogleHacks here



5. libchm-bin : This is not a win32 application, its binary library pacakage that helps convert chm files ( microsoft compiled HTML files ) to html file so you can access it in linux (ubuntu). It helped me a lot since I'm new to linux and the books to help me get started were all in chm format. You want it its here

Turn Your Gmail Accounts Into A Free Online Storage

Want to turn your Gmail account into a free online storage?… I guess you do

Want to be able to upload and store all types of files from pictures to videos to music? … I bet you do

Want to able to listen to your uploaded music files from the same platform any where you go? … of course

How about viewing your pictures too? …. Sounds fun.

First you need a Firefox browser.

Next you need to get GSpace , the extension that makes all of this possible.

It works on every platform be it linux, windows or Mac.

I’ll let The snapshots tell the rest of the story….

Main section [ You can navigate through your local stuffs and upload your favorites ]

Photo mode [ the section that allows you to view your uploaded pictures ]

Player Mode [ lets you stream your mp3s online…. Take your favorites with you everywhere you go ]

Monthly Favorites

This is an off the mark post
Thought I should inform you about it before I start.

Once every month I will showcase my top 5 favorite softwares of the month with ample reasons why I chose them.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a new software on the market.
By blogging them here I would never forget how much of a life saver they have been.

I will once in while list useful links to articles that might interest you.

watch out for more.... I just started

System Cleanup with CCleaner

With exactly two mouse clicks I’m able to free my system of temporal files older than 48 hours or less.

A utility that scans your system and other custom folders and populates how many irrelevant temp files that have evaded your space with just one click should be everyone’s favorite cleaning utility tool.
It’s actually my favorite, CCleaner

It does come in handy when you want to uninstall a software and considering how confusing vista’s control panel looks, I think I’ll let it pass and settle for CCleaner.

Here is a snapshot of the latest version [click for larger view]

You can also scan for issues in your registry and fix them as well.

To scan for temporal files all you have to is click on the Analyze button
next, click on the Run Cleaner button to go ahead to delete the files.

Here is the area the utility scans [click for larger view]

Someone would have to do a lot of convincing if he wants me to forfeit this out of the box candy.

For those that want to try it out go to this link: http://www.ccleaner.com.
Or you can try this link: http://www.download.com and search for it.