Useful Utilities


Adobe Acrobat Reader

 Free software for viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

Acrobat Reader Speed Up		 Enables you to disable unneeded  plug-ins to speed up acrobat 6 and 7

http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/getfile.php?id=arsu

See here for other applications by the same author
http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/

Free office suite ( 64 Megabyte download )

OpenOffice.org is both an office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Create your own PDF Files (FREE)
http://www.primopdf.com/
CutePDF 3.0 Create your own PDF Files (FREE)
http://www.cutepdf.com/

WinPDF		 Create your own PDF Files (FREE)
http://www.pdfdesk.com/winpdf.html


WinZip

 Improvements in WinZip 9.0 concentrate on its core functionality: compression, capacity, and a new, advanced data-encryption capability. Using WinZip 9.0, you can compress more data, compress it better, and protect your sensitive documents with far greater security.

http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm

Belarc Advisor		 The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Ad-aware		 Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Diallers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

http://www.lavasoft.de/         download ad-aware
Barts PE Builder. Are you ready to create next generation Bootable rescue CD-Rom or DVD?
http://www.nu2.nu/
PCI Information. Determine the manufacturer of your unknown PCI devices.

 http://www.pcisig.com/membership/vid_search

'System Information Viewer' is a general Windows utility for dumping lots of useful Windows, Network and hardware info.

http://siv.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Unknown Devices helps you to find drivers for unknown devices in your computer.

http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service

A service to help with slow log off problems.

Download it here

Baseline Security Analyser		 Examine your computer for (Windows) security vulnerabilities and find the solutions.

Download it here

Winsock Repair Utility		 WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry entries. It can often cure the problem of lost connections after the removal of Adware components or improper uninstall of firewall applications or other tools that modify the XP network and Winsock settings.

 http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_winsockxpfix.html

See here for other applications by the same author
http://www.spychecker.com/


Process Explorer		 Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLL processes have opened or loaded.

For   NT/2K/XP/Server 2003      For   Win9x/Me

See here for other applications by the same author
 www.sysinternals.com

Who Is ?		 Lookup registration data for domains.

http://www.whois.net