Comments on: Ten Windows Apps You Need http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:17:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Perry http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Perry Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:10:30 +0000 http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/#comment-44 When I find myself working on a Windows project these are some of the tools I keep handy (mostly free with a couple of cheap items that I found worth the registration fee) ... Keyboard Remapper: allows you to ditch the "Scroll Lock" functionality of recent keyboards (particularly useful if you use a KVM as these sometimes toggle the scroll lock state). http://www.softarium.com Speed Limiter: a proxy that simulates different connection bandwidths. http://www.maxxdownload.com/Speed_Limiter.html I Hate This Key: disables the "Windows" key so you don't end up with the Start menu while trying to find the control key. http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml Putty: free SSH client (if you don't use Cygwin). http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Resource editor: edit the resources in executables. http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/delphi.htm SysInternals (DebugView, Regmon): monitor debugging output and registry API calls. http://www.sysinternals.com/ Notepad++: seconded! http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ Send To Toys: adds things like "Send to Clipboard" to the context menu to quickly put a file's path on the clipboard. http://www.download.com/Send-To-Toys/3000-2347_4-10484833.html When I find myself working on a Windows project these are some of the tools I keep handy (mostly free with a couple of cheap items that I found worth the registration fee) …

Keyboard Remapper: allows you to ditch the “Scroll Lock” functionality of recent keyboards (particularly useful if you use a KVM as these sometimes toggle the scroll lock state).
http://www.softarium.com

Speed Limiter: a proxy that simulates different connection bandwidths.
http://www.maxxdownload.com/Speed_Limiter.html

I Hate This Key: disables the “Windows” key so you don’t end up with the Start menu while trying to find the control key.
http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml

Putty: free SSH client (if you don’t use Cygwin).
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Resource editor: edit the resources in executables.
http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/delphi.htm

SysInternals (DebugView, Regmon): monitor debugging output and registry API calls.
http://www.sysinternals.com/

Notepad++: seconded!
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/

Send To Toys: adds things like “Send to Clipboard” to the context menu to quickly put a file’s path on the clipboard.
http://www.download.com/Send-To-Toys/3000-2347_4-10484833.html

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]]> By: amd http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-23 amd Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:22:37 +0000 http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/#comment-23 AC : Thanks for the comments. - AnyDVD isn't free. - Media Player Classic is a separate project that has nothing to do with Windows Media Player, except that they look similar. - Autoruns is much easier to use than msconfig, and will show other startup apps not included in msconfig. - I linked to a version of ffdshow that includes most of the useful codecs, though others may be necessary for some users. - Someone else recommended VLC as well. I'll check it out. AC : Thanks for the comments.
- AnyDVD isn’t free.
- Media Player Classic is a separate project that has nothing to do with Windows Media Player, except that they look similar.
- Autoruns is much easier to use than msconfig, and will show other startup apps not included in msconfig.
- I linked to a version of ffdshow that includes most of the useful codecs, though others may be necessary for some users.
- Someone else recommended VLC as well. I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Anonymous coward http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Anonymous coward Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:41:06 +0000 http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/#comment-22 -ffdshow is not all codecs. You need some codecs packages such as ACEMegaCodecs pack or better yet, K-lite. - Again on Media Player Classic, yes it is in the install direcotyr or a windows directory, but I perfer open source player VLC Player. -ffdshow is not all codecs. You need some codecs packages such as ACEMegaCodecs pack or better yet, K-lite.
- Again on Media Player Classic, yes it is in the install direcotyr or a windows directory, but I perfer open source player VLC Player.

]]> By: Anonymous coward http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Anonymous coward Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:38:55 +0000 http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/#comment-21 - DVD Decrypter has not been updated in several years now. Good luck burning ANY SONY disc. I perfer AnyDVD. - Media Player Classic is a componet of Windows Media Player (at least as of 9.0 fer sure). You can find it in the install directory. - Autoruns - can be replaced by the command line: msconfig. And you do not have to install anything. I don't know about the rest of your apps as being a "need", maybe eye candy? - DVD Decrypter has not been updated in several years now. Good luck burning ANY SONY disc. I perfer AnyDVD.
- Media Player Classic is a componet of Windows Media Player (at least as of 9.0 fer sure). You can find it in the install directory.
- Autoruns – can be replaced by the command line: msconfig. And you do not have to install anything.

I don’t know about the rest of your apps as being a “need”, maybe eye candy?

]]> By: Phil Bogle http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Phil Bogle Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:54:19 +0000 http://gurge.com/blog/2006/08/22/ten-windows-apps-you-need/#comment-18 Adam always ribbed me for using Notepad2 in addition to the One True Editor (Emacs), so I'm glad to see he's broadened his views. :-) Adam always ribbed me for using Notepad2 in addition to the One True Editor (Emacs), so I’m glad to see he’s broadened his views. :-)

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