IZArc is a multiformat archiver, allowing you to compress, decompress and repair different archive files. It has extensive file format support and easy to use user interface.
Most notable features:
- Works with multiple archive formats – supports 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO;
- CD/DVD Image support – ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, IMG, C2D, PDI, CDI;
- Can convert from one archive type to another as well as an CD/DVD Image to ISO image format;
- Create and use multi volume sets;
- Create self-extracting archives;
- Supports encrypting the data with AES 256bit. (WinZip 9 Compatible);
- It nicely integrates into the shell, so you can create and decompress archives with just 2 clicks of the mouse.
Some time ago AOL was offering Active Virus Shield – a free antivirus software based on Kaspersky antivirus engine and many people (including myself) enjoyed the nice free virus protection. Last month (August 2007) AOL started offering a free antivirus protection based on McAfee engine, which IMHO is slower and less accurate. Since then the automatic updates stopped and the files downloaded from AOL were with “Incorrect Signature” as reported by the updates. Here is how to solve the update problem even though I don’t know how long it will last:
All you need to do is to edit your c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following line anywhere in the file on a separate line:
127.0.0.1 download.newaol.com
Why would that work?
There is a file aol-updcfg.xml, residing in c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\, which contains theupdate download locations. The locations have certain priority and the top two are ftp: and http: based updates from obviously buggy download.newaol.com. Adding the hosts entry forces windows to connect to your local machine instead of download.newaol.com, and not finding an update service. The program falls back to the secondary location(s) in kaspersky labs and viola…
Enjoy while it lasts…
CPU-Z is a small utility that detects and reports information about your computer’s CPU, Memory and Mainboard. Since it is portable and does not write any information on your computer it makes it a good candidate to include in your USB drive tools collection.
CPU-Z reports CPU make/model/voltage/speed/socket/etc., Chipset and BIOS information, Memory size/speed/latency. It supports a wide variety of chipsets and CPUs, from very old to very new since it is frequently updated.
Two useful programs if you need to work with multiple remote desktop connections. Both have some overlapping features, but it is a matter of preference which one you’d use.
Terminals is a remote desktop client program with a multi tabbed interface interface. Using multiple tabs it allows you to manage multiple connections at a time. It also allows you to store the connection properties, so the next time you connect it is enough to either type or choose your connection.
Edit (25 Oct 2007):Â Terminals (1.6b Release) now supports the following protocols in addition to RDP – VNC, VMRC, RAS, Telnet, SSH, ICA Citrix. It is getting ahead of the other softwares…
Royal TS goes a little further with more features. It is using an explorer like interface. You can organize your terminal connections in categories and can have multiple category/connection sets. It can display the session information, including the username used for the session. Another useful feature is the ability to connect to the remote console session. Similarly to Terminals can store your username and password, so you don’t have to type them every time.
Even though both programs have many advantages over the remote desktop client included with windows I tend to favor more the Royal TS over Terminals. Both are definitely worth a try!
P.S. I looked at Royal TS 1.3.2 and Terminals 1.01
Update 7 Sept 2007: I have come across yet another terminal tabbed client – RD Tabs. Looks like it is worth a look.
Find out with Unlocker. Have you ever seen a message that a file is in use by another process and cannot be deleted? Unlocker integrates in explorer and appears on the context menu on a file or a folder. When selected it shows you a list of processes that have opened the file and gives you a choice to unlock the file (i.e. closing the file handle), killing the process(es) or just quit with no action. You can just see which program is locking the file (or a folder) and close it yourself.
Another interesting option it gives is to copy,rename or even delete the locked file, which is very useful if you need to look at a file, opened by some process (or deleting a spyware).
IZArc is a multiformat archiver, allowing you to compress, decompress and repair different archive files. It has extensive file format support and easy to use user interface.
