Remote interactive executer. You can use this tool to execute interactive commands with administrator rights on a target computer. Best use would be to remotely install software on a users computer.....(free).....

File recovery utility for the Ext2FS partitions used in the Linux OS and several Unix. Runs on Windows. Recovered data can be written to any disk visible by the host OS .....(free).....

R2build system is a tool - framework to establish your daily build(or nightly build, or build automation, or continuous integration system) in a very easy way . It includes, but is not limited to, plug-ins for email notification, FTP, various installer packaging tool, Java/C++/Ant/Nant/.Net/Delphi/C++Builder, and various source control tools .....(free).....

Rainbow Folders is a unique application that allows you to change color of any icon representing any folder. To make it short: with this program you can colorize your folders! Such operation will speed up your navigation among thousands of folders located on your hard drive. Would you like to mark your favorite folders with green color, your work or school folders with blue, and your personal documents and photos folders with red? No problem .....(free).....

Simple insert how many RAM it should allocate and press the "Allocate" button. Now your memory is gone. By using the "Free" button you can always free the memory again. Xteq RAM Alloc is mainly for testing purposes. But if you need it for anything else? .....(free).....

When your computer runs low on memory, your programs begin to slow down, or at worst crash. RAM Medic uses a highly intelligent engine to scan your computer and free up unused memory and eliminate memory leaks. Having more free memory will give you better performance and reduce the risk of a system crash. Whether you have an older machine with a small amount of RAM, or a new faster machine with loads of it, RAM Medic will help your computer run at its best. Other Features include: Process Manager allowing you to decide which process gets priority and the most amount of system memory. Keyboard shortcuts that allow you to free anywhere from 10% to 70% of your RAM .....(free).....

Discover where UNIX stores important files .....(free).....

Windows fills up your computer's memory (RAM) little by little and finally RAM is filled with unnecessary data. Sooner or later you have to reboot your computer to make it work faster. With RamBooster you can continuously monitor the amount of RAM. If the amount of free RAM goes too low, free more automatically with RamBooster .....(free).....

Partition manager with the following features: Save and restore MBR, Create and delete partitions, View hard disks' IDE information, Format and resize FAT-16 and FAT-32 file systems, Comes with Advanced Boot Manager, which includes Boot menu with password protection, Automatic partition hide and unhide, Boot any OS from the second hard drive, Create up to 31 primary partitions on a single hard drive, Detect presence of boot viruses in memory.....(free).....

Rapid Environment Editor is an environment variables editor. It includes easy to use GUI and replaces small and inconvenient Windows edit box. RapidEE supports all Windows versions, including Windows Vista.....(free).....

The Rasterbator is a web service which creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. The rasterized images can be printed and assembled into extremely cool looking posters up to 20 meters in size.....(free).....

This program copys a disk as a raw image from one drive directly to another. This utility is designed for people who have faulty drive and want to transfer the data directly to another drive without doing a file by file copy. This saves the need for operating system re-installs and allows drives with an unknown file system to be copied (including from console game machines, data recorders, mac etc). The program has a built in data recovery function which will attempt to recover data from bad sectors to ensure all the available data is restored from the drive. This program is designed to run under NT/XP/2000 or later operating systems. It will run under windows 95/98/Me operating systems but only windows logical drives can be copied.....(free).....

The Raycasting Game Maker is a free easy to use game editor that creates simple raycasting games in the style of Wolf3D. The finished game needs only two files to run, an executable and a pak file with the game data. The game runs in a sizable window and supports 16, 24 and 32 bit color mode.....(free).....

This application allows you to change the read-only attribute of multiple files in subfolders. Developed to solve the problem of copying files from CD's and discovering they are all read-only. The problem is that there is no easy way to clear this flag across multiple folders under Windows. With this application, thousands of files in hundreds of folders can all have their read-only attribute changed in one click .....(free).....

This utility checks files and folders for read errors under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. This kind of test is useful for those who write data to different types of media (floppies or CDR/CDRW/DVDRW/etc) and want to ensure that written data is OK. The program allows selecting the file or folder to check. The program can also check subfolders of the specified folder if necessary. The program can be integrated into Windows' shell (setup creates the "Read test" context menu item and GiPo@Utilities file/folder property page).....(free).....

Remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer (the "server") using a simple program (the "viewer") on another computer anywhere on the Internet. The two computers don't even have to be the same type, so for example you can use VNC to view an office Linux machine on your Windows PC at home. VNC is freely and publicly available and is in widespread active use by millions throughout industry, academia and privately.....(free).....

Run Windows XP from CD. Reatogo?s fully configured download bundle for a bootable Recovery-CD with BartPE+XPE. ...burn your first CD within a few minutes and enjoy the comfort of a full XP environment for your recovery needs! One click setup, all included fully configured and ready to go.....(free).....

Real7ime Converter (R7C) is a converter of any RealPlayer(tm) streaming medias (video and sound) to AVI/WAV/MP3 format. It is a real time converter because it does not manage Real Time Streaming Protocol(tm) (RTSP) directly so the needed time to convert a media will be greater or equal to the time of the media.....(free).....

Modify and create static (.cur) and animated cursors (.ani) of any size and color depth. Animations with custom frame sequence are supported .....(free).....

KutinSoft Reboot Service was designed in order to reboot a server distantly.....(free).....

REC is a portable reverse engineering compiler, or decompiler. It reads an executable file, and attempts to produce a C-like representation of the code and data used to build the executable file. It is portable because it has been designed to read files produced for many different targets, and it has been compiled on several host systems.....(free).....

Each time that you open a file the name of the file that you opened is recorded by the operating system in the Recent folder or the Registry. This utility displays the list of all recently opened files, and allows you to delete unwanted filename entries. You can also save the files list into text/html/xml file.....(free).....

The prehistory of the digital computer, from relays to the stored program concept, 1935-1945 .....(free).....

Any time a program or Windows crashes, any files that were open are not closed properly. Part of closing is writing all the file location information in all the right places. Without this info, Windows can't find all the parts of the file. When scandisk or chkdisk is run, all the parts are identified as "lost file fragments" and converted (if you want) into CHK files. These can then be recovered.....(free).....

Recover Files is a professional file recovery software that allows it's user to recover accidentally deleted files. Even files removed from the Recycle Bin, network drive, compact flash card, portable drives, in a DOS window, or from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down.....(free).....

Red allows you to remove empty folders recursively. Just choose a folder with the GUI and it scans automatically for empty folders below the selected directory.....(free).....

RefreshForce universally and permanently fixes the Windows 2000/XP refresh rate problem on ANY variation of graphics cards, monitors, or drivers!!! No messing around, no hassle, it WORKS and it's SIMPLE! Functions regardless of graphics card, and driver versions. One-time execute, no reboot required, and no background program. Ability to push Plug & Play monitor drivers over 85Hz. Support for systems with multiple display adapters. Automatic backup facility Sophisticated and unique display optimization technology. Ability to actually lower refresh rates as well as increase them, if software causes display corruption .....(free).....

Fed up of getting 60Hz or 75Hz in your favourite OpenGL/Direct3D/DirectX games (e.g. Quake 1/2/3, Half-Life, Unreal, or Deus Ex) instead of the 120Hz your display adapter & monitor are capable of? Yes? Then download this FREE program, and enjoy higher display frequencies without the hassle of installing special drivers.....(free).....

Generate .reg file from Registry changes made by application. RegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed .....(free).....

RegSize - Increase maximum registry size. Configures Windows NT to allow the registry to take up to 80% of the cache pool, if necessary. This keeps those annoying "low on registry quota" messages from popping up when your install or run certain programs. Note that the 80% number is just a maximum limit; it doesn't mean your registry will every actually get that big. You are more likely to have registry quota problems on computers with small amounts of physical RAM and virtual memory space.....(free).....

Have you ever want to know if cleaning or defragmenting your registry really makes a difference in its performance? RegBench is a small utility that benchmarks your system registry. It outputs to XML and uses a display template to allow for viewing of the results within your web browser. It is a console mode utility. Free for home and acedemic use .....(free).....

RegDllView is a small utility that displays the list of all registered dll, ocx, and exe (COM registration). For each registered file, you can view the last date/time that it was registered, and the list of all registration entries (CLSID/ProgID). RegDllView also allows you to unregister dll/ocx files that you don't need on your system anymore. If you have dll/ocx files that don't exist on your system anymore, but their registration entries are still exist in your Registry, you can manually remove these entries by using 'Delete All Entries For Selected Files' option .....(free).....

RegEm will create .reg files for Win9x and Windows 2000. Just enter the info and it will automatically be created and saved. Options to create unlimited Keys/Values and delete Keys. Stop and resume writing a file later as the last entries used are always saved and reloaded at start up.....(free).....

The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively.....(free).....

Rename a set of files based upon a pattern. There?s nothing in Windows base set of command utilities that can provide this......(free).....

Online Regular Expression Testing Tool.....(free).....

Define new shortcut keys for launching existing Applications, Define new shortcut keys for opening existing Files, The Program sits in System Tray, Remove the shortcut keys whenever not required, Simple Installer - Un-installer provided .....(free).....

.As the name says, enhances the Registry Editor in Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0. If you edit the same keys repeatedly, this is for you! A new combo box maintains the history of visited keys and allows quick navigation back to them. The keys are saved across sessions and available the next time you use the Registry Editor.....(freeware).....

Lots and lots of tips and tweaks, formatted for easy use .....(free).....

A substitute for regedit. System tool that shows you your registry through Windows Explorer.....(free).....

Registry Jumper is a small utility that makes system registry navigation easier. This tool allows you to open desired registry keys in Windows? Regedit by one click. Works in two modes: GUI mode and command-line mode (open registry key supplied as command-line parameter). Additionally, Registry Jumper handles custom protocol "regjump://", which, for example, can be used in links in HTML pages to point to specific registry locations .....(free).....

This tool will launch another software and redirect HKLM Software to HKCU Software, registery-wise. Just so you'll know, this is for advanced users. In HKCU, a task may be executed on a user by user basis, in HKLM, the task may be executed for everyone.....(free).....

Users gradually experience a degradation in their Windows performance. Much of it can be attributed to Windows Registry Errors. By using Free Window Registry Repair regularly and repairing your registry your system should not only be more stable but it will also help Windows run faster. For your convenience it automatically backs up any repairs made so that you always can restore Windows registry to the original state.....(free).....

MJ Registry Watcher is a simple system tray program that monitors for changes to any of the startup folders, startup registry keys, and any files you want alerting on.....(free).....

Rad Software Regular Expression Designer is a free download that helps programmers learn, develop and test Regular Expressions. It is an interactive Windows application that is designed to be simple and easy to use.....(free).....

Simple to use tool to help you learn and prepare regular expressions. If you are a developer or just concerned with text processing tasks, the Regular Expression Laboratory is a tool that you need. In fact, you felt that you need a program like this but could not formalize your needs. We have done this job for you. Now you can construct your regular expressions with much ease and test them by applying to an arbitrary text. Regular Expression Laboratory supports an incredible 2 mb sized stored regular expression.....(free).....

Extremely well done graphics site.....(free).....

Windows Remote Command (GUI version) runs any command on a remote system and returns the output. It's a good supplement to existing tools that do not run remotely, e.g. "route print", "ipconfig /all", "arp -a", etc. With Remote Command you don't need any client tools on the target machine, and you can even execute a local file on the remote system.....(free).....

Remote Desktop Manager is a small application used to manage all your remote connections. Add, edit, delete orgnanize or find your remote connection quickly. Compatible with Microsoft Remote Desktop or with Terminal Services, it's a good replacement of the Remote Desktops Snap-in. Go to Products, Misc.....(free).....

If you have an IR (Infrared) port in your computer, you can use RIControl to control your applications using an ordinary remote control from a TV or stereo. IRControl is completely configurable (even contains its own scripting language), and with the integrated Artificial Intelligence, you can teach the program what the remote control buttons are. This means that the program does not have to have the buttons programmed inside it, but you can use any remote control you want .....(free).....

Remote Memory Info displays remote network computer memory usage and statistics .....(free).....

Remote Windows Task Manager for your network. It displays all processes currently running on a chosen network client. This remote process explorer shows detailed information for all running processes on the remote computer and reveals information such as the process file name, full path, PID (process identifier), PID of the parent process, user session ID, number of threads and process priority. There is absolutely no installation required. Simply download and run the software. Select a client you want to analyze. Now you see all processes on the remote computer. Remote Process Viewer uses the WMI service built into Windows. This means it does not require any additional software installation on the computers that you are connecting to.....(free).....

Make screenshots of remote computers .....(free).....

Utility lets you execute commands and scripts on remote machine.....(free).....

RemoteShutdown allows to remotely (over the network) shutdown and power off, restart or switch to standby mode any Windows NT/2000/XP Workstation or Server. In addition, you can specify a message which will be displayed before the computer will be shutdown and offer the user the option to cancel the shutdown.....(free).....

Removes all clipboard formats except the text format (CF_TEXT) from the clipboard and then pastes the results. Although this may sound stupid, this is a great alternative for standard copy and paste operations in Office applications (e.g., MS Word). Without this utility, one needs to select 'Edit' 'Paste Special' 'Unformatted Text' to achieve this. It converts a handle of type HDROP that identifies a list of files on the clipboard to the plain list of files. This means that it becomes possible to use CTRL+C from Explorer to obtain the file names in a text editor or a 'Open' dialog.....(free).....

Common Tasks - that annoying menu on the lefthand side of the desktop that includes drop down menus for Folder Tasks, Other Places, and Details. This application will correct the Registry setting that causes the Common Tasks pane to appear on the Windows XP Desktop .....(free).....

Remove Toolbar Buddy is an essential utility to delete unwanted toolbars and other Internet Explorer add-ons such as buttons, menus and browser helper objects.....(free).....

Windows Media Player adds context items to the right-click menu of several multimedia files even if you do not use this player to play those files. It would be nice to get rid of those items in the context menu to decrease the size of the menu and have only options in there that are needed. There is however no obvious option to remove the three entries which means that we once again have to rely on the Registry to fix this issue.....(free).....

A number of very specific tips for repairing and tweaking XP.....(free).....

Your virus scanner and firewall cannot stop a script on a page you are viewing from changing your Internet setting or your home page. Repellent can! Your virus scanner cannot delete Cookies, Repellent can! You can surf the Internet in confidence, no one can tell where you have been unless you want them to. Repellent can delete all Cookies as they download. Repellent can solve all your email and Internet virus worries with the click of a button. You can disable all VB and Java applets and scripting, as well as all Registry files. You can disable all JS, JSE, WSH, VBS,VBE, VB,PIF, SCR, BAT, files from running, and more.....(free).....

While editing HTML files, it is common to replace specific strings in all files with the same extension in the same folder. "Replace in Files" makes it easy to accomplish this task. "Replace in Files" quickly replaces strings matching your search string with the replacement you specify. You can specify whether replaces are case sensitive or not, and whether to make backups before executing the search and replace.....(free).....

Replacer is an easy to use system file replacer for Windows 2K/XP. It is used to safely replace protected or in use system files.....(free).....

Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network. Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions. New features allow you to specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a file should be skipped.....(free).....

Resize images online maintaining image quality such as edge and texture. This means reshade reduces or eliminates most of the usual side-effects of enlarging images: pixelation, loss of focus (blurry edges), loss of sharpness, exagerated noise. All this done automatically for you. The online resizer is free.....(free).....

Resize windows that you wouldn't normally be able to resize (Under the PC Released section)......(free).....

The classic Windows hacking program. Resource Hacker is a utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files. It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.....(free).....

Restart is a system utility for advanced users with more than one operating system installed on their machine. The program installs an icon in the notification area, and with a single click the computer will shutdown and restart with the selected operating system.....(free).....

One of the unwelcome changes that Microsoft introduced in Service Pack 1 was the removal of some of the easy ways to get to the Search screen: the start menu button and folder context menu item. Thankfully we can easily add the "Search?" item back to the context menu with a simple registry tweak.....(free).....

This article is a complete guide on recovering your hard drive?s factory capacity. At the end of this article there is a link to our program that recovers factory capacity of any hard drive .....(free).....

Tells you how to obtain the unmodified body of emails including HTML codes if any and MIME information.....(free).....

Its hands move backwards but show exact time .....(free).....

Tools, challenges, essays, and a message board, all pertaining to reversing .....(free).....

Completely remove any unwanted application installed on your computer. With its advanced and fast algorithm to scan before and after uninstall of an application you can remove unnecessary files, folders and registry keys left over in your computer. Even if you have a broken installation Revo Uninstaller scans for application's data on your hard disk drives, Windows registry and shows all found files, folders and registry items so you can delete them. With its unique "Hunter mode" it offers you some simple, easy to use but effective and powerful approaches to manage (uninstall, stop, delete, disable from autostarting) and to get information about your installed and/or running applications. Revo Uninstaller gives you another 8 handy and powerful tools to clean up your system. Here are the list of all tools and utilities included: Auto Start Manager - stop programs to start automatically when Windows starts; Windows Tools Manager - handy and useful tools bundled with every Windows; Junk Files Cleaner - find and remove unnecessary files from your computer; Browsers History Cleaner - erase web site history, visited pages history, temporary internet files of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera web browsers; Office History Cleaner - remove history of most recently used files in MS Office; Windows history cleaner - remove recently opened files history, delete temporary files, remove tracks and history saved by Windows; Unrecoverable Delete Tool - erase files and folders forever; Evidence remover - make sure already deleted files, folders and other data are unrecoverable.....(free).....

These handy and super compact Windows tools can be used without any installation! Does not write any info into the registry or does not use any extra dll-files. Just unzip it, click and go! Includes a system and memory usage monitor which allows you monitor the CPU and RAM recources/usage. Save, clear and pause the graph with one click. No configuration needed! Refresh rate can be set. Also an advanced colorpicker to let you convert any color between RGB, Decimal, Hex and HTML color codes! New in v1.1: easy to view how your text looks like when using certain color combinations! And a shutdown utility - Let your PC shut down automatically at a designated time. Ideal for closing down your PC after a long download, at a given time etc...without being present.....(free).....

Rightload is a small program that allows you to quickly upload files directly from a Windows folder to your server. Instead of using complicated software just to upload a few pictures, you just right-click on the files, select the server and target folder and Rightload will do the rest for you .....(free).....

Ever wanted to be able to rip cd's quickly and easily? Now you can! Rip Wiz 2003 is a complete re-vamp of it's pre-decessor, Rip Wiz 2002. With a completely new design, easier to use features and all for free, audio extraction just couldn't be better. Rip Wiz 2003 supports extraction to both MP3 and WAV formats and is capable of extracting a 4 minute track in less than 30 seconds, thats 70% faster than the majority of the commercial rippers!!......(free).....

Rivatuner is the leading tweak utility available for NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon based videocards. With a guide to help novices setup fan speeds and overclocks on their graphics cards.....(free).....

40 computer pranks. Some useful too.....(free).....

Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling. RoboForm was named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year. RoboForm: Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically. Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click. Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security. Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess. Fights Phishing by filling passwords only on matching web sites. Defeats Keyloggers by not using keyboard to type passwords. Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers. Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync. Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet. Portable: Pass2Go RF runs from USB key, no install needed. PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm. Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox .....(free).....

RoboTask enables you to automate any combination of tasks on your computer, ranging from simply launching applications, to checking email, moving or backing up files to uploading or downloading, sending email and much more. The program allows to easily create simple task, as well as highly complex automations, involving conditional IF/ELSE statements, loops, custom variables and other advanced options. Lite version is free .....(free).....

Program a virtual robot on your machine. First you draw the flowchart, then you run the program and watch the robot executing your program. With RobotProg you can learn programming bases by means of gradual levels. At the last level, you may program several robots playing games on the same ground. RobotProg includes documentation for using the application and programming.....(free).....

Run On Fast User Switch. Windows provides the ability to start specific program on initial login, but not when switching between already logged-in users. This tool can be useful for example to change the sound volume or screen resolution to suit particular users, each time they switch .....(free).....

List of free so-called security products that are, in fact, malware or are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value as anti-spyware protection.....(free).....

RolloSONIC is a tool that enables you to create electronic sounds from your mouse movement. RolloSONIC monitors, in real-time, various aspects of your mouse's position and movement, and then by feeding this information into a fully-modular sound-synthesis system, RolloSONIC is able to create electronic (and other) sounds that are guided by your mouse .....(free).....

Windows desktop meets the 3D game. Explore your desktop in 3D. Look around and move around as in a 3D game. Instead of power-ups and players to watch out for, you have 3D icons and views to look at. Organize your stuff logically as meaningful 3D icons in a matching virtual reality world (ROOMS icons are like Windows shortcuts). Download worlds from the internet or create your own. Theme worlds on your favorite game - or virtual den, or office, or personal picture album - or create your own surreal world. When you want a change - load another world (just like wallpaper)......(free).....

Rotate is a desktop manipulator that will randomly flip the desktop into all sorts of weird positions. It can flip it over, reverse it or flip and reverse it .....(free).....

This one rotates your Windows colors (text, buttons, toolbars, etc.) once every 10 minutes. Supposed to be a prank, but might be a cool configuration for a unique machine (Go to Pranks).....(free).....

View the Syslog from your Router. With Portinfo and View advanced IP information. Systray with log info as hint. Memory use in Systray mode ~560kb. Can save as daily syslog_date.txt. Go to English freeware .....(free).....

Virtual on screen ruler for Windows Vista, XP and 2000 .....(free).....

This tool is a clone of the Windows 95 Run Dialog Box. The implementation as a standalone executable file has a great advantage over the original: you can create a link to it, then define a hotkey for the link, and the Run Dialog Box is ready on the spot.....(free).....

RunAsAdmin is a tool that lets administrators keep and easily use their administrative rights but still enjoy the safety of using less privileged accounts.....(free).....

RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn't change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application. You can run multiple applications simultaneously, each application works with different date and time, while the real date/time of your system continues to run normally .....(free).....

If you want to test IE7 without the risk of installing a beta software, here is a simple way to do it. This method does not install IE 7 the usual way- instead you just run it from the installer package and hence your system does not get littered with beta dlls all over the place.....(free).....

Run It All is a program for starting simultaneous programs. It is helpful for those who need two, three or more program tools. Start this program and let it run all processes and programs you need. Run It All can also kill processes that are no longer required. It's very simple and fast. processes for running and killing don't have to be entered more than once.Whenever you start Run It All, press "Run It All" button and your programs will be shown in few seconds.....(free).....

Like the Run option in the start menu. It allows you to perform various shell operations on a file or folder.....(free).....

You can use this method to run multiple versions of your favourite programs, even Skype, Internet Explorer, instant messaging, etc. It's all a matter of using multiple Windows user accounts.....(free).....

Screensaver that runs a command.....(free).....

RunScanner is a complete free windows system utility which scans your system for all configured running programs. You can use runscanner to detect autostart programs, spyware, adware, homepage hijackers, unverified drivers and other problems. You can import and export your results and let other people help you to solve your problems. Upload of reports and check with the online database.....(free).....

Tiny tool allows running any application with a parameter. Instead of going to the Command Prompt, users can simply right-click an application and enter the parameters in the pop-up window .....(free).....

A simple but effective Run dialog replacement. We think it could also be used as your Windows shell.....(free).....

According to the author, "One day a process was eating up 90% of my CPU time, and its name was RUNDLL32. Arg, I hate that ! That little program is used to start COM objects and other nuisances. So then I patched RUNDLL32 to write its startup arguments to the event log. Once you've installed this tool, you'll see entries like the following in the Event Viewer Application Log: 'RUNDLL32.EXE: GetCommandLineW(): C:\WINNT\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp'".....(free).....

Rundll32Close is a small program that will automatically close the error window indicating Vista Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working.....(free).....

A webapp that does the work of creating a robots.txt file for you. "The robots.txt is a very simple text file that is placed on your root directory. An example would bewww.yourdomain.com/robots.txt. This file tells search engine and other robots which areas of your site they are allowed to visit and index."

Anti-root kit tool. "Trend Micro RootkitBuster is a rootkit scanner that scans hidden files, registry entries, processes, drivers, and Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkits. In addition, RootkitBuster can also clean hidden files and registry entries."

If System Restore is failing to restore your system, starting fresh may be your best option. At least future restore points will work. It's also a good idea after cleaning up malware. Otherwise, you might accidentally reinfect your PC by restoring the wrong point

Graphs exactly how Windows is assigning physical memory, how much file data is cached in RAM, and how much RAM is used by the kernel and device drivers. Thanks to The Windows Club

RegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed. Makes things easy to reinstall or migrate

Opens the Run window. Put it on your toolbar

Allows you to test your computers RAM for errors aswell as gauge its performance

This program copys a disk as a raw image from one drive directly to another. This utility is designed for people who have faulty drive and want to transfer the data directly to another drive without doing a file by file copy. This saves the need for operating system re-installs and allows drives with an unknown file system to be copied (including from console game machines, data recorders, mac etc). The program has a built in data recovery function which will attempt to recover data from bad sectors to ensure all the available data is restored from the drive. This program is designed to run under NT/XP/2000 or later operating systems

Have you ever accidently deleted a file, or removed a crucial part of a document only to realize it no longer makes sense? Windows 7 is smart enough to protect you from yourself, and here we’ll see how you can restore files in any edition of Windows 7

The purpose of ReClock is to definitely get rid of jerky playback of AVI and MPEG material on a PC (or a HTPC driving a TV, a flat panel, or a video-projector). It's a DirectShow filter which is loaded in place of the default directsound audio renderer. It provides a new reference clock that is locked to the video card hardware clock, in order to ensure that frames are played at the exact speed of what is expected by the video card vertical sync. It also provides a frame rate adaptator for media files that do not match a multiple of the video card refresh rate (ex: playback of 23,976fps IVTC NTSC on a PAL TV). The combination of the two will give you the true experience of smooth playback with your PC

Remote Process Explorer is a powerful tool for managing, monitoring and analyzing processes on a local or remote computer. You can use Remote Process Explorer to not only get the list of processes running on a remote or local computer, but also run a new process, kill a process or change its priority. In real time, Remote Process Explorer monitors the performance of a remote computer, shows what processes are running on it, how much CPU, memory and other system resources they use. It will show hidden processes, which will allow you to detect spyware and malware. Free for personal use

ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans dll/ocx/exe files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more...) stored in them into the folder that you specify. You can use ResourcesExtract in user interface mode, or alternatively, you can run ResourcesExtract in command-line mode without displaying any user interface

A small application that monitors readyBoost, peaks, cache size, graph, read and write speed

Utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks. Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files. This utility will add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease and also supports renaming via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JFIF and EXIF tags. Batch renaming that's simple to use, yet still very powerful

Rainmeter is a Windows customization application. Empower your desktop with an expandable library of useful tools – handy notes and application launchers, weather and feeds from the web, system status and more. Then, rearrange and modify them to suit your personal style

The system registry is one of the most important components of the operating system. The stability of the system's operation depends upon it being in working order, and the speed of the applications you work with depends upon the volume of data contained in it. Registry Life helps correct errors in the registry and optimizes it, increasing the working speed and stability of the system. It's a compact, simple to use, and FREE solution for servicing your system registry

All-around tool to optimize, repair and test Windows Thanks to gHacks

Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core and Quad Core processors. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TjMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TjMax will decrease. If it reaches zero your processor will start to throttle or slow down so maximizing your distance away from TjMax will help your computer run at full speed and more reliably too

Red Button is a free program for Windows optimization. By means of Red Button you can reduce space occupied by your system on a disk; switch off and remove unnecessary components; increase speed of loading, operation, turn off of system; clean "junk" files; correct errors in the registry, more

Remote Desktop Manager is a small application used to manage all your remote connections and virtual machine. Add, edit, delete, shared, organize and find your remote connection quickly. Compatible with Microsoft Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, VNC, LogMeIn, Team Viewer, Ftp, SSH, Telnet, Dameware, X Window, VMWare, Virtual PC, PC Anywhere, Hyper-V, Citrix, Radmin, Microsoft Remote Assistance, Sun Virtual Box and more

Microsoft has already announced the availablity of Zune HD & Zune 4.0, but some of the features are not available for users outside US and Canada. With the help of this registry hack, non-US/CA users will be able to enable these features

Regshot is an open-source registry compare utility that allows you to quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one - done after doing system changes or installing a new software product

Remember your folders that opened recently. Tired of changing folders from one to another by browsing My Computer? Recent Folders can remember which folder you were recently working on. Select your favorite folder from a list just like selecting a file from "My Recent Documents"

RegStart is a powerful Registry Start-Up Cleaner which will help you remove or backup any element present in your Registry or Start Menu start-up locations. Due to its powerful registry scanner RegStart has the ability to look in all startup locations and it will show you every start-up entry present in your system registry. If you are logged in as an administrator RegStart will give you the possibility to clean the start-up locations for all users present on your station. Please note that RegStart also has the ability to scan the "Start Menu" start-up locations and it will show you every file present in those locations. RegStart has a few extras too, that is, it will give you the possibility to edit special system files that are normally read on system start-up

RarZilla Free Unrar is a beautiful decompression tool for RAR-archives that supports spanned archives as well as the extraction of password protected files. Decompression can be started by drag 'n' drop, double click or shell integrated context menu. To speed the whole process up, RarZilla has the option to define a default output folder or a default password or both

Registry errors often cause instability and slow computer performance. This award-winning free registry cleaner will clean, repair and optimize the Windows registry to speed up your computer and eliminate frequent crashes

Metadata are details of any file which are included in the file and this includes data like author, date created, modified, type of file, computer used for creation and many more details. When you share any file with your friends, its better to remove these personal information from the files. If you are sharing photos, you can check this freeware to remove metadata from images. In Windows 7 (also in Vista), you can easily remove the metadata from any file using the properties window. In order to remove personal information and properties, follow these steps

Rogue DHCP servers are those DHCP servers that are misconfigured or unauthorized unknowingly or those that are configured with a malicious intent for network attacks. Either be the case the impact on clients that are serviced by the rogue DHCP servers are critical. That is the clients would experience network access problems due to rogue DHCP server leasing incorrect IP addresses & incorrect options to the client. Security threats are caused when malicious user with rogue DHCP server can spread bad network parameters and thereby sniff the traffic sent by the clients. There are also certain Trojans like DNS-changing that uses a compromised machine in the network to pollute the network by installing rogue DHCP servers on the machine. Rogue detection tool is a GUI tool that checks if there are any rogue DHCP servers in the local subnet

A lovely and useful tool. If you read many articles on the net, you need it. Removes all the clutter surrounding the article, presenting it as clean as the page of a book -- It's like your pc is a Kindle

A ResHacker clone developed as a testbed for Anolis.Core and to replace ResHacker (because ResHacker doesn't support x64, XN Resource Editor (ResHacker's spiritual sequel) doesn't support multiple-language resources and crashes a lot, and other utilities rest cost actual money. It has a powerful yet simplified UI that doesn't duplicate commands or confuse the users with special-case handlers (which ResHacker and XN have in spades)

RAMpage is a Windows utility that displays the amount of available memory in the System Tray. It can also free memory; by double clicking the tray icon, by setting a threshold that activates the program automatically, or by having it run automatically when a program exits

RegSentry is a registry key monitoring application that sits in your system tray and notifies you of changes to important registry keys that Internet Worms, or Spyware programs may add to the registry database. It includes functionality to revert changes and delete values. Notifications are via a flashing icon in the system tray or a pop-up warning dialog. (Scroll down)

RenPhoric takes the busy work out of renaming files! Whether you're renaming just a few files or thousands, RenPhoric makes it quick and easy

Solves the problem of registry bloat by rewriting the registry hives into new files which are completely optimised and often much smaller. Your computer is restarted after the registry hives are compacted and during system startup the old, fragmented files are replaced with the newly generated and optimized ones

Fed up of getting 60Hz or 75Hz in your favourite OpenGL/Direct3D/DirectX games (e.g. Quake 1/2/3, Half-Life, Unreal, or Deus Ex) instead of the 120Hz your display adapter & monitor are capable of? Yes? Then download this FREE program, and enjoy higher display frequencies without the hassle of installing special drivers

A common problem when dealing with malware is that it will place numerous registry keys into your systems registry. Most of which are very difficult to remove. Malwarebytes has created an application to eliminate this very problem - RegASSASSIN. RegASSASSIN is a portable application which makes difficult to remove registry keys placed on your system by malware a thing of the past. The program allows you to remove registry keys by resetting the keys permissions and then deleting it. Please use with caution as deleting critical registry keys may cause system errors

Using Returnil, you can work using a virtual copy of your system, with the real system being preserved, untouched in the background. This provides two key advantages: Protection and Convenience. The personal edition - feature packed - is free

Radical Image Optimization Tool - Saving and optimizing images for web, email, or other media with the best compression ratio and quality is a difficult task if you don’t have the right tools. Choosing the right format then choosing the right parameters are the key factors of smaller files. Previewing the resulting image and the projected filesize will help the user choose the best settings.

This step-by-step article describes how to examine a small Windows memory dump file. You can use this file to determine why your computer has stopped responding

ResEdit is a free Resource Editor for Win32 programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. To open a file which uses Win32 API symbolic constants, you will also need Win32 header files (usually coming with you compiler). If you don't have any C++ compiler, you will need the Win32 headers (mainly windows.h and commctrl.h). You can download the Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK to get these files

Runs any executable as a Screensaver, by Skrommel

Moo0 RightClicker is a set of enhancements on the context menu (right click menu) of Windows Explorer. It adds many useful functionalities like duplicating current explorer window, open/move to/copy to bookmarked folders, hiding default context menus, and so forth .....(free).....

RegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed.....(free).....

ReStartMe is designed to do one thing, and that is to restart processes, crashed or otherwise.The way ReStartMe is used is that when it is started, you add processes to watch. You can either start a new program, or add a currently running process. Once you tell ReStartMe to watch a process, it will watch it, but it won't react until the process exits. When a process that ReStartMe is watching exits for any reason, whether it was closed properly or not, ReStartMe will restart it.....(free).....

RBTray is a small Windows program that runs in the background and allows almost any window to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

Description : RogueKiller is a program written in C++ and able to : Kill malicious processes Stop malicious services Unload malicious DLLs from processes Kill malicious hidden processes Find and remove malicious autostart entries, including : Registry keys (RUN/RUNONCE, ...) Tasks (Scheduler 1.0/2.0) Startup folders Hijack entries, including : Shell / Load entries Extension association hijacks DLL hijacks Many, many others ... Read / Fix DNS Hijacks (DNS Fix button) Read / Fix Proxy Hijacks (Proxy Fix button) Read / Fix Hosts Hijacks (Hosts Fix button) Restore shortcuts / files hidden by rogues of type "Fake HDD" Read / Fix malicious Master Boot Record (MBR) -- Even hidden by rootkit List / Fix SSDT - Shadow SSDT - IRP Hooks (Even with inline hooks) Find and restore system files patched / faked by a rootkit

Roccat Power-Grid is an advanced and fully-customizable remote control for your PC. It lets you connect to, monitor, and control your PC and games directly from your smartphone and all without having to leave the action. Best of all: it is totally free to get started.

Create and manage System Restore Points quickly and easily, all from a free simple program. No more drilling through multiple menus in Windows just to create a System Restore Point, now all you have to do is run this program and that is it. Follow the simple program layout and you have your System Restore Point created in no time at all.

RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support. It is also a very powerful web (PHP, ASP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS) development editor. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for CSS/HTML editing with integrated CSS/HTML preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates and more. The program also has a dual pane file commander, as well as a (S)FTP client to upload your files

RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs or large server farms where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible.

Redo Backup and Recovery is so simple that anyone can use it. It is the easiest, most complete disaster recovery solution available. It allows bare-metal restore. Bare metal restore is not only the best solution for hardware failure, it is also the ultimate antivirus: Even if your hard drive melts or gets completely erased by a virus, you can have a completely-functional system back up and running in as little as 10 minutes.