X.App is a free, open-source progam that allows you to create applications out of ActiveX controls, or, to be more precise, executables that open HTML documents embedding ActiveX controls. The executables are free to modify and distribute separate from the entire X.App program.....(free).....

Find files, and what's better, find what's inside files. Search utility from X-Teq.....(free).....

Instant Messaging (IM) and Chat program which lets you communicate with anyone on the Internet using 256-bit Strong Encryption.....(free).....

Takes the best aspects of the HiJackThis concept and links it up to the SpywareGuide database. The result is something like a systems management tool with a built-in expert system. Lists active processes. List autostarting programs. Lists BHOs, Download Program Files, IE Extension plugins, etc... Shows file size and MD5 of all files instantly. One-Click "Triage" : shows which items are "good", "bad" or "unknown." Integrated file-uploader. Integrated deactivation and removal of an item or file. Can kill running processes (within the limits of the OS security model). Can delete in-use files (after reboot). Can export the log file in text form, Excel format and in HJT-compatible format. Detects hundreds of suspicious programs.....(free).....

Allows you to playback VCD disks on your computer (including those created by DVD PixPlay). Support is included for multiple video tracks, zooming and full-size display. X-VCD Player is very easy to use and plays VCD, SVCD, XVCD, XSVCD and MPEG format disks (you will need MPEG-1/MPEG-2 codecs installed on your computer if they are not already). .....(free).....

Whenever you browse the Internet and access a site which may contain questionable material, the program will save the site name on your computer. Approximately every 30 days or 2 weeks (depending on your preference), a person of your choice (an accountability partner) will receive an email containing all possible questionable sites you may have visited within the month .....(free).....

X86 code translator library provides translation HEX to X86 code .....(free).....

It is not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.....(free).....

About 25 tweaks in a program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.....(free).....

Xearth renders a shaded image of the earth on your desktop, as seen from your favorite vantage point in space. By default, the image is updated every five minutes according to the current position of the sun.....(free).....

Xelements is a lightweight, easy-to-use Windows GUI library written in C++, that is both available as a C++ library and as a Python module .....(free).....

Advanced Web and FTP server. Very fast and low memory usage. Lots of features.....(free).....

XFIND scans files for a string (optionally in all subdirectories), and reports all files where the string was found.....(free).....

XFP is a framework for building data management procedures using XML-based configuration files. XFP is also a server that provides scheduled execution of your procedures and flexible logging. Typical use-cases include data feed management and content syndication. XFP can manage in a coherent and centralized way data coming from different sources, lowering development and maintenance costs. Instead of writing your own code for each data feed, with XFP you can split code into reusable components (called "filters").....(free).....

Xi-WARP lets you bend and distort any image simply by drawing two outlines - one around the part you want to distort, and another to define the shape to be molded into. You can do this with any number of parts of the image, and animate the process so that different parts of the image deform simultaneously .....(free).....

XKeymacs is a keyboard utility to realize emacs like-useability on all windows applications. With XKeymacs you can use emacs keybindings with any windows application. You also get bash-like command completion in your DOS shell.....(free).....

This comes to Shell City highly recommended for its lightness and small footprint. XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via plugins. When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM format was supported, hence the name "XMPlay". Gapless playback, unicode file support, individual MOD instrument writing, CUE sheet support, and some other stuff .....(free).....

Unlimited X Window server for Microsoft Windows (XP/2003/Vista). It is fully featured, small and fast, simple to install and being standalone native Microsoft Windows, easily transported portable as a Pocket PC X server .....(free).....

Small yet powerful XML editor based on the unique custom-developed XML parser engine designed in accordance with the published W3C standards .....(free).....

Software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use! Support for more than 400 graphics formats.....(free).....

XNeat Windows Manager adds additional features to the Windows taskbar and system tray, that enables you to minimize any window to an icon in the system tray (instead of the taskbar), keep any window on top, set a custom transparency level, and also hide any window or tray icon, furthermore the program allows you to re-arrange the order of the taskbar buttons by simply dragging them around. XNeat Windows Manager integrates into the right-click menu of the taskbar and system tray. It also allows you to change the taskbar appearance by hiding the Start button, system clock and other elements.....(free).....

Advanced Windows shell replacement, a branch of Blackbox with integrated SystemBar and Slit + a whole lot more.....(free).....

According to the author, "XP-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP. For example, there's a service running in the background which is called 'Automatic Updates'. I don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these functions manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why waste time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP. It's customiseable, but comes up with the Default settings, which are recommended".....(free).....

WinXP File-Application Association Editor. XpAssociate is a small little tool for munging XP's registry so that the correct app actually starts when you open a file. XP's native UI is pretty broken and you might be getting some lame app writing over your preferences. This will fix it quick UPDATE: If the site is down, try again later.....(free).....

Despite the name, XPBench is not really designed to be a skinning benchmark program (we suggest checking out programs like SkinBench for that). Rather, XPBench is specifically designed to query which Windows XP features a video card/driver combination supports and then to demonstrate the performance improvements supporting the XP API's makes. At this time, XPBench checks for the following: 1. Does the driver support constant alpha blending (this improves the performance of fade effects as an example) 2. Does the driver support per pixel alpha blending (window shadows make use of this).....(free).....

XP Codec Pack is one of the most completed codec packs which helps you to play all major audio and video formats. And... to enjoy your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one, simple integrated player that plays almost all audio and video files: Media Player Classic.....(free).....

An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line.....(free).....

Make every application use an XP-type interface in XP, even pre-XP ones.....(free).....

Optimize your Windows XP in just seconds. Increases speed of browsing of files via explorer. Better overall performance of your XP system. Better performance of IE explorer and other applications. Speeds up the Booting process of your XP. Decreases time to shut down and restart your system. Applications load significant faster. Automatic Restore function.....(free).....

Walks you through the full format and install method of setting up Windows XP Home or Pro on your system. Discusses what options to pick and which ones not to pick, and all of the essential optimization tips once Windows XP has been loaded on your system.....(free).....

This pack is designed to bring a Windows XP CD with SP2 integrated fully up to date with all of the latest hotfixes released by Microsoft since SP2's release. It accomplishes this task via direct integration, where files on the CD are directly overwritten by the updated files. This method has numerous advantages over other integration techniques.....(free).....

Many simple activities in Windows XP involve opening too many menus. XP Shortcuts is a collection of shortcuts allowing you to perform shutdown, restart, and standby with just one mouse click. Also, the collection includes shortcuts for faster disk defragmenting and error-checking.....(free).....

Windows Support Tools for Microsoft Windows XP, intended for use by Microsoft support personnel and experienced users to assist in diagnosing and resolving computer problems.....(free).....

XP TCP/IP Repair is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for commands in Windows XP? that repair your TCP/IP registry settings and your Winsock LSP's. Instead of having trying to remember long confusing command line commands you can now just click a button. What is an LSP? Layered Service Providers (LSP) are small pieces of software that can be added or inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler by other software. Data outward bound from your computer to a legitimate destination on the Internet can be intercepted by an LSP and sent somewhere other than where you intend it to go. Thanks to our friends at

According to the author, "No doubt you are surprised at how fast Windows XP boots up compared with other Microsoft operating systems. I certainly am, every time I start up the PC. This bootup time is something that everyone is becoming more concerned about as the need for PC speed becomes increasingly more important. Despite the relatively fast speed of Windows XP bootup time, this chapter will guide you through the steps of making the system boot up even faster. The changes discussed here should enable you to realize your bootup speed dreams.Your friends will then no doubt be impressed by your PC's superfast operation".....(free).....

XPize is a GUI enhancer that replaces most of the non-XP icons, avis and bmps that Microsoft has always overlooked. It also includes some extras and a reloader, which you can use after visiting Windows Update .....(free).....

Explorer add-on operates from the taskbar to launch the Windows Explorer like you want it.....(free).....

XTail is a real-time Windows file viewer modeled after the UNIX tail command with the ability to show any file's changing contents.....(free).....

A New Way of Cloning the Windows System Disk. Freeware Package for personal use only.....(free).....

Longstanding alternative music player with a skinnable interface. "XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / AIFF / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via plugins. When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM format was supported, hence the name 'XMPlay'."

Provides application specific mouse button mappings, which means one application can use the mouse differently from another. This is useful for games which do not inherently support the extended mouse buttons, because you can map keys to each button. Thanks to How-To Geek

XP SysPad is a Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information and Windows system utilities, such as the individual control panel applets, as well as putting the “hidden” applications in Windows at your fingertips. XP Syspad also recovers lost Windows & MS-Office product keys. With XP SysPad, you can easily access hundreds of Windows operating system utilities and system monitoring information. You can also recover your Windows 2000/XP product key, get your IP address, execute web queries, monitor any running system process, launch any program, search files, and more. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. XP SysPad has well over 250 functions in all!

The only open source hypervisor, now available as a live CD

In XML text and attribute values, we need to escape ASCII characters like the angle brackets, semicolon, single quote, double quotes. XML Escape Tool can escape or unescape XML characters easily and quickly

XpAssociate is a small little tool for munging the XP registry so that the correct app actually starts when you open a file. In otherv words, it helps you associate files with the correct app

xpize is a utility program for Windows XP (32-bit only) and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit only) that replaces most of the bits in Windows that didn't match XP's style with bits that do. xpize does not replace any files, system or otherwise. Instead it "patches" the files by replacing the old resources inside the files

Freeware parallel audio converter with full Unicode support : M4A to WMA, M4A to OGG, M4A to WAV, M4A to FLAC, M4A to APE, M4A to AAC, M4A to ALAC (M4A), M4A to Wavpack, M4B to WMA, M4B to OGG, M4B to WAV, M4B to FLAC, M4B to APE, M4B to AAC, M4B to ALAC (M4A), M4B to Wavpack, MP3 to WMA, MP3 to OGG, MP3 to WAV, MP3 to FLAC, MP3 to APE, MP3 to AAC, MP3 to ALAC (M4A), MP3 to Wavpack, WMA to MP3, WMA to OGG, WMA to WAV, WMA to FLAC, WMA to APE, WMA to AAC, WMA to ALAC (M4A), WMA to Wavpack, OGG to MP3, OGG to WMA, OGG to WAV, OGG to FLAC, OGG to APE, OGG to AAC, OGG to ALAC (M4A), OGG to Wavpack, WAV to MP3, WAV to WMA, WAV to OGG, WAV to FLAC, WAV to APE, WAV to AAC, WAV to ALAC (M4A), WAV to Wavpack, FLAC to MP3, FLAC to WMA, FLAC to OGG, FLAC to WAV, FLAC to APE, FLAC to AAC, FLAC to ALAC (M4A), FLAC to Wavpack, APE to MP3, APE to WMA, APE to OGG, APE to WAV, APE to FLAC, APE to AAC, APE to ALAC (M4A), APE to Wavpack, MPC to MP3, MPC to WMA, MPC to OGG, MPC to WAV, MPC to FLAC, MPC to AAC, MPC to ALAC (M4A), MPC to Wavpack, RealAudio (ra,rm) to WMA, RealAudio (ra,rm) to OGG, RealAudio (ra,rm) to WAV, RealAudio (ra,rm) to FLAC, RealAudio (ra,rm) to APE, RealAudio (ra,rm) to AAC, RealAudio (ra,rm) to ALAC (M4A), RealAudio (ra,rm) to Wavpack, Wavpack to MP3, Wavpack to WMA, Wavpack to OGG, Wavpack to WAV, Wavpack to FLAC, WavPack to AAC, WavPack to ALAC (M4A), Wavpack to APE, DTS to FLAC, DTS to WAV, DTS to OGG, Big WAV, FLAC, APE, WMA, WavPack files to small ones using CUE file, and more. Can also extract audio from video files (avi, flv, mov etc.)

According to the site, "Xtravo Explorer is Fast than Any Other Browser to date. Not that we are saying it just to attract but Stating a Fact like never before. Xtravo Explorer opens All heavy websites in 10 seconds when using DSL128/kbps and a Dial up connection. Now, Imagine it's speed if you use a Better Connection than this

The Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, PowerPC, and other CPU architectures. It supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems

There are times when Windows XP becomes so corrupted it won't run correctly or won’t start at all and it seems that the only solution is to format and reinstall losing all data and programs. But doing so isn’t always necessary as there is a way to perform a repair install without losing any data. One of the best kept secrets of Windows XP is it's built in repair feature. This is a step by step manual making it possible for anyone to repair their installation

eXtra Buttons is a freeware software that provides additional buttons placed in the caption of all windows. Extends standard OS functionality and looks like standard system buttons. Gives you up to 10 assorted configurable buttons to keep the desktop and windows organised.

xVideoServiceThief (a.k.a xVST) is a tool for downloading your favorite video clips from a lot of video websites (currently supports 93 websites and increasing!).

xShredder for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 protect your privacy! With xShredder you can destroy your sensitive files.

XWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It is light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very smooth animations.