***TheRiver & TaiPan's Free Software Thread***

[TheRiver]

OpenOffice.org 2.2:

OpenOffice.org 2 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Download Links:

get your localized version:
http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#de
get installation-CD´s:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/c...dex.html#cdrom
download installation-CD-images:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/c...o_downoad.html

Website:

http://www.openoffice.org/

[toolz]

Great work.....and a great idea! Awesome thread! Thanks guys!

[TaiPan]

paint.net

Version: 3.10

Photo Editing Software

About:
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.
The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality. The source code is available under the terms of the MIT License.

Languages:
English, Chinese (Simplified),
French, German, Italian,
Korean, Japanese,
Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish

System Requirements:

Windows XP (SP2 or later),
or Windows Vista,
or Windows Server (2003 SP1 or later)
-.NET Framework 2.0
-500 MHz processor (Recommended: 800 MHz or faster)
-256 MB of RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more)
-1024 x 768 screen resolution
-200+ MB hard drive space
-64-bit support requires a 64-bit CPU that is running a 64-bit version of Windows, and an additional 128 MB of RAM

Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/13107304...t.NET.3.35.zip

Website:

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Plugins:

There are a number of plugins that have been made available, and that may be downloaded on our forum. These plugins add new effects and the ability to handle new file types.
You may browse and download the plugins here.

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=16

[TaiPan]

VSO Image Resizer

With this free resize image software, you can create e-mail friendly versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format, edit large numbers of image files/batch image resize and thus save space on your hard drive. Using high resolution 1600x1200 for creating wallpaper or file-sharing you can save your memory. VSO Image Resizer can also change file names using a template and you can add your own watermark with transparency support.
VSO Image resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start working on your pictures !

Key Features:
-new v2 : new engine, 2x faster, support multi-core CPU
-new v2 : works on file, folder and subfolders
-Configurable compression/resolution ratio
-Support file formats: Jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff etc
-Support Digital Camera RAW formats: Canon .CR2, Nikon .NEF , .MRW Minolta
-Customizable templates for renaming files : Iphone wallpaper, PAL , NTSC, Ipod etc..
-Webmaster tool : Add your logo or watermark file
-Reduce photos size, perfect for web publishing/share photos by email
-Integrate in windows explorer or works as a stand-alone application
-Import directly from your memory cards
-Save history of destination folder
-Variable options and settings for advanced users
-Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/13108346...zer2_setup.exe

Website:

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

[fairprice2008]

i might try VSO Image Resizer. never heard of it. thanks taipan

[TheRiver]

xnview 1.93.6:

XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files.
Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats

Download Links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/131117093/XnView-win.exe (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista)
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g...ndownload.html (other OS, plugins, localized versions etc.)


Website:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html

[Ronsonol]

Excellent idea for a thread, thanks for all your work

[Insomniac]

Most useful thread I've seen on phun. You guys rule.

[cayne]

Cool thread.

AVG Antivir totally rocks. I never had a single problem with Virus/Malware since I installed it. And it doesn't cost a thing...like J.Lo would say!

[TheRiver]

HijackThis:

A general homepage hijackers detector and remover. It is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs/URLs, just the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites.
As a result, false positives are imminent, and unless you are sure what you're doing, you should always consult with knowledgable folks before deleting anything.

Download Links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/131182803/HiJackThis.exe
tutorial: http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.php

Website:

http://www.merijn.org

there are a lot of sites available where people exchange tips and solutions, but you can also post your logfile here.

[TheRiver]

Spybot-S&D 1.6:

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.

Download Links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/131189196/spybotsd160.exe

Website:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

[TheRiver]

BartPE:

Bart's Preinstalled Environment bootable live windows CD/DVD

It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!

Website / Download Link:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder

a little pc-knowledge can´t hurt, but this is a damn nice tool to make a boot-cd with a "running" windows.

[TaiPan]

7ZIP

Version 4.58 beta

File Archiver

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip:

High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression.

Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 69 languages

7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.

Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/131304869/7z458.exe

857 KB

Website:

http://www.7-zip.org/

[TheRiver]

HJSplit 2.3:

Very nice looking freeware file splitter. It splits files of any type and size. Does not need to be installed. Just click on hjsplit.exe and the program starts.
This program can even handle files which are larger than 10Gb!

Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/131309631/hjsplit.zip (Windows XP, Vista, 2000, NT, 98, 95, ME)
versions for other OS (linux, MAC, amiga...) available.


Website:

http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/

[TheRiver]

F-Secure BlackLight:

F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology detects objects that are hidden from users and security tools and offers the user an option to remove them. The main purpose is to fight rootkits and all kinds of malware that use rootkits. The F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology works by examining the system at a deep level. This enables BlackLight to detect objects that are hidden from the user and security software.

what are rootkits? http://www.f-secure.co.uk/blacklight/rootkit.html

Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/131310742/fsbl.exe

Website:

http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/blacklight.html

online Health-Check: http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home...ces/fshc.shtml