USB Image Tool is a cool application for users to backup entire content of USB drive. It is built using .NET Framework 2.0.
It is necessary for us to backup our USB drive frequently, especially if you have a huge capacity’s USB drive, or you store important information on it. With USB Image Tool, you can easily backup or restore the entire USB drive.
Simply open the application and plugin your USB drive. The application will automatic search for available drive. After that, press Backup to save the content into an image file, or press Restore to restore the image to yourUSB drive.
This is a handy application, as it may take longer time if we do our backup manually. Furthermore, this application will just create a single file, which is easier to manage.
Summary of features:
- Create image files of USB drives
- Restore images of USB drives
- Compressed image file format (take longer time).
- Show USB device information
- Manage favorite USB images
To use this application, you need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
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Posted by Dickey on Jun 30th, 08 | Filed under
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NextAction is an application which helps you to “Getting Things Done”. It will always stays on the top of other applications so that you won’t forget your tasks.
This small application let you to record any tasks that you want to do and it will automatic saves them into your computer. You can right-click the individual task and marks them as “Done” or “Next“. The “Next” action will always on top, while the “Done” Action will be pushed to the bottom.
It is a simple reminder tool to help users to remember tasks for short term. There are a lot of options which you can modify. For example, under the “Appearance“, you can change the Font type, text and background color, transparency, and also text alignment.
There is an interesting feature – “Jump out of the way”, if NextAction is covering up a part of the screen you need to see, just move your mouse over it and it will move to the next corner of your screen. There are a lot of cool features which need you to explore yourself.
The application is a standalone application, but it required .NET Framework 2.0 to run. Your tasks will be saved in “C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\NextAction”. So, if you want to run it as portable application, make sure you copy the files under that folder too.
Note: For Vista users, the application files are stored at “C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\NextAction”. You can always view the applications files thrpugh Right click -> Behavior -> Explore NextAction Folder.
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Posted by Dickey on Jun 10th, 08 | Filed under
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IsMyLcdOK is a small program but effective solution to easily check for dead/paralyzed/stuck pixels on LCD monitors.
Basically, this application test 8 different colors, horizontal and vertical lines on your LCD. During the test, you can search for any dead/paralyzed/stuck pixels.
This is a portble and free tool and you can bring along this application when you want to buy a new LCD. This can make sure the LCD doesn’t has any dead pixels.
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Posted by Dickey on May 10th, 08 | Filed under
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Unhider is a freeware which can hide or show any window on your desktop, which is very useful especially when you want to hide something from your boss.
You can run this application immediately after download, no installation required. By using unhider, you can
- Unhide any windows which is minimized and hidden after system crashed.
- View all windows that hidden from you.
- Hide any windows that can’t be hidden by standard method.
- Hide any web page/games from your boss in office.
One thing that this application lack is shortcut keys. It would be a great application if we can define our own shortcut keys to hide/show any windows when necessary.
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Posted by Dickey on Apr 29th, 08 | Filed under
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Jedi Window Dock let user to dock any numbers of windows inside a tabbed window, so that these windows don’t take up your taskbar space.
Almost all modern browsers will have tab feature, so that user can open different website at one time. But, what happen if you want your windows applications open in different tabs?
Jedi Window Dock is a handy application which will help you on this. This is a portable application, and you can create different dock windows for different group of applications. For example, you can create a dock window for your IM conversations and another dock windows for your Word documents.
After you launch the application, you can start add any opened windows to the tabs. Remember to press the Refresh Window List after you open new program/window so that the application can get the latest opened windows.
You can switch to other tab by press Ctrl + tab button. This application doesn’t consume much memory and works fine with most of the applications.
Note: You need .NET Framework 2.0 to run this application.
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Posted by Dickey on Apr 17th, 08 | Filed under
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System Information for Windows is a handy application which can retrieve information from your system. One of the example usage is to retrieve products’ serial number.
By using System Information for Windows (SIW), you can retrieve information for hardware, software, and also network from your PC. The most interesting feature is that you can retrieve all serial numbers in your computer.
After launch the application, choose License, and your computer’s serial numbers will appear. If you register your product, you can export all serial numbers to either CSV, HTML, XML, or TXT format. SIW is a portable application. You can copy the exe file and bring it along with your USB flash drive.
This application is very useful for people who like to backup the serial numbers before format their PC. You can try the other features if you like to.
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Posted by Dickey on Apr 16th, 08 | Filed under
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FLV Extract is a light application which able to extract contents from flv files. User can extract movie, music and text from the source flv.
FLV extract able to extract the original contents from flv source, and keep the original quality. Music files will be saved in mp3 format while movie files will be saved in avi format (support H.263/FLV1 and VP6/VP6F).
To use FLV extract, simply drag the flv file and drop it, FLV extract will automatically extract the contents.
Before you drop the flv file, you can uncheck/check the video, timecodes, and audio so that you only extract contents that you interested.
This application require .NET framework 2.0 to run. The source codes for FLV Extract are included in the zip file.
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Posted by Dickey on Apr 6th, 08 | Filed under
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Firefox 3 beta 5 was released few days ago and now you can download the portable edition to try out the new features.
Mozilla developers are trying their best to come out the most stable version of Firefox 3 and currently the latest version of Firefox is Firefox 3 beta 5. However, many people are not willing to install the beta version, as some of the Firefox 2 plugin still can’t support Firefox 3.
Luckily, the Portableapps group had come out the portable edition of Firefox 3 beta 5. This is a good news for people who want to experience the new features of beta 5 without modify the settings of Firefox 2.
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Posted by Dickey on Mar 21st, 08 | Filed under
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System explorer is an application which contains a lot of useful features to replace the Windows Task Manager. It is a free and all-in-one application.
The normal Windows Task Manager comes with only a few features such as Applications, Process, Performance, and Networking. Sometimes, you need to download extra tools to get more informations about your system. So, why not try System Explorer, an all-in-one application for system monitoring purpose.
There are a lot of extra features such as suspicious files check, easy file details search through online database, easy access to System Utilities, and much more.
There are 3 main tabs: Monitoring, System, and Tools. The System tab enable users to perform tasks such as add/delete entry for Startup, uninstall applications, and explore the windows services. The Tools tab let users to easily create snapshots for easy finding of system changes.
Users can carry this application with their USB drive, as it is a portable application. System Explorer support multiple languages such as English, Espanol, Deutsch, Portuguese, and Japanese.
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Posted by Dickey on Jan 27th, 08 | Filed under
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Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! is a portable application which can fix a lot of problems relating to your taskbar, notification area, and the quick launch bar.
Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! able to fix a lot of problems, including taskbar missing, minimized programs missing, show missing icons in notification area, restore show desktop icon in quick launch area, and etc. Basically, this program is a collection of registry files or VB script which can modify your windows registry. You can go to the website and look for the VB script for certain features.
When you choose to fix any problems or change the settings on your system, you can always look at the description before click the repair button. After you fix or change the settings, you may need to restart your system. This application is only for Windows XP, as Windows Vista will have different registry settings with XP.
Although this application is free, but you need to purchase a license if you want to use all features.
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