TIPS
UTILITIES 3
Partitioning
Description:
It's just like the powerful partition magic but free. Just extract the .iso file to a cd and boot from it. GPARTED stands for Gnome Partition Editor and is popular for many linux users. It gives support for many different file systems and is quick and small. Highly recommended.
NOTE: Documentation is not included, I recommend you read it and even get a copy from here
Description:
This program is a partition manager that runs from your operating system.
Features include resize, move and copy partitions, copy disks, create, delete and format partitions, hide and unhide partitions and changing drive letters. It's easy to use, has a nice interface and works fine. NOTE: Does not support 64bit machines
Directories
Description:
Easily save or print out directories of files that are on your computer. Information can include the file's size, date and time of last modification etc.... You can also sort the list of files by name, size, date created, save the format of the list to txt, html, csv and more.
A small non-installable file that works fast. Very nice
Description:
Allows you to copy directory structures without copying the files.
Features include a command line interface and a sub directory calculator.
Small, portable, fast, free and very handy
Hotkeys
Description:
Ever wanted to assign hotkeys to run programs, listen to music, adjust volume etc... Well HOEKEY is for you. It's a very small program that takes up only 180k in resources and is run by a configurable .ini file. It comes with good doc's and is fairly easy to use. Definitely a keeper, enjoy
Description:
A scipting utility that allows you to remap keys and buttons, and make almost any key, joystick button, mouse button, or combination into a hotkey.
Features include, creating your own stand-alone EXE files that can be run on any computer, graphical interfaces, backwards compatibility with Autoit V2, macro recorder and more.
It also comes with detailed documentation, which is very helpful.
I'm sure, many technicians would use this daily on their client's computers
File Splitters
Description:
A free and powerful file splitter that lets you split your large files into a set of smaller files. It then creates a self-uniting program that automatically restores the original file without any uniting tool! Finally it includes advanced features for easily and safely splitting your files. (Authors description, slightly modified)
Renaming
Description:
A utility that renames 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. It will add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease, rename via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JFIF and EXIF tags. It also has a handy auto preview so you can see what you are about to do and operations can be saved as scripts, so they can easily be reused whenever you need them.
A powerful tool that will assist all users in their everyday tasks.
It's small, fast and requires no install. (Taken from authors description and slightly modified)
Shell Extension Managers
Description:
Allows you to setup which folders you would like to open from right clicking your mouse.
Features include managing entries, importing and exporting and sorting from A -Z.
A nice and small application that will save you time
Description:
When you install some programs, they don't tell you that they are also installing shell extension components. Basically these are the options that come up when you right click a file or folder on your system. Now you can control which ones you want enabled or removed. Clean up the clutter
Virtual Drive Creators
Description:
Allows you to create and manage CD/DVD images on your hard drive.
Easily access your favorite games, music or software programs without having to have the disc in your CD/DVD ROM
Command Line Launchers
