Useful Software Tools

 url:  https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by  GNU General Public License . Based on the powerful editing component  Scintilla , Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

Sysinternals Suite - Windows troubleshooting tools  url:  sysinternals-suite

 (I used this with dell desktop machines, didn't work well with HP ZBook laptops) (from Speedfan site) SpeedFan is a program that monitors  voltages ,  fan speeds  and  temperatures  in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access  S.M.A.R.T.  info and show  hard disk temperatures . SpeedFan supports  SCSI  disks too. SpeedFan can even change the FSB on some hardware (but this should be considered a bonus feature). SpeedFan can access  digital temperature sensors  and can  change fan speeds  accordingly, thus reducing noise. SpeedFan works fine with Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2008, Windows 8,  Windows 10  and  Windows Server 2012 . It works with Windows 64 bit too. URL:  https://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

 url:  https://www.audacityteam.org/ To convert MP3 In Windows, rquires the following: https://lame.buanzo.org/ LAME is a library that allows some programs to encode MP3 files. LAME is free, but in some countries you may need to pay a license fee in order to legally encode MP3 files. Audacity is a free and open source Audio Editor which allows you to transform ogg to mp3, transform mp3 to ogg, transform vinyls to mp3 or ogg, do any kind of home recording, remove noise, etc. Is WONDERFUL. I have used it to record and mix some of my bands songs. Feel free to check out  this page  to download some songs. To use LAME (or FFmpeg) with Audacity, you can put it anywhere you want, but the first time you want to export an MP3 file, Audacity will ask you for the location of this file, so you will want to remember where you put it. (from ) TO DOWNLOAD Lame and FFmpeg for Windows, click links BELOW: The Audacity(r) QA Team suggests users download the ZIP version instead of the ....

url: https://getgreenshot.org/ Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows with the following key features: Quickly create screenshots of a selected region, window or fullscreen; you can even capture complete (scrolling) web pages from Internet Explorer. Easily annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of the screenshot. Export the screenshot in various ways: save to file, send to printer, copy to clipboard, attach to e-mail, send Office programs or upload to photo sites like Flickr or Picasa, and others. ...and a lot more options simplyfying creation of and work with screenshots every day. Being easy to understand and configurable, Greenshot is an efficient tool for project managers, software developers, technical writers, testers and anyone else creating screenshots.

url: https://mremoteng.org/

URL: https://parkdale.en.lo4d.com/windows

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can store all your passwords in one database URL: https://keepass.info/

Save monitor configurations of Windows 7 or 10 and easily switch between them with a click in a popup menu of your taskbar. The tool is designed for users with two or more monitors who in certain situations would like to quickly change their monitor setup (e.g. enable/disable a TV which is attached to the HDMI port, make an attached TV the primary display to remove tearing switch which monitor is on the left/right...). Along the monitor state and setup the resolution is also saved and restored. The program works by saving a current monitor setup as configured using the windows control panel to an xml file. Once saved the configuration can be quickly restored at any time. Requires .NET 4.0 Framework to be installed. The program is quite simple and in an early development stage. It is provided without any warranty. If you accidentally disable all your monitors boot into safe mode to fix the problem. If you like the program say thanks by clicking the Donation link in the menu! URL: h...

Database Browser for Sqlite Urls: https://sqlitebrowser.org/ https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser

URL: https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc/releases NBFC is a cross-platform fan control service for notebooks. It comes with a powerful configuration system, which allows to adjust it to many different notebook models.

NoMachine - Free Remote Desktop For Everybody Free within a local network. URL: https://www.nomachine.com/

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HandBrake - The open source video transcoder URL: https://handbrake.fr/

File/folders - FastCopy is the Fastest Copy/Backup Software on Windows URL: https://fastcopy.jp/

Use this for DRC software. Version NSIS 3.08 URL: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page

Macrium Reflect 8 free backup, free cloning, or free disk imaging software URL: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree Tested this software on Windows 10 workstations and sucessfully cloned running workstation to HDD in USB bay and was able to reboot the machine from the USB boay.

The Nero Cover Designer has templates that enable the creation of a wide variety of labels and covers. It is especially good because it does all of the margin math/measurement calculations for you. You are able to place a piece of A4 paper in your printer and the program works out how many will fit on the page and how large the labels will be. URL: https://nero-coverdesigner.en.softonic.com/

Venis IX is a freeware, full featured NSIS script editor. URL: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Venis_IX

Create bootable USB drives from ISO images. URL: https://rufus.ie/en/