- Captain Tray Pro 5.1, Undoubtedly Useful. — Personally I use it. I like to have my things well arranged and each in the right place. This software allows me to organize windows on my desktop. It looks like my favorite two-panel file-managers, Total Commander and Frigate. In fact, moving a window from the taskbar to a tray and vice versa is as simple as moving a file between panels. Of course, any application can be moved…
- Weather Alarm Clock 1.2. Whatever-In-Tray — The Windows «system notifications area», a.k.a. «system tray», was eventually designed to be a uniform place for helpful information. However, in fact, it’s not very useful now; only a couple of colorful icons not related to the system make it look pretty. There is only one really useful thing in the tray; namely, the clock, you know. But can you twist any use from the tray clock besides just showing clock…
- World Time Clock 2.8, Clock for World Citizen — In today's world, interweaved with digital communications and accustomed to freelance work, for many of us there is a vital requirement to "feel the time". It stands for always understanding "what time is it now" for all of your friends, coworkers and interlocutors all over the world, in different countries, cities and time zones. It also stands for flexible planning of your actions and reminders in time zone-aware manner (for example, "call Jim, at 10 AM his time"). World Time Clock is a simple…
- Alarm++ 7.05, Regularly Organized — Alarm++ is a smart solution capable of reminding you to do something or even do something on its own. Speaking in technical words, it’s a hybrid of a scheduler and reminder; speaking in human words, it’s a way to organize all your regular or upcoming events at once. The heart of Alarm++’s functionality consists of two rather simple things: When To Do and What…
- XP Tools 7.76, Rule Over Your Windows! — When you’re trying to enchance and control your Windows, you have many options and utilities. The two most common extremes are «one utility for each single function» and «a suite for all service tasks». XP Tools software follows the second approach, and I should say it does the best in the logical organization and effective control. Let’s take a short guide through XP Tools and its usage patterns. The program…
- Mines XP — There are games that were once created to stay for long. They do not demonstrate mind-numbing graphics, feature amazing soundtracks and cutting-edge in-game technologies that modern entertainment titles have to offer. On the contrary, they are simple, compact, have a rather straightforward «storyline» and are primarily intended for testing your skills and entertaining you during short breaks in your mundane activities. These are casual games, which have…
- Clock Screen Saver — Although screensavers are mostly used for decorative and entertainment purposes these days, there are some of them that can really help you do your work better and faster. If you are tired of looking at the same old screensaver all day long, make it work for you and do something useful — for instance, show current time on your screen during idle times. If that is something that you would like to do, check out Clock Screen…
- Local Account Manager - comprehensive access rights management in Windows XP Home — Windows XP Home is a great operating system that offers everything necessary for a typical home computer for a price any household can afford. However, it lacks some of the more advanced features found in the Professional edition — and the ability to manage users’ access rights and permissions tops this «wanted» list. If you would like to stay with the Home edition and yet be able to efficiently manage…
- AlphaXP - all you need to have full control over transparency in Windows XP — Transparency is one of the coolest features that Windows Vista can boast. It creates the eye-candy effect that so many users expect to see in a next-gen OS, but, unfortunately, does not have much practical value. Although you can see through window elements, the underlying objects are blurred and the content of the window is not transparent at all — so, for instance, you cannot fill out a form by simply looking…
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