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FREE UTILITIES #2 (E to Z)

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Download links to excellent free utilities

Part 2 (here) covers utilities E to Z
Part 1 (back) covers General and A to D

FREE UTILITIES

Graphics

(HTML creation)
• ColorHexer Free
       A visual utility for Web page authors to derive hex values
       for background, text, and links

• ImageSize Free 14KB
       Explorer add-on gives an extra page in Properties for
       graphic files - image size, colors, and compression ratio

• Reptile Free 1.3MB v4.0
       Create you own Web Page backgrounds.

• SmartDraw Free 1.8MB v.4.0
       Create all sorts of drawings or images
       Version 4.0 is currently available FREE.

Hard Disk

• Cacheman Free 136KB
VCache manager for improved performance

• SwapMon Free 1.4MB
Swapfile and VCache manager; excellent

Internet & Modem

• Catchup 786KB
       Like Oil Change it protect against broken downloads

• CacheSentry Free 93KB
       Fixes browser cache bug in IE4.x, IE5, Win98

• CuteFTP Free 825KB
       Free Download or Upload using FTP protocol

• FindMTU Free 168KB
       Little utility to find the MTU used at a location

• Hyperterminal PE Free 504KB
       Private Edition is superior to MS's own Hyperterminal

• ICQ Free
       Chat, swap files, multimedia player

• GetRight Free 921KB
       Easily resume disconnected downloads; others

• Go!Zilla Free
       Automatically reconnect to complete a download
       and optionally disconnect when complete.

• ModemUP 1.36MB
       Resets your modem to a higher setting making your 28.8
       or 33.6 modem as fast as 56k - but does it realy work?

• MTU-Speed Free 152KB
       Corrects modem MTU connection settings

• NetLightening Share 1.8MB
       Like MTUSpeed. Plus download 'enhancer'

• NetMedic 1MB
       Find and fix Net bottlenecks

• Oil Change
       Like Catchup it protects against broken downloads

• OnlineMeter Free
       Log your online time
       No home should be without this!

• PPPBoost Free 104KB
       Correct modem connection settings. Like MTUSpeed

• Site Snagger Free
       Download all, or part, of a Web site for off-line reading

• TJPing Free 269KB
       Ping, IP lookup/traceroute without having to use DOS

• TweakDUN Share
       Corrects modem MTU settings. Like MTUSpeed

• Download Manager 1MB
       Resume a broken connection and continue downloading

• WebTurbo Free
       Text preview of a Site's page. IE & Navigator
• WS_FTP Free 670KB
       Use FTP to download or upload

Modem

See I for Internet & Modem

Memory

• Cacheman Free 136KB
       VCache manager for improved performance

• FreeMemTool Free 156KB
       Free up extra usable memory. Diagnostic and optimiser

• TweakBIOS Free 134KB ADVANCED USERS
       Tweak memory settings for extra speed

Mouse

• CuteMouse Free 135KB
       Small (under 7KB) mouse drivers that support standard
       Microsoft, Mouse Systems, Logitech MouseMan and
       PS/2 protocols.

Registry

• RegSeeker free, 351 KB
       Searches Windows' Registry for unused entries.

• EasyCleaner Free, 1.27MB
       Searches Windows' Registry for unused entries.

• RegClean Free, 782KB
       Microsoft. Clean up the Registry (partially). Not for Win Me or XP.

• RegMaid, Free, 256 KB
       Microsoft, Cleans stray OLE entries out of the Registry

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