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[GeddichNixan]

Download still available at 8:30 am (GMT+1, DST) on May 25th. Either the time limit has been extended, or these are the longest three days of my life.

[donald]

GeddichNixan You stated

It works portably (I tried it)

Do you mean settings are not sent to the registry? Or do you mean portable as in it will work from a flash-drive?

Thanks

[GeddichNixan]

I mean it in the simplest and least sophisticated way:

I installed it into a sandbox, copied the app folder to another location and ran it. It worked. I have no idea where it's settings go.

That was what I meant as I wrote: "...but I did not test whether it is stealth (or better: to what extent is it stealth)."

Greetings

[guinness]

(or better: to what extent is it stealth)

When the application doesn't write outside of it's Application Folder e.g. %APPDATA%, Registry or %WINDIR% So if the developer stores the applications configuration in %APPDATA%\APPNAME then this is not stealth.
Of course when testing an application, it will generate standard registry keys, but this is down to the Windows OS storing recently open files etc. something which is beyond the control of any Portable Freeware developer.

[Hydaral]

It reads the registry a whole lot (~200,000 times) and creates some keys and values, but these seem to be tests to see that it can write to the registry, they are immediately deleted.

It does some reading and writing of paths in some keys that I have noticed in a couple of apps (similar to this: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... 028#p23028), but they can be ignored.

It also writes some temp files and does a write permission test in %systemroot%, this file is deleted too though.

So by my reckoning, it's portable.

[GeddichNixan]

Thanks a lot Hydaral.

[joby_toss]

USBCrypt

• June 3, 2010
  
  USBCrypt is a powerful software encryption utility that you can use to password-protect your USB and other removable and fixed drives with strong AES encryption. The encrypted drives can be used with other computers that do not have USBCrypt software installed.
  
  USBCrypt can protect any USB, flash, or thumb drive supported by Windows. The protected drives can be used to store any kind of files and documents: texts, spreadsheets, financial files, videos, MP3s, etc. The option to create a “spare key” file, to be used in case you forget your password, is also available.

[GeddichNixan]

USBCrypt
The encrypted drives can be used with other computers that do not have USBCrypt software installed.

Does this mean "no admin rights required"? As far as I know many encription apps work on computers on which they are not installed but instead of being installed on the those computers they require admin rights in order to be able to run some services for the on the fly encription.

[donald]

http://www.winability.info/

administrator rights required to start USBCrypt off the encrypted drive

[GeddichNixan]

Thanks donald. I didn't check their website, but I supposed it would need admin rights. In that case it has roughly the same features as TrueCrypt or similar apps have. Right?

[Napiophelios]

[joby_toss]

Astroburn Pro

June 25, 2010

• Handy tool for burning and mastering CD, DVD and Blu-ray media. Perform burning, copying, erasing operations with all types of optical storage media.
  
  Easily grab original discs to create image files and save them on your hard drive or compile disc images with data or audio projects. Create CDs and DVDs with just a few mouse clicks. It’s easy to learn and to use.

Key features:

• Burn CD, DVD, Blu-ray media
  Burn multisession discs
  Burn image files
  Burn custom files
  Verify burning process
  Select burning speed
  Compose audio projects (MP3, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC formats are supported) using an additional feature: listen before start burning
  Burn audio disc in DAO mode: CD text and custom tracks pauses are supported
  Quick discs erasing
  Full discs erasing
  Make *.mdx, *.mds, *.iso disc image files. Create *.ape audio images from Audio CDs
  Build and save *.mdx, *.mds, *.iso images
  Master bootable discs or images
  Import data from image files
  Master and save your own data projects
  Select a file system for your disc: ISO9660, ISO9660+Joilet, UDF, Audio CD
  Make disc copies with "on the fly" option (several devices support)
  View device and media information
  Customize layout of your program
  Console burning application: AstroburnCmd.exe
  Select language for program interface

Again: check your Temp folder (for one specific hidden file) right after you start the setup!

Nice software; not portable though!

[GeddichNixan]

"jv16 PowerTools 2010" is available for download. The licence file of the GiveAway version from Chip Magazine works with this version too.

For information and download check:

http://www.macecraft.com/download/jv16powertools2010/

[I am Baas]

Thanks for the heads up, GeddichNixan.

[GeddichNixan]

My pleasure. Glad when I can help.