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HTTPNetworkSniffer is a packet sniffer tool that captures all requests/responses sent between the Web browser and the Web server and displays them in a simple table. For every HTTP request, the following information is displayed: Host Name, HTTP method (GET, POST, HEAD), URL Path, User Agent, Response Code, Response String, Content Type, Referer, Content Encoding, Transfer Encoding, Server Name, Content Length, Cookie String and more...

You can easily select one or more HTTP information lines, and then export them to text/html/xml/csv file or copy them to the clipboard and then paste them into Excel.

SpaceSniffer is a graphical disk use analysis software with available filtering. It can break down display into individual folders and files. Uses a special "Treemap" to display disk use (a concept invented by Prof. Ben Shneiderman).

A page of tips and tricks for use is available.

Portable Update helps machines run system updates from Microsoft. The program works to download updates independently for later installation, increasing stability and overall security.

This is useful in many circumstances including:

• A slow or absent network connection due to location, inability to connect to proxy, or security concerns
• Planning ahead to quickly update a new / freshly formatted computer
• Provide greater control over the update process

Version note: This program has not been updated since 2016 and may contain security vulnerabilities. Please see this entry for the latest version of Opera.

Opera (Presto) is a discontinued version of the Opera web browser, meaning feature development and maintenance for this version of Opera has ceased. Compared to the newer version based on Google Chrome, it features a leaner memory footprint, more user-interface customization, an RSS reader, integrated e-mail client, IRC chat, and native BitTorrent support. A variety of extensions are available to further extend functionality.

Alternative Portable versions:

• Opera, Portable Edition (Legacy 12.x) (PortableApps.com Format, portablizes paths/registry, portable Java support)
• Opera@USB - (Opera in a ZIP file and a few custom tweaks.)

URL Snooper helps users locate the URLs of audio and video files inside a web page so that they can be recorded. With it, you can find find a variety of URLs including streaming media by watching network traffic and identifying potential sources.

Note: the portability status of this program is under review.

AltDrag is a lightweight program for moving and resizing windows. Simply hold down the Alt key and then click and drag any window near the sides of your screen to see available resize options. Besides just moving windows, you can resize, maximize and close them too.

See the website About page for usage tips.

Supports 64-bit systems.

Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination) allows you to build profiles that can launch or close programs and services. Supports drag-and-drop, hotkeys, process priority, and includes the ability to open specific files, folders, URLs, and even other Splat profiles. The program can aggressively close (kill) applications that may not shut down normally or add delays of time, CPU usage, or whether the previous program has closed yet.

Great for a computer startup sequence that won't slow down your computer or for switching between different separate program groups (such switching from a view all your financial programs, data, and files to all your photo/video editing tools)

SMath Studio is a freeware WYSIWYG mathematical notebook program similar to Mathcad. It's able to solve differential equations, graphing with manipulation, matrices, symbolic mathematics, numerical calculations, system of equations, and support programming. Furthermore it's extendable with plugins, support user defined functions, and has built-in support for units.

Examples of problems solved with this program in engineering, mathematics, and financial.

Disk Investigator displays the true drive contents by bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors. You can view and search raw directories, files, clusters, and system sectors, verify the effectiveness of file and disk wiping programs, and undelete previously deleted files.

Functional on 64-bit systems.