guinness's submissions (182)

Public DNS Server Tool v2.4

billon on 26 Oct 2018
  • 87KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2018
  • Suggested by guinness

Public DNS Server Tool is a small utility for easily changing the DNS server. Although there are many reasons to make this change, the program was created to help change your DNS to one of a variety of available public DNS servers. These frequently provide increased security, protection, and/or speed versus your ISP.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PublicDNS.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: QuickSetDNS
What's new?
  • Removed Norton ConnectSafe as it is discontinued.
  • Added many new servers.
  • Reduced memory usage further.
Latest comments
Ganamyde on 2014-03-18 06:52

...
if servers.ini is not found, then creates a default one
...

Didn't happen.

frease on 2014-03-19 23:17

Straight-forward but doesn't reset to original DNS. Still needs improvement.

Compared with this tool, I feel DNSJumper is more user-friendly and it also allows you to add custom DNS address, reset DNS address to original and test fastest DNS to use.

AndTheWolf on 2018-05-09 14:55

Now at version 2.3

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Speccy v1.32.740

billon on 10 Oct 2019
  • 15MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 May 2018
  • Suggested by guinness

Speccy is an advanced System Information tool for your PC including processor brand and model, hard drive size and speed, amount of memory (RAM), graphics card, operating system details and even system temperatures.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? No. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_CPUZ140
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract Speccy.exe or Speccy64.exe (for 64-bit OS), and optionally Lang directory to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a blank text file in the same folder, paste the following:

    #PORTABLE#

    and save it as portable.dat
  3. Launch Speccy.exe or Speccy64.exe
Similar/alternative apps: HWiNFO
What's new? See:
https://www.ccleaner.com/news/release-announcements
Latest comments
snibsnib on 2015-01-24 02:49

The current filesize is noted as 15KB, it should be closer to 14.3MB uncompressed

webfork on 2015-01-24 19:48

snibsnib: thanks, verified and updated entry

Checker on 2015-01-24 20:19

@ snibsnib: Sorry for my typo ... and corrected ;)

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Postpone Restart v5.0.0.0

Midas on 27 Apr 2018
  • 898KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Apr 2018
  • Suggested by guinness

Postpone Restart addresses common Windows annoyance: after installing official Microsoft updates, Windows will constantly prompt you to restart. Worse, in Vista and above, the updates are on a timer and, if you happen to be away when the timer runs out, the computer will automatically restart. Postpone Restart will automatically press the "Postpone" button for you, letting you avoid this headache.

To disable the postponing, simply exit the application.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch prestart.exe.
Latest comments
fullbug on 2014-03-21 23:41

Both the website and download link no longer works....

Midas on 2014-06-03 15:09

Website at http://apps.nozavi.com/ is reporting "Under maintenance", with no other content apart from download links...

webfork on 2018-04-21 18:33

Site back online, updated download link

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NetCon Manager v5.0.0.0

Midas on 27 Apr 2018
  • 425KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Mar 2018
  • Suggested by guinness

NetCon Manager is a simple network manager to set different network profiles according to location or preference. The program includes IP, Gateway, DNS, gateway, etc.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch NetCon.exe.

MultiHasher v2.8.2

billon on 23 Apr 2018
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Feb 2016
  • Suggested by guinness

MultiHasher is a drag-and-drop tool for creating and checking file hashes, useful for checking data integrity. The program will check files, folders and even text using a variety of methods with both pause and cancel options for large operations. The program can then compare digests to detect changes as well as query the result to the VirusTotal database. A search tool lets you quickly track down both files or specific hashes from long lists.

A recursive checking option (entire directory trees) is available in the options menu. The program can also use existing, standard hash files such as MHX, SFV, MD5Sum etc. to check integrity.

Supports 64-bit operating systems and available algorithms include from fastest to most secure: CRC32, MD5, RIPEMD-160, SHA 1, 256, 384 and 512. Can include one, some, or all algorithms available in testing.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the "No installer" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete MultiHasherShellEx.dll, MultiHasherShellEx64.dll, license.txt, Localization Kit.zip, Localization Kit changelog.txt and unnecessary localizations
  3. In the application folder, create an empty text file and rename it to User Preferences.json
  4. Launch MultiHasher.exe
Similar/alternative apps: RapidCRC Unicode
What's new?
  • Minor UI tweaks.
  • Fixed:
    • Critical bugs in most hash algorithms (introduced in v2.8) that could result in wrong hash values being calculated;
    • Minor bugs.
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bzl333 on 2014-04-04 19:53

it opens a browser for the VT results :(

PeStudio shows the results in its own GUI.

would be nice to have program like this that you enter a folder or partition of say all your portable apps and this program works slowly in the background at like 5% of CPU and checks all hashes against VT, option to upload those unknown, then stores to a small database and gives the option to recheck every so often against the hashes stored, etc. And option to select filetypes that dont need to be scanned. Would be a good security program.

Enternal on 2016-01-08 13:55

Two bugs to be aware of. The first bug is:
Make a new directory with some files in it. Drag the folder into MultiHasher and make MD5 hash calculations for all those files. Save the hash list in MultiHasher own hash format (mhx). Clear the list. Load the hash list. Drag the folder back into MultiHasher to "add" the folder. MultiHasher then hangs. Versions prior to 2.7.0.0 worked fine.

With 2.8.0.0+, a new major bug:
MultiHasher refuses to load mhx files that are over a certain size. From what I test so far, any mhx files that are larger than roughly 150 KB refuses to load when you drag and drop the mhx files into the MultiHasher window. Instead, MultiHasher will treat it as a regular file to be hashed rather than a list of hashes. If you tried to load the file manually (Ctrl+O), MultiHasher will do nothing for these files. Files that are less than 100 KB loads perfectly both ways.

Both bugs have been reported (1st bug about a year ago). However author never replied and even deleted the thread and my forum account. In other words, be aware of any potential new problems with new versions and always keep old versions.

These bugs does not occur if you use file formats other than their own mhx format.

Anyways, like Webfork, I now prefer RapidCRC Unicode over this. RapidCRC Unicode has been rock solid and all bugs that I have reported to the author were taken care of or were promptly responded to.

Napiophelios on 2018-05-09 20:39

seems like the website and download links are dead

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ErrorMsg v1.3

webfork on 29 Mar 2018
  • 61KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Sep 2010
  • Suggested by guinness

ErrorMsg lets you quickly look up Windows error codes, providing a more human explanation. The program is ideal for developers who work in a Windows environment and need insight into system issues.

NOTE: Site offline, linking to archive.org mirror.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ErrorMsg.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Error Lookup, Windows Error Lookup Tool
What's new?
  • Added version info to .exe file.
  • Recompiled to remove msvcr100.dll dependency.
  • Pressing F1 now shows "About" Box.
Latest comments
fang-face on 2018-03-28 15:51

website not available any more.

MIKLO on 2018-03-29 11:28

I was able to go to website with no trouble :) I'm curious if this ErrorMsg software will work in terms of telling what the problem is.
MIKLO

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Hooker Lite v3.4

billon on 18 Nov 2017
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Jun 2017
  • Suggested by guinness

Hooker is a lightweight keyboard spy program that watches a computer for input by another user. It includes a stealth mode, log encryption, capturing of clipboard changes and currently used process, log viewer and can send logs via email or upload to an FTP server. The "Lite" version has several limitations which include, program shows itself when started; stealth mode is deactivated when hot key is pressed (without password prompt).

Note: Although this program can be used for legitimate purposes, it will be seen as malware by many scanners.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package (Note: Downloadable archive is protected with a password "hooker" because they may be marked as dangerous objects by some anti-virus software, due to the nature of the application) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Hooker.exe.
What's new? See:
http://www.den4b.com/news
Latest comments
JohnW on 2010-05-25 15:58

Ironically Avast doesn't allow me to download this program.
By the nature of the application it couldn't really be described as a false positive!

joby_toss on 2010-05-25 16:18

A good AV will not let you run this kind of software unless you add it to the exclusion list.

Catapult on 2010-05-25 20:28

It's not the zip thats infected. The site itself tries to deploy a trojan horse!

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WirelessNetView v1.75

billon on 16 Oct 2018
  • 86KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Oct 2017
  • Suggested by guinness

WirelessNetView is a small utility that monitors the activity of wireless networks around you. The program runs in the background and displays SSID, Last Signal Quality, Average Signal Quality, Detection Counter, Authentication Algorithm, Cipher Algorithm, MAC Address, RSSI, Channel Frequency, Channel Number and more.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch WirelessNetView.exe
  3. Optionally, download oui.txt to the same folder to show the company name associated with the MAC address (e.g. Intel network devices always start with code 00A092)
Similar/alternative apps: WifiInfoView
What's new?
  • Added 'MAC Addresses List' option (Ctrl+F8), which allows you to create a list of MAC addresses and their description. The description specified in this list will be displayed under the 'Description' column. The MAC addresses list is saved in 'WirelessNetView_MAC_List.txt' located in the same folder of WirelessNetView.exe.
Latest comments
__philippe on 2016-02-05 13:23

Leaner is better, that's my motto !
Give Midas a cigar for a tighter URL...;-)

MIKLO on 2016-09-01 15:02

@_philippe I couldn't agree more, this program does exactly what I want and need without a lot of worthless things taking up space, and doing nothing or very little. Thanks for a great program.
MIKLO

freakazoid on 2022-01-02 01:21

Was debugging my wifi connection and tried to use this on Windows 10. Windows Defender really doesn't like this tool. I know we can trust Nir though.

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WinUpdatesList v1.33

billon on 2 Jun 2017
  • 72KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Jun 2017
  • Suggested by guinness

WinUpdatesList displays the list of all Windows operating system updates (e.g. Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer. For hotfix updates, files updated with these hotfixes are also listed. The program includes official Microsoft links for selected updates and ability to uninstall an update.

You can copy the update information to the clipboard or save it to text/HTML/XML file.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch wul.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: UninstallView
What's new?
  • Fixed issue: The 'Installation Date' column displayed the time in GMT instead of local time.
Latest comments
carbonize on 2011-03-31 18:18

@Transcontinental - Try actually clicking the link. It points to this site for click through tracking.

guinness on 2011-03-31 18:21

If you click on the link it will take you there. The link that is shown in the status bar is just the redirection page.

apfelgluck@trashmail.net on 2011-04-01 07:21

Roger, guys. Link points to nirsoft.net -- Looks like I anticipated a certitude before facts :)

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GetFoldersize v3.1.24

billon on 24 Dec 2017
  • 14MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 17 May 2017
  • Suggested by guinness

GetFoldersize allows you to determine the size of folders and sub-folders on your hard drive. Determine which programs are taking up your hard disk space. For each folder, you can display the total file size and the number of files and subfolders in the folder.

Functional on 64-bit systems.

Note: program discontinued, linked to Archive.org.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable Edition" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch GetFoldersizePortable.exe.
What's new?
  • Chinese translation of the user interface.
  • File List / Toolbar: Added the option "Automatically optimize the column width".
  • Various optimizations have been introduced in various sections of GetFoldersize. Various bugs have been fixed.
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2015-08-02 05:26

The developer of GetFoldersize was kind enough to promise to restore the smaller icons in the next release.

smaragdus on 2015-08-04 00:12

The small icons are back! ;)

Specular on 2017-12-24 09:57

Both the site and download links redirect to the TreeSize site.

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