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Noise keeps a PC from falling asleep, screensaver from activating, monitor from turning off, etc. by sending keystrokes to an (optionally) hidden window.

AudioTester is a drag-and-drop tool that tests for errors in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WavPack files.

Cathy indexes files stored on removable media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, to create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to original media. The program is small, fast and easy-to-use with search capabilities based on file name, date and size. Additional features include filtering options, search duplicates or singles, customisable date format etc.

If files are available (external/network drive connected, DVD inserted) they can be opened (executed) or deleted directly. Other features include drag and drop support available, printing of both directory trees and MP3 album/song lists, and disk space usage analysis.

ActiveHotkeys detects what global keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) are currently registered on the computer by various applications. This helps you determine which hotkeys are in use, and which are still available.

Note: Functional only in 32-bit. Additionally, the inability to detect which application has registered a particular shortcut is an issue with Windows and not ActiveHotKeys.

NOTE: Website id down, linking to Internet Archive.

FillDisk is a simple utility that fills up a disk with data. This is useful for testing a separate application's behavior when a disk is approaching full capacity or basic free space shredding when you don't have admin access (recommend checking "No OS optimization"). The program starts with 1GB files, then drops to 512MB, 256MB and so on until it completely fills up the disk.

FillDisk has a very simple interface: just enter a folder for the files to be created and press the "Go" button. You can stop the operation at any point in time and the file that is currently being written will close.

The 'e' Chromatic Tuner is an effective, lightweight, and easy-to-use instrument tuning program. You can choose the audio input, and optionally display the frequency of the waveform it "hears."

Bincsoft Bitrate Calculator, or BBC, is a program that calculates the bitrate to use when encoding a video file to VCD, SVCD, DivX, XviD, DVD and lots of other formats. (Note that it calculates based on a constant bitrate, and does not do the actual video conversion itself.)

DriveSort shows you an entire drive or a selected sub-folder by what are usually the most important criteria: the largest and newest files. For speed and simplicity, DriveSort displays only the top 100 files that match your sort criterion.

Most disk space tools show only folder sizes until you "zoom in"; DriveSort is a shortcut to show which specific files are usually of greatest interest.

McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme / VersePerfect allows you to enter any word to see rhymes, near-rhymes, similar terms, and more. The program even features a visually interesting "hyperbolic thesaurus" (visible in the screenshot).

Note: Main website links to download.com, which we recommend avoiding. Download link switched to Softpedia.