Glenn's Eclectic Freeware

[I am Baas]

A few portable applications by Glenn Delahoy @ http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/index.shtml

Tested:

1. Desktop Calendar

A small calendar and event reminder that unobtrusively sits on your desktop and is ready to use any time. No taskbar button or system tray icon. The calendar is transparent so it's not an eyesore and consumes very little memory. Enter as many daily or regular reminders as you like. Float your mouse over a day to see all reminders for the day. Shows a short list of upcoming reminders below the calendar. Fonts, colours and tooltips are customisable so it blends in with your desktop colour and font schemes.

Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Settings: Application Folder

Download @ http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/f ... dar140.zip

2. Desktop Info

This little application displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other desktop information tools. Unlike others, this application looks like wallpaper but stays resident in memory and continues to update the display in real time. Uses very little memory and nearly zero cpu. Perfect for quick identification and walk-by monitoring of production or test server farms. Everything is customisable including language.

Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Settings: Application Folder

Download @ http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/f ... nfo111.zip

3. Inbox

Inbox is the middle man, the central scrutinizer for your email; fetching, collating and filtering your mail before you download it to your mail client. You can aggressively deal with unwanted mail saving you time and bandwidth. Mail can be download or left on the server. It's also a powerful tool for manipulating email in various ways: redirect, simple mailing lists, mailbots, away message, reject message, global and account level filtering.

Requirements: All versions of Windows
Settings: Application Folder

Download @ http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/f ... box200.zip

There is also Disk Usage Analyser v2 (and a few more applications) listed on its page but I did not test yet.

[webfork]

Inbox sounds really slick, but Desktop Info looks really sharp: http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/i ... opinfo.jpg

[I am Baas]

@webfork

Thanks + Added screenshots to 1st post.

[NickR]

re: Desktop Info:
I've written system monitoring suites and utilities for clients on Unix/Win/other OSs for 30 years
Desktop Info's config and alerting functions are very comprehensive and flexible. Covering all Win needs.
Congrats to the Author and very good find 'I am Baas'. Thanks

[donald]

@ I am Baas, so will you be adding these to the database????

[webfork]

Thanks + Added screenshots to 1st post.

Good stuff. Big help showing just how cool this freeware is.

[I am Baas]

Desktop Info is @ V1.20 (17 Dec 2011):

Change 1: Fixed index out of bounds when battery chart type is 2.

Change 2: Added network PROXY item.

Change 3: Changed HEADER item into more general COMMENT item.

Change 4: COMMENT is ignored when calculating width of column 1 allowing it to
display over both columns.

Change 5: Added underline to style option.

Change 6: Changed FORMCOLOR in the main options section to a bgr type value to
keep it consistent with other colours. 000000 means transparent in normal mode
or black background in form mode.

Change 7: Converted file monitor into a regular item. Now you can put one or
more file monitor items anywhere in the items list.

Change 8: Converted registry monitor into a regular item. Now you can put one or
more registry monitor items anywhere in the items list.

Change 9: Fixed problem with monitoring registry on 64 bit Windows.

Change 10: Converted event log monitor into a regular item. Now you can put one
or more event log monitor items anywhere in the items list.

Change 11: Added AUDIOCONTROLLER item.

Change 12: Added logging option.

Change 13: Added /ini command line option.

Change 14: Added SERIALNUMBER item.

Change 15: Added multiple IP addresses per nic.

Change 16: Added option to allow/disallow dragging the form.

Change 17: Added offset property to network items.

Change 18: Added multi core cpu item, CPUUSAGE.

Change 19: Added activeonly property to NETWORKADAPTER.

Change 20: Added count property to control maximum number of multi items
displayed (CPUUSAGE, NETWORKADAPTER, FIXEDDISK, PRINTER.

http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/

Download @ http://www.glenn.delahoy.com/software/f ... nfo120.zip

[Checker]

@ I am Baas: Very good finds

I added ...

- Desktop Calendar http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2219
- Desktop Info http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2220
- Inbox http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2221

... to the database. Please vote

[I am Baas]

Cheers, Checker. Much appreciated.

[Checker]

There are surely some more portable programs on this site.
If you finish testing (you are good in this ) ... post it here and I will add them to the database (when I have time )

[h3kt0r]

Desktop Info
Version: 3.2.1
Full Windows 64-bit/32-bit builds.
Works on Windows XP and up.
Last Update: September 2021

Download here

And some "fluxbox" (a Linux window manager) fonts converted to TTF file format (attached to this post).

Here is a screenshot with the "kates" font.

[JoeBar]

Desktop Info
Version: 3.15.2
Full Windows 64-bit/32-bit builds.
Works on Windows 7 and up.
Last Update: August 2024

Download here