xpy provides a variety of helpful tweaks to your system for security, speed, privacy, and more. In addition to various anti-spyware features, it can disable common security threats (RPC/DCOM, LMHash), increase performance, usability, and tweak Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
Note: The program doesn't come with an explanation of each setting change so users not familiar with Windows should proceed with caution.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | User profile folder. A single setting is written to indicate whether you have accepted the license agreement. |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | BSD |
How to extract: | Download the "bin" ZIP file and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch xpy.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | xp-antispy |
What's new? |
v1.3.8: May 31st, 2014 - added option to retrieve updates for Windows Embedded POSReady systems, even if using other - compiled using latest NSIS 3.0 beta 0 v1.3.7: June 24th, 2013 - Ixquick (aka Startpage) is now default search engine |
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Gemini Apollo Gomez
on 2013-04-03 07:00
The Website link to xpy.whyeye.org has the most current stable version as being up to xpy v1.3.4 but the download link at xpy.whyeye.org is bad.
Napiophelios
on 2014-07-26 16:23
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version 1.3.8 is available @ sourceforge |
DiffImg is a simple image comparison tool looking at changes between two images. Uses statistical analysis as well as displaying pixel changes as a color mask. Useful to see how images have been retouched or modified, especially when changes are very subtle or slight.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
X-DiffImg is a version of the software packaged in winPenPack format. Alternatively, a PortableApps.com version is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-DiffImg.exe. |
What's new? |
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webfork
on 2014-01-12 23:23
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It's surprising how much time and energy goes into a great Photoshop retouch, and this program can show you just how much has happened in the before and after. |
Disk2vhd is a utility that can create live "snapshots" of Windows volumes, allowing you to duplicate/backup systems while running. The program creates Virtual Hard Disk files (.VHD, Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) from physical disks and can be used in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs).
The program uses Windows' own Volume Snapshot capability added starting with WinXP to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is saved to a different disk than ones being converted).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder, and a single registry key as with all Sysinternal applications. |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch disk2vhd.exe. |
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Hawk
on 2014-07-09 12:27
Wrong download link. This is the correct: http://download.sysinternals.com/files/Disk2vhd.zip
Midas
on 2014-07-09 13:33
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It was http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Disk2vhd.zip -- it's unusual for MS to have a case sensitive path. Changed. |
TimeComX is a small and resource-friendly automation program, that can execute various actions after specified time or by a lower deviation of network and processor usage activity. User can Restart, Shutdown, Log Off, Lock, Hibernate, Suspend and Wake, Play any type of audio-file (mp3, ogg, wma, wav...), as well as file execution (e.g. batch files).
Optionally, you can let TimeComX make a screenshot before the action starts.
NOTE: Site offline, linking to Softpedia and archive.org.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | DShutdown |
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daren_rupert
on 2010-10-05 11:40
@Midas did you enable hibernation via "powercfg -h on" as administrator? It worked perfectly for me and now TimeComX shows hibernation as well as sleep mode.
Onesimus Prime
on 2020-04-22 01:42
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In need of a timer program, I just tried to use this one portably. The previous instructions (i.e. just portable "out of the box" once extracted) didn't work, nor did creating an .ini (mentioned in comments here for a previous version) or manually moving its settings files to a profiles or config subfolder or the app folder itself. |
ResourcesExtract is a small utility that extracts all resources from dll/ocx/exe files. These include bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more. The program can search subfolders and export BMP files as PNG.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ResourcesExtract.exe. |
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Joe Gent
on 2009-12-15 18:38
It worked very fast for me. It extracted it into organized folders. Good app to have.
ChemZ
on 2011-01-10 00:29
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A simple but very useful extraction program. |
AbiWord is a fast, basic word processor with live collaboration capabilities and broad file support. Includes support for tables, images, equations, fonts, paragraph settings, print options, etc. Drawn from a cross-platform code base, the program can open and save to a wide variety of file types including Word (.doc and .docx files), OpenOffice, and many more. Includes writing collaboration with other AbiWord users over the internet using a direct IP connection. Online help documention can be found here.
AbiWord Portable is from PortableApps.com. X-AbiWord is also available. These two version 2.8.6 packages omitted grammar and other plugins. A package for AbiWord 2.9.2 has all the plugins and can be found here.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AbiWordPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | LibreOffice (Writer) |
What's new? |
Core:
Cross-platform:
Office OpenXML:
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webfork
on 2011-01-10 21:57
darkest: Abiword's image support isn't great. I recommend SoftMaker Office (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1463).
juvera
on 2011-11-12 14:21
Version 2.9.1 is available at sourceforge:
JohnTHaller
on 2011-11-13 17:17
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juvera: 2.9.1 is a development test, not a stable release. That's why PortableApps.com has the 2.8.x version listed as primary and then 2.9.x as a test for users to try out. PortableFreeware.com doesn't list development tests. |
Mozilla Sunbird is a calendar client that supports the creation of scheduled events and the ability to get an overview of events on a particular day, week or month. The calendar can be shared by publishing it to a WebDAV-capable server.
Sunbird Portable is a portablized build of Sunbird.
Note:
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MPL (Sunbird), GPL (launcher) |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SunbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SeaMonkey |
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Luis
on 2007-12-03 01:39
17MB for a calendar program is to much ...
webfork
on 2017-05-13 22:19
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I recently used this program to parse out an ICS file with a bunch of duplicates and data that wouldn't show up properly in other viewers. The export to HTML and CSV was enormously helpful. Even though it hasn't been updated in over a decade, it still works great. |
Bombermaaan is a classic game allowing up to 5 players can play on the same computer with various levels of difficulty. Additional level packs (151 levels) are available.
Based on the Bomberman series. Linux version available.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | DirectX 7.0 or later. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the Win32 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Bombermaaan_32.exe. |
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webfork
on 2014-02-22 18:58
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mik.y: Nah, they just don't have any documentation included. To enable playing the computer, launch program, choose "game". Tick the little hand down and press the "left" key on more than one figure to set it to a person or a COM for computer. You can do one or multiple opponents, human or computer. |
FloatLED is a simple application to display disk usage with LED-style displays on systems that don't have an indicator. The program is simple and unobtrusive, requiring little screen space or system resources.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
v1.12
14 November 2011 (Time to open the lid that was previously closed)
Fixed
A minor mishap caused the Window Snap flag to not be stored properly in memory during operation which would still pop the window into place (if placed on top of Taskbar area). If you have problems that FloatLED stills falls behind the taskbar area (when you click it), make sure you also check the “Make window persistant” flag as Windows7 seems to have a more aggressive “make-me-on-top-situation”.
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Since I was happily and just recently married on 8 Oct 2011, we could finally relax and go back to normal days, which let me still do some minor tweaks on the best software LED drive activity around :-)
See the file http://www.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/software/readme_v1.12.pdf from page 9 on for older changelogs. |
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ikke
on 2010-08-02 23:15
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Yes confirmed. It is generating a constant stream of internet traffic over port 445. That one is related to the smb protocol. |
Cobian Backup allows backups with scheduling, compression, encryption, filters, file splitting, remote client, backup-to-FTP and more. The program can read and backup open or locked files from WinXP onward.
NOTE: Latest version not portable -- linking to Softpedia for the last available portable version.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
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 Cobian.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Toucan, Back4Sure |
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Peter202
on 2016-09-21 13:43
There is a new version 11.2.0.556, but i think it is not portable any more.
webfork
on 2016-10-26 00:47
@Peter202 That's true - we're intentionally linking to the old version. I'll add a note to the entry about that.
Midas
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FYI, the installer download for this version is still available from the homepage: |