Posts Tagged ‘freeware’

Update: TreeSize Free 2.3.3 - File-level reporting

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

TreeSize Free 2.3.3 is now out.

Although it is not mentioned in the changelog, this version adds file-level reporting: the [Files] entry in the tree display can now be expanded to get a little more insight about which of those previously mysterious files take up the most disk space (check screenshot).

TREESIZE 2.3.3 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download TreeSize Free 2.3.3
exe installer, 1.57MB, MD5 sum: 03AAC4072B127E42DEA956E71E676A85

Portable (U3): Download TreeSize Free 2.3.3 for U3
U3 exe installer, 1.73MB, MD5 sum: A282B1D896C3D7D956A658C445625178

WHAT’S NEW IN TREESIZE FREE 2.3.3
- File-level reporting
- Bugfix: In case a selected file was deleted and then its folder was collapsed, an error could occur if no other file or folder was selected.
- A few minor improvements have been incorporated.

Update: Recuva 1.28.424 - native 64-bit support and exFAT

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Recuva running on Windows 7 Beta Build 7000

Recuva running on Windows 7 Beta Build 7000

Recuva 1.28.424 is now out and includes exFAT support and Windows 7/98 improvements.

PLUS it now runs natively on 64-bit systems!

RECUVA 1.28.424 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download Recuva 1.28.424
EXE installer, slim build, 1.44MB, MD5 sum: 02AD3857A0EC43C7888BC3B39049635A

Portable version: Download Recuva 1.28.424 Portable
EXE installer, 1.71MB, MD5 sum: FA94D03F951447B545A7D084A519940E

RECUVA 1.28.424 CHANGELOG
- Added native 64-bit support.
- Added support for exFAT drives.
- Improved Windows 7 support.
- Fixed browse issue with the Wizard in Win98.
- Fixed a few other Win98 issues.
- Minor UI tweaks.

Update: VirtualBox 3.0.0 - SMP, OpenGL and Direct3D support

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

xVM VirtualBox reaches a new milestone: version 3.0.0!

Highlights include: guest SMP support (very useful if you have a multi-core host), experimental Direct 3D support for Windows guests and OpenGL for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests.

DOWNLOAD SUN VXM VIRTUALBOX 3.0.0
Get it now: Download VirtualBox 3.0.0 (for both 32-bit and 64-bit hosts)
exe installer, 67.4MB, MD5 sum: 04F279808BE47CA98D40FF0B5C2E6D7E

Other stuff: VirtualBox for Linux, Mac, Solaris + SDKs and older versions

WHAT’S NEW IN SUN XVM VIRTUALBOX 3.0.0
Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see chapter 3.7.2.2 of the user manual)
Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games
Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests

Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826)
Solaris hosts: loosen the restriction for contiguous physical memory under certain conditions
Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE
Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264)
VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only)
VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don’t support this feature (most do); bug #638)
VMM: fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927)
VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels)
VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227)
VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040)
VMM: fixed random infrequent guest crashes due to XMM state corruption (Win64 hosts only)
VMM: performance improvements for network I/O (VT-x/AMD-V only)
GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo)
GUI: redesigned settings dialogs
GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters (non Windows hosts)
GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export)
GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157)
3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states
3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats
3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements
3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs
3D support: fixed glew library detection
3D support: fixed random textures corruption
VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client
Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18
NAT: fixed “open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514” (forum)
NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters
NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface
PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only)
VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080)
VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image
VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes
VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510)
VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file
OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes
OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once
Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782)
Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions (2.2.0 regression; bug #3785)
Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the correct file mode when creating files
Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain conditions (bug #1187)
Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest on a Linux host (bug #3404)
X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270)
X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes
Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and guest property lookup
Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users, basic network information)
Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically (requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed)
USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242).
USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles
Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented web service.
Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface inheritance correctly, fixed
Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously unavailable
Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now

Update: CCleaner 2.21.940 - U3 Installer and Improved Windows 7 Support

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

CCleaner just got updated to 2.21.940.

Starting with this version a special installer is available for U3 pendrive users.

There are a few additions to the supported applications for cleaning (see changelog for list) as well as various fixes and improvements (Windows 7, Windows 98, registry cleaning on 64-bit, and so on).

CCLEANER 2.21.940 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download CCleaner 2.21.940
EXE installer, no toolbar, 984KB, MD5 sum: A93E0F01A787FEBA75FE62188D71929C

Portable version (ZIP, extract to USB stick): Download CCleaner 2.21.940 Portable
ZIP, 983KB, MD5 sum: AC2DF31B6A3614CFBB50D4A44ADEBCB9

Portable version (U3): Download CCleaner 2.21.940 Portable (U3)
U3 exe installer, 1.3MB, MD5 sum: 8B8C2184ADDDA500A2E3C6ABE3764369

WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 2.21.940
- Added U3 smart drive support. (Separate installer)
- Added support for: Adobe Reader 9.0, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe llustrator CS4, Nero Burning ROM 9, OpenOffice 3.1, AVG AntiVirus 8.0, AntiVir Desktop and Vuze.
- Added Installed date and size to Uninstall Tool.
- Added support for multiple item selection on Start up tool.
- Added support for cleaning Windows 2008 IIS log files.
- Improved Windows 7 support.
- Improved 64-bit Registry cleaning accuracy.
- Improved loading of System Restore Tool.
- Improved various routines in the uninstaller code.
- Fixed Windows 7 Task Scheduler bug.
- Fixed “No Disk” bug when using Wipe Free Space.
- Fixed Win98 support.
- Minor text and translation improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.

Update: TreeSize Free 2.3.2

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

TreeSize Free 2.3.2 is now out.

TREESIZE 2.3.2 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download TreeSize Free 2.3.2
exe installer, 1.55MB, MD5 sum: 443B89127C02F16042FD6CC63A48C1F3

Portable (U3): Download TreeSize Free 2.3.2 for U3
U3 exe installer, 1.71MB, MD5 sum: FF66FC03AEB77E082F20CC4F7B03D2BE

WHAT’S NEW IN TREESIZE FREE 2.3.2
Bugfix: In some cases the root folder in TreeSize was not expandable.

Update: Defraggler 1.11.148

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Defraggler has been updated to 1.11.148.

You can now define custom color schemes for the HDD map view.

DEFRAGGLER 1.11.148 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download Defraggler 1.11.148
exe installer, 853KB, MD5 sum: 391BA6C8935B153B9219F1C60D167BCA

Portable version (extract to USB stick): Download Defraggler 1.11.148 Portable
ZIP, 1MB, MD5 sum: 610DE0153F3F721AA9F272A68A14055F

WHAT’S NEW IN DEFRAGGLER 1.11.148
- Added custom drive map colors (Options > General > Interface).
- Fixed schedules for multiple drives.
- Fragmented info is now displayed in df.exe.
- ‘Large files’ can now be excluded from freespace defrag (Options > Defrag > Advanced).
- Improvements to the way crash data is collected.
- Various minor UI tweaks.
- Several minor bugs fixed.

Update: Pidgin 2.5.7 - Yahoo Protocol 16 Support

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Pidgin, the popular multiprotocol messaging client, has just been updated to version 2.5.7. This release addresses the recent Yahoo! Messenger login issues by adding support for the latest Yahoo protocol version (16).

PIDGIN 2.5.7 DOWNLOADS
Get it now: Download Pidgin 2.5.7
EXE installer, no toolbar, 13.6MB, MD5 sum: 80E4C883EAA8B76B0EC1CF66052E66C6
WHAT’S NEW IN PIDGIN 2.5.7
- Yahoo Protocol 16 support, including new HTTPS login method; this should fix a number of login problems that have recently cropped up. (Sulabh Mahajan, Mike “Maiku” Ruprecht)
- Only display the AIM “Unable to Retrieve Buddy List” message once per connection. (Rob Taft)
- Blocking MSN users not on your buddy list no longer disconnects you.
- When performing operations on MSN, assume users are on the MSN/Passport network if we don’t get network ID’s for them.