From: Shadow on
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:38:57 -0500, REM <REMbranded(a)netscape.com>
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>Sorry if these have already been nominated. Consider this a second if
>so.
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>I CANNOT verify this trooper past Windows XP!
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>(1) PROGRAM NAME: Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5
Seconded
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From: Shadow on
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:01:40 -0500, REM <REMbranded(a)netscape.com>
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>Sorry if these have already been nominated. Consider this a second if
>so.
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>(1) PROGRAM NAME: CCleaner
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>(2) LINK: http://www.ccleaner.com/
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>http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds - includes portable build.
Seconded, the slim or portable version. The full-blown version
is adware.
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From: Shadow on
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:31:47 -0500, REM <REMbranded(a)netscape.com>
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>Consider a second if already nominated:
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>(1) PROGRAM NAME: nLite - Windows Installation Customizer
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>(2) LINK: http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
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>(3) DESCRIPTION:
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>nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and
>component removal at your choice.
Yeah. seconded
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From: Shadow on
I nominate:

http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and
SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It
is intended for both system administrators and general users
interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans
for listening TCP ports and displays which types of resources are
shared on the network (including system and hidden).

In addition, it allows you to mount shared folders as network drives,
browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and
report back if one is open. It can also resolve host names and
auto-detect your local and external IP range. It supports remote
shutdown and Wake-On-LAN.
Key features

* Pings computers.
* Does not require administrative privileges.
* Detects hardware (MAC) addresses even across routers.
* Detects hidden shared folders (normally invisible on the
network) and write accessible shares.
* Detects your internal and external IP addresses.
* Scans for listening TCP ports and SNMP services.
* Retrieves currently logged-on users.
* You can mount and explore network resources.
* Can launch external third party applications.
* Exports results to HTML, XML, CSV and TXT
* Supports Wake-On-LAN, remote shutdown and sending network
messages.
* Retrieves potentially any information via WMI.
* Retrieves information from remote registry.
* It is absolutely free, requires no installation, and does not
contain any adware/spyware/malware.
(it's portable)
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From: Shadow on
I nominate:
Nmap Security Scanner version 5.00
http://nmap.org/
http://nmap.org/download.html

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility
for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network
administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network
inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or
service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine
what hosts are available on the network, what services (application
name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems
(and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet
filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It
was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against
single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and
official binary packages are avalable for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
X.

hard to imagine networks without it........ nice gui too.
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