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Pidgin 2.1.1

Freeware

Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. Provides many unique features

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Process Monitor 1.22

Freeware

Advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

ReNamer 5.0

Freeware

Small, yet very flexible file renaming tool, that offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as remove contents of brackets, add number sequences, change file extensions, etc.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Process Explorer 11.0

Freeware

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Prospector Lite 5.1

Freeware

eBay bidding tool that enables you to watch your auctions (and multiple auctions) from an application outside of your web browser. Find what you want quicker, save time and win auctions. One click to replay all your searches, another click to see the items listed since your last search. Extra search types let you find items more powerfully than with eBay alone.

Requires: Windows 2000 or XP

RogueRemover 1.22 FREE

Freeware

Utility that can remove various rogue anti-spyware, anti-virus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP, Vista