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Productivity - Office Suites (4)
Synopsis: SoftMaker Office 2006 comprises of a word processor (TextMaker) and a spreadsheet (PlanMaker). TextMaker reads/writes Word documents seamlessly (Microsoft Word .doc 6.0 to 2007), and comes with a built-in database and mailmerge function. PlanMaker reads/writes your files seamlessly (Microsoft Excel .xls 5.0 to 2007) and comes with more than 320 calculation functions. It features Excel-compatible charting, conditional formatting, syntax highlighting, goal seeker, sheet/workbook protection etc.
Writes settings to: Application folder How to extract: Download the installer and install to the default folder. Run usbstick.exe to create portable version in desired folder. Uninstall program. Launch TextMaker.exe and PlanMaker.exe. Shutdown. Edit SoftMaker\Settings\tmwconfig.ini and SoftMaker\Settings\pmwconfig.ini and change OEMRegisterSkip=1 to OEMRegisterSkip=-1 in both files to hide the startup registration dialog (otherwise you will need to launch/shutdown three times before being show the checkbox to permanent hide the dialog).
Stealth: No. Writes empty section header to WIN.INI, as well as some OLE stuff to the registry. Unicode support: Yes License: Freeware
System Requirements:
Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
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Audio - Players (19), Video - Players (12)
Synopsis: SMPlayer is a GUI frontend for MPlayer. It is able to play most media files without any dependency on installed codecs. It is also capable of playing DVD discs and Internet media streams. Other interesting features include configurable subtitles, audio and subtitles delay adjustment, video equalizer, playlist support etc.
Writes settings to: Application folder Dependencies: None How to extract: Download the portable 7-Zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch smplayer.exe.
Stealth: No Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) Unicode support: Yes. Under Options, Preferences, select Advanced, Advanced, and make sure Pass short filenames (8+3) to MPlayer is selected. License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements:
Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
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Internet - Instant Messengers (12)
Synopsis: TerraIM is an instant messaging client that connects to the AOL Instant Messenger network. Thus, one can use TerraIM with an existing AIM, ICQ, or AOL screen name. Just log in using your AIM screen name or ICQ number with TerraIM, and your regular buddy list will show up. It adds on several useful features such as offline messaging, tabbing, aliasing, remote control and logging, but currently lacks certain features such as buddy icons and Direct IM.
Writes settings to: Application folder. Select the "Misc" tab under Preferences, then check "Store settings in a file rather than the registry". Alternatively, you can create a file called terraim_config.ini in the application folder with a single line "SaveConfigToFile=1". How to extract: Download the EXE file to a folder of your choice. Launch TerraIM_1.2.1.exe.
Stealth: Yes Unicode support: No License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements:
Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
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Productivity - Financial Tools (8)
Synopsis: Money Manager Ex is a personal finance software that helps you to organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth.
Writes settings to: Application folder How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Remove unins000.exe and unins000.dat. Launch mmex.exe.
Stealth: No. Writes MRU directories as well as file type association etc. to the registry. Unicode support: Yes. Win95/98/ME users will have to download a non-Unicode, English-only version. License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements:
Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
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Internet - P2P Clients (5)
Synopsis: BitComet is BitTorrent client that supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, IP filter, etc. It has full Unicode support, and requires less CPU and memory than Java or .Net -based clients.
Writes settings to: Application folder. Dependencies: MSXML3 or above (installed by default with IE6 or WinXP, or available from Microsoft as a separate download) How to extract: Download the "green" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BitComet.exe.
Stealth: No. Writes a few window-related settings to the registry. Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) Unicode support: Yes License: Free for personal use
System Requirements:
Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
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