SearchMyFile is a portable desktop search software for the Windows operating system. The program’s portable nature ensures that searches do not leave traces on the system the program is executed on. And while that may slow down result generation a bit, it is still faster than many other programs that you can use to search [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Audit Windows Passwords With Password Security Scanner
Keeping track of all accounts and passwords can be a daunting task for some users. One reason for that is that most use multiple applications that may require passwords. Think of desktop email clients, instant messengers or web browsers for instance. Even if you are using a password manager like KeePass, you will usually have [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Log USB Drive Connections In Windows With USBLogView
Can you find out if someone else has been on your PC, has connected an external USB drive to it, and copied data from it to the drive? Tools like USBDeview tell you which USB devices have been connected in the past. The program even tells you when a device has been connected to a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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RunAsDate, Run Programs With A Different System Date, Time
You may know that I’m using the MSI Afterburner software to record game videos on my PC. The software has been in beta for quite some time. One issue I experienced is that the beta versions have fixed expiration dates, which means that they expire at a given point in time. While this is usually [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Use WebSiteSniffer To Download Internet Files Automatically
All web browsers save website files automatically to a temporary folder whenever a website is loaded (unless it is a secure website) Html files, images, other media files and CSS files are just some of the files that get saved automatically. The browser cache is actually a great place to find interesting files, images or [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WebCookiesSniffer, Capture Cookies In Realtime
The main purpose of cookies is to make life on the Internet more comfortable. The little data files can however also be used for tracking purposes. They are needed but at the same time very controversial. I have touched the subject quite a few times here on Ghacks. In How To Whitelist Cookies And Delete [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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CSVFileView, Windows CSV File Viewer
If you are a regular here you know that I love Nirsoft applications. The majority of applications developed by Nirsoft come with exporting options that include CSV and tab-delimited files. While it is possible to load those files into a full blown word processing suite like Microsoft Office or Open Office, you sometimes may want [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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NetworkTrafficView, Network Monitoring, Statistics Tool
The software collection at Nirsoft is held in very high regard by the majority of Windows users. Nir Sofer’s latest program is NetworkTrafficView, a network traffic monitoring software that captures network packages that display statistics and information about a computer’s network traffic in its interface. The network software works best with either the freely available [...]
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WinCrashReport, Windows Crash Reporting Alternative
Error reporting has been modified by Microsoft with nearly every operating system they have released. Windows 2000 users for instance saw a cryptic error message with no options whatsoever to access the error report. This changed under Windows XP, and was further modified under Windows Vista and Windows 7. While it is easier to work [...]