MP3 Gain

If you listen to MP3 files on your computer, iPod, or MP3/media player then there's a good chance that you've had to adjust the volume between tracks because of varying loudness. If a track is too loud then 'clipping' can occur (due to overload) which distorts the sound. If a track is too quiet, you'll normally need to increase the volume; audio detail can also be lost. By using audio normalization you can adjust all your MP3 files so that they all play at the same volume.

Use a freeware program for the PC, called MP3Gain, to normalize your MP3 files without losing audio quality. This lossless technique (called Replay Gain) uses the ID3 metadata tag to adjust the 'loudness' of the track during playback rather than resampling each file which some programs do; resampling typically decreases sound quality.

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IrfanView (exe)

IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter. It is simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. Many supported file formats and features.

Features include: multi-language support, Thumbnail option, Painting, slideshow, toolbar skins, fast directory browsing, batch conversion/editing, multipage editing, file search, change color depth, scanning, cut/crop, IPTC edit, capturing, lossless JPG operations, effects, ICC support, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, command line options and plugins.

Version 4.2 adds Basic Unicode support and new options.

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RegToy

RegToy is a free collection of useful utilities : tweaking, window manager, shell context menu, registry cleaner, file renamer, screen capture, memory cleaner, disk cleaner, services manager, shutdown scheduler, and wallpaper changer. It also is available in some languages. Version 0.7.2.1 features: improvements, bugfixes, Romanian localization.

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Recover Files

Recover Files is an award winning program that can undelete / recover deleted files after they have been deleted. 

Recover Files is a professional file recovery software that allows it's user to recover accidentally deleted files. 

Even files removed from the Recycle Bin, network drive, compact flash card, portable devices, in a DOS window, or from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. Recover Files is a small, fast, useful, practical and powerful. 

It has a clean, simple interface. Recover Files will work with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista operating systems. 

It can be used to recover deleted files from all NTFS and FAT partitions. 

The program supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32, NTFS/NTFS5 and image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards. Recover Files quickly and effectively restore all those files that you may have deleted by mistake.

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Spyware Terminator

Spyware Terminator includes Real-Time Protection, HIPS, and antivirus. Effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers, and malware threats even dangerous threats like Look2Me, BetterInternet, VX2, and CWS. 

Spyware Terminator is easy-to-use, requires minimal PC resources, and performs ultra fast scans. 

Protect your computer with powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and safe quarantine for found spyware. 

Scan your computer manually or schedule full system sweeps. Perform in-depth scans of your computer's hard drives, memory, process, registry and cookies to seek out and remove all known spyware threats. 

Includes optional Web Security Guard which displays website reviews and threat level to help identify potentially dangerous Web sites. Version 2.3.0.487 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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EncryptOnClick

EncryptOnClick is a very simple to use program that lets you securely encrypt and decrypt files.

 EncryptOnClick is like hiring your own highly experienced data security guard who ensures the files you want to keep safe and out of view from others stay that way. 

The program is very simple to use and features military grade 256-bit AES encryption that is fully compatible with WinZip 9. Not only are your files encrypted, but they are also compressed. This reduces the size of the file, which is very useful if you are emailing and transmitting your encrypted files. 

The encrypted files can also be decrypted with WinZip 9. A comprehensive help file is included, although you won't need to read it.

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