My favorite tools...

I've been wanting to put a list of my favorite tools online for a long time...

System cleanup, tune-up and optimization:

• Ccleaner - Piriform - Free - Cleans caches, temp files, application specific settings, cleans up the registry and much more.
• Defraggler - Piriform - Free - An awesome disk defragmentation software.
• Cleanup! 4.5.2 - Steven Gould - Free - Very very strong cleanup tool for Windows XP only.

Filesystem repair:

• Data Recovery Wizard Pro - EaseUs - $69.95 - Best data recovery software I've ever used. Way more efficient than Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro. And cheaper. Saved my a** more than a couple of times.
• ViVard - Copyrsoft - Free - HDD diagnostic and sector repair. Vendor independent.

Mac side:

• Appcleaner - FreeMacSoft - Free - Application uninstaller for Mac OS. Like AppZapper but free.
• OnyX - Titanium Software - Free - Like Ccleaner, for mac. Awesome.

Misc:

• Mouse Jiggler.vbs, a small VBscript I use to prevent a computer from locking itself when I'm working on it without knowing the user's password:
  

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Do While 1
WshShell.SendKeys"{SCROLLLOCK}"
WshShell.SendKeys"{SCROLLLOCK}"
WScript.Sleep(300000)
Loop

More to come...

Namaste.

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