Windows, database, file and freeware utilities designed and created by Alex Nolan.
- Technical and technology related articles and software guides.
- Online tools and useful searchable databases.
- No-install, standalone freeware utilities with a modern and easy user interface.
There are currently 50 utilities under development.
Some of the standalone freeware utilities on the site:
Drive Manager
See your drives letters and the details with this quick My Computer replacement.
A useful utility for people with lots of drive. Drive Manager has been written to help you easily identify drives which are of the same type. As well as displaying the volume label it also displays vendor information so that multiply CD/DVD drives and removable drives such as USB thumb drives can be differentiated by their manufacturers name, version and revision date. Also the serial number can be seen as a unique ID for each drives.
System Spec
A utility to produce a specification of your system's hardware and software.
With System Spec you can see, save and print a complete spec of your PC. This no-install, system information utility can also perform various windows functions. Additional advanced info includes CPU, drives, applications, display, memory, networking, internet, CD / DVD drives and more.
Window Seizer
Lists all the windows you have open on your pc.
Window Seizer then gives the technical information for each window.
Features: Close All I.E. / Close All Folders / Close Item / Close All / Kill Window / Move Window / Show Desktop-Minimize Windows / Hide Window / By Handle / etc.
CD Key Seizer
The utility allows you to recover your CD key for Windows for the purposes of reinstalling / repairing your Windows setup.
Optical Info
Detect the optical drive's (CD / DVD drives) Read/Write capabilities.
Optical info is a spin off utility from the popular System Spec - system information program which can already display this information regarding optical drives.
When looking at the front of a computer which is not your own it is often difficult to tell whether the optical drive installed is either a CD ROM, CD Writer, CD Rewriter, DVD ROM, CD Rewriter + DVD Combo, DVD/CD Rewriter etc.
DBF Viewer Plus
View and edit DBF files. Tables can be searched and filtered by field values.
Color Seizer
Pick a colour from anywhere on the screen.
Colours selected or picked are displayed in HTML, Delphi, Visual Basic and C++ formats to be used in those languages. Also in RGB and HSL. The codes obtained can be used in other programs such as Microsoft Frontpage to specify exact colours to match existing colour schemes. Copy a colour code to the clipboard by right clicking on it.
Email Link Encoder
Antispam software utility
Enables you to encode your email links on your website so they can't be extracted by rogue internet spiders looking for email addresses to add to junk mailing lists. This will help prevent you from getting huge amounts of spam.
MDB Viewer Plus
View, edit, query and search Access MDB files with this tabbed viewer plus editor.
Device Info
A simple utility for listing all your PC's devices and their driver version numbers.
Enable / Disable Windows XP Firewall
A simple utility to simplify the process of enabling and disabling the Windows XP Firewall.
Other Software Categories
- Diet Calculators
- Runtime libraries
- Command line utilities
- File Copying utilities
