I've found a website offering some nice freeware tools for nearly all needs:
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NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer. In order to search for a utility in NirSoft Web site, click here.
If you are looking for password-recovery tools, click here.
To view your IP address and other information, click here.
If you have a software-listing Web site, and you want to add the utilities provided by NirSoft, click here
You can also find here some interesting Visual Basic code snippets, Visual C++ code samples, and freeware ActiveX Components.
Here's some examples of what you can find in NirSoft Web site:
Password Recovery Utilities
MessenPass - Recovers the passwords of instant messenger programs (Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Trillian, and more...)
Mail PassView - Recovers the passwords of popular email clients (Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Eudora, and more...)
Protected Storage PassView - Displays all passwords and AutoComplete strings stored in your Protected Storage.
Dialupass - Recovers the passwords of dialup entries (VPN and Internet connections). Works also under Windows 2000/XP.
Network Monitoring Tools
CurrPorts - displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your local computer.
AdapterWatch - displays useful information about your network adapters: IP addresses, Hardware address, WINS servers, DNS servers, MTU value, Number of bytes received or sent, The current transfer speed, and more...
Internet Related Utilities
IPNetInfo - Find all available information about an IP address: The owner of the IP address, the country/state name, IP addresses range, contact information (address, phone, fax, and email), and more.
IECookiesView - View/Delete/Modify the cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer. Read More >>
IEHistoryView - View/Delete the URLs that you visited in the last few days.
HTMLAsText - Converts HTML files to text files.
Command-Line Utilities
NirCmd - Do some useful tasks from command-line: turn off your monitor, turn off the computer, open/close the door of your cd-rom drive, dial to VPN/Internet connection, change your display settings, and much more !!
Desktop Utilities
Volumouse - Control the sound volume with your wheel mouse !!
MyUninstaller - Alternative to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system.
NirExt - Change the icon of any folder in your file system, Easily create shortcuts on your start-menu/desktop.
System Utilities
WinUpdatesList - Displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer.
ShellExView - Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
SysExporter - Grab the data stored in standard list-views, list boxes, and combo boxes from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.
MMCompView - Displays the details of all installed multimedia components (Codec, ActiveX filters) and allows you disable/enable specific components.
ActiveXHelper - View essential information about ActiveX components installed on your computer, and allows you to disable/enable specific ActiveX components.
Source:
NirSoft
If you are looking for password-recovery tools, click here.
To view your IP address and other information, click here.
If you have a software-listing Web site, and you want to add the utilities provided by NirSoft, click here
You can also find here some interesting Visual Basic code snippets, Visual C++ code samples, and freeware ActiveX Components.
Here's some examples of what you can find in NirSoft Web site:
Password Recovery Utilities
MessenPass - Recovers the passwords of instant messenger programs (Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Trillian, and more...)
Mail PassView - Recovers the passwords of popular email clients (Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Eudora, and more...)
Protected Storage PassView - Displays all passwords and AutoComplete strings stored in your Protected Storage.
Dialupass - Recovers the passwords of dialup entries (VPN and Internet connections). Works also under Windows 2000/XP.
Network Monitoring Tools
CurrPorts - displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your local computer.
AdapterWatch - displays useful information about your network adapters: IP addresses, Hardware address, WINS servers, DNS servers, MTU value, Number of bytes received or sent, The current transfer speed, and more...
Internet Related Utilities
IPNetInfo - Find all available information about an IP address: The owner of the IP address, the country/state name, IP addresses range, contact information (address, phone, fax, and email), and more.
IECookiesView - View/Delete/Modify the cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer. Read More >>
IEHistoryView - View/Delete the URLs that you visited in the last few days.
HTMLAsText - Converts HTML files to text files.
Command-Line Utilities
NirCmd - Do some useful tasks from command-line: turn off your monitor, turn off the computer, open/close the door of your cd-rom drive, dial to VPN/Internet connection, change your display settings, and much more !!
Desktop Utilities
Volumouse - Control the sound volume with your wheel mouse !!
MyUninstaller - Alternative to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system.
NirExt - Change the icon of any folder in your file system, Easily create shortcuts on your start-menu/desktop.
System Utilities
WinUpdatesList - Displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer.
ShellExView - Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
SysExporter - Grab the data stored in standard list-views, list boxes, and combo boxes from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.
MMCompView - Displays the details of all installed multimedia components (Codec, ActiveX filters) and allows you disable/enable specific components.
ActiveXHelper - View essential information about ActiveX components installed on your computer, and allows you to disable/enable specific ActiveX components.
Source:
NirSoft