NetSpot 1.0 Wi-Fi analyzer and troubleshooting tool launches on Windows
Etwok LLC has launched NetSpot 1.0 on the Windows platform, joining the existing Mac tool. The initial release of the Windows version has been made free for both personal and commercial use, and contains a subset of the features found in the Mac build.
The tool is designed to help troubleshoot problematic Wi-Fi network connections by revealing overall reception strength, and includes a mapping tool to help identify 'dead' zones where reception is poor or non-existent.
Explore, troubleshoot and diagnose your network with PortScan
Freeware developer The SZ has shipped a new version of PortScan, its one-stop network toolkit for Windows XP and later. We last checked out the program way back in 2012, so the new release seems like a good time to look at it again.
The download is a compact 387KB, and there’s no installation required. Just unzip the single program executable.
Registry Finder adds 'search keys by modified date'
Open source Registry editor Registry Finder has added the ability to find Registry keys modified within a date range.
This has many computer forensic applications, such as seeing the keys modified when a program was installed, or getting clues about what another user did on your PC last Wednesday.
Windows clone ReactOS hits version 0.4.0
It’s been ten long years since the last major release, but open source Windows clone ReactOS is still very much alive, and the latest release shows just what’s been achieved since 2006.
There’s finally support for NTFS read and ext2 read/ write, out of the box.
Scan your PC for unsigned files with SigcheckGUI
Your PC is misbehaving. Is it malware? Faulty software, maybe? Scanning for PC for digitally signed files can help to pick out trustworthy executables, and highlight unsigned files for more investigation.
Sysinternals’ Sigcheck provides a vast amount of information and options, but it’s also a console tool, maybe inconvenient if you don’t use it enough to learn the various switches.
Get your life organized with Makagiga
Makagiga started life long ago as an open-source, Java-based RSS reader. But then the developer started to take it further. Much, much further.
The program now also has a capable to-do manager. A note taker. A simple image editor. And, via optional plugs, web searching, an OpenStreetMap viewer, a thesaurus, LaTex/ Markdown/ BB Code previews, screen capture, barcode generation and more.
Copy Plain Text strips the formatting from copied text (Firefox)
You’re browsing the web, find some interesting text, copy and paste it elsewhere… And then realize it’s got all the original formatting, now entirely unnecessary. And maybe an unwanted image, too.
Copy Plain Text is a Firefox add-on which supports copying plain text only, and adds some handy text processing extras as well.
Automate almost any PC task with AlomWare Actions Lite
AlomWare Actions Lite is a scripting tool which allows even novice users to automate many PC tasks.
There are commands to launch applications, download web pages, send emails, type text, simulate mouse clicks, work with files, and a whole lot more, and these may all be combined to make up a single action.
Five tools for recovering corrupted Word documents
You’ve been working on it forever, and had almost finished, but… Disaster. That all-important Word document no longer opens.
If you’re using some other viewer, try reopening it in Word. It may offer to repair the file, and this can fix a lot of problems.
Image Color Analyzer tells all about picture palettes
Artists and photographers often need a clear understanding of the colors used in an image, but standard photo editor tools like the histogram do little to help.
Image Color Analyzer is a free Android app designed to deliver a clearer view of an image palette.
LibreOffice 5.1 reorganizes user interface, reduces start-up times
The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 5.1 64-bit and LibreOffice 5.1 32-bit. It comes just under six months after version 5.0 debuted back in August yet unveils some major changes to the user interface as well as performance improvements.
LibreOffice 5.1 promises new and simplified application menus, faster start-up times and a number of application-specific improvements, including better slide transitions in Impress and a host of new features in Calc.
Instantly switch to favorite folders with Quick Access Popup
It happens all the time. You’re working in Explorer, maybe opening or saving a file, but the current folder is so far away that you have to click, and click, and click to get there.
Quick Access Popup -- a new and improved version of Folders Popup -- is a freeware tool which ensures your favorite folders and apps are only ever a click or two away.
NetworkMiner 2.0 adds keyword filtering
NETRESEC has shipped NetworkMiner 2.0, the latest edition of its powerful network forensic analysis tool.
The update does a better job of interpreting your network traffic, with new parsers for SMB2 and Modbus/TCP, file extraction from SMB writes, and improved parsing for SMTP, FTP and DNS traffic.
Copyfish extends its free OCR to the desktop
Copyfish is a free Chrome extension which can extract text from just about anything in a browser tab -- images, videos, documents, more -- and optionally translate it, too.
That’s great, but it’s just got even better, with new support for desktop OCR.
Covertly monitor PCs and Macs with ActivTrak
ActivTrak is a professional cloud-managed service which can help you covertly monitor activity on PCs and Macs.
The system is extremely easy to set up, very difficult for others to spot, and provides a range of usage reports which you can access from anywhere.
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