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ActMon Password Recovery XP
$29.95 - ActMon Computer File PC Network Monitoring Software

The newest version of this popular password recovery utility decrypts and displays the passwords behind the asterisks on ALL Windows systems. It works automatically on Web pages, Windows 9x/NT and Windows 2000/XP systems.

Windows systems allow a convenient storage of frequently used passwords, such as the password of your dial-in ISP, Outlook Express email or FTP connection. However, since you no longer enter the saved passwords manually, you tend to forget them. What are you to do when you need to know one of the saved passwords? The password is staring right at you, but is hiding behind a row of asterisks.

For Windows 9x and NT users the solution was to use a password recovery utility that displayed the passwords inside the box. But as many users upgrade to Windows XP they realize that Microsoft increased the security of the password boxes and all old password recovery tools no longer work. However, with the new iOpus Password Recovery XP users can reveal their forgotten passwords on Windows XP and Windows 2000 as easily as they did on Windows 98 or Windows ME.

Limitations: This utility works well with most password screens you will encounter on a MS Windows system, such as the password fields in Outlook Express. However, it does not work with applications that do not actually store the password "behind" the asterisks e. g. the Windows NT User Manager. The standard password recovery works on Win 95, 98, ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP (all Editions). The WEB password recovery is designed for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (or better) on all Windows platforms

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Security Task Manager
$39 - A. & M. Neuber Software

Security Task Manager is an enhanced process viewer, that provides detailed information about programs and processes running on the computer. It displays all the standard information, including file name, directory path, description, CPU usage etc. as well as a unique security risk rating. The security risk rating is based on an analysis that takes different aspects of the process into consideration, and indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan or keylogger. This indicator is purely based on generic analysis, and does not use any signature files, so it is open to interpretation by the (advanced) user. Security Task Manager also displays the start time, the icon of the process, hidden functions and more. That process viewer recognizes virtual driver software, services, BHOs and stealth processes hidden from the Windows Task Manager. You can choose to terminate any process, delete it, or alternately quarantine it, which will disable it from running again without actually deleting it. Additional information is provided via context sensitive Google results, and you can customize risk ratings by adding your own comments.

If you buy Security Task Manager you get the software SpyProtector for free. SpyProtector contains tools to protect your computer from keylogger, spyware and trojans. SpyProtector deletes traces of your Internet and computer activity and prevents keyboard input monitoring. Furthermore SpyProtector warns you when the registry is changed.

Snapfiles.com wrote: "Overall, a very useful TaskManager for novice and advanced users alike, that provides many unique features."

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Alive Task Manager
$24.95 - Vitolab Software

Alive Task Manager is a simple and efficient tool for the planning of diverse tasks. It can be used to generate and view a personal time-table, remind about particular events, create repeated tasks, establish rules for postponement of tasks, etc. The support of a tree-type structure of tasks facilitates allocation of tasks with corresponding attributes. A variety of folders (for example, business, personal, employees, etc.) can be created for placement of relevant tasks. A special folder "All Tasks" displays all tasks created in Alive Task Manager. This feature is very convenient for searching and viewing.
Each task in Alive Task Manager is arranged such that all information about a task is placed on a separate tab:
1. Summary - consolidated information about a task. It displays general information, such as the header, start date and time, completion date and time, notes.
2. Main - basic information about a task, such as task title, start date and time, completion date and time, priority and state.
3. Additional - an indispensable tab for a more detailed task description. It contains the following fields: task completion percentage, completion period, actual time spent, expenditures, type of restriction, web resources, and contacts.
4. Executives - these are tasks, for which a person in charge and one or several executives are assigned. All relevant information can be written on this tab.
5. Comprehensive information about a task can be entered in notes.
Alive Task Manager offers the widest opportunities for reminding you about tasks and controlling the progress of their fulfillment. Any task in the program can be preset so that the reminder window is displayed at the desired moment.
Using Alive Task Manager not just greatly improves labor discipline, but also increases labor efficiency.

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Alagus Print Port Manager
$0 - Alagus Software

Alagus Print Port Manager is an interface for managing Alagus Virtual Printers. Using Alagus Print Port Manager you can add, set and delete Alagus Virtual Printers, as well as configure and use their special features.
Alagus Virtual Printer is actually a printer to which several modules (plug-ins) are integrated namely: Alagus Print Secure, Alagus Print Backup and Recovery and Alagus Print Route. These modules allow you to redirect the documents that you print to another printer, duplicate them and redirect to two or more printers, save the print documents to a file, send them to a different application, filter the documents by a keyword, etc.
Alagus Virtual Printer uses Print Port Monitor which is loaded by Windows Print Spooler Service. For the use of Alagus Virtual Printer it is not required to start some additional application or system service.
In case you don?t use the additional modules Alagus Virtual Printer works as a Print Proxy. This means that the document sent is forwarded to an existing printer.
Alagus Virtual Printer uses the same printer drivers and settings as the printer that is chosen to be the print destination. Because of this you don?t need to install any additional print drivers.
By default the option Share this printer with secure sharing is switched on. This means that every added Alagus Virtual Printer is shared andan ?$? is added to its name.
With Alagus Print Port Manager you can also save and recover the settings of a printer as well as to reprint already printed documents if you have them as SPL files. You can also open and use the standard Printer Properties and Print Server Properties dialogues.

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TuneRanger for Windows
$29.99 - Acertant Technologies, Inc.

TuneRanger connects iTunes-running computers over a network, allowing music, video, and playlists to be merged from one iTunes library to another seamlessly. TuneRanger even works across platforms letting iTunes on Windows communicate and synchronize with iTunes on Mac or any combination. TuneRanger offers true synchronization. It compares songs and videos on all computers and only moves what has changed. It even does this for playlists.

Power users will appreciate TuneRanger?s more advanced sync settings and filters and its ability to perform bi-directional iPod synchronization - including iPod to iTunes transfers.

TuneRanger incorporates numerous tools designed to keep iTunes and iPods clean and optimized. These tools include: an automated duplicate manager, an orphan file remover, tools to remove unlicensed songs, add or remove disconnected files, and a utility to copy album art from the iTunes database to the actual music files making the album art portable and accessible to other music managers and players.

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System Purifier
$26.85 - JitBit Software

Jitbit System Purifier is an all-in-one file shredder, privacy eraser, disk cleaner, free space wiper/eraser and startup programs manager.

... "FILE SHREDDER" - "file eraser" securely deletes files from your hard disk. Files erased with the file shredder are physically deleted and cannot be recovered or "undeleted" with disk recovery tools. The algorithms used in the file shredder are compliant with the US Department of Defense 5220.22 M sanitizing standard. Use the file shredder to completely erase critical information from your disk. System Purifier is fully integrated with the Windows shell: erase files from any windows-compatible file manager (e.g. Windows Explorer) using a context-menu.

... "PRIVACY ERASER" - erases your activity tracks and other unneeded data from your system. It protects privacy by cleaning up the tracks of your Internet activities and computer activities and contains multiple eraser tools like: IE address box typed URLs eraser, Recent Documents folder eraser, temporary (temp) folders cleaner, internet history eraser, web browser's cache eraser, IE forms auto-complete cleaner, open/save dialog history eraser, FireFox cache cleaner and many more.

... "JUNK FILE FINDER" - scans your drives for unwanted useless and temporary files, left by various applications. Use it to free disk space and optimize system performance.

... "STARTUP MANAGER" - controls windows startup programs. Find out what software starts automatically on boot, review the list and delete the unnecessary items.

..."FREE SPACE ERASER" - since deleted files are only marked as deleted, after some time your hard-drive's free space is not actually free - it contains lots of scrappy data. To prevent this data from being recovered, you have to erase the drive's free space.

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