Vista Sidebar 2.3

Vista sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, google search, yahoo search and lots of more search engines. It has also gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots of more useful gadgets.

The sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft Sidebar with more extras and works on Microsoft Windows Vista and XP. Thoosje´s Vista Sidebar is also part of the Vista Transformation Pack that turns your XP OS into Windows Vista.

This new versions runs stable and small bugs have been resolved

Size: 5.08MB
Publisher: http://www.thoosje.com/
Release Date: 2007-10-22
OS: Windows XP/Vista

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Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.1

At last, Vista Transformation Pack has finally come out! Despite the name Vista, you´ll get whole new update and more functions. Get the awesome Vista look today!

Vista Transformation Pack will give to your Windows XP system the new and cool look of Microsoft´s future operating system: Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and toolbars and also adds new enhancements to your desktop such as a dock bar or a different system tray clock.

Well, this is another very big update. In this release, you´ll get bunches of stuff you´ve never seen before in this pack such as Windows Media Player skins, WindowBlinds skin, new stuffs, etc. And bugs I´ve found are all fixed with 5270 additions.

• Added 2 Vista 5270 visual styles
• Aero Style (Glass - Beta 2)
• Aero Style (Vista - Beta 2)
• Added 2 Vista Media Player skins
• Windows Media Player 11 (TheVista.ru)
• WMP11 (MaStErHaCk)
• Added 2 Vista screensavers
• Added 8 new Vista wallpapers from build 5270
• Added Vista (Beta 2) stuffs such as
• login
• icons
• progress dialog
• start button
• toolbar icons
• Added WindowBlinds glass skin
• Corrected some Vista icons (Printers and Search)
• Fixed annoying cached files in harddisk source (such as i386, servicepackfiles, etc.)
• Fixed file extraction buffer error (some files that might be lost on some machines)
• Fixed Glass2k uninstallation bug
• Fixed unattended transformation issues on unattended installation (Works only on First-Run transformation mode)
• Removed "Aero Style (Glass - 51xx)" since it´s similar to Beta 2 ones
• Updated ToolBar style settings
• Updated Vista Beta 1 progress buttons
• Updated visual styles
• Fixed TreeExpandCollapse transparency bug
• Renamed "Aero Style (52xx)" to "Aero Style (Beta 2)"
• Fixed CaptionButton background bugs in Vista visual styles
• -Fixed Compact StartPanel bugs in Aero Style (Vista - Beta 1) visual style
• Updated ListviewHeader image to new Vista ones
• Updated Logoff/Shutdown button position in Beta 2 series
• Updated new 5270 stuffs to Beta 2 series
• Updated some improved elements in Beta 1 serires
• Updated Tabitem images to ones used in IE7 in Beta 2 series

Size: 27.55MB
Publisher: http://www.windowsxlive.net/
Release Date: 2007-11-27
OS: Windows XP

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FreeCommander

FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD, USB-Stick or even a floppy disk - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer.


Main features in FreeCommander:

• Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical
• Tabbed interface
• Optional tree view for each panel
• Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
• File viewer inside archives too
• Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read)
• Nested archive handling
• Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
• Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders
• Wipe files
• Create and verify MD5 checksums
• File splitting
• File properties and context menu
• Calculation of folder size
• Folder comparison / synchronization
• Modification of file date and attributes
• Folder / program favorites
• File searching (inside archive too)
• File filters for display
• User defined columns for detailed view
• DOS command line
• Multiple language support

Size: 2.10MB
Publisher: http://www.freecommander.com
Release Date: 2007-12-06
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/XP/2K3
Version 2007.10a

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Recuva - File Recovery

Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

Size: 667KB
Publisher: http://www.recuva.com/
OS: Win 2000/XP

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IrfanView

Edit and convert graphics files with this top-notch image viewer.

IrfanView is a fast and simple image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, and TGA. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications, such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.

Size: 1.1MB
Publisher: http://www.irfanview.com/
Release Date: 2007-10-16
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/NT
Version: 4.10

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