I use a nice local ISP (Internet Service Provider) to connect to the Internet from my home computer, but they configure their modems to drop the line after five-ten minutes inactivity. Sometimes, when I'm thinking about a reply to a user, or while reading an interesting article on the WEB, or simply when I go down to get something to drink, my ISP drops the line and I have to reconnect. Many people know how annoying this is. Absolutely On-line periodically polls the line (about once a minute) performing the minimum activity required to avoid a line drop by the ISP. It also has an autoreply feature to get rid of annoying confirmation dialogs, so it works also with AOL (version 3) and many other client based ISP's. While developing it, I added two simple functions, the first to automatically dial and connect to your RAS ISP (optionally remembering your password for you); the second to set the system clock using your favorite Internet time server.
Advanced Space Hunter provides an efficient way to rid your hard disk of clutter. First, it scans all selected directories and collects detailed information about the files it finds. Then, it sorts the file list by size and checks for any duplicates. The program allows you to have complete control of your disk space by revealing duplicate files and, if you wish, deleting or archiving one or more of them. Advanced Space Hunter also offers a graphical directory explorer in the form of a colorful pie chart. This allows you to easily determine the bloated areas of your drives. In addition, this helpful system companion can display sublists of entirely duplicated directories, a list of zero size files, and a list of temporary files. Hints about file management are offered in context. The program is expecially useful to get rid of duplicated or unused files like temporary internet files or to remove unwanted applications.
Happy Calendar is a flexible desktop calendar/PIM with several handy options. You can leave a resizable calendar page on your desktop, with the time and Saint of the Day shown, or access the PIM and other calendar features from a tray icon. You can choose from six tabbed views of the week, month, or year and enter or view upcoming events and notes. Happy Calendar's event function includes different functions for alarms, reminders, and to-do items and is a great way to keep track of your life. Alarms can feature optional, user-defined wave sounds, and the notes page offers formatting, Clipboard functions, and nested groups for notes. Beneath its quiet exterior, Happy Calendar has a lot of nice features that could be very useful.
What is This? is a simple and useful shell
extension. It enables you to easily store and review file
descriptions. WIT is easy to use. Simply click right mouse
button to activate context menu for a file and then select
the What is This? menu item. You can do this from Explorer,
Desktop, or even from standard Open Dialog windows. If
the selected file has an entry in Wit's database, then Wit
will show the associated description. Wit's database can be
searched for strings and each file description can be edited
or deleted. You can even change Wit's font size and
colors. Wit preview JPEG files and autoextracts
descriptions from archived files.Take control of your
files, use What is This? !
Windows 9x
NT 4.0
Shareware $20
A u r
a can check your e-mail, send e-mail, eliminate
spam, and is small enough to be used from a floppy disk when
you travel. It does not install system files or write to your
registry. Aura uses a new pradigm for detecting spam, one that
functions using a set of preset rules that can be combined
with additional ones you configure. No need to continually
update your no-no list as in other anti-spam
programs.
When you're away from home, you only need access
to a computer with a floppy drive to get or send e-mail.
Super portable so you don't have to install Aura on
any computer to have it work its unique magic for you. Just
say no to spam and wasted time updating sender and domain
black lists.
