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Overview

Windows is the dominant operating system for desktop computers. A large number of utilities are available for Windows. The Open Directory Project has a category devoted to Windows utilities. Popular websites for downloading Windows utilities are Microsoft's Windows Marketplace and CNETs Download.com. Microsoft MVP Doug Knox maintains a popular page on Windows XP utilities.


Lifespan Age Calculator

Lifespan calculates elapsed age in years months and days between two dates. It can also determine a start date given and end date and elapsed age.

See also: Official website


VideoMaster

VideoMaster is an utility for video and sound conversion and can be used to cut and paste parts of a movie. The tool has an ability to save the video files in the Web-ready formats of Macromedia Flash or GIF.

See also: Official website


DiskView

DiskView is a disk management software that graphically shows disk space usage, file fragmentation and hard disk health based on S.M.A.R.T. technology - within Windows Explorer. It provides a visualizer pane for pie/bar charts, adds folder size columns in the details view, and size indicator bars in Explorer's tree view.

See also: Official website


Keyboard Express

Keyboard Express is a Windows keyboard macro utility. It allows one to issue a series of keystrokes to one's windows applications.

See also: Official website


Macro Express

Macro Express is a Windows macro utility. With Macro Express, one can record, edit and play back mouse and keyboard macros.

A macro is a way to automate a task that one performs repeatedly or on a regular basis. It is a series of commands and actions that can be stored and run whenever one needs to perform the task. One can record or build a macro, and then play the macro to automatically repeat the series of commands or actions.

See also: Official website


Revelation

Revelation 2.0 reveals passwords. They can be accessed by aiming the cross hair onto the password field, causing the stored password to be displayed.
See also: Official website


Split View

Split View is a screen splitting utility that increases productivity by making it easy to work with two applications side by side. It helps make full use of high resolution or widescreen monitor and gives the benefit of dual-monitors without their associated cost.

See also: Official website


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