Freewares / Freeware 10 Dec 09

PureText

With PureText you can copy text from a web page or a document and paste it as a simple text in another application, without the formatting. Using PureText is plain simple, use its hot-key to paste text instead of using the standard CTRL+V hot-key. To configure PureText, right-click on its tray icon and choose "Options" from the pop-up menu. The default hot-key is WINDOWS+V, but this can be altered. Please note PureText removes only the rich formatting from text. This includes the font face, font style (bold, italics, etc.), font color, paragraph styles (left/right/center aligned), margins, character spacing, bullets, subscript, superscript, tables, charts, pictures, embedded objects, etc. PureText would not modify the actual text, and will not remove or fix new-lines, carriage returns, tabs, or other white-space. It cannot be used to fix word-wrap or clean up paragraphs. PureText v2.0, a mere 28 KB utility, can be downloaded at http://stevemiller.net/downloads/puretext20_x86.zip

CodySafe

CodySafe transforms any portable drive from a simple data carrier to a computer-on-stick. It can help to carry the computer programs, manage portable applications, and launch them on any PC without leaving any footprint behind. You can manage your documents, multimedia files and pictures on your removable media. It can also detect and prevent virus infection with ViruSense. Among the many CodySafe's features are : Add and remove portable applications, Manage Auto-Run applications, Drive Doctor to keep your drive healthy, Prevent and detect AutoRun viruses infection, set Custom Command line parameters, Manage documents, pictures, music and video in the removable media, automatic application ranking based on frequency of its usage; and at any point of time get to know the amount of used and free space of your portable drive. Requirements: USB portable drive with 5 Mb free space, Windows® XP or later, works best with Windows® Vista or Windows 7. CodySafe, the utility which I stumbled across at Aseem Kishore's Online Tech Tips, can be downloaded at http://codyssey.com/downloads/sw/CodySafe/CodySafe_Setup.exe

Game Booster™

Game Booster™ makes it easy to enjoy the latest games by enhancing your experience to a new level. Game Booster™ optimizes your PC for smoother and more responsive game play with the touch of a button. To speedup IObit Software's Game Booster defragments game directories, temporarily shuts down background processes, cleans up RAM, and intensifies processor performance. With Game Booster™ it's all systems go! Features include: extremely easy and intuitive interface, does not overclock your hardware, does not change Windows Registry and system settings, and, whatever Game Booster™ turns off during gaming can be restored. Game Booster is 100% freeware, without any virus, adware, and spyware, assure its developers. Game Booster™ has received raving reviews, including this - "Game Booster pumps up your system" says The Washington Post. You can check it out by downloading the 1.16 MB Game Booster v1.3 (Nov 21, 2009), or Windows® 2000, Vista™, XP and Windows® 7, at http://snipurl.com/gamesbooster

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I want the icons on the desktop stay in a fixed position. Please suggest a utility.

You could try the 37.5KB DesktopOK v1.57 at http://www.softwareok.com/?Download=DesktopOK.

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