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• Organize Your Desktop Icons with Fences Stardock's fantastic free utility makes it a snap to arrange your apps, shortcuts, folders, and other desktop clutter.
• Where are the x64 Apps? Phillip2167 can't find x64 apps, and asked the Answer Line forum about the problem
• For Geeks Only: Edit Registry With RegSnap Standard Track Registry changes and restore the Registry to its previous state.
• Window 7 Firewall Control Free Demystifies Microsoft's Built-In Firewall Take greater control over the firewall built into Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
• Bend Vista To Your Will With Vista Smoker Pro Tweak many aspects of Windows Vista's features and performance.
• New Name, No More Ads: Easeus Partition Master Home Still Smells Sweet This free partitioning tool with includes boot disc creation, and now--no advertising!
• TreeSize Helps You Cut Your Disk Usage Down to Size Find files and gather usage statistics galore with this slightly pricey, albeit useful IT-oriented utility.
• Tote Applications On A USB Drive With CodySafe This freebie turns your USB flash drive into a "computer on a stick."
• Mirror Backs Up Simple Folder Structures--For Free This tiny, simple, but effective smart copy utility makes backing up a folder easy.
• MouseWrangler Adds Macros to Your Mouse Movements With this freebie, use mouse gestures instead of the keyboard to speed common windows tasks.
• Restore Lost Files With DiskDigger This handy utility helps you save your digital bacon by allowing you to restore files you thought were gone for good.
• Learn All Your Hard Drive's Secrets With DriveSitter Pro Get extremely detailed information about the health and performance of your hard disk.
• CS Fire Monitor Reveals Your System's Secrets Monitor every aspect of your hardware and bandwidth use with this deep-delving freebie.
• Beef Up Security With Runscanner? Runscanner adds a useful layer of as-needed scanning protection, but the similar HijackThis may be a better bet.
• Banish Unwanted Dialog Boxes With Buzof Stop pressing the same buttons over and over. Buzof can do it for you.
• Peek Into Minimized Windows With Visual Tooltip This freebie shows thumbnail previews for your minimized windows--but don't mistake it for a full-featured dock program.
• Document Your Configuration With Astra32 Need to know what all your hardware is and how it's doing? Astra32 lays it out for you.
• DisplayFusion Changes Wallpaper on Multiple Monitors With this freebie, you can customize desktop wallpaper on multiple monitors with pictures from your PC or from Flickr.
• Keep Your Desktop Interesting With John's Background Switcher Why stare at the same desktop image all day? Use the free John's Background Switcher to show you something that suits your mood.
• Explore Virtual Desktops With WindowsPager Add virtual desktops to your Windows PC with this freebie, and get your program windows organized.
• Speed Up Vista With Vista Services Optimizer Windows Vista offers a lot of functionality--not all of which you need available at every moment. Stop unnecessary services with this useful freebie.
• Stop Unneeded Programs With JustCloseSomeTasks When you get busy, you forget how busy your PC is. This freebie can make things easier for both of you by closing unused, energy-slurping tasks.
• Ashampoo WinOptimizer 6 Whips Your PC Into Shape Looking for an easy and complete solution to get your PC running better? Optimize your PC with this complete tuneup suite.
• Uncover Disk Secrets with Drive Manager Look at all of your drives, scan them for errors, and learn their serial numbers with this free and in-depth tool.
• Find File Differences With Freebie Comparer Explorer alone tells you little about what makes files different from one another. Donationware gem Comparer and its many plug-ins do a better job.