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Recover lost or forgotten passwords to Microsoft Office applications.
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Keep on top of security updates with this alert program.
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Customize your desktop with attractive widgets for searches, weather, stocks, and fun applications.
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This browser add-on makes sense only--if at all--if your world rotates around Yahoo.
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Keep an eye on system resources with this little utility.
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License: Free
Check out this super-powerful, free alternative to Task Manager, from Microsoft.
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Clean up your IE history, temporary files, cookies, and recent documents list.
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Avoid installing the RealPlayer to play RealMedia files. Use this free CODEC instead.
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ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries).
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Amp up Windows Media with this XP bonus pack of PowerToys, utilities, and more.
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Diagnose your OS, and benchmark it, with this utility.
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Jazz up the cursors you use to mouse around Windows.
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Spruce up your Windows icons with this free tool.
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Simultaneously query mulitiple search engines, newsgroups, and e-mail directories.
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Print a list of all the files in a single directory or an entire file tree.
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Play QuickTime files without installing the official QuickTime player.
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Check your spelling in Outlook Express with this plug-in.
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Find your misplaced Windows product key in your Registry.
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Enhance your graphics with Harry's 69 image effects.
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Clear your cache before you view Web sites.
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License: Free
Put your keys in their proper places with this remapping utility.
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Top file management utility lets you preview files, print multiple files at once, and more.
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Keep your IE toolbar settings intact with this utility.
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Save your Internet searches for later use, remove broken links, and e-mail your results.
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Compress your video in the small, high-quality, MPEG-4 AVC format (or any of several others).
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Turn your GMail account into storage space with this extension.
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Tab through Firefox more easily with this browser extension.
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Edit your PDF files in Microsoft Word, without having to touch Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
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Combine and edit PDF files--even fill them out as forms.
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Create editable, printable lists of files from your directories.
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Get a real look at what's going on inside your Word documents with CrossEyes.
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Reduce the amount of time you spend managing e-mail with this Outlook add-on.
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This screen capture program can create slick videos with sound, demonstrating screen activities.
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Keep the same bookmarks in different browsers, or even on different computers.
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Automatically resize windows so they're the right size from the moment you open them.
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Teach your keyboard to act like a mouse.
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When Paint Shop Pro isn't enough, these 600 additional resources will get your creative juices flowing.
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Save your Outlook settings just the way you want them with this plug-in.
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Turn any photo into a dreamy, soft-focus masterpiece with this plug-in.
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Teach your mouse new tricks with this gesture-recognition program.
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Save text, rich text, and images in the Clipboard so they're there to stay.
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Scroll with the Page Up and Page Down keys instead of with a mouse wheel.
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Add to your box of tools for enhancing Microsoft Excel 97/2000.
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Search your PowerPoint presentations without the trouble of opening them.
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Get more out of Microsoft Excel with this powerful plug-in.
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Exercise power over your printer! Print documents that aren't open, and perform money-saving maneuvers.
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Beef up Microsoft Word substantially with this plug-in.
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Secure your IM conversations and your data from hackers and identity thieves.
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Make Outlook work harder for you with this add-in's 19 productivity functions.
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Automate spreadsheets and use more than 100 new worksheet formulas with this time-saving Excel add-in.
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Update documents instantly with names, addresses, dates, gender, and more.
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Make feature-rich screen savers for the Mac OS and Windows both with this Windows program.
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Buff up your Winamp player with this full-featured plug-in.
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Zero-ize the read-only attribute from selected directories with this tiny file.
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Find documents and folders by type, date range, and more than 70 other descriptors.
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Launch programs and work within them with this powerful and easy-to-use keystroke macro program.
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Capture information and send it directly into Outlook with this plug-in.
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Keep up-to-date with this calendar made to work with or without Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird.
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Automatically sync your bookmarks, favorites, and important files across all your browsers and all your PCs.
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Reduce your dependence on your mouse with this hot-key program.
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Customize AOL Instant Messenger with tabs, transparency, and more.
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