Here's some free Tools. Memtest86 2.9: is a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are only a quick check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. CDCheck 3.0.0.29 Beta:checks your CDs (or some other media) and tells you which files are corrupted. It can also do a binary compare with copy on disk (prefered if possible). It is especially useful for testing old CDs or just burned CDs to see if they are OK. If some files are corrupted that means it would be wise to move your data to some other media or copy it on another CD. APK Internet and NT/2k/XP Speedup Guides 2.0++: 2 guides that speedup Windows NT, Windows 2000, & Windows XP. MyIE 3.2: is a browser based on the Internet Explorer core.It can open more web pages in one MyIE instance but only occupy very little in the way of resources.

This little utility will cool your Athlon/Duron processor on Via KT133 or KX133(A) (VT8363, VT8361, VT82C691/693A/694 or VT8371 +VT82C686x) chipsets during idle!

PerfectDisk 2000 V5.0 redefines enterprise disk defragmentation for the Windows® 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. PerfectDisk 2000 V5.0 defragments drives faster than Diskeeper® V7. PerfectDisk V5.0 is specially designed to perform on disk drives and RAID sets of 100 gigabytes to a terabyte or more. Read More...

Thanks to Savagenews.com. Matrox has released new version of their Technical Support Tweak Utility v 4.03.004 and Matrox have also update their Matrox Technical Support Mini Diagnostic application to version 1.52.000. It does supports these chips/cards: G100, G100 MMS, G200, G200 MMS, G400, G450 and G550.

This is a newer version of the Freeware XMPEG, but still in early stages of development. XMPEG is a modification version of FlaskMPEG. This program decodes MPEG1 (Audio & Video) and MPEG2 streams and offers you the possibilty to reencode theses streams in the format you want. Actual evolutions makes this XMPEG faster, more stable, and add a lot of options.

Hardware Info (HWiNFO?) is a powerful system information utility designed especially for detection of hardware. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

Customizer XP is an integrated suite of programs that can help you to tweak your Windows 2000/XP to its fullest potential performance or just keep it running like new. It offers a wide range possibility to customize and optimize your Windows program. Whether you want to tweak your Windows registry, cleanup your harddisk, or increase your multimedia and 3D games performance. What's new in version 1.7.9 Build 1000? Read more...

CPU Review have released a new version of their MemTach memory benchmark to v0.93 Alpha.

PowerStrip 3.16 provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest Radeon 8500DV and GeForce4 Ti4600. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to XP. A simple menu that pops up from the system tray provides access to some 500 controls over your display hardware, including sophisticated color correction tools, period level adjustments over screen geometry, and driver independent clock controls.

RivaTuner is the most powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA display adapters running under Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The purpose of this utility is to give you access to the many undocumented features of the Detonator drivers.

WinDVD Tweaker is designed to allow users of the WinDVD playback software to enable some hidden settings and allow for maximum playback pleasure.

This tool can be used to edit BIOS image files for all Nvidia cards, except old TNT and TNT2 cards with Control Block version less than 3. This tool is developed by Ray Adams.

A new ATI RefreshFix has beeen released and it's version 0.99 beta. Note that this tool only works for Windows 2000 and XP.

Freeware MultiRes is a small, 32-bit alternative to QuickRes, with refresh rate and multi-monitor support for up to nine display devices under Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP. This release includes a few refinements to batch processing and improvements to the optional driver-independent lock on refresh rates.

Savagenews.com have released a new version of their OverClocker's Pad v0.7 RC7.

It calculates most needed values for overclockers - Memory bandwidth, fillrate, memory speed by NS rating and it will have more features in next releases. You will be able to calculate results of your overclocking and understand speed of future pre-released hardware. Overclocker's Pad understands SDR and DDR memory as well as future QBM and even un-anounced DDR-II.

DriverSpyNT is an advanced I/O request packet (IRP) monitoring tool for Windows NT/2Kk/XP. DriverSpyNT can monitor and display IRPs sent to any device on the system. Additionally, it has the powerful feature of displaying the input and output buffers of device I/O control requests. These features make DriverSpyNT an instrumental tool for debugging device drivers, discovery of undocumented IOCTLs, and learning more about the NT I/O subsystem. Visit homepage Download directly

The Plus! Extension is a software that adds functionalities to the Microsoft Windows Messenger (also known as MSN Messenger) chat program. It is very easy to install it as it is easy to uninstall it, so do not hesitate about trying it. It works with Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT4/2000/XP. It requires MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger, versions 3.6 to 4.6. Click on Read More... to see what's new and download links.

Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables. It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.

CPUFSB is a small version of CPUCooL. It is for changing the FrontSideBus only. So you have a small tool only one of the the most important freatures of CPUCooL. Changing the FrontSideBus enables you to set the frequency of your CPU up to the limits.

CPUCooL is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many motherboards. It works with all chipsets from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD, and SIS 5595 motherboards.