Just got word from Tim@ Majorgeeks.com that a new version of WinDVD Tweaker: 3.3 Beta 1 has been released and now the tweaker supports WinDVD 4. WinDVD Tweaker is designed to allow users of the WinDVD playback software to enable some hidden settings and allow for maximum playback pleasure.

RegionKiller 2 takes care of the proper functioning of your (Region Code free) DVD drive - from now on you'll be able to watch foreign DVDs on your home theater PC without being hassled by possibly non-working DVDs.

Asus PCProbe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotations, voltages and temperatures.

Freeware EasyEncode is a very easy but still high-quality and powerful full automatic DVD to DivX rip-pack. About 2 years ago, converting DVD movies into DivX (in high quality) was nearly impossible and you had to do everything by hand. Because every single process needs a few hours, this can be very annoying. Why not let a simple bat-file do all this for you? This is what EasyEncode is all about.

FlashFXP is a powerful and popular FTP & FXP Client for Windows. It is loaded with features for the power user, but has an intuitive user interface that takes only minutes to master. Using the FTP protocol, you can transfer files from remote servers to your computer, or even to another remote server. FlashFXP makes it easy to update your Web site, download files from the company server, or even download files from the internet that always seem to fail using your Web browser.

"Pretty much finalized the features for this version," as the creator posted.

Quite a lot of features/improvements/fixes in this build, make sure you read through the entire change list @ the Inmatrix forum.

Track down any bugs and report them here. Hopefully, the final version will be released within two weeks.

This one is specifically mentioned by Nvidia itself remark with latest beta drivers see below. Read more...

FYI: WinRAR 3.0 FINAL has been released.

WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of the RAR archiver - a powerful tool which allows you to create, manage and control archive files. Read more for the changelog and download link.

This utility is used to enable or disable the Ultra ATA 33/66/100 capability on Western Digital EIDE drives that support this feature.

System Mechanic is the easiest most comprehensive way to keep your PC running smooth and error free. Works with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, and XP!

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!

HyperSnap-DX 4 is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. It captures screens from standard desktop programs and even those hard-to-grab DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games. HyperSnap-DX 4 can capture frames from many software DVD players and other video playing software.

Intel have released a new version of their Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility v4.6!

The utility was developed by Intel Corporation to enable consumers the ability to identify and, in some circumstances, determine if their Intel processor is operating at the correct and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation. Beginning with the Pentium processor, this utility provides consumers with the ability to determine standard CPU identification of Intel processors. In addition, supported processors can utilize the Frequency Test feature of the utility to help determine if a processor has been overclocked.

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.

QRes is a Freeware Command line utility to change screen resolution, color depth and refresh rate for Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/ XP.

MajorGeeks has managed to get hold of X-Setup 6.2 Beta 2 which has just been released. Xteq X-Setup is a so-called hacker or tweaker program. It allows you to change settings that are normally hidden deeply in some configuration-files like the registry fast and easily. It includes major changes to the programs, a lot of new features, more than 200 plug-in changes and about 100 new plug-ins. Click on Read More for more details and download link.

I just saw @ SavageNews that GeForce Tweak 3.2 Final has just been released.

This utility allows you make a lot of modifications to the registry settings of any GeForce videocard. GeForce256 DDR, GeForce2/MX/Pro/Ultra, GeForce3, Geforce4, Quadro, Quadro2/Pro/MXR, Quadro DCC, Quadro4.

Click on Read More for more details and download link.

Feeware CPU-Z is a program that provides some information on your CPU :

Processor name and vendor
Core stepping and process
Processor package
Processor current core voltage
Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier
Partial overclock detection
Processor features, including supported instructions sets.
L1 and L2 cache informations : location, size, speed, technology.
Motherboard informations : BIOS, chipset, memory, AGP.

The tool helps with the TV ouput of Nvidia graphic cards. The main problem is the black borders around the picture on the TV screen. They are very annoying for most applications like e.G. DVD-playback. This tool helps getting rid of those bars...