Thanks to Tim @ Majorgeeks.com for sending in this great tool, tried it last night and it worked like a charm. This Freeware program is great for recovering files from scratched CD's or defective floppy/hard disks. Normally when your computer is unable to copy a file from a damaged disk it will abort and delete the portition of the file it has copied. This program however will continue to copy the file right to the end. Any data that is not recoverable after many retries is replaced with blanks. This will allow you to truely recover every byte of information that is available for recovery.

DVD Region-Free is an unique, effective and easy-to-use DVD tweaking tool. It allows you to watch all region DVDs on any DVD drive (especially RPC2) even if it has been locked.

Here's a few Tools that Tim @ Majorgeeks sent in. TuffTEST 1.53 (00442): TuffTEST is the first PC diagnostic software product that can automatically test the major hardware components of any Intel-based, or compatible, desktop PC. CPU RightMark 0.2 Beta: The CPU RightMark (CPU RM) benchmark is meant for objective performance measurement of modern and future CPUs in various computational tasks such as computational modeling of physical processes and solving of 3D graphics problems. The emphasis is placed on testing under the load of a CPU-RAM link and FPU/SIMD units. TweakDB Beta 2: TweakDB is a tweaking tool with support for all versions of Windows and several types of graphics cards. It focuses mainly on increasing system performance but also on increasing system stability and addressing windows problems.

Alex van Kaam, programmer of MBM, has released a major update version of the voltage, fan and temperature monitoring tool. This version is kind of final but has not completed the entire testing routine Alex puts 'finals' through. Read more for changelog and download links.

I was just over @ 3DGPU.com and saw they had a review up for a 17" Samsung CRT Monitor and the most interesting thing about the review was this link:

There is a list of downloadable monitor testing software over here on this benchmarking site. Grab the software that works best for you and give your monitor the once-over to see how well it holds up against the competition out there.

Thanks to MajorGeeks.com. Freeware tool for flushing the Prefetch log and controlling the Prefetch parameters in Windows XP.

Really just an OEM release, but with a couple of improvements for dual-headed cards, as well as a transparent workaround for ATI's clock locking on budget Radeon 9000 cards (validated with Sapphire and PowerColor 9000 cards, but should work on all of them). Read more...

MetaBench is a benchmarking program being developed by 7Byte. It is consisted of more than 45 different tests designed to benchmark high-end systems. Benchmarks are carefully designed in consideration with new CPUs and system architectures. Read more for introduction and download links.

jv16 PowerTools is the next generation of RegCleaner. A full set of tools to keep your computer and your LAN up and running. jv16 PowerTools is basicly the Tool to control your computer. Until now your computer might had been the one who is in charge, but with jv16 PowerTools you can take the control. The program contains all the tools needed for monitoring and cleaning the Registry and the file system.

Asus has released the latest version of their Windows based utility which lets you view your motherboards BIOS, flash from internet or file, save to file and more. A must have for Asus owners.

Thanks to MajorGeeks.com! Freeware tool for flushing the Prefetch log and controlling the Prefetch parameters in Windows XP.

FlasKMPEG converts digital video in the MPEG format to other formats. FlasKMPEG is very easy to use and at the same time powerful and fun! Here are some of the few features ...

Full MPEG1/MPEG2 software video decoding
VCD/SVCD/DVD video transcoding
A52/MPEG audio decoding

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

EasyBoot 3.2 has been released by the same peeps that released UltraIso 5.1.

EasyBoot is one integrated local language start compact disc pre-mastering tool , it may edit compact disc start menu, automatically produce boot image file, and generate the ISO document. So long as brun it through CD-R/W records software, you can get the boot CD completely belongs to yourself.

Small, fast and simple internet based translation software. And it's FREEWARE! Smart Translator stays at the system tray and with a simple mouse click you can translate to/from english and french, german, italian, spanish, portuguese or russian.

Kazaa Movie Finder enables you to download complete movies with help of the sig2dat program. It sends parameters to sig2dat and it adds the selected movies into your download section.

HyperSnap-DX 5 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 5 can capture frames from many software DVD players and other video playing software.

Rancho*: I'm back from a nasty WC failure. Now to business... Asus has released the latest version of their Windows based utility which lets you view your motherboards BIOS, flash from internet or file, save to file and more. A must have for Asus owners.

Majorgeeks.com has info on new versions. CpuIdle lowers the CPU temperature. This enhances CPU life (a decrease by 10°C doubles the life span) and cuts power consumption. Unlike normal power management CpuIdle is active all the time and works even when you're actively using your computer.

Geeknewz.com has posted the latest windows xp utility that stops Microsoft from sending information back and forward about your computer. Great tool for customizing and lots of options u will be amazed with what you find.