PC Dr™ - A selection of freeware tools (including scripts written by the owner)

All of these software tools are free.

Scripts by the Owner
Security
Internet Connection
File Management
Multimedia & Graphics
Language Tools
Very Useful

Miscellaneous Scripts by the Owner
These scripts change nothing on your system — they demonstrate the power of scripts to automate repetitive tasks Silent Runners (Discover everything that starts up on any version of Windows) Echéance Ordonnance (A French prescription can be renewed for a certain number of months, but each month has only 28 days – calculate the expiration date for a given number of months) InUse Destroyer (Delete any file at the next reboot) Security Analyzer Xml PARser (Launch “MBSACLI” – Microsoft Base Security Analyzer Command Line Interface – under Windows 2000 or later and produce a text file of all the missing security updates)
Security
Anti-virus AVG: Antivirus Free Microsoft: Security Essentials On-line Virus Scans Trend Micro: HouseCall BitDefender: Quick Scan (automatically deletes any file identified as being infected) Adware Removal Andrew Aronoff: Silent Runners Microsoft Sysinternals: Autoruns HijackThis Windows Service Packs Windows 7: Service Pack 1 (.ISO file for burning to a DVD, 1.9 GB) Windows Vista: Service Pack 1 (435 MB) Windows Vista: Service Pack 2 (348 MB) Rootkit Removal GMER McAfee : RootkitRemover Bitdefender : Rootkit remover avast! : aswMBR Web Browser Mozilla: Firefox Google: Chrome Firefox Extensions: right-click to launch Internet Explorer: IEView right-click to save a URL to the desktop: deskCut create a short link from any URL: Google Shortener
Internet Connection
Identify your IP address: MonIP.org Test your French phone line for ADSL eligibility: DegroupTest Comparison by Internaute of French broadband ISP’s: Comparatif Fournisseurs Accès Internet Bandwidth test: SpeedTest.net
File Management
Compress files: 7-zip Create PDF files: PDF Creator Transfer files via FTP: FileZilla
Multimedia & Graphics
P2P client: eMule Torrent transfers: Vuze (formally known as Azureus) Photo management: Google Picasa PDF file reader: Adobe Reader Adobe Reader downloadable offline updates via FTP Oracle Java Runtime Edition downloadable offline updates
Language Tools
French Dictionary: CNRTL (Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales) and ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française) Conjugation of French verbs: Le Conjugeur and Verbix Multilingual Translation: Google Translator and Bing Translator
Very Useful
Traffic Conditions in the Paris Metropolitan Area: Sytadin Schedule of Trains, RER and Métro in the Paris Metropolitan Area: SNCF Transilien Departure Schedule of Planes at Paris Airports: ADP (Aéroports de Paris) Flight Information Map your French/European Itinerary: Google Maps and ViaMichelin