Monday, December 18, 2000		Downloads of the week

Web mails are the most popular mode of communication today and a large section of modern world communicates with the rest of the world either by Web mails or POP mails. Though POP mails are convenient and offer more flexibility, yet Web mails are popular due to their universal availability. However, they suffer due to flexibility of operations. But the use of software like HotmailBox Beta can help get over this problem as it offers a functional client for the Hotmail account, thus eliminating the need of a browser. Using this software you can store multiple user profile and handle multiple accounts with usernames and passwords. The program synchronises and displays all messages in an account with a click of button. Thus you can see all messages in this program only without any other software or browser. For adding more value to e-mail, you can create new boxes and organise messages into these boxes as per the criteria.

Under this software you can also maintain a full-fledged address book to keep all addresses intact. This program has all other features of a browser, which includes separate window for composing message that would automatically convert e-mail addresses and URLs into live links. Adding further value to this software is an independent instant messenger, whose capabilities are not just limited to Hotmail account users only. This is useful software, which stays in the system tray and can be configured to check for new mails after a particular time interval. It is free and can be downloaded from www.tugboatharbor.com/cs

Normally, printing accounts for a major expense in a normal home or small office environment. Every small text or graphics, which you might print as a draft, uses a full sheet of paper and above all, printing on a full length of page also consumes a lot of printer ink. Thus, even without your realising, a lot of money is wasted. However, you can save all such wasteful expenditure by downloading HandyPrint 98 from http://member.nifty.ne.jp/Bear. This software is small but a useful utility, which can print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. It is compatible with all popular software like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Acrobat Reader, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator. This software collects information from various programs and clubs it together on a paper in reduced size.

However, if page is not filled, then this program can wait until a sheet is completely filled up by matter from either one program or multiple programs. Thus it not just saves paper, but also saves precious printer ink. This program can print one, two, four or six pages per sheet. This software can prove to be useful in small offices and also for persons engaged in desktop publishing, as it can print sheets in a booklet format. This is easy to use software as it has a user-friendly interface. This software easily fits in the existing programs. In order to use this software you just need to go to File menu and click on the Print sub-menu as you would normally do to give a print command. But you need to choose HandyPrint as the printer choice. You can set all preferences and configure the lay-out for page. The outstanding feature is that it works with all printers, irrespective of their brands, models or other configurations.

Yet another e-mail related software, which can take a lot of load off your shoulders. It can ensure that all e-mails will be sent even if you are away from the desktop. Like the name of this software, which is too long, the functions are also many. This software automatically connects computer to the Internet at a desired time and send all mails at a specified time, which are present in the outbox folder. Another outstanding feature is that you can zip messages automatically before e-mail. The option of zipping is optional and can apply to any type of e-mail like pictures or large files. Moreover, since it is a multi-resource utility, so you can run multiple instances simultaneously, which allow you to work independently in several windows at the same time. It also features a tab-style interface for browsing and enabling dozens of its options. Everything can be run in three modes, like the timer mode, demand mode and analyse-before-sending mode. This software also has an inbuilt message editor, which can be used for composing and editing text. Using this software you can also encrypt and protect your mail by using passwords. This software can be had free of cost from http://www.iopus.com

Customizer 2000

Though undoubtedly Microsoft Windows is comprehensive and user-friendly operating system available yet sometimes a person feels the need of customising it to his personal needs. The task of customising Windows-based applications is done by tweaks. Customizer 2000 is a Windows utility, using which you can tweak many configurations in Windows and programs. Though you can tweak the Windows applications manually yet that could be prone to mistakes. However, by using this software, the chances of mistakes are ruled out to a large extent. The software describes each and every tweak to make you understand what you are going to do and what change it will bring in your system. It also gives the option to switch back to the Windows default in case there is such a need. Some of the popular tweaks are disabling Windows start up on the boot up of the Windows, disabling the Windows start-up screen, restrict log-on access and optimising the CD-ROM cache size. There are several tweaks available in this program, which could range from basic to advanced and can thus improve the performance of your system. Download a shareware version of this program from http://customizer.tripod.com