Tag: Desktop Software reviews

Stretchly is an open-source tool which reminds you to take regular breaks from your computer (Windows, Linux, Mac). Like all Electron-based programs, Stretchly is huge (134MB). But you’ve probably got enough space for it somewhere, and at least it doesn’t require installation: you can unzip it and go. Stretchly is designed to be easy to […]

The Windows System Control Centre (WSCC) is a free application that helps you to install, update, launch and generally manage Windows Sysinternals and NirSoft tools. The program gives the tools a helpful front end menu, for instance. So there’s no need to waste time trying to remember which NirSoft tool displays stored IE passwords: just […]

IObit’s Driver Booster is a simple and straightforward tool which can scan your system for outdated drivers, then download and install replacements with a click. Upgrade to the Pro version and you gain additional features such as backup, faster download speeds and wider hardware support. The program is unusually easy to use. There’s no complex interface, […]

SysGauge launches much like any other PC system monitor. Choose one of the usual counters (CPU usage, memory usage, disk activity, disk transfer rate, network transfer rate), its current, average and minimum values are displayed, and a line graph shows how your counter is changing in real time. What’s interesting is that these aren’t the […]

If you work with lots of files, then you’ll soon find that the Windows Explorer can be rather frustrating. For example, you have to open multiple windows to handle a source and destination location for your files, Explorer doesn’t always remember your previous location, so you have to dig deep to find the destination and […]

FastStone is a lightweight, yet amazingly versatile screen capture tool that allows you to capture and annotate just about anything you might need. The program comes with a host of capture types, for instance: it can grab the full screen, the currently active window, a rectangular region of the screen, freehand or fixed-sized regions, even a scrolling […]

TreeSheets is a freeform data organiser, which the developer describes as “the ultimate replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases”. The program opens with a grid, which can be set to whatever size you like. At its simplest you could just start to type, filling each cell with text notes, […]

The Glary Utilities are a very complete, and surprisingly free suite of tools that provide almost everything you need to optimise, clean and maintain your PC. A “Clean Up & Repair” section leads off with useful tools to find redundant disk files and clean your Registry, while extra modules help to remove broken shortcuts and […]

HyperSnap is an extremely versatile screen capture tool that includes an array of essential features. The program provides a lengthy list of capture types, for instance: full screen, active window, region, the virtual desktop (even extending over multiple monitors), freehand shapes, scrolling windows (a web site that’s too large for the screen, say), and more. […]

Take Command is an alternative Windows command shell with many additional functions and features. The program’s interface provides a much more comfortable way to work at the command line. You’re able to have multiple tabbed console sessions; these have all the usual Windows editing features, and many more (you can cut and paste text from […]