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  BIND (Tools Only)

  BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet. It provides a robust and stable platform on top of which organizations can build distributed computing systems with the knowledge that those systems are fully compliant with published DNS standards.

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  Java Runtime (JRE)

  Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It's also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing.

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  Windows Image to Virtual Hard Disk Converter (WIM2VHD)

  The Windows Image to Virtual Hard Disk (WIM2VHD) command-line tool allows you to create sysprepped VHD images from any Windows 7 installation source. VHDs created by WIM2VHD will boot directly to the Out Of Box Experience, ready for your first-use customizations. You can also automate the OOBE by supplying your own unattend.xml file, making the pos... More information

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  ZoomIt

  ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my prese... More information

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  Notepad2-mod

  Changes compared to the official Notepad2: Code folding, Support for bookmarks, Option to mark all occurrences of a word, Word auto-completion, Syntax highlighting support for AutoHotkey, AutoIt3, AviSynth, Bash, CMake, Inno Setup, LaTeX, Lua, NSIS, Ruby and Tcl scripts, Improved support for NFO ANSI art, Support for replacing Windows Notepad using... More information

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  Notepad2

  A fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting.

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  MonoDevelop

  MonoDevelop is an IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and ASP.NET Web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. MonoDevelop makes it easy for developers to port .NET applications created with Visual Studio to Linux and to maintain a single code base for all platforms.

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  Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

  In our continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released the 4.0 version of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server. The Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to Microsoft SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 200... More information

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  SourceGear DiffMerge

  Visually compare and merge files within Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

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  UltraMon

  UltraMon is a utility for multi-monitor systems, designed to increase productivity and unlock the full potential of multiple monitors. * efficiently move windows and maximize windows across the desktop * manage more applications with the Smart Taskbar * control application positioning with UltraMon Shortcuts * multi-monitor support for desktop wall... More information

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  ISO Recorder

  ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.

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  Greenfish Icon Editor

  Greenfish Icon Editor Pro (GFIE Pro) is a powerful freeware icon, cursor, animation, icon library and image editor. Layer support with advanced selection handling makes it a really professional and unique freeware tool for designing pixelgraphic images. GFIE offers high-quality filters like Bevel, Drop Shadow and Glow; supports editing animated cur... More information

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  SciTE4AutoHotkey

  SciTE4AutoHotkey is a SciTE-based AutoHotkey script editor. It offers: * Syntax highlighting * Code folding * Calltips (also known as IntelliSense) * AutoComplete * AutoIndent * AutoHotkey help integration * Abbreviations * AutoHotkey_L debugging support * Tools for AutoHotkey scripting * A toolbar that enables easy access to the tools * Some AutoH... More information

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  Null-Modem Emulator

  The Null-modem emulator (com0com) is a kernel-mode virtual serial port driver for Windows. You can create an unlimited number of virtual COM port pairs and use any pair to connect one COM port based application to another. The HUB for communications (hub4com) allows to receive data and signals from one COM or TCP port, modify and send it to a numbe... More information

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  Image Resizer for Windows

  Image Resizer for Windows is a utility that lets you resize one or more selected image files directly from Windows Explorer by right-clicking. I created it so that modern Windows users could regain the joy they left behind with Microsoft's Image Resizer Powertoy for Windows XP.

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  Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

  This program is used to find Mersenne Prime numbers. See http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/mersenne.shtml for a good description of Mersenne primes. Mersenne numbers can be proved composite (not prime) by either finding a factor or by running a Lucas-Lehmer primality test.

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  Prior Terminal

  Free Terminal for COM commands to Prior Controllers.

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  TreeSize (Free)

  Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize Free tells you where precious disk space has gone. TreeSize Free can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. Expand folders in an Explorer-like fashion and see the size of every subfolder. All results c... More information

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  FTDI EEPROM Programming Utility

  FT_PROG is a free EEPROM programming utility for use with FTDI devices. It is used for modifying EEPROM contents that store the FTDI device descriptors to customize designs. FT_PROG also includes the capability of programming the VNC1L firmware. FT_PROG is an enhanced version (and a replacement for) the previous utility used for this function ca... More information

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  Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

  Windows Installer Clean Up Utility will remove all Windows Installer information associated with the selected programs, including the entries for the programs in the Add/Remove Programs control panel. Note that the Installer information for that particular program is alone removed, not their files. If you remove the settings for a program that is c... More information

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  Markdown Mode

  This extension provides support for editing files that use the Markdown syntax. In the current version, it supports the following features: * Syntax highlighting (for Markdown and HTML) * A live preview window of the file you are editing * A rudimentary margin with buttons for showing the preview window and copying the HTML-ized version of the fil... More information

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  DejaVu Fonts

  The DejaVu fonts are a font family based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters while maintaining the original look and feel.

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  SetACL

  Are you looking for a way to automate the management of Windows permissions? Do you need features like domain migration? Or support for paths longer than 260 character other tools cannot handle any more? In either case you have come to the right place.

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  KeePass Password Safe

  KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using th... More information

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  Dependency Walker

  Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displ... More information

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  NuGet Package Manager

  A collection of tools to automate the process of downloading, installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing packages from a VS Project.

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  Remote Desktop Connection Manager

  RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible.

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  GTK# (GtkSharp)

  Gtk# is a Graphical User Interface Toolkit for mono and .Net. The project binds the gtk+ toolkit and assorted GNOME libraries, enabling fully native graphical Gnome application development using the Mono and .Net development frameworks.

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  Mouse Without Borders

  Mouse Without Borders is a project that allows you to reach across your PC's as if they were part of one single desktop. You can move files between the 2 computers simply by dragging them from one desktop to another. In fact you can control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard with no extra hardware needed.

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  UnFREEz

  UnFREEz is a high-speed Windows application that will take any number of images, saved as separate GIF files, and create a single animated GIF from those images. What makes this program unique from its competitors? First and foremost, UnFREEz is freeware, which means you may use it forever without paying a cent or feeling the slightest bit guilty. ... More information

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  Liquibase

  An open source library for tracking, managing, and applying database changes.

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  USBView

  USBView can enumerate USB host controllers, USB hubs, and attached USB devices. It can also query information about the devices from the registry and through USB requests to the devices. The main USBView window contains two panes. The left pane displays a connection-oriented tree view, enabling you to select any USB device. The right pane dis... More information

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  Collapse Solution

  Collapses every item in the Solution Explorer tool window at the solution or project level.

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  Indent Guides

  Displays indent guides in Visual Studio text editor windows. Guides can be displayed at the indent specified in your settings, regardless of tabs or spaces, or wherever text has been indented to. There are three styles of guides: solid, dotted and dashed, available in thin and thick varieties and customizable color. The default is dotted teal, as... More information

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  Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 2 Power Tools

  Power Tools are a set of enhancements, tools, and command-line utilities that increase productivity of Team Foundation Server scenarios.

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  PerfWatson Monitor

  This is the Visual Studio 2012 version of PerfWatson Monitor. PerfWatson Monitor provides real-time monitoring of responsiveness on Visual Studio's UI thread. Installation is quick and easy. Just download the extension and install it (run the .VSIX and restart Visual Studio). The responsiveness monitor will appear in Visual Studio's status bar. ... More information

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  TFS Power Tools

  Power Tools are a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that increase productivity of Team Foundation Server scenarios.

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  ImageJ

  ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and "raw". It supports "stacks", a series of images that share a single window. It is mult... More information

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  ImageJ (Bundled with Java 6)

  ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and "raw". It supports "stacks", a series of images that share a single window. It is mult... More information

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  The PDF Toolkit

  If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents.

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  Visual Studio Color Output

  VSColorOutput can change the color of a line emitted to the output window based on specified rules. The rules consist of regular expressions. Rules map to classifications which in turn map to colors. (More information) The default patterns will color build errors in red, warnings in yellow/gold and successfull build messages in green.

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  I Hate #Regions

  Automatically expand regions when opening a file. Prevent regions from being closed while collapsing other code blocks, and blend the region text into the background, making it less noticable. See Tools->Options->Disable Regions for options.

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  JpegOptim

  Utility to optimize jpeg files. Provides lossless optimization (based on optimizing the Huffman tables) and "lossy" optimization based on setting maximum quality factor.

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  Resources Extract

  ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans dll/ocx/exe files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more...) stored in them into the folder that you specify. You can use ResourcesExtract in user interface mode, or alternatively, you can run ResourcesExtract in command-line mode without displaying any us... More information

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  Bitstream Vera Fonts

  A Vera typeface designed by Jim Lyles from Bitstream, closely based on Bitstream's Prima.

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  AutoHotKey_L

  AutoHotkey is a free, open source macro-creation and automation software utility that allows users to automate repetitive tasks. It is driven by a custom scripting language that is aimed specifically at providing keyboard shortcuts, otherwise known as hotkeys. AutoHotkey_L is a fork of AutoHotkey which adds a long list of new features and fixes so... More information

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  BellaVista

  Many system developers complain about repetitive settings of their testing Windows workstations to make them usable for testing software. Number of dialogs you need to go through is bigger on Windows Vista or newer, where the necessary dialogs are often hidden one level deeper than in Windows XP. BellaVista is a tool that gathers necessary settings... More information

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  Advanced Process Manipulator

  Unlike conventional process viewers, DiamondCS APM doesn't control processes by remotely sending them instructions. Instead, APM safely attaches a part of itself to the target process, essentially becoming a part of that process. Once 'inside', APM is free to perform actions on behalf of the target process. For example, if it calls the ExitProcess ... More information

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  Windows Command Paste

  You can set the edit mode of your console to allow right-click pasting. Or use the built-in key sequence: ALT+Space, E, P. Or, you can install this package and get an AutoHotKey script that makes CTRL+V work in any console window.

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  Microsoft ISO Backup Tool

  The Windows ISO backup tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the ISO backup tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.

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  Project SIKULI

  Sikuli is a visual technology to automate and test graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots). Sikuli includes Sikuli Script, a visual scripting API for Jython, and Sikuli IDE, an integrated development environment for writing visual scripts with screenshots easily. Sikuli Script automates anything you see on the screen without inte... More information

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  MSpec Live Templates

  ReSharper live templates for MSpec types and delegates. Download and then Import in the ReSharper | Live Templates dialog.

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  Test Naming Mode

  Enable easy BDD-styled test naming by pressing `CTRL+SHIFT+U`. That is, spaces become underscores `_` automatically! You can exit this mode by pressing `Tab`, `Esc`, or `Enter`. This should work nicely with tools like ReSharper that use those same keys as template hotkeys.

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  DTK Sneak

  The DTK Barcode Reader SDK _loves_ to pop up a licensing dialog when running in debug. It's annoying to have to babysit that dialog. This script, when running, watches for the dialog and automatically clicks the Close button.

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  log4net Live Templates

  ReSharper live templates for log4net idiomatic logger and app.config configurator.

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  Enable Remote Desktop (All Connections)

  Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure).

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  Enable Remote Desktop (Secure Connections)

  Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (more secure).

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  Enable PowerShell Remoting

  Uh, basically, just enables PowerShell remoting with `-Force`

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  Calibre

  calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

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  Machine.Specifications Tools (for ReSharper 6.1)

  Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework geared towards removing language noise and simplifying tests. This package will setup ReSharper/MSpec integration in Visual Studio.

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  Machine.Specifications Tools

  Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework geared towards removing language noise and simplifying tests. This package is the tools installer, which puts the mspec command line runners in your path.

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  Machine.Specifications Tools (for ReSharper 5.1)

  Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework geared towards removing language noise and simplifying tests. This package will setup ReSharper/MSpec integration in Visual Studio.

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  Machine.Specifications Tools (for ReSharper 6.0)

  Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework geared towards removing language noise and simplifying tests. This package will setup ReSharper/MSpec integration in Visual Studio.

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  ISO Writer

  ISOWriter utility is designed as a command-line-based alternative to the GUI-based ISO Recorder. It has has been designed to allow for unattended operations from batch files. A non-zero exit code is returned on failure

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  ReConsole

  Autocomplete common character pairs in your console

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  Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk

  This method enables you to boot directly into memory and assigns the drive letter X, which does not correspond to the media (USB flash drive or CD-ROM) from which you booted. Ensure that you have sufficient memory to support the size of your Windows PE image plus any additional memory requirements, for example, if you plan on running any customized... More information

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  Anthony Mastrean's Windows Dependencies

  My preferred packages for developing on Windows.

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  PNGOUT

  PNGOUT optimizes the size of .PNG files losslessly. It uses the same deflate compressor I wrote for KZIP.EXE. With the right options, it can often beat other programs by 5-10%. That includes pngcrush -brute, optipng -o7, advpng -z4, etc.. PNGOUT is a great tool for optimizing the size of web pages or squeezing game content onto mobile devices.

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  git-difftool diffmerge

  To configure your Git diff tool, you need a shell script wrapper and a few git config calls. This script does all the hard work for you! Alexander Gross fixed it for baseless diffs. Enjoy... cmd> git difftool [normal-options]

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  Anthony Mastrean's Ruby Dependencies

  My preferred packages for developing with Ruby.

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  Anthony Mastrean's .NET Dependencies

  My preferred packages for working with .NET.

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  EchoArgs

  Echo command line arguments back out to the console for your review.

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  Git AutoCorrect

  Turn on Git's autocorrect feature. If you mistype a command, Git will automatically run the command if it has only one match under this scenario.

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  Git Standup

  One line summary of your commits from yesterday.

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  Anthony Mastrean's Git Dependencies

  My preferred packages for developing with Git.

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  Anthony Mastrean's AutoHotkey Dependencies

  My preferred packages for working with AutoHotkey.

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  Anthony Mastrean's Visual Studio Extensions

  My preferred Visual Studio (2012) extensions.