Free Utilities

Microsoft SyncToy – Free utility to keep folders synchronized

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SyncToy is a great free utility for Windows which allows you to sync or backup different directories on your system. SyncToy is a great way to keep to different directories in sync be it your documents directory and is [...]

ServiWin – Alternative Windows Services/Drivers Tool

ServiWin utility displays the list of installed drivers and services on your system. For some of them, additional useful information is displayed: file description, version, product name, company that created the driver file, and more.
In addition, ServiWin allows you to easily stop, start, restart, pause, and continue service or driver, change the startup type of [...]

Change file attributes recursively on multiple files and folders in Windows 7/Vista/XP

Attribute Changer is a freeware tool that allows you to set file attributes on multiple files and folders, recursively. In addition, you can configure attributes that can’t be set with Windows Explorer such as the Archive attribute or the date and time when the file was created. A typical usage example is forcing backup software [...]

PStart – Launch and search tools on USB stick

PStart  is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks.

Directory Service Comparison Tool – Restore changed Active Directory objects

The Directory Service Comparison Tool makes use of Active Directory and Active Directory snapshots to enable the following functionality: