sweathog's Profile

Watchlisted WinRAR May 2 - 5:42 PM ET
Reviewed StartIsBack++ 2.9.8 April 19 - 12:45 PM ET Why? Classic Shell is way better and free Read full review
Reviewed SoftPerfect Network Scanner for Windows 7.3 February 6 - 2:53 PM ET Yeah all their freeware now costs money, with little to no increase in features or functionality. I'll stick with old versions of their network scanner and their Ramdisk. Read full review
Reviewed SoundVolumeView 2.37 February 6 - 2:47 PM ET Why do clunky looking Nirsoft apps get up-voted so high? To each his own, I guess. But for a Windows volume replacement, this is my goto app: https://irzyxa.wordpress.com Don't need the sound save profile and command line stuff unless I'm... Read full review
Watchlisted nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows October 28 - 12:27 PM ET
Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426 February 25 - 4:27 PM ET This is ok. But I prefer W10Privacy (http://www.winprivacy.de) plus Aegis (https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510) These two are regularly updated and will get rid of all the prying MS eyes. Read full review
Watchlisted June 30 - 10:42 PM ET
Watchlisted Process Hacker June 30 - 10:42 PM ET
Reviewed USB Drive Letter Manager (USBDLM) 5.4.5.93 April 16 - 1:54 PM ET Works well with USB keys; it's less successful with external hard drives that the author claims also can be assigned a fixed drive letter. I've been corresponding with the author back and forth to try to fix the issue but as of this version, it's... Read full review
Reviewed MusicBee 3.3.7491 February 18 - 10:05 AM ET Used to be a great program. But the developer has eliminated support for alternative playlists like .pls and crippled support for the standard *.M3U playlist by eliminating the ability to save a .m3u playlist without file paths so that the... Read full review

Watchlisted WinRAR

May 2 - 5:42 PM ET

Reviewed StartIsBack++ 2.9.8

April 19 - 12:45 PM ET

Why? Classic Shell is way better and free Read full review

Reviewed SoftPerfect Network Scanner for Windows 7.3

February 6 - 2:53 PM ET

Yeah all their freeware now costs money, with little to no increase in features or functionality. I'll stick with old versions of their network scanner and their Ramdisk. Read full review

Why do clunky looking Nirsoft apps get up-voted so high? To each his own, I guess. But for a Windows volume replacement, this is my goto app: https://irzyxa.wordpress.com

Don't need the sound save profile and command line stuff unless I'm... Read full review

Watchlisted nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows

October 28 - 12:27 PM ET

Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426

February 25 - 4:27 PM ET

This is ok. But I prefer W10Privacy (http://www.winprivacy.de) plus Aegis (https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510) These two are regularly updated and will get rid of all the prying MS eyes. Read full review

Watchlisted

June 30 - 10:42 PM ET

Watchlisted Process Hacker

June 30 - 10:42 PM ET

Reviewed USB Drive Letter Manager (USBDLM) 5.4.5.93

April 16 - 1:54 PM ET

Works well with USB keys; it's less successful with external hard drives that the author claims also can be assigned a fixed drive letter. I've been corresponding with the author back and forth to try to fix the issue but as of this version, it's... Read full review

Reviewed MusicBee 3.3.7491

February 18 - 10:05 AM ET

Used to be a great program. But the developer has eliminated support for alternative playlists like .pls and crippled support for the standard *.M3U playlist by eliminating the ability to save a .m3u playlist without file paths so that the... Read full review

Reviewed Microsoft Windows Terminal 1.19.10821.0 March 29 - 2:38 PM ET Great for command line junkies. Nearly impossible to side load without a clean, pristine, version of Windows 11 with all updates intact. Even using the Windows store I've run into issues of conflicting xml. configuration file versions, etc. Read full review
Reviewed PropertyEditor 5.1 December 29 - 4:34 PM ET For changing the C:\ drive icon, write this to the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\C] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\C\DefaultIcon]... Read full review
Reviewed Microsoft Windows Package Manager 1.5.2201 August 11 - 3:55 PM ET My problem with package installers is that they use defaults that swell the size of the Windows OS and makes it easier for potential hackers to manipulate your software with off-the-shelf scripts that can cause havoc on you system. The better... Read full review
Reviewed Process Monitor for Windows 3.93 March 10 - 11:47 AM ET I don't understand the adoration of SysInternals tools. Some are good; others are useless. All have very dated Windows 3.1 era GUIs. As for Process Monitor, I prefer ProcessHacker. Read full review
Reviewed SearchMyFiles 3.11 May 14 - 1:34 PM ET This app checks most of the boxes: small foot print, reasonably fast, saveable file searches that can be executed by command line, (i.e. search for all of the files that were created on my PC in the last minute so I can check for malware or new... Read full review

sweathog

Watchlisted WinRAR

Reviewed StartIsBack++ 2.9.8

Reviewed SoftPerfect Network Scanner for Windows 7.3

Reviewed SoundVolumeView 2.37

Watchlisted nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows

Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426

Watchlisted

Watchlisted Process Hacker

Reviewed USB Drive Letter Manager (USBDLM) 5.4.5.93

Reviewed MusicBee 3.3.7491

Reviewed Microsoft Windows Terminal 1.19.10821.0

Reviewed PropertyEditor 5.1

Reviewed Microsoft Windows Package Manager 1.5.2201

Reviewed Process Monitor for Windows 3.93

Reviewed SearchMyFiles 3.11

Favorite Files