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View Details Of All Installed Network Adapters With This Nirsoft Tool

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Nirsoft utilities are great for their simplicity, portability, minimalism and focus on getting one thing done well with each utility rather than bundling a ton of different features in one large app, and its these characteristics that make us keep coming back to review the developer’s latest releases. We have covered a handful of Nirsoft utilities in the past including NirLauncher, DomainHostingView, NetBScanner, and ShortcutsMan that have proven to be incredibly useful for us and our readers. The company’s latest release is NetworkInterfacesView, that allows you to display the list of all network interfaces and adapters that are currently installed on your system. Along with displaying the active interfaces, the program also lets you view previously installed interface found in the registry of your machine. It can recognize connected devices like USB or PCI-based wireless network adapters commonly used in desktops as well. Read More

View A Log Of All Actions Performed On Your PC With LastActivityView

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Spending more than the better part of the day in front of the computer has become quite common for most avid computer users. During these sessions, people open a lot of different applications, install new ones, uninstall the redundant ones and move data from one place to another. Sometimes, the number of activities we perform on the computer in one session is so high that it becomes impossible to remember everything that we did. Nirsoft has just released an application called LastActivityView, which allows you to view all the actions performed on a PC.  What makes it different from other file/folder activity monitoring applications is that you don't need to run it in the background to monitor the activities, instead it automatically fetches useful information from Event Viewer & Windows log files, and organizes it into readable form. You can even check which Dynamic Link Libraries were used to perform one specific function, and how often an app calls system files and libraries. It lets you view the recently accessed files, folders and applications and other recently performed operations including shutdown or restart the system, open a network connection etc. Read More

Monitor Any Folder Or Disk Drive For Changes In Real-Time, Even Across Networks

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If one of your drives (or a particular folder) is being shared over your network, then you must have had some sort of need to keep an eye on it – tracking which files are moving in and out, being renamed, copied, or simply deleted. Windows 7 (or any of its predecessors) don't offer monitoring feature on a particular drive or folder on your PC. This, however, can be easily achieved via third-party tools, such as the recently covered TheFolderSpy for Windows, Integra System Monitor (full review), and another tool labeled DaemonFS (click here for review). What such tools do is monitor any specified directory on the computer, and let you know of the changes being made within. FolderChangeView, developed by NirSoft, aims to provide the same facility. If you aren’t already familiar with NirSoft, the developer is known for creating ultra light yet highly efficient and reliable tools for Windows operating system, and that’s the reason we have covered several of their tools in the past. This new portable application facilitates you in monitoring a folder or disk drive, and enlists the files and their details that are being modified by the user or the OS itself, in real-time. You may use it to monitor both local or network drives, and as is the norm with Nirsoft, the interface is very minimalistic and simple. Details to follow shortly. Read More

Download RTMP Flash Video Streams Using RTMPDumpHelper For Windows

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RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) is a protocol for streaming audio, video and data over the internet. It takes the data from the server streaming the content, and sends it to the user’s computer running a flash player in the browser. Websites like YouTube use the normal HTTP streaming, while other websites, such as Hulu and Twitch.tv, use RTMP for streaming videos to the users. RTMP is different from HTTP in the sense that while HTTP streaming is done in a way that you put your file on an HTTP server, and any user can download and watch it, using RTMP for streaming, people can watch videos at the same time that they are being recorded. Another advantage of RTMP over HTTP is that it is much harder to steal or download a video over RTMP than over the regular HTTP stream. This is the reason why RTMP is one of the most famous protocols being used nowadays to provide protected content for the users. It is not possible to download videos from a website with RTMP streaming using programs such as Real Downloader and Orbit Downloader. If you are looking for an application that allows you to download RTMP streams, check out RTMPDumpHelper. Read on to find out how to download RTMP videos using RTMPDumpHelper. Read More

WirelessKeyView Updated; Now Lets You Import & Export Wireless Keys

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Back in 2009, we featured WirelessKeyView, an application with the purpose of recovering Wireless Network Keys from Windows or from the data left behind after Windows is uninstalled. Since our last review, WirelessKeyView had many of its minor bugs fixed. The method of displaying data has also been improved to incorporate grid view and to mark odd and even rows in order to make it easier to keep track of the fields. However the most important update added recently was the Import and Export of Wireless Keys. So now, you can backup and migrate your wireless keys anywhere you want.

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Nirsoft DomainHostingView: View Detailed Information For Any Domain Name

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If you’ve been following us for a while, you might know that we have provided extensive coverage of various tools from NirSoft, a renowned Windows applications developer. Nir Sofer (the man behind NirSoft) is known for creating some of the most useful yet very light-weight tools. The developer has unleashed another handy application labelled as DomainHostingView. The tool is designed to allow you to gather information about any domain name using various DNS and WHOIS (pronounced Who Is) queries. It sums up the information by showing numerous details regarding the domain, for instance, the company that has registered the domain name (registrar), registrant’s name, website hosting company and location, its creation and expiry date, domain owner, mail server, DNS and so on. As is NirSoft’s usual norm, the utility is portable and ultra-light, taking up a mere 230 kB of your precious storage space, being portable helps you use it anywhere you go. More details coming after the jump. Read More

NetBScanner: View All Computers On A Network Within User-Defined IP Range

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Have you ever wondered if your home network is secured and safe, or are there some outside forces, trying to get unauthorized access? Network security is an important factor for everybody and that's why its advisable to keep an eye on all of its connected devices. The best thing you can do is to use a network monitoring tool like NetBScanner, which scans and monitors all the connected computers on your network. The application comes from an acclaimed Windows developer NirSoft, regarded as for developing extremely useful GUI and CLI based utilities for Windows OS. We have also reviewed most of their releases from time to time. NirSoft itself is short for Nir Sofer, the man behind the company. Nir Sofer's new release, NetBScanner, is geared towards both advance and casual users alike. "How the application works" you might ask, well, it scans for all the connected computers within the defined range by using NetBIOS protocol and displays information regarding the device’s IP Address, Computer Name, Workgroup, MAC Address, Network Adapter Company and Master Browser. With its ability to scan your local area network (LAN) by defining an IP range, system & network administrators can easily monitor all connected computers on a network. Read More

UserAssistView: View All Applications & Links Opened By Any PC User

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Not sure what's eating your system's memory? Recently installed an application and now your system runs like a tortoise? It's a malware perhaps but how would you know? We have a software for you that might help. UserAssistView is a portable application that finds which programs are being run behind your back on your PC. It is developed by Nirsoft, a renowned developer for making light weight, simple and highly efficient programs for its users. This multilingual application provides useful information regarding different aspects of all the applications currently eating your computer’s memory. Read past the jump for details. Read More

Password Security Scanner: View Passwords Stored In Windows Apps & Check Their Strength

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Most Windows applications including Google Talk, MS Outlook, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Windows Live Messenger etc, which have login input form, allow users to save the username and password, so they don’t have to enter their login details every time to login in to the application. Since Windows doesn’t have an option to list all the saved login details to verify the username and password integrity, you may need an application that lets you check all the saved passwords from one hood. Password Security Scanner is a standalone application from Nirsoft, which finds all the saved login details, letting you check the password strength and other like attributes to verify the integrity without having to manually extract login details from applications. Read More

NirLauncher: Launch Any Nirsoft Application With This All-In-One Suite

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We have previously covered a number of applications developed by Nirsoft, all of which have come from a developer named Nir Sofer. Nirsoft has always provided top quality software that have helped many advanced and novice users to perform laborious tasks easily, recover passwords, manage network connections, fix system issues and much more. Now, Nirsoft has released an application suite which contains all the useful Nirsoft applications, known as NirLauncher. It is a portable application that can be used to launch any Nirsoft application, and to get detailed information about each program present within the launcher. Read More

Find Out The Cause For Crashed Windows Programs With WinCrashReport

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When a Windows application crashes and displays the crash module, you are able to view some of the details for the causes of the crash on the crash dialog box. However, this information is often inadequate and quite confusing. WinCrashReport is a portable application by Nirsoft which unlike the Microsoft crash reporting module, provides you with a more convenient reporting format. The crash report can also be saved in text or HTML format for later review. This functionality is quite similar to another previously reviewed Nirsoft application known as WhatIsHang. While WhatISHang was designed to inform users about hanged applications, WinCrashReport provides information about crashed programs. Read More

Wake Up Computers Remotely On A Network With WakeMeOnLAN

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Did you know that you can remotely wake computers on your LAN? Didn't click? Let me elaborate a bit. Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is a functionality which enables a device to be turned on by sending commands from remote location. Wake On LAN is executed using an application or command line which interacts with the remote device on the network. WakeMeOnLAN is a portable application by Nirsoft,  developed to remotely wake up computers on a network which are turned off or in standby mode. WakeMeOnLAN works by collecting the MAC addresses of each computer (when they are turned on) and later sends a WOL (Wake On LAN) packet to wake up the remote computer. Read More

Get Detailed Information About Process Threads With ProcessThreadsView

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A thread of execution is the smallest unit of processing that can be scheduled by an operating system. It generally results in two  or more concurrently running tasks. ProcessThreadsView is a new portable application from Nirsoft which provides extensive information about all threads of a selected process. The threads information includes the ThreadID, Context Switches Count, Priority, Created Time, User/Kernel Time, Number of Windows, Window Title, Start Address, and so on. The lower pane on the main interface displays the strings found in the stack, stack modules addresses, call stack, and processor registers of a selected process. ProcessThreadsView also enables instantly suspending and resuming one or more threads process threads. Read More

How To Add & Remove Buttons From Windows Explorer Toolbar [Windows 7]

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If you don’t like following tedious steps to add customized buttons to Windows 7 Explorer toolbar which first include tweaking with Windows registry and then rebooting the system, CutomExplorerToolbar can significantly save you the time and effort involved in adding and removing buttons from Windows Explorer toolbar. This Nirsoft’s utility is designed to easily customize Windows Explorer toolbar; you just have to select ready-made utility buttons to add them to Windows 7 Explorer toolbar without having to reboot your system or to tinker around with Windows Explorer related registry keys. Read More

Find Out Who Is Stealing Your Wireless Internet Connection [WiFi]

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Wireless Network Connections are often at risk of being accessed by unauthorized personnel at office or home, when not properly secured. This is not just the case with unsecure networks but also a problem relating to the negligent sharing of network security keys. It can be hard to identify intruders on networks which may have a lot of devices or users. However, identification can be possible if you have the precise details regarding the connected devices. Read More

Troubleshoot Windows Drivers And Services With ServiWin

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ServiWin is a portable utility from Nirsoft, which displays the list of installed drivers and services with indepth information which can help you identify and troubleshoot driver issues. The available information includes,  file description, version, product name, manufacturer’s name, driver status, boot configurations and error control information. Additionally, you can stop, start, restart, pause, and continue Windows services and installed drivers, change the startup configurations for them and save the list of services/drivers to a file. Read More

BatteryInfoView – Find Status, Information And Keep Log Of Laptop Battery

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It can be often be hard to get detailed information about laptop battery to determine it’s true potential and to diagnose battery issues. BatteryInfoView is a portable tool developed by Nirsoft for laptops, which provides in-depth information about your system's battery. The displayed battery information includes the battery manufacturer’s name, serial number, manufacture date, current capacity, power state (charging/discharging), full charged capacity, voltage and critical bias. You can also select a timeframe for periodically monitoring your system battery using BatteryInfoView. Read More

Find Out The Cause For Hanged Applications With WhatIsHang

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WhatIsHang is a portable application from Nirsoft, which detects the reason for the currently hanged software. The main information which it provides is regarding stack data, processor, registers, and memory issues. It has been designed for programmers to determine the causes which may hang a software. A list of dll files and strings related to the hang problem are also displayed, which can be useful for lay users to determine the reasons for the hanging of an application. Read More

Change & Delete Assigned And Unassigned Drive Letters With DriveLetterView

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Want to check out all the drive letters which are free and not currently assigned with any local drive, network drive, CD/DVD drive or with any external storage device? DriveLetterView is an application developed by Nirsoft which lets you view both plugged and unplugged drive letters in one window. The application is designed to analyze all the drive letters which can be assigned to any new device or location. It not only shows all the available drive letters that can be assigned but allow users to edit drive letter of USB devices and network locations/shares with an option to remove the drive letter of USB device with a single click. Once all drive letters are listed down, you can export the list in simple text file or in CSV, XML, and HTML format. Read More

RegFileExport Can Export Keys And Values From Corrupt Registry File

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RegFileExport is a command line application developed by Nirsoft for exporting data from offline registry file located on another disk drives. It is also capable of exporting registry keys and values from corrupted registry files, which comes useful in instances when you are unable to export registry file or even access it from Windows build-in registry editor. It requires two or three parameters to be passed for performing the operations correctly. Read More