topbarfade

Software Reviews

by tomcat

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.

JDVoiceMail
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Wow!!! absolutely brilliant!  qright

JDVoiceMail version 2.10
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is amazing. Really small and does what t says without a hitch. The program uses about 1k for every second recorded so a 5 minute voicemail is only 300k which is very small and easy to send. This will save people who don't like to type much alot of time and the people on the other end will like to hear your voice. One thing you shouldn't do is use the default send button as it uses IE to send the voicemail and it is really slow. I sent myself a voicemail with IE to my other gmail account and I still haven't received it about an hour later. I save the voicemail to disk and send as an attachment to people via my gmail account and it gets there within 2 minutes. IE is garbage. Anyway get this program and you will love it. Trust me.

    Review date: Mar 30, 2006

Disk Cleaner
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003

qleft  Very nice program!  qright

Disk Cleaner version 1.5.7
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've been using ccleaner for a year now and decided to give this a try. I did a comparison of the 2 of them and ccleaner said there was 10.4megs to clean and this said 10.7megs. Almost identical except this one is much smaller in size. If a program is good and the size is small then what more could you want? Two thumbs up.

    Review date: Mar 28, 2006

Dawn
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Thank god i found this!!!  qright

Dawn version 5.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I don't use Outlook Express so I uninstalled it not knowing that it was the program that reads my address book. I couldn't read any of my addresses and phone numbers any more. They were a .wab file and Dawn easily opened them up so I could access them again. Thank god! Two thumbs way up!!!

    Review date: Mar 18, 2006

RegSeeker
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Fantastic!  qright

RegSeeker version 1.45.0505
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

It's great with lots of neat tools as well. Get it now!

    Review date: Mar 17, 2006

Miranda IM
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  By far the best there is!  qright

Miranda IM version 0.4
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

It has a slight learning curve and not for the computer illiterate out there. Main download is barebone basically and you add what you want from there. I have gmail notifier plugged in and the weather and popups by system tray as well as a nice female voice when messages or email arrive or users change status. Also I added my own picture for the contact list of a beautiful woman! It's small and fast and you can customize it just they way you want. It also boasts support for aim and yahoo and google, irc, icq etc... If you're sick of dealing with generic IMs like trillian and windows messenger than gives this a try, but be prepared to spend a good couple hours to set it all up the way you want. In the long run it is way worth it. Thanx Miranda.

    Review date: Mar 14, 2006

IrfanView
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  This thing is garbage!!  qright

IrfanView version 3.98
  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 2

Way too many options and configurability. It gets confusing quick and your head starts to hurt. Especially when you just want to do something simple like adjust the brightness. It gives you a thumbnail view of the pic before the adjustment and after, but the thumbnail preview is soooo small that you really can't tell the change on the fly. Please go and get Picasa by google as it is the best for most needs and easy as pie for the beginners as well. I tried to email a pic with Irfan and it said to get the plugin and then after i got the plugin, it told me to configure my smtp!?! What? Most people don't even know what SMTP is let alone know how to adjust it. And yes for the record I do know how to setup my smtp, but why should I? I just wanted to email a picture, not make a full days event out of it!!! Seriously, this thing is ugly and way too busy and you would do much better trying Picasa.

    Review date: Mar 04, 2006

Wallpaper Master
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Very good program. why is it free?  qright

Wallpaper Master version 2.14
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Just add the pics you want and set the time delay and it will play them as wallpaper at the set interval. The only gripe I have so far is that I can't seem to stretch all pics as the default way of viewing. However, this is easy enough to fix when you spot a pic that is tile etc... but should be full screen. Basically, I am quite impressed and it seems to do the job good with no issues.

    Review date: Feb 26, 2006

XP-AntiSpy
  • Freeware
  • WinXP/Vista

qleft  Sure, why not?  qright

XP-AntiSpy version 3.95-2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

It's ok I guess. Haven't had any issues and very simple to turn things on and off. Try it out and see for yourself, it's tiny too in case you didn't notice

    Review date: Feb 25, 2006

Ad-Aware Free
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Don't bother!  qright

Ad-Aware Free version 1.06 SE Pers.
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

I had the pro version. The ad-block feature did nothing but pop up all the time telling me that some program I was installing was trying to change or add something to the registry. I know that you idiots! I'm the one installing them. Gimme a break! I did scans all the time and it never found anything. Spybot found stuff and so did A-Squared, but this, nothing. Why waste your computers resources and and slow down important scans like your anti-virus due to this bloatware when it doesn't do a thing. Come on people. Wake up. AVAST and Spybot and Spywareblaster is all any computer needs. The rest, and I've tried them all, are a waste of time and resources!

    Review date: Feb 24, 2006

Restoration
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Garbage! just doesn't work!  qright

Restoration version 2.5.14
  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

I tried an experiment and deleted some music files. I used the program and tried to recover the songs and it apparently did so, but when I went to play them back, they were all screwed up. It was just garbled up noise. Beeps and screeching and not one of the songs was recovered in a playable state. In other words, it is useless! If it can't even recover a song, how can you try to recover anything else. Sorry, but this is crap!

    Review date: Feb 24, 2006

MP3Gain
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Wow! unbelieveable, get it now!  qright

MP3Gain version 1.25
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

It was a breeze to install. Very simple to use. I had one issue I was unclear on and the Author, Mr. Glen Sawyer returned my email within minutes and straightened the problem out. I am using DB Poweramp (The Best) and some files were loud and some faint, (a common download issue/different bitrates, etc..) but with this and a test of over forty songs, I can assure you that this program keeps ALL songs at the perfect volume or can be modified individually, great when you have certain songs that just have to be rockin' loud! Absolutely beautiful and WELL worth a donation. I don't normally give good reviews, as you can see from viewing my review history, but this product just warrants it. Get it now! You won't regret it!

    Review date: Feb 18, 2006

Mozilla Firefox
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Don't unless u want to lose speed and...!!!  qright

Mozilla Firefox version 1.5.0.1
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 3

Sorry, I am still on dialup (still the majority) believe it or not, and anyway I noticed a big speed difference between the 1.5 vs and the 1.5.01! Believe me, every step that firefox makes to make it self more stable and impervious to attacks takes resources and slows it down. I am thinking of reverting or rolling back to vs 1.0.7. Thats no joke. It was fine b4. I dont know what the hell they r doing now, but it aint working. Too much protection is just overkill. Stick with the version you got now and be HAPPY! Fast and stable. Not too mention how each version is stated to be quicker, but I beg to differ and would argue it with the developers themselves! They wouldn't go there. So I just went back to vs 1.5 and guess what? My surfing is quicker again! Love it. Go with the newest version if you want. goodluck

    Review date: Feb 04, 2006

Rainlendar Lite
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Very excellent product  qright

Rainlendar Lite version 0.22
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is great. I love how u can push the calendar back or forth with the arrow buttons. I no longer use it as i now use the VISTA TRANSFORMATION PACK which uses LCLOCK which is really cool and does the same things, however, for those with slow computers or little ram, u certainly can't go wrong! Overall, i rate this a 9 out of 10.

    Review date: Jan 26, 2006

RamBooster
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Look no further, unless u want yo pay for one  qright

RamBooster version 2.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Well, i have tried sooooo many, and this one just works and works very well! I also have the pro version of clevercache but actually thought this one worked better and is free. What more could u ask for? Just try it and u will see. it really is a good piece of software and u wont be disappointed. Two(2) thumbs way, way up!

    Review date: Dec 21, 2005

Skype
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  This program is truly amazing.  qright

Skype version 1.4.0.84
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Well i will make this brief. I got sick of trying to talk on audio chat with msn messenger and trillian pro as they both sucked on my dial-up so i gave this a try. WOW, what more can i say. Nice gui, simple as apple pie and WORKS like a dream! If u dont get this then it is your loss.

    Review date: Dec 06, 2005

MSConfig Cleanup
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Simple and it works flawlessly  qright

MSConfig Cleanup version 1.01
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This thing does exactly as it claims and a program could not get any easier. i hate things not organized like having startup entries u dont want listed still showing. this took care of that in a snap. great product and great price ;)

    Review date: Nov 25, 2005

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.

TuneUp Utilities 2009

TuneUp Utilities 2009

Optimize and improve your PC performance, fix problems, undelete files and more...

Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

A powerful monitoring solution to record PC activity, including keystrokes, email and more.