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Software Reviews

by vjacobi

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.

SUPERAntiSpyware (Free Edition)
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Recommended - vital tool  qright

SUPERAntiSpyware (Free Edition) version 4.0.1154
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

User "catmaster" pretty much covered it. This is a great addition to your anti-spyware arsenal. I use this to fix my friends' computers and recommend the professional version for enterprise clients. This program does what it says it will do, especially for professional technicians.

    Review date: May 15, 2008

Auslogics Registry Defrag
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Excellent software!  qright

Auslogics Registry Defrag version 4.1.6.75
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Very well-written. Robust, stable and does exactly what it says. I haven't exactly done anything else to verify how this software defragments the registry or if it's actually done, so I rely on the results. Subsequent use, however, seems to validate it's claim. If anything, it doesn't hurt to use it. Recommended.

    Review date: Feb 04, 2008

Mirror
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Nice! needs help with meta characters, though  qright

Mirror version 1.42
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This works great! Nifty! Only problem I've found at this point is that it doesn't seem to like meta characters for directory names. I tried using the asterisk * meta character to identify directories ending in "data" (*data), but this didn't work, with the Mirror program returning "Error: source directory could not be found!". Oh well... this has great features and works great as far as I can tell!

    Review date: Jan 24, 2008

Free Window Registry Repair
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Highly recommended  qright

Free Window Registry Repair version 1.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've used Free Windows Registry Repair on about 5 or 6 separate PCs now and have complete confidence in the safety of "removing all" of the entries it finds. I have found that running a 2nd scan after the first "remove all" will find subsequent errors you can remove, although not nearly as many as the first. A 3rd scan also finds errors, but again, not as many as the first or second. My guess is this has something to do with the registry not allowing deletion of some entries. Other fine points about this program include the ability to save a restore point before removing any or all registry entries it finds. The interface is clean and straighforward. The program is fast on PCs with a processor greater than 1GHz. Use this program followed up by another freeware program, Auslogics Registry Defrag and you should expect to have a lean, mean system registry within minutes!

    Review date: Sep 19, 2007

SpamPal
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Slow, but effective. highly recommended!  qright

SpamPal version 1.594
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

In addition to the spam filtering that's active with my e-mail host provider, I use Spampal to help scrub my e-mail a little bit more before it reaches my Outlook inbox. It's very easy to install, stable and configurable. It's never crashed or locked up in the years that I've been using it. It does slow down the rate that message arrive to your inbox, though. If you need to open your Outlook and accept incoming messages quickly, then Spampal is not for you. But if you "graze" and leave your Outlook open throughout the day to accept incoming messages, Spampal doesn't get in the way at all. Outlook Express works just fine with Spampal as well.

    Review date: Jun 28, 2007

SequoiaView
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003

qleft  Good, but there's better...  qright

SequoiaView version 1.3a
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

This is the original visually-intuitive hard drive-mapping software. I've used this for years and have been very happy with it. I've noticed after a while that it's installed, however, that this program will sometimes take much longer to finish gathering results, usually appearing to have frozen or locked-up. I've since used WinDirStat (also available here at SnapFiles). WinDirStat is largely inspired by SequoiaView and has improved on the interface and function. Whichever program works for you will get the job done nicely either way.

    Review date: Apr 12, 2007

PSPad Editor
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Perfect!  qright

PSPad Editor version 4.5.2 (2240)
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Quite simply, this program is fantastic! Clean interface, powerful features and stable. And who says you can't get something for nothing? PSPad Editor makes life so much easier when it comes to editing raw HTML files. Download with confidence and donate if you found it worthwhile!

    Review date: Mar 29, 2007

WinSock XP Fix
  • Freeware
  • WinWin XP

qleft  Vital!  qright

WinSock XP Fix version 1.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is an essential part of my technician toolbox! While WinSock XP Fix is not your every-season and every-reason fix-all for every computer, it has a very valuable purpose. In most cases, this utility will work when your computer doesn't seem to be picking up a valid IP address, has lost the ability to connect to the Internet and otherwise seems to be functioning well (not running too slow, free of viruses, pop-up and other malicious evidence). You simply run it and click it in the end. PC reboots and viola! It works again. I have encountered errors while using this program before, however when a computer is messed up, it can sometimes be hard to determine the underlying cause. As far as I'm concerned, though, there is nothing else out there that's as lean and mean as WinSock XP Fix for the price!

    Review date: Dec 12, 2006

HDClone Free Edition
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Doesn't do what it says it will do  qright

HDClone Free Edition version 3.1.11
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 2

I wrote a negative review of this software at Snapfiles before and it was not published because I may have been a little harsh with expecting that the version of this software would copy to the same size or smaller drive when in fact it did not (the title page had since been revised to point out this limitation). So in all fairness, I decided to give this software another try by cloning from a smaller 250GB drive to a larger 300GB drive. It did not work this time either. The window title "Drive recognition" states "HDClone is scanning for connected drives . Please wait a little". Well, if "a little" is more than the 45 minutes I waited, no thanks. It doesn't lock up and doesn't work after rebooting/retrying. I'll try another program. It should be noted that on this same PC, the program was previously able to identify the installed hard drives enough to tell me that it would only support copying from smaller drives to a larger one.

    Review date: Jun 10, 2006

WinDirStat
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Nice improvement  qright

WinDirStat version 1.1.1
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Very easy to install, stable program, sexy interface (I really dig the animated pac-man icons moving to show progress). Author gives credit where credit is due for treemaps used with SequoiaView software and improves the interface and functionality with WinDirStat. Recommended!

    Review date: Jun 10, 2006

Asterisk Key
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Works perfectly!  qright

Asterisk Key version 7.7
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I use this program all the time! Once you install it, you can simply copy the contents from the folder it creates under "Program Files" to another system and use, if you like. Highly recommended!

    Review date: May 22, 2006

EaseUs Disk Copy
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  It works  qright

EaseUs Disk Copy version 1.0
  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 3

I didn't see a need to actually install the program when all that it does is create a floppy disk, but nonetheless, thumbs up for effort off the starting blocks. I couldn't use a floppy disk in the system, so I used Nero to create a bootable CD, enabling the advanced bootable floppy options and keeping the defaults. I copied the files from the floppy to the hard drive, and added those files from the hard drive to the CD contents. The CD I created from the files and boot sector on the floppy booted the system without a problem. The program didn't offer the most intuitive interface I've ever used, but if you know the difference between your source and destination drives you should be ok. A 200GB drive with Windows XP Pro copied to another 200GB drive in about 110 minutes. Displayed was Reading Error, Writing Error, Elapsed Time, Remaining Time, Progress, Current Sector, Total Sector and "Esc" to cancel. Recommended. :)

    Review date: May 22, 2006

Tanida Quiz Builder

Tanida Quiz Builder

Create educational quizzes in Flash format that can be distributed online or as standalone .EXE file.

Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

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

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

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