hi friends,
this is my contribute to this thread.
they are all freeware.
i use them all and can guarantee that they do their work.
i've tryed to select the ones you could like or be interested.
98lite & ieradicator, at
http://www.litepc.com/these help you to remove internet explorer and many other unwanted windows components;
jv16 power tools, at
http://www.jv16.org/its registry tools are fantastic, but the file tools are good too;
resource hacker, at
http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/to modify the resource within .exe and .dll files;
scilab, at
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scilabyou can do the same things as matlab with this;
1st page 2000, at
http://www.evrsoft.com/html code editor;
xteq x-setup, at
http://www.xteq.com/for a fine and easy tuning of your system;
explore2fs, at
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/to access your linux partition from windows;
system restore remover, at
http://www.definition-software.com/ (you need flash here)
to remove the system restore and the movie maker components from windows millennium;
xcalc, at
http://www.tordivel.no/xcalc/the only calculator i know using the rpn notation, if you have ever used an hp calculator you will love this.
that's all for now,
regards,
altosax.