VideoCacheView
If the video you saw on the web is stored in the browser’s cache, VideoCacheView could be used to extract it. It can automatically scan the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers and lists all video files that are currently stored in it. With the help of VideoCacheView, you can copy the cached video files into another folder for playing or watching them in the future. The utility can also play the video directly from the browser’s cache, provided a video player has been configured to play .flv files. If you don’t have a video player that can play .flv files, you may try either of these freewares, GOM Player or any flv player. If Web browser based on Mozilla is used, VideoCacheView can provide a link to download the video file, even though the file itself might not be stored in the browser cache.
The utility doesn’t require any installation process or additional DLL files. Run the executable file, VideoCacheView.exe.
You can download VideoCacheView with install or uninstall support at:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/videocacheview_setup.exe. More details at
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html
MyLastSearch
This is a utility to scan the cache and history files of your Web browser and locate all the search queries made with the most popular search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. The search queries are revealed in a table with the following columns — Search Text, Search Engine, Search Time, Web Browser and the search URL. You can select one or more search queries and then copy them to the clipboard or save them into text/html/xml file.
MyLastSearch doesn’t require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, copy the executable file (MyLastSearch.exe) to any folder and run it. When the application is run, it scans the cache and history files of your Web browsers and scouts all search queries stored in the. MyLastSearch v1.11 can be downloaded at: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mylastsearch.zip
SyncToy
Microsoft’s Synctoy can be used to synchronise files in different directories of the same computer or between a computer and external storage devices like the iPod and USB pen drives. The customisable application helps to copy, move, rename and delete files between folders and computers. Select a pair of folders that you want to keep in Sync, via Synctoy and then decide the action — should the two folders be clones or do you need to copy only the new files?
SyncToy supports wild-cards in file names (like *.exe or holiday_*.jpg) so you can decide what files are included or excluded during the sync process. Using SyncToy is completely risk free. It has a preview feature that lets you see what operations would take place during the run without actually performing any changes on your computer. System requirements are Windows Vista; Windows XP, Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0, 1GHz Intel P3 processor or equivalent. The 1.1 MB SyncToy v2.0 Beta for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Centre.
Network Scanner
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner. It pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and shows what types of resources are shared on a network (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and report if it is found open, resolve host names and auto-detect your local IP range.
Network Scanner writes settings to the application folder. The 631 KB SoftPerfect Network Scanner v3.6 can be downloaded at http://www.softperfect.com/download/netscan.exe.
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