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The Bluetooth Guide Files
| Details | Primary HTTP (Global) |
Mirror 1 HTTP (Global) |
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| Broadcom Blutonium Uninstaller |  |
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| TDK BlueAlert Utility | |
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| Bluetooth Guide v1 (26-Oct-2003) |  |
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| Bluetooth Guide v2 (16-Feb-2004) | |
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| Bluetooth Guide v3 (8-May-2004) | |
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| Bluetooth Guide v3b (15-Sept-2004) |  |
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| Installation INF for 3Com 3CRWB6096B version 3 PC Card |  |
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| Widcomm Installation Driver Recognition File (for v 1.4.3.4) | |
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| USB Firmware Update Utility | |
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| Generic CSR Firmware (31st March 2004) v839 for BlueCore2 based devices |  |
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| Dell CSR Firmware (29th March 2004) for Dell devices only | |
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| Fix for (some) USB dongles that are stuck in DFU mode after a firmware update (including the D-Link DBT-120 rev B3) | |
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| Disable Key Indication Registry Fragment |  |
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| Microsoft Windows XP Pre–SP2 Bluetooth Patch (Q323183) | |
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| Disable Network Security Registry Fragment | |
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| Widcomm Bluetooth Diagnostic / Monitoring Tool | |
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Collaborative ImagesByName Project
Check theHTPC.net for the latest versions!
| Description | Primary HTTP (Global) |
Mirror 1 HTTP (Global) |
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| People Wave 1 (396Mb) | |
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| 3D Boxset Covers 2.0 (349Mb) | |
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| Original Studio Base Images, 15-Jan-2010 (1.27Mb) | |
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| Rominator Studio Logos 3.0 (18.4Mb) | |
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| Chip Studio Logos 1.0 (43.6Mb) | |
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| Techols Movie & TV Ratings 3.0 (1.46Mb) | |
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External Links
Browsers
| x86 32bit | x64 AMD64 x86-64 64bit | |
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| Mozilla Firefox | 20.01 | Minefield alpha nightlies |
| Google Chrome | 26.0.1410.64 | no |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 8.0 (Win XP) 9.0 (Win Vista) 10.0 (Win 7) |
no 9.0 (Win Vista) 10.0 (Win 7) |
| Apple Safari | 5.1.7 | no |
| Opera | 12.15 | no |
Codecs & Media Players
| x86 32bit | x64 AMD64 x86-64 64bit | |
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| ffdshow Tryouts | 1.3.4500 | |
| MPC-HC | ||
| Haali Media Splitter | Combined installer 03-03-2011 | |
| LAV Splitter | Combined installer 0.56.2 | |
| Quitetime Lite | 4.10 | no |
| Real Alternative | 2.02 | no |
| Xiph DirectShow Filters | combined installer 0.85.17777 | |
| VLC | 2.0.6 | no |
Media Related Apps
| x86 32bit | x64 AMD64 x86-64 64bit | |
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| MediaBrowser | 2.6.2 | |
| Media Center Master | 2.05.1513.1040 | no |
| MCEBuddy | 2.3.12 | |
| MC-TVConverter | Version 2.1.0 | |
| WMPTagPlus | 2.1 | no |
| TunerFreeMCE | 5.7.3 | |
| My Channel Logos | 2.10 | |
| Remote Potato | 1.0.6 | |
| GuideTool | 1.2.4 | |
| GraphStudio | 0.3.2.0 | 0.3.2.0 |
| GraphEdit | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Win7DSFilterTweaker | 5.8 | |
| Media Foundation Topology Editor | MFT_Editor | |
| VC1tweak | VC1tweak thread on doom9 | |
| RipBot264 | 1.17.4 | |
| MacroTube | MacroTube providers | |
| Media Center Themer | Media Center Themer | |
| SickBeard | SickBeard (alpha PirateBay) | |
Windows Updates, Runtimes and Plugins
| x86 32bit | x64 AMD64 x86-64 64bit | |
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| Microsoft Security Essentials | 4.2 | |
| Microsoft .NET Framework | 1.0 (only if you really need it) 1.1 (only if you really need it) 3.5 SP1 (includes 2.0, 3.0) 4.0 (Win XP, 2003) 4.5 (Win Vista, 7, 2008, 2008 R2) |
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| Java Runtimes | JRE 7 update 21 | |
| Adobe Flash Player | 11.7.700.169 | |
| Microsoft Silverlight | 5.1.20125.0 | |
| Microsoft Visual C++ | 2005 SP1 2008 SP1 2010 SP1 2012 |
2005 SP1 2008 SP1 2010 SP1 2012 |
| Microsoft DirectX 9.0c | v9.29.1974 (18-Apr-2011) | |
| Windows Installer | 4.5 (Win XP, Vista, 2003, 2008) | |
Microsoft Service Packs
| Format | x86 32bit | x64 AMD64 x86-64 64bit |
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| Windows XP | Service Pack 3 | Service Pack 2 |
| Windows Vista | Service Pack 1 x86 Service Pack 2 x86 |
Service Pack 1 x64 Service Pack 2 x64 |
| Windows 7 | Service Pack 1 | |
| Windows 8 | - | |
| Windows Server 2003 | Service Pack 2 x86 | Service Pack 2 x64 |
| Windows Server 2008 | Service Pack 2 x86 | Service Pack 2 x64 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | n/a | Service Pack 1 |
| Windows Server 2012 | n/a | - |
| Office 2003 | Service Pack 3 | n/a |
| Office 2007 | Service Pack 3 | n/a |
| Office 2010 | Service Pack 1 x86 | Service Pack 1 x64 |
| Office 2013 | - | - |
Document viewers
| Format | Details |
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| Word (DOC, DOCX) | Word Viewer 2010. Opens both DOC and DOCX word documents from Word 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010. |
| Excel (XLS, XLSX) | Excel Viewer 2010. Opens both XLS and XLSX excel spreadsheets from Excel 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010. |
| Powerpoint (PPT, PPTX) | PowerPoint Viewer 2010. Opens both PPT and PPTX powerpoint presentations from PowerPoint 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010. |
| Acrobat (PDF) | Adobe Reader XI. Opens all PDF files. |
Recommended Free Utilities
Note: Items marked with a * are either no longer available on their original site, are hosted on unreliable sites, or were hosted on sites that no longer exist. In these cases they can be found under our list of “hosted by us” files above
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| IcoFX 1.6.4* | Free icon extractor and editor. Supports full alpha transparency, windows 7 x64 and 256×256 pixel icons amongst other features. Note: Version 2 and above are no longer freeware. |
| EAC | Exact Audio Copy. Enables bit-perfect jitter-free ripping of audio CD’s, including compression to common formats including FLAC |
| MP3tag | Audio-file tagger. Includes intelligent filename < — > tag conversion, support for a wide range of tagging formats and full manual control of all tag / meta data. |
| ProduKey* | Utility to retrieve serial numbers from Microsoft products prior to a reinstall. |
| ClownBD | Utility to rip HD video from BluRay disks. Enables re-authoring, stream selection, and automatic merging of the m2ts files that make up the movie. |
| CCleaner & CCEnhancer | Utility, and extra application profiles, to clean up unneeded files and programs from windows. |
| System Ninja | Utility to clean up unneeded files and programs from windows. |
| CPU–Z | Utility to identify the hardware in your system. |
| Speccy | Utility to identify the hardware in your system. Offers more general system information than the alternatives. |
| SpeedFan | Utility to monitor and control temperatures and fan speeds. |
| VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod | Utility to edit, enhance and recode video. Extendible with plugins. See the article for more information on 64bit plugins |
| Key Update Tool | Utility from Microsoft to change the serial key for an installed instance of windows. Especially useful if an OEM licensed machine has been installed with a corporate key and need to be reverted. |
| 7zip | Decompression utility with support for all common formats. Achieves very high compression. |
| RT Se7en Lite | Create customised Windows 7 install disks, including slipstreaming service packs. |
| Free DVD MP3 Ripper | Freeware utility which can extract audio from DVD, VCD/SVCD and MPEG (MPEG–1, MPEG–2) files into MP3s. |
| RegShot | Freeware utility which takes a before and after snapshot of the Windows registry. Very useful for identifying changes made to the registry by programs, especially during installation. |
| InSSIDer | Utility to detect the presence and details of nearby wireless networks. Effectively a Windows 7 compatible replacement for NetStumbler |
| RogueSpear’s Standard Installer | Small package with a very large number of very useful system utilities. Free registration required |
| DVD Flick | Simple DVD Authoring tool |
| Google Earth | Google’s famous satellite imagery of planet Earth |
| MediaInfo | Utility for identifying media file formats and the codecs contained within |
| Audacity | Free audio editing tool |
| Microsoft Pro Photo Tools | Utility to edit the metadata in photos |
| WordWeb | System Tray dictionary and thesaurus |
| Cue Splitter | Can split albums stored as a single audio file into separate tracks using an associated cue file |
| DrDOS Bootdisk | See the “Driver Free Disk For BIOS Flashing” section. |
| CDBurnerXP | CD, DVD and BluRay writing tool. |
| Radio Downloader | Podcast and BBC Radio Downloader. |
| PNGGauntlet | Excellent utility for compressing PNG images as much as possible. Uses the power of 3 utilities: PNGOUT, OptiPNG and DeflOpt. |
| Image Resizer | A right-click image resize utility, similar to the old Image Resizer PowerToy. Offers several options and resolutions. Compatible with Win 7, 64bit OSes. |
| Test Disk | An excellent multi-platform FOSS utility that can recover lost partitions, make non-booting disks bootable again, unformat, and recover files. |
| Virtual CloneDrive | Creates a virtual optical drive for mounting ISOs and other images of CDs, DVDs and BDs. |
| YTD TouTube Downloader Basic | Simple and easy to use downloader of YouTube videos. Has worked reliably (with updates) for at least a couple of years. |
| SQL Dump file splitter | Utility to break SQL files into multiple smaller files. Ideal for getting around file-size limits in phpMyAdmin. |
| FileZilla FTP Client | Excellent free open-source FTP client and server. |
| Handbrake | Powerful free open-source video transcode app. Includes extensive configuration options for h.264 |
| UltraVNC | Easy-to-use free alternative to remote desktop in windows. Doesn’t impose some of the artificial restrictions that remote desktop has. |
| Prey | Free service to remotely monitor, track, lock or wipe your PC (or phone) if it gets stolen. |
| Winamp | The original and best free MP3 player software. Now supports many other files features and formats. |
| John’s Background Switcher | Free tray utility that creates a slide-show as your wallpaper. Can use photos directly from many photo-sharing sites if provided with your login details. |
| AVStoDVD | Free utility to burn a wide range of video formats to standards-compliant DVD–Video. |
| HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool | A free utility originally made by HP that will enable you to format you USB Flash drive and make it bootable. |
