Good tools that fit on a thumb drive [closed]

These are the utilities I have on my drive:

  • CurrPorts displays the list of
    all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP
    ports on your local computer.
  • ftpserver3lite is an FTP server
  • ftpwanderer2 is an FTP client
  • ipnetinfo answers questions
    about an IP address: owner,
    country/state, range, contact info,
    etc.
  • miranda general messaging
    solution (supports most P2P messaging
    networks)
  • omziff encryption decryption
    tool.
  • FoxitReader wonderful
    alternative to adobe’s PDF reader.
    light and fast and portable.
  • Qm (The Quick Mailer) if you
    just want to send an Email the old
    pasion way with no installation.
  • Restoration quick and basic
    undelete utility.
  • smsniff basic TCP sniffer.
  • torpark a Firefox-based browser
    for completely discrete browsing.
  • treepad just a nice utility to
    organize your data in, much like
    freemind and other mind maps.
  • cpicture a picture viewer
  • DriveMan for managing hard
    drives on the local computer.
  • FollowMeIPLite very much like
    www.whatismyip.com only much quicker.
  • hfs opens a small HTTP file
    server from desired folder, for
    instant file sharing.
  • angry ip scanner scans IP’s
  • kill.exe – needs no introduction 🙂
  • putty a telnet utility every system
    administrator has got to be familiar with.
  • startup control panel,
    StartupList, regcleaner –
    really there are many registry
    cleaners/managers out there, lots of
    them fits nicely in a thumb-drive.
  • Revealer reveals passwords from
    password fields. It is very useful in many
    situations.
  • vncviewer client for the VNC
    remote desktop protocol
  • WinAudit audits a Windows
    machine. Lots of useful information.
  • xcopy.exe – it is still useful to have
    around.
  • TcpView shows all all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system.

Beyond Compare is fantastic, btw. Also, you might want to check out portable freeware.

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