Copy bad files

How is this said?

Copy Cat

Copy Cat actually skip the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation.

Skip the bytes which are not readable?

Copy screwed up files anyway?

Drag and drop taskbar

I used xNeat for months until its last update bloated, though xNeat now has plenty of features.

I found Taskix, a standalone freeware utility with an accompanying .dll.

What is the best firewall?

For years I've followed every word Scott Finnie has written (except I'm just not willing to bone up on Vista).

"Best Firewall Software of 2008"

Scott Finnie and over a 1000 of his readers have been busy reviewing and testing all the major players in the firewall category.

This process started way back in the later part of 2006.

Here is the final paragraph of the review taken directly from the formal review by Scot Finnie Newsletter.

"Online Armor 2.1.0.112 (the paid version) is the best firewall I've ever tested, offering a blend of usability and hard-wired security that's near-ideal for maximizing protection and ensuring a good user experience. A great firewall doesn't have to be, and shouldn't be, a chore to use. Online Armor isn't.

A year and a half after launching this quest, naming OA the Best Firewall Software of 2008 came naturally. The very best products have a way of standing out."

To view the full review you can check this out.

Copy a bad hard disk

TinyApps is always sharp and reliable.

From their extensive docs section: Imaging a corrupt hard drive, using Knoppix tools to copy written data for later rescue and recover tasks.

TinyApps finds a Windows Vista Utility

TinyApps has played an important role. First during a time of the PC AT when this machine could die in a minute if overloaded with sloppy programming, TinyApps stood up and told everyone about tools that could carry out a task with the least code and the least chance of crashing a computer.

This was the era when cash-cow Peter Norton with cohort hustler Howard Ziff were plastering billboards in Austin, Boston and San Jose promoting packaged brands, 10s of 1000s of bloated lines that to this day and years later are killing desktop computers around the world.

When folks across America kept their computers alive as much by what they didn't install, with diligent effort and clear focus TinyApps helped the nation. Everyone could trust that every title in the TinyApps library was evaluated, telling us about programs and routines to get the job done - culling fat before America became obese.

Propelled by profiteers, the least of programmers, much fat sat, and now dominates software for the PC chip. But TinyApps trudges on. From the 8080 and 80286 era where sloppy bits in a program could cripple a desktop to the broadband era where only a smidge of users criticize poor code, TinyApps remains true and stalwart.

For example, TinyApps found a practical tool to help tame Windows Vista:

SpeedyVista has a wealth of information on Vista services, including recommendations for Default, Safe, Tweaked, and Minimal configurations. The clearest and most comprehensive guide to Windows services yet.

Finding a hotspot

Easy WiFi from http://www.makayama.com/easywifiradar.html searches for connections and tests each one. When it finds a live connection, it opens a browser window and you're good to go.

Report on the Future of Search

A comment at Kaila Colbin's blog for VortexDNA:

The web and searching it has made us different.

What is different is that we are learning immediately.

I am changed already and I expect much more.
The wing of a bird is too slow for us.
The walk of a cat is too late.