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NirSoft is a website offering a collection of small freeware utilities developed by Nir Sofer, including desktop tools, system utilities and password-recovery tools. The utilities cover password recovery, network monitoring, browser and system tasks, and are available as a full weekly-updated package download.
Telegram link is a Telegram channel, group, or bot link for updates, files, community posts, or support.
WinTools.Info is a collection of usable Windows tools, including addLEDs, which displays indicators directly on screen, Black NotePad, a plain text editor for Microsoft Windows, and TPM Info, a free program showing details about the computer's TPM security chip. The site also lists tools for system tray clocks, Control Panel access, and dark mode switching.
This page provides a guide for downloading paid applications from the Microsoft Store. It notes the method only works for apps that verify ownership via a Microsoft account, not those using external license checkers. The guide outlines steps including retrieving the app's appxbundle or msixbundle file, using the WSAppBak tool, and requires the Wiztree utility.
OS Vault is a directory page linking to repositories for downloading Windows versions from Windows 1.0 to Windows 11, including pre-alpha, alpha, beta and RC builds, other Microsoft products such as Office and Plus, and a virtual machine program. It also links to official Microsoft desktop themes for several Windows versions and skins for Windows Media Player 9 Series. The site states it is not an official Microsoft website.
Portapps is a collection of portable applications for Windows. Each app can be downloaded as a portable setup or a 7z archive and runs through a wrapper written in Golang. The project states it is free and open source.
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NirSoft is a website offering a collection of small freeware utilities developed by Nir Sofer, including desktop tools, system utilities and password-recovery tools. The utilities cover password recovery, network monitoring, browser and system tasks, and are available as a full weekly-updated package download.
Telegram link is a Telegram channel, group, or bot link for updates, files, community posts, or support.
WinTools.Info is a collection of usable Windows tools, including addLEDs, which displays indicators directly on screen, Black NotePad, a plain text editor for Microsoft Windows, and TPM Info, a free program showing details about the computer's TPM security chip. The site also lists tools for system tray clocks, Control Panel access, and dark mode switching.
This page provides a guide for downloading paid applications from the Microsoft Store. It notes the method only works for apps that verify ownership via a Microsoft account, not those using external license checkers. The guide outlines steps including retrieving the app's appxbundle or msixbundle file, using the WSAppBak tool, and requires the Wiztree utility.
OS Vault is a directory page linking to repositories for downloading Windows versions from Windows 1.0 to Windows 11, including pre-alpha, alpha, beta and RC builds, other Microsoft products such as Office and Plus, and a virtual machine program. It also links to official Microsoft desktop themes for several Windows versions and skins for Windows Media Player 9 Series. The site states it is not an official Microsoft website.
Portapps is a collection of portable applications for Windows. Each app can be downloaded as a portable setup or a 7z archive and runs through a wrapper written in Golang. The project states it is free and open source.
