Codexon

Here are some useful windows apps that almost no one knows about, but are just as useful as the most popular ones.

1. Battle Encoder Shirase

http://mion.faireal.net/BES/

BES lets you limit how much cpu a process can use.

BES is different from using the “Set priority” option in task manager, because you can stop a process from using 100% cpu. This is great for limiting programs that use all your cpu when it doesn’t need to. The only downside is that if the program has sound, you will get breakup because of how it works.

2. FTP Drive

http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html

Use your ftp account like a regular hard drive. No more drag and drop through ftp programs. In my opinion, it could not be simpler compared to samba, nfs, and webdav, which I had problems with windows/linux compatibility.

3. Uniform Server

http://www.uniformserver.com/

Its the fastest way to get an industry grade webserver running on windows. All you really need to do is install and run. It also comes with php and mysql.