noksagt said:ComputerWiz said:Well for my purposes, I wouldn't need to use it with anything but Windows because most of the programs I'm using themselves, aren't compatible with other OSs.Well, fat will still guarantee the highest portability: you can use some of the programs, but not NTFS on Win 98/ME. And you might want to just use the drive for file transfers on a machine with another OS.

However, as far as XP-compatible filesystems go, FAT is still a good choice for flash: It allows for quickest removal of the drive.

NTFS can have better performance. But this is marginal at best & the pain of waiting to remove the media will be far more annoying. Also, foreign systems may still "helpfully try" to reformat it as FAT.Thanks! But is FAT or FAT32 the best choice? I'm guessing FAT (like you said) probably because it's older, and would be compatible with more systems.

Added Spread32 & EveWE (Office Utilities).

Added MWSnap (Other Apps)

MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

Current version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of the screen. MWSnap handles 5 most popular graphics formats and contains several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter.

- Download the zip file version to your desktop
- Extract the file to any folder
- Open the 'lang' subfolder and delete unused languages (i.e. keep English.bmp & English.ini) to chop the app size down from 900Kb to 568Kb
- Transfer the folder to your USB drive

DO NOT buy a USB drive that has a keychain/lanyard loop on the USB cap like most Memorex's. You'll lose your USB drive, but not the cap. That is one idiotic design if you ask me.

At first glance your criticism makes sense but in actuality the Memorex cap grips like an eagle's claw. You'll rip the lanyard off your neck before that cap releases.

The latest Memorex design though has the reverse set up as you prefer. The funny thing here is that with this design the cap barely grips and is likely to fall off.

I have two Memorexs, one with the old design and one with the new. I wear the newer one under my shirt so if the cap falls off it doesn't go far.

I have a Sandisk Micro 512MB myself. The cap has fallen off after about 3 weeks. I have mine attached to my keychain which I hook onto my belt loop. I would hate to lose it when I could have prevented it. In my case, I believe that having the loop attached to the drive itself versus the cap is a much safer design to prevent loss.

I'm glad you brought up your personal review of the Memorex caps, I didn't know the older design had a sturdy grip.

You're welcome Willy & rolipoli! I'm glad you found it useful. Special thanks to noksagt for contributing a considerable amount of apps and organizing the list.

hmm i just wanted to ask, what is the wikipedia on the bottom? i was checking it out and it seems there is a some kind of a server involved?

thanks for the great guide, these softwares will come handy in my new 512mb drive.

mcafee reports virus in slimftpd.

ooev said:mcafee reports virus in slimftpd.

SlimFTPd website says:
SECURITY ALERT: SlimFTPd 3.15 and 3.16 have buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The exploits are only possible if the remote user can successfully log in. Users are advised to upgrade to SlimFTPd 3.17 immediately!
According to this other source, it only affects v3.16 and lower.

Added EAC.

Opera@USB...