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xp-AntiSpy The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP. Play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these functions manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some check boxes. This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in Windows XP.7-Zip File Manager 7-Zip is an open-source file archiver, that offers a the highest compression ratio, and delivers compression results that are usually 30-50% better than standard ZIP. In addition, 7-Zip also supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats, so it can be used with all popular archive files as well. The program offers a basic file explorer interface and also integrates into the Windows right-click menu.

GIMP can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

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