Tiny, Free and Kick-Ass: 20 More Awesome Apps Under 2 MB

Posted 06/06/2011 at 11:23am | by The Maximum PC Staff

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A month or two back, we posted our list of 30 amazing apps under 2MB. We thought it was a pretty fun concept, and apparently you guys agreed, because we got some great feedback, and some excellent suggestions. Our first list was far from complete, of course, so we decided to do some more investigating, and found 20 more great apps. They're all free, all easy to download, and all great at what they do. Read on, and hit the comments if we've still missed any of your favorites.

If you're looking for still more tiny software goodness, check out our list of 21 great games under 5MB.

HWMonitor

Another of CPUID’s gems, HWMonitor is like the tricorder of utilities. Want to know the maximum temp of core #2, or some other esoteric readout, HWMonitor probably has it listed.

www.cpuid.com

GPU-Z

If you want the full 411 on your graphics card, we know of no better app for that than GPU-Z. The tiny utility, which doesn’t require installation, supports both Nvidia and AMD GPUs and provides a thorough accounting of a card’s specs. We’re talking clock speed, die size, ROPs, texture fillrate, release date, the works.

www.techpowerup.com

Sandboxie

Protect your PC and data from suspicious or malicious sources. The app provides a sandbox, wouldn’t you know, in which you can surf the web, run programs, and open questionable emails with abandon, knowing that all these activities are confined to an isolated space.

www.sandboxie.com

Restoration

It’s happened to us all. You delete a file, empty your recycle bin, and then later realize you want the file back. Restoration’s sole purpose is to help you retrieve that data. No install is necessary. Just run the app, selecting to scan all deleted files or only those within select parameters. You can opt to recover files or select to wipe the files, making them unrecoverable to future attempts.

bit.ly/cxUL4I

Stickies

As handy as sticky notes are in real life, the same holds true on your PC. Stickies lets you affix digital sticky notes—small text-based .ini files—anywhere on a desktop, webpage, file, or folder, where they will stay until closed, even through reboots. There are options to customize your notes’ font, color, format, size, and even the times at which they appear.

www.zhornsoftware.co.uk

Secunia PSI

One of the most common ways for a PC to get infected with malware is through out-of-date, unpatched software. Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) makes it its business to monitor all the software on your PC and inform you when a patch is available.

www.secunia.com