Thursday, May 14, 2015

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

DFX Audio Enhancer


   Boost your system sound to double.






Sound is definitely a big part of our life. Depending on its nature, strength or musicality, sound can be perceived differently as pleasant or totally unwelcome. This is the case of the sound that your computer emits, too. When it comes to accuracy, it doesn't take a specialist to understand what audio quality means – the moment you hear a high-fidelity song, you will enjoy every second of it.

Listening to on-line radio, your personal music files or audio from any website has become one daily activity for most people that work with computers. Thus, making this experience one to please the ear is what audio enhancement software does or at least tries to accomplish. DFX Audio Enhancer is a member of this category and one of the top choices in most cases.

Audio quality has two main aspects when analyzed on PCs – hardware and software. Poor sound may be the result of low hardware performance or reduced audio stream bitrate that narrows the frequencies and even eliminates many of them. Software driven solutions are available though and they brag on performing miracles in order to provide increased sound quality even in worst case scenarios.

DFX Audio Enhancer supports almost every application that plays audio streams from Internet browsers to media players. The list consists of major players in the industry such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera and Windows Media Player, Winamp, VLC media player, foobar2000, GOM Player, BS.Player or iTunes.

This particular audio enhancement software allows you to check which applications to monitor and apply its processing to within the installation operation. Once it fires up, you can start tuning the audio stream by selecting levels for sound `Fidelity`, `Ambience`, `3D Surround`, `Dynamic Boost` and `Hyperbass`. The `Spectrum` area displays a frequency vu-meter to check for consistency each time you come up with a new preset.

You can quickly switch between speakers and headphones, music types and speech. The `Presets` menu comes packing a collection of predefined settings as well as the `Song Association` section that helps you match certain songs with the preset of your choice that will be automatically enabled upon playing. You can also backup and restore your whole preset library using the `Archive` sub-menu.

DFX Audio Enhancer brings lots of added quality to the audio stream and that's exactly what it's supposed to do. Its performance depends solely on it is utilized – a misjudged preset may completely destroy the listening experience while well-thought settings surely make it addictive. Once you find your best preset collection, this audio plug-in will turn out to be one of your start-up items.


Download Link : DFX Audio Enhancer

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

NetSetMan 4.0.2

Network settings manager that lets you create up to six different network profiles and easily switch through them from the system tray.
 



 
 Direct Download Link : NetSetMan 4.0.2


NetSetMan is an advanced and approachable software utility that enables you to create and easily switch through six different profiles with network settings.

Installer and portable version

The NetSetMan comes both with an installer and portable edition, so you can select the preferred option. The key difference is that the portable package can be extracted to a removable storage device to run the app on any computer you come across, with no installation required.

System tray accessibility

Once launched, the tool creates an icon in the taskbar notifications area and gets sent there when minimized, so it doesn't interrupt your regular activity on the machine.

The main application window has a clear-cut structure and contains six tabs dedicated to putting together six profiles with different network settings.

Create up to six network profiles

The customizable parameters pertain to the network adapter, IP and gateway, route table, DND server and suffix, WINS server, wireless network connection, printer, computer name, workgroup, SMTP, network drives, hosts, scripts, and IPv6.

Moreover, you can configure system settings when it comes to the display mode, wallpaper, desktop color, screensaver, design scheme, audio volume (speakers, microphone, sound scheme), Windows Firewall (exceptions, notifications), power plan, time zone, or MAC address.

Any network profile can be disabled and restarted. You can edit their names when quickly selecting them from the systray icon's right-click menu, copy and paste settings, import and export profiles, configure advanced TCP/UP parameters if necessary, as well as access some Windows features without leaving NetSetMan's interface (e.g. Volume Control, Power Options, Mobility Center).

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't encountered any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the app didn't hang, crash or prompt error messages. It had minimal impact on computer performance, using low CPU and memory.

To sum it up, NetSetMan can become a reliable assistant to anyone who wants to easily juggle multiple network profiles from the system tray. Plus, it's free
 

Wireshark 1.12.5 / 1.99.5 Development


Advanced network protocol analyzer made to intercept traffic, monitor sent/received data packets, investigate network issues and suspicious activity, generate statistics, featuring color-coded packet types



 
 
Direct Download Link : Wireshark
 
If your computer is always connected to the Internet or local network, it's vulnerable to hacker attacks and malware infections. In addition to using a powerful and updated antivirus solution (obligatory for any responsible PC user), you can also use a network analysis tool to identify the malicious packets and block them. Such an application is Wireshark and it's free to use.

Customizable setup pack

When deploying Wireshark on your computer, you can choose the plugins and extensions you want to install, such as the Dissector plugin, Tree Statistics, SNMP MIBs, or the Meta Analysis and Tracing Engine.

Since these utilities are meant to provide a wider range of information about your network traffic and they can be easily disabled, it is advisable to install them alongside Wireshark. The same advice applies to the extra tools bundled with the setup and to the recommended file associations for trace files found on the PC.

The final step before finalizing the initial configuration is for the setup to check whether you have WinPcap installed on your computer, and to install it if missing.

Set filters to capture network traffic

If you are using several network cards, Wireshark lets you choose the one for capturing the network traffic. Once the capture has begun, you can monitor all the connections and their corresponding details – you also get the chance to create filters to keep an eye on just certain types of connections.

Color-coded packet types to spot them easier

Another way to make sure you correctly monitor the type of packets you want is to apply color schemes for each type of connection, so that the most important ones are the most visible. If you are not satisfied with the color templates provided by Wireshark, you can create a custom one by specifying the shade and string to be monitored.

Wireshark also comes with a Statistics function that can be used to generate reports to be analyzed at a later time. Depending on your necessities, you can choose to view the details of the protocol hierarchy, endpoint, packet lengths, or the IO graph.

Overall, an advanced and dependable protocol analyzer

With all things considered, Wireshark can come in handy to all those who want to be in control of their network connections and limit them whenever needed. However, it does take an expert to use the app to its full potential