Prime95

Mersenne Research

Prime95 is a tool that you can use to test your computer's power and performance by way of complex mathematical operations. The procedure is simple: the application starts looking for Mersenne prime numbers, and won't stop until you tell it to, using an enormous amount of memory in the process. Depending on the type of test you select at the beginning, you can test out your machine's RAM or processor. Just be careful if you have an older computer, since it can slow down a lot when it begins the testing process. Prime95 is very useful to get your computer up to speed. It might not have an attractive interface, but it carries its task out perfectly.

Prime ID Scanner

ID Analyzer

Prime ID Scanner is the most comprehensive identity check software supporting ID documents from over 190 countries, including passports, driving licenses and identification cards. It is suitable for business and government agencies requiring a full solution to ID check and user identity management. Full features includes: - Scan and recognize identity documents from 190+ countries. - Realtime ID scanning from document scanner, cameras, flatbed scanners and barcode scanner devices. - Face verification using camera - Automatic fake ID and document expiry checks - OCR to convert personal information on ID images into text - AAMVA PDF417 barcode scanning and parsing - Document reference database to check documents against document samples - Identity database to store and search through users that scanned their IDs - Suitable for identity check in hotels, clubs, border controls and all kinds of security checkpoints - Sync scanned identity data with your own server or client applications - Convert PC or Mac into a kiosk machine for security personnel to conduct on-premise security checks

Prezi Desktop

Prezi

You can use Prezi Desktop to create 'prezis' (PowerPoint presentations) on your computer without an internet connection. You can save the presentations on your computer or upload them to Prezi.com if you want to work on them or share them online. Prezi is a tool that allows you to go far beyond the simple, classic presentations that you can make in PowerPoint. It allows you to make some very visually-appealing, eye-catching presentations, and it has a ton of options that make your job easier. The program might be a bit difficult to understand at first because it is so different from PowerPoint, but it has an interface that is so intuitive that you won't have any trouble getting used to the tools it offers very quickly. Prezi offers you many new, original possibilities, making it the perfect tool to surprise others with your presentations.

Prey

Fork

Prey is a lite application. Very useful in case of theft or lose, because it allows the owner to know where it is. The program is run in silence. You only have to register yourself and the computer, install it and leave it in the system. It consumes very few resources and it can be extremely useful, so we recommend it. If you happen to need its help, you only have to access Prey website and enable the alert. Then, you can choose whether to show a message on screen, take photos of the user or robber using the webcam remotely, and, of course, localize it in a map. Prey is one of those programs we don't want to use, but which is very recommendable to have installed.

Prevx

Webroot

Prevx helps prevent the installation of malware on your computer. This application works in the background while you use your computer to perform other tasks. This way, you can browse the Internet, check your email, or talk to friends all without having to think about potential dangers online. This application is effective but doesn't have many setup options because it's designed for users without a lot of experience. For example, it includes explanatory dialog windows for each type of malware. Prevx works hand in hand with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

Prevent Restore

PrivacyRoot

AS you probably know, when you delete a file you don't delete it properly, but the space occupied by that file is replaced and made available for other applications or files, but you don't delete the file itself and sometimes they can be restored if you don't save another file in the same space. Until that moment that the old file is overwritten those files can be accessed by using certain methods. Prevent Restore is an application that overwrites the files you delete so they can't be accessed anymore. They will not be able to be recover. Prevent Restore analyzes the free space in disc and overwrites that space to make unavailable to access it. IT's a good way to make sure that when you delete a file you can be sure thatit is totally destroyed.

PreviewConfig

N/A

Although Windows recognizes a large amount of file types, there are some extensions that it may have trouble identifying. PreviewConfig is a simple, free application for Windows Vista that allows you to associate a file extension with a specific type of file. That way, if your system doesn't know what to do with .ogg files, you can use PreviewConfig to tell your system that those are multimedia files that can be opened with certain programs. All of this makes Preview Config a useful tool.

Pretzel Rocks

PretzelAux, Inc.

PrettyMay

PrettyMay Team

If you are waiting for an important call via Skype or if you are so busyy that you can't attend them, PrettyMay is an useful answering machine for Skyoe that will be really useful. The application is a plugin fro Skype that works as follows: It receives the call, play your message and ask the other part to leave a message after the beep. Yes, it's exactly as the usual Answering machines, but it works with Skype. The message will be saved as an mp3 file and you'll be able to play all your messages when you'll be back, it's easy to use and it can be very helpful when you are away or if you are really busy

Pretty Icon Maker

JosesSoft

Are you tired of your boring icons surrounding your desktop? Do you want to add your own ones but you don’t know how to do it? Download this lite applicationa nd start enjoying with your icons. If you have any picture youthink it would suit perfectly to your desktop, or it s really addecuate for certain application. It’s time to change the icon, isn’t it? Run Pretty Icon Maker, choose that picture and choose the size for the icon. That’s the onlysteps you have to follow to personalize your desktop. Maybe you feel you are in a creative day and you want to edit your icons. Ok, perfect, you can use Pretty Icon Maker and edt them. Choose colors, shapes, lines and brushes, show your masterpieces as icons in your desktop and share them with your friends. Without any doubt an easy to use application housed in a in intuitive interface which will surprise you.

Pretty Run

Grega Loboda

Pretty Run is a tiny application that lets you find direct accesses to the programs you've installed on your computer, which is a great way of finding any program that the Windows explorer doesn't show. With this lightweight application you can look for all the programs on the start menu, the desktop, or any other location. The application finds the direct access no matter where it is. Pretty Run searches locally for any direct accesses, from exe files to your browser's bookmarks, always organized in categories, and showing the icon and the name of the program. The application is really easy to use, you just have to start typing the name of what you are looking for, and the results show up instantly. Once you see the list, you just have to click on them to access. If you right-click them, you can also execute them if you have administrator permissions, and check the properties of each direct access. Now you won't have to go crazy looking for the location of that program that you really need.

Presto Web FX

Digital Workshop

Presenter

Will Stokes

Preset Viewer Breeze

N/A

Preset Viewer Breeze is a tool that lets you view all the brushes, patterns, shapes, and styles installed on your Photoshop in a much more convenient way. All you'll have to do is go to the folders in which they are installed and view them from the program’s own window. You can thus easily and conveniently see what you have, what's not needed, and what you are missing. Much more convenient than doing it from Photoshop itself. Plus, it also lets you browse through the fonts installed on your computer, or just organize your folders from a clean and eye-pleasing interface. Preset Viewer Breeze is a very interesting application that will prove especially useful to regular users of Adobe Photoshop.

PresenTense Time Server

Bytefusion Ltd.

PresenTense Time Server is a high performance Windows time server supporting NTP and SNTP protocols. PresenTense Time Server will synchronize your PC to a primary time source such as an atomic clock on the internet or an inhouse GPS reciever and offer time services to clients on your LAN or WAN. Most leading GPS and Radio hardware clocks are supported via the serial/USB port. Supports Free Run so that you maintain accurate time even if your internet connection goes down or your reference clock fails. Algorithmic filters achieve extreme accuracy. Installation automatically configures default time servers so in most cases, you have an operational time time server after the install is complete. Email and SysLog notification if an error condition should arise. Fallback to an internet based time server if local GPS hardware fails. Robust COM port error handling, including USB disconnect recovery which occurs on many virtual COM ports shipped with GPS's. Configurable update of CMOS / BIOS clock to avoid time drifts which can occur when you reboot modern motherboards.

PresenTense Time Client

Bytefusion Ltd.

Preme

Nattapon Kongsirinurak

Windows 7 brought with it a number of improvements to usability but lots of people still feel like it's just not enough. Preme is a free Windows application to improve how Windows 7 operates and take full advantage of its potential. The improvements include: a new shortcut to the window selector (top right corner), the ability to minimize and close windows with the mouse wheel, the option to hide windows on the side of the screen, and improvements to the task bar's performance. All these improvements are customizable from the program setup window, whether you want to activate, deactivate, or change the behavior of each one. The idea behind Preme is to reduce the movements of the mouse and the number of clicks necessary to efficiently work with the windows. Without a doubt, this program definitely does what it promises.

Premember

N/A

Premember is a tool to manage the time you dedicate to each of your tasks and projects, keeping everything organized without too much work. With the free version of Premember you can keep track of two different projects and create three categories. You can also select up to five filters with which you can search for your past projects. With this application, you can also write reports and other text documents to complement your work. Premember is an especially useful tool for students or freelancers because it helps them keep full control of the time they spend on each project.

Predator

Predator Software Inc.

Leaving your PC on without protection can be too risky sometimes. This is why there are so many solutions to improve file protection. One of them is Predator, a program for Windows that helps you transform a USB drive into an actual key to your system. Once you have installed the key in your USB drive, you just have to extract the device, and in a couple seconds, your PC will be completely blocked. To unlock it again, you just have to plug the USB drive back in. In the program settings, you can configure many options like detection frequency, desktop elements to hide, or notification sounds. As a security measure, in case you lose the USB drive, you can set up a password to unlock the system.

PrecisionX1

EVGA

Precise CPU Stress

WinTools.Info

Precise Calculator

Miroslav Krajicek

PrcView

CTI

Don’t you know what’s happening on your computer while you are using it? Is your computer going slower and slower and you don’t know the reason? It’s time to install PRC View. PrcView is a lite software which will allow you to control all the processes running on your computer. For sure that any time you have felt that something estrange is happening but you don’t know what it is. Now and thanks to PrcView you’ll be able to see all data relating to processes running. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information. Once you have seen all processes, you will be bale to kill them or keep them working. Full control, that’s what you need.

PrcInfo

Aml Pages

PrcInfo is a very useful free software that lets you check all the data related to open processes in Windows. This tool provides a lot of information about execution, attributes, and dependency, so you can see everything that's happening on your equCon ipo at a glance. With PrcInfo, you can manage both main processes and sub-processes running in the background. In addition, you can use the search engine to locate a specific process and monitor all its details to avoid data saturation from all the active processes and their changing values. Available data includes the amount of memory used by each process, which ones are running at that moment, their priority, and the path of each process.

Practiquemos

Catalina Moreno Escobar

Practiquemos is an educational tool that makes learning Spanish easier and is apt for use in educational institutions and language schools to reinforce students' knowledge. Developed through FileMaker, Practiquemos by default includes four lessons to review various aspects of Spanish grammar and vocabulary: forming singular or plurals, the numbers 0 to 20, and how to use the definite article. The lessons take the form of interactive exercises, which prove to be both entertaining and fun and are well worth revisiting. You can download more lessons from the application's web page ( www.practiquemos.com), which so far includes 39 to choose from.

PracticeSharp

bigman73

Practicing playing or singing music requires plenty of time, and what better way to practice than with a helper? PracticeSharp is a useful tool for practicing with an instrument in time with the rhythm of a musical piece. You can use it to listen to how you sound relative to the original song and within a multi-instrument environment. The program is, basically, an audio player that allows you to change the tempo and tone of the songs that you play so that you can better adapt them to your level. This practical utility isn't very complicated, and has a minimalist, easy-to-use interface that shouldn't cause trouble for any users. The main screen includes speed, equalizer, and volume options along with the playback menu. And PracticeShape includes keyboard shortcuts to make controlling it even easier. This tool is able to play MP3, WAV, WMA, AIFF, OGG, and FLAC files, slow down or speed up music without changing its tone, or change the tone without changing its speed. And this new version includes half-note tone changes as well as the ability to remove the voice track from a song. The utility can also add Loops so that there is a few seconds of delay before a song begins, which is a great option to give you the time you need to get your hands in place for comfortable playing.

PPTube Video Downloader

PPTube

Praat

Paul Boersma and David Weenink

Praat is a curious application that will let you record sounds or import them if you have already recorded them, and analyse them exhaustively. Spectral, tone, intensity and formant analysis are the four fundamental tests you can perform. Once finished, of course, you'll be able to manipulate audio tracks and modify them as you like. Having all the process done can result in a long period of time, but you can create different scripts to automatize tasks and save time.

PPTshare Desktop Slide Manager

Ontra Presentations, LCC

PPTshare Desktop Slide Manager is an excellent application that allows you to simultaneously extract all of the PPT slides that you have stored on your hard drive. Slides are then grouped by presentation, and you can preview a thumbnail of each from the program's interface. This helps you quickly and efficiently find any single slide, and also enables you to easily create new presentations using slides from several previous presentations. So, if you have various presentations with interesting slides, you can combine them into one presentation that features your favorites.

PPTtoTV

N/A

PPTtoTV is a simple program to convert any PowerPoint file on your computer into a movie you can play on your TV (as a DVD) or directly on your computer. Using the program is as simple as selecting the PowerPoint file you want to convert and following the indicated steps. After selecting the output format, you'll have your video ready in seconds. PPTtoTV is a really useful program for converting normal presentations into movies ready to be viewed with any DVD player.